MediaWiki-l April 2007

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How to close the wiki talk page to spammers.
by Caitlin Dempsey 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

I keep having a problem with spammers creating variations on the w/wiki talk page. For example, the last spammer create this page to fill with spam: Talk:W/wiki/Talk:W/wiki/Talk:W/wiki/Talk:W/wiki/Talk:Index.php Is there anyway to prevent this? Thanks, Caitlin

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A strange error message
by BAI Zeming 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, I finally managed to install mediawiki on my computer. It seems running well. When I looked at the apache's error log, I found a lot of this kind of messages [Tue Apr 24 14:58:37 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /wiki/index.php/User:XXX HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/wiki/index.php/Main_Page It looks like apache always tried to find page User:XXX but it is in fact an argument of index.php. My wiki seems to run well, though. Should I change something in httpd.conf or php.ini to fix it? Thanks, -- Ming __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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error when saving
by stephane 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

hi all, when i save a page i've got this message : **************************************** A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "SearchMySQL4::update". MySQL returned error "1016: Can't open file: 'searchindex.MYI' (errno: 145) (localhost)". **************************************** although this message appears, the date are saved my config MediaWiki: 1.9.3 (r20045), update form 1.6.x version to the latest with svn tools PHP: 5.0.4 (apache2handler) MySQL: 4.1.21 Any idea ? Stephane

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Partial search
by Dave Sigafoos 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Is there any way in MW to select on a partial string? Anyway to use wild card characters? Full work is faster etc but at times you might be spelling challenged like me DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation

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Wikipedia configuration
by Alex Powell 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, I have been setting up quite a few Mediawikis in both Windows and Linux, and it occurred to me it would be handy to know a bit about how the wikipedia is set up. Is there any up to date information about how which versions of software it runs (assuming that's not considered a security risk), and what it prefers? The particular info I was pondering: * I know they use APC, but do they use FastCGI or just mod_php? Is there a good page on hints as to how best configure this? * Mysql - is there a central cluster for updates, and then a bunch of slaves, I looked at this page: https://wikitech.leuksman.com/view/Server_roles but could work out if there were multiple machines as master, or just a single machine master, with lots of slaves for a single wiki eg EN. * Mysql - they still use 4, is this for stability, performance or some other reason? * Do they use a standard linux flavour eg ubuntu or Red Hat, or are the servers all on a custom kernel. * How do they manage upgrading the software, do different servers run on different versions. Presumably there is a test environment, but do they have to go read only at all? Many thanks for any insights into managing this complex environment, Alex Powell Exscien Training Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1865 920024 Direct: +44 (0) 1865 920032 Mob: +44 (0) 7717 765210 skype: alexp700 mailto:alexp@exscien.com http://www.exscien.com Registered in England and Wales 05927635, Unit 10 Wheatley Business Park, Old London Road, Wheatley, OX33 1XW, England

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work
by BAI Zeming 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi Jim, Exactly as what you said. The formating function simply doesn't work :( I typed ''Italic Text'' and I got the same character string, not italic font. Thanks, -- Xin ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Wilson <wilson.jim.r(a)gmail.com> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 9:32:51 PM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work > Did I missed something like skin or extensions? No, nothing like that - I'm just trying to find out what your setup is. For reference, the formatting toolbar adds formatting characters, but doesn't format the text directly, per se. So for example, if you write this: Italic Text And highlight it and hid the Italics button, you'll get this: ''Italic Text'' Those two apostrophes before and after the text indicate italics. They're the same as <i></i> in HTML. Is this what you're talking about? (Sorry if I misinterpreted the question) -- Jim On 4/23/07, BAI Zeming <baizeming(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I just downloaded the mediawiki-1.9.3.tar.gz and decompressed it in my > local directory. > Did I missed something like skin or extensions? > > Thanks, > > -- Ming > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jim Wilson <wilson.jim.r(a)gmail.com> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:11:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work > > Are you using MediaWiki out-of-the-box? or have you installed any > extensions or skins? > > -- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw) > > On 4/23/07, BAI Zeming <baizeming(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Sorry if somebody else has posted this question. But the formating tool > > bar doesn't work for me. For example, > > ''Italic text'' would become ''Italic text'' after I press the save or > > preview button. > > Does anybody know this problem before? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- Ming > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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New extension: Rigorous Search
by Ian Smith 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

On the off-chance that someone might find it useful, I've just uploaded my Rigorous Search extension to MW.org. This extension implements a full-page search facility, by the tedious method of individually searching the source of each page as stored in the "page" / "text" tables -- not the FULLTEXT index kept in the "searchindex" table for MySQL searches. This is very slow, and almost totally useless -- except that it allows searching of the complete page source, not just the user-visible version of the text stored in "searchindex". So, for example, if you want to search for hyperlinks to a particular web site, this will work, whereas a MediaWiki search would not ("searchindex" includes link text, but not the link URL). You can also use it to search for particular markup tags. A useful application is to search for novice users making "http://..." links into the wiki instead of using regular wikilinks, which causes pages to appear orphaned when they're not. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RigorousSearch Ian

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I can't get MW 1.7.1 installed
by Blast 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi everybody, I recently installed Debian and I'm trying the MediaWiki in the repo but every time I try, it give me this messages, wich I can't understand. I'll apreciatte if you can guide me ;) tnkx B. MediaWiki 1.7.1 Installation * *Don't forget security updates!* Keep an eye on the low-traffic release announcements mailing list <http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce>. Checking environment... /Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems./ * PHP 5.2.0-10 installed * Found database drivers for: MySQL * PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title) * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support. * PHP's memory_limit is 16M. *If this is too low, installation may fail!* Attempting to raise limit to 20M... ok. * Have zlib support; enabling output compression. * Neither Turck MMCache <http://turck-mmcache.sourceforge.net/> nor eAccelerator <http://eaccelerator.sourceforge.net/> nor APC <http://www.php.net/apc> are installed, can't use object caching functions * Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3. * Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads. * Installation directory: /var/lib/mediawiki1.7 * Script URI path: /mediawiki * Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki. *Generating configuration file...* * Database type: MySQL * Loading class: DatabaseMysql * Attempting to connect to database server as root... *Warning*: mysql_query(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in */usr/share/mediawiki1.7/includes/Database.php* on line *620* A database query syntax error has occurred. The last attempted database query was: "(SQL query hidden)" from within function "". MySQL returned error "1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (localhost)"

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work
by BAI Zeming 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

I just downloaded the mediawiki-1.9.3.tar.gz and decompressed it in my local directory. Did I missed something like skin or extensions? Thanks, -- Ming ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Wilson <wilson.jim.r(a)gmail.com> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:11:16 PM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Formating does not work Are you using MediaWiki out-of-the-box? or have you installed any extensions or skins? -- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw) On 4/23/07, BAI Zeming <baizeming(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Sorry if somebody else has posted this question. But the formating tool > bar doesn't work for me. For example, > ''Italic text'' would become ''Italic text'' after I press the save or > preview button. > Does anybody know this problem before? > > Thanks, > > -- Ming > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Formating does not work
by BAI Zeming 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, Sorry if somebody else has posted this question. But the formating tool bar doesn't work for me. For example, ''Italic text'' would become ''Italic text'' after I press the save or preview button. Does anybody know this problem before? Thanks, -- Ming __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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