MediaWiki-l January 2019

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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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Extension which creates a Wikipage with content
by Manuela 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hi alltogether, I hope this is the correct mailing list, please excuse if it is not (and excuse my English, please). I run a private Wiki and I am trying to create an extension where the user can enter the title and some content in a form, similar to the extension InputBox https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InputBox (you cannot enter page content into the form created by this extension). I studied the code of several extensions and created something like this: #*** begin code *** $pageTitleText = "my new wikipage"; $pageTitle = Title::newFromText( $pageTitleText ); $pageContentText = "my new page content"; $pageContent = new WikitextContent( $pageContentText ); $newWikiPage->doEditContent( $pageContent, $pageContent, EDIT_NEW ); #*** end code *** Actually this is not working and creates an internal error. I tried something different #*** begin code *** #... $me = User::newFromSession(); $newWikiPage->doCreate($pageContent,EDIT_NEW,$me,"summary",array()); #*** end code *** This code creates an internal error, too. array() should be an array with meta-information which I could not figure out until now. I have studied the internal documentian https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/REL1_31/php/ and the code of several exentions, and now I am lost in classes and PHP-Code, maybe someone can help me out? Thank you for reading this, Manuela -- Sent from: http://mediawiki-i.429.n8.nabble.com/

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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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Hint on Media Wiki:Common.css
by Manuela 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

I would like to have the hint like this site http://de.pluspedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css but I cannot find where to do it. I checked the system messages, but found nothing. Can anyone tell me where to find this message? I suppose it is very simple... Thank you very much Manuela -- Sent from: http://mediawiki-i.429.n8.nabble.com/

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How to define a different pagename?
by baalchina 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Hi I am new to mediawiki, and I have a question. My wiki site is www.wiki.com, and I made a new page such as 'www.wiki.com/index.php/Car'. In this page, the "page name" below article is 'Car'. But my users thinks a Chinese word such as '汽车' is better.(Which means car in Chinese) So, how can I made the link still www.wiki.com/index.php/Car, while the page name is '汽车'? Thanks. I searched the help page, but still found no answer.

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Reset password mail wont send
by Greg Rundlett (freephile) 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

At my wiki Special:PasswordReset I receive the error message: A password reset email has already been sent, within the last 24 hours. To prevent abuse, only one password reset email will be sent per 24 hours. The problem is that it's been far longer than 24 hours since the last password reset email was requested (or sent). Can I force send the email? Greg Rundlett https://eQuality-Tech.com https://freephile.org

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] noob question: how to get a basic "Note" template to work?
by Frank Rueter | OHUfx 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hi Bryan, this is precisely the missing documentation I was trying to find, thank you so much! I was on the right track (editing the template page manually) but didn't know how to pass the use input. This should be part of the official docs I reckon. Thanks again, you made my day :) Cheers, frank On 29/01/19 6:45 AM, Bryan Hilderbrand wrote: > Hi Frank, > > You could start with an easier version. For example, do the following: > > 1) In you wiki, search for *Template:Note* > 2) Presumably that template doesn't exist, so create it and add the > following, then save: > > <span style="border:1px; border-style:solid; border-radius: 7px; > border-color:#ddffdd; background-color:#f2fff2; padding:0.1em; > margin:0.1em; display: > inline-block;">[[File:Bulbgraph.png|18px|Note|link=]] '''Note:'''  {{{1|}}}</span><noinclude> > == Usage == > Lightbulb Note: > <pre><nowiki> > {{Note|Your note text}} > </nowiki></pre> > </noinclude> > > 3) The only new thing you'll need is the image, you can download it > here <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Bulbgraph.png> and as long > as you upload it to your wiki with the same name, it should work fine. > 4) Try your new template out by inserting it on a new page with > *{{Note|This is Frank's template test.}}* > > Notes: > * Remember, the template namespace is special so the call above > (/{{Note|This is Frank's template test.}}/) is the same as > *{{Template:Note|This is Frank's template test.}}* > * You can "transclude" any page into any other with the following > *{{:Some page}}*, this works for the Main namespace, for others, you > need to use the namespace *{{Help:Info page}}* > * The <noinclude> tag just says, don't copy this part over as a part > of the template, but it can be used to show stuff on the page > * The example above has one "input" to the template that is un-named > {{{1}}}, the pipe after just says, if there isn't anything passed > through, just leave it blank, otherwise it would actually pass through > {{{1}}} if the user didn't pass anything. > * You can play with named values {{{color|}}} & {{{text|}}}, etc. > > Regards, > Bryan > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 12:24 AM Frank Rueter | OHUfx <frank(a)ohufx.com > <mailto:frank@ohufx.com>> wrote: > > Thanks a lot Manuela! > I will look at defining the simple css classes required to make those > examples work. > I was just under the impression that these would already exist in the > default install. > > Will give it a go, thanks again! > > frank > > On 28/01/19 8:42 PM, Manuela wrote: > > Hi Frank, > > > > for me this special page helps a lot: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExpandTemplates > > > > Enter following text into the input box: > > > > {{note|Foo}} > > {{note|Foo|reminder}} > > {{note|Foo|error}} > > {{note|Foo|gotcha}} > > {{tip|Foo}} > > {{note}} Loose test > > > > and check out the result. > > There is still a lot of work to be done because of the > css-classes used, > > check out the talk-page of the template: > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template_talk:Note > > > > After defining the appropriate classes in your common.css you > might define a > > template like this: > > > > <div style="background-position: left 7px top 50%; > padding-right: 0.5em; > > padding-left: 40px;" class="{{#switch:{{{2|info}}} > > |info=note-info > > |reminder=note-reminder > > |error|gotcha=note-error > > |... > > |#default=}}" >{{{1|Foo}}}</div> > > > > hth > > Manuela > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://mediawiki-i.429.n8.nabble.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >

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