MediaWiki-l August 2012

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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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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 17 Aug '25

17 Aug '25

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

31 Dec '23

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] problems upgrading from 13.2 to 19.1
by Dave Hunsberger 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

The current mw is running on mysql, and the upgrade should too, no desire to run an sqlite anything -------- Original Message -------- From: Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tue, 26/06/2012 07:19 PM To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org CC: Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] problems upgrading from 13.2 to 19.1 On 27/06/12 00:42, Dave Hunsberger wrote: > * Edited /htdocs/mw119/localSettings.php to point to /mw119 > folder and new db ('mediawiki_1_19') Note it should be LocalSettings.php (capital L). If it can't > Errors when running [URL]/mw119/mw-config/: > > * Blank page with error message "Warning: Cannot load module > 'pdo_sqlite' because required module 'pdo' is not loaded in Unknown on > line 0" > > MediaWiki 1.19.1 Updater > PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_error() in > /[PATH]/mw119/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line 305 > Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_error() in > /[PATH]/mw119/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line 305 So, are you trying to use a sqlite database or a mysql one? Seems you have a problem with php.ini configuration there. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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cleaning out a mass of unwanted users
by Boris Epstein 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Hello everyone, I was careless enough to run a MediaWiki installation allowing people to sign up without a moderator's approval. Hence a few hundred of them did sign up and started to use the site to swap images. How can I delete their accounts in the most expeditious way? Thanks. Boris.

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translatewiki.net ending localisation support for svn.wikimedia.org MediaWiki extensions
by Siebrand Mazeland 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

Dear all, Starting October 1, 2012, translatewiki.net will drop support for all MediaWiki extensions it currently supports that still remain in the Subversion repository svn.wikimedia.org. Many, if not all of the extensions that by that time have not been migrated to git/Gerrit, are clearly not that well maintained and we want to prevent our translators from spending their time on it. At the moment, a maximum of 273 extensions are affected. In case this message makes you wonder what git and Gerrit is all about, and how you can revive your precious extension, please see the following links: * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Tutorial * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Conversion/Extensions_queue Cheers! Siebrand

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Characters displaying incorrectly
by Patricia Barden 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hello: When searching for the word cliché in my wiki, the search results return pages that have the word in it but it looks like clichÃ© instead of cliché. This is happening with other words and phrases that use characters like: single quotation mark, double quotation mark, apostrophe, en dash, em dash, accent acute, accent grave, tilde, umlaut, etc. What is the best way to fix this? I'm running: MediaWiki: 1.10.2 (r356) PHP: 5.2.17 (cgi) MySQL: 5.0.90-log Thanks, Patricia Barden

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MediaWiki security release: 1.19.2 and 1.18.5
by Chris Steipp 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.19.2 and 1.18.5. These releases fix 6 security related bugs that could affect users of MediaWiki. Download links are given at the end of this email. * Wikipedia administrator Writ Keeper discovered a stored XSS (HTML injection) vulnerability. This was possible due to the handling of link text on File: links for nonexistent files. MediaWiki 1.16 and later is affected. For more details, see <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39700> * User Fomafix reported several DOM-based XSS vulnerabilities, made possible by a combination of loose filtering of the uselang parameter, and JavaScript gadgets on various language Wikipedias. For more details, see <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37587> * During internal review, it was discovered that CSRF tokens, available via the api, were not protected with X-Frame-Options headers. This could lead to a CSRF vulnerability if the API response is embedded in an external website using an iframe. For more details, see <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39180> * During internal review, it was discovered extensions were not always allowed to prevent the account creation action. This allowed users blocked by the GlobalBlocking extension to create accounts. For more details, see <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39824> * During internal review, it was discovered that password data was always saved to the local MediaWiki database, even if authentication was handled by an extension, such as LDAP. This could allow a compromised MediaWiki installation to leak information about user's LDAP passwords. Additionally, in situations when an authentication plugin returned false in its strict function, this would allow old passwords to be used for accounts that did not exist in the external system, indefinitely. For details on how to clean up the data leakage, see: <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39184> * During internal review, it was discovered that metadata about blocks, hidden by a user with suppression rights, was visible to administrators. For more details, see <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39823> Full release notes for 1.19.2: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19> Full release notes for 1.18.5: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18> For information about how to upgrade, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading> ********************************************************************** 1.19.2 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.2.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.19.1): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.2.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.2.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.2.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html ********************************************************************** 1.18.5 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.18/mediawiki-1.18.5.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.18.4), without interface text: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.18/mediawiki-1.18.5.patch.gz Interface text changes: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.18/mediawiki-i18n-1.18.5.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.18/mediawiki-1.18.5.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.18/mediawiki-1.18.5.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.18/mediawiki-i18n-1.18.5.patch.gz… Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help : Wiki pages are not displayed properly
by Saikat Sengupta 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Hi I am using Mediawiki on my localhost. Though it works flawlessly on the localhost but creates problem on other PCs connected to network (LAN). The webpages are not displayed properly (only text is visible without style or formatting). I have given a link below where you can see the issue. Can anyone help please? http://flic.kr/p/cY8HSs Mediawiki 1.19.1 XAMPP 1.8.0 Thanks, Saikat ============================================================================================================================Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Tech Mahindra policy statement, you may review the policy at <a href="http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html">http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html</a> externally and <a href="http://tim.techmahindra.com/tim/disclaimer.html">http://tim.techmahindra.com/tim/disclaimer.html</a> internally within Tech Mahindra.============================================================================================================================

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Collection extension PHP code execute problem
by Rahul Sharma 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Dear I am using collection extension for creating report in pdf for mediawiki 1.17 version. everything going fine except some data coming from database through php script. that is not coming in pdf . it was showing some html tags only.please help me out if you can. thanks rahul

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