MediaWiki-l November 2012

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Watching all articles of one category
by Uwe Baumbach 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Hi there, does anyone know a effective way to put all articles belonging to a certain category into my watch list? (without access to the servers command line) Solutions for a one time action (to take effect on all articles just know categorized) or dynamic configuration (taking effect on later categorized articles as well) would be great! Thx, Uwe (Baumbach) U.Baumbach(a)web.de -- Sie interessieren sich für Familienforschung? Schauen Sie doch einmal hier vorbei: http://GenWiki.genealogy.net http://www.genealogienetz.de

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] What can go in a #REDIRECT? (not system variables!)
by Jan Steinman 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

> From: Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 07/11/12 21:00, Chad wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Jan Steinman <Jan(a)bytesmiths.com> wrote: >>>> I find that I cannot put {{CURRENTYEAR}} in the #REDIRECT link, such as: >>>> #REDIRECT [[Budget, {{CURRENTYEAR}}]] >>>> >>>> Why not? Such links work elsewhere! >>> >>> This does not work with redirects. They're not parsed in the same way pages >>> normally are (it just looks for #REDIRECT + a link). >>> >>> -Chad >> >> We could expand parser functions if there are {{ }} there. >> Seems worth to open a bug. > > It's been WONTFIX'd since '05. I guess we can reopen it :) > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1575 Thanks! It seems to be a very useful way of having static page names invoke dynamic content. I'm going to try the template work-around that Jamie Thingelstad posted. ---------------- :::: I don’t know if the defenders of the pasteurized milk monopoly will ever give up their crusade, but I sort of hope they don’t. Milk tastes so much better to me when it’s bootlegged than when it’s legal. -- Gene Logsdon :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: :::: (Send email to Quote(a)Bytesmiths.com to get a random quote, or Quotes(a)Bytesmiths.com to get 50 random quotes. Put a word in the Subject line to filter for that word.)

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Problem seeing the content of pages - Initial setup
by Venkatesh Channal 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Hi, I am installing mediawiki for first time. The version of software being used is: Mediawiki - 1.19.2 PHP - 5.3.18 MySQL - 5.5.28 The OS is Cent OS 5.3 (final version), 64 bit. I am able to install mediawiki and configure it. I have run the scripts to populate the MySQL database tables with values of wikipedia dump. When I access the mediawiki site, there are no pages to view and queries returns no results even though http://10.155.8.142/mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages lists many links under headers like Maintenance reports, Lists of pages, Login / create account etc. When I click the link "Categories" under header "List of Pages" no page opens. I tried other links under this header but it is not returning any results. Please note that the URL can't be accessed from outside as this is a internal IP and there are no public IP available to use it. My goal is to set up mediawiki and then use it to extract/fetch song related information by specifying the category. Could you please let me know what I may be doing wrong as I am not getting the results back. Thanks and regards, Venkatesh

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MediaWiki 1.20.0 released
by Mark A. Hershberger 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm happy to announce the availability of the first stable release of the new MediaWiki 1.20 release series. MediaWiki 1.20 is a large release that contains many new features and bug fixes. This is a summary of the major changes of interest to users. You can consult the RELEASE-NOTES-1.20 file for the full list of changes in this version. Our thanks go to everyone who helped to improve MediaWiki by testing the beta release and submitting bug reports. == What's new? == MediaWiki 1.20 brings the usual host of various bugfixes and new features. * Minimum PHP version is now 5.3.2. * New diff view, greatly improved in clarity especially for whitespace and other small changes and color-blind users. * New special page Special:MostInterwikis. * New magic word {{PAGEID}} which gives the current page ID. * The info action has been reimplemented. Internationalization: * New languages supported: Emilian (egl), Tornedalen Finnish (fit), Mizo (lus), Santali (sat), Turoyo (tru) * New Cyrillic-Latin language converter for Uzbek (uz) == What's next? == === Next Release === Since the Wikimedia Foundation has successfully switched to a biweekly release cycle for their sites, making releases of MediaWiki available on a more regular basis makes sense. As of this release, we plan to release a new version of MediaWiki every six months. This means that version 1.21 of MediaWiki will be released in April or May 2013. === Long Term Support === We're working closely with Linux distributors to make sure that the MediaWiki bundled in Linux is something that we feel more comfortable supporting. In this vein, MediaWiki 1.19 is being targeted for "long term support". Since Debian (the Linux distribution with the longest release cycle) has a two year cycle between each freeze and we've gotten MediaWiki 1.19 into Wheezy, we'll support MW 1.19 for the next two years. (Thank you especially to MediaWiki developer Platonides for his help in working with the Debian developers.) Full release notes: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20 Frequently asked questions about upgrading: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#Upgrading ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.20.0.tar.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.20.0.tar.gz.sig Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html - -- http://hexmode.com/ Any time you have "one overriding idea", and push your idea as a superior ideology, you're going to be wrong. ... The fact is, reality is complicated -- Linus Torvalds <http://hexm.de/mc> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iD8DBQFQmaW3c17xCi38v/URAgToAJ0SVYePd+BxCNWToV8LEc5lpcVrrQCeKKXR GTKxNnWaQIoLoTUoE7BvuOo= =wR0s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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What can go in a #REDIRECT? (not system variables!)
by Jan Steinman 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

I'm using MediaWiki 1.16.2. (Yea, I know. But it's running so well, and every time I've upgraded, it's cost me a couple days of mop-up.) I have a number of pages in the format "Something, YYYY" or "YYYY something," such as "Budget, 2012" or "2012 harvest". I have a number of #REDIRECT pages like "Current budget" that point to (for example) "Budget, 2012". Presently, I manually update them at year-end. I find that I cannot put {{CURRENTYEAR}} in the #REDIRECT link, such as: #REDIRECT [[Budget, {{CURRENTYEAR}}]] Why not? Such links work elsewhere! When I do so, the redirect no longer works, and someone clicking on "Current budget" (for example) ends up on the redirect page, rather than the page being pointed to by the #REDIRECT. Is this a bug I should report? Is there some work-around? Does it work properly in newer versions? (Could be what I need to upgrade... :-) Any other hints to get it to do what I want? Thanks! ---------------- :::: Ladybug, ladybug, Look to your stern! Your house is on fire, Your children will burn! So jump ye and sing, for The very first time The four lines above Have been put into rhyme. -- Walt Kelly :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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standing up for setFunctionTagHook()
by Benny Lichtner 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Howdy. I sent the message below to the wikitech-I list, but I didn't get any response. Sumana recommended I post it here as well, so here you go! Hi all. When working on a wiki extension I came across this thread (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-January/051437.html) regarding the purpose/history of setFunctionTagHook() and where/when to use it. Daniel Friesen wrote: "setFunctionTagHook was added so that you could expand variables inside tags. Then setHook() got added $frame and the need for such hook type disappeared. I'd like to kill it, although it has been there for some time (if any list reader uses it, please stand up)." I started using the hook in a Firebase extension (http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:Firebase) in order to replace <firebaseraw> tags with responses to HTTP requests /before most other wiki text is parsed/. It works great for me because I can insert data into chunks of code like a google street view widget: {{#widget:Google Street View |lat=<firebaseraw url="http://gamma.firebase.com/SomeAccountName/lat" /> |lng=<firebaseraw url="http://gamma.firebase.com/SomeAccountName/lon" /> |yaw=370.64659986187695 |pitch=-20 |zoom=0 }} I'm new to extension writing, though, so maybe there are other, better ways to accomplish this? If not, consider this a vote to leave in setFunctionTagHook()! --Benny

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How to create a constant variable in mediawiki and use in different page.
by Albin Joy 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Dear All, I am very new to MediaWiki, just started using. I need to create a global constant variable and save one URL as value. I must be able to use this variable in any page in the mediawiki. But I don't know, How to create a global variable and use the variable in different page. This is a very common usage. Please somebody help me to do this. Thanks in advance.. -- Thanks &Regards Albin Joy

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wiki format
by chembiomed＠yahoo.com 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

hello! I want to create a wiki (either local or web) my main goal is to be able to organize alot of data very nicely and to edit it easily (not looking for ability to be edited by others etc) however, I want to be able to do these: 1) create and edit rich text (wiki can already do that) 2) create and edit flowcharts, diagrams, etc of as many as possible types (can it do it?) 3) create tables, sortable, filterable, searchable, etc (can it do it?) please advise if it can and how to do it! thanks!

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Basic question regarding zim files
by nosehat 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Hello, I am making an application in Python which will make heavy use of Wikipedia data. I've downloaded the 10.4GB .zim archive of Wikipedia's English articles, so that I can run this applicaiton offline, and so I don't have to rely on extensive hits to Wikipedia's API or website. Perhaps my google-fu is very rusty, but I can't find any documentation or tools for accessing the zim file from python. I've found pyzim (https://code.launchpad.net/zim/pyzim), but this appears to be a python build of the zim reader and writer, not a python library to allow me to search and access information in the zim file from my own code. If does include a library of such functions, I can't find them, or any documentation or examples, etc. Ideally, I'd like to be able to search the zim file just like searching wikipedia (the zim file is already indexed as I understand it?), and I'd like to be able to pull out articles, in json form for example. Can someome point me to a resource to get me started with this? I hope this is an ok question for this mailing list. If not, any suggestions for a better place to ask this question would be most welcome! Thanks in advance!

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Extension for notification once a week
by Martin Šimko 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi, thank you Siebrand. Does some documentation exist (what does the extension really do, how to set it)? I've tried to look for it but I can't see any. Platonides: Yes, I can run cron jobs. AutoWatch sends e-mail directly after every change and not using database. In order to send weekly reports, it have to be completely rework. -- Sledujte nás na sociálních sítích: Twitter<https://twitter.com/RobertNemec_com> , Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/RobertNemec.com>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/robertnemec.com> , Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/1/111881936553300641146/posts>.

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