MediaWiki-l February 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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Collection Extension Question
by Rowe (US), Dolores A 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Please does anyone have any idea regarding the answer to my question ?? I have a previously working wiki using the Collection Extension, and it renders PDF based upon our own Renderer, which is a separate machine. It's still working great outside of our new single-sign on proxy. However, my Company has implemented a single-sign on proxy where all of the traffic between my server and the rendering machine will go back and forth through the proxy. Does anyone know if it is even possible for the Collection Extension to work with a proxy ? Mine is broke in that situation, and I'm wondering if it can be fixed, or if there's a technical reason why it wouldn't work through a proxy. Thank you for your professional opinion. Lori

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Request for Comment: Skin templating
by Pine W 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Forwarding because I think that this announcement might be of interest on other lists too. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ryan Schmidt <skizzerz(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 6:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Request for Comment: Skin templating To: <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all! I have recently started a new RFC on revamping how skins are created, to improve usability in creating skins, extend skins with new UI (in Extensions), and give more power and flexibility for system administrators to customise skins for their own sites without causing undue burden on upgrades. Details are on the RFC page on mediawiki.org, linked below. I welcome all comments and questions, as I believe that these changes will greatly improve the current state of our skin system. I prefer that comments and questions are collected on the mediawiki.org page so that we can keep them all in one place, but I’ll answer anything here as well 😊 Phabricator task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217158 Mediawiki.org page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Skin_templating Regards, Skizzerz _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Failed to send emails
by אחיקם אלירז 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

I have a problem with sending emails. The email has been sent but blocked as spam. This is how I see that Log files are written, if I understand correctly. There is also a problem sending from user to user, and also from the system to the user (such as sending a verification code to the email). What are the solutions to this? (Prefer not to use Mailgun). Thanks.

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Updating a Wiki page
by Lincoln, Markice 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hello, I am trying to update my company's Wiki page to the latest update you have (1.32.0). There is a download file but I need some assistance on how to execute the download. I read through the guide but still a little confused. Is this something you could assist me with? I contacted another department that directed me here, see referenced [Ticket#2019021810008303]

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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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Collection Extension Question
by Rowe (US), Dolores A 22 Feb '19

22 Feb '19

I have a previously working wiki using the Collection Extension, and it renders PDF based upon our own Renderer, which is a separate machine. It's still working great outside of our new single-sign on proxy. However, my Company has implemented a single-sign on proxy where all of the traffic between my server and the rendering machine will go back and forth through the proxy. Does anyone know if it is even possible for the Collection Extension to work with a proxy ? Mine is broke in that situation, and I'm wondering if it can be fixed, or if there's a technical reason why it wouldn't work through a proxy. Thank you for your professional opinion. Lori

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