MediaWiki-l July 2008

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Welcome to mediawiki-l (weekly posting)
by river＠hemlock.toolserver.org 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '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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spamblacklist add data to page
by Martin S 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

When adding and activating the spam blacklist extension and the list from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist , I get a lot of data from the extension before the actual content. I am probably missing something as noone else has seen this, but how do I get rid of it. Regards, Martin S

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2-table update using Database.php?
by Daniel Barrett 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Is there a way to perform a two-table SQL Update statement using functions in Database.php? update table1, table2 set table1.x = table2.y where table1.foo = table2.bar Function Database.php::update() appears to accept only a single table name. (This is in MW 1.12.) Thanks. DanB

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logging email activity
by ponte＠expliki.org 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Hi I would like to log all automatically created outgoing mails vom mediawiki, how can i do that? I think the simplest way is to send a bcc to a specific email address. But i would prefer logging to a file... Greetings from Switzerland -- Gründer und Webmaster von expliki.org

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Do we like the same books?
by Norman 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

I just joined Shelfari to connect with other book lovers. Come see the books I love and see if we have any in common. Then pick my next book so I can keep on reading. Click below to join my group of friends on Shelfari! http://www.shelfari.com/Register.aspx?ActivityId=83427211&InvitationCode=5b… Norman Shelfari is a free site that lets you share book ratings and reviews with friends and meet people who have similar tastes in books. It also lets you build an online bookshelf, join book clubs, and get good book recommendations from friends. You should check it out. You have received this email because Norman (crothers1(a)gmail.com) directly invited you to join his or her community on Shelfari. It is against Shelfari's policies to invite people who you don't know directly. Follow this link (http://www.shelfari.com/actions/emailoptout.aspx?email=mediawiki-l@wikimedi…) to prevent future invitations to this address. If you believe you do not know this person, you may view (http://www.shelfari.com/o1518163985) his or her Shelfari page or report him or her in our feedback (http://www.shelfari.com/Feedback.aspx) section. Shelfari, 616 1st Ave #300, Seattle, WA 98104

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edit links - removing for existing users
by Alex Le Bek 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Hi, Is it possible to remove the 'edit' section links (but keep edit tab) for existing users? I used $wgDefaultUserOptions['editsection'] = 0; but I think it only works for new accounts - is that right? Thanks Alex

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notification changes on followed pages
by Rein 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

I am the super-user of my wiki. I follow all pages. I have checked all possibilities in email on "my preferences". Nevertheless I don't get any notifications (got some in the past, but not lately - but there have been changes I see in my list). Because I'm afraid that it involves anyone of the users, I want to fix this first. Besides that I want to be informed on any changes or creation of new pages. Who has an answer on both questions.

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User metadata?
by Daniel Barrett 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

On our corporate wiki, I'd like to store user-related information -- their department, manager's name, etc. -- so I can run reports on wiki authorship by department and similar things. The user information comes from ActiveDirectory/LDAP, but for performance reasons (so I can query it easily), I'd like to store a copy within the MediaWiki infrastructure. Any suggestions on the right place to put it? - Create a new database table containing all the data, with user.user_id as a foreign key? - Stash it in each user's Preferences? - Store it in wiki articles, either automatically or (ugh) manually? - Something else? Thanks for your ideas & opinions. DanB

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Limiting Table of Contents to the first two levels
by Bobby S 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Is there a way to limit the table of contents to only show the top two levels or specifically here is an example: ==Header1== ===Header1a=== ===Header1b=== ====Header1b1=== ==Header2== In this instance I only want the TOC to be built with the ones that have either == or ===. So in this example ====Header1b1==== would not show in the TOC since it has ==== as a level.

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CategoryBreadCrumb Extension
by Bobby S 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

I tried to contact the author direct, but I was unable to. Could someone help me out with this extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryBreadcrumb Basically I am trying to figure out what I could put in the code (or css; or both) in order to change the size of the breadcrumb output. I want it to be a font size of 11px. Thanks! Bobby

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