MediaWiki-l April 2012

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Linker and backward compatibility for extensions
by Jim Hu 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

We have some extensions that used the deprecated linking methods from skin objects. I've changed these to use Linker::LinkKnown for 1.18+, but now they don't work with 1.17 or below. Is there a recommended code practice that works for both? Thanks. ===================================== Jim Hu Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054

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blog extension?
by Tom Johnson 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Can anyone point me to a good blog extension they've used with Mediawiki? I current have a blog maintained as a separate site (Joomla) that lets readers know about new articles on the wiki (among with other news). I would like to combine the two platforms into one. I saw the Wikilog extension ( http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikilog). I'm wondering if anyone uses this or something else. (For more background about why I'm asking this question, see this post: http://idratherbewriting.com/2012/04/19/differences-between-blogs-and-wikis… .) Thanks, Tom --------------------- blog: idratherbewriting.com twitter: tomjohnson

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Please register for the Berlin hackathon - June 1-3, 2012
by Sumana Harihareswara 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon. It's 1-3 June and registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with hotel/hostel, just mention it in the registration form. https://wmberlin.eventbrite.com/ This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, and socialising, primarily talking about Gadgets, the switch to Lua, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs. Our goals for the event are to bring 100-150 people together, with lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come! Details: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Berlin_Hackathon_2012 Thanks to Wikimedia Germany for hosting and coordinating this event. (Venue still to be determined.) -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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External Auth Login with OTP
by Tobias Langensiepen 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hello, i have set up mediawiki on debian. Everything works fine so far. Now i want to add an external auth. so that only i can register users and they must auth against my mysql. and it should include one time password. Add the lines to make mediawiki only visiable for loggt in users and that only i can create acc was no problem. i google a lot and find some interesting results, but none of them works for me. http://www.raskas.be/blog/2006/11/17/mediawiki-remote-user-authentication/ http://current.workingdirectory.net/posts/2007/333/ are my best matches, but i dont understand all.... can someone help me with this, give me the hint for the right way? Many thanks for everything that can help me, Tobias Hallo zusammen, ich suche etwas Hilfe. Ich habe eine mediawiki auf debian laufen, funktioniert auch so weit alles sehr gut. Zugangsrechte beschränkt und nur für den innerbetrieblichen Gebrauch. So nun würde ich aber gerne die Anmeldung noch über eine mysql Datenbank realisieren und das am besten noch durch 2 Anmeldebildschirme, wobei einer durch ein One Time Password welches per mail oder später auch per sms verschickt werden soll, gesichert ist. Ich habe so was testweise auch schon realisiert mit Hilfe von verschiedenen Skripten aus dem iNet, leider aber nicht im Zusammenhang mit Mediawiki, vielleicht hat jemand Erfahrungen damit und kann mir diesbezüglich helfen? Bin für jeden Hinweis, stoß in eine brauchbare Richtung dankbar! Danke für jede Hilfe, Tobias

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is there a way to rename namespaces ?
by chris 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

I've looked around but it's not obvious if there is a way to correctly rename namespaces. Specifically, a project namespace. I know about Aliases and Custom namespaces but i've a Project namespace I'd like to rename. Thanks, Chris

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problem with cmsort
by Marcelo Chiaradía 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hello everyone, Im trying the mediawki API. I need to get the members of given category, ordered by timestamp, which are beetwen 2 given dates. for this, Im trying with an url like this: http://localhost/mediawiki-1.17.0/api.php?action=query&generator=categoryme…<http://localhost/mediawiki-1.17.0/api.php?action=query&generator=categoryme…> and http://localhost/mediawiki-1.17.0/api.php?action=query&generator=categoryme…<http://localhost/mediawiki-1.17.0/api.php?action=query&generator=categoryme…> 2012-04-15T15:30:23Z<http://localhost/mediawiki-1.17.0/api.php?action=query&generator=categoryme…>&cmdir=asc But none of them worked. Am i doing something wrong? Im going crazy with this. Regards, Marcelo.

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Header Tabs Extension: Links Non-functional in MW 1.18+
by FFMUX Administrator 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Greetings. I am writing in response to an unanswered question on the Discussion page of the Header Tabs extension page here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Header_Tabs#switchtablink_pars… This issue exists on my installation as well and I am hoping that I might get some developer insight as to why this is occurring and, barring that, at least ensure that you are all aware of the issue. My installation: Mediawiki Version 1.18.1 Header Tabs Version 0.9 Semantic Mediawiki 1.7.0.2 Semantic Drilldown 1.1 Semantic Forms 2.3.2 Semantic Results 1.7.1 ParserFunctions 1.4.0 Skin: GuMadDD Regards.

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Is there a way to get the pages order by page Id?
by Marcelo Chiaradía 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Hello everyone, Im using the mediawiki API to get all the category members for a given category. Is there a way to get them order by page Id? How? I tried to use the "cmsort" parameter but, it just bring me the pages alfabetically. Regards, Marcelo.

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Updating MW 1.17.2 to 1.17.3
by CHOUIREF Mehdi [IT-CE] 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Hi, I have a MediaWiki 1.17.2 running on Windows Server with WAMP and I would like to know how can I use or run the security patches "mediawiki-1.17.3.patch" and "mediawiki-i18n-1.17.3.patch"? Best Regards Mehdi Ce message et toutes les pièces jointes (ci-après le 'message') sont confidentiels et établis à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Si vous n'êtes pas destinataire de ce message, merci de le détruire et d'en avertir immédiatement l'expéditeur. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisée est interdite. Tout message électronique est susceptible d'altération. IT-CE décline toute responsabilité au titre de ce message s'il a été altéré, déformé ou falsifié. This message and any attachments (the 'message') are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Neither « IT-CE » will not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified.

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anti-spam tools
by Sumana Harihareswara 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

Just wanted to thank Derrick for doing a lot of work updating our resources regarding anti-spam tools for MediaWiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Anti-spam_features Check it out -- you might not have known about some of the stuff he added! -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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MediaWiki-l April 2012