Wikitech-l October 2005

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MediaWiki to Latex Converter
by Hugo Vincent 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hi everyone, I recently set up a MediaWiki (http://server.bluewatersys.com/w90n740/) and I need to extra the content from it and convert it into LaTeX syntax for printed documentation. I have googled for a suitable OSS solution but nothing was apparent. I would prefer a script written in Python, but any recommendations would be very welcome. Do you know of anything suitable? Kind Regards, Hugo Vincent, Bluewater Systems.

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Captcha in progress
by Brion Vibber 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

I've been tinkering with an extension to provide for a captcha to reduce automated linkspamming while still staying out of the way for common use. My preliminary code is running now on test.leuksman.com; the actual "captcha" part is a really primitive plain text hack which would take all of a few minutes for a dedicated attacker to crack, but don't worry about that -- I'm not testing the protection yet, just the framework it plugs into. By default the captcha prompt will only kick in if an edit adds new URLs to the text. Most regular editing shouldn't trip this -- wiki links, plain text, or just preserving existing links. But if you add new HTTP links that weren't there before, it'll then make you pass the captcha before it saves. The captcha step can also be bypassed based on user group (eg registered bots, sysop accounts, optionally all registered users), and can also be set to skip for any user who has gone through confirmation of their account e-mail address. I haven't coded it yet, but it should also be possible to add a URL whitelist, for instance for the site's own local URLs. As for a 'real' captcha generator to put into this system; I'm not too sure what code is already out there that's not awful. There's a Drupal plugin which would be easy to rip GPL'd PHP code from, but it doesn't seem very robust. There's a set of samples of various captcha output and their weaknesses here: http://sam.zoy.org/pwntcha/ Obviously it would be good to either find something on the 'hard captchas' list rather than 'defeated captchas', or roll our own that doesn't suck too bad. There's also the question of whether we can feasibly provide an audio alternative or whathaveyou. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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Patch: suppress auto-numbering of TOC and honour user prefs
by Netocrat 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

This is a minimal change to add a new magic token that prevents numbering of the TOC and to do the same when the user option "Auto-number headings" under "Misc" in "Preferences" is set. This option is already retrieved through $this->mOptions->getNumberHeadings(); but currently not used effectively. The token directive is useful because some sections in a wiki may already include numbering as part of the heading and suppressing auto-numbering is useful in those cases. Index: includes/Parser.php =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/wikipedia/phase3/includes/Parser.php,v retrieving revision 1.509 diff -u -r1.509 Parser.php --- includes/Parser.php 23 Sep 2005 12:10:39 -0000 1.509 +++ includes/Parser.php 24 Sep 2005 12:57:48 -0000 @@ -2461,8 +2461,15 @@ */ function formatHeadings( $text, $isMain=true ) { global $wgMaxTocLevel, $wgContLang, $wgLinkHolders, $wgInterwikiLinkHolders; - - $doNumberHeadings = $this->mOptions->getNumberHeadings(); + + # if the string __NOTOCNUM__ (not case-sensitive) occurs in the HTML, + # or if the user prefers not to, do not add TOC Numbering + $mw =& MagicWord::get( MAG_NOTOCNUM ); + if( $mw->matchAndRemove( $text ) ) { + $doNumberHeadings = false; + } else { + $doNumberHeadings = $this->mOptions->getNumberHeadings(); + } $doShowToc = true; $forceTocHere = false; if( !$this->mTitle->userCanEdit() ) { @@ -2647,7 +2654,7 @@ $anchor .= '_' . $refcount[$headlineCount]; } if( $doShowToc && ( !isset($wgMaxTocLevel) || $toclevel<$wgMaxTocLevel ) ) { - $toc .= $sk->tocLine($anchor, $tocline, $numbering, $toclevel); + $toc .= $sk->tocLine($anchor, $tocline, $doNumberHeadings?$numbering:'', $toclevel); } if( $showEditLink && ( !$istemplate || $templatetitle !== "" ) ) { if ( empty( $head[$headlineCount] ) ) { Index: languages/Language.php =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/wikipedia/phase3/languages/Language.php,v retrieving revision 1.684 diff -u -r1.684 Language.php --- languages/Language.php 23 Sep 2005 12:10:39 -0000 1.684 +++ languages/Language.php 24 Sep 2005 12:58:06 -0000 @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ # ID CASE SYNONYMS MAG_REDIRECT => array( 0, '#redirect' ), MAG_NOTOC => array( 0, '__NOTOC__' ), + MAG_NOTOCNUM => array( 0, '__NOTOCNUM__' ), MAG_FORCETOC => array( 0, '__FORCETOC__' ), MAG_TOC => array( 0, '__TOC__' ), MAG_NOEDITSECTION => array( 0, '__NOEDITSECTION__' ), -- http://members.dodo.com.au/~netocrat

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Add namespace parameter to _What links here_
by Phil Boswell 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Would it be especially complicated to add the namespace=? parameter to the "What links here?" mechanism? I would be quite happy to add it to the URL manually at first, but this would be most useful ploughing through huge lists of links trying to make out whether something is actually being linked to meaningfully. -- Phil [[en:User:Phil Boswell]]

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Portal namespace
by Guillaume Blanchard 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hi, We requested a new 'portal' namespace about one year ago but this came to nothing. Some days ago, we discovered the English and German Wikipedia are now using this namespace (sic!) so we requesting to be able to do same [1]. The French word for portal is 'portail'. Regards, Aoineko [1] http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro/30_ao%C3%BBt_2005#Un_…

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machine translaton of the articles...
by prasad gadgil 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

Hi, I have just joined, I am from mumbai, india. I would like to get the articles translated in marathi, my mother tongue. Looking at the effort and no of volunteers, this will not be usable in any reasonable amount of time. That has made me think of alternatives - machine translation. A state funded institute has a software available but I don't have access to it yet. Pl. comment about this approach. Has this been tried for any other language earlier. Thanks & regards, Prasad Gadgil ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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Whihc php file called
by Amruta Lonkar 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi, I am trying to find whihc function is called when user hits the save button on edit page and in whihc file the button click for save is checked. Any help appreciated. Thanks, -- Amruta

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the discussion page: summary and better display of the treats, mbox format?
by Uwe Brauer 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hello One of the inconvenience of the discussion page in wikipedia is the fact that does not have a mail-client type of interface/display. That is neither there is a email-summary type of display, nor a display which would allow to display the threads easily. Are there any plans to include such a feature. A possibility to would be to have a input and output filter for a neutral mbox format. For example the Debian bug track system has such a possibility. Regards Uwe Brauer

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Ratings again (was: Oour quality could rival Encyclopedia Britannica)
by David Gerard 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

[cc'ed from thread on wikien-l to wikitech-l] On wikien-l, Neil Harris wrote: >charles matthews wrote: >> But I think we know all this. To return to Toynbee, it is more a >> question of how to get Wikipedians to 'feel challenged', on the >> specifics. Right now, with the site running slow, the main practical >> challenge seems to be hardward/developers/cash. _I_ mostly feel >> challenged by the sheer breadth of approach needed. >At the risk of being tedious, >article rating >article rating >article rating >article rating >article rating Brion, what would it take to get article rating switched on? Is there any such feature you would allow in, or is it basically off the agenda and I should stop asking? - d.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Ratings again
by David Gerard 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Magnus Manske wrote: >P.S.: I think I actually found a *real* bug; it seems anyone can change >the list of topics. I'll have to restrict that to sysops. I'd expect on Wikipedia that'd be a steward-level thing. Remember that after the testing phase, it's unlikely to change very often if at all, and then only with the consent of the wiki's community. - d.

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