MediaWiki-l June 2020

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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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Logo of mediawiki
by Amir Sarabadani 03 Sep '20

03 Sep '20

Hello, The current logo of MediaWiki was adapted slightly more than fifteen years ago and hasn’t changed since. This logo despite having the nice concept of sunflower, is old. The sunflower represents the diversity, the constant growth and also the wildness. Among its biggest issues I can point out that it’s a bitmap picture so it’s unusable in large sizes (like large posters) and it’s too realistic making it unusable in small sizes. Most, virtually all, software products use a simpler and more abstract form. For example, docker, kubernetes, Ubuntu, VueJs, React, Apache Kafka, and many more. It’s a good time for MediaWiki to follow suit. My request is for changing the logo of MediaWiki and I have no plans or interest in changing logo of any other project. Please show your support, oppose or your comments in the discussion page. You can also add more suggestions. The discussion page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_mediaw… Best -- Amir (he/him)

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MediaWiki 1.35 Branch Cut and Release
by Cindy Cicalese 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

On March 30, we announced that we were temporarily pushing back the release of MediaWiki 1.35 due to uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We are now ready to begin the process of moving forward with the release. The first step is cutting the release branch, REL1_35, which will occur on Monday, July 13. We will then be in "pencils down" mode: developers will stop targeting MediaWiki 1.35 for new features. Instead, any new features would continue to be applied to master and would target MediaWiki 1.36 or later. The only work that would continue towards MediaWIki 1.35 would be blockers - critical bug fixes or features close to completion that need to make it into the release. This would happen by merging those patches into master and then backporting them to the REL1_35 branch. We anticipate that MediaWiki 1.35 will be released at the beginning of August. We appreciate your patience in these difficult times. Wishing you safety and health, Cindy

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New MediaWiki extension: Page Exchange
by Yaron Koren 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce a new extension: Page Exchange (PX). This extension serves as a sort of "package manager" (like yum or apt, if you've heard of those), but where the "packages" are collections of wiki pages and files (such as images). Packages are defined in JSON files, so that anyone can publish a package by just creating a file in the relevant JSON syntax and putting it online (plus putting online the wikitext and files that it includes). Then, any wiki that has PX installed can download such a package by just adding the URL for that package file to LocalSettings.php. Once downloaded, a package can then be updated (if there have been changes to the remote package definition), or deleted. There's another interesting feature of Page Exchange, which is that, if you install a package containing file(s) named "MediaWiki:XXX.js" or "MediaWiki:XXX.css" (assuming you have the necessary permissions to do so), any such file will get automatically loaded on every page view for that wiki - which means that a package can add its own JavaScript and CSS functionality to the wiki. Page Exchange can have a variety of uses, from providing a pre-generated data structure for wikis to use, to allowing for easy copying of text and images from one wiki to another - to even enabling lightweight alternatives to extensions, or even skins. You can read more about the extension, and download it here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Page_Exchange -Yaron -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com

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MediaWiki Extensions and Skins Security Release Supplement (1.31.8/1.33.4/1.34.2)
by Scott Bassett 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Greetings- With the security/maintenance release of MediaWiki 1.31.8/1.33.4/1.34.2 [0], we would also like to provide this supplementary announcement of MediaWiki extensions and skins with now-public Phabricator tasks, security patches and backports [1]: == CentralAuth == + (T250594, CVE-2020-12051) - globaluserinfo api allows access to information about hidden users < https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/I3c80641dc1202df7428714f0ca44717a51ff6021 > The Wikimedia Security Team recommends updating these extensions and/or skins to the current master branch or relevant, supported release branch [2] as soon as possible. Some of the referenced Phabricator tasks above _may_ still be private. Unfortunately, when security issues are reported, sometimes sensitive information is exposed and since Phabricator is historical, we cannot make these tasks public without exposing this sensitive information. If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding this update, please feel free to contact security(a)wikimedia.org or file a security task within Phabricator [3]. [0] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-June/000252.h… [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248542 [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reporting_security_bugs -- Scott Bassett sbassett(a)wikimedia.org

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Security and maintenance release: 1.31.8 / 1.33.4 / 1.34.2
by Sam Reed 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.34.2, 1.33.4 and 1.31.8! These releases also serve as a maintenance release for these branches. We've noted that this is minor, and as such you don't need to apply them as quickly as with other security releases, if you're unable to do so, or if you're not running a private wiki. We therefore decided to continue with getting the security (and maintenance) release out for this quarter as planned, even with the global situation as is. While tarballs have already been uploaded, git tags will follow later on today. An "MediaWiki Extensions Security Release Supplement" email will follow this one. As mentioned in the pre-release announcement, this will be the final release of the MediaWiki 1.33 branch, barring any unforeseen issues. If you are currently running 1.33, you are advised to upgrade to a newer, supported version of MediaWiki, which as of writing is MediaWiki 1.34 (as 1.35 has not been released yet). MediaWiki 1.34 will be supported until November 2020. A separate notification of this will be sent out too. == Security fixes == * (T248947) img_auth.php may leak private extension images into the public cache. CVE-2020-15005 == Links to all mentioned tasks == * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248947 == Release notes == Full release notes for 1.31.8: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_31/RELEASE-NOTES… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.31 Full release notes for 1.33.4: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_33/RELEASE-NOTES… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.33 Full release notes for 1.34.2: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_34/RELEASE-NOTES… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.34 For information about how to upgrade, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading> ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.8.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-core-1.31.8.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.31.7): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.8.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-core-1.31.8.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.8.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.8.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.4.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-core-1.33.4.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.33.3): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.4.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-core-1.33.4.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.4.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.4.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-1.34.2.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-core-1.34.2.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.34.1): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-1.34.2.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-core-1.34.2.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-1.34.2.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-1.34.2.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html

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Mediawiki 1.34.2 upgrade results
by Jeffrey Walton 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Hi Everyone, I upgraded to Mediawiki 1.34.2 on a CentOS 7 x86_64 server. The composer update produced some noise: Package wikimedia/password-blacklist is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use wikimedia/common-passwords instead. Package jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint instead. Package jakub-onderka/php-console-color is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use php-parallel-lint/php-console-color instead. Package jakub-onderka/php-console-highlighter is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use php-parallel-lint/php-console-highlighter instead. Package phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested. The server information is located at https://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Special:Version. Jeff

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