MediaWiki-l July 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

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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SMWCon: Semantic MediaWiki Conference Fall 2019 in Paris: registration and call for contributions
by Lex Sulzer 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Welcome to SMWCon Fall 2019 in Paris from September 25th to 27th 2019! In the name of our host UIC, the worldwide railway organization [0], our general chair Airy Magnien and our local host Clément Flipo, I would like to set the stage for our upcoming conference with a syllogism: 1. We believe that Semantic MediaWiki is a premier knowledge collaboration system. 2. It is a fact that successful systems are used voluntarily. Because the marginal utility they endow far outweighs the marginal cost of adapting to them. 3. It is therefore our chief concern to facilitate a smooth, intuitive and pleasant use, operation and setup of Semantic MediaWiki. == Registration is now open! == For general information including dates, location, registration, accommodation and travel information please go to the official conference page. [1] == Call for contributions! == Please check the program section for suggesting or taking over talks, tutorials, workshops, create camps or posters. [2] For any further information you can contact us at smwcon(a)mwstake.org. Thank you and we are looking forward to welcoming you in Paris! Regards, Lex Sulzer Program chair [0] https://uic.org//about/uic/#UIC-s-mission [1] https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2019 [2] https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2019#Program

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2019.07 release
by Kartik Mistry 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

Hello all, I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2019.07. This bundle is The bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.32 or above and requires PHP 7.0.0 or above. Next MLEB is expected to be released in 3 months. If there are major changes or important bug fixes, we will do intermediate release. Please give us your feedback at [[Talk:MLEB|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB]]. * Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2019.07.tar… * sha256sum: 84cb6de241f62c7e5e9853d74390c4ffbf55cf35aab930c36f9ec5733a351130 * Signature: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2019.07.tar… Quick links: * Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB * Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n * Report bugs to: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ * Talk with us at: #mediawiki-i18n @ Freenode Release notes for each extension are below. -- Kartik Mistry == Highlights and upgrade notes == == Babel, CleanChanges and LocalisationUpdate == * Maintenance and localization updates only. == cldr == * Update to cldr 35.1 ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220906 T220906]). * Maintenance and localization updates. == Translate == * Translate now requires MediaWiki >= 1.32.0. Please upgrade! === Noteworthy changes === * Reduced the size of the cache used by the Translate extension ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213802 T213802]). * Fixed incorrect link to the message on the translate editor ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222588 T222588]). * Fixed the tabs on the message table on Special:Translate with the new Timeless theme. * Added a new MessageValidator framework to improve translation validation. ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204568 T204568]) ([[Help:Extension:Translate/Validators|See documentation]]). * Fixed invalid more warnings label shown during message translation ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220789 T220789]) * Moved Translate special pages to a specific Translation section in Special:SpecialPages ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227393 T227393]) * Fixed issue with base page not getting removed when removing translatable page * Removed unused global variable <code>$wgTranslateCC</code> ([https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214356 T214356]) == UniversalLanguageSelector == * UniversalLanguageSelector now requires MediaWiki >= 1.32.0. Please upgrade! ==== Input Methods ==== * Added Afrikaans, N'Ko and Vai syllabary keyboards. * Added new input methods for languages of Africa without the need for replacement or key combinations: Akan (ak, tw), Bambara (bm), Dagbani (dag), Dinka (din), Fula (ff), Ga (gaa) and Wolof (wo). * Fixed the combining character in Yoruba Alt method. * Minor fixes in existing layouts with replacements and key combinations for Akan, Dagbani, Dinka, Fula, and Ga.

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Changes and improvements to PHPUnit testing in MediaWiki
by Amir Sarabadani 17 Jul '19

17 Jul '19

Sorry for cross-posting. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kosta Harlan <kharlan(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:28 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Changes and improvements to PHPUnit testing in MediaWiki To: <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, Please have a look at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/169/changes_and_improveme… < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/169/changes_and_improveme…> regarding some significant changes and improvements to the PHP testing tools included with MediaWiki. Your feedback and contributions are most welcome, either here, on phab, or on IRC (Amir1 and kostajh in #wikimedia-codehealth). One of us should be around during the technical advice IRC meeting tomorrow as well if you have questions about how to port your tests, run Amir’s script, or have suggestions / feedback. Sincerely, Kosta & Amir _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Amir (he/him)

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New episode of Between the Brackets: Bryan Davis
by Yaron Koren 16 Jul '19

16 Jul '19

Hi, This announcement is about 24 hours late, but: a new episode of the MediaWiki podcast came out yesterday, featuring an interview with Bryan Davis, who is head of the Cloud Services team at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can listen to the interview here: http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-38-bryan-davis -Yaron

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Out of Office
by Jennifer Belmont 11 Jul '19

11 Jul '19

Hello, I will be out of the office until Thursday, August 1st, without access to voicemail or email. I will respond to all messages upon my return. Best Regards, Jennifer Belmont Marketing and Special Technical Services Manager EMERgency24 847-789-5846

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Legacy issue from MW upgrade
by Peter Presland 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

I have recently completed an upgrade from MW29 to the latest MW32 release. During the course of the upgrade 3 pages were created/edited after the database schema but before the rest of the installation had been upgraded to MW32. These 3 pages now return the following error: MediaWiki internal error. >>>>>>>>>>>> Original exception: [XR38GZC0pLP1U7uAGwvs1wAAAAA] 2019-07-04 13:16:09: Fatal exception of type "MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException" Exception caught inside exception handler. >>>>>>>>>>>> Setting $wgShowExceptionDetails=true produces a lot more info which I can post if necessary but the above message makes me suspect that there is an access key involved. I'm thinking this could be because the upgraded installation was transferred as a tarball from a different server so that just the server details in LocalSettings.php then needed to be changed. Can anyone offer any pointers or advice on how I might best resolve this please? Site: https://wikispooks.com Example page: https://wikispooks.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Sitenotice

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