MediaWiki-l September 2007

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error during update from 1.10 to 1.11
by Pierre Schmitz 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hello MediaWiki community, I tried to update from MediaWiki 1.10.2 to 1.11.0. When executing the maintenance/update.php script I got following error: Deleting old default messages (this may take a long time!)... Fatal error: Call to a member function addGroup() on a non-object in /home/pierre/public_html/wiki.archlinux.de/maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php on line 19 This happens because "$wgUser" is null and therefor "$wgUser->addGroup( 'bot' );" fails. This might happen because I use an AuthPlugin which is not allowed to create new users. (Anyway: I think its a bug in MediaWiki ;-)) My question is: Is this bot user needed anyway? I patched the script according to the attachment and everything seems to be fine. Thanks, Pierre PS: I never had such a problem when updating to a newer version.

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dumpHTML.php crech on "Invalid number of colors in palette"
by Addady 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hi, I'm tryiny to export my wiki to html. It fail on: PHP Warning: imagecreatefrompng(/home/mywiki/images/9/9b/Vorneka.png): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mywiki/includes/Image.php on line 1150 PHP Warning: imagecopyresampled(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/mywiki/includes/Image.php on line 1158 PHP Fatal error: imagepng(): gd-png: fatal libpng error: Invalid number of colors in palette in /home/mywiki/includes/Image.php on line 1159 Probably one of the picture is bad. How can I fix it? Thanks Addady

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Easy Category Selection
by Christopher.Reigrut＠Key.com 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

We've been looking at being able to do much the same thing: simple categorization, preferably from a listbox/drop-down. Right now I'm leaning towards the SimpleForms categorization method (http://www.organicdesign.co.nz/SimpleForms_categorisation_example), though as Jim points out it might get a little ugly if there are a LOT of categories. We might actually use a category to categorize the categories (yes, that's what I said)...in other words, create Category:CategoriesToShowUpInTheListbox and then apply that to the categories that we want to appear (and therefore minimize the list). Christopher M. Reigrut Applications Systems Architect Key Technology Services / KeyBank 1000 South McCaslin Boulevard Superior, Colorado 80027 720-304-1049 > Jim, > > Add Article to Category; you are right here. This is an edit line that > gets put on category pages. Then the user navigates to the category > they are working in and enters the name of the category they want the > page to be assigned to. > > CategoryTree; we use this for the user to navigate to the category they > are working in. Then use 'Add Article .. '. This works really nice as > it can be as expanded as you want. 1 level or 10 levels > > SelectCAtegory; we also use this as sometimes creating a page on the > fly. Or adding a category to multiple categories. > > Since we use BoilerplateSelection our new articles are also assigned > automatically depending on the 'boilerplage' being used. > > It would be interesting to have something like SelectCategory available > as a button to *all* pages. Hmmmm <G> > > DSig > David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation > PICK Guy > 206-770-5585 > davesigafoos(a)sanmar.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hu > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:11 > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Easy Category Selection > > Dave, > > As I read the docs for that extension, it creates a new page in the > desired category based on what you enter in the form. > But it doesn't let you put an existing page in an existing category, > does it? > > Personally, I just paste in the wikitext... > > The problem I see with some of the options is that the UI gets ugly > if the number of categories gets really big. Some kind of browsing > vs. selecting from a flat list would be nice. Does your integration > with CategoryTree handle that? > > I'm thinking that what I'd really like is add to category as a button > on the toolbar that pops up an AJAX autocompleting category browser > and degrades to you just typing/pasting in the category name. > > Jim > > On Sep 12, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Dave Sigafoos wrote: > > > Just to throw something into your mix .. we use and like > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Add_Article_to_Category along > > with CategoryTree. > > > > This allows the user to go to the category they want (with category > > tree) and then just type the name of the article in the edit box (with > > add article to category). > > > > We also use Select category as a fall back (belts and suspenders :). > > > > What problems are you having? What version of MW. We have been using > > this from 1.9-1.10 > > > > DSig > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of > > Connolly, > > Wayne > > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 23:40 > > To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Easy Category Selection > > > > Hi all, > > > > I would like a easy method that a user can quickly add a article to a > > category (when in edit mode). > > > > I have found http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mrenoch/ > > CategoryExtras > > which looks perfect > > or > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory which looks ok. > > > > i am using latest MW but cannot get it working at all. > > > > Any ideas/helpers? > > > > Regards, > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Wayne Connolly > > Bigpond.com/Telstra.com Production > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > ===================================== > Jim Hu > Associate Professor > Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics > 2128 TAMU > Texas A&M Univ. > College Station, TX 77843-2128 > 979-862-4054 > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > ----- Message from "Daniel Barrett" <danb(a)VistaPrint.com> on Thu, 13 > Sep 2007 09:45:05 -0400 ----- > > To: > > "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" <mediawiki-l@lists. > wikimedia.org> > > Subject: > > Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to delete a page in my wiki that cannot befound? > > I've seen this on a Windows server when the article title contains a "\" > character. > I don't remember how we deleted our errant page. > > DanB > > > > > ----- Message from Michael Daly <michaeldaly(a)kayakwiki.org> on Thu, > 13 Sep 2007 11:55:26 -0400 ----- > > To: > > MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Subject: > > Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to delete a page in my wiki that cannot befound? > > Daniel Barrett wrote: > > I've seen this on a Windows server when the article title contains a "\" > > character. > > I don't remember how we deleted our errant page. > > > I've had a similar problem for quite a while. A page called "foobar." > and one called "foobar" are treated identically if you try to delete but > differently if you create them. The result is the that "foobar." stays > around and is not deletable. > > Mike > > > > > > > ----- Message from "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> on Thu, > 13 Sep 2007 17:16:49 +0100 ----- > > To: > > "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" <mediawiki-l@lists. > wikimedia.org> > > Subject: > > Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to delete a page in my wiki that cannot befound? > > > I've had a similar problem for quite a while. A page called "foobar." > > and one called "foobar" are treated identically if you try to delete but > > differently if you create them. The result is the that "foobar." stays > > around and is not deletable. > > Works for me on a version downloaded from SVN not too long ago. > > > > ----- Message from Mike Lane <mikelane5(a)msn.com> on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 > 16:17:41 +0000 ----- > > To: > > MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Subject: > > Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to delete a page in my wiki that cannot befound? > > > My article is called: > > How to map share for web pages - \\server\share_name > > When i click on the article link (in special pages - all pages) I > get the following error: > > The page cannot be found > > The page you are looking for might have been moved, had it's name > changed, or is temporarily unavailable. > > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:45:05 -0400> From: danb(a)VistaPrint.com> > To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] How > to delete a page in my wiki that cannot befound?> > I've seen this > on a Windows server when the article title contains a "\"> > character.> I don't remember how we deleted our errant page.> > > DanB> > > _______________________________________________> > MediaWiki-l mailing list> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http: > //lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail > http://www.newhotmail.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ******************************************************************************* This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. 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Easy Category Selection
by Connolly, Wayne 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hi all, I would like a easy method that a user can quickly add a article to a category (when in edit mode). I have found http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mrenoch/CategoryExtras which looks perfect or http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory which looks ok. i am using latest MW but cannot get it working at all. Any ideas/helpers? Regards, ------------------------------------------------ Wayne Connolly Bigpond.com/Telstra.com Production ------------------------------------------------

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Failed upgrade to 1.11 with postgresql
by Oliver Kohll 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hi, Following the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading resulted in an error for me when running 'php update.php' from the command line. The output is --- MediaWiki 1.11.0 Updater Going to run database updates for mediawiki Depending on the size of your database this may take a while! Abort with control-c in the next five seconds...0 Adding in schema "mediawiki" to search_path for user "wikigtwm" ... sequence log_log_id_seq already exists ... sequence pr_id_val already exists ... table mediawiki_version already exists ... create table mwuser PHP Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "user" does not exist in /var/www/wiki/includes/DatabasePostgres.php on line 506 Query "ALTER TABLE "user" RENAME TO mwuser " failed with error code "ERROR: relation "user" does not exist". --- Now what's different about my installation is that I use postgres rather than mysql and specified the schema name during initial installation as 'gtwm' rather than the default 'mediawiki'. The line Adding in schema "mediawiki" to search_path for user "wikigtwm" suggests that the upgrade script is changing the default schema to mediawiki and when it then can't find a table, it's not surprising - it's looking in the wrong schema. This is borne out by connecting to the database as the wiki user - no tables can be seen. I have to do ALTER USER wikigtwm SET search_path TO gtwm,public; to get back to seeing the wiki tables. However, another possible cause is that the table 'user' which it's trying to rename to mwuser doesn't exist. If I look in the database, there's already a table mwuser but no user! I think that the MySQL schema for the previous version 1.10 used the table name 'user' but postgresql used 'mwuser' (user is a reserved word). Now if the update script is written for MySQL it will have a problem here. So the problem could be either or both of these things. Any thoughts? Regards Oliver oliver(a)gtwm.co.uk / 0845 456 1810 / 07814 828608 The Old Bank, 4 Ravenhill Rd, Swansea SA5 5AW, UK NOTE No contracts may be concluded on behalf of GT webMarque by means of e- mail communications. The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the intended recipient at the e-mail address to which it has been addressed; it may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may it be copied in any way. If received in error please return to sender via e-mail. DISCLAIMER Please note that neither GT webMarque Ltd nor the sender accept any responsibility for viruses transmitted via e-mail. It is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any).

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synchron request
by Michael Heyder 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hi, how can i setup a sychron ajax request width the sajax framework. thanks & regards mic

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Welcome to mediawiki-l (weekly posting)
by river＠hemlock.ts.wikimedia.org 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

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Unchanging Sidebar - link text is not optional
by Emanuele D'Arrigo 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hi everybody, I was having problems with an unchanging sidebar and I had tried all the remedies illustrated here http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sidebar#Changes_not_showing_up but nothing was happening. Out of desperation I tried something that I didn't expect would work. Basically this works: * Departments ** Marketing|Marketing ** Accounting|Accounting but this doesn't * Departments ** Marketing ** Accounting which is strange because the list items are supposed to be links and standard wikilinks in the form [[link|text]] do not require the text part. I just documented this issue on the page in the section http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sidebar#Text but I wonder if it was mentioned elsewhere or if it's maybe a bug? Whaddayathink? Ciao! Manu

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Group based restrictions for AD with multiple groups as members
by zham rock 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hi, Do you know whether nested group is supported on the latest version of Ldap Extension(1.1f or g)? I find that it only authenticates user members of the group but not the users under membergroups. I'm also getting errors on page after the successful logon. Here is the Debug logs: Entering authenticate Entering Connect Using TLS or not using encryption. Using servers: ldap://intranet.mydomain.com Connected successfully Entering getSearchString Doing a straight bind userdn is: intranet\zham Binding as the user Bound successfully Entering getUserDN Created a regular filter: (sAMAccountName=zham) Entering getBaseDN basedn is not set for this type of entry, trying to get the default basedn. Entering getBaseDN basedn is ou=users,ou=sgp,ou=apac,dc=intranet,dc=mydomain,dc=com Using base: ou=users,ou=sgp,ou=apac,dc=intranet,dc=mydomain,dc=com Fetched username is not a string (check your hook code...). This message can be safely ignored if you do not have the SetUsernameAttributeFromLDAP hook defined. Pulled the user's DN: CN=Rock\, Zham (SGP),OU=Users,OU=SGP,OU=APAC,DC=INTRANET,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=com Authentication passed Entering updateUser Errors on the page after successful logon: : 1 threads didn't exit PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in D:\wiki\extensions\LdapAuthentication.php on line 1121 ): 1 threads didn't exit All help is much appreciated. -zham

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Strip wikimarkup from search results?
by Jim Hu 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Is there something I can set to strip wiki markup from search results, or something equivalent to noinclude for the search results? I'd like to suppress the first line in each of these matches: http://ecoliwiki.net/colipedia/index.php/Special:Search? search=flgb&go=Go This could have been avoided with more careful planning and template usage, but to retrofit, I'm looking at changing ~25000 pages. ===================================== Jim Hu Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054

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