[Mediawiki-l] Problem with custom namespace: Using special characters

[Eric K]

Hi Brion, thanks a lot, it worked after the patch and I used the simple "&" now. The NS number showed up correctly in the database and the tab was OK too.
  There's another extension Inputbox, which can be configured to search specific namespaces. It makes a checkbox for a namespace if it finds the namespace exists. When I use NS's with "&" in them, it doesnt show up the checkbox for the NS, indicating it didnt find the namespace.
  It might be a bug with Inputbox, or could it be a bigger bug? I was going to test this by doing a general search from the default Search options, but since the NS pages are new, the search doesnt turn up anything. How can I find out if its a bug with the Inputbox, or if the Search has bugs for the NS?
  The inputbox is using this to get the NS names and work on them:
  $namespaces = $wgContLang->getNamespaces();
   
  Could it be that this function has not been fixed yet for the '&' ? I checked the GlobalFunctions you updated and that wasnt using this function.
  thanks!
   
   
  

Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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Eric K wrote:
> Sorry I made a typo: they asked us to use & for & (not $amp;,
> which was the typo I made). The directions for using & can be
> found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Custom_namespaces So
> that would be Me&You

That direction is completely and 100% wrong; I have removed it and
replaced it with correct directions.

> I've tried filling in the name as [[MediaWiki:Nstab-Me&You]], but it
didnt work. In summary again, when defining the namespace in the
following way:

Use lowercase as in my followup.

> Me&You - it comes out OK everywhere except the database table
(mw_page) puts the namespace number as 0 (and not as 100+ as it should be)

100% wrong.

> Me&You: works ok everywhere, except the "article" tab comes out
> messed
up the N-stab stuff.

See above.

- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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