MediaWiki-l March 2025

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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 17 Aug '25

17 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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Magnolia677 deserved the death threats I made to her because she was attacking me and calling my edits stupid
by MidAtlanticBaby . 11 Aug '25

11 Aug '25

So apparently y'all care more about the people that hurt me than y'all care about me? So y'all are going to IGNORE THE FACT that Magnolia677 WENT OFF ON me because i was making a bunch of edits to Florida county articles that she and 3 other admins didnt like me making and then I got REPORTED by ANOTHER EDITOR to ANI for STANDING UP for myself against her ATTACKING me? And y'all are gonna ASSUME i made the death threats for no reason for my own fucking ENJOYMENT? Y'all are ALLOWED to be an asshole to me and im not supposed to be an asshole to you back? Do y'all not have any respect for other people or their emotions? Is that like y'all's GOAL, to MAKE people suffer for the rest of THEIR FUCKING LIFE when they get blocked on a wiki and they GET MAD about it and take it out RIGHTFULLY on the person that blocked them? Are y'all nothing but some sadistic ass racist ass motherfuckers who want everything to go THEIR WAY and who want to control OTHER PEOPLE'S emotions or how they feel about their block? Are y'all JUSTIFYING Magnolia's and Drmies' actions towards me because theyre white and I'M black?

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Freelance Frontend Developer for Wikimedia CH
by Valerio Bozzolan 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

To freelance MediaWiki hackers, Wikimedia Switzerland (Innovation Department) is looking for a freelance web frontend developer to be engaged on an hourly or daily basis to hack our MediaWiki(s). Example frontend kawaii work activity: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390195 Contact us if you: 1. Have demonstrable past experience in web frontend development 2. Enjoy providing your time and cost estimates for tasks like T390195 3. Love to share your work with the community, support the community 4. Can send a bill to a Swiss organization (you have a VAT) 5. I can't legally say that there are bonus points if you wear kawaii programming socks Maybe interested? Pick the Fox: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/token/give/PHID-TASK-47fo4eyqmw5hf3iyatuo/ More than "maybe" interested? Write an email to Ilario and Valerio an with subject "I'm maybe your frontend hacker" and please share small info about yourself - for example answering points above. Contacts: Ilario Valdelli - WMCH Innovation Lead [[User:Ilario]] ivaldelli(a)wikimedia.ch Valerio Bozzolan - WMCH Innovation Impostor [[User:ValerioBoz-WMCH]] boz(a)reyboz.it You can also contact us here if you like more (also to see foxes): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390206 Suggested contact method: a simple email to the above 2 recipients. Thanks for sharing this job offer to your freelance frontend friends. -Valerio Bozz (User:ValerioBoz-WMCH)

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2025.03
by Kartik Mistry 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

We would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2025.03. This bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.43.0. It requires PHP >= 7.4.0. The next MLEB is expected to be released in 5-6 months after the MediaWiki 1.44 release. If there are important bug fixes, we will do an intermediate release. Please give us your feedback at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB * Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2025.03.tar… * sha256sum: 4f173ea9ebd31f894861b1fd06124727fe788fb008f9b983fdbe0446151d7fe5 * Signature: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2025.03.tar… Highlights: * Future releases of MLEB will no longer include the CleanChanges extension. The Language filter has been integrated into the Translate extension. The User filter will be deprecated; use the standard Special:Contributions page as an alternative. ** To enable the language filter on Special:RecentChanges, set $wgTranslateRecentChangesLanguageFilter = true; Full release notes are available at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Language_Extension_Bundle/2025.03 Quick links: * Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB * Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-i18n.lists.wikimedia.… * Report bugs to: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/1464 -- Kartik Mistry

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Mental illnes
by Christian Kenn Balistoy 16 Mar '25

16 Mar '25

Destroying my personality for migrated of my partner

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Call for talks: MediaWiki Users & Developers Conference Spring 2025
by Yaron Koren 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

Hello everyone, The Spring 2025 MediaWiki Users & Developers Conference will be held about two months from now, on May 14-16 (with an optional half-day workshop on May 13), at the NASA offices in Sandusky, Ohio, USA: https://meza.wiki/mwplus/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Spring_2025_Confere… Everyone is encouraged to attend, to meet and discuss MediaWiki-related topics relating to both the Wikimedia world and uses within companies, organizations, etc. As the program chair, I would like to specifically encourage you all to consider giving a talk, on any topic related to MediaWiki usage or development. Talks can be given remotely, although priority will be given to in-person attendees if there's an overflow. To propose a talk for this conference, just fill out this form: https://meza.wiki/mwplus/Form:Proposed_talk Thank you, and I hope to see you in Sandusky! -Yaron

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