MediaWiki-l January 2007

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 77
by Peter Kramer 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

where are You from ???how do You want to help me ?pk or do You know my identity ?i am emperor and weather shield ,also global life insurence harbor point .and world art history hard cover book > From: mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 77> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:21:51 +0000> > Send MediaWiki-l mailing list submissions to> mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > You can reach the person managing the list at> mediawiki-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of MediaWiki-l digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: Converter for Microsoft HTML Help (.chm) Files> (J Wolfgang Goerlich)> 2. Re: Web service API (Mathias Schindler)> 3. Re: Web service API (Fernando Correia)> 4. Load Balancing? (Russ Lavoie)> 5. Re: MediaWiki 1.9.1 released (Chris Braster)> 6. Re: MediaWiki 1.9.1 released (Juliano F. Ravasi)> 7. Re: Web service API (assafkat(a)post.tau.ac.il)> 8. Memcache problem (Patricia Barden)> 9. how to remove navigation menu, etc? (aretai aretai)> 10. Re: Load Balancing? (Tim Starling)> 11. Re: Load Balancing? (Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C])> 12. Re: '/' trick in subpage links (John Moorhouse)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:07:21 -0500> From: "J Wolfgang Goerlich" <jwgoerlich(a)gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Converter for Microsoft HTML Help (.chm)> Files> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID:> <e2f244f50701240407h5465dar4a4bad505ce22e6f(a)mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > Great, thanks!> > On 1/23/07, CheekyGeek <cheekygeek(a)gmail.com> wrote:> > First look for a CHM to HTML convertor:> > http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_conversion> > I like Tubby on the Mac.> >> > Then take the appropriate html and convert to Mediawiki syntax, like here:> > http://labs.seapine.com/htmltowiki.cgi> >> > Hope this helps.> >> > On 1/23/07, J Wolfgang Goerlich <jwgoerlich(a)gmail.com> wrote:> > > Can anyone suggest a utility for converting .chm files to Wiki syntax?> > >> > > Thank you,> > >> > > J Wolfgang Goerlich> > >> > > _______________________________________________> > > MediaWiki-l mailing list> > > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> > >> >> > _______________________________________________> > MediaWiki-l mailing list> > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> >> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:34:34 +0100> From: "Mathias Schindler" <mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Web service API> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID:> <48502b480701240434k1817fc9cr6110c30d1ef3d55e(a)mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > On 1/24/07, Fernando Correia <fernandoacorreia(a)gmail.com> wrote:> > I've seen this on the release notes for 1.9.1:> >> > > * (bug 8673) Minor fix for web service API content-type header> >> > What is the web service API? I couldn't find information about it on Google> > and on MediaWiki> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php> > HTH,> Mathias> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:23:20 -0300> From: "Fernando Correia" <fernandoacorreia(a)gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Web service API> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID:> <8140eff40701240523j3aa6c7bdm510474af0573ee6d(a)mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > Thanks!> > 2007/1/24, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com>:> >> > On 1/24/07, Fernando Correia <fernandoacorreia(a)gmail.com> wrote:> > > I've seen this on the release notes for 1.9.1:> > >> > > > * (bug 8673) Minor fix for web service API content-type header> > >> > > What is the web service API? I couldn't find information about it on> > Google> > > and on MediaWiki> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php> >> > HTH,> > Mathias> >> > _______________________________________________> > MediaWiki-l mailing list> > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> >> > > ------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:50:46 -0600> From: "Russ Lavoie" <rlavoie(a)ncsoft.com>> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Load Balancing?> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID:> <A7F45D1181C13B4889DC95CB1D55F2722A9FB6(a)NCAEXCH01.ncaustin.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Is there a way that I can run one wiki site on multiple servers for load> balancing?> > I have searched everywhere I could think of but I am unable to find any> documentation on how this would be accomplished.> > Thanks,> > Russ> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 5> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:54:48 -0500> From: Chris Braster <Chris.Braster(a)jefferson.edu>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki 1.9.1 released> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <DD386504-0695-4DBB-8825-DDBC011B5E23(a)jefferson.edu>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed> > I just installed v. 1.9 on Monday. To upgrade from 1.9 to 1.9.1, is > it as simple as replacing the includes and other files or do I still > need to run the update.php script again?> > Thanks,> Chris> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 6> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:09:04 -0200> From: "Juliano F. Ravasi" <ml(a)juliano.info>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki 1.9.1 released> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID: <45B77690.7040102(a)juliano.info>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > Brion Vibber wrote:> > This is a bug-fix update that fixes some installation and upgrade issues> > with the original 1.9.0 release.> > > > (...)> > You forgot to backport bug 8647, that is already fixed on trunk, and> affects upgrade from previous versions when $wgSharedDB is used.> > > -- > Juliano F. Ravasi ?? http://juliano.info/> 5105 46CC B2B7 F0CD 5F47 E740 72CA 54F4 DF37 9E96> > "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."> -- Erin Majors> > * NOTE: To contact me directly, replace "ml" with> "contact" on my e-mail address.> > * AVISO: Para me contatar diretamente, troque "ml"> por "contact" no endere?o de e-mail.> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 7> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:14:15 +0200> From: assafkat(a)post.tau.ac.il> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Web service API> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID: <1169655255.45b785d7b6fb9(a)webmail.tau.ac.il>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CP1255> > Where the information about the details of MediaWiki web service API?> Quoting Fernando Correia <fernandoacorreia(a)gmail.com>:> > > Thanks!> >> > 2007/1/24, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com>:> > >> > > On 1/24/07, Fernando Correia <fernandoacorreia(a)gmail.com> wrote:> > > > I've seen this on the release notes for 1.9.1:> > > >> > > > > * (bug 8673) Minor fix for web service API content-type header> > > >> > > > What is the web service API? I couldn't find information about it on> > > Google> > > > and on MediaWiki> > >> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php> > >> > > HTH,> > > Mathias> > >> > > _______________________________________________> > > MediaWiki-l mailing list> > > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> > >> > _______________________________________________> > MediaWiki-l mailing list> > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> >> >> >> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++> > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System> > at the Tel-Aviv University CC.> >> >> > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 8> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:53:20 -0600> From: Patricia Barden <webmaster(a)prwatch.org>> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Memcache problem> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <C5DF3B0B-432C-4D9B-A70C-56EBE78C0BA1(a)prwatch.org>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed> > Hello:> > We are running MediaWiki v.1.8.2, PHP v. 1.5.1, MySQL 4.1.15.> > We enabled memcache several days ago and since I've been getting > complaints that page load time is slow and searches are slow. Also > I've noticed that custom templates are loading weird.> > Any thoughts?> > Patricia Barden> Webmaster> Center for Media and Democracy> 520 University Avenue, Suite 227> Madison, WI 53703> Phone: 608-260-9713> webmaster(a)prwatch.org> www.prwatch.org> > > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 9> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:54:59 +0000> From: "aretai aretai" <aretaiuc(a)gmail.com>> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] how to remove navigation menu, etc?> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID:> <5783abc70701240854q22fabdd2j3ef092e093df9068(a)mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > Hi,> > Does anyone know how to remove navigation menu, logo, toolbox, etc. from> particular pages within wiki? In other words I don't want to remove it> globally but only for some pages.> > thx in advance.> > Regards,> Aretai> > > ------------------------------> > Message: 10> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:06:09 +0000> From: Tim Starling <tstarling(a)wikimedia.org>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Load Balancing?> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <ep83n6$p0h$1(a)sea.gmane.org>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > Russ Lavoie wrote:> > Is there a way that I can run one wiki site on multiple servers for load> > balancing?> > > > I have searched everywhere I could think of but I am unable to find any> > documentation on how this would be accomplished.> > Have all of your apache configuration, document root and MediaWiki script> files in a directory on the local hard drives of the application servers,> synchronised on demand with a master copy using rsync. Put the image> directory on a network filesystem such as NFS. You can use any HTTP load> balancer in front: squid, pound, LVS, etc.> > It's the same as setting up multiple servers for any LAMP application, so> maybe you're being a bit too specific in your search for documentation.> > -- Tim Starling> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 11> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:14:35 -0500> From: "Sullivan, James $NIH/CIT$ [C]" <sullivan(a)mail.nih.gov>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Load Balancing?> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID:> <81D9535C888F584FB4603A21F32A5A9803821483(a)NIHCESMLBX3.nih.gov>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > > > Russ Lavoie wrote:> >> Is there a way that I can run one wiki site on multiple servers for > >> load balancing?> >> > >> I have searched everywhere I could think of but I am unable to find > >> any documentation on how this would be accomplished.> > >Have all of your apache configuration, document root and MediaWiki > >script files in a directory on the local hard drives of the application> > >servers, synchronised on demand with a master copy using rsync. > >Put the image directory on a network filesystem such as NFS. > >You can use any HTTP load balancer in front: squid, pound, LVS, etc.> >> >It's the same as setting up multiple servers for any LAMP application, > >so maybe you're being a bit too specific in your search for> documentation.> > >-- Tim Starling> > How do you synchronize the MySQL? Or are you using a single remote> MySQL server that all servers use.> -Jim> _______________________________________________> MediaWiki-l mailing list> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 12> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:21:37 +0000> From: John Moorhouse <john.moorhouse(a)3jays.me.uk>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] '/' trick in subpage links> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list> <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> Message-ID: <45B795A1.4090601(a)3jays.me.uk>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > I was also wondering about the original decision to use the / to > indicate a subpage, as you then get the problem that you cant have a > subpage, 'team 2007/2008', would it be very complex to consider changing > the wikitext from [[parentpage/subpage]] to [[parentpage//subpage]] to > indicate a subpage as then [[teamx//2007/2008]] could be a valid parent > / subpage combination.> > Ta> > John> > > Ittay Dror wrote:> > if i use '[[../../a/b]]', the link's text is ../../a/b.> > if i use '[[../../a/b/]]', the text is a/b> >> > i think it is more logical, that in the second case, the text will be 'b'. that is, the last path componont, not just the part without dotdot. i think it is better, since adding '/' at the end strips some path components anyway.> >> >> >> > Brion Vibber wrote:> > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----> >> Hash: SHA1> >>> >> Ittay Dror wrote:> >> > >>> putting '/' at the end works by just removing the ../ or / prefixes> >>> from the link text. so [[../../a/b/]] becomes a/b. isn't it more> >>> logical for it to become 'b'? the meaning of '/' at the end then> >>> behaves like 'basename' shell command.> >>> > >> What?> >>> >> - -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / brion @ wikimedia.org)> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----> >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin)> >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org> >>> >> iD8DBQFFtwUCwRnhpk1wk44RApJkAKCRueznIu6uCDGDgmZQn2Jc52BzfQCeNw2l> >> pU/xi6fbUnj4S7bqfdgLzSo=> >> =i+Mk> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> MediaWiki-l mailing list> >> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> >>> >> > >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> MediaWiki-l mailing list> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> > > End of MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 77> ******************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Search from any Web page with powerful protection. 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special pages with sub pages arguments
by Ittay Dror 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

I want to write a special page that accepts several parameters, and can also be included in other pages. normally, to include, one will write '{{:Special:MySpecialPage/param1/param2}}' and my code will use '/' as parameters separator. however, what if param1 is a path to a subpage? then, it contains '/'. and why use '/' for parameters anyway? why not the normal template syntax of '{{:Special:MySpecialPage|param1|param2}}'? i changed my code to handle this: in Parser.php, find the call of capturePath and add a second argument: 'self::createAssocArgs($args)' add it to the function declaration and also SpecialPage::executePath and SpecialPage::execute. this will allow a mix of both forms ('/' or '|' as separators) what do you think? ittay -- =================================== Ittay Dror, Chief architect, R&D, Qlusters Inc. ittayd(a)qlusters.com +972-3-6081994 Fax: +972-3-6081841 www.openqrm.org - Data Center Provisioning

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Memcache problem
by Patricia Barden 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hello: We are running MediaWiki v.1.8.2, PHP v. 1.5.1, MySQL 4.1.15. We enabled memcache several days ago and since I've been getting complaints that page load time is slow and searches are slow. Also I've noticed that custom templates are loading weird. Any thoughts? Patricia Barden Webmaster Center for Media and Democracy 520 University Avenue, Suite 227 Madison, WI 53703 Phone: 608-260-9713 webmaster(a)prwatch.org www.prwatch.org

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Title for subpages
by John Moorhouse 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

We are developing a wiki for social services documentation, and I'm hoping to use subpages as this will in effect have pages with the same name:- children with disabilities/forms child protection/forms etc. The only comment we have had is that people don't like the page title being the full form as you know the parent pages anyway as they are listed in the breadcrumbs. I tried adding the following function to monobook.php, which will change the displayed title to just be the bit after the last / function chop_title($show) { if(strrpos($show,'/')) { $show = substr(strrchr($show,'/'),1);}; return($show); } and changed the line <h1 class="firstHeading"><?php $this->text('title') ?></h1> to <h1 class="firstHeading"><?php chop_title($this->text('title')) ?></h1> I've tested the the function outside the monobook.php and it works a expected but id doesn't work in situ (has no effect on the displayed title) Any comments ? Ta JohnToi

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki 1.9.1 released
by Chris Braster 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

I just installed v. 1.9 on Monday. To upgrade from 1.9 to 1.9.1, is it as simple as replacing the includes and other files or do I still need to run the update.php script again? Thanks, Chris

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Converter for Microsoft HTML Help (.chm) Files
by J Wolfgang Goerlich 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Can anyone suggest a utility for converting .chm files to Wiki syntax? Thank you, J Wolfgang Goerlich

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 73
by Titus, Jim 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

> From: "Rob Church" <robchur(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Caching problem with inline PHP scripts > Pretty sure the extension FAQ on Meta has information on this. > > Rob Church > I tried all the suggestions in the extension FAQ before I emailed the list. If I use the suggestion for version 1.6, i.e.: $wgCachePages = false; $wgCacheEpoch = 'date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S'; It still doesn't work and often it displays the output of my inline PHP to the top left corner of the browser, screwing up the default skin. If I further use the other suggestion for 1.6, i.e.:$parser->disableCache(); I get a blank page. The "DisableCache hack" that is linked to from MediaWiki_extensions_FAQ has no effect either. Is this still a problem in version later than 1.7? Should I just upgrade to the latest version? Jim Titus

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Breaking up excessively large pages
by Charles Martin 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

We've got a page of ridiculous length made up of zillions of top-level (I think h2-level, really, "==" headings) with internal links using the [[#name]] syntax. Does anyone know of a tool for converting such a page into many pages, breaking on the top-level headers, and preserving the links? It seems like a fairly straightforward perl program, but it would be even better if it could be done by someone *else's* code. Once you managed to convert the one file into many, how can they be loaded into mediawiki? Regards Charlie Martin -- Charles R. Martin | Sr Staff Engineer | Sun Microsystems charles.martin(a)sun.com

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<nowiki> around template arguments?
by Ittay Dror 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi, I want to write a template that has '<nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki>'. that is, the first argument will be rendered without parsing for wiki text. However, when i try this, {{{1}}} isn't parsed, so I get the literal '{{{1}}}' string. How do I achieve what I want? Thanx, Ittay -- =================================== Ittay Dror, Chief architect, R&D, Qlusters Inc. ittayd(a)qlusters.com +972-3-6081994 Fax: +972-3-6081841 www.openqrm.org - Data Center Provisioning

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automatically use template/ customize edit for specific Namespace
by David Galkowski 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

I want to automatically have a template used for a specific namespace so that when the edit page is generated for the first time, it already has some text in it: {{Template| | | | }}. What is the best way to do this? I also want to customize what a blank page looks like for a specific namespace to allow the user to choose from a list of categories to put the page in, which will then automatically be put in the edit page. How should I go about this? Thanks!

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