MediaWiki-l April 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 24 Jan '11

24 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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Database error
by Veronica Lopez Diaz 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello everybody, When I search after some terms, which have not been defined yet, or after editing an entry (but not always???), I get the following error message: Database error >From MiWiki For query "sales" Jump to: navigation, search 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 "". MySQL returned error "1030: Got error 127 from storage engine (localhost)". Has anybody had this error before? How may I fix it? Thanks a lot in advance for your help and best regards, Veronica P.S: I found a similar message at the The Wikitech-l Archives, but in my case no table name was written, so what shall I do???? -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer

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Multiple languages
by James Gardiner 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Morning! I am building a web site for a family member who is in the process of completing a PhD and MediaWiki looks like the ideal CMS to use as they will be able to update their own web site (delegation is always important :-) Two questions: 1) There may be a need to have certain pages in multiple languages. Is the best way to do this for a small site is to add a language identifier to the page title eg: here is the CV in [[CV.en|English]] or in [[CV.nl|Dutch]]. Is there a way to do this and still have a more readable title eg "English CV" rathern than "CV.en"? 2) I see from the LocalSettings.php that it is possible to prevent access to certain pages for users who are not logged in. Do I need to list all the pages I want blocked or is it possible to do wildcards eg internal* TIA James

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Announce: MediaWiki book from O'Reilly
by Daniel Barrett 05 May '08

05 May '08

I'm pleased to announce that a new O'Reilly book, titled "MediaWiki", will be published later this year. I am the author. The focus is on practical knowledge ("what you really need to know") to be an effective MediaWiki reader, author, sysop, and site administrator. It's not a comprehensive reference; anything "comprehensive" would be outdated in six months.... The book is nearly complete, but if there are critical topics you'd like to see covered, please email any suggestions to dbarrett(a)oreilly.com. Also, I am looking for 2-3 people to join the book's technical review team, to read the book in advance and offer comments and criticism. This includes beginners too! If interested, please email me directly at dbarrett(a)oreilly.com (do not hit "reply") and answer these questions: 1. Will you be available to review the book during the first two weeks of June 2008? (The actual review period will be one week long, and you'll need to be reachable by email during that time.) 2. What is your level of expertise with MediaWiki? (Casual reader, article writer, template creator, wiki sysop, MediaWiki site administrator, extension developer, Wikimedia developer, etc.) 3. Do you have access to a MediaWiki system where you can install extensions? 4. Would you be willing to install MediaWiki on a computer that isn't running it today? If so, would it run Linux, Windows, Macintosh, or other (please describe it)? Tech reviewers will receive a "thank you" in the book, a free copy of the book, and a one-time payment. Thanks very much. -- Dan Barrett, dbarrett(a)oreilly.com Author of: - "Linux Pocket Guide" - "SSH, the Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide" - "Linux Security Cookbook"

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Special::Statistics Page Problem
by Rowe, Dolores A 01 May '08

01 May '08

I did clear out the "ss_total_edits" value from the site_stats table. Then I verified that ss_total_edits was in fact 0 at this point. However, when I accessed the wiki again, the count of edits went right back to what it used to be (52 edits, in this case). So some other logic must be resetting it from another table value, but I cannot figure out what it is. Do you know how it works ? Lori Message: 9 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:51 +0200 From: Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Question about Special::Statistics Page To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: <fv5hcm$j43$1(a)ger.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Rowe, Dolores A wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a project that wants to reset these numbers from the > Special::Statistics Page of > their 1.9.3 wiki. > > Does anyone know how ? > > "There have been a total of 1 page view, and 52 page edits since Tester1 > was setup. That comes to 10.40 average edits per page, and 0.02 views > per edit." > tanx, > Lori They're simply values at the site_stats table. Just change them with your favourite SQL editing tool. Lori (Dolores) Rowe Web Administrator / DataDrill / InstallShield/InstallAnywhere Support Software Engineering Tools and Environments Boeing Company (314)882-8784

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PBMPLUS
by Patricia Barden 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hello: We are currently running MediaWiki v8.2, FreeBSD 4.8, PHP 5.2.2, MySQL 5.0.45. Our hosting provider is strongly suggesting that we upgrade the O/S to FreeBSD 6.2. The hosting provider is recommending that we use PBMPLUS library for image handling instead of ImageMagick since the ImageMagick library is far less efficient than previous versions when handling .GIF files. Alternatively, they are suggesting that we could continue to use ImageMagick but with other image formats. Is PBMPLUS compatible with MediaWiki? If not, what do you recommend? Thank you, Patricia Barden Center for Media and Democracy

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