MediaWiki-l July 2012

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$wgEmailConfirmToEdit = true infulences behavior of $oTitle->usercan()
by Stephan Muggli 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hello MediaWiki Team, I think I found a bug in the method userCan() of the Title object. We often use userCan( 'read' ) to ensure that the user is allowed to read the page or that some context is displayed like an extension. If $wgEmailConfirmToEdit is set to true, the behavior of userCan() isn't as expected. Every user, group doesn't matter, who doesn't have a confirmed E-Mail address fails in this check, because in the method checkUserBlock() the error 'confirmedittext' is added to the errors array. The documentation of this method says this check is done to 'Check that the user isn't blocked from editting', but this error is set on every action. Should I add this bug to the bugtracker? Best regards, Stephan Muggli Social Web Technologien, Softwareentwicklung, Support Hallo Welt! - Medienwerkstatt GmbH ______________________________ Untere Bachgasse 15 93047 Regensburg Tel. +49 (0) 941 - 66 0 80-181 Fax +49 (0) 941 - 66 0 80-189 www.hallowelt.biz muggli(a)hallowelt.biz<mailto:muggli@hallowelt.biz> Sitz: Regensburg Amtsgericht: Regensburg Handelsregister: HRB 10467 E.USt.Nr.: DE 253050833 Geschäftsführer: Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Dr. Richard Heigl, Radovan Kubani, Dr. Michael Scherm

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Can an extension detect transclusion?
by Daniel Barrett 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Is it possible for a MediaWiki extension to detect that it was transcluded? For example, if you have this: 1. Article A transcludes {{T}} 2. Template:T contains a tag extension <MyExtension/> 3. You hit article A. Can MyExtension.php somehow detect that it was transcluded from Template:T and was not directly part of article A? I read Title.php and Article.php but didn't see any functions to do this. Thank you very much, DanB

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Import a Confluence Export into new Mediawiki site
by Michael Wahl 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hello, I am looking for a way to import a confluence export (HTML) into an empty MediaWiki install. Has anyone been successful in doing this? Thanks

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Hopefully not a breach of etiquette.
by Jan Steinman 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

> From: John Sanzi <johnsanzi(a)gmail.com> > > Add new fields to the MediaWiki account creation process, including > "first name", "last name", and maybe two or three others where new > users can type their answers to essay questions. I agree that this would be extremely nice to have in the code base. I went to some trouble to make such changes, then made the mistake of upgrading MediaWiki, and it blew all my changes away. Now I use an extension table (mw_user_private) and that way updates don't clobber my schema additions. ---------------- :::: As energy supplies shrink, failing to develop different values could lead to a level of violence far greater than any that the country has known before, including first use of nuclear bombs. -- Pat Murphy :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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Installing Math or MathJax extensions on remote server
by Alessandro Samuel Rosa 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Dear all I have a personal website hosted by a remote server, were I am currently using MediaWiki to develop my website. I'd like very much to use mathematical formulations and to do so I have to install the extensions Math or MathJax. However, it seems that installing these extensions on a remote server is very cumbersome. Therefore, I'd like to know if there is a easy way of doing such installation, Thanks a lot. Alessandro Samuel-Rosa Postgraduate Course in Agronomy - Soil Science Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Hopefully not a breach of etiquette.
by John Sanzi 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi. I'm John. Thank you for your kind attention. According to www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Jobs, job openings may be announced here at mediawiki-l. Hopefully that's true, and not a breach of etiquette. Here goes. I have almost no programming skills, but for a hobby--no business or nonprofit purpose--I have been teaching myself PHP and other languages by studying MediaWiki code. In the process, I have started to get ideas about a non-commercial / hobbyist use for a wiki, for which some users would be "Topic Editors" of specific articles (the title would entail no special rights or powers; just bragging rights). This leads me to ask you if the following four things are possible with MediaWiki; and please give me a price breakdown if you want to find the appropriate extension or write the code, plus give a week of phone support, to make them happen. If you are interested, you may reply to my e-mail address, to let me know. So far I have a single price quote from a MediaWiki developer who advertises online. Another quote will supposedly be in my hands on Wednesday. Just to give you a sense of my timeframe. Well, here are the four things. Again, these are all about "Topic Editors"...and once again, the "Topic Editor" title would entail no special rights or powers... -- John --- 1 --- Customize the MediaWiki account creation mechanism so it notifies the sysop of each new user's full account information, when he/she signs up for the first time (sysop approval is needed, based on how the new user answers a few essay questions). Admittedly, this seems so basic that I suspect the ConfirmAccount extension can already accomplish it. Almost. But I don't know for sure. --- 2 --- Add new fields to the MediaWiki account creation process, including "first name", "last name", and maybe two or three others where new users can type their answers to essay questions. EXAMPLE: "First name: --- Last name: --- Username: --- Password: --- What new Topic(s)—if any—do you wish to create, and why? --- What existing Topic(s)—if any—do you wish to modify or be a Topic Editor for, and why?" et cetera. Also, automatically display the first name and last name on each user page. --- 3 --- Put a button on every MediaWiki article page, that opens a form to send a private message to the sysop. EXAMPLE: "Apply to be the new Topic Editor for this Topic" button The resulting form will ask users an essay question, by which they can apply to be the "Topic Editor" for the article page. Alternatively, it will notify guests that they must either sign in or create an account first. This button can and should exist even on pages that already have a "Topic Editor". --- 4 --- Give the sysop ability to enter unique text on certain article pages, but not others (not in the article itself; just on the page). EXAMPLE: "Topic Editor: John Doe" or, by default, "Topic Editor: None"

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Trouble installing new wiki
by Ed Swing 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

I am trying to install a new wiki using Mediawiki 1.19. After downloading the SMW extensions, and setting up the database, I'm going through the install process through the MW install pages. I click on the Install after selecting the extensions (and other features), and it seems to hang, never completing the installation. Where would I start diagnosing the problems? Edward Swing Applied Research Technologist Vision Systems + Technology, Inc. 6021 University Boulevard * Suite 360 * Ellicott City * Maryland * 21043 Tel: 410.418.5555 Ext: 919 * Fax: 410.418.8580 Email: Ed.Swing(a)vsticorp.com<mailto:Ed.Swing@vsticorp.com> Web: http://www.vsticorp.com<http://www.vsticorp.com/>

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Problem with MWSearch / Lucene / dumpBackup.php
by Udo 22 Jul '12

22 Jul '12

Hi, I recently updated my Wiki from version 1.17 to 1.19. Since then, I have problems with the generation of the search index for MWSearch: very often and at random points after the Lucene build-script called dumpBackup.php, the database (mysql) 'stalls', the script stops with "A database error has occurred." and the wiki is not working anymore. I have to restart the mysql server to get the wiki running again. Code: echo "Dumping $dbname..." cd $mediawiki && php maintenance/dumpBackup.php \ $dbname \ --conf $mediawiki/LocalSettings.php \ --aconf $mediawiki/AdminSettings.php \ --current \ --server=$slave > $dumpfile All extensions (incl. MWSearch) are up-to-date, the Lucene scripts are updated, I updated the database after the upgrade (update.php) and the database is fine, no errors reported by the appropriate tools. Running dumpBackup.php (without slave and conf) from the command line works fine. Thanks for any help, Udo

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Namespace alias
by Tom Hutchison 22 Jul '12

22 Jul '12

Hope Platonides, Jeroen or someone else very familiar with Mediawiki's core can answer this and provide a quick explanation or recommendation. I know it is recommended when setting custom namespaces to use standards, like FOO or FOO_TALK. What are the pitfalls of FOO1.0 or FOO1.1 as a namespace. Is it better to use an alias, such as FOO11 would be aliased to FOO1.1? I know the problems with Apache rewrite and have dealt with them when some of my users tried to create page titles with the ? and * characters. What if any problems could be expected with the .(period) character. Thanks Tom

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geonotice
by Forest 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Hello, Is there a way to simulate Geonotice on a non WMF wiki? I'd like to show a notice that appears only to people from a specific US state (but not to the entire nation). Thank you, Forest

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