MediaWiki-l June 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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Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki + Lucene-Search2 + MWSearch extension = ZERO search results
by agent dale cooper 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Sorry everyone for the "repost" but this was but that was my first post to the MediaWiki-l mailing list, and I guess I didn't fully understand that HTML would get stripped out, so the last post was truly ugly, I could see alot of potential assistance could be turned away due to the horridmessage format, please forgive me and allow me this "correction repost". thanks! To cut the chase, and get to the point = I've been trying for a *very* long time now attempting to roll-out my own MediaWiki-based website with full-text search capabilities using the Lucene extension, I only wish I could get it to just plain *work*! but, alas : I am at a dead end. I've read any/every-thing I can find on the internet about MediaWiki + Lucene-search2 + MWSearch, but no luck so far - I keep running into the same problem which is ZERO SEARCH RESULTS via the MediaWiki search engine AFTER installing the Lucene-search2 daemon & MWSearch extension. Prior to the installation of Lucene-search2 daemon & MWSearch extension, my MediaWiki search worked without a hitch -- but I *need* the full-text search capability Lucene brings along, it is *the solution I need*. Which brings me to my problem, and my plea to the MedaWiki-l mailing list ; When-ever I search with Lucene-search2 daemon & MWSearch extension installed, I get ZERO search results (specifically the search "results" page error reads = 'No page text matches') but after troubleshooting the issue, I found by enabling MediaWiki debugging, my /var/log/mediawiki/debug_svn_log.txt shows (summarizing here) ; Fetching search data from http://localhost:8123/search/svnwikidb/loopback?namespaces=0&offset=0&limit… Http::request: GET http://localhost:8123/search/svnwikidb/loopback?namespaces=0&offset=0&limit… total [0] hits OutputPage::sendCacheControl: private caching; ** Request ended normally Follow me here :: if I load up the URL in the debug log above (or *everytime* I search now and read the debug log) in a web-browser, like 'lynx' it I see this (or something similar) ; 1 1.0 0 Main_Page Now that tells me that I am actually getting a REAL result when going to the link in debug manually! It seems to be saying there is 1 mention of the word I searched for, and it is on the "Main_Page" (which is correct!) I have put ALOT more information about my problem, _every step_ I took starting with my MediaWiki installation on a newly formatted hard drive+new Slackware linux v12.1 Operating System install (slackware 12.1), I also have log files and configuration files posted at this website (actually, its the "talk" page for the MediaWiki extension = MWSearch) = http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:MWSearch#MediaWiki_SVN.2BLucen… I hope someone out there has done this, and/or has a working setup that could point me in the right direction (to a website/HOWTO document, or anything!), or someone who would be willing to troubleshoot this issue with me! I am NOT a linux newbie in any sense of the word, and can use anyones assistance who may be able to help me FIX the issue. IMHO I think the problem is with MWSearch extension itself, but it is VERY possible I did something wrong, and am willing to admit my fault, and correct it - someone, ANYONE, please guide me thru how to fix this issue! (I've been at troubleshooting this issue for _OVER_ 6months now, just to give you an idea of how much searching and troubleshooting I've given this issue) Feel free to email me, or post here, or even post on the MediaWiki Extension talk:MWSearch page = http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:MWSearch#MediaWiki_SVN.2BLucen… Thanks for your time! peace - agentdcooper(a)gmail.com PS :: One last thing/FYI - the following is my current overall system setup ;; * Slackware linux v12.1, (Linux 2.6.24.5-smp Slackware's smp-generic kernel, unchanged) * MediaWiki: 1.13alpha (SVN 06-25-2008) * PHP: 5.2.6 (I used Slackware 12.1's PHP v5.2.6 update package) * MySQL: 5.0.51b * MediaWiki Extension(s): MWSearch SVN 06-25-2008, and Lucene-search2 SVN 06-25-2008, + I downloaded & installed mwdumper.jar into the Lucene-search2 "lib" dir = /usr/local/search/ls2 * other tools: jre-6u6-i586-3, jdk-1_5_0_09-i586-1, apache-ant-1.7.0-i486, rsync-3.0.2-i486-1

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different groups different content
by Kathleen Cooch 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi I was wondering if there's a way to create a group of users that have access to private content A group below admin but a level different than regular users? or is my only option to just create another wiki accesssible only to this group? thanks kate

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Parser problems in 1.12 with ordered lists (another cry for help ; -) )
by Uwe Baumbach 29 Jun '08

29 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, at the end of http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:Listen you can find an example for an ordered list interspersed with a simple text line and with a new new starting number. Wiki-text is .............................. # eins # zwei Zwischenüberschrift od. Leerzeile #<li value="3"> drei</li> # vier .............................. and will/should lead to .............................. ~ 1. eins ~ 2. zwei Zwischenüberschrift od. Leerzeile ~ 3. drei ~ 4. vier .............................. In our old MS 1.9.3 we got instead: .............................. ~ 1. eins ~ 2. zwei Zwischenüberschrift od. Leerzeile ~ 1. ~ 3. drei ~ 4. vier .............................. So we have decided to test it in a fresh installed and empty MW 1.12.0 - - with the same result!! In de.wikipedia.org (1.13.alpha) it works fine. So my question: What's wrong? What I saw in HTML souce code was: <ol> <li> eins</li> <li> zwei</li> </ol> <p>Zwischenüberschrift od. Leerzeile</p> <ol> <li> <li value="3"> drei</li> </li> <li> vier</li> </ol> So why the second ordered list comes with a double <li> tag where 1.13.Alpha (de.wikipedia.org) shows correct: <ol> <li>eins</li> <li>zwei</li> </ol> <p>Zwischenüberschrift od. Leerzeile</p> <ol> <li value="3">drei</li> <li>vier</li> </ol> Uwe (Baumbach) U.Baumbach(a)web.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIZmdoFEbayCH8zXkRAnO5AJ9Zft2kvXhHoaZh05Iulhz7JWeM0ACguh85 S0nKvMcbZTYdFJDBLmnGXGU= =PSSA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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