MediaWiki-l September 2010

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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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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 17 Aug '25

17 Aug '25

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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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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editing the edition buttons
by André Meunier 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Hello, I'd like to modify the edition buttons (the buttons you have above the edition frame when you modify a page), to remove the date from the signature button, and keep only the name. It works manually when removing one of the '~' from the signature added (the button adds --~~~~), so I'm trying to find where the javascript for the buttons comes from. -- *André Meunier*

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Custom namespaces and discussion pages
by Snowolf 25 Jan '11

25 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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Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to widen the search suggestions box?
by Lukas Tanner 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Thanks for the answer. I just tested, and it only works if I disable the Extension:UsabilityInitiative in $IP/LocalSettings.php #require_once("$IP/extensions/UsabilityInitiative/Vector/Vector.php"); Do you know something about this bug and how to fix it? Greets

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about requiring PHP 5.2
by Ashar Voultoiz 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hello, Looking at INSTALL it seems we are still supporting PHP version 5.1 which is 5 years old in a couple of weeks. This is getting old and prevents developers from using some new features. Ideally we could raise it to 5.3 to get Namespace support, closures but that might be to early since most webhost probably still use 5.2.x. Would it be possible to consider raising the requirement to at least 5.2.0 ? This would give us native JSON support and most probably the filter extension enabled by default. The later can be used to speed up the input validation. cheers, -- Ashar Voultoiz

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statistics, counter
by Scheid, Bernhard 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

I am searching for an extension that shows the developments of hits on my wiki comparable to, for instance, [statcounter.com]. User came from, search queries, etc, would also be good to know. So far, I only found Extension:Usage Statistics, which produces strange output on my Wiki and is moreover unpleasant to handle. Any suggestions? Thx Bernhard PS: For the moment I have installed statcounter.com, which requires some loading time, however, since it is loading an external JS file. There should be a more elegant solution since the data are there, aren't they?

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Attention MediaWiki Hackers!
by Chad 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

(sending to main tech lists, crossposted to Tech Blog[0], feel free to forward anywhere else you'd like) Greetings MediaWiki hackers! I am pleased to announce the upcoming MediaWiki Hack-A-Ton in Washington, DC. As you are all aware, every year in April our good friends at Wikimedia Deutschland host the annual "MediaWiki Developers Meetup" in Berlin. At that event, the program is focused on demonstrations, workshops and small group discussions. To complement this, we're planning the DC meetup to be focused solely on hacking, bugfixing and getting down and dirty with the code. We're scheduling this for October 22nd-24th in Washington, DC. Some of the details haven't been ironed out yet, but will be announced over the coming days as it is. So clear your calendars, and keep your eyes on MediaWiki.org[1] and the mailing lists for more information. Some travel assistance may be available for those coming a long way. I've also been told there will be swag of some sort for attendees :) -Chad [0] http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2010/09/hack-a-ton-dc/ [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hack-A-Ton_DC

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Tagline system message : single quote changed in '
by Wikimini 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi, On my french wiki i have the following tagline system message : {{#if:{{NAMESPACE}}||« {{PAGENAME}} » défini et expliqué aux enfants par les enfants.}} (which means : "[Name of article]] defined and explained to children by children") Ok, this is fine. But the problem is that every single quote (') is converted to ' Example : http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Armel_le_Cl%C3%A9ac%27h I've noticed this problem on other french wikis. Any idea or maybe a solution ? Thank you for your help Laurent

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