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Recent parser change regarding tildes in comments?
by Thomas Dalton 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

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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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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Lis tes messages avant qu'ils ne soient effacés!
by Badoo 31 Dec '23

31 Dec '23

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www.wikimedia.org
by Seksun Komsan 31 Dec '21

31 Dec '21

www.wikimedia.com

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https://www.google.com
by Seksun Komsan 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

link www.google.com

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Re: How to add a custom Magic Word in LocalSettings.php?
by Patrick Schleizer 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

Hi Valerio! Thank you for looking into this. Reviewing these links implies that this requires an extension? So it cannot be done simply, directly from LocalSettings.php? Could you provide please a minimal example how to set as $CUSTOM_VARIABLE = "custom-content";? Template are generally awesome but won't work here. The use case here is multiple domain support, an alternative domain name accessing the same wiki/database, which already works great for me. What I really want to set is something similar to {{SERVER}} = //www.example.com {{SERVERNAME}} = www.example.com But I only need {{CUSTOM_APEX_DOMAIN_NAME}} = example.com The use case in mediawiki markup would then be: [{{protocoll_handler}}://forums.{{apex_domain_name}} our forums] (I.e. "relative domain names which support sub domain changes") This is the multiple domain support snippet which already works for me: ### if (preg_match("/onion.onion/i", $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])) { $wgServer = 'http://www.onion.onion'; $wgCanonicalServer = 'https://www.example.com'; $wgAllowExternalImagesFrom = array( 'http://127.0.0.1/', 'http://www.onion.onion/' ); $wgRenderHashAppend = "www.onion.onion"; $wgCachePrefix = "www.onion.onion"; $wgFileCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache/www.onion.onion"; $wgLocalisationUpdateDirectory = "$IP/cache/www.onion.onion"; $wgCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache/www.onion.onion"; $MY_FQDN = "http://www.onion.onion"; } else { $wgServer = '//www.example.com'; $wgCanonicalServer = 'https://www.example.com'; $wgAllowExternalImagesFrom = array( 'http://127.0.0.1/', 'https://www.example.com/' ); $wgRenderHashAppend = "www.example.com"; $wgCachePrefix = "www.example.com"; $wgFileCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache/www.example.com"; $wgLocalisationUpdateDirectory = "$IP/cache/www.example.com"; $wgCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache/www.example.com"; $MY_FQDN = "https://www.example.com"; } ### If I had the snippet to add custom magic words to LocalSettings.php, then kinda what I would add there is this: if (preg_match("/onion.onion/i", $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])) { $CUSTOM_APEX_DOMAIN_NAME = 'onion.onion'; } else { $CUSTOM_APEX_DOMAIN_NAME = 'example.com'; } Basically, how would I make $CUSTOM_APEX_DOMAIN_NAME available from inside the mediawiki? I've left the lengthy description of my use case out from my original post for brevity. Kind regards, Patrick Valerio Bozzolan: > Hi Patrick > Here some documentation for your specific question: > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/ParserF… > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ParserFirstCallInit > Having said that, do you really need it? Why not just a new template? > Create a page [[Template:Something]] to use {{Something}}. > -boz > On mer, 2021-12-29 at 10:46 +0000, Patrick Schleizer via MediaWiki-l > wrote: >> Could you explain please how to add a custom magic word to mediawiki >> LocalSettings.php? >> >> Example: >> When writing in the wiki {{CUSTOM_VARIABLE}} it will expand to: >> custom-content >> >> In other words... I want to set in LocalSettings.php >> >> $CUSTOM_VARIABLE = "custom-content"; >> >> and that custom variable should then be available inside the wiki be >> as >> {{CUSTOM_VARIABLE}}. >> >> If avoidable, writing a mediawiki extension should be avoided. >> >> Is this possible? >> >> Cheers, >> Patrick >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list -- mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to mediawiki-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-l.lists.wikimedia.org/

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How to add a custom Magic Word in LocalSettings.php?
by Patrick Schleizer 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

Could you explain please how to add a custom magic word to mediawiki LocalSettings.php? Example: When writing in the wiki {{CUSTOM_VARIABLE}} it will expand to: custom-content In other words... I want to set in LocalSettings.php $CUSTOM_VARIABLE = "custom-content"; and that custom variable should then be available inside the wiki be as {{CUSTOM_VARIABLE}}. If avoidable, writing a mediawiki extension should be avoided. Is this possible? Cheers, Patrick

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dependencies not updated in Special:Version?
by Clausen, Jörn 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hello! I just updated some wikis to 1.35.5 and also installed the current skins and extensions that I use. On .../Special:Version, the version of MediaWiki itself is correctly shown as "1.35.5", but the versions of the skins and extensions have remained at the versions before (or even some updates before). For example: I have installed "Metrolook-REL1_35-7671f0e", but Special:Version shows 7.0 alpha 2 (74d7661) 18:04, 4. Sep. 2021 which I had installed before. Another identical wiki shows 7.0 alpha 2 (abd1ca1) 14:40, 18 April 2021 I see the same for e.g. PluggableAuth: Installed is "PluggableAuth-REL1_35-efff551", but I see 5.7 (e5976c0) 03:13, 4. Sep. 2021 5.7 (2a465ae) 00:07, 11 July 2020 respectively. Are the versions somewhere stored in the database and not updated properly? Joern -- Jörn Clausen BITS - Bielefelder IT-Servicezentrum https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/bits

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Security and maintenance release: 1.35.5 / 1.36.3 / 1.37.1
by Sam Reed 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

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