MediaWiki-l January 2020

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Vandalism
by abu-saad2＠windowslive.com 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

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merge independent wiki with wikifarm?
by Kevin Zhang 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

If I had an separate wiki and a wikifarm (using shared tables for user and actor) and wanted to merge the separate wiki into the wikifarm, what would be the safest way to handle user account migration without any conflicts/data corruption? Is it even safe to renumber user ids? Assume user ids for the separate wiki would conflict with existing wikifarm user ids. thinking at a minimum the following is required: 1. on wikifarm: halt account creations, set read only, and get max user id 2. on separate wiki: set wiki to read only, renumber all user ids (user, actor tables) starting at one past the current wikifarm max user id to avoid conflicts, run rebuildall.php & rebuildrecentchanges.php, create a database dump using mysqldump, and export a backup of localsettings.php 3. on wikifarm, add a new wiki (import localsettings.php) and import database dump of separate wiki then run update.php as required Thanks, Kevin

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Pywikibot is ending Python 2 support!
by Martin Urbanec 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Together with the last Python 2 release from April, 2020, Pywikibot team will release the **last version that supports Python 2**. We created a **python2" tag** marking the version, so you can continue running your Python 2 scripts using this tag, if you really need to. After that version, Pywikibot is not going to receive any further patches and bug fixes related to Python 2. Its code is going to be cleaned from Python 2 specific functions, patches, deprecations and other stuff, so make sure you'll use this tag if you still want to run Pywikibot using Python 2. Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate your scripts to Python 3. To make it happen, you can use Python 2to3 script installed by default with Python 2.6+, see https://docs.python.org/2/library/2to3.html. You can also just try to run your script using Python 3 (the "-simulate" parameter could be handy) and fix all the issues. If you encounter problems with the migration, you can always ask us here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242120 Best regards, Martin Urbanec and Dvorapa

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MediaWiki internal error
by Peter Presland 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

The error and backtrace shown below is thrown when trying to load the system page 'Mediawiki:Sitenotice'. It is the result of a system upgrade during which the database was edited AFTER the database had been updated, but BEFORE the new Mediawiki version installation scripts had been installed. Since it was the only page affected, we have lived with it through several further upgrades . However, it is becoming a pain not to able to use sitenotice so I would like (try??) to fix it. Any suggestions as to how I should go about this, since the page itself can be neither edited, deleted or restored to an earlier version through the Mediwiki user interface itself? Is there a maintenance script for example that might do the trick? or am I faced with manual database editing? Any suggestions / advice would be much appreciated Peter Presland >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MediaWiki internal error. Original exception: [XhxQLsGV-@FwxVwKJWJu8wAAAA8] /wiki/MediaWiki:Sitenotice MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionAccessException from line 1643 of /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php: Main slot of revision 163209 not found in database! Backtrace: #0 /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(1680): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->loadSlotRecords(string, integer) #1 [internal function]: MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->MediaWiki\Revision\{closure}() #2 /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php(165): call_user_func(Closure) #3 /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php(107): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionSlots->getSlots() #4 /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php(192): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionSlots->getSlot(string) #5 /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision.php(689): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionRecord->getSlot(string, integer) #6 /var/www/html/w/includes/Revision.php(956): Revision->getMainSlotRaw() #7 /var/www/html/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(659): Revision->getContentModel() #8 /var/www/html/w/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1414): WikiPage->{closure}(boolean, integer, array, NULL) #9 /var/www/html/w/includes/libs/objectcache/WANObjectCache.php(1275): WANObjectCache->doGetWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure, array) #10 /var/www/html/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(665): WANObjectCache->getWithSetCallback(string, integer, Closure) #11 /var/www/html/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(287): WikiPage->getContentModel() #12 /var/www/html/w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(274): WikiPage->getContentHandler() #13 /var/www/html/w/includes/actions/Action.php(98): WikiPage->getActionOverrides() #14 /var/www/html/w/includes/actions/Action.php(155): Action::factory(string, WikiPage, RequestContext) #15 /var/www/html/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(155): Action::getActionName(RequestContext) #16 /var/www/html/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(782): MediaWiki->getAction() #17 /var/www/html/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(515): MediaWiki->main() #18 /var/www/html/w/index.php(42): MediaWiki->run() #19 {main}

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] [TinyMCE] TinyMCE doesn't show any of the underlying text on some pages
by Schoenemann, P. Thomas 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

Thanks for the suggestions. Some questions: Where does one get the latest stable version of tinyMCE? Here is the entirety of the “download” section for “extension:tinyMCE” (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TinyMCE): Download[edit<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:TinyMCE&action=edit&s…>] You can download the TinyMCE code, in .zip format, here<https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-TinyMCE/archive/0.3.zip>. You can also download the code directly via Git from the MediaWiki source code repository (see available tags<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/ETMC/tags/master/>). From a command line, you can call the following: git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/TinyMCE.git To view the code online, including version history for each file, go here<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org//r/p/mediawiki/extensions/TinyMCE;browse/…>. Note: 1) there is no indication that the git link leads to a unstable development version of TinyMCE. Is this something that users are just supposed to know? If so, it would be good for the developers to included some short note about this, and how users with less experience with MediaWiki etc. can go about getting the stable version. 2) that the last link (“To view the code online, including version history for each file, go here”) points to a page that reads: "The requested project does not exist”. -Tom Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:09:48 +0100 From: Andre Klapper <aklapper(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:aklapper@wikimedia.org>> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] [TinyMCE] TinyMCE doesn't show any of the underlying text on some pages Message-ID: <c2d69653299b4cf11c850373202f328d78a9e050.camel(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:c2d69653299b4cf11c850373202f328d78a9e050.camel@wikimedia.org>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 22:09 +0000, Schoenemann, P. Thomas wrote: I’ve installed tinyMCE on my installation but for several pages it just doesn’t work. I get a delay, then the tinyMCE menu, but then no text shows up below it for editing (even though there is text, and I can see it by selecting “Edit source” instead of “Edit” (which invokes tinyMCE). I’m running mediawiki 1.31.0, and my server is running 7.3.13 (which I can’t change). Any ideas? FYI I installed tinyMCE by going to my extensions folder and doing: git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/TinyMCE.git Sounds like you installed git master (=unstable development 1.35.x version) of TinyMCE together with an outdated insecure MediaWiki version (1.31.0). Does this problem still happen with a maintained MediaWiki version (currently 1.31.6 for LTS, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading ) and the corresponding TinyMCE branch (REL1_31)? andre -- Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ------------------------------ End of MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 196, Issue 5 *******************************************

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[TinyMCE] TinyMCE doesn't show any of the underlying text on some pages
by Schoenemann, P. Thomas 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

I’ve installed tinyMCE on my installation but for several pages it just doesn’t work. I get a delay, then the tinyMCE menu, but then no text shows up below it for editing (even though there is text, and I can see it by selecting “Edit source” instead of “Edit” (which invokes tinyMCE). I’m running mediawiki 1.31.0, and my server is running 7.3.13 (which I can’t change). Any ideas? FYI I installed tinyMCE by going to my extensions folder and doing: git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/TinyMCE.git It completes with no errors. I then put: wfLoadExtension( 'TinyMCE' ); in my LocalSettings.php Suggestions? A bug? -Tom

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New episode of Between the Brackets: Richard Evans
by Yaron Koren 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

Hi, A new episode of the MediaWiki podcast "Between the Brackets" was released yesterday: my interview with Richard Evans, an electrical engineer at NASA who (among other things) maintains wikis for them, and who is also running the upcoming EMWCon in Sandusky, Ohio. You can listen to the podcast here: http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-51-richard-evans -Yaron

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 196, Issue 3
by toàn vlogs 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

huutoanbui3(a)gmail.com Vào 19:03 Th 4, 08 thg 1 2020 <mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> đã viết: > Send MediaWiki-l mailing list submissions to > mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mediawiki-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mediawiki-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MediaWiki-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Anonymous user (user_id =0) (Valerio Pelliccioni) > 2. Re: Anonymous user (user_id =0) (Brian Wolff) > 3. Re: Anonymous user (user_id =0) (Valerio Pelliccioni) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 07:55:40 +0100 > From: Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp(a)silkwood.it> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Anonymous user (user_id =0) > Message-ID: <22E37094-0C4F-4630-A170-44E1F748958B(a)silkwood.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Thank you so much Brian. > Your first suggestion solved the problem. > It was enough to add the following line in LocalSettings.php > > // Add just one user name to the default array > $wgReservedUsernames[] = 'Anonymous'; > > to get this: > > Merge from Giada (691) to Anonymous (0) is complete. > Giada (691) has been deleted. > > > --------- > Valerio Pelliccioni > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:47, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. Adding it > to > $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not > sure). At > the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be fine, > since < > isn't allowed in real usernames. > > -- > Brian > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp(a)silkwood.it> > wrote: > > > Thanks Brian. > > I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. > > I need a user "Anonymous". > > > > >> Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have > id 0 > > ...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for > user > > deletion; isn't it? > > > > V > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of > bawolff(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php > --force > > > > > > Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have > id 0. > > > > -- > > Brian > > > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni < > vmp(a)silkwood.it> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with > the > > user_id > > > = 0. > > > > > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension > > "UserMerge" > > > I got this error: > > > > > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an > existing > > user". > > > > > > > > > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > > > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) > a first > > > account A to a second account B > > > delete the first account A after the merge > > > …. > > > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension > > > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to > confirm a > > merge > > > to Anonymous > > > > > > > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, > actually, the > > > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > > > > > Is it serious? > > > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:00:43 +0000 > From: Brian Wolff <bawolff(a)gmail.com> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Anonymous user (user_id =0) > Message-ID: > < > CA+oo+DVaXdBemAafre-aAH7BZyqW00gghCF9s72-LNmQA5Pv9w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > You might still have to rerun migrateActors.php after making that change, > as otherwise some of the older edits attributed to Anonymous may have > disappeared. > > -- > Brian > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp(a)silkwood.it> > wrote: > > > Thank you so much Brian. > > Your first suggestion solved the problem. > > It was enough to add the following line in LocalSettings.php > > > > // Add just one user name to the default array > > $wgReservedUsernames[] = 'Anonymous'; > > > > to get this: > > > > Merge from Giada (691) to Anonymous (0) is complete. > > Giada (691) has been deleted. > > > > > > --------- > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:47, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. Adding > it > > to > > $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not > > sure). At > > the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be fine, > > since < > > isn't allowed in real usernames. > > > > -- > > Brian > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp(a)silkwood.it> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Brian. > > > I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. > > > I need a user "Anonymous". > > > > > > >> Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have > > id 0 > > > ...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for > > user > > > deletion; isn't it? > > > > > > V > > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > > > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of > > bawolff(a)gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php > > --force > > > > > > > > > Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to > have > > id 0. > > > > > > -- > > > Brian > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni < > > vmp(a)silkwood.it> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > > > > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one > with > > the > > > user_id > > > > = 0. > > > > > > > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension > > > "UserMerge" > > > > I got this error: > > > > > > > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an > > existing > > > user". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > > > > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) > > a first > > > > account A to a second account B > > > > delete the first account A after the merge > > > > …. > > > > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the > extension > > > > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to > > confirm a > > > merge > > > > to Anonymous > > > > > > > > > > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, > > actually, the > > > > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > > > > > > > Is it serious? > > > > > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:45:53 +0100 > From: Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp(a)silkwood.it> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Anonymous user (user_id =0) > Message-ID: <B8C51A52-B921-4915-8C52-29B9FB36FE6C(a)silkwood.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Ok, > thanks. > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > On 08/01/2020, 10:39, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > You might still have to rerun migrateActors.php after making that > change, > as otherwise some of the older edits attributed to Anonymous may have > disappeared. > > -- > Brian > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp(a)silkwood.it> > wrote: > > > Thank you so much Brian. > > Your first suggestion solved the problem. > > It was enough to add the following line in LocalSettings.php > > > > // Add just one user name to the default array > > $wgReservedUsernames[] = 'Anonymous'; > > > > to get this: > > > > Merge from Giada (691) to Anonymous (0) is complete. > > Giada (691) has been deleted. > > > > > > --------- > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:47, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of > bawolff(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. > Adding it > > to > > $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not > > sure). At > > the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be > fine, > > since < > > isn't allowed in real usernames. > > > > -- > > Brian > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni < > vmp(a)silkwood.it> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Brian. > > > I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. > > > I need a user "Anonymous". > > > > > > >> Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to > have > > id 0 > > > ...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available > for > > user > > > deletion; isn't it? > > > > > > V > > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > > > mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of > > bawolff(a)gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php > > --force > > > > > > > > > Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed > to have > > id 0. > > > > > > -- > > > Brian > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni < > > vmp(a)silkwood.it> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > > > > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the > one with > > the > > > user_id > > > > = 0. > > > > > > > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the > extension > > > "UserMerge" > > > > I got this error: > > > > > > > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an > > existing > > > user". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > > > > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit > count of) > > a first > > > > account A to a second account B > > > > delete the first account A after the merge > > > > …. > > > > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the > extension > > > > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you > to > > confirm a > > > merge > > > > to Anonymous > > > > > > > > > > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, > > actually, the > > > > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > > > > > > > Is it serious? > > > > > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 196, Issue 3 > ******************************************* >

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Anonymous user (user_id =0)
by Valerio Pelliccioni 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

Hi, everybody, I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with the user_id = 0. I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension "UserMerge" I got this error: "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing user". To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first account A to a second account B delete the first account A after the merge …. if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a merge to Anonymous So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the Anonymous user doesn't exist. Is it serious? Everything else seems to be working fine to me... Valerio Pelliccioni W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni

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MediaWiki support/guidance
by Bobby Shabangu 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

Hi all, I've recently been appointed as a Wiki-in-residence at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) branch in South Africa. One of my tasks is downloading and setting up a MediaWiki based website on the UNDP servers and installing plugins so that it works kind of like Wikipedia. Although I've read and watched some YouTube videos but I still feel I would need need assistance, So I'm writing to find out if there's someone I can speak to who can give me technical guidance or a platform like social media ( Facebook, WhatsApp or Telegram) where I can get quick response should I get stuck. Kind regards, Bobby Shabangu

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