MediaWiki-l February 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 16 Aug '25

16 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

Lis ton message de Nganguem Victor avant qu'il ne soit effacé! Pour lire ton message, suis simplement ce lien: http://eu1.badoo.com/chatnoirxx/in/p4hxwt052ok/?lang_id=6 D'autres personnes sont aussi présentes: Oded (Tel Aviv, Israël) Priya (Udaipur, Inde) RajaYogi BK (Udaipur, Inde) Karuna (Udaipur, Inde) Chika Reginald Onyia (Pnompen', Cambodge) ...Qui d'autre? http://eu1.badoo.com/chatnoirxx/in/p4hxwt052ok/?lang_id=6 Les liens ne fonctionnent pas dans ce message? Copie les dans la barre d'adresse de ton navigateur. Tu as reçu cet email suite à un message envoyé par Nganguem Victor de notre système. S'il s'agit d'une erreur, ignore simplement cet email. La requête sera alors effacée du système. Amuse-toi bien ! L'équipe Badoo Courrier automatique de Badoo suite à l'envoi d'un message à ton attention sur Badoo. Les réponses ne sont ni stockées, ni traitées. Si tu ne veux plus recevoir de message de Badoo, fais-le nous savoir: http://eu1.badoo.com/impersonation.phtml?lang_id=6&mail_code=65&email=media…

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EU’s GDPR and MediaWiki
by Tom 22 May '18

22 May '18

Hey Everyone Is there any roadmap for MediaWiki that addresses the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) being enforced as of 28 May 2018? Mainly addressing user registration on websites and holding what the EU deems personally identifiable information of EU residents such as usernames, real names, email addresses, etc. A method to prove consent such as a checkbox for Terms of Service and the date consent was given. From the read of GDPR, it effects any company or organization (even those outside the EU) who store data on someone living in the EU. Tom

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Mermaid 1.0.0 released
by [[kgh]] 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Hello everyone, I am happy to announce the initial release 1.0.0 of the Mermaid extension [0] created by James Hong Kong. It requires MediaWiki 1.27 and later as well as PHP 5.6 and later. It provides the #mermaid parser function to support the generation of diagrams and flowcharts with the help of the mermaid script language, e.g. flowcharts, sequence diagrams and gantt diagrams. See the README [1] to learn what this extension is all about. Cheers Karsten [0] https://bit.ly/mermaid-100 [1] https://bit.ly/mermaid-readme

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Can't log in when in "Read Only" mode
by Daryl Rose 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

I'm on version 1.29.2. Users are not able to log onto the wiki when using the $wgReadOnly variable. "$wgReadOnly = 'Down for maintenance, access will be restored shortly';" Users see the following message: There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Go back to the previous page, reload that page and then try again. In a previous version, we were able to set this variable and users were able to log in, view the wiki, but just not able to make any changes or updates. We had just recently upgraded to v1.29.2, but I don't remember for sure what the previous version was. Perhaps it was 1.26.x, just not a hundred percent sure. I just know that it worked. Any suggestions? Thanks Daryl

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default search profile in MW 1.27
by Krabina Bernhard 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

Dear all, I cannot figure out how to change the default behaviour (MW 1.27.4): * Users that are not logged in and enter someting in the (built in) search box are searching using the default profile * Users that are logged in are searching using the advances profile I want to change that so that also logged-in users are directed to the Special:Search with the default profile, NOT with the advanced profile. I cannot find any configuration variable to influence this. cheers, Bernhard

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Automated Wiki Bootstrapping
by John Lewis 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

I am thinking of ways to bootstrap https://www.cyanpages.info The Local Politician and Bureaucrat Directory in a way I can maintain it myself because I couldn't get any community organizers to give me the time of day when I asked them what they wanted to see in a directory. I am just going to move on without them. I can do it manually, but there is so much data to input, I won't be able to afford to throw all of the time it needs to keep it up to date by myself that way. What would make sense would be to make a structured wiki that would automatically pull from the government websites and the government statistics websites using external data, cargo, and page forms, but that is too much for me to comprehend where to start. Right now I what I think I can do right now is create a Google Custom Search Engine and index all of the websites that I think I need to index in one search to start and then maybe I will learn just enough to ingest some data into the wiki in an automated way. Is there anything else I can do that I didn't think of?

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Please add me to your mailing list
by Eduardo Mascarenhas de Lemos 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

Dear: to access to your site I need to login session. Cumprimentos Eduardo Mascarenhas de Lemos

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