MediaWiki-l June 2017

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page
by Bart Q. Simon 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

I distinctly remember there was a way to add a title to a special page simply by entering in a URL, then adding the title to the wiki edit field, and then saving. The new "writing a new special page" how-to is very confusing - and it wants me to write PHP to get the title to show up. There was an easier way... I can't find this how-to anywhere- though I'm sure it used to exist. FX can you walk me through how you've added a wiki page title to a special page? Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rick DeNatale Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:33 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page On 5/13/05, FxParlant <f-x.p(a)laposte.net> wrote: > Hello; > There is a paragraph on how to create a special page in the FAQ > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_cont ent_to_MediaWiki.3F > > It's not so difficult. At the end,it says you have to create a simple > page and write the name of your special page in it. If you forget this > the title of your special page will have < and > around. I haven't > got a clue why creating a page with the name in it solves this, but it works That page seems to have changed, it now just has a pointer to an article about writing an extension which really doesn't seem to build a special page. I just figured out how to build a new special page which is like the Uncategorized pages page, but looks at the Image namespace. I wrote it up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Are there any good resources for writing scripts and gadgets
by Arcane 21 25 Nov '25

25 Nov '25

I'm currently trying to adapt several gadgets that are meant for wikis using the Monobook/Vector skins to the Monaco skin, and so far, I've managed to successfully port over the UTC Clock gadget and Sandbox page gadget to Monaco, but aside from those I've been having trouble since, frankly, my knowledge of Javascript/JQuery is slim and I'm not familiar with all the variables used in writing user scripts. I've fairly decent with CSS style sheets, but I still need help with Javascript, so does anyone know of some good resources I could look into, preferably tailored for writing scripts on MediaWiki? Also, if anyone wants to see what I have done so far (and have released publicly), the wiki I have been testing my live gadget/user script code on is here: https://mediawikitesters.orain.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 17 Aug '25

17 Aug '25

Has the parser just been changed with regards to tildes (~~~~) inside HTML comments? It appears they used to be ignored, and are now suddenly being replaced en masse the next time someone edits the page (and can't be easily reverted - it just changes the sig to the reverter's instead). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-06-02-ear… for an example.

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Lis tes messages avant qu'ils ne soient effacés!
by Badoo 31 Dec '23

31 Dec '23

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Error converting MediaWiki database from 1.4.5 to 1.5.8
by Geert Van Pamel 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

I try to convert a MediaWiki database from 1.4.5 to 1.5.8 (yes I know I am a bit late. but up to now the database has perfectly served me ever since 2005). We now want to migrate to a new Linux server, so we want to upgrade to the latest available version. I understood I should first migrate to 1.5 first. So I downloaded <https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.5/mediawiki-1.5.8.tar.gz> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.5/mediawiki-1.5.8.tar.gz I follow the script on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading But I receive the following error message: php maintenance/upgrade1_5.php 2017-06-25 15:09:10: Checking cur table for unique title index and applying if necessary wiki: cur table has the current unique index; no duplicate entries. 2017-06-25 15:09:10: ...converting from cur/old to page/revision/text DB structure. 2017-06-25 15:09:10: Creating page and revision tables... 2017-06-25 15:09:10: Last old record is 31158 ......Moving text from cur. 2017-06-25 15:09:10: Last cur entry is 31970 PHP Notice: mysql_query(): Function called without first fetching all rows from a previous unbuffered query in /var/www/html/bike/includes/Database.php on line 349 2017-06-25 15:09:11: 0.31% done on old; ETA 2017-06-25 15:12:48 [100/31970] 147.11/sec 2017-06-25 15:09:11: 100.00% done on old (last chunk 0 rows). Unable to free MySQL result Backtrace: GlobalFunctions.php line 513 calls wfBacktrace() Database.php line 495 calls wfDebugDieBacktrace() FiveUpgrade.inc line 426 calls Database::freeResult() FiveUpgrade.inc line 49 calls FiveUpgrade::upgradePage() upgrade1_5.php line 22 calls FiveUpgrade::upgrade() The following (empty) tables are created: xxx_page; xxx_revision; All of the other V1.5 tables are still missing. * How could I avoid the above error? * What could I have done wrong/missing vi /var/www/html/bike/includes/Database.php :349 function doQuery( $sql ) { if( $this->bufferResults() ) { $ret = mysql_query( $sql, $this->mConn ); } else { $ret = mysql_unbuffered_query( $sql, $this->mConn ); } return $ret; Geert Van Pamel

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Adding an Alexa script
by Jean Valjean 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

What's the best way to add an Alexa script to your MediaWiki installation? They were talking about it on StackExchange: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23849769/how-to-add-alexa-certificate-t…

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MW expert wanted to do some configuration
by David Shaw 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

Hi, I'd like to find a PHP developer to manage some configuration updates on my MW. I'm busy on other projects and don't have time. The work to be done is: * Update ImageMagick * Update PHP to version 7 * Update MW to current release * Install Parsoid for visual editor * Install https using service from Let's Encrypt Thanks David mailto:davidshaw@wikisea.org

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] mw.util not loading with RL
by Krinkle 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

You might prefer the using the $.when() idiom for this, which waits for multiple concurrent promises, and is usable here given that $() is essentially a shortcut to the internal $.ready promise, which is publicly available per https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ready/ – The following has worked for years (since jQuery 1.8), and became documented (and officially supported) since jQuery 3. $.when( $.ready, mw.loader.using( [ 'mediawiki.util' ] ) ).then(function(){ // mw.util.addPortletLink( ... ); } ); On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Brion Vibber wrote: > If you both need to manipulate part of the page and need a specific module, > probably this: > > // If we haven't already started loading the module, start loading it: > mw.loader.using('mediawiki.util', function() { > // Module is loaded, *but* it's possible the page HTML is not done. Wait > // for it: > $( function() { > // Now it should be safe to do everything: > mw.util.addPortletLink(....); > } ); > });

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Upgrade to jQuery 3 is coming
by Krinkle 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

Hey all, TL;DR: In MediaWiki 1.30, the jQuery library will be upgraded from 1.x to 3.x (with jQuery Migrate enabled by default). Read about this release and the API changes: https://blog.jquery.com/2016/06/09/jquery-3-0-final-released/ https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/ == Upgrade guide == An overview of the important changes is available at: https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/ This page also contains advice on how to migrate your code. In most cases it involves fairly simple changes, such as using a different method name, or adding quotes in selectors. The vast majority of the added requirements and removed methods are restored through the jQuery Migrate plugin with a deprecation warning in the console. As such, it's unlikely your code will require any immediate changes. If you do find a deprecation warning in the console, you can use the warning documentation to find out more: https://github.com/jquery/jquery-migrate/blob/ e967c3b98b/warnings.md In MediaWiki 1.30, it will be easy to find uses of deprecated methods with the deprecation warnings. However, you don't need to wait for MediaWiki 1.30 to start migrating. The methods removed in jQuery 3 have been deprecated for a while already, and their replacements are already available in jQuery 1.x, today. == Timeline == * April 2017: jQuery 3 lands in MediaWiki core master with jQuery Migrate plugin. * April to July 2017: Testing and fixing of issues detected during development. * July 2017: jQuery 3 enabled in Wikimedia's Beta Cluster. [1] * August 2017: jQuery 3 enabled on Wikimedia wikis in production. jQuery 3 will also be released as part of MediaWiki 1.30.0 (expected in November 2017). [2] As part of MediaWiki 1.30, inclusion of jQuery Migrate will made configurable so that sites that have already migrated may disable the plugin for better run-time performance. Track progress at <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124742>. -- Krinkle [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Cluster [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.30

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Security patch for TextExtracts
by Jon Robson 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

I've just swatted a change to production and merged a patch into the current master of TextExtracts which updates the extension to strip any script tags and input tags that may result from parser output. The problem is theoretical and I'm not aware of any existing vectors for attack but I recommend anyone using the TextExtracts extension in production either update to the current master or update $wgExtractsRemoveClasses global config to include script and input tags. The issue is tracked in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T107206 (currently hidden but I've requested it be made public)

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