[Mediawiki-l] Any leads on a basic wikisetup-and-configure instruction manual?

Wed Apr 11 19:47:18 UTC 2007

Hello Peter Blaise,

When you installed the wiki you should have set up a default user.
That user has admin privileges.

If you did not install the wiki, do you have shell access to the
server?  If you do, then run
`php maintenance/createAndPromote.php ##username## ##password##`

(replaceing ##username## with your desired username, and ##password##
with your desired password)

I hope that this helps, and let me know if you have any other questions.

Kasimir

On 4/11/07, Monahon, Peter B. <Peter.Monahon at uspto.gov> wrote:
> > Peter Blaise wrote: Thanks ... I'm not sure
> > what you mean, though.  "... include the
> > Wikipedia: namespace in the search..." by
> > doing what?
>
> > Someone responded: ... If you're going to set
> > up a MediaWiki site, then the first thing you
> > have to do is get familiar with using MediaWiki ...
>
> Peter Blaise responds: Oh?  How so?  After using Wikipedia for a while
> now, I built one on my own and have ~1/2 a million words in ~4,500
> [Edit]able paragraphs ...
> <smarta** on> what was the *first* thing I should do, again?  </smarta**
> off>
> Seriously, Ian, I think most people read as much as they can find and
> believe they need to get started, then troubleshoot anything that needs
> attention from there.  Sadly, by teaching ourselves, we can hardly be
> expected to get smarter than our masters.  ;-)  So, without a thorough
> and complete instruction manual based on successful, and unsuccessful,
> experience, how would anyone even know to think about, say, "categories"
> or user hierarchies before implementing a Wiki?  Just one example.
>
> > Someone responded further: ... In Wikipedia,
> > if you click the button marked "Search", it will
> > take you to a page that explains all about
> > searching -- including how to search specific
> > namespaces ...
>
> Oh really?!?  Here's the entire screen contents when following your
> instructions:
>
> =====
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=&fulltext=Search
> Search
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> For more information about searching Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Searching
> =====
>
> Thanks!  ... but ... that's not only not what you promised, but it's not
> what I asked!  But, let's just suppose it's merely sloppy documentation
> on your part.  Let me type "search" in the search box and search for
> that ... (Does anyone want to explain the difference between the [GO]
> button and the [Search] button underneath the [__________] search
> window, by the way?)
>
> =====
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search
> Searching
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> Wikibooks has more about this subject:
> How to search Look up search, searching in Wiktionary, the free
> dictionary. For searching in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Searching.
> Searching is to thoroughly examine in order to find something concealed.
> Web searching benefits from specific techniques, which are detailed in
> the search engine article (see also: list of search engines).  An online
> search engine is any device that allows the user to quickly search and
> view multiple online articles/websites.
> Searching can also refer to the following:
> Computers and computer science
> Search algorithm
> Boolean search
> Tree search
> Search engine
> Social Search
> Web directory
> Rescue related
> Air-sea rescue
> Missing people
> Search and rescue dog
> Military and police related
> Search and seizure
> Detection dog
> Strip search
> Search warrant
> Entertainment
> The Search (1948 film)
> The Search (DS9 episode)
> Search (TV series)
> Other
> Seeker
> Job search
> Search for Common Ground
> Novelty search (in patent law)
> Visual search, a type of perceptual task
> =====
>
> Hmm ... nothing there about "namespace".  Maybe there's another trick.
> Let's go back to the first tip and wander around there ... oh, there's a
> "Wikipedia:Searching" link, let's try that:
>
> =====
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching
> Wikipedia:Searching
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> ...[snip 499 words] ...
> Namespaces searched by default
> The search only applies to the namespaces selected in the user's
> preferences.  To search the other namespaces check or uncheck the
> tickboxes in "Search in namespaces" box found at the bottom of a search
> results page.  Depending on the browser, a box may still be checked from
> a previous search, but without being effective any longer!  To make
> sure, uncheck and recheck it.
> Searching the image namespace means searching the image descriptions,
> i.e. the first parts of the image description pages.
> ... [snip 605 words] ...
> Google indexes all namespaces
> ... [snip 1,478 words] ...
> =====
>
> Oh, is that what you mean?  "The search only applies to the namespaces
> selected in the user's preferences." ...so, if I'm not a logged in user,
> what default preferences are used for namespace searches?  Oh, that's
> not in this page ...
>
> > Peter Blaise wrote: How do you create an
> > admin or sysops after the Wiki's built?
>
> > Someone responded: Have the person create
> > a user ID, then edit the user's privileges in
> > Special:Userrights.
>
> Thanks!  Lemme try:
>
> =====
> http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:Userrights
> Permission error
> The action you have requested is limited to users in the group
> "Bureaucrats".
> Return to Main Page.
> =====
>
> Argh!
>
> - Peter Blaise
>
>
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Kasimir Gabert