MediaWiki-l October 2008

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page
by Bart Q. Simon 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

I distinctly remember there was a way to add a title to a special page simply by entering in a URL, then adding the title to the wiki edit field, and then saving. The new "writing a new special page" how-to is very confusing - and it wants me to write PHP to get the title to show up. There was an easier way... I can't find this how-to anywhere- though I'm sure it used to exist. FX can you walk me through how you've added a wiki page title to a special page? Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rick DeNatale Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:33 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page On 5/13/05, FxParlant <f-x.p(a)laposte.net> wrote: > Hello; > There is a paragraph on how to create a special page in the FAQ > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_cont ent_to_MediaWiki.3F > > It's not so difficult. At the end,it says you have to create a simple > page and write the name of your special page in it. If you forget this > the title of your special page will have < and > around. I haven't > got a clue why creating a page with the name in it solves this, but it works That page seems to have changed, it now just has a pointer to an article about writing an extension which really doesn't seem to build a special page. I just figured out how to build a new special page which is like the Uncategorized pages page, but looks at the Image namespace. I wrote it up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 17 Aug '25

17 Aug '25

Has the parser just been changed with regards to tildes (~~~~) inside HTML comments? It appears they used to be ignored, and are now suddenly being replaced en masse the next time someone edits the page (and can't be easily reverted - it just changes the sig to the reverter's instead). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-06-02-ear… for an example.

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Mysql ISAM vs InnoDB
by Jim Hu 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

$wgDBtransactions gets set to true if using InnoDB tables. Is there an advantage to using InnoDB tables? The disadvantage is that with MySQL there is a file, ibdata1, that seems to grow endlessly if InnoDB tables are used. See http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=1341 We're wondering if we should just convert everything to MyISAM. Any thoughts? ===================================== 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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Custom namespaces and discussion pages
by Snowolf 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I've created some custom namespaced on one of my wikis, Botwiki (previously known as pywikipedia). I've put these lines in my LocalSettings.php file: - --- #Custom namespaces $wgExtraNamespaces = array(100 => "Manual", 101 => "Manual talk", 102 => "Python", 103 => "Python talk", 104 => "Php", 105 => "Php talk", 106 => "Perl", 107 => "Perl talk", 108 => "AWB", 109 => "AWB talk", 110 => "IRC", 111 => "IRC talk", 112 => "Other", 113 => "Other talk" ); $wgContentNamespaces[] = 100; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 102; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 104; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 106; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 108; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 110; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 112; - --- However, I have a big problem: when I go to a page in one of these new namespaces (not the discussion, the main ones), for example http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Perl:Copyright_Violation_Bot , I found the red link to the discussion page. It's right, as there is no discussion page for that article. But if you click on it, it brings you to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… correct, of course. But have a look of the article and discussion tabs: they are both red! The first, "article", leads to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… when it should lead to http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Perl:Copyright_Violation_Bot and the second, "discussion", leads to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Talk:Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_… , when it should lead to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… . It's the first time I deal with custom namespaces :-( but I have some ideas of what it can be. Can the problem be with the $wgContentNamespaces settings? So it detects everything as ns0? (don't think so). Or can it be the fact that I haven't used an underscore in the $wgExtraNamespaces definition? Snowolf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGWhk7sdafW5NQMtERAuX+AKDQ7QLNjXv9cu+ZbSLXidMzgi/vNgCaA7VT +VTgR3iI/BI7FVDqcyRZVJ0= =a4yP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Moving lots pages to a different namespace?
by Mark London 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

I want to moving all pages in a certain namespace (about 60 pages) into the the "main" namespace. I couldn't find how to do this, so I tried exporting the pages and importing them and I ran into all sorts of problems. Is there a way to do what I want without using the import and export features (and without having to move each of them manually)? Thanks.

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Troubles after upgrade
by Bovo 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

I upgrade wiki.irkutsk to 1.12 version but after this: I make updating process as in rules. I run the update.php maintenance script * MediaWiki version: 1.12.1 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (apache2handler) * MySQL version: 4.1.22-log * URL: http://wiki.irkutsk.ru 1. I miss all pages in Help (Справка - in russian) 2. Error on several pages: «Database::select». MySQL возвратил ошибку «1267: Illegal mix of collations (cp1251_general_ci,IMPLICIT) and (koi8r_general_ci,COERCIBLE) for operation '=' (localhost)». 3. When I try to create a new page (create a link, turn it on and edit new page) - it is not recorded, and an error «Database::select». MySQL возвратил ошибку «1267: Illegal mix of collations (cp1251_general_ci,IMPLICIT) and (koi8r_general_ci,COERCIBLE) for operation '=' (localhost)». What's wrong? Help!!!! -- best regards, Dmitry

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Using export/import instead of upgrading
by Jan Steinman 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

> From: Daniel Friesen <dan_the_man(a)telus.net> > > People complain about issues cause they don't follow instructions... (Much good advice about how to do incremental upgrades clipped...) > Remember Wikipedia? Wikimedia runs off MediaWiki and is being > constantly > upgraded. If the upgrade process wasn't handled right then you'd see > Wikipedia broken all the time. I believe the OP suggested export/import because they had fallen way behind, and lacked confidence in an upgrade process that is generally designed for Wikipedia's needs of strictly sequential incremental upgrades. I am in the same situation, running 1.3. Short of upgrading to 1.4, then 1.5, then 1.6... I don't believe this posting really addresses strategies for someone who is way behind to "catch up." The further you are behind, the more likely something will break, no matter how carefully one follows the instructions for upgrading from 1.13.1 to 1.13.2. Anyone have any good strategies going from 1.3 to current? I'm planning on making a complete copy, accessed from a new URL, and trying the upgrade on that. But I'm doubtful that such an upgrade will be fruitful. :::: Number of developed nations besides the US lacking universal health insurance coverage: 0 :::: Rank of US among countries that spend the most as a percentage of GDP on health care: 1 :::: -- Harper's Index :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/99-6313-12>

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How to make an intranet nomad Wikipedia like Wiki with Mediawiki
by Olivier 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi, Cooperation-iws howto with mediawiki is available here: http://cooperation-iws.gensys-net.eu/wiki/doku.php?id=howto_make_your_own_i… Cooperation-iws is a Live Operating system that offers web services of web applications like mediawiki. Demo CD /DVD as well as debian package or sources live-scripts are available here: http://cooperation-iws.gensys-net.eu Cheers, Oliv

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Embedding a default template on each image description page
by Wikimini 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, I need to embed the same template on each image description page (the page you get when you click on a thumbnail image). I found a similar request here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/mediawiki/129846 According to answer given by Brianna ( http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/mediawiki/129448?do=post_view_fl…), javascript seems to be the easiest solution to insert default text in summary box. Since *I don't speak javascript*, I thought it best to ask here. Thanks in advance for any help. Laurent (sorry for my bad english)

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DynamicPageList result with text after pipe
by Matteo Manzinello 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi, after creating the "Main Page" with a report of the last 5 guides created using DynamicPageList they do a search on the categories, but I want see the next text of to the pipe link on the category. For example: "[[aiuto_windowsxp_gino|Error gino]] Windows XP" in the results I got "Aiuto windowsxp gino" while I would find "Errore gino" and "Windows XP". The category is defined in "Aiuto windowsxp gino". Someone has any idea? thanks Matteo --------------------------------- Scopri la community di Io fotografo e video Il nuovo corso di Gazzetta dello sport per diventare veri fotografi!

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