> Gary wrote: Look at a random Wikipedia article
> to see categories 'in action ... I would hazard a
> guess that the reason Wikipedia's search didn't
> find anything was because you did not elect to
> include the Wikipedia: namespace in the search...
Peter Blaise responds: Thanks, Gary, I'm not sure what you mean,
though. "... include the Wikipedia: namespace in the search..." by
doing what? I searched inside MediaWiki/WikiMedia/Wikipedia and found
nothing inside them. They brought up a screen showing Google and Yahoo
searches as alternatives since the found nothing. I then clicked on
Google. With the exact same search, Google found many
MediaWiki/WikiMedia/Wikipedia articles. I was then back in
MediaWiki/WikiMedia/Wikipedia from there. I see why Fred suggested
Google as a better MediaWiki/WikiMedia/Wikipedia search master, perhaps
more so than MediaWiki/WikiMedia/Wikipedia searching within itself. I'm
getting the feeling that MediaWiki is w-a-y less mature or sophisticated
than it's notoriety and popularity suggests.
> Gary wrote: Please don't SHOUT, it only gets
> people's backs up...
Peter Blaise responds: Oh. Sorry. I thought shouting was thought of as
all caps in the entire message, not just occasional emphasis. I re-read
my post and out of my 728 words (thank you MS Word for counting for me)
all I capitalized were the words: nowhere, totally unrelated, within,
and with - about a 0.007% "shouting". But, if you picked up even those
few words as shouting, then even my 5 all-caps words out of my 728 total
words is too much. I'll refrain, thanks for the sensitivity training.
Seriously.
> Gary wrote: ... We're all, aside from a
> select few, volunteers, and don't have to help
> you at all. The text found when you type
> Special:Version into the search box and click
> go says "MediaWiki is distributed in the hope
> that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
> WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
> of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
> Public License for more details."
Peter Blaise responds: Oh, I get it, Gary, you're showing me how
obnoxious you find it when even MediaWiki SHOUTS (oops!). Got it. I
think. Who are the select few here who are not volunteers, who have to
help me, presumably for pay? Seriously. I've got questions for them
(or anyone):
How do you create an admin or sysops after the Wiki's built?
... and, I've got w-a-y more MediaWiki questions at
peter.monahon(a)uspto.gov Thank you.
- Peter Blaise