MediaWiki-l January 2009

mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

80 participants
98 discussions

MediaWiki developer meet-up in Berlin, April 3-5
by Daniel Kinzler 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hello All I'm happy to announce the MediaWiki Developer Meet-Up will happen April 3.-5. in Berlin, at the c-base. The event is for everyone who works on MediaWiki, writes extensions, builds bots, writes scripts for the toolserver, or is otherwise interested in the technical aspects of Wikimedia. We are happy that we can now have the meet-up after our plans for 25C3 and FOSDEM failed. If you want to come to the Developer Meetup, please sign up at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Developer_meet-up_2009>. The event will take place in parallel to the Wikimedia Foundation's board meeting and chapter meeting, so there will be a lot of Wikimedians in Berlin at the time. We plan to have a party to bring everyone together and give an opportunity for developers, board members and chapter people to mingle. The meet-up will be a loose BacCamp-like event so topics and schedule are largely up to you. The goal is to get to know new aspects of MediaWiki and Wikimedia and to develop ideas on how we can make things even better. And of course to have a lot of fun with wiki hackers from around the world! -- daniel

1 0

Adsense sharing
by Ekompute .info 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi, I wonder anyone is using Adsense sharing software for Mediawiki. I am thinking of implementing it so that I can encourage contributors to contribute. At the moment, I have been practically a Lone Ranger for slightly over a year. Any input will be deeply appreciated.

2 2

Increasing allowed size of uploaded files
by Linda Rose 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi, I'm creating a wiki of software documentation and I would like to include a link to the pdf of the user guide for people to print out. Most of the user guides exceed the 2 MB maximum file size that the upload file dialog states is the limit. How can I increase the allowed size of uploaded files? Thanks, Linda

8 9

automatic addition of css class names to template based html structures such as tables
by Mathias Schindler 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi, I recently came across a very beautiful piece of software called "Prince" (www.princexml.com). It is closed source and does transfer html and other files to pdf - in an imho very beautiful fashion*. Some samples can be found at http://princexml.com/samples/, including pdf files generated from Wikipedia text. There is a free (as in beer) evaulation copy of the software avialable for download, so you can try out the sites yourself. With the help of the special css file (http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2008/wikipedia/wiki2.css) written by Håkon Wium Lie. Håkon has written a text about this topic at http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2009/wikipedia/infobox/, in which he mentions some of the problems in the transformation effort. At the bottom, there are currently three recommendations. Before I open a feature request at bugzilla about this, I would like to ask you about the feasibility of a tool that - in case no manual class name is assigned -, template generated tables are given classes and other information to the html text to help identify it, possibly based on the name of the template or the parameter invoked in it. Mathias * there are multiple ways to do so, including the open source pediapress project.

1 0

Static images
by Ekompute .info 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi, I used an image for text because of the fonts used. How do I do it so that if someone accidentally click on the text area, it does not jump to the image page? PM Poon

2 2

A couple minor issues after upgrading to MW 1.13.3
by ccornell - OpenOffice.org 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

I just upgraded the OpenOffice.org Wiki from MW 1.11.0 to MW 1.13.3, and I'm having a few minor issues. I'm hoping someone here can provide some insight for me.... - The sub-page breadcrumbs are "missing". This Wiki makes fairly heavy use of Sub-pages, and the breadcrumbs that we had in 1.11.0 we quite nice. I can't figure out if this is an option we enabled in 1.11.0 or if it's just something that has changed since 1.11.0. I have set $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true; in LocalSettings.php Is this only possible now through an extension? Or is it a setting thing? - The extension LabeledSectionTransclusion no longer works. I have updated to the latest Trunk version, and also tried the download from the SVN that is tagged for 1.13.x. The extension is enabled, and shows in the Special:Version page, yet calls to the LST extension no longer work. Is anyone else using this extension? Is it known to work (or not work) with 1.13.3? An example of the LST where it should be working is here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation The headings Administration Guide, BASIC Programmers Guide and Developers Guide should have the book Table of Contents below each heading - inserted via the LST functionality. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccornell(a)openoffice.org StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany

5 7

<references /> tag
by Ekompute .info 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi, I would like to put the <references /> tag inside Monobook.php as it is a repetitive feature. When there is no references to reference, it is empty by default and so is very versatile. I tried to put <references /> into Monobook.php but it does not work. How do I call the cite.php file? PM Poon

2 1

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Impersonation
by Jean-Marc van Leerdam 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi, 2009/1/16 David Lubkin <admin(a)unreasonable.com> > I'm an ancient UNIX hand and I've been wrangling DBs for even > longer, but am new to MediaWiki. So I know how to accomplish > what I want to do, but not what ways go with the flow. > > I have content in other formats that I'm importing as articles and > sections. The original authors of that content will be users in the > wiki. I want the author in the MW database for an edit I'm importing > to be the original author, not the sysop, a bot, or 0. > > Occasionally, I may need to edit as someone else, e.g., so that > ~~~~ expands to them, not me. > I'm a MW beginner as well, but AFAIK the ~~~~ is converted to text upon save, so you could just enter the actual result-text immediately as well (if you know the author, you can also know the user name/nickname that replaces the ~~~~. -- Regards, Jean-Marc -- ___ @@ // \\ "De Chelonian Mobile" (_,\/ \_/ \ TortoiseSVN \ \_/_\_/> The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control /_/ \_\ http://tortoisesvn.net

2 1

Wikimedia hiring Linux system administrator
by Brion Vibber 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

So you want to run a top-10 web site? Now's your chance... We're now hiring for a full-time system administrator to help monitor, maintain, and document the 400+ Linux/Unix servers that operate Wikipedia and its sister projects. This position will be based at our San Francisco headquarters, but will work closely with our remote staff and volunteers. Currently, system administration tasks are spread over our other tech staff and volunteers, who have to split their time with software development, data center management, and network planning. A full-time system administrator will let us be more responsive to site issues when they happen, and more importantly be more proactive about planning for and averting problems before they affect the folks back home. We've got operating systems to upgrade, configurations to document, software installations to automate, and a lot of service data that needs to be monitored and digested... if you think you've got the chops for it, send us your CV by the end of January! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/System_Administrator -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) CTO, Wikimedia Foundation

1 0

"))" replaced by
by Michał Gawroński 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hello. Ive got a problem with my wiki. It replaces "))" with You can see effects in the first line of article: http://www.wikipasy.pl/2008-07-12_Garbarnia_Krak%C3%B3w_-_Cracovia_(ME)_2:1 This happens in all articles. Here You have Version specialpage: http://www.wikipasy.pl/Specjalna:Wersja Is this a MW bug ? -- Best regards, Michał Gawroński // www.WikiPasy.pl // CentrumSeriali.pl

1 0

← Newer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Older →

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

MediaWiki-l January 2009