MediaWiki-l October 2012

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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 01 Mar '26

01 Mar '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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Lis tes messages avant qu'ils ne soient effacés!
by Badoo 31 Dec '23

31 Dec '23

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version 1.19.2: links to local files do not work anymore
by Muheim Christian PHSG 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Since the update to version 1.19.2 links to our local files (in the form: file:///) do not work anymore (no error message, the browser (IE)) does not start any action) - although the line $wgUrlProtocols[] = "file:///" is in the LocalSettings. What can I do?

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Getting Cite to work
by Steve Stevenson 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

I installed the svn Cite files and added the "require_once" command in the LocalSettings.php file. I tried a simple reference in Sandbox, but nothing seemed to happen. The <ref> tags are still there and <references /> is empty. What do I need to do? -- D. E. (Steve) Stevenson (Almost emeritus) Associate Professor Director, Institute for Modeling and Simulation Applications. Clemson University steve at clemson dot edu Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. -Otto von Bismarck, statesman (1815-1898)

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upgrading 1.16.4 to current using Git
by Bill Traynor 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

I have a wiki running an old installation of version 1.16.4. I'd very much like to be able to track releases using Git as described in the manual, however, I'm confused about how to do this. The manual says to "If using Git, export the files into a clean location. Replace all existing files with the new versions, preserving the directory structure. The core code is now up to date.". What does "export the files" mean? Does this mean to clone the core repo somewhere first? Is it really as simple as replacing files with new versions? What about the hidden files that designate my directory as a clone of core, do I copy those too? I'm sure I'm making this more complicated than it really is, but I really want to be able to upgrade in the future with a simple git pull. Thanks Bill

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Apache going nuts and eating all memory
by David Gerard 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

So, rationalwiki.org has been *much* faster and more usable with a coupla squids and a load-balancer in front of the Apache/Lucene/database node. (We could probably cope with just one squid, but Trent wanted to experiment.) The nodes are all Ubuntu 10.04 Linodes, the software manually kept up to date. Our problem now is that the Apache box sometimes ... just goes nuts, fills memory with Apache processes, then it goes into swap, then the oom-killer comes out to play and we have to work out what it's killed or (quicker) reboot the node. We have had occasional load spikes - where the load-balancer sees someone or something hammering it at 300 hits/sec or so - but they *don't* always coincide with Apache going nuts. The squids don't show any excess load during Apache going nuts either. If we happen to catch it when it's in swap but before oom-killer comes out, apache2ctl restart brings things back to normality. The Apache node has 4GB memory, about 3GB of that being free/cache in normal operation. We have NO IDEA what or why this is happening. Last happened around three days ago. Since then it's been lovely, but it always is until it falls over. Clues welcomed. - d.

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a couple of security questions
by Chris 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Does anyone know how to detect or log failed logins ? Also, there doesn't seem to be a consensus on file permissions in the wiki directory - can anyone say with some authority ? thanks, Chris

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SVG -- Error creating thumbnail: ERROR: meta.c (179): wmf_header_read: this isn't a wmf file
by roger＠rogerchrisman.com 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

I am getting this error instead of a thumbnail rendering of SVG files on my MediaWikis: Error creating thumbnail: ERROR: meta.c (179): wmf_header_read: this isn't a wmf file convert: Delegate failed `"wmf2svg" -o "%o" "%i"'. convert: unable to open image `/tmp/magick-XXn4EQJ3': No such file or directory. convert: unable to load module `/usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.2.8/modules-Q16/coders/svg.la': libdbus-1.so.3: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allocate memory. convert: unable to open file `/tmp/magick-XXn4EQJ3': No such file or directory. convert: missing an image filename `PNG:/tmp/transform_402f06e-1.png'. Why is MediaWiki trying to treat the SVG as a "wmf" file? I am getting this on both MW1.18.1 and MW1.19.2 on my shared Web hosting wikis (hosted at Dathorn.com). ImageMagick v 6.2.8 is installed and converts an svg to png just fine via command line. Any ideas what is wrong? Thanks, Roger You can see the problem and experiment at my temporary fresh MW1.19.2 install at http://www.eslpedia.com/File:Darknight.svg. (To avoid potential confusion, let me just note that I am serving a plain index.html instead of the wiki at eslpedia.com/ (no filename) to redirect any users who gets lost there to my production site of a similar domain name.)

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Auth_remoteuser question
by Elliott Tolliver 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Hello, When the Auth_remoteuser is in the LocalSettings file, I am not able to use the “Create Account”. I get the following error: * * *Login error* There was either an authentication database error or you are not allowed to update your external account. Is there any way of getting around this? Thanks.

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