MediaWiki-l March 2009

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Identifying article drafts
by Ekompute .info 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi, I have the habit of writing many articles at the same time without polishing them immediately. Reason is that sometimes it is hard for me to edit the first draft to my satisfaction until days later. How do I set the watchlist such that all new articles automatically go into this list? When I am satisfied with the final draft, I will take it out from the watchlist manually. PM Poon

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username and realname display
by Robert Carter 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Can anyone think of a way to replace the wiki usernames that are displayed in the recent changes, history etc, with the user's real name as specified in the preferences? Many of my wiki's have ugly enterprise IDs (eg rcar004) for usernames and it would be nice to have the real name displayed instead. Rob

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Sudden SQL Error When Sharing "user" Table Across 2 Wikis
by John Thomson 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hello, I have two wikis, with two databases (no prefixes), sharing the *user* and *user_groups* tables using a VIEW. To accomplish this, I created wiki1 as one normally would, nothing special there. When wiki2 came on board, I dropped the tables "user" and "user_groups" for wiki2 and granted a view for those tables into wiki1: mysql> CREATE VIEW wiki2:user_groups AS SELECT * From wiki1:user_groups and mysql> CREATE VIEW wiki2:user AS SELECT * From wiki2:user (Solution borrowed from http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2092) Now, this has been working very well for about 6 months in 2 different environments (PROD and DEV). I recently received a report that the "List Users" special page in wiki2 (in PROD, of course) is no longer working, and is throwing an error.: 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 "IndexPager::reallyDoQuery (UsersPager)". MySQL returned error "1221: Incorrect usage of index hints and VIEW (localhost)". The rest of the wiki works just fine. Standard SQL queries on the tables work just fine. The List Users special page loads just fine for wiki1, and there are no other (apparent) problems with wiki2. DEV is ticking along just fine. Same extensions, same code, same versions, same host...aside from content, there is no other difference between these wikis. Another thing to consider is that I am consolidating the wikis shortly, within a couple of months, but I need to explain this, if nothing else. :-) Does anyone have any insight into what could have happened here? Versions: MW - 1.13.1 MySQL - 5.1.30-community PHP 5.2.6 Many thanks!! John

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 66, Issue 21
by jorge kamoh 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

I wish cancell my suscripcón, because is not my languish Im sorry > From: mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 66, Issue 21 > To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:00:08 +0000 > > Send MediaWiki-l mailing list submissions to > mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mediawiki-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MediaWiki-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: username with an @ (K. Peachey) > 2. Re: Problem with upgrading form Mediawiki 1.10 to 1.14 (Jan Luca) > 3. Re: username with an @ (Platonides) > 4. Re: username with an @ (Platonides) > 5. Trouble with upgrade from 1.12 to 1.13.5 (Andrew Thornton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:29:50 +1000 > From: "K. Peachey" <p858snake(a)yahoo.com.au> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] username with an @ > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <4c103ee70903140529h1a65d9fbw72e5b5188ab544d0(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Charlotte Webb > <charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:56 PM, K. Peachey <p858snake(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Michael Rosenthal > >> <rosenthal3000(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >>> Isn't there a workaround to change the userrights without hacking > >>> MediaWiki? I think I read about a method in which the @ is replaced by > >>> something on bugzilla but unfortunatly I can't find it again. > >> Using a "#<USERIDNUMBER>" in the username field iirc. > > > > Does this work for blocking too? Apparently the colon ":" also causes > > problems, see logs: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WP:ANI > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WPANI > > > > That's how this unblockable user was able to do page-move vandalism > > continuously for over 30 minutes. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=WPANI&limit=500 > > > > I'd argue that usernames containing deprecated characters should be > > automatically renamed or locked out pending a rename. > > > > ?C.W. > No idea, but i was telling people to try it when the issue came up but > no one decided to listen/try so i have no idea. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:35:50 +0100 > From: "Jan Luca" <jan(a)jans-seite.de> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Problem with upgrading form Mediawiki 1.10 > to 1.14 > To: "'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'" > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: <000001c9a4a9$cabea5d0$603bf170$@de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, > > you must run the "update.php" in the "maintenance" directory. > > See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading#Run_the_update_script > > Gru? > Jan Luca > > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Ekompute > .info > Gesendet: Samstag, 14. M?rz 2009 11:20 > An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Betreff: [Mediawiki-l] Problem with upgrading form Mediawiki 1.10 to 1.14 > > Hi, I got my webhost to restore my database for me but apparently, my > website <http://dummipedia.org/Free_Simplified_Online_Encyclopedia> turns > out the following database error: > > 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 "LocalFile::loadFromDB". MySQL returned error "1054: > Unknown column 'img_sha1' in 'field list' (localhost)". > > Do you think I should consult Bugzilla? > > PM Poon > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:45:08 +0100 > From: Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] username with an @ > To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Message-ID: <gphfi4$c1a$1(a)ger.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Charlotte Webb wrote: > > Does this work for blocking too? Apparently the colon ":" also causes > > problems, see logs: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WP:ANI > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WPANI > > > > That's how this unblockable user was able to do page-move vandalism > > continuously for over 30 minutes. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=WPANI&limit=500 > > > > I'd argue that usernames containing deprecated characters should be > > automatically renamed or locked out pending a rename. > > > > ?C.W. > > I don't think it was the colon, but that it contained a namespace name > ("WP:"). Probably intruduced by Bug 5280. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:04:42 +0100 > From: Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] username with an @ > To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Message-ID: <gphgmq$ef8$1(a)ger.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Platonides wrote: > > Charlotte Webb wrote: > >> Does this work for blocking too? Apparently the colon ":" also causes > >> problems, see logs: > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WP:ANI > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WPANI > >> > >> That's how this unblockable user was able to do page-move vandalism > >> continuously for over 30 minutes. > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=WPANI&limit=500 > >> > >> I'd argue that usernames containing deprecated characters should be > >> automatically renamed or locked out pending a rename. > >> > >> ?C.W. > > > > I don't think it was the colon, but that it contained a namespace name > > ("WP:"). Probably intruduced by Bug 5280. > > > It was analysed and fixed in bug 17877. > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17877 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:24:05 -0400 > From: Andrew Thornton <andrew.thornton(a)thorntonindustries.com> > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Trouble with upgrade from 1.12 to 1.13.5 > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <6867acce0903142124m16a13184p932afb9c88b84849(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello, > > I have been trying to update my wiki to 1.13.5, but I have been > getting the following error after updating the files and updating the > database (via update.php). > > Fatal error: Call to a member function matchStartToEnd() on a > non-object in /webroot/includes/parser/Parser.php on line 2788 > > I appreciate any and all help. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > End of MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 66, Issue 21 > ******************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

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Error using importDump.php
by Frames Project 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hello I did a XML backup of a Wiki database using phpMyAdmin. Then I tried to import it in a new empty Wiki. I tried php importDump.php wiki.xml 1. I got a series of Warnings I do not understand : PHP Warning: xml_parse(): Unable to call handler () in ../mediawiki/includes/specials/SpecialImport.php on line 560 2 an an error : Erreur lors de l’analyse de l’import XML à la ligne 6586, col 77 (octet 255543; "</cl_sortkey> ") : Invalid character (Error when analyzing the XML import a line 6586, col 77 ...) Is this procedure the good one to import such an XML database ? Thanks François Colonna

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Error while saving
by Ekompute .info 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi, I got the following error message lately when trying to save my articles: *Not Found* The requested URL /J.B._Jeyaratnam was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. How can it be not found when I am trying to save, not to search? PM Poon

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Insert list of all pages in a category in another page?
by Derrick Farnell 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Hi Is it possible to automatically insert a list of all of the page titles in a category into a page other than the category page itself? I've tried using the code {{Category:xxx}}, but this doesn't work. Best Derrick

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how can I import the whole Wikipedia for offline usage?
by Tomasz Chmielewski 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

I have a site which is not permanently connected to the internet. I'd like to allow Wikipedia usage for users when they have no internet access, by using a local server with a copy of Wikipedia content. How can I import the whole (English) Wikipedia? I googled a bit, I see http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/ contains the latest dump of Wikipedia, but it's still not very clear how to import all this into a fresh MediaWiki installation. Any helpful hand out there? -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org

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segítség kérés
by Hölzer Tamás 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Kedves Mentorok! Együttműködő partnert keresek egy egyedülálló tartalmú, (részben) szabad szerkesztésű zenei enciklopédia létrehozásához. Főleg a "wikis" kivitelezésben, és nem a tartalmi részben (ami nagyrészt kész van) szorulok segítségre. Üdvözlettel: Hölzer Tamás holzer.tamas(a)t-online.hu

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Possible to add button to sidebar?
by Derrick Farnell 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Hi Using the CreateBox extension I can insert some wikitext into a page to create a button which, when pressed, creates a new page with the contents of another page preloaded. It would be nice to have this button in the sidebar, but is this possible? Inserting the wikitext into MedaiWiki:Sidebar doesn't work. Best Derrick

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