MediaWiki-l February 2012

mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

83 participants
74 discussions

custom skins not working on upgrade to 1.18.1
by Graham Seaman 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Hi I'm just upgrading from 1.16.2 to 1.18.1. Everything seems to be fine apart from a custom skin (the built-in skins work ok). The skin ('Resources') is a small variation on Vector. When I switch $wgDefaultSkin to my skin, the skin code gets called but no css is loaded. I've tried starting again by copying Vector.php to Resources.php, copying vector/* to resources/*, and changing all references to '[Vv]ector to '[Rr]esources' in Resources.php, but the css is still ignored. As you can tell from this description I don't know how the skin system works in any depth and am hacking away blindly. Can anyone suggest where I might be going wrong? Thanks Graham

2 2

Infobox in the sidebar
by nakohdo 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

I want to provide my users with some permanent information using kind of an infobox either in the sidebar or in the footer. However, the sidebar seems to render only links. The same goes for the footer AFAIU http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Footer Any ideas or pointers how to achieve this goal are welcome! tia Frank -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/Infobox-in-the-sidebar-tp4514581p4514581.h… Sent from the WikiMedia General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

5 4

Offline Wikipedia
by Sumana Harihareswara 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

On 02/27/2012 07:00 AM, mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:35:12 -0600 > From: Jonathan Boler <galatians(a)gmail.com> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Command Line Markup Parser > Message-ID: > <CAGA6xGiUHq4jCteONDrD16qHuy7w6t5AHmuaDb8rBzkiS6oqHQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > That worked. Thanks for your help. > > I now have the latest dump of the whole English Wikipedia running > locally on my laptop using this: > > http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/buildWikipediaOffline.html > > Searching and rendering are almost instant! > > Jonathan Thanks for the update, Jonathan. You might also be interested in http://www.kiwix.org/ (English at http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Main_Page/en ). -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

1 0

Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Wikitech-l] Asking for a mysql test: patch submitted: authentication on Wikipedia via user_name OR user_email
by Nicolas Brouard 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Le 23 févr. 2012 à 02:01, phoebe ayers a écrit : > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Nicolas Brouard <brouard(a)ined.fr> wrote: >> > >> >> Thank you for your support. I just submitted a complete patch entitled "Can't authenticate using my mother language username (UNICODE) when I only have (a public) access to Wikipedia with an ASCII (english) keyboard" in about 20 languages on >> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34590 >> >> People supporting this idea, please for it. > > Cool! > > See also: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28085, a bug > I submitted ages ago based on feedback I've gotten talking to users > who only occasionally edited. The idea is that that remembering a > username can be a barrier to casual editing (a few tries to remember a > username that you don't use much and you might just give up) -- and > being able to log in with an email address might help make things > smoother Thank you for pointing me on your older bug that I didn't find on Bugzilla before I submitted this current bug. The aim was different but the solution to be found is the same. I haven't seen a proposed patch neither by yourself nor anyone else, am I wrong? Concerning the patch submitted, and in order to have an idea of the pertinence of it for other MediaWikis sites than mine and Wikipedia too, I am asking people having access to the standard user database of their wikis to process this next mysql command. The question is how many people are sharing a unique e-mail with several usernames? mysql -u wikiadmin -p wikidb mysql> select email_freq, COUNT(email_freq) FROM (select user_email, COUNT(user_email) as email_freq FROM prefix_user WHERE user_email <> "NULL" GROUP BY user_email ) AS DISTRIB GROUP BY email_freq; Here is the result on mine: +------------+-------------------+ | email_freq | COUNT(email_freq) | +------------+-------------------+ | 1 | 3047 | | 2 | 22 | | 3 | 1 | +------------+-------------------+ On the above example, 22 users have 2 usernames having the same e-mail. 1 have 3, and all the others have an e-mail link to a unique username. I suppressed the number of people having no e-mail authenticated (NULL). The benefit of this patch won't be as good on Wikipedia user table, but I would be happy if you know who I can ask in order to get the results. I was guessing 90% but I am probably pessimistic... -- Nicolas > -- phoebe > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

1 0

Command Line Markup Parser
by Jonathan Boler 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

I'm trying to write a command line mediawiki markup parser that doesn't require a full Mediawiki setup/installation with database etc. So far I have this below which works pretty good but requires that my Mediawiki installation be set up with a database. How can I remove the database dependency from this script? Also, the article links generated are in the format /index?title=Article_Title&action=edit&redlink=1 how can I change the formatting of these parameters so that it's just /Article_Title Thanks, Jonathan <?php require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/maintenance/commandLine.inc'; $text = "* [[foo]]\n* [[Example|bar]]\n* [http://example.com/ an outside link]"; $titleObj = Title::newFromText( 'Example' ); $parserOptions = new ParserOptions(); $parserOptions->setTidy( true ); $parserOptions->setEditSection( false ); $parserOutput = $wgParser->parse( $text, $titleObj, $parserOptions ); $parsedText = $parserOutput->getText(); echo $parsedText; ?>

2 2

switchtablink parser function doesn't seem to be working in mediawiki 1.18.1
by twinsenw 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

Hello, My name is Chris and I'm new to the mailing list. I noticed the switchtablink parser function wasn't working properly in Mediawiki 1.18.1. Clicking the link doesn't go anywhere. You can see the problem here when you try to click on "Add Media" and then try to click on "Back to Basic Information" at the bottom: http://thisishowyouplay.com/wiki/Form:Add_an_activity Any help on solving the problem would be much appreciated! Thank you, Chris

1 0

Error in upload image in mediawiki with IIS7
by Rahul Sharma 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Dear All currently I am using wiki application in IIS7.everything running fine but when i tried to upload an image it gives error " The file you uploaded seems to be empty. This might be due to a typo in the file name. Please check whether you really want to upload this file."what can be the reason behind it. thanks in advance.... Rahul s

2 1

Installation
by Phill Whiteside 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Hi, a little bit convoluted, I installed memcached onto our server, and yes, it was already linked to local host only. [root@ks389199 ~]# ps -ef | grep mem nobody 1558 1 0 01:07 ? 00:00:00 memcached -m 64 -l 127.0.0.1 -p 11211 -d -u nobody Which ties in with what wiki needs when told me. I then added the section into LocalSettings.php the lines $wgMainCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED; $wgParserCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED; # optional $wgMessageCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED; # optional $wgMemCachedServers = array( "127.0.0.1:11211" ); $wgSessionsInMemcached = true; # optional Of this I have no issues, as everything is tied to local host. But, as Apollo 13 stated... Hueston, we have a problem. Deep sigh, new install at http://wiki.thesii.org/index.php/Main_Page gives me Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data. Any suggestions? Regards, Phill.

5 16

MediaWiki Workshop: MediaWiki's ResourceLoader - 2/23/2012 on #wikimedia-dev
by Gregory Varnum 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Greetings! Building on the success of our inaugural session, MW.org's WikiProject Extensions is presenting our next MediaWiki Workshops for developers (volunteer and staff). "MediaWiki's ResourceLoader" will be held on 23 February, 2012 at 21:00 UTC in IRC (#wikimedia-dev). This IRC workshop will be an opportunity to learn more about utilizing MediaWiki's ResourceLoader. Also an opportunity to ask questions about developing MediaWiki extensions. Everyone is invited to attend. Developers interested in serving as "extensions" or "ResourceLoader" experts are encouraged to signup as participants at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:WikiProject_Extensions/Workshops#Med… MediaWiki Workshops typically last one hour, and happen no more than twice a month to present trainings, hold discussions and collaborate on community or WikiProject Extensions projects. Facilitators host the session to introduce any presenters, determine the order of questions, and generally helps to keep things going. Time of day will vary in order to offer people in different parts of the world the opportunity to participate. Future topics will likely include MW.org documentation, API orientation and workshops similar to our inaugural chat to prepare for each MediaWiki release. More information: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:WikiProject_Extensions/MediaWiki_Wor… MediaWiki.org's WikiProject SysAdmins will also likely host similar MediaWiki Workshops to help third-party wiki system administrators. Stay tuned for more information, and chime in at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:WikiProject_SysAdmins/Ideas I look forward to seeing folks on Thursday! Please feel free to forward this along to any interested folks. -greg aka varnent ------- Gregory Varnum Lead Administrator, WikiQueer Lead, Aequalitas Project @GregVarnum fb.com/GregVarnum

1 1

index.php blank page
by Joerg Sorge 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Helo, I'm new to this list. After an update of my server-host the wiki-main-page is blank and nothing is displayed. What can I do to check what's wrong? Regards, Jörg -- www.xpilger.de <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

3 4

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

MediaWiki-l February 2012