[Mediawiki-l] MediWiki Quirk with Special Page on Publishing NewItems

[Zain Memon]

Adding from a search isn't recommended because then you have single pages in the twilight zone where the only way to reach them is to search (and not through another page).

If you really want to do it, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_show_a_link_to_create_a_page_when_searches_fail.3F


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-
> bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brian Ross
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:32 AM
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] MediWiki Quirk with Special Page on Publishing
> NewItems
> 
> We installed the MediWiki software on a Solaris server. The install went
> fine. We started to customize it minimally (We changed the flower
> graphic).
> Then tried to use it.
> 
> The database is working. It took modifications of existing pages. If I put
> a
> link into an existing page to build a new item or category, it takes it.
> 
> What it¹s NOT doing is allowing a user to add from a search.  They search
> for a baseball player (It¹s a sports wiki) and it comes back under special
> with suggestions for the search, but no offer to allow the end-user to add
> the person to the wiki themselves.
> 
> What is turned off? Needs turned on?  I¹ve been through docs for hours and
> haven¹t found this specific problem mentioned yet.
> 
> This wiki is at:  http://www.minorleaguenews.com/wiki
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Brian Ross
> Sr. Editor
> MLNsportszone.com
> The Leader in Minor League Sports
> Minor League. MAJOR ATTITUDE
> 
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