MediaWiki-l May 2022

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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

Lis ton message de Nganguem Victor avant qu'il ne soit effacé! Pour lire ton message, suis simplement ce lien: http://eu1.badoo.com/chatnoirxx/in/p4hxwt052ok/?lang_id=6 D'autres personnes sont aussi présentes: Oded (Tel Aviv, Israël) Priya (Udaipur, Inde) RajaYogi BK (Udaipur, Inde) Karuna (Udaipur, Inde) Chika Reginald Onyia (Pnompen', Cambodge) ...Qui d'autre? http://eu1.badoo.com/chatnoirxx/in/p4hxwt052ok/?lang_id=6 Les liens ne fonctionnent pas dans ce message? Copie les dans la barre d'adresse de ton navigateur. Tu as reçu cet email suite à un message envoyé par Nganguem Victor de notre système. S'il s'agit d'une erreur, ignore simplement cet email. La requête sera alors effacée du système. Amuse-toi bien ! L'équipe Badoo Courrier automatique de Badoo suite à l'envoi d'un message à ton attention sur Badoo. Les réponses ne sont ni stockées, ni traitées. Si tu ne veux plus recevoir de message de Badoo, fais-le nous savoir: http://eu1.badoo.com/impersonation.phtml?lang_id=6&mail_code=65&email=media…

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Feedback needed: Draft gadget/user script policy
by Jon Robson 01 Jul '22

01 Jul '22

[If you don't write gadgets, user scripts or work on MediaWiki code feel free to ignore this message] Hey all! Given the hackathon this weekend, now seemed like a good idea to talk about us having a policy for code we write for gadget and user scripts developers and as gadget and user script developers. TDLR: I am proposing a policy to guide developers and authors of these kinds of scripts. I would like people to read through my first draft <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jdlrobson/Extension:Gadget/Policy#Polic…> [1] and give me feedback on the talk page. Please feel free to share on wiki. *What is being proposed* A policy page that would be editable on wiki and linked to from the editing interfaces on gadgets, to guide both parties on how to write code that's sustainable and less prone to breakage. *Why is this needed?* Despite gadgets and user scripts (which will be referred from now on as wiki-based code) being a key component of MediaWiki projects, up until now frontend APIs (e.g. how wiki-based code should interact with source control provided code) have been ill-defined leading to misunderstandings between engineers and wiki-based code developers when wiki-based code break. This also leads to code rot, where developers do not feel empowered to make changes as it's unclear how their changes will impact wiki-based code developers. On top of this, when wiki-based code breaks it's not clear who can and will fix them. To solve this a policy I have been pushing for some time to make the contract between MediaWiki developers and wiki-based code developers explicit and less confusing. I hope on the long run a policy would restore trust and good faith between the two parties. *How can you help?* To contribute to the policy please use the discussion page to raise concerns, suggestions, removals or additions. *What's the deadline?* I'd like to have all feedback gathered by 30th May 2022 [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jdlrobson/Extension:Gadget/Policy#Polic…

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MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.1 is ready for testing
by Sam Reed 20 May '22

20 May '22

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.1, the second release candidate for 1.38.0. Download links are at the end of the e-mail. The tag has been signed and pushed to Git. This is not a final release, and should not be used for production websites. Known issues are tracked in Phabricator on the release workboard [1]. As with every release of MediaWiki, a large number of changes have landed in the last six months (over 1500 commits since 1.37.0 was cut), and you should read over the preliminary release notes as part of assuring yourself of areas that may have issues with your configuration, your skins, and/or your extensions. As always, please try out the release candidate in a test environment and do report any issues that you discover. Please use the #MW-1.38-Release [2] tag in Phabricator when reporting issues specific to this release, to make sure that we find them as quickly as possible. It is expected that MediaWiki 1.38 will become final in May 2022, though the date may slip if blockers are identified. Changes since MediaWiki 1.38.0-rc.0: * Localisation updates. * (T305028) Undeprecate EditPage::$textbox2. * (T305635) LogActions is a map, not a list. * (T306721) Add wikimedia/equivset to vendor; needed by bundled AbuseFilter. * (T307284) Simplify TransactionManager::pendingWriteQueryDuration. * (T307307) Add symfony/yaml to vendor. * Fix old_name in UserLogoutComplete hook. * REST: don't send stack trace in error responses. * (T307998) SessionManager: stop storing an ObjectFactory instance. * (T193565) UserGroupManager: Fix dbDomain in addUserToGroup() deferred update. Preliminary release notes: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_38/RELEASE-NOTES-1.38 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.38 Open Bugs: [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.38-release/ Bug report form: [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=MW-1.38-… ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.zip Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-core-1.38.0-rc.1.ta… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-core-1.38.0-rc.1.zip Patch to previous version (1.38.0-rc.0): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.patch.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.patch.z… GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-core-1.38.0-rc.1.ta… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-core-1.38.0-rc.1.zi… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.patch.g… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.38/mediawiki-1.38.0-rc.1.patch.z… Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html

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New Code of Conduct Committee candidates
by Martin Urbanec 17 May '22

17 May '22

Hello, The committee has finished selecting new members of the Code of Conduct Committee <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee>. The new committee candidates are (in alphabetical order): - Amir Sarabadani - Eugene233 - Martin Urbanec - MusikAnimal - Nuria Ruiz Auxiliary members will be (also in alphabetical order): - Effie Mouzeli - Huji - Jayprakash12345 - Luke081515 - Tony Thomas More details about the member candidates can be found in this MediaWiki.org page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee/Members/Candidates> . Changes compared to last term: - Legoktm leaves the main committee - Eugene233 joins the main CoC committee - Nuria moves from auxiliary to the main committee - Luke081515 joins the auxiliary committee - Ariel leaves the auxiliary committee - Tony Thomas moves from main to the auxiliary committee This is not the final structure. According to the Code of Conduct <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee#Selection_of_new_m…>, the current committee publishes the new members and calls for public feedback. Please let the committee know via techconduct(a)wikimedia.org if you have any concern regarding the candidate slate by end of day *May 31, 2022*. After that, the committee will either finalize the candidate slate or update it in response to concerns raised. If the candidate slate changes, there will be another two week feedback period covering the newly proposed members. After the selections are finalized, there will be a training period, after which the new Committee will be appointed and serve for a year. Best, Martin Urbanec, on behalf of the Code of Conduct committee

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user login issue after upgrade to 1.37.2
by Toshi Esumi 13 May '22

13 May '22

Hello, I successfully upgraded/migrated my old wiki 1.26.0 to a new wiki 1.37.2 about a month ago. But now I realized I couldn't log in the wiki to edit content. I was not sure what my old user password was but assuming the old password was less than 8 chars. So I used changePassword.php to reset my password and set a new one longer than 8 chars. But when I used it to log in my wiki, it seems to accept but goes back to original page with only "Log in" link on the top right corner, which means I'm not logged in. I immediately checked LocalSettings.php if $wgReadOnly was still configured after the upgrade, which was commented out with the leading '#'. What could cause this behavior of the wiki? Thanks, Toshi -- Toshi Esumi web: http://www.toshiesumi.com blog: http://toshiesumi.blogspot.com

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The Google panle named "Mehdi Mohagheghi" Needs too be updated
by mehdimohagheghi＠yahoo.com 09 May '22

09 May '22

As Mehdi Mohagheghi' s Google panle is not available under the authority of himself, it is related to about twelve years ago concepting of his career and biography of artistic life there are to many things which have been written as Mehdi Mohagheghi's description of musical instrument and specialization, so it is necessary to say after related written of himself, that He holds the PhD level of music theory and teaching method from Eurasian university of Georgia certified by the UNESCO so strongly , on the second place He has held the badge of honour from Cultural ministry of Iran in the guitar specialists, and so many things to be updated on.

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The Google panle named "Mehdi Mohagheghi" Needs too be updated
by mehdimohagheghi＠yahoo.com 09 May '22

09 May '22

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