MediaWiki-l February 2015

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Indexing a nil value in Lua-based templates
by Brenton Horne 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

Hi, I have created a ngrok link for my local host (I will try to keep it open as long as possible but if it is down and you want to access it please feel free to ask) and it is here: http://268ff1f3.ngrok.com (wiki is at http://268ff1f3.ngrok.com/mediawiki/index.php/). Template:TemplateBox (http://268ff1f3.ngrok.com/mediawiki/index.php/Template:TemplateBox; which depends on Module:Languages @ http://268ff1f3.ngrok.com/mediawiki/index.php/Module:Languages) is causing an error at Template:Information_WC/doc (http://268ff1f3.ngrok.com/mediawiki/index.php/Template:Information_WC/doc), namely: "|Lua error in Module:Languages at line 291: attempt to index a nil value.|" These templates and modules I have imported (via Special:Export/Import) from Wikimedia Commons (Template:Information_WC/doc was at Template:Information/doc). Module:Languages can also be viewed on my Google Drive, if ngrok is causing issues: http://goo.gl/LaUYqM. Thanks for your time, Brenton

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Remove the mustache from the logo?
by Yaron Koren 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

Hi, Anyone now going to mediawiki.org will see this image for the logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/b/bc/Wiki.png It's the regular MediaWiki logo with a moustache and a "NOW WITH MUSTACHE" inscription; the change was made this morning. I'm pretty sure that the change is an excited reference to MediaWiki now making use of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustache_(template_system) However, as far as I can tell there's no explanation for the change anywhere in the site. Which means that a fair number of visitors to the site, I would have to guess, will think that it's been hacked. That was my first instinct, at least, when I saw the logo. I don't think there's anything wrong with being lighthearted on a documentation page, or even with playing around the logo - Google wrote the book on that sort of thing. But this particular change seems like an inept attempt at humor; could it please be reverted? -Yaron -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2015.02 release
by Kartik Mistry 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hello all, I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2015.02. This bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.23.8 and MediaWiki 1.24.1 releases. * Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2015.02.tar… * sha256sum: 536cf86e7080d8293a02cb59f99d96328c7009c8239e818556b28b77b02ff88d 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://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ * Talk with us at: #mediawiki-i18n @ Freenode Release notes for each extension are below. -- Kartik Mistry == Babel, CLDR, CleanChanges and LocalisationUpdate == * Only localisation updates. == Translate == * Improvements in Special:PagePreparation: ** T69591: Added 'Cancel' button. ** T68880: Categories kept as a part of page template. * T87503: Validate and normalize input file encoding in FFS. * T54728: Split language details to subpage on Special:SupportedLanguages. * Performance improvements by removing unneeded queries. * T53410: Performance improvements in Special:MessageGroupStats and Special:LanguageStats == UniversalLanguageSelector == * Restore compatibility with IE8. If you still have any issue, please report it! * Magnifying glass icon is now clickable! * Localisation updates. -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

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Getting 'MediaWiki internal error Error: invalid magic word' from many different extensions when trying to update mediawiki
by Jorge Araya Navarro 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hello! When I try to update my mediawiki instance, after selecting the language, MediaWiki throws an internal error: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Original exception: [a9849074] /mw-config/?page=ExistingWiki Exception from line 341 of /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php: Error: invalid magic word 'get_web_data' --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The invalid magic word changes as I enable/disable extensions, I don't know why this happen, I really wish to have this fixed since is cumbersome to disable a massive amount of extensions when updating. The complete error can be seen here: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- MediaWiki internal error. Original exception: [3d7ad120] /mw-config/ Exception from line 341 of /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php: Error: invalid magic word 'get_web_data' Backtrace: #0 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php(264): MagicWord->load(string) #1 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(5159): MagicWord::get(string) #2 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/extensions/ExternalData/ExternalData.php(55): Parser->setFunctionHook(string, array) #3 [internal function]: edgRegisterParser(Parser) #4 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/Hooks.php(206): call_user_func_array(string, array) #5 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(3995): Hooks::run(string, array, NULL) #6 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(279): wfRunHooks(string, array) #7 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(291): Parser->firstCallInit() #8 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(5000): Parser->clearState() #9 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(377): Parser->startParse(Title, ParserOptions, integer, boolean) #10 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/installer/Installer.php(631): Parser->parse(string, Title, ParserOptions, boolean) #11 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php(676): Installer->parse(string, boolean) #12 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/installer/WebInstallerPage.php(392): WebInstaller->getInfoBox(string) #13 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/installer/WebInstallerPage.php(380): WebInstallerExistingWiki->showKeyForm() #14 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php(280): WebInstallerExistingWiki->execute() #15 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/mw-config/index.php(79): WebInstaller->execute(array) #16 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/mw-config/index.php(38): wfInstallerMain() #17 {main} Exception caught inside exception handler: [fc032f57] /mw-config/ Exception from line 341 of /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php: Error: invalid magic word 'MAG_HIDEFROMDRILLDOWN' Backtrace: #0 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php(264): MagicWord->load(string) #1 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php(764): MagicWord::get(string) #2 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/MagicWord.php(933): MagicWordArray->getHash() #3 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(3429): MagicWordArray->matchStartToEnd(string) #4 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Preprocessor_DOM.php(1179): Parser->braceSubstitution(array, PPFrame_DOM) #5 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(3281): PPFrame_DOM->expand(PPNode_DOM, integer) #6 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(637): Parser->replaceVariables(string, boolean) #7 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/parser/Parser.php(5027): Parser->preprocess(string, NULL, ParserOptions) #8 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/cache/MessageCache.php(1010): Parser->transformMsg(string, ParserOptions, NULL) #9 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/Message.php(1023): MessageCache->transform(string, boolean, LanguageEs, NULL) #10 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/Message.php(703): Message->transformText(string) #11 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/Message.php(766): Message->toString() #12 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/exception/MWException.php(120): Message->text() #13 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/exception/MWException.php(202): MWException->msg(string, string, string) #14 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/exception/MWException.php(238): MWException->reportHTML() #15 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(45): MWException->report() #16 /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(141): MWExceptionHandler::report(MWException) #17 [internal function]: MWExceptionHandler::handle(MWException) #18 {main} --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Here is the complete list of my enable extensions: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # Enabled Extensions. Most extensions are enabled by including the base extension file here # but check specific extension documentation for more details # The following extensions were automatically enabled: require_once "$IP/extensions/AbuseFilter/AbuseFilter.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/AddThis/AddThis.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/AdminLinks/AdminLinks.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/AntiSpoof/AntiSpoof.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ApprovedRevs/ApprovedRevs.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Arrays/Arrays.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/CategoryTree/CategoryTree.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/CentralNotice/CentralNotice.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/CheckUser/CheckUser.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Cite/Cite.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Collection/Collection.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/ConfirmEdit.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/DataTransfer/DataTransfer.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Disambiguator/Disambiguator.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/DismissableSiteNotice/DismissableSiteNotice.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Echo/Echo.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/EventLogging/EventLogging.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ExternalData/ExternalData.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Flow/Flow.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Gadgets/Gadgets.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/GuidedTour/GuidedTour.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ImageMap/ImageMap.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/InputBox/InputBox.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Interwiki/Interwiki.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/InviteSignup/InviteSignup.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Lingo/Lingo.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/LocalisationUpdate/LocalisationUpdate.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Lockdown/Lockdown.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Maintenance/Maintenance.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Mantle/Mantle.php"; # Fatal error: Class 'MapsMappingServices' not found in # /home/deshackr/public_html/wikicatolica/extensions/Maps/includes/services/GoogleMaps3/GoogleMaps3.php on # line 98 #require_once "$IP/extensions/Maps/Maps.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/MassMessage/MassMessage.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Model/Model.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/MultiUpload/MultiUpload.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Nuke/Nuke.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/PageSchemas/PageSchemas.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/PdfHandler/PdfHandler.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Piwik/Piwik.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Poem/Poem.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/QuestyPage/QuestyPage.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Renameuser/Renameuser.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ReplaceText/ReplaceText.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SandboxLink/SandboxLink.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticCompoundQueries/SemanticCompoundQueries.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticDrilldown/SemanticDrilldown.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticExtraSpecialProperties/SemanticExtraSpecialProperties.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticForms/SemanticForms.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticFormsInputs/SemanticFormsInputs.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticGlossary/SemanticGlossary.php"; #require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticHighcharts/SemanticHighcharts.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticImageInput/SemanticImageInput.php"; #require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticInternalObjects/SemanticInternalObjects.php"; #require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticMaps/SemanticMaps.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticResultFormats/SemanticResultFormats.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticWatchlist/SemanticWatchlist.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SpamBlacklist/SpamBlacklist.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/TemplateSandbox/TemplateSandbox.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Thanks/Thanks.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/TitleBlacklist/TitleBlacklist.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/TorBlock/TorBlock.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/UserMerge/UserMerge.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Validator/Validator.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Voting/Voting.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/Widgets/Widgets.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/WikiEditor/WikiEditor.php"; # End of automatically generated settings. # Add more configuration options below. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Running: * MediaWiki 1.24.1 * PHP 5.4.36 (cgi-fcgi) * MySQL 5.6.22 -- Pax et bonum. Jorge Araya Navarro. ES: Diseñador Publicitario, Programador Python y colaborador en Parabola GNU/Linux-libre EN: Ads Designer, Python programmer and contributor Parabola GNU/Linux-libre EO: Anonco grafikisto, Pitino programalingvo programisto kai kontribuanto en Parabola GNU/Linux-libre https://es.gravatar.com/shackra

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle
by Brenton Horne 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hi, I downloaded the MediaWiki Language Extension bundle, MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2015.01.tar.bz2, extracted its contents (in the internal /extensions directory) and copy-pasted the subfolders within the extensions folder to my MediaWiki installation's extensions folder. Then I added: |require_once("extensions/Babel/Babel.php");|| ||require_once("extensions/cldr/cldr.php");|| ||require_once("extensions/CleanChanges/CleanChanges.php");|| ||$wgCCTrailerFilter = true;|| ||$wgCCUserFilter = false;|| ||$wgDefaultUserOptions['usenewrc'] = 1;|| ||require_once("extensions/LocalisationUpdate/LocalisationUpdate.php");|| ||$wgLocalisationUpdateDirectory = "$IP/cache";|| ||require_once("extensions/Translate/Translate.php");|| || ||$wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate'] = true;|| ||$wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate-messagereview'] = true;|| ||$wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate-groupreview'] = true;|| ||$wgGroupPermissions['user']['translate-import'] = true;|| ||$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['pagetranslation'] = true;|| ||$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['translate-manage'] = true;|| ||$wgTranslateDocumentationLanguageCode = 'qqq';|| ||$wgExtraLanguageNames['qqq'] = 'Message documentation'; # No linguistic content. Used for documenting messages|| | To LocalSettings.php and now my MediaWiki installation is giving the error: | | |A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.. | Any ideas of how I can overcome this error? Thanks for your time, Brenton require_once("extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector/UniversalLanguageSelector.php");

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CSS styles for Wikimedia Commons Template:Information
by Brenton Horne 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hi, I added this: | | |/* Styling the parameter fields in [[Template:Information]] and related templates||| ||| also here (besides on [[MediaWiki:Filepage.css]]) to ensure proper preview||| ||| on other pages than those in the file namespace */||| |||.fileinfo-paramfield {||| ||| background: #ccf;||| ||| /* @noflip */||| ||| text-align: right;||| ||| padding-right: 0.4em;||| ||| width: 15%;||| ||| font-weight: bold;||| |||}| To my local Wiki's Common:CSS but this is how it is rendered (I am just on the template page, so there's no input entered): http://i.imgur.com/suuxTtk.png. This is how Wikimedia Commons Template:Information is rendered for me in the same skin (vector) http://i.imgur.com/Q4vnpXp.png. Now I'd like to know what CSS styles I need to get it looking the same on my Wiki. Thanks for your time, Brenton

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Is Scribunto and Lua scripting replacing 'Template: "
by John Foster 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

First off this is just a question not a rant or a concern, just curious. Is Scribunto and Lua scripting replacing 'Template: " calls in Mediawiki. It seems that there is considerable redundancy in having both functions doing much of the same work. Just wondering so that I may make reasoned judgements as to what directions I may need to follow personally. Thanks. -- John Foster JW Foster & Associates

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Jobs get stuck in queue
by Chris Koerner 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

In my experience setting $wgJobRunRate to ) and setting up a cron job for runJobs.php works more reliably. The changes made a few versions ago steered me toward this method. It might be worth looking into. Especially if you have a lower trafficked wiki. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Job_queue Yours, Chris Koerner clkoerner.com

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Automated downloading all files in a set category or article on a Wikimedia project or Wikia site
by Brenton Horne 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Hi, I suspect this question will not have as elegant an answer as I'd like but I was wondering if anyone in this mailing lists knows an easy (like easy enough for someone with as little programming understand as myself) automated way of downloading all the files in a category or an article on a Wikimedia project/Wikia site. I am running windows 7 (64 bit) SP1 if it is relevant, although I do have access to a Linux command line (namely cygwin 64 bits) if needed. I have seen |http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_download_all_image_files_in_a_Wikimedia_Commons_page_or_directory| but it didn't help me as at the |WIKI_LINKS| step I received an error that there was no such page on Wikimedia Commons. If you would like a specific example to work with (i.e., a specific category to write a code to download from) try the Wikimedia Commons category Histopathology (|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Histopathology|). Dw I know this download will take a while due to the number and size of the files involved. Thanks for your time, Brenton

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Adding Special:PrefixIndex/FULLPAGENAME to tools section of sidebar
by Brenton Horne 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Hi, I've posted a question on StackOverflow on this topic (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28677871/how-do-i-add-specialprefixindex…) and I think I may be able to answer the question myself, if someone would tell me what the full page name variable is in JavaScript and how to insert a JavaScript variable like this into strings like 'http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/index.php/Special:PrefixIndex/' I have done some research into JavaScript, which is what inspired me to ask this question because I knew that quotation marks "" substitute variable names with their variable value leaving the rest of what is in them as a string, whereas apostrophes like ' ' render everything inside them as a string. So I initially tried to define the page name variable using: |var page= mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' );| then I defined the URL string |'http://127.0.0.1/mediawiki/index.php/Special:PrefixIndex/'"page"| then I thought I must have screwed up with my quotation marks vs. apostrophes and their roles in JS so I switched the apostrophes for quotation marks and vice versa, but this didn't solve my problem. Thanks for your time, Brenton

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