I have a mostly default install of MW1.9.3, I have not done any interwiki stuff with it yet. But when I try to create a page that begins with "Unreal:", it takes me to a wiki at a third-party website, beyondunreal.com. Is this actually defaulted in the MW code? If not, how did this happen (security problem?). How do I change it/stop it from doing this?
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That's because there's an interwiki link to beyond unreal. Check your "interwiki" table in the database
mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org wrote on 07-09-2007 10:00:28:
I have a mostly default install of MW1.9.3, I have not done any interwiki stuff with it yet. But when I try to create a page that begins with "Unreal:", it takes me to a wiki at a third-party website, beyondunreal.com. Is this actually defaulted in the MW code? If not, how did this happen (security problem?). How do I change it/stop it from doing this?
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This got me thinking.... does it make sense to have an interwiki link take precedence over a local namespace?
mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org wrote on 07-09-2007 10:02:52:
That's because there's an interwiki link to beyond unreal. Check your "interwiki" table in the database
mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org wrote on 07-09-2007 10:00:28:
I have a mostly default install of MW1.9.3, I have not done any interwiki stuff with it yet. But when I try to create a page that begins with "Unreal:", it takes me to a wiki at a third-party website, beyondunreal.com. Is this actually defaulted in the MW code? If not, how did this happen (security problem?). How do I change it/stop it from doing this?
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On 07/09/2007, KAndreou@rccl.com KAndreou@rccl.com wrote:
This got me thinking.... does it make sense to have an interwiki link take precedence over a local namespace?
They don't, but if the namespace isn't properly registered in $wgExtraNamespaces, then it isn't actually a namespace, and it isn't considered when resolving the title.
Rob Church
mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org wrote on 07-09-2007 10:43:19:
On 07/09/2007, KAndreou@rccl.com KAndreou@rccl.com wrote:
This got me thinking.... does it make sense to have an interwiki link take precedence over a local namespace?
They don't, but if the namespace isn't properly registered in $wgExtraNamespaces, then it isn't actually a namespace, and it isn't considered when resolving the title.
Rob Church
Am I correct to assume that it is then a just another page? If so, the interwiki takes precedence over a local page. Perhaps we can make the : character an invalid character for page titles.
Kimon
On 07/09/2007, KAndreou@rccl.com KAndreou@rccl.com wrote:
Am I correct to assume that it is then a just another page? If so, the interwiki takes precedence over a local page. Perhaps we can make the : character an invalid character for page titles.
That's correct, and no, we shouldn't.
The correct thing for the OP to do is to follow the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces, and ensure MediaWiki is aware of his intention to use "Unreal" as a namespace.
(The other suggestion, that is, to remove the interwiki association, is probably also a good idea, and would work in this case, although it doesn't fix the "not a recognised namespace problem", and consequently, chances are something'd be back to bite you later on...)
Rob Church
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mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org wrote on 07-09-2007 10:43:19:
On 07/09/2007, KAndreou@rccl.com KAndreou@rccl.com wrote:
This got me thinking.... does it make sense to have an interwiki link take precedence over a local namespace?
They don't, but if the namespace isn't properly registered in $wgExtraNamespaces, then it isn't actually a namespace, and it isn't considered when resolving the title.
Rob Church
Am I correct to assume that it is then a just another page? If so, the interwiki takes precedence over a local page. Perhaps we can make the : character an invalid character for page titles.
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Am I correct to assume that it is then a just another page? If so, the interwiki takes precedence over a local page. Perhaps we can make the : character an invalid character for page titles.
There are plenty of legitimate uses for a colon in a page title. Perhaps local pages which start with something which is also an interwiki prefix should take precedence over the non-local page. Some way to link to the non-local page would be required, of course.
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Am I correct to assume that it is then a just another page? If so, the interwiki takes precedence over a local page. Perhaps we can make the : character an invalid character for page titles.
There are plenty of legitimate uses for a colon in a page title. Perhaps local pages which start with something which is also an interwiki prefix should take precedence over the non-local page. Some way to link to the non-local page would be required, of course.
Not for creation (or move target). If you allow to create pages overriding interwiki links, you're opening it for abuse. Take into account that many policies have interwiki links. On the other hand, showing pages created before the interwiki was added, could be good as it would allow sysops to move them instead of need to ask on bugzilla.
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On the other hand, showing pages created before the interwiki was added, could be good as it would allow sysops to move them instead of need to ask on bugzilla.
Before configuring an interwiki the sysadmin could first simply check http://example.com/wiki/Special:Allpages and move any would be effected pages. If he forgot to do that, he could unconfigure the interwiki, do it, and then reconfigure the interwiki.
Right?
Roger Chrisman wrote:
Platonides wrote:
On the other hand, showing pages created before the interwiki was added, could be good as it would allow sysops to move them instead of need to ask on bugzilla.
Before configuring an interwiki the sysadmin could first simply check http://example.com/wiki/Special:Allpages and move any would be effected pages. If he forgot to do that, he could unconfigure the interwiki, do it, and then reconfigure the interwiki.
Right?
Yes, he should. As well as knowing he has added an interwiki with that name and what are namespaces and what not. For example, in the Wikimedia environment, they're added in batches, so you end up with bugs like 10198 http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10198
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That's because there's an interwiki link to beyond unreal. Check your "interwiki" table in the database
mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org wrote on 07-09-2007 10:00:28:
I have a mostly default install of MW1.9.3, I have not done any interwiki stuff with it yet. But when I try to create a page that begins with "Unreal:", it takes me to a wiki at a third-party website, beyondunreal.com. Is this actually defaulted in the MW code? If not, how did this happen (security problem?). How do I change it/stop it from doing this?
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I have a mostly default install of MW1.9.3, I have not done any interwiki stuff with it yet. But when I try to create a page that begins with "Unreal:", it takes me to a wiki at a third-party website, beyondunreal.com. Is this actually defaulted in the MW code? If not, how did this happen (security problem?). How do I change it/stop it from doing this?
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