MediaWiki-l April 2014

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Restoring a wiki from an old database
by Matthias Brennwald 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

Dear All I had a wiki running on an Ubuntu-Linux server. Mediawiki was installed using the Ubuntu software package manager. After an update from Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10, the wiki was not not accessible anymore, the browser said "Not Found / The requested URL /mediawiki was not found on this server.”. I guess the fix might have been trivial, but I did not know where to look, and I got so impatient that I decided to re-install. I mad a mySQL dump of the wiki database (and renamed the database so that it would not get in the way). Then I removed the Mediawiki software using the Ubuntu package manager. Then I installed mediawiki 1.22 following the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu . Now I have a new, empty wiki that is accessible from the web browser. Question: how do I get the content from my old wiki back? Cheers Matthias

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Export/Import Advice ??
by Rowe, Dolores A 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

Dear Teammates, Does anyone out there have some export from MW 1.6.5 which I need to import into MW 1.22.2 advice ? I would appreciate it a hundred fold. thx, L

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Logo Missing after edit to Main Page
by john boris 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

I am running Mediawiki 1.22.2, PHP 5.46, MySQL 5.5.27 on Ubuntu 12.10. When I setup the Wiki I was able to change the logo to a new one. I then edited the Main Page and now the logo is gone. The logo does appear from time to time on different pages but no longer appears when I go to my main page. Any pointers on how to correct this.I have tested this on MSIE 11 and Chrome Version 34 (latest at this time) on Windows 7. -- John J. Boris, Sr. Online Services www.onlinesvc.com

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RfC on Product Management Tools and Development Toolchain
by Andre Klapper 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

[Posting as this might be interesting for MediaWiki technical administrators who deal with the bugtracker and the code review system] Hi, as previously announced [1], we've been facilitating a collective review of Wikimedia's current product management tools and development toolchain. The most popular idea at the moment is to consolidate Wikimedia's product management and infrastructure tools (such as Bugzilla, Gerrit, RT, Mingle, Trello) into all-in-one Phabricator. We have therefore put together a Request for comment to bring this up for wider discussion. This discussion affects anyone who deals with bug reports, feature requests and code changes in Wikimedia, so it's critical that you test Phabricator for your own use and make your voice heard in the RFC: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Phabricator We're compiling a list of Frequently asked questions at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Phabricator/FAQ ; You're welcome to add more and help answer them :) We'll host a few IRC discussions while the RFC is running to help answer questions, etc. Our tentative times and dates are at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Phabricator#IRC_di… Thank you for your input! Guillaume and Andre [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-March/074896.html -- Andre Klapper | Wikimedia Bugwrangler http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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AUTO: Agata Correia is out of the office (returning 24/04/2014)
by Agata.Correia＠unibas.ch 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

I am out of the office until 24/04/2014. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[MediaWiki-l] Import Issue on MW 1.22.2" sent on 14.04.2014 23:16:02. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Import Issue on MW 1.22.2
by Rowe, Dolores A 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

Dear Teammates, I was importing an xml file that a user sent me created by an older wiki 1.6.5. The import appeared to be successful, is said so, and it said there were 7 revisions. When I view the page in MW 1.22.2, it is blank. PHP is unhappy, as indicated below. Any ideas ? thx, L [14-Apr-2014 15:50:53 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: XMLReader::read(): uploadsource://ae794f78cbe6146aac807016e2990960:113: parser error : EntityRef: expecting ';' in I:\wwwroot-basp\test1222\includes\Import.php on line 383 [14-Apr-2014 15:50:53 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: XMLReader::read(): <comment>Added Mesa Q&A section</comment> in I:\wwwroot-basp\test1222\includes\Import.php on line 383 [14-Apr-2014 15:50:53 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: XMLReader::read(): ^ in I:\wwwroot-basp\test1222\includes\Import.php on line 383 [14-Apr-2014 15:50:53 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: XMLReader::read(): Load Data before trying to read in I:\wwwroot-basp\test1222\includes\Import.php on line 635 [14-Apr-2014 15:50:53 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: XMLReader::read(): Load Data before trying to read in I:\wwwroot-basp\test1222\includes\Import.php on line 581 [14-Apr-2014 15:50:53 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: XMLReader::read(): Load Data before trying to read in I:\wwwroot-basp\test1222\includes\Import.php on line 487

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MediaWiki Support for PhpStorm
by Sam Reed 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

There's been discussions before about being able to share code style settings between MediaWiki users for PhpStorm. To this end, I've started a PhpStorm plugin [1] that adds this functionality, allowing preferences to be set from a MediaWiki predefined style. Thanks to Siebrand and Physikerwelt for their example configurations. There is also functionality to search MediaWiki.org for selected text using the context menu. It can be installed using the inbuilt plugin manager in PhpStorm. More functionality to come, somewhat emulating the Wordpress plugin [2]. I imagine the Hook support would be quite useful for many people too. Code is currently on github [3], maybe should be moved to gerrit sometime in the future. Pull requests and issues happily accepted. Sam [1] http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7439 [2] http://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2014/03/wordpress-support-in-phpstorm-8-e ap/ [3] https://github.com/reedy/phpstorm-plugin-mediawiki

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mGerrit - Gerrit for Android
by Sam Reed 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

As we all know, Gerrit doesn't have the best interface, but even more so, it's not very mobile friendly. There is however mGerrit [1] for Android which does a nice job. Also, we're not in the list of default "supported" Gerrit instannces (yes, I know WikiMedia is in CamelCase, this is already reported and fixed upstream). If you've any issues with the software emailing the developer directly is quite good at yielding responses. Sam [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jbirdvegas.mgerrit

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Custom Namespace Pages Only Showing Up In Main
by Matthew Wayne Selznick 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Hi -- I've created some custom namespaces, and they appear in the Namespace dropdown of the Special:All Pages page, but when I create a page in the namespace, it only appears in the Main namespace. For example: let's say there's a namespace called The Shapers World. I'm able to create a page called The_Shapers_World:Home, and it appears in the browser address bar as /The_Shapers_World:Home... but when I look at Special:All Page, it only shows up under the Main namespace. Further, if I filter the All Pages list to just The Shapers World, after I click GO, no pages are listed AND the following appears: Display Pages Starting At: The Shapers World:The Shapers World: Display Pages Ending At: The Shapers World:The Shapers World: I'm not sure what I've done wrong! Help..? Thanks! -- Matthew Wayne Selznick Author, Creator and Creative Services Provider http://www.mattselznick.com Get a Free Sampler of My Short Stories, Novels, and Non-Fiction: http://www.mattselznick.com/free-ebook

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.svg files issues
by John Foster 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

I've been having some issues with the mediawiki site I run (& just updated) pulling & displaying .svg files from commonswiki. Other formats seem to work & not all .svg files are causing this issue. Seems they are polled but no thumbnails or images are actually displayed om the wiki site web pages. I've had a few responses to the more generalized issues of not being able to upload files as well. But, so far I'm not sure what is the issues. I have reverted back my LocalSettings.php to include these settings; > $wgEnableUploads = true; > $wgUseImageMagick = true; > $wgUseImageResize = true; > $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert"; > #$wgSVGConverter = 'ImageMagick'; > $wgSVGConverter = 'rsvg'; > $wgSVGConverterPath = "/usr/bin/"; > I've tried using ImageMagick, & inkscape also, but I get the same result. Any ideas? Thanks John

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MediaWiki-l April 2014