MediaWiki-l August 2009

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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

Has the parser just been changed with regards to tildes (~~~~) inside HTML comments? It appears they used to be ignored, and are now suddenly being replaced en masse the next time someone edits the page (and can't be easily reverted - it just changes the sig to the reverter's instead). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-06-02-ear… for an example.

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page
by Bart Q. Simon 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

I distinctly remember there was a way to add a title to a special page simply by entering in a URL, then adding the title to the wiki edit field, and then saving. The new "writing a new special page" how-to is very confusing - and it wants me to write PHP to get the title to show up. There was an easier way... I can't find this how-to anywhere- though I'm sure it used to exist. FX can you walk me through how you've added a wiki page title to a special page? Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rick DeNatale Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:33 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page On 5/13/05, FxParlant <f-x.p(a)laposte.net> wrote: > Hello; > There is a paragraph on how to create a special page in the FAQ > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_cont ent_to_MediaWiki.3F > > It's not so difficult. At the end,it says you have to create a simple > page and write the name of your special page in it. If you forget this > the title of your special page will have < and > around. I haven't > got a clue why creating a page with the name in it solves this, but it works That page seems to have changed, it now just has a pointer to an article about writing an extension which really doesn't seem to build a special page. I just figured out how to build a new special page which is like the Uncategorized pages page, but looks at the Image namespace. I wrote it up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Mysql ISAM vs InnoDB
by Jim Hu 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

$wgDBtransactions gets set to true if using InnoDB tables. Is there an advantage to using InnoDB tables? The disadvantage is that with MySQL there is a file, ibdata1, that seems to grow endlessly if InnoDB tables are used. See http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=1341 We're wondering if we should just convert everything to MyISAM. Any thoughts? ===================================== Jim Hu Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054

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Custom namespaces and discussion pages
by Snowolf 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I've created some custom namespaced on one of my wikis, Botwiki (previously known as pywikipedia). I've put these lines in my LocalSettings.php file: - --- #Custom namespaces $wgExtraNamespaces = array(100 => "Manual", 101 => "Manual talk", 102 => "Python", 103 => "Python talk", 104 => "Php", 105 => "Php talk", 106 => "Perl", 107 => "Perl talk", 108 => "AWB", 109 => "AWB talk", 110 => "IRC", 111 => "IRC talk", 112 => "Other", 113 => "Other talk" ); $wgContentNamespaces[] = 100; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 102; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 104; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 106; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 108; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 110; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 112; - --- However, I have a big problem: when I go to a page in one of these new namespaces (not the discussion, the main ones), for example http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Perl:Copyright_Violation_Bot , I found the red link to the discussion page. It's right, as there is no discussion page for that article. But if you click on it, it brings you to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… correct, of course. But have a look of the article and discussion tabs: they are both red! The first, "article", leads to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… when it should lead to http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Perl:Copyright_Violation_Bot and the second, "discussion", leads to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Talk:Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_… , when it should lead to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… . It's the first time I deal with custom namespaces :-( but I have some ideas of what it can be. Can the problem be with the $wgContentNamespaces settings? So it detects everything as ns0? (don't think so). Or can it be the fact that I haven't used an underscore in the $wgExtraNamespaces definition? Snowolf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGWhk7sdafW5NQMtERAuX+AKDQ7QLNjXv9cu+ZbSLXidMzgi/vNgCaA7VT +VTgR3iI/BI7FVDqcyRZVJ0= =a4yP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Moving lots pages to a different namespace?
by Mark London 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

I want to moving all pages in a certain namespace (about 60 pages) into the the "main" namespace. I couldn't find how to do this, so I tried exporting the pages and importing them and I ran into all sorts of problems. Is there a way to do what I want without using the import and export features (and without having to move each of them manually)? Thanks.

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RSS Feed on Category
by Verhoeven, Peter 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi, It is possible to subscribe to a RSS Feed Recent Changes and New Pages. Is there also a way to add RSS Feeds for Recent Changes and New Pages within a specific category? Regards Peter Verhoeven This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for use by the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a 'reply' message. Thank you for your co-operation.

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Replacing Newline
by Waseem Sayegh 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

How can you replace a newline with a line break? I tried {{#replace:{{{1}}}|\n|<br />}} but it doesn't seem to be picking up the '\n' at all. Is there a way, or even a workaround?

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Foundation-l] 31 august, 20 years of our national holiday "Our romanian language" in Moldova, mo.wikipedia still in cyrillic !
by Cetateanu Moldovanu 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:45 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/8/31 Cetateanu Moldovanu <cetateanumd(a)gmail.com>: > > > I said OUR, OUR country, OUR language, OUR latin script and alphabet. > Please > > respect us. > > > If by "respect" you mean "agree" and "do what I say" ... then I'm not > surprised you have no insight as to why no-one cares about your > request. > Please don't change my words. It was already promised http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-November/047554.html that it will change, this mail is a remind of that promise that we remember. Today is one of the biggest and most important national moldavian holiday ! And just want let you know about that, and about the fact that there is some anomaly on the very influential and biggest encyclopedia in the world, Wikipedia. And to my surprise, Wikipedia move very very slow to do anything, even if was already promised. >Cyrillic Moldovan is at best inaccurate and at worse understandably highly offensive. Indeed. Usually moldovan people are very shocked when they discover the actual version of mo.wikipedia, read your own ( http://apps.facebook.com/causes/39775 - Delete "moldovan" Wikipedia 2805 members) http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1639/31082009163401.png (page the comment of the users)

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Foundation-l] 31 august, 20 years of our national holiday "Our romanian language" in Moldova, mo.wikipedia still in cyrillic !
by Cetateanu Moldovanu 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

>the world the language that you claim to be "your own" is written in I said OUR, OUR country, OUR language, OUR latin script and alphabet. Please respect us. "The Moldovan language has often been successfully identified as and called Romanian." That's very true, that's why I'm asking, that's why I'm (and others too) iritated to see "Молдовеняскэ" on your front page, just like in the soviet occupation times. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hoi, > French, English, German, Tamil and many other languages are not only spoken > in the "country of origin". The Moldovan language has often been > successfully identified as and called Romanian. When in this other area of > the world the language that you claim to be "your own" is written in > Cyrillic then it must be tough on you. > > Given that for all kinds of reasons the wikipedia you refer to may be > removed makes the argument that the language is not yours anyway any less > potent. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2009/8/31 Cetateanu Moldovanu <cetateanumd(a)gmail.com> > > > Hello everyone, > > > > 20 years ago on 27 august 1989, 700 000 of moldovans (of a 4 millions > > popoulation) went to the center of Chișinău (the capital of Moldova) to > the > > *Piața Marii Adunări Naționale*, the biggest square in the city, and > shout > > "limbă alfabet" (language and the alphabet) and for country independence, > > that event is called "Great National Assembly" (Marea Adunare Națională) > > which declared it's language "Moldavian" and it's script "LATIN". > > (here are a documental movie about this event > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BSfmhLOxO0, in the 4th part you can find > > that declaration) > > > > Please respect that wish and delete the cyrllic mo.wikipedia.org that > > claims > > to be our language, and remove/change the name of our language written in > > cyrllic "Молдовеняскэ" on your first page wikipedia.org. > > > > Thank you wikipedia. > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >

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31 august, 20 years of our national holiday "Our romanian language" in Moldova, mo.wikipedia still in cyrillic !
by Cetateanu Moldovanu 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello everyone, 20 years ago on 27 august 1989, 700 000 of moldovans (of a 4 millions popoulation) went to the center of Chișinău (the capital of Moldova) to the *Piața Marii Adunări Naționale*, the biggest square in the city, and shout "limbă alfabet" (language and the alphabet) and for country independence, that event is called "Great National Assembly" (Marea Adunare Națională) which declared it's language "Moldavian" and it's script "LATIN". (here are a documental movie about this event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BSfmhLOxO0, in the 4th part you can find that declaration) Please respect that wish and delete the cyrllic mo.wikipedia.org that claims to be our language, and remove/change the name of our language written in cyrllic "Молдовеняскэ" on your first page wikipedia.org. Thank you wikipedia.

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