[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 14
Peter Kramer
peterkramarz at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 5 17:27:58 UTC 2006
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> Subject: MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 14
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:45:31 +0000
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Installation problems (Albert Steiner)
> 2. Edit Toolbar (Michael D. Peters)
> 3. Re: Mediawiki 1.7.1: which version of Apache & PHP should be
> used? (Jean-Lou Dupont)
> 4. Customising my MediaWiki (Ikke Snoeckx)
> 5. User Authentication/Validation/Rights (Mopster)
> 6. PLural Transformation for Upper Sorbian (Michael Wolf)
> 7. Re: User Authentication/Validation/Rights (wiki at avenarius.sk)
> 8. Re: PLural Transformation for Upper Sorbian (wiki at avenarius.sk)
> 9. Re: Opening Images in new window (Imtiyaz S.)
> 10. Re: User Authentication/Validation/Rights (Gordon Joly)
> 11. Re: Interlanguage Links (wiki at avenarius.sk)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 15:04:43 +0200
> From: "Albert Steiner" <asteiner at gmx.ch>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Installation problems
> To: "'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'"
> <mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID: <000001c6b7c6$8e0f1ac0$0201a8c0 at Albi>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> Dear all
>
> I just successfully installed MediaWiki on my server; there were no
> information that the installation was not correct. However, unfortunately,
> when going to the page /index.php I see the content of the file
> LocalSettings.php :-( What went wrong? Any help on this is appreciated.
>
> Regards, Albert
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:02:26 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Michael D. Peters" <michael.peters at lazarusalliance.com>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Edit Toolbar
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID:
> <45594.74.128.1.3.1154714546.squirrel at Exchanger.lazarusalliance.com>
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> I have found many questions but not an answer that makes sense to me yet
> concerning how to edit the "toolbox" navigation sidebar. I have found
> information to successfully edit the MediaWiki:Sidebar but nothing else.
>
> Is it as simple as editing MediaWiki:Sidebar? What is the page name to
> edit or is it more complicated?
>
> This has been frustrating to say the least so anyone who might enlighten
> me I would be grateful.
>
> Other than that I really like the MediaWiki software. I am located here:
> Holistic Operational Readiness Security Evaluation (HORSE) project Wiki:
> http://www.lazarusalliance.com/horsewiki/
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:43:42 -0400
> From: Jean-Lou Dupont <mediawiki_mailinglist at jldupont.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki 1.7.1: which version of Apache &
> PHP should be used?
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
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> FYI: I found a mitigation plan for dealing with Apache Server hangs -- stop
> Windows from reporting the crash through a popup dialog that *requires* user
> intervention.
>
> My Computer --> Properties --> Advanced --> Error Reporting:
> 1) Disable Error Reporting
> 2) Uncheck "But notify me when critical errors occur"
>
> Using this configuration, the Apache Server restarts unattended.
>
> Until somebody fixes this bug.
>
> Hope this helps somebody else,
> jld.
> PS: I still get tons of errors in my Apache Log, very random "pattern".
>
> _____
>
> From: Jean-Lou Dupont [mailto:mediawiki_mailinglist at jldupont.com]
> Sent: August 3, 2006 08:23
> To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
> Subject: Mediawiki 1.7.1: which version of Apache & PHP should be used?
>
>
> Which version of Apache & PHP should be used in order to have a stable
> Mediawiki 1.7.1 install on Windows XP?
>
> I have looked at the installation procedure on Mediawiki.org but somehow I
> am still having Apache error code 20024 + crash because of an error in one
> of PHP5 module.
>
> So, what are you folks using??
>
> jld.
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:51:46 +0200
> From: Ikke Snoeckx <sebastiaan.snoeckx at telenet.be>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Customising my MediaWiki
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <44D3B362.40006 at telenet.be>
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> Hello all
>
> I'd like to customise some of my Wiki pages, alas, I don't know how (am
> not much of a PHP expert)...
>
> 1. I have this little error:
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function text() in
> C:\Server\htdocs\\wiki\skins\MonoBook.php on line 61
>
> How to solve this?
>
> 2. How can I change the "Main_Page" to something else?
> Additionally, I have a bilingual wiki so I need two names for the
> Main_Page both accessible
>
> 3. How to change the 'Talk:Article' to something different (i.e. like
> they did with the translations of Wikipedia)
> 4. I have written a SSI-footer and header, however, I can't get them
> into including them in my index.php (php require('foo.bar') function),
> how do I do this, or can't I?
> 5. Can I change 'index.php' to 'wiki.php' w/o any problems? (the reason
> being, i'd like my wiki to be placed in my main directory, where my
> index.php already exists)
> 6. I've never been fond on the WikiFormatting ([[internal link]],
> ''italic text'', '''bold text''', etc), so I prefer using HTML in my
> Wiki, though, HTML is disabled by default...
> How can I enable all possible HTML and disable the WikiFormatting (don't
> argue or ask why)...
>
> I guess that was it for now...
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 23:01:41 +0200
> From: "Mopster" <Mopster at burningseacommunity.com>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] User Authentication/Validation/Rights
> To: <MediaWiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <EBEPLLBJCDEPOINDJCJMKEGBCHAA.Mopster at burningseacommunity.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up a wiki which isn't allowed to be viewed by anyone but a
> select group of people (which I want to be able to select from registered
> people). I've already found a way to prevent anonymous people from reading
> or editing anything (redirect to login page). But I even want registered
> users not be able to read/edit anything unless they're allowed/validated by
> me. Is there a way to have registered people go trough an admin validation
> before they're completely registered ?
>
> I also tried making a new usergroup with all the original user access and
> set user permissions on false. But this didn't quite work since it also
> didn't allow me to access anything.
>
> -Kenny
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:57:39 +0200
> From: Michael Wolf <milupo at sorbzilla.de>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] PLural Transformation for Upper Sorbian
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID: <44D3C2D3.2010903 at sorbzilla.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm preparing the LanguageHsb.php for Upper Sorbian and need a correctly
> working plural transformation in this file. I've already tested the
> solutions of other Slavic languages (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian,
> Slovenian, Croatian), but their requirements are some others.
> Upper Sorbian has following requirements:
>
> Numeral Form
> 1 Singular
> 2 Dual
> 3, 4 Nominative plural
> 0 and from 5 Genitive plural
>
> From the Slavic languages I tested, only Slovenian has still a dual. The
> tested solutions I modified don't work, they use the default form only.
> A differentiation doesn't happen.
>
> I hope you can help me.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael Wolf
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:10:24 +0200
> From: wiki at avenarius.sk
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] User Authentication/Validation/Rights
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <1635246167.20060805001024 at avenarius.sk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Friday, 4th August 2006 at 23:01:41 (GMT +0200), Mopster wrote:
>
> > I also tried making a new usergroup with all the original user access and
> > set user permissions on false. But this didn't quite work since it also
> > didn't allow me to access anything.
>
> How come? Aren't you the sysop of your wiki to whom those prohibitive
> settings should not apply?
>
> --
> Yours,
> Alex.
> [processed by "The Bat!", Version 3.80.06]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:10:16 +0200
> From: wiki at avenarius.sk
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] PLural Transformation for Upper Sorbian
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <70880407.20060805001016 at avenarius.sk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Friday, 4th August 2006 at 23:57:39 (GMT +0200), Michael Wolf wrote:
>
> > I've already tested the solutions of other Slavic languages
> > (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Croatian),
> > but their requirements are some others. Upper Sorbian
> > has following requirements:
>
> > Numeral Form
> > 1 Singular
> > 2 Dual
> > 3, 4 Nominative plural
> > 0 and from 5 Genitive plural
>
> > From the Slavic languages I tested, only Slovenian has still a dual. The
> > tested solutions I modified don't work, they use the default form only.
> > A differentiation doesn't happen.
> > I hope you can help me.
>
>
> Nope, I'm afraid you need to give up. Numerals of Slavic languages
> simply are not taken into account in software such as MediaWiki or phpBB.
> As far as I know, all Slavic languages follow this rule, that the word
> "books" is different in "2, 3, 4 books" and "5, 6, 7 etc. books".
>
> MediaWiki, phpBB, etc., only allows you to set one form of the noun
> for "1 book", and another form for "2, 3, 4, 5, 6... books".
>
> The result is that for all occurrences of "2, 3, 4 [some object]"
> in MediaWiki, a false plural form (that for 5, 6, 7...) is displayed.
>
> It would be very simple to fix this: just add one more string into
> the language configuration file, for "2, 3, 4 objects".
>
> Or, since you say Slovenian and Upper Sorbian even have extra forms
> of plural nouns for the numeral 2, we would need 2 extra lines
> in the language configuration files, in total 4 lines of code
> for numerals:
>
> 1 object
> 2 objects
> 3, 4 objects
> 5, 6, 7 ..... objects
>
> But trying to persuade the developers to add those two minuscule
> lines of code might be a gargantuan task. ;-)
>
> --
> Yours,
> Alex.
> [processed by "The Bat!", Version 3.80.06]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:14:45 -0700
> From: "Imtiyaz S." <imtiyaz_sh at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Opening Images in new window
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <BAY111-F39F5594724896E4833B1CCF0500 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
> Is it possible to open all image description pages in new window when you
> click on a image/thumbnail in your article?
>
> thanks
> imti
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 23:26:09 +0100
> From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly at pobox.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] User Authentication/Validation/Rights
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
> Cc: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <p06230902c0f979b243a6@[192.168.116.8]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
>
> At 00:10 +0200 5/8/06, wiki at avenarius.sk wrote:
> >On Friday, 4th August 2006 at 23:01:41 (GMT +0200), Mopster wrote:
> >
> >> I also tried making a new usergroup with all the original user access and
> >> set user permissions on false. But this didn't quite work since it also
> >> didn't allow me to access anything.
> >
> >How come? Aren't you the sysop of your wiki to whom those prohibitive
> >settings should not apply?
> >
> >--
> >Yours,
> >Alex.
> >[processed by "The Bat!", Version 3.80.06]
> >
>
>
>
> I have suggested this: add to LocalSettings.php (and add users by
> hand as WikiSysop)...
>
>
> $wgWhitelistRead = array ( "Main Page", "Special:Userlogin", "Wikipedia:Help");
>
> $wgEnableUserEmail = true;
>
> $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false;
> $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = false;
> $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false;
> $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['search'] = false;
>
> $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['move'] = true;
> $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['read'] = true;
> $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit'] = true;
> $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['upload'] = true;
> $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['search'] = true;
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Gordo (aka LoopZilla)
> gordon.joly at pobox.com
> http://pobox.com/~gordo/
> http://www.loopzilla.org/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:34:10 +0200
> From: wiki at avenarius.sk
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Interlanguage Links
> To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <748373446.20060805113410 at avenarius.sk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Tuesday, 1st August 2006 at 23:59:42 (GMT +0200), Filip Maljkovic wrote:
>
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links
> > The page thoroughly explains what you should do to enable [interlanguage] links.
>
> Thank you, by following the instructions it was easy to set up interlanguage links.
>
> There's a cosmetic problem with our default skin, though, which is Classic.
> All interlanguage links are flagged as "external". When you switch
> to the MonoBook skin, they are shown correctly as internal links.
>
> In terms of code, MonoBook puts in, for example, <li class="interwiki-en">,
> while the Classic skin inserts <a class="external"> for all interlanguage links.
>
> Our interwiki table only states $1 for iw_url and 1 for iw_local
> for all language prefixes. Still, all interlanguage links are flagged
> as "external" in the Classic skin.
>
> Would there be any fix for this, or do users preferring the Classic skin
> have to live with this bug?
>
> For an illustration of the problem, here is our Sandbox:
>
> http://vincentdepaul.sk/skola/vincentdepaul.sk:Pieskovisko
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Alex.
> [processed by "The Bat!", Version 3.80.06]
>
>
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