MediaWiki-l March 2011

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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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which Seo extension do you use?
by uv22e Alcott 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Hello, as I know there are several seo extensions available but which one seems to be the more effective as also the most easy to handle one? I found these: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Add_HTML_Meta_and_Title http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Advanced_Meta http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Add_Metas And I am sure there are some further more. So here is my question: Which one do you use? Take care uv

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automatic template inclusion in new pages?
by Matthew Betts 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hi, Is there a way to ensure that a template is included in all pages of a particular namespace? I'd like to use our mediawiki to allow people to annotate some things in a biology project, and the wiki URLs will be generated automatically by an external program. Thanks, Matthew -- Matthew Betts, Russell Group CellNetworks, BioQuant, University of Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] which Seo extension do you use?
by WJhonson＠aol.com 08 May '11

08 May '11

I always thought that with Google being the 800-lb gorilla, that Meta tags were worthless.

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Search problem
by Tolliver 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hello, I am having a problem with the Search feature. I have checked Mediawiki.org's Archives, and found references to my problem, but no resolution. The issue is with using dashes & periods; hence, searching for IP addresses returns either nothing, or all instances of IP addresses, depending on the syntax I use. What is the proper syntax for searching when periods or dashes are included? Configuration: MediaWiki 1.16.0 PHP 5.1.6 MySQL 5.0.77 Regards,

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where can I get mw_tools? backup w/o shell
by wiki＠idnp.de 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hej list, I want to backup mediawiki on webserver w/o shell, I learned that mw_tools.zip from allwiki.com should be my friend. Unfortunately allwiki.com is down and I don't know any other source. Do you know an alternative download? Another way of backing up without shell-access? Thank you in advance! regards Holger

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] spam attack avoids captcha
by Chris Lewis 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

Yes I have the same problem. So annoying. Are humans confirming the emails as well? I have captcha, email confirmation and the SpamBlacklist extension and i'm still getting spammed every day for the last week. They keep making new accounts every day. What can I do since they are bypassing all this? Really annoying and time consuming banning users and deleting spam pages. Chris >Good Morning MediaWiki Fans: >Our wiki site suffered a spam attack this weekend. (version 1.13.0) The attack >evidently >had some method to work-around the new account Captcha barrier, and the >authorized user email allowed to edit setting. I'm curious if anyone >else has encountered such attacks and if there are new ways to block >bogus account creation. >--Hiram

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Wanted: List moderator
by Huib Laurens 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Hi guys, I'm starting to get less time for doing list administrator stuff but there is getting more work every week. The queue with this that needed to be done was one a week when I started but its grown to 10 a week. With the holidays coming up and that means lots of out of office replays I guess its time to find a list moderator to help out. Currently I guess its best to look someone that's active in the community, and is active on this list in good standing.. When you want to help out please e-mail me at mediawiki-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org -- Regards, Huib "Abigor" Laurens Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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