MediaWiki-l August 2013

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Wordpress and Mediawiki Nice URL Problem
by Isabell Alcott 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Hello, I have the following problem: *www.domain.com* is a blog (wordpress) *www.domain.com/w/* is the Mediawiki installation I know the specifications concerning the .htaccess and the index to make the *www.domain.com/w/ *into a nice *www.domain.com/wiki/ *Caused by the Wordpress Installation, which should be on top of the Domain hierarchy, I have several problems concerning the nice URL in the Mediawiki-Installation. So the Domain is pointing directly to the Wiki instead to the Wordpress Blog. Can someone help? I would be highly appreciate that! uv

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SMW - Zapier
by Ad Strack van Schijndel 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Hi, Does anyone have experience with SMW integrating with Zapier? Thanks! Ad

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Advice on how to set up the wiki?
by Rebecca Gorman 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Hi, I'm pretty technically savvy, but not a developer. Is the platform supposed to be downloaded to a server in order to set up a wiki? There don't seem to be steps on the website for non-developers to use to set up a wiki. Becca

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Hiring an Online community manager for Wiki growth?
by Dan Fisher 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community_manager says: *- The online community manager role is a growing and developing profession. People in this position work to build, grow and manage communities around a brand or cause.* That's the kind of person I want to hire. They would do what they can to increase the number of editors on my wiki and create a community on the site - something I've not managed to do myself. They would look into making things easy for new editors, from converting readers into editors and creating a positive social atmosphere on the wiki. It would be helpful for them to also be subject matter experts although its not required. Has anyone here done something like? If so, can you share your experiences? And do you have any tips on finding a person who would be really good at this role? thanks Dan

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New mailing list: Wikifarm
by Mark A. Hershberger 11 Aug '13

11 Aug '13

One of the products of our MediaWiki Release Management meetup here at Wikimania yesterday is a new mailing list for people running Wiki Farms. We want to start standardizing the tools and methods of setting up these farms. If you're interested, please join us: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikifarm On 08/09/2013 11:34 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > Markus and I will be holding a meetup this afternoon at 1430 (HKT) in > room N114 > > If you have a wiki on shared hosting or run a wiki farm, we'd love to > talk to you. Please come by. > > http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups#MediaWiki_Release_Management > > Time: Saturday, 1430-1530 in room N114 (next to Logo Square). > > Description: MediaWiki is mainly developed for the Wikimedia sites. So, > naturally, there is some room for improvement when it comes to the > tarball releases. Besides automating the release process, we care a lot > about third party users and extension developers. So in this meetup, > we'd like to listen to you. What are your needs? Where do you feel the > current release (process) is not good enough? What are the biggest > issues? And: do you want to help? > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- http://hexmode.com/ Love alone reveals the true shape of the universe. -- "Everywhere Present", Stephen Freeman

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Need Help with Short URLs
by Sarah Brdberry 11 Aug '13

11 Aug '13

No-one? I've gone through all the help pages I can find a second time and I still can't get it to work. -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Need-Help-with-Short-URLs-tp5010861p501099… Sent from the WikiMedia General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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How to export all articles on an existing wiki.
by John W. Foster 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

So far Ive tried the dumpBackup.php and that only gets part of it. It has been suggested that its a php script timeout issue and that's possible. It is a large site with over 5000 articles on it so it will be large. I would appreciate any tips on how to do this. I've also looked at XCloner as another suggested and it does not appear to provide the functionality to do what I need. Does fine on existing hard pages in /html directory, but does not seem to be able to pull files from a mediawiki and place them into a .xml file for importing. Even something that could break up a backup so that it gets everything could help. Dumping the databse ( mysql) will not work as that part of the issue. The existing data base in somewhat filled with old no longer relevant tables that SLOW it way down. Any tips please? Thanks John

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AUTO: Patrick King is out of the office (returning 08/12/2013)
by Patrick King 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

I am out of the office until 08/12/2013. Out of Office, will return 8/12/2013. Unavailable for meetings, will not respond to email. Note: This is an automated response to your message "MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 119, Issue 6" sent on 08/09/2013 20:11:20. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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Good mobile skin for 1.19?
by David Gerard 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

http://rationalwiki.org runs 1.19 LTS. This is fine. (Barring a DDOS over the past couple of days, so please excuse the site being slow.) Trouble is, the skin is for desktops and not suited to mobile at all. What can a 1.19 LTS site do for a better experience for its mobile readers? - d.

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Need Help with Short URLs
by Sarah Brdberry 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

I anaged to get it to redirect to Main-Page by changing LocalSettings to $wgScriptPath = "/w"; $wgScriptExtension = ".php"; $wgArticlePath = "/wiki"; $wgUsePathInfo = true; but still can't get the article name to show up. -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Need-Help-with-Short-URLs-tp5010861p501086… Sent from the WikiMedia General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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