MediaWiki-l October 2013

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2013.10 release
by Kartik Mistry 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hello, I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2013.10. This bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.20.7 and MediaWiki 1.21.2. * Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2013.10.tar… * sha256sum: 04b1a1db293439553c225765a41add5f0bcd3ad4dce7f89e1f098276470e96c4 Quick links: * Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB * Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n * Report bugs to: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org * Talk with us at: #mediawiki-i18n @ freenode Release notes for each extension are below. -- Kartik Mistry == Babel and CleanChanges == * Only localization updates. == CLDR == * Use native digits on 'onGetHumanTimestamp'. * Localisation updates. == Translate == === Noteworthy changes === * Introducing of the TranslationStash feature. It's the place where sandboxed users can store their translations before they are given full translator rights. ** Added special page for TranslationStash. ** Show the translations of the user for review in Special:TranslateSandbox. * The Autonym font is now used in the language list and the tagcloud in Special:SupportedLanguages. * Bug 55607: Use group source language instead of hardcoded 'en' language. For most cases (e.g., at translatewiki.net) the source language of translations is English, this is not always the case. Source language is set to group's source language now. == UniversalLanguageSelector == === Noteworthy changes === * Bug 54594: Keep correct lang attribute when the display settings are closed. * Bug 53734: Fix the monospace font usage for input fields for Latin scripts. * Bug 55492: Use of jquery.ime with the VisualEditor has been disabled in the Universal Language Selector until Input Method support is improved. * Reset the language and the font while live preview of content font from Display Settings. If not reset, the font-family will persist for languages without font preferences. * Use the Autonym font for language autonyms in the Language Search box and Interlanguage links. === Fonts === * Use AbyssinicaSIL font for Ge'ez and Tigre languages. * Update Meera font from upstream. === Input methods === * Improvement in the Hindi Phonetic keyboard. * Added support for shift key mappings. * Added Shift+Space = ZWNJ support for Persian Keyboard. == Known bugs == * Bug 56160: Input Method labels are displayed with inconsistent text in the Language Settings panel when layouts are changed usin keyboard menus on input boxes. -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

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ContactPage-Extension not working
by Holger Büch 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi all, I'm running MediaWiki 1.21 on OpenSuse. I installed the latest ContactPage-Extension (1) but it doesn't send an E-Mail at all, it just gives me the error: "Mail object returned error:" I'm not alone with this problem, on the disscussion-page there are multiple persons with the same problem and on the internet too. The suggested solution on the discussion-page didn't work for me (2) However, the more up to date Extension and variant of ContactPage, named "ContactPageFundraiser" (3) is working. But i would have to change a lot of the source-code to adjust it to my needs and I have problems with the captcha here, so I would prefere a way to get the ContactPage working. Any ideas, on how I get the ContactPage-Extension working? Thanks & Cheers, Holger (1) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ContactPage (2) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:ContactPage#mailing_error (3) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/project:mediawiki/extensions/ContactPage…

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Introduction of new member
by Navdeep Bagga 27 Oct '13

27 Oct '13

Hello everyone, I am Navdeep Bagga. I have recently complete my studies in Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science). I aim to be a great web developer one day. Now I want to contribute this organization by participating in OPW program. My skill set : HTML, CSS, JavaScipt, PHP, MySQL. I am also good at OOP (Object Oriented), and familiar with MVC (Model View Controller) Concepts. I am also familiar with various other technologies : APIs, LaTeX, LDAP, Git, DOxygen, Secure shell access (SSH), LimeSurvey, Kannel. My code samples are here: [1] I made this for my college faculty program. https://github.com/NavdeepBagga/Applicant-Form-For-Faculty-Member [2] I also made an API during my training period at my college. https://github.com/NavdeepBagga/smsapi https://github.com/GreatDevelopers/suneha/tree/master/sunehaPlugin I have seen raw project ideas. From which the ideas most appeal me are following: 1.https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Uplo… 2.https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Writ… Please guide me which project idea is more suitable for me according to my skill set and your views. I want to focus on the project which is on priority. I look forward to have guidance from mentors and other developers. I will be available on IRC, my nickname is navdeep. -- Navdeep Bagga Happy Bird [W] http://navdeepbagga.com [T] http://www.navdeepbagga.com/category/daily-diary-3/

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User authentication via LDAP or (!) local users?
by Michael Renner 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

Moin, we use user authentication via LDAP. But the question is: what, if the LDAP fails? The documentation how to setup or repair the LDAP server is inside our wiki. So I wonder if it's possible to use LDAP for "mormal" users, but a local user (let's call him "admin") with authentication against the database? Thanks -- |Michael Renner E-mail: michael.renner(a)gmx.de | |81541 Munich skype: michael.renner.gmx.de | |Germany Don't drink as root! ESC:wq

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Extension:Scribunto
by John W. Foster 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

I installed this extension on 2 mediawiki servers,the decision being made that if it's on Wikipedia I want it on mine. Well I've decided that its way to undeveloped to use for my servers with too many issues in installtion. Here's the question; I want to remove the extension (easy enough) & every vestige of it that I may have imported in templates or scripts. I do use a lot of downloaded material from wikipedia & its sister site including templates. The need is to get rid of Scribunto as a necessarry extension. So how to locate those pages, templates, etc that have it installed. My understanding is that it is developed for using Lua in embedded scripts & as I don't have that anywhere & don't plan to, whats the best choice for my needs. John

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What's the secret to using ip_in_range() with AbuseFilter
by Al 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

There is no documentation on this on the entire world wide web. There seems to be a variable missing for the user's IP address that can be passed-in to the function. I tried user_name, but that didn't work and I'm not sure about the range parameter either... I tried "66.187.0.0/16" but that didn't seem to work. Much appreciated.

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 121, Issue 26
by Nathan Larson 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

I too was recently struggling with Scribuntu on a non-WMF site. We have an old version of the GNU C library and now need to figure out how to upgrade it and otherwise get the environment ready. I'm sure Scribuntu is a wonderful tool whose time has come; I just hope we can get the documentation to the point that it's easier for people to figure out exactly how to install and configure it in the various environments they will encounter. Of course, there is always the option of not using Scribuntu, and instead using an older version of the templates. Given the complexities of template dependencies, it could be a bit tricky. Maybe there should be a way to export not the latest version of the various templates, but the version that existed as of a certain date. E.g., get the Infobox, Infobox person, etc. templates as they existed a few years ago. That could be a reasonably good stopgap solution while we wait for more people to get on board the Scribuntu train. (Filed as bug 56077; https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56077) In the long run, people will have to adopt Scribuntu, because they'll more and more often need the latest template functionality when they import pages from Wikipedia.

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Creating automatic subcategories
by Yan Seiner 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

I am working on a wiki that has documentation for our various processes. I am trying to figure out how to add a "signoff" to each article. When the article is being developed, it's tagged with a [[Category:fixme]] so that we can easily find all articles in development. When an article reaches final form, someone - a manager, a technician, a designer - approves the article. That approver is typically not the article writer, and may not even have a user account on the wiki. I want to be able to find all signed off articles and all articles signed off by a particular person. I've thought about having a Category:signoff and then subcategories for each person who signs off, but I can't figure out how to automate this. It has to be automated since my pool of authors will grow to fairly non-technical people. The pool of people who can sign off articles is open-ended; often we go out on the shop floor and find "Chuck" who has been there for 40 years and is the only person who knows this process, so "Chuck" signs off on the article. I can create 2 categories; one "Signed_off" and one "Signed_off_by_Chuck" and that would work, but it just seems clunky. Any ideas on how to make this work? -- Project Management Consulting and Training http://www.ridgelineconsultingllc.com

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User defined css for edits
by Devin Roark 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Hello again, Right now we have users who are partly identified by the color they input in their edits. They currently need to put <span> tags within anything that they edit to color their text. I want to simplify this by possibly changing user css values so anything the write gets colored without their having to remember to put the <span> tags in their entries. I'm having trouble finding the class that defines user edits and anything I change in User:username/common.css isn't yielding any results. Curious if anyone else on the list has encountered this. This would make these user's lives a lot easier and would make it easier to enforce the policy as well. Thanks, Devin

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki articla export
by Jan Steinman 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

cd root-of-destination wget -r http://site.to.be.copied/wiki But I don't think that's what the OP wants. I'd just copy the database tables over. But since he's copying to an "upgraded server," that may not work well. Maybe copy the database tables over to an install of the same rev, then upgrade the new server. On 2013-10-21, at 17:43, mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > From: John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com> > > I can do a little better than that, I can whip up something that copies > everything based off Special:Allpages. If you want me to do that drop me a > email off list and we can work out the details. ~~~~ > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Wjhonson <wjhonson(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> How about a script that Googles site:www.myurl.com and then walks every >> page and copies it ;) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Foster <jfoster81747(a)verizon.net> >> To: mediawiki-list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> Cc: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < >> mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >> Sent: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 4:58 pm >> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki articla export >> >> >> On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 16:46 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: >>> John W. Foster wrote: >>>> Is there any way to export ALL the articles & or pages from a very slow >>>> but working mediawiki. I want to move them to a much faster upgraded >>>> mediawiki server. >>>> I have tried the dumpbackup script in /maintainence, but that didn't >> get >>>> all the pages, only some, a& I dont know why. Any tips are appreciated. >>>> Thanks >>>> john >>>> >>>> >>> If it's the same version of mediawiki you can always try dumping the >> database >> directly and importing it into mysql on the new server. I'm not sure but >> you >> might have to create the exact file structure as well.... >>> >> Thanks. >> I am aware of that solution & in fact it is my preferred method for >> moving a wiki. However; the reason the mediawiki is slow is a totally >> messed up MySql database system, & I don't know how to fix it. I tried >> for over a year, as the wiki has thousands of pages/articles. Therefore >> I don't want to move the table structure for this db into the new, >> properly functioning wiki. >> Anything else, maybe. > :::: If all the advertising in the world were to shut down tomorrow, would people still go on buying more soap, eating more apples, giving their children more vitamins, roughage, milk, olive oil, scooters and laxatives, learning more languages by iPod, hearing more virtuosos by radio, re-decorating their houses, refreshing themselves with more non-alcoholic thirst-quenchers, cooking more new, appetizing dishes, affording themselves that little extra touch which means so much? Or would the whole desperate whirligig slow down, and the exhausted public relapse upon plain grub and elbow-grease? -- Dorothy Sayers :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: :::: (Send email to Quote(a)Bytesmiths.com to get a random quote, or Quotes(a)Bytesmiths.com to get 50 random quotes. Put a word in the Subject line to filter for that word.)

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