MediaWiki-l August 2018

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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

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

31 Dec '23

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Upgrade to MW 1.31.0 fails on maintenance/update.php
by Jeff Darlington 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

My current setup, under which MW is running swimmingly: Fedora 27 Apache 2.4.33 MariaDB 10.2.14 MediaWiki 1.30.0 I am attempting to upgrade to MW 1.31.0. I unzipped the tarball into a fresh directory, copied over my LocalSettings.php file, and changed the symlink that I use with Apache to point to the new location. I then attempted to run maintenance/update.php and it cryptically ended with a whimper: ==================== MediaWiki 1.31.0 Updater Your composer.lock file is up to date with current dependencies! Going to run database updates for wikidb Depending on the size of your database this may take a while! Abort with control-c in the next five seconds (skip this countdown with --quick) ... 0 Turning off Content Handler DB fields for this part of upgrade. Adding ipb_id field to table ipblocks ...Set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; and $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true; at the bottom of LocalSettings.php to show detailed debugging information. ==================== I added the suggested flags to LocalSettings and got the following in my browser: ==================== [WyJ-joCjti3zg1lzHPXHqQAAAAM] /wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError from line 1457 of /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading? Query: SELECT user_id,user_name,user_real_name,user_email,user_touched,user_token,user_email_authenticated,user_email_token,user_email_token_expires,user_registration,user_editcount FROM `mediawiki`.`user` WHERE user_id = '1' LIMIT 1 Function: User::loadFromDatabase Error: 1142 SELECT command denied to user 'wikiuser'@'localhost' for table 'user' (localhost) Backtrace: #0 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1427): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->makeQueryException(string, integer, string, string) #1 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1200): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->reportQueryError(string, integer, string, string, boolean) #2 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1653): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->query(string, string) #3 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1730): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->select(array, array, array, string, array, array) #4 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/user/User.php(1407): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->selectRow(array, array, array, string, array, array) #5 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/user/User.php(537): User->loadFromDatabase(integer) #6 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1240): User->{closure}(boolean, integer, array, NULL) #7 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1110): WANObjectCache->doGetWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure, array) #8 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/user/User.php(561): WANObjectCache->getWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure, array) #9 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/user/User.php(482): User->loadFromCache() #10 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/user/User.php(420): User->loadFromId(integer) #11 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/session/UserInfo.php(88): User->load() #12 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/session/CookieSessionProvider.php(119): MediaWiki\Session\UserInfo::newFromId(string) #13 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/session/SessionManager.php(488): MediaWiki\Session\CookieSessionProvider->provideSessionInfo(WebRequest) #14 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/session/SessionManager.php(191): MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager->getSessionInfoForRequest(WebRequest) #15 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/WebRequest.php(736): MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager->getSessionForRequest(WebRequest) #16 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/session/SessionManager.php(130): WebRequest->getSession() #17 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/Setup.php(847): MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager::getGlobalSession() #18 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/includes/WebStart.php(88): require_once(string) #19 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.31.0/index.php(39): require(string) #20 {main} ==================== Needless to say, I'm pretty confused here. Nothing has changed to my configuration (and probably to the wiki's contents) since I successfully upgraded to 1.30.0. If I switch my symlink back to point to my MW 1.30.0 install, the site loads just fine. So it appears the updater is bombing when it tries to add the field "ipb_id" to table "ipblocks". What confuses me is the "SELECT command denied to user 'wikiuser'@'localhost'" error. My wiki has two MariaDB users: "wikuser" (the standard user set in $wgDBuser) and an admin user set with $wgDBadminuser. Neither user account has changed, either in the DB or in LocalSettings. It *almost* looks like the updater is trying to use the standard user to do admin functions, but even that doesn't make much sense. "wikiuser" has SELECT access to all tables in the DB, while the admin user has all permissions to the entire DB. So I don't see why that specific error would crop up; even "wikiuser" should be able to perform a simple SELECT. Fortunately, I can switch back to MW 1.30.0 pretty easily, but I thought I ought to report the problem. ADDENDUM: I just noticed the following in the 1.31 release notes: ==================== Important pre-upgrade notes for 1.31 - If you're using MySQL, SQLite, or MSSQL, are not using update.php to apply schema changes, and cannot have downtime to run migrateArchiveText.php and apply patch-drop-ar_text.sql manually, you'll have to apply a default value to the ar_text and ar_flags columns of the archive table or make those columns nullable before upgrading to MediaWiki 1.31. maintenance/archives/patch-nullable-ar_text.sql shows how to do this for MySQL. ==================== Based on this, I think there's something screwy with update.php. I *am* using update.php to apply schema changes, but I'm guessing it's not working correctly. I have *not* tried this manual fix (and would prefer not to unless absolutely necessary). Jeffrey T. Darlington General Protection Fault https://www.gpf-comics.com/

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Multiple wikis on the same server w/ElasticSearch
by Jim Hu 27 Aug '18

27 Aug '18

Can I have different wikis use the same daemon? Anything else I need to look out for? Thanks JIm Hu

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Query regarding "wikiclass"
by Nikhil Prakash 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

Hi there, Currently, I'm working on a project which requires me to extract different features from the Wikitext of an English Wikipedia. For example, the number of images or the number of references that are present in the Wikitext. Although I have hardcoded some features from the scratch, I'm curious to know if I can use "wikiclass" or some other python module to compute the feature values. Thanks. Regards, Nikhil Prakash

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New episode of "Between the Brackets": Dustin Phillips
by Yaron Koren 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

Hi, A new episode of the MediaWiki podcast Between the Brackets has been released: this one is an interview with Dustin Phillips, who is the co-executive director of ICANNWiki (the organization), which runs ICANNWiki (the website), which in turn is the semi-official wiki of ICANN, the international organization responsible for the domain name system. You can hear the episode here: http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-15-dustin-phillips -Yaron

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The obligation to enter an email
by אחיקם אלירז 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

Hello! When new users sign up for the site, everything is fine. But if I give a command: $ wgEmailConfirmToEdit = *true*; In order for them to enter email, then when a new user is registered, it takes a lot of time to load and approve it. Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks.

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Invitation for Input on MediaWiki Development
by Bryan Hilderbrand 10 Aug '18

10 Aug '18

Hi everyone, Updated to fix a link that got split. Also, another reminder that you can guide the future development of MediaWiki with your input. The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group (MWStake) [0] is gathering information from people and organizations who are using MediaWiki for non-Wikimedia projects. Please provide input at the link below [1] if you use or maintain a wiki powered by MediaWiki that is not part of a Wikimedia project: for example, a personal wiki, a wiki or wiki farm for an organization or company, a wiki for a community group, or a wiki hosting service. Please answer any questions you find relevant, additionally you may also review, comment, and endorse the responses from others. The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group will collate this information and provide it to the Wikimedia Foundation Platform Evolution Program team, which is gathering input from a variety of groups with an interest in MediaWiki. Your feedback will help frame the Platform Evolution discussions, seeking to answer open questions, explore governance models, and identify key MediaWiki features for future development. [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/TechConf_Input Best Regards, Bryan Hilderbrand Test link, please ignore: [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/TechConf_Inp…

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