MediaWiki-l June 2020

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Wikipedia_Change_Edit
by Rahman Demirkol 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Dear Sir or Madame, I work as a research assistant with Dr. Elif Duygu Cındık and make some editions on her Wikipedia page. I have been trying to change and add some info since last week but the new changes do not appear on the page. I wonder when my changes will be accepted and appear on our page? https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elif_C%C4%B1nd%C4%B1k#:~:text=Elif%20Duygu%20…. Best regards, Rahman Demirkol

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Newby dev question: extension configuration variable
by Krabina Bernhard 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Hi, in my first attempt at jumping into improving a mediawiki extension, I am failing at a very basic step. I want to make the extension configurable and followed this advice: [ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_for_developers | https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_for_developers ] this is my extension.json I added: "config": { "ShariffServices": { "value": "["twitter","facebook","pinterest"]", "description": "configuration of available services" } }, "ConfigRegistry": { "Shariff": "GlobalVarConfig::newInstance" }, now in the baisc PHP file of the extension, I am trying use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices; $config = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getConfigFactory()->makeConfig( 'Shariff' ); $services = $config->get ('Services'); but the last line leads to [XtqcaewKU0Q3UCukKmZO9AAAABM] /index.php?title=Main_Page Error from line 3061 of ../includes/parser/Parser.php: Call to a member function matchStartAndRemove() on null Backtrace: #0 ..includes/parser/Preprocessor_DOM.php(1277): Parser->braceSubstitution(array, PPFrame_DOM) #1 ../includes/parser/Parser.php(2942): PPFrame_DOM->expand(DOMElement, integer) #2 ../includes/parser/Parser.php(701): Parser->replaceVariables(string, PPFrame_DOM) #3 ../includes/parser/Parser.php(4717): Parser->preprocess(string, Title, ParserOptions) #4 ../includes/cache/MessageCache.php(1089): Parser->transformMsg(string, ParserOptions, Title) #5 ../includes/Message.php(1273): MessageCache->transform(string, boolean, LanguageEn, Title) #6 ../includes/Message.php(874): Message->transformText(string) #7 ../includes/Message.php(934): Message->toString(string) #8 ../includes/OutputPage.php(902): Message->text() #9 /../includes/OutputPage.php(949): OutputPage->setHTMLTitle(Message) #10 ../includes/OutputPage.php(2424): OutputPage->setPageTitle(string) #11 /../includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(128): OutputPage->prepareErrorPage(string) #12 ../includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(54): MWExceptionRenderer::reportHTML(ConfigException) #13 ../includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(75): MWExceptionRenderer::output(ConfigException, integer) #14 ../includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(149): MWExceptionHandler::report(ConfigException) #15 ../includes/MediaWiki.php(551): MWExceptionHandler::handleException(ConfigException) #16 ../index.php(42): MediaWiki->run() #17 {main} What am I doing wrong? As far is I understand it, using DefaultSettings.php is outdated, we should be using extension.json. But I can't get it to work. Can anybody point me to a simple extension that uses this mechanism correctly?, cheers, Bernhard

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Deprecation of a global function in mediawiki.
by Amir Sarabadani 06 Jun '20

06 Jun '20

Hello, The global function "wfWaitForSlaves()" that has been soft deprecated [1] since 1.27 is now hard deprecated (from master and subsequently 1.35 release) and will be removed soon. Please use LBFactory::waitForReplication instead. I would like to thank Sam Reed for cleaning up all of the usages in extensions. For more context, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181673 [1]: See Stable interface policy for the definitions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy Have a nice day -- Amir (he/him)

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New version of "Working with MediaWiki" released
by Yaron Koren 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Hi everyone, I'm excited to announce that a new version of my MediaWiki reference book, "Working with MediaWiki", has just been released. To briefly recap: the first edition came out in 2012, and then an updated version in 2014; then the 2nd edition came out in 2017, and this is an updated version of the 2nd edition. For this new version, a lot of the text and screenshots were updated, to reflect changes to core MediaWiki and its extensions over the last three years. As with the earlier version, the entire text of the book can be read for free online: https://workingwithmediawiki.com/book/ (That website used to be slow at times, but it's on a different server now and should be fine.) Of course, there's nothing like reading an actual printed book, and, though it's never been available in stores, you can order the book online from Amazon. Just follow the links from here: https://workingwithmediawiki.com/ That's it, and I hope people enjoy the book! -Yaron -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com

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Update.php error using postgres. squences and others already exists
by dabicho 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Hello I am new to the list I am trying to upgrade my mediawiki installation from 1.31.7 to 1.34.1 and I am getting errors when executing php update.php. Same thing happened when trying to upgrade to 1.33.3 I have seen bug reports dating back to 2016. Last suggestion being to move such things to the public schema instead of the database schema. Is this safe/good idea? What other solution can I apply? ----------- Example of output -------------------- MediaWiki 1.34.1 Updater Your composer.lock file is up to date with current dependencies! Going to run database updates for mypedia-default- Depending on the size of your database this may take a while! ...skipping: 'mwuser' table doesn't exist yet. ...skipping: 'mwuser' table doesn't exist yet. ...skipping: 'pagecontent' table doesn't exist yet. Creating sequence logging_log_id_seq Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError from line 1603 of /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading? Query: CREATE SEQUENCE logging_log_id_seq Function: Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef::query Error: 42P07 ERROR: relation "logging_log_id_seq" already exists #0 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1574): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->getQueryExceptionAndLog('ERROR: relatio...', '42P07', 'CREATE SEQUENCE...', 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...') #1 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1152): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->reportQueryError('ERROR: relatio...', '42P07', 'CREATE SEQUENCE...', 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...', false) #2 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/libs/rdbms/database/DBConnRef.php(68): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->query('CREATE SEQUENCE...', 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...', 0) #3 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/libs/rdbms/database/DBConnRef.php(292): Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef->__call('query', Array) #4 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/installer/PostgresUpdater.php(833): Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef->query('CREATE SEQUENCE...') #5 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(490): PostgresUpdater->addSequence('logging', false, 'logging_log_id_...') #6 /var/www/html/mypedia/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(454): DatabaseUpdater->runUpdates(Array, false) #7 /var/www/html/mypedia/maintenance/update.php(205): DatabaseUpdater->doUpdates(Array) #8 /var/www/html/mypedia/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(99): UpdateMediaWiki->execute() #9 /var/www/html/mypedia/maintenance/update.php(277): require_once('/var/www/html/s...') #10 {main} --------------------------------------------------------- Thankyou

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WikiIndaba 2021 Conference Announcement
by Bobby Shabangu 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Dear Wikimedians, We trust you are keeping safe during this global state of flux. This email is to affirm that WikiIndaba Steering Committee (WISCom) continues to be committed to support the Wikimedia User Group in Uganda in its bid to organise and host WikiIndaba Conference 2021. We were working closely with the local organising committee and Wikimedia Foundation to organise the event before the suspension of all in-person Wikimedia events, and we continue to do so in order to ensure we have a memorable and impactful conference when everything returns back to normalcy. Seeing that we now have more time to plan for the programme, scholarships and other logistics, we ask that you take advantage of the available time to think deeply about the value that your participation can add to the conference. We hope that from now till the time of the call for participation you will think about important questions that will help us structure the programme to suit your needs, opportunities that the conference can bring to your community and concerns that need broader consensus and support from the larger community. We will announce further developments as they unfold and we look forward to working with you all in the future to make Wiki Indaba a good place for Africans and the diaspora to connect on topics of interest and action. Best regards, WikiIndaba Steering Committee (WISCom)

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