MediaWiki-l August 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 16 Aug '25

16 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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MCR Migration issue
by eQuality Technology 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Trying to run update.php on an old 1.15.1 mediawiki (to 1.32.3) Getting 'Content model must be stored in the database for multi content revision migration' Any ideas how to fix? Thanks, ~ Greg ******************* Details ************************ ...uploadstash table already exists. ...user_former_groups table already exists. ...have rev_sha1 field in revision table. ...batch conversion of user_options: [ec6437cd046faa26dac0f3cd] [no req] MWException from line 259 of /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/Revision/RevisionSt ore.php: Content model must be stored in the database for multi content revision migration. Backtrace: #0 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/Revision/RevisionStoreFactory.php(133): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->setContentHandlerUseDB(boolean) #1 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/ServiceWiring.php(429): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStoreFactory->getRevisionStore() #2 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/services/ServiceContainer.php(430): MediaWiki\Services\ServiceContainer->{closure}(MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices) #3 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/services/ServiceContainer.php(414): MediaWiki\Services\ServiceContainer->createService(string) #4 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/MediaWikiServices.php(774): MediaWiki\Services\ServiceContainer->getService(string) #5 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/ServiceWiring.php(418): MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices->getRevisionStore() #6 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/services/ServiceContainer.php(430): MediaWiki\Services\ServiceContainer->{closure}(MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices) #7 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/services/ServiceContainer.php(414): MediaWiki\Services\ServiceContainer->createService(string) #8 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/MediaWikiServices.php(758): MediaWiki\Services\ServiceContainer->getService(string) #9 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/Revision.php(72): MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices->getRevisionLookup() #10 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/Revision.php(134): Revision::getRevisionLookup() #11 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/extensions/Gadgets/includes/MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo.php(136): Revision::newFromTitle(Title) #12 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/extensions/Gadgets/includes/MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo.php(105): MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo->fetchStructuredList() #13 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1277): MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo->{closure}(boolean, integer, array, NULL) #14 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1150): WANObjectCache->doGetWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure, array) #15 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/extensions/Gadgets/includes/MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo.php(112): WANObjectCache->getWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure , array) #16 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/extensions/Gadgets/includes/MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo.php(31): MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo->loadGadgets() #17 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/extensions/Gadgets/includes/GadgetRepo.php(71): MediaWikiGadgetsDefinitionRepo->getGadgetIds() #18 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/extensions/Gadgets/includes/GadgetHooks.php(47): GadgetRepo->getStructuredList() #19 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/Hooks.php(174): GadgetHooks::userGetDefaultOptions(array) #20 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/Hooks.php(202): Hooks::callHook(string, array, array, NULL) #21 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/user/User.php(1807): Hooks::run(string, array) #22 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/user/User.php(1819): User::getDefaultOptions() #23 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/maintenance/convertUserOptions.php(96): User::getDefaultOption(string) #24 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/maintenance/convertUserOptions.php(67): ConvertUserOptions->convertOptionBatch(Wikimedia\Rdbms\ResultWrapper, Wikimedia\Rdbms\Da tabaseMysqli) #25 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(1189): ConvertUserOptions->execute() #26 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(485): DatabaseUpdater->doMigrateUserOptions() #27 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(449): DatabaseUpdater->runUpdates(array, boolean) #28 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/maintenance/update.php(203): DatabaseUpdater->doUpdates(array) #29 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(94): UpdateMediaWiki->execute() #30 /opt/mediawiki/1.32.3/maintenance/update.php(248): require_once(string) #31 /opt/mediawiki/mediawikifarm/bin/mwscript.php(28): require(string) #32 {main} eQuality Technology *Let's work together* https://equality-tech.com follow us: https://twitter.com/eQualityTech *creators of https://QualityBox.us <https://QualityBox.us> *

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Code of Conduct committee meeting at Wikimania
by Amir Sarabadani 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Hello, The CoC committee had a meeting with four members out of five (Lucie, Tony, Tonina, and Amir were at Wikimania and MusikAnimal wasn't present). These notes are the public outcomes of the meeting. * The committee chose Amir as the chair (Amir requested to be the table but it got rejected) * The committee is currently composing the anonymized report of its cases and will be published soon. * The committee soon will decide on the two amendments currently under discussion. Feel free to comment on these two: ** Public logging of bans: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Uikcu1emvmw6e4z8 ** Modifications on the appeal process: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Uay0vz6no8ayac3m * The committee is willing to introduce a new internal role which for lack of better term, we call it secretary for now. The role's main responsibility is to help the committee on organizational bookkeeping. Like reports, documentation of cases, etc. * At the end, the committee wants to remind people that its role is reactionary and we won't interfere when there's no report. If you see a behaviour you find unacceptable, stand up and send us a report and don't wait for the committee to jump in. Regards, Amir on behalf of the committee

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Question about deleteOldRevisions.php
by Rowe (US), Dolores A 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

I'm trying to reduce the size of a large text table in one of our mediawikis. I ran the maintenance script deleteOldRevisions.php, but after I was done the text table was still the same size. What am I misunderstanding regarding the procedure ? What does this indicate ? thanks, Lori

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Question / Custom Design / Tollbar
by Martin Nünning Bittop 25 Aug '19

25 Aug '19

Hello @all, I have a Problem with a custom Design of a Wiki. If this here is not the right place for me to ask, please apologize. We have a Website that uses a Design with a sticky Toolbar on top of the page. Integration is fine but if you click on a link inside the Page Navigation to reach some Anchor point the page jumps to high because it does not know there is this sticky Toolbar and part of the Wiki Text is hidden behind. Could anybody give an advice how to tell the Wiki to leave a Space of maybe 100px to the top of the page when jumping? Or any other helpful Idea? Kind Regards Martin

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autocomplete not working
by John Lavalie 24 Aug '19

24 Aug '19

After upgrading to 1.33.0, autocomplete on the main search box has stopped working. What would cause that?

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subcategory arrows missing
by John Lavalie 22 Aug '19

22 Aug '19

After upgrading to 1.33.0, the arrows are missing: https://broadwcast.org/index.php/Category:United_States#Links They're missing from at least MonoBook, Cologne Blue, Modern and Vector skins.

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