MediaWiki-l January 2014

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Media Wiki Problem: Database Error
by Elise Ferguson 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

After making an edit to a wiki page, I received an error message labeled "Database Error" stating that "A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software." I haven't seen this error message before. What is the best way to resolve this problem? Best, Elise

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Thumbnail problem
by Rowe, Dolores A 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dear Teammates, I am experiencing the thumbnail problem described in this article: https://discussion.dreamhost.com/thread-137919.html However, the fix in the article is for Linux, and unfortunately my system is Windows 2008, so the fix doesn't work. Does anyone know how to fix it for Windows 2008 ? I am using PHP 5.4.24. thx, L

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MediaWiki Security Releases: 1.22.2, 1.21.5 and 1.19.11
by Chris Steipp 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.22.2, 1.21.5 and 1.19.11. Your MediaWiki installation is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability if you have enabled file upload support for DjVu (natively supported by MediaWiki) or PDF files (in combination with the PdfHandler extension). Neither file type is enabled by default in MediaWiki installations. If you are affected, we strongly urge you to update immediately. Affected supported versions: All == Security fixes == * Netanel Rubin from Check Point discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in MediaWiki's thumbnail generation for DjVu files. Internal review also discovered similar logic in the PdfHandler extension, which could be exploited in a similar way. (CVE-2014-1610) <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60339> == Bug Fixes in 1.22.2 == * (bug 58253) Check for very old PCRE versions in installer and updater * (bug 60054) Make WikiPage::$mPreparedEdit public Full release notes for 1.22.1: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.22> Full release notes for 1.21.4: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21> Full release notes for 1.19.9: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19> For information about how to upgrade, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading> ********************************************************************** 1.22.2 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.2.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.22.1): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.2.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-core-1.22.2.tar.gz.s… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.2.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.2.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-i18n-1.22.2.patch.gz… Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** 1.21.5 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.5.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.21.4): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.5.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-core-1.21.5.tar.gz.s… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.5.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.5.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.5.patch.gz… Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** 1.19.11 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.11.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.19.10): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.11.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-core-1.19.11.tar.gz.… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.11.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.11.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-i18n-1.19.11.patch.g… Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** Extension:PdfHandler ********************************************************************** Information and Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PdfHandler

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Use of Amazon EC2 and S3 with MediaWiki
by Chris Egeland 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Hi everyone, Does anyone here have experience running MediaWiki on AWS using S3 for file uploads? If so, could you please let me know what extensions you are using and perhaps provide your configs? I, and everyone else who has looked at our site, is having difficulty wrapping our head around how the AWS extension works. We haven't gotten it working, nor have we gotten LocalS3Repo to work. Our goal is to have MediaWiki uploads sent directly to S3 and served through S3 without going through our EC2 instances to save IO and bandwidth. Could someone help us out? PS: Here's our LocalSettings.php and its history: https://github.com/SYNHAK/infrastructure/commits/master/config/LocalSetting… Feel free to contact me either on or off list if you have any questions. Thanks, Chris Egeland

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Pre-Release Announcement for MediaWiki 1.22.2, 1.21.5, and 1.19.11
by Chris Steipp 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

This is a notice that on Tuesday, Jan 28th between 21:00-22:00 UTC (1-2pm PST) Wikimedia Foundation will release critical security updates for current and supported branches of the MediaWiki software and extensions. Downloads and patches will be available at that time, with the git repositories updated soon after. The vulnerable feature is not enabled in MediaWiki by default, however many sites will want to upgrade as soon as the patch is available.

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Display Twitter follow link for editors
by Al 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hi, I would like to allow users to be able to enter their social networking handles (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) into their user profiles so I can then show them on their user page or along with an article they create. Anyone know of any way to get that done using any combination of extensions, hooks, etc.? Thanks, Al

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Change tooltip text for wikilinks
by Sigbert Klinke 25 Jan '14

25 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, if I go on a wikilink in a page then a tooltip with the name of the link target is shown. I would like to replace the tooltip text with some text from the target page. Is it somehow possible? Thanks a lot Sigbert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS3lGkAAoJEBgNLCKL5DEW3hMH/i+91dxWWYY0QKxa2i5F31V6 q8tGM5E3CY/qGOUYuv8HJtnkJc5MYVzhPJhxZK7f0WlkJET+jPgkc5SJDwQZtopn srjt58hkO9a3qRtwvNA78ozF2+NgCf6swEQAc8nXOAHgVu7VkerRqRMtQcugcB/0 cgOLsw7uDVRFt5EZH56ACikbO0+UoQVUFzXf+wwYG+xAlkSqK1RmErAo8Q/k77us k4WCVL2H1Rg+kjLUiAM/WS79olPVa7kHodzNfQJ/yaSvVDRTr0K0nVC8Pf5Yuau0 yc11T8vyA6WuXq0K0+g5zrS483eWhMmL+hD+931OylYuzolr00GsSeMXGGKhk9M= =l80h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Collapseable sidebars dont collapse?
by John W. Foster 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Yet another issues I have recently encountered is sidebars and some boxes that contain info or links are filling the whole page across rather than collapsing as they should and do on Wikipedia. Any tips? Thanks John

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Still having this issue: Error: Module:Navbar:25: bad argument #1 to 'sub' (string expected, got nil)
by John W. Foster 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Error: Module:Navbar:25: bad argument #1 to 'sub' (string expected, got nil) any tips on what is causing this. I thought maybe Lua but so far can not confirm that. seems to be occurring in several navbar templates. thanks John

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• versus <dot-separator> Issue
by John W. Foster 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

From time to time I see this: Example(talk<dot-separator>contribs<dot-separator>rights<dot-separator>renames) Instead of this: Example(talk•contribs•rights•renames) Any ideas what I should do for this? Thanks john

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