MediaWiki-l January 2013

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Special:AllMessages
by Steve VanSlyck 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hello everyone, I'm back and lots dumber than the first time around. At one time the word "Gender" in the user profile preferences page was configurable as a system message. On my wiki I want to change the word to "Sex" (since it is asking whether the user is male or female) but I cannot locate where that word is found in Special:AllMessages. Anyone know?

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Search like Wikipedia
by Steve VanSlyck 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

What extensions do I need to install to make search work like en.Wikipedia?

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Timeline widget with dates from templates via DPL to output javascript block?
by Richard 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi, I have many pages that invoke templates with a date argument. I'd like to see if I can use the SIMILE timeline widget to build a timeline with links to the pages. The SIMILE timeline widget gets its data from script blocks, so I was wondering if I could use DPL to scrape out the dates and the pages and then use its formatting to output a script block that would supply the data to the timeline widget. Alternative solutions to populate the timeline widget data would also be appreciated. Thanks! -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

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Responsive skins?
by Leonard Wallentin 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hello, I'm running a site with a (fairly) responsive skin at http://säsongsmat.nu (large thumbnails and image page images will resize, etc). It's far from perfect, and some parts are more RD than others. One think that I haven't looked into at all, is all the special pages that are build with tables (Special:UserLogin and many more). Making custom versions of them all would be a lot of job, so I'm asking here first: Has anyone done something like that already? I know there are a few responsive skins out there, did any of them address the special pages? Best regardsLeo Wallentin _______________Leonard Wallentinleo_wallentin@hotmail.com@leo_wallentin+46 (0) 735 - 933 543

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help Finding 3-rd Party MediaWiki Users and Suggestions What to Ask Them
by Jan Steinman 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

> From: Maria Miteva <mariya.miteva(a)gmail.com> > > I am failing to find any MediaWiki related > information on Aruba.it or contact information where I reach them and ask. > Could you tell me what you found to add them? I guess you had reasons. I did not add Aruba.it, nor do I know anything about them. If the history says I added them, then perhaps there's a security issue of some sort to address. I added: http://www.EcovillageNewsletter.org http://www.EcoReality.org > Also, even if you are not a very active consultant, you are welcome to > participate in discussions as long as you have feedback you want to share. > I will keep you updated! Thanks. I didn't see any way on that page for someone to register if they didn't have a site to list. > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Jan Steinman <Jan(a)bytesmiths.com> wrote: > >> I've added a couple sites to your table that may be interesting. Feel free >> to delete them if not. >> >> I do MediaWiki consulting, but I don't push it too hard and don't have a >> page touting that. It's mostly to web clients who want to do something that >> I know MediaWiki is strong at. >> >>> From: Mariya Nedelcheva Miteva <mariya.miteva(a)gmail.com> >>> >>> My current project is to compile a list of 3-rd party MediaWiki >>> users... >>> >>> 1) If you know of any users that should be included in the list, I would >>> appreciate any additions. >> >> ---------------- >> :::: Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -- William >> Goldman >> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: ---------------- :::: Complex systems can evolve from simple systems only if there are stable intermediate forms... Among all possible complex forms, hierarchies are the only ones that have had the time to evolve. -- Donella H. Meadows :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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Multiple spaces
by Ad Strack van Schijndel 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi, Is there an easy way to get 2 spaces between words? All spaces except 1 are removed and I can't think of a way to get two spaces. Why? In The Netherlands two spaces should appear in the address between postal code and place in print-outs. Thanks in advance, Ad

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help Finding 3-rd Party MediaWiki Users and Suggestions What to Ask Them
by Jan Steinman 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

I've added a couple sites to your table that may be interesting. Feel free to delete them if not. I do MediaWiki consulting, but I don't push it too hard and don't have a page touting that. It's mostly to web clients who want to do something that I know MediaWiki is strong at. > From: Mariya Nedelcheva Miteva <mariya.miteva(a)gmail.com> > > My current project is to compile a list of 3-rd party MediaWiki > users... > > 1) If you know of any users that should be included in the list, I would > appreciate any additions. ---------------- :::: Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -- William Goldman :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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Help Finding 3-rd Party MediaWiki Users and Suggestions What to Ask Them
by Mariya Nedelcheva Miteva 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi everyone, My name is Mariya ( User:Mitevam) and I am an intern with WMF for about a week now. My current project is to compile a list of 3-rd party MediaWiki users and reach out to them to find out what we can do for them, what they would like to see in MediaWiki in the future, etc. and also how they could contribute back. The list I have so far is on my User page<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mitevam>. I am mostly interested in businesses offering MediaWiki consulting, hosting, development, training, etc services since they seem more likely to get involved in the discussion but single MediaWiki wikis are also welcome if they are active and willing to participate. I am reaching out to the list for help with the following: 1) If you know of any users that should be included in the list, I would appreciate any additions. I am sure I did not find all of them. 2) One way to look for 3-rd party users was a web search for keywords such as "MediaWiki consultancy", "MediaWiki training", "MediaWiki skin design", "MediaWiki hosting", "MediaWiki installation", "MediaWiki support". I have so far done web searches in English, Bulgarian, Spanish and Russian. I am not 100% confident with my Spanish and Russian searches and I can not really search in any other language efficiently. If you are a native or fluent speaker of another language I would be grateful if you could do a quick search and let me know if you find any major businesses I might have missed. Some don't have an English version of their website. Some major languages would be German, French, Japanese, but any is welcome. 3) If you have any questions/topics, which arise in your own work, which you would like me to bring up to 3-rd party users, please let me know. Thank you in advance. Mariya

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#switch not working
by Al Johnson 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Just a guess, but this switch statement is in a template that is 2-levels deep. IOW, a page calls template 1 which calls template 2. Would this cause a problem? I've tried numerous examples and it works when it's the 1st template called, but not the second. Al

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Can't get #arraymap to work with space   delimiter
by Al Johnson 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi, This might be a bug. I followed the instructions precisely and even tried both   and   to no avail. I can't use a comma because I'm parsing URLs which allow commas. Please help, Al

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