MediaWiki-l June 2008

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multiple wikis running on one set of source problem
by Alex Le Bek 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, I have several wikis running from one set of source using method 1 at http://www.steverumberg.com/wiki/index.php?title=WikiHelp&w=myc all works as expected except when I come to use uploaded images. Although I have set up a different upload directory for each instance which causes uploads to go correctly in /images/wiki1 ... /images/wiki2 etc when I come to use the images [[Image:wiki1image.jpg]] the wiki refers to only the /images directory as though it has lost the upload directory. Have I missed something out? Also is there a way to prevent new instances of mediawiki picking up the login of an already loaded wiki? This happens anyway but it becomes problematic when I want users to stay logged in to completely separate wikis whilst still having the opportunity to browse the wiki group on the same machine. Thanks Alex

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Besoin d'aide, personnaliser la page d'accueil Mediawiki
by Philippe Larue 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Bonjour, Je travaille actuellement sur la configuration d'un projet de site Wiki utilisant MediaWiki. Comment puis-je personnaliser la page d'accueil composées de la manière suivante : - Afficher les titres (liens) des dix derniers articles créés ou modifiés - Un édito - Des actualités Merci de votre aide. -- Philippe LARUE Web-Map Développeur, intégrateur multimédia Conception de sites internet www.web-map.fr

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making extra buttons in edit page tool
by Rein 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Okay! Made the Mediawiki:editpage.js. If I understand the js correctly there are three extra buttons made allready. For instance: addInsertButton('wikipedia/commons/1/11/Button_category.png','Category','[[Category:',']]',''); It's clear that the address is not correct. I put a button in skins/common/images and changed the address..... but nothing happens. I tried a complete url, a relative url ... but no success. What am I doing wrong?

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making extra buttons in edit page tool
by Rein 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

To my surprise was the unintended consequence of installing common.js the appearance of lay-ou buttons on top of the editing screen. I had been looking for it desperately, but not found. But it tasted for more! The positioning is just far better than on the bottom of the page. Select text and click the button - no scrolling needed! For instance an extra button for the making of anchored pagelinks would be very helpful: [[#|insert]insert]. But as you maybe could learn of my opening statement: not knowing why they appeared means also not knowing where to adapt and copy the existing buttons. Who can help

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lay-out buttons in edit pages
by Rein 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Thank you, Alexis: is was just common.js. Makes you wonder why it is not standard in MediaWiki. One bug I want to report in the buttons: One of the 'actions' is this one: <charinsert>[[+|+]]</charinsert> · + stands for the selected text. Double + should mean that the selected text is copied. But instead of doing this, it breaks of at the second +. I see three possibilities: 1. another script is needed to do this properly (in http://www.mediawiki.org/w/ the second + doesn't work either, but it doesn't brake of - the]] do appear) 2. it's really a bug - the second + shouldn't be there 3. it's really a bug: some code/script is forgotten or doesn't work properly 4. I don't use it the way it is intended Rein

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Strange problem with search
by Jack Eapen C 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Plz excuse me. My point is that, upgrade to a newer version is not the solution for each and every problem. I'm not only a user, but a learner as well (in fact, most of the OSS users as well). I want to know what causes MediaWiki to behave like this. If the problem can be solved with a small change in a file, why should I take the pain of upgrading with migrating all my customizations? If u see my first post, what I wrote was >> Any idea for the possible cause and solutions? Before finding the solution, my concern is what causes the problem and why this problem. Regards, Jack ---------------------------------------------------------------- "May He protect us both. May He cause us both to enjoy.May we exert together. May our studies become brilliant. May we not hate each other" -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of DanTMan Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:11 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Strange problem with search What are you talking about? Upgrading when you have issues with software IS an important thing. If you upgrade, and your issue disappears. Then that means that your bug is a known issue which was already fixed and then released to the public. That's how software go, we release new versions to improve and fix issues with older versions of the software. Suggesting an upgrade is also a viable option. This lets us know if your issue is one which is already known and fixed, or if it is a issue which still exists in later versions of the software and may need to be fixed. Old versions never get fixes except for large security issues with them. Versions are not individual pieces of software, they are individual points in the lifetime of a software which is progressively improving and fixing itself. You don't fix legacy versions because they are not broken. They are not broken because releasing new versions of that same software with fixes for those issues, is the method of fixing the software. Because whatever version, that software is the same software ^_^ Though, probably time to end this philosophical rant. ~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of: -The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com) --It's Wiki-Tools subgroup (http://wiki-tools.com) --Games-G.P.S. (http://ggps.org) -And Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG) Jack Eapen C wrote: > Hmm.. That's not a proper solution. There should be some explanation > why this behavior occurs :( > > > Regards, > > Jack > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > "May He protect us both. May He cause us both to enjoy.May we exert > together. May our studies become brilliant. May we not hate each other" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Darren > VanBuren > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:13 PM > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Strange problem with search > > As always, you should upgrade when a new release comes out. > > Could you try updating the MediaWiki on both boxes? > > That MAY solve your problem. If not we try something else. > On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Jack Eapen C wrote: > > >> Hi All, >> >> I'hv a strange problem with my MW 1.11. I have a test version on my >> local Windows machine and the live one on a linux server (intranet). >> I >> > > >> don't know when this problem started coming-not sure whether it has >> been there since beginning or it started after some changes. >> >> When I search with SOME keywords, my production wiki returns a "blank" >> page. If I use the same words on the test wiki, no probs-results are >> returned (content in both wikis are same). Some of the problematic >> words are "transaction" (transaction backout has no problem), >> function, cards (plastic cards is fine), account etc. I tried to >> reproduce the problem in the test wiki by copying SearchEngine.php, >> SearchMySQL.php,SearchMySQL4.php,SpecialSearch.php files from live >> wiki to my test wiki- but the test wiki still runs fine. >> >> Any idea for the possible cause and solutions? >> >> Regards, >> >> Jack Eapen C >> SunTec Knowledge Centre >> >> >> This electronic mail (including any attachment thereto) may be >> confidential and privileged and is intended only for the individual >> or >> > > >> entity named above. Any unauthorized use, printing, copying, >> disclosure or dissemination of this communication may be subject to >> legal restriction or sanction. Accordingly, if you are not the >> intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this >> email >> > > >> immediately and delete this email (and any attachment thereto) from >> your computer system...Thank You >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > > Darren VanBuren > onekopaka(a)gmail.com > ---------------------------------------------- > Administrator of Onekopakaspace > > Trunk MediaWiki install: > http://oks.verymad.net/~onekopaka/mwtrunk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > This electronic mail (including any attachment thereto) may be > confidential and privileged and is intended only for the individual or > entity named above. Any unauthorized use, printing, copying, > disclosure or dissemination of this communication may be subject to > legal restriction or sanction. Accordingly, if you are not the > intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this email > immediately and delete this email (and any attachment thereto) from > your computer system...Thank You > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l This electronic mail (including any attachment thereto) may be confidential and privileged and is intended only for the individual or entity named above. Any unauthorized use, printing, copying, disclosure or dissemination of this communication may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. 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Tables broken in MySQL 5
by Matthias Korn 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, our hosting provider upgraded to mysql 5 (5.0.32-Debian_7etch4-log). With this MediaWiki stopped working completely with an internal error saying he could not find the table: //--------------------------------------- MediaWiki internal error. Original exception: exception 'DBQueryError' with message 'A database error has occurred Query: SELECT value,exptime FROM `wiki_objectcache` WHERE keyname='usr_web36_5-wiki_:messages' Function: MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doquery Error: 1146 Table 'usr_web36_5.wiki_objectcache' doesn't exist (localhost) ' in /var/www/web36/html/test/wiki/includes/Database.php:844 Stack trace: [..] //--------------------------------------- I can still see the tables with phpMyAdmin, but I also cannot access them in any way (structure, content, repair, etc.). Strange enough, only the MediaWiki tables are affected. Other tables in the same database still work normal. Any ideas how to repair those tables? Thanks, Matthias

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Strange problem with search
by Jack Eapen C 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hmm.. That's not a proper solution. There should be some explanation why this behavior occurs :( Regards, Jack ---------------------------------------------------------------- "May He protect us both. May He cause us both to enjoy.May we exert together. May our studies become brilliant. May we not hate each other" -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Darren VanBuren Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:13 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Strange problem with search As always, you should upgrade when a new release comes out. Could you try updating the MediaWiki on both boxes? That MAY solve your problem. If not we try something else. On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Jack Eapen C wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I'hv a strange problem with my MW 1.11. I have a test version on my > local Windows machine and the live one on a linux server (intranet). I > don't know when this problem started coming-not sure whether it has > been there since beginning or it started after some changes. > > When I search with SOME keywords, my production wiki returns a "blank" > page. If I use the same words on the test wiki, no probs-results are > returned (content in both wikis are same). Some of the problematic > words are "transaction" (transaction backout has no problem), > function, cards (plastic cards is fine), account etc. I tried to > reproduce the problem in the test wiki by copying SearchEngine.php, > SearchMySQL.php,SearchMySQL4.php,SpecialSearch.php files from live > wiki to my test wiki- but the test wiki still runs fine. > > Any idea for the possible cause and solutions? > > Regards, > > Jack Eapen C > SunTec Knowledge Centre > > > This electronic mail (including any attachment thereto) may be > confidential and privileged and is intended only for the individual or > entity named above. Any unauthorized use, printing, copying, > disclosure or dissemination of this communication may be subject to > legal restriction or sanction. Accordingly, if you are not the > intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this email > immediately and delete this email (and any attachment thereto) from > your computer system...Thank You > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Darren VanBuren onekopaka(a)gmail.com ---------------------------------------------- Administrator of Onekopakaspace Trunk MediaWiki install: http://oks.verymad.net/~onekopaka/mwtrunk/ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l This electronic mail (including any attachment thereto) may be confidential and privileged and is intended only for the individual or entity named above. Any unauthorized use, printing, copying, disclosure or dissemination of this communication may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. Accordingly, if you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this email immediately and delete this email (and any attachment thereto) from your computer system...Thank You

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Welcome to mediawiki-l (weekly posting)
by river＠hemlock.toolserver.org 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Welcome to mediawiki-l. This mailing list exists for discussion and questions about the MediaWiki software[0]. Important MediaWiki-related announcements (such as new versions) are also posted to this list. Other resources. If you only wish to receive announcements, you should subscribe to mediawiki-announce[1] instead. MediaWiki development discussion, and all Wikimedia technical questions, should be directed to the wikitech-l[2] mailing list. Several other MediaWiki-related lists exist: - mediawiki-api[5] for API discussions, - mediawiki-enterprise[6] for discussion of MediaWiki in the enterprise, - mediawiki-cvs[7] for notification of commits to the Subversion repository, - mediawiki-i18n[8] for discussion of MediaWiki internationalisation support, - wikibugs-l[9] for notification of changes to the bug tracker. List administrivia (unsubscribing, list archives). To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit [12]. Archives of previous postings can be found at [3]. This list is also gatewayed to the Gmane NNTP server[4], which you can use to read and post to the list. Posting to the list. Before posting to this list, please read the MediaWiki FAQ[10]. Many common questions are answered here. You may also search the list archives to see if your question has been asked before. Please try to ask your question in a way that enables people to answer you. Provide all relevant details, explain your problem clearly, etc. You may wish to read [13], which explains how to ask questions well. To post to the list, send mail to <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>. This is a public list, so you should not include confidential information in mails you send. When replying to an existing thread, use the "Reply" or "Followup" feature of your mail client, so that clients that understand threading can sort your message properly. When quoting other messages, please use the "inline" quoting style[11], for clarity. When creating a new thread, do not reply to an existing message and change the subject. This will confuse peoples' mail readers, and will result in fewer people reading your mail. Instead, compose a new message for your post. Messages posted to the list have the "Reply-To" header set to the mailing list, which means that by default, replies will go to the entire list. If you are posting a reply which is only interesting to the original poster, and not the list in general, you should change the reply to only go to that person. This avoids cluttering the list with irrelevant traffic. About this message. This message is posted to the list once per week by <river(a)wikimedia.org>. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about this mailing. References. [0] http://www.mediawiki.org/ [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce [2] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l [3] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/ [4] http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki [5] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api [6] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-enterprise [7] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-cvs [8] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n [9] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l [10] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ [11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Inline_replying [12] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l [13] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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GPL 2,3 etc
by Alex Powell 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Hi, I was wondering what the current thinking around Mediawiki licensing was. I note all the headers are assigned in the core project to enable a license shift. Does wikimedia expect to upgrade the license to 3 in the near future, or is 2 where its at. Obviously there are some big GPL 3 philosophical divides emerging - GPL 3 being seen as a more militant approach to opensource. GPL3 could cause issues when used in commercial environment for us, so I'd like to know what the devs think! Kind regards, Alex -- Alex Powell Exscien Training Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1865 876562 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 Centre, Old London Road, Wheatley, OX33 1XW, England

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