MediaWiki-l June 2019

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Users report blank pages
by Peter Presland 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

I have a problem being reported by some users as follows: "The page loads and displays briefly but then goes blank" It seems to apply to all pages and so is probably not connected with the complex use of tab strips on the home page. https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page Rather some kind of global setting. There is a SMW upgrade progressing atm but otherwise the site is working normally. Any suggestions / pointers greatly appreciated Peter Presland

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Extension Development questions
by Kevin Zhang 14 Jun '19

14 Jun '19

Hi, I have been planning and starting to implement a few of my own extensions. Having read through relevant manuals and documentation located at mediawiki.org, wanted to clarify a two things: 1. When using startAtomic()/endAtomic() or begin()/commit() pairs, I understand that these will commit changes but does that automatically close the connection to the wiki database *$dbr = wfGetDB();* or am I required to close that connection with $dbr->close()? 2. Is it recommended to use foreign keys to the existing User table instead of creating a new table column? Concerned that Extensions AbuseFilter/RenameUser/UserMerge, could corrupt or cause failure. Thanks, Kevin

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Revision Access Exception
by Valerio Pelliccioni 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

Hi, this is my MediaWiki installation: +—————————————————————————————+ | MediaWiki: 1.32.0 | | PHP: 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (apache2handler) | | MariaDB: 10.1.38-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | | ICU: 60.2 | | Elasticsearch: 5.6.16 | | Lua: 5.1.5 | +—————————————————————————————+ I got the following MediaWiki Internal error when I tried to “move” the article Mr._Horn’s_Strathspey to Mr._Horn’s_Strathspey_(1). Now, the moved article [ Mr._Horn’s_Strathspey_(1) ] is accessible while the original one [ Mr._Horn’s_Strathspey ] returns this exception ( caught inside another exception handler) Too much for my technical skills. I did some research in Google to find an answer but, assuming that I have found some solution (something related to $wgMultiContentRevisionSchemaMigrationStage and SCHEMA_COMPAT_WRITE_BOTH), I confess that I did not understand how to apply it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Valerio Pelliccioni W:https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni ---- MediaWiki internal error. Original exception: [f52efd87abf1cf423d19d4af] /wiki/Mr._Horn%27s_Strathspey MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException from line 1635 of /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php: Main slot of revision 369407 not found in database! Backtrace: #0 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(1671): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->loadSlotRecords(string, integer) #1 [internal function]: MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->MediaWiki\Revision\{closure}() #2 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php(165): call_user_func(Closure) #3 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php(107): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionSlots->getSlots() #4 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php(192): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionSlots->getSlot(string) #5 /var/www/w/includes/Revision.php(697): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionRecord->getSlot(string, integer) #6 /var/www/w/includes/Revision.php(965): Revision->getMainSlotRaw() #7 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(641): Revision->getContentModel() #8 /var/www/w/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1277): WikiPage->{closure}(boolean, integer, array, NULL) #9 /var/www/w/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1150): WANObjectCache->doGetWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure, array) #10 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(647): WANObjectCache->getWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure) #11 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(269): WikiPage->getContentModel() #12 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(256): WikiPage->getContentHandler() #13 /var/www/w/includes/actions/Action.php(98): WikiPage->getActionOverrides() #14 /var/www/w/includes/actions/Action.php(156): Action::factory(string, WikiPage, RequestContext) #15 /var/www/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(155): Action::getActionName(RequestContext) #16 /var/www/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(777): MediaWiki->getAction() #17 /var/www/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(517): MediaWiki->main() #18 /var/www/w/index.php(42): MediaWiki->run() #19 {main} Exception caught inside exception handler: [f52efd87abf1cf423d19d4af] /wiki/Mr._Horn%27s_Strathspey MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException from line 1635 of /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php: Main slot of revision 369407 not found in database! Backtrace: #0 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(1671): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->loadSlotRecords(string, integer) #1 [internal function]: MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->MediaWiki\Revision\{closure}() #2 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php(165): call_user_func(Closure) #3 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php(107): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionSlots->getSlots() #4 /var/www/w/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php(192): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionSlots->getSlot(string) #5 /var/www/w/includes/Revision.php(697): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionRecord->getSlot(string, integer) #6 /var/www/w/includes/Revision.php(965): Revision->getMainSlotRaw() #7 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(641): Revision->getContentModel() #8 /var/www/w/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1277): WikiPage->{closure}(boolean, integer, array, NULL) #9 /var/www/w/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1150): WANObjectCache->doGetWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure, array) #10 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(647): WANObjectCache->getWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure) #11 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(269): WikiPage->getContentModel() #12 /var/www/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(256): WikiPage->getContentHandler() #13 /var/www/w/includes/actions/Action.php(98): WikiPage->getActionOverrides() #14 /var/www/w/includes/actions/Action.php(156): Action::factory(string, WikiPage, RequestContext) #15 /var/www/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(155): Action::getActionName(RequestContext) #16 /var/www/w/extensions/FlaggedRevs/frontend/FlaggablePageView.php(246): MediaWiki->getAction(WebRequest) #17 /var/www/w/extensions/FlaggedRevs/frontend/FlaggablePageView.php(122): FlaggablePageView->isDefaultPageView(WebRequest) #18 /var/www/w/extensions/FlaggedRevs/frontend/FlaggablePageView.php(176): FlaggablePageView->showingStableAsDefault() #19 /var/www/w/extensions/FlaggedRevs/frontend/FlaggablePageView.php(444): FlaggablePageView->showingStable() #20 /var/www/w/extensions/FlaggedRevs/frontend/FlaggedRevsUI.hooks.php(92): FlaggablePageView->setRobotPolicy() #21 /var/www/w/includes/Hooks.php(174): FlaggedRevsUIHooks::onBeforePageDisplay(OutputPage, SkinMetrolook) #22 /var/www/w/includes/Hooks.php(234): Hooks::callHook(string, array, array, NULL, string) #23 /var/www/w/includes/OutputPage.php(2703): Hooks::runWithoutAbort(string, array) #24 /var/www/w/includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(136): OutputPage->output() #25 /var/www/w/includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(53): MWExceptionRenderer::reportHTML(MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException) #26 /var/www/w/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(98): MWExceptionRenderer::output(MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException, integer) #27 /var/www/w/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(172): MWExceptionHandler::report(MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException) #28 /var/www/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(544): MWExceptionHandler::handleException(MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException) #29 /var/www/w/index.php(42): MediaWiki->run() #30 {main} ----

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bounces?
by Jim Hu 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

I just reactivated myself on the list after getting this notification > Your membership in the mailing list MediaWiki-l has been disabled due > to excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated > 11-Jun-2019. You will not get any more messages from this list until > you re-enable your membership. You will receive 3 more reminders like > this before your membership in the list is deleted. > I’m trying to figure out what was bouncing and why, since I use a gmail account and I don’t think it’s set to send bounce messages.

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[Semediawiki-user] interior maps extension
by Tigerfell 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Hi, You might want to check out ImageMap [1], if you just use the annotation to generate links to more specific room information, like when you have a map (uploaded as an image) and then you click on some room in the map and then you get to a different wiki page about that room like "There is a HD projector and 150 chairs...". The map extensions you mentioned will display small images with map pieces called "tiles" made by externals in your wiki. There is something like a "Wikipedia for maps" - OpenStreetMap [2] and you could consider adding your data to their publically available database. This would require you to release the data under OpenDatabaseLicense publically [3]. If you want to do that, you would probably need to transform your data format to match theirs and consult the community before importing [4] and finally you would need to produce the tiles from their data, because standart display do not show the indoor features. Further information is available from the relevant wiki page [5]. This is pretty much what Wikimedia did with their custom "Kartographer" [7]. Seems like a rather complex way for just showing a floor plan, but that is essentially the infrastructure behind "Maps" and "OpenLayers". > Is anyone doing this? I am currently working with "MultiMaps" [6], which is essentially working the same way as Yaron already described but without Semantic MW. I am just displaying the standard tiles provided by OSM. > What do people here recommend? Sorry, I can not really recommend anything for you, because it depends on the following facts How many maps do you have? (huge maps make the OSM approach more interesting) What do you exactly expect from "annotations"? (simple links, texts on top of the map, geometric shapes?) Can you publish the data under ODbL? (see above) How often do you update the maps? (no updates, continuous updates, real-time) Cheers, Tigerfell [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap> there is an example as well on that page [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org <https://www.openstreetmap.org> (personal disclaimer: I am involved in this project) [3] https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ <https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/> (comparable to CC-BY-SA as far as I can judge) [4] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines> [5] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indoor_Mapping <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indoor_Mapping> [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiMaps <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiMaps> [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Kartographer <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Kartographer> From: Yaron Koren: > Hi Rich, > > It should be noted that the use of images as maps comprises two parts: > entering the data, and viewing the data. I don't believe either one is > currently possible, though I could be wrong. For data entry, I think the > easiest way to add support for it would be to modify either the > "openlayers" or "leaflet" input types in Page Forms to allow for using an > uploaded image as the map - both OpenLayers and Leaflet inherently allow > for such a thing. And for viewing the data - Semantic MediaWiki has a > "leaflet" result format (via the Maps extension), while Cargo has an > "openlayers" format. Both could similarly be modified to allow for > displaying query results on an uploaded image. > > It should be noted that, about ten years ago, both entry and viewing of > image-based maps were possible, via the extensions then called Semantic > Maps and Semantic Forms. This is one of those features that just stopped > being supported, due I guess to lack of interest. Which is too bad, because > it does seem useful for a lot of different applications. But it never > really got usage before. Maybe now is a good time to bring this feature > back, if enough people show an interest in it. > > I should also note that there's an extension called Semantic Image > Annotator: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Image_Annotator > > It lets you both add and query data, but the data it deals with is > rectangles on an image and not points, so it may not be what you're looking > for. Maybe it's fine, though. > > -Yaron > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:08 PM Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) via > Semediawiki-user <semediawiki-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Happy Friday - What extension is best for annotating interior floor plans >> and user maps uploaded as images? >> >> Is anyone doing this? What do people here recommend? >> >> I've been trying to learn how to use the "Maps" extension [1] but it's not >> clear to me if custom interior maps are possible with Maps. >> >> OpenLayers [2] and Cargo [3] look promising but I don't know how to get >> started with them for custom interior maps. I dive in and learn it if I >> knew upfront that they had the capability. Can anyone tell me what they're >> doing? >> >> /Rich >> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps >> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenLayers >> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cargo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Semediawiki-user mailing list >> Semediawiki-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >> > > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 189, Issue 4 > ******************************************* >

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] [Semediawiki-user] interior maps extension
by Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Hi Yaron, thanks for responding and great insights as usual. These are times I wish I had more programming experience.. I’d enthusiastically take on the task of bringing points data entry and query back to page forms. For us Enterprise MW users I would argue that this feature is essential in every enterprise application whether people know it or not, ha ha.. Being able to quickly graphically annotate an image of parking lot or an exit plan or a Road closure .. These are Basic enterprise applications. I would think you would want to recover this capability in page Foms just to keep all such data collection under one extension. Otherwise some lesser extension will come along and try to do it. If you do decide to include this in page forms, do you have any thoughts on How many hours of effort to implement? I’m not sure which I’m more excited about, the prospect of internal maps added to page forms or the project management extension that you mentioned not too long ago. Please don’t ever underestimate your contribution to the enterprise world. It’s amazing. You really have done and continue to do great work. ________________________________ On: 07 June 2019 18:03, "Yaron Koren" <yaron(a)wikiworks.com<mailto:yaron@wikiworks.com>> wrote: Hi Rich, It should be noted that the use of images as maps comprises two parts: entering the data, and viewing the data. I don't believe either one is currently possible, though I could be wrong. For data entry, I think the easiest way to add support for it would be to modify either the "openlayers" or "leaflet" input types in Page Forms to allow for using an uploaded image as the map - both OpenLayers and Leaflet inherently allow for such a thing. And for viewing the data - Semantic MediaWiki has a "leaflet" result format (via the Maps extension), while Cargo has an "openlayers" format. Both could similarly be modified to allow for displaying query results on an uploaded image. It should be noted that, about ten years ago, both entry and viewing of image-based maps were possible, via the extensions then called Semantic Maps and Semantic Forms. This is one of those features that just stopped being supported, due I guess to lack of interest. Which is too bad, because it does seem useful for a lot of different applications. But it never really got usage before. Maybe now is a good time to bring this feature back, if enough people show an interest in it. I should also note that there's an extension called Semantic Image Annotator: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Image_Annotator<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mediawiki.org_wiki…> It lets you both add and query data, but the data it deals with is rectangles on an image and not points, so it may not be what you're looking for. Maybe it's fine, though. -Yaron On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:08 PM Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) via Semediawiki-user <semediawiki-<mailto:semediawiki-user@lists.sourceforge.net>user(a)lists.source<mailto:user@lists.source>forge.net> wrote: Happy Friday - What extension is best for annotating interior floor plans and user maps uploaded as images? Is anyone doing this? What do people here recommend? I've been trying to learn how to use the "Maps" extension [1] but it's not clear to me if custom interior maps are possible with Maps. OpenLayers [2] and Cargo [3] look promising but I don't know how to get started with them for custom interior maps. I dive in and learn it if I knew upfront that they had the capability. Can anyone tell me what they're doing? /Rich [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mediawiki.org_wiki…> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenLayers<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mediawiki.org_wiki…> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cargo<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mediawiki.org_wiki…> _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-user mailing list Semediawiki-<mailto:Semediawiki-user@lists.sourceforge.net>user(a)lists.source<mailto:user@lists.source>forge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.sourceforge.net_…> -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wikiworks.com&d=DwMFaQ&…>

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New episode of Between the Brackets: Derick Alangi
by Yaron Koren 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Hi, A new episode of the MediaWiki podcast "Between the Brackets" has been released: an interview with semi-freelance MediaWiki developer Derick Alangi. You can listen to the episode here: http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-36-derick-alangi -Yaron

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VisualEditor errors
by Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Is VisualEditor designed to handle the situation where mediawiki uses an SSO auth with a time-out? I'm seeing issues in 2 scenarios: 1. SSO times-out, then user attempts to start VE - causes a VE/parsoid error 2. SSO times-out when user attempts to save their work - causes a VE/parsoid error (and lost work) Clarifying detail here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:V1fq5wk0gqzlt0in Is my situation rare? Am I the only one using VE with an SSO that times-out? /Rich

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interior maps extension
by Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) 07 Jun '19

07 Jun '19

Happy Friday - What extension is best for annotating interior floor plans and user maps uploaded as images? Is anyone doing this? What do people here recommend? I've been trying to learn how to use the "Maps" extension [1] but it's not clear to me if custom interior maps are possible with Maps. OpenLayers [2] and Cargo [3] look promising but I don't know how to get started with them for custom interior maps. I dive in and learn it if I knew upfront that they had the capability. Can anyone tell me what they're doing? /Rich [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenLayers [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cargo

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UnexpectedValueException from line 961 of /var/www/html/.../loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php
by Jeffrey Walton 07 Jun '19

07 Jun '19

Hi Everyone, We just upgraded from MediaWiki 1.31.1 to 1.31.2. Upon restart we countered (https://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/): [XPoMh74trMB6BmTtXzPnBgAAAAY] /wiki/ UnexpectedValueException from line 961 of /var/www/html/w/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php: Got connection to 'my_wiki-wikicryptopp_', but expected local domain ('my_wiki-my_wiki-wikicryptopp_'). ... According to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download, 1.31.2 is the latest download. I'm guessing is sidesteps the typos discussed at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2019-June/047999.html, so there were no maintenance releases afterwards. (Or is there a 1.31.3 somewhere?) # grep -i -E 'my|cryptopp' LocalSettings.php $wgServer = '//www.cryptopp.com'; $wgEmergencyContact = "noreply(a)cryptopp.com"; $wgPasswordSender = "noreply(a)cryptopp.com"; $wgDBtype = "mysql"; $wgDBname = "my_wiki"; $wgDBprefix = "wikicryptopp_"; How should we proceed? Thanks in advance.

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