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

[Gary Kirk]

Rob Church said earlier you would need to be logged-in as the
bureaucrat user you created during installation to do anything at
Special:Userrights.

The Search button searches the wiki for the search string you enter
whereas the Go button takes you directly to the page that has the name
of the string you entered, if it exists.

On 11/04/07, 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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-- 
Gary Kirk