MediaWiki-l November 2018

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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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What's the best way to improve performance, with regard to edit rate
by Star Struck 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

I have a wiki with a high volume of edits that need to be made (via API), about 2-3 per second. The wiki can't keep up with them; there ends up being a backlog of edits that need to be made as, e.g., attempts are being made by 10 different bots to make 10 edits simultaneously (all to different pages) and it takes a long time for them to save so that the bots can move on to their next edits. What's the best way to boost performance in the ways needed to reduce the time needed to save edits, or to be able to save more edits per second by concurrently running bots? Thanks, -- Starstruck

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Mac Server Wiki EOL
by eQT 04 Jan '19

04 Jan '19

Do you run MacOS? Do you have a Mac Server Wiki <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Server>? As you probably know, the server is discontinued (since early 2018 [1]). Don't let your wiki material die with it. Call us today to get your Quality replacement wiki (running MediaWiki of course!). We'll handle the migration for you. ~Greg [1] https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/24/major-changes-macos-server/ Greg Rundlett founder / CEO eQuality Technology http://eQuality-Tech.com <http://equality-tech.com/> voice 978-225-0471

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New episode of "Between the Brackets": Corey Floyd
by Yaron Koren 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Hello, Episode #22 of the MediaWiki podcast Between the Brackets has been released; this one is an interview with Corey Floyd, who is Director of Engineering of the Core Platform team of the Wikimedia Foundation. We talked about the recent Wikimedia Technical Conference, plans for the future, and other topics. You can listen to the episode here: http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-22-corey-floyd -Yaron

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local video playback via gallery tag
by Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

With MW 1.30 and up, is it yet possible to view video (mp4) files in standard mediawiki gallery [0] tags? There seems to be quite a few extensions that address a variety of embedded video needs, but only TimedMediaHandler [1] and EmbedVideo [2] seem to claim to do what I'm hoping is possible; which is ... to allow wiki text like: <gallery widths=300px heights=300px> File:Mypic001.jpg File:Mypic002.jpg File:MyVideo001.mp4 <--- note the mp4 video file here. File:Mypic003.jpg </gallery> to produce a combination of image thumbnails and video playback thumbnails per the supplied file extensions? EmbedVideo seems to be the easiest way to go, but I'd like to choose the one that a) works with the gallery tag as described, and b) is better supported by MWF and the media wiki community. Can anyone comment on the right/best way to do this? Thanks! /Rich [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Gallery_syntax) [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TimedMediaHandler [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo

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(sin asunto)
by Jose Santiago Silva Ramirez 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

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The advantages of Wikitext
by Emanuele D'Arrigo 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

Hi everybody, in the context of our neighborhood's MediaWiki installation (about 100 users) I'm dealing with a problem that probably many MW administrators have faced before: for technical reasons (and my own limitations) I'm not in a position to easily install the Visual Editor and I need to help a very etherogenous group of people understand the philosophy and the advantages of WikiText compared to what they are used to: Microsoft Word or similar. I feel I might have to install Bluespice, as it seems to have a WYSIWYG editor, but I also feel that would be giving up on the WYSIWYM editor, which is a feature, not a bug. I found a few texts on the matter, but they all seem to be a bit outdated. They also tend to make no mention about the accessibility concerns that somehow wikitext, among other things, tries to ameliorate. Can anybody recommend some resources in this context? Kind regards, Manu

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