MediaWiki-l February 2009

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] autopopulate mediawiki
by Henny Savenije 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi Courtney Thanks for the encouragement but I am afraid you have to be a bit more concrete. I am a busy guy with way too many different jobs and the only time I could dive into it is during the university vacations (one of the jobs I have is being a professor in three quite different subjects) but the good thing is that I do have 6 months holiday which unfortunately are almost finished. Links to pages which could guide me through this would be appreciated. Problem is maybe that I have to know too many things about too many different specialities. >Hi Henny, > >I don't see why not, but you would need to write something to search >the folders those pages are in and parse the HTML to the desired >wiki-text. I'm sure you could find something that would walk >through the html for you. PHP's SimpleXML or DOM objects if nothing else. > >-Courtney > >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _ _ (o) (o) oOOO----(_)----OOOo--- Henny (Lee Hae Kang) ----------------------------- http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Korea through Western Cartographic eyes http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan (1797) http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] autopopulate mediawiki
by Christensen, Courtney 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

-----Original Message-----From: Henny Savenije >I actually have a few already quite old homepages written in html. >They are pretty big (follow the first few links below) > >Would it be possible to automatically import those in a wiki? The >advantage would be that it's easier searchable and easier for me to maintain. > >Henny (Lee Hae Kang) _______________________________________________ Hi Henny, I don't see why not, but you would need to write something to search the folders those pages are in and parse the HTML to the desired wiki-text. I'm sure you could find something that would walk through the html for you. PHP's SimpleXML or DOM objects if nothing else. -Courtney

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] autopopulate mediawiki
by Henny Savenije 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

I actually have a few already quite old homepages written in html. They are pretty big (follow the first few links below) Would it be possible to automatically import those in a wiki? The advantage would be that it's easier searchable and easier for me to maintain. _ _ (o) (o) oOOO----(_)----OOOo--- Henny (Lee Hae Kang) ----------------------------- http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Korea through Western Cartographic eyes http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan (1797) http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies

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Check user missing tools?
by Philip Beach 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

A sysop on my wiki is complaining that certain "tools" are suddenly not available on CheckUser. Unfortunately, he does not have a screenshot of what he's talking about but here is a chat transcript. Him: used to be, there was a row of buttons displayed, in IP mode, to do a who is, tor check, etc. geo locate, etc Me: By saying "IP mode," do you mean when you select Get edits from IP? These tools would only appear with this option was selected? Him: When we selected a particular IP to check, from the list of those used I am not familiar with CheckUser. Is there anything that could have been removed in a new version? Thanks

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] autopopulate mediawiki
by Christensen, Courtney 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi Gaurav, MediaWiki uses MySQL to store all its data, so yes, it can display from a MySQL database. You can have a custom table inside (or outside) your MediaWiki installed database and write extensions to show data from that table. What we did was actually to import XML data from a reference manager as wiki pages so that there was one wiki page per reference. If you write a MediaWiki extension (I'd suggest the Special Page format) to take your source data and format it however you want you can easily import data into MediaWiki from any source I can think of at the moment. For example, you might have a special page that you just went to, or hit a button, or had a text box to give information about the source. The special page would load the source and as long as it had MediaWiki page names it could create articles for you. $comment = "Auto-Imported"; $articleTitle = Title::newFromText($this->getSourceTitle()); If ( !$articleTitle->exists() ) { $articleText = $this->getSourceText(); $article = new Article($articleTitle); $article->doEdit( $articleText, $comment, EDIT_NEW); } Slap most of that in a loop, make sure I got my syntax right and you have yourself an importer. Will that work for you? Good luck! -Courtney PS I CC'd the list because this is a common question and it might be nice for you to get more feedback. -----Original Message----- From: Gaurav Singal [mailto:gsingal@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:06 AM To: Christensen, Courtney Subject: autopopulate mediawiki Hi Courtney, I found your posts on http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/mediawiki/157577?page=last. I am creating a mediawiki that I would like to autopopulate from a database. I noticed that you were able to do this -- how did you go about it? Alternatively, do you know if mediawiki can display information from a MySQL database? Thank you for your help, Gaurav

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Extension:FileIndexer to indexuploaded PDF files
by Francois Piette 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi ! I have installed the Extension:FileIndexer new variant (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:FileIndexer#New_Variant) from Ramon Dohle (raZe) on my version 1.12 and it doesn't work at all : nothing special happend when I upload a PDF file (File correctly uploaded) and search for any word in the PDF does not give any hit. Actually I'm running under Windows using WAMP. I've installed pdftotext and iconv for Windows and they works perfectly from both command line and a PHP script. Of course I have adapted the raZe's script for my installation path. Anything I could check / debug ? Any advice appreciated. -- francois.piette(a)overbyte.be Author of ICS (Internet Component Suite, freeware) Author of MidWare (Multi-tier framework, freeware) http://www.overbyte.be

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Prevent page from showing up in Recent Changes
by Grietinus Koops 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi, I just got a request to prevent pages with some specific keywords from showing up in the recent changes list... Does anyone have an idea how to do this? Besides "interesting articles" we also enter "Project Status Reports" on our wiki. These should be not shown. Thank you in advance for any help G.

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Wikimania 2009: Call for Participation
by Casey Brown 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Apologies in advanced for the cross-posting. :-) Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Call for Participation == Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikimedia projects around the globe (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, and Wikimedia Commons). The conference is a community gathering, giving the editors and users of Wikimedia projects an opportunity to meet each other, exchange ideas, report on research and projects, and collaborate on the future of the projects. The conference is open to the public, and is a chance for educators, researchers, programmers and free culture activists who are interested in the Wikimedia projects to learn more and share ideas about the Wikimedia projects. This year's conference will be held from '''August 26-28''' in Buenos Aires, Argentina at '''San Martín Cultural Center'''. For more information, please visit the official Wikimania 2009 site at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org. We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects or free content topics in general. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. === Important dates === * '''Submissions will open on:''' March 1 * '''Deadline for submitting workshop, panel, and presentation submissions:''' April 15 * '''Deadline for submitting posters, open space discussions, and artistic works:''' April 30 * '''Notification of acceptance of workshops, panels, presentations:''' May 15 * '''Notification of acceptance of posters, discussions, and artistic works:''' May 31 * '''Conference dates:''' August 26-28 === Themes and tracks === There are two tracks for submission: the '''Casual Track''', for members of wiki communities and interested observers to share their own experiences and thoughts and to present new ideas; and the '''Academic Track''', for research based on the methods of scientific studies exploring the social, content or technical aspects of Wikipedia, the other Wikimedia projects, or other massively collaborative works, as well as open and free content creation and community dynamics more generally. Submissions to either track should address one or more of the following themes: * '''"Wikimedia Communities,"''' including the topics of conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism and languages and cultures. * '''"Free Knowledge,"''' including open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, use of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability. * '''"Latin American challenges,"''' centering on efforts and limitations for expanding the reach of Wikimedia projects in Latin America; promotion of projects in Native American languages; specific problems of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Wikimedia communities. * '''"Technical infrastructure,"''' including issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; and new ideas for development. Papers should be of interest to members of the Wikimedia communities, and fit within one of the themes above. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for: * '''Presentations''' (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) :* This type of submission is appropriate for presenting substantial research or community projects * '''Workshops''' (60–120 minute session with a discussion leader and more audience involvement) :* This type of submission is appropriate for sessions designed to teach a specific subject or explore it in depth * '''Panels''' (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss aspects of a topic with audience questions, 45-90 minute sessions) :* This type of submission is appropriate for discussions on a topic of wide interest among community members, with several participants who may be presenting their work. For less formal discussions of limited interest, consider an open space discussion instead. * '''Open space discussions''' (informal discussion on a specific topic; the discussion leader helps moderate the conversation but the session is open to anyone interested to join in) :* This type of submission is good for a topic that several participants want to discuss or brainstorm about in an informal setting * '''Posters''' (printed visual displays that can stand on their own, with no associated presentation) :* This type of submission is good for presenting research in progress, or smaller community projects * '''Artistic works''' (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, displays or other representations of some aspect of the projects) :* This type of submission is good for showing creativity or showcasing beautiful work about the projects. In addition there will be the chance to give lightning talks, which are 5-minute short presentations. Lightning talk sessions will be organized on the Wikimania 2009 wiki shortly before the conference begins, without any need to submit them via the submission system. These talks are best for those who want to quickly present an idea or project without giving a formal presentation. These are informal talks that are open to everyone to participate in. === Submission Guidelines === Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize wasted effort by submitting via the submission system and following these guidelines. All submissions MUST include the following: # '''Event title:''' an English or Spanish title. # '''Abstract:''' a short English or Spanish abstract of your event in 50 to 100 words. The abstract will be used for the public schedule. # '''Themes and track:''' list the track you wish to submit to (Casual or Academic) and the single theme you think your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Latin American challenges, Technical infrastructure). Note that posters and artistic works have their own track in the submission system. # '''Information about the speaker:''' full name, email, and a short biography. # '''Submission file:''' A plain text, PDF or OpenDocument file, in English or Spanish, containing: #* '''A long description of the submission''', in English or Spanish that can be used for reviewing, not to exceed 1000 words. Please give an overview of the areas to be covered or taught. State clearly the relevance to the Wikimedia projects and whether submission concerns a specific wiki project. You can also include links, Include graphics an diagrams if they do not exceed one page. #* '''Event type:''' please state if the event is a presentation, workshop, panel, open space discussion, poster, or artistic work; if a presentation or panel, whether the presentation is expected to be a certain length. #* '''For panel submissions only:''' name of a suggested moderator and short biographies of each suggested panelist #* '''Language:''' list the language you plan to present in. The conference will be bilingual in English and Spanish. #* '''Special requirements:''' list any special requirements, including any equipment. In the "Comments for conference director" field you should tell us whether you will attend to Wikimania (a) surely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted, or (d) only if we provide travel and/or accommodation. You can also add yourself to the public list of attendees at the Wikimania 2009 wiki: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees Please note that all submissions must be dual licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later ''and'' the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 3.0! By submitting for Wikimania 2009 you agree to this condition. ===Submissions=== Once you are sure you have included all of the required information, please send your submission before the respective deadline through our '''submission system''': http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission If you have further questions, email wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org (in English or Spanish).

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MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.13.5 released
by Tim Starling 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We are proud to announce the first stable release of the 2009 Q1 branch of MediaWiki, version 1.14.0. We are also releasing MediaWiki 1.13.5. This is a maintenance release which corrects some bugs in the installer, introduced during the hasty security release of 1.13.4. It is not necessary to upgrade if you do not intend on using the installer. Thanks to our localisation community at translatewiki.net, MediaWiki 1.14.0 now has 311,000 localised interface text fragments spread across 298 languages, that's 17% more than in 1.13.0. MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia. Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature developments will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release. Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain it from source control: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN> Upgrade FAQ: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#Upgrading Full release notes: <http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_14_0/phase3/RELEASE-NO…> <http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_5/phase3/RELEASE-NO…> ********************************************************************** MEDIAWIKI 1.14.0 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-1.14.0.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.14.0rc1), without interface text: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-1.14.0.patch.gz Interface text changes: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-i18n-1.14.0.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-1.14.0.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-1.14.0.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-i18n-1.14.0.patch.gz… Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html ********************************************************************** MEDIAWIKI 1.13.5 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-1.13.5.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.13.4), without interface text: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-1.13.5.patch.gz Interface text changes: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-i18n-1.13.5.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-1.13.5.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-1.13.5.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-i18n-1.13.5.patch.gz… Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmhN3EACgkQ8F4kYQ4+MpMbYQCgmf6RwCUEo9RRw3hfzNz15B+a MT0An1BqeA6wUOQnIFZJ4mRBjJJw37Gc =ac1p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Last call for translations for MediaWiki 1.14 release
by Siebrand Mazeland 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Dear list members, MediaWiki 1.14 will be released this weekend. This means that there is about 20 hours left to complete the translations for this release. Everyone willing to contribute to the MediaWiki localisation is urged to join the localisation effort at translatewiki.net. Below you will find a few helpful links. Your help is appreciated. Kind regards, Siebrand Mazeland Translatewiki.net staff * Translation statistics (updated daily): http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Group_statistics * 1.14 untranslated messages (pick your language from the "Language" dropdown and press "Fetch"): http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=core-1.14 * Test MediaWiki 1.14 RC1: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.14/mediawiki-1.14.0rc1.tar.gz

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