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== Download extensions from Phabricator ==

Hi, I'd like to download some MW1.16 extensions from SVN. I found [[phab:diffusion/SVN/browse/branches/REL1_16/extensions/UsabilityInitiative|UsabilityInitiative · rSVN]] but can't find a way to download the extensions. Sorry for running such an old version of MW, but I'm really running it locally for curiosity only. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 15:12, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

:https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/SVN/ shows a "Checkout" button. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 09:26, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
::True, but unfortunately clicking on that button displays the message "Repository has no URIs set." for me. &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 12:27, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]] Which button exactly? [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 12:30, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
::::@[[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] the green "Checkout" button to the mid-right of the page on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/SVN/. &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 12:32, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::@[[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]] Try downloading the dump (it's a large file) at https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/misc/. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 13:28, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::I did but i don't know how to open it, it's just an extremely large file with no folders at all. The file itself has no extension also. So i really have no idea. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 14:27, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::@[[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] The file has a .gz extension - try using 7Zip to open the file. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 15:05, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::When I extracted svn-mediawiki.gz it showed me a huge file with no extension whatsoever, unless I've downloaded the wrong file. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 17:07, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::@[[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] That's actually a text-readable file. But you should not be expected to read a 14 GB text file using Notepad, so I'm indeed missing something. @[[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] any idea if you know what to do here or where I should ask this? [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 13:24, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::Does it contain some sort of links or something in there? [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 13:28, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::@[[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] It actually contains all the code across all the extensions from what I can see. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 04:25, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::And how could I extract them? [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 12:36, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::@[[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] You can use any text editor to view them; what I am not sure is how to extract them in terms of folders and all that, which is why I pinged Malayacko. @[[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]] also makes a good point. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 13:07, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::Out of my own curiosity, I [https://subversion.apache.org/packages.html installed Subversion] & started trying to load the MediaWiki Subversion dump file (using <code>svnadmin create mediawiki-svn-repo</code> & <code>svnadmin load mediawiki-svn-repo --normalize-props < svn-mediawiki</code>).
:::::::::However, I interrupted the <code>svnadmin load</code> command after it became clear how long it was going to take to complete, as - given how long it seemed like it was going to take - I thought that there was probably a better way of doing things that I hadn't thought of. (At the length of time it looked like the command was going to take, I thought it may be quicker to code a quick Python script to scrape the folder structure/file contents from [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/SVN/browse/branches/REL1_16/extensions/UsabilityInitiative the repo on Phabricator]!)
:::::::::Best, &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 19:20, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::Is the python script done? Or it isn't really possible? [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 16:54, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::To be honest, I haven’t attempted to create such a script myself yet - I only mentioned it as something I thought might be quicker than what I was previously trying. Apologies if the way I worded my last message caused any confusion. Best, &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 17:48, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::Ah I understand now. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 17:56, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::How long it was to complete the subversion file? hours? days? [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 10:46, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::I’m not completely sure to be honest, as I interrupted the command early due to the time it was taking. However, extrapolating from the progress I remember seeing while the command was running, I’d probably say at least hours at a guess. Best, &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 09:52, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::Either way, how could you download from SVN? [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 15:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::I've also tried to download it with Git, but it always gives me a 403. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 18:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I ran the command on the (extracted) <code>svn-mediawiki</code> file downloaded from https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/misc/ - is this what you're referring to? If not, I'm afraid I'm not personally aware of another way to download the old SVN repos. Best, &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 11:57, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Yeah, we can't really download whole folders from Phabricator, if we could, then I wouldn't be here. I did find the <code>svn export</code> command though. When i tried to use Git I ran the command like this: <code><nowiki>git clone https://https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/SVN/browse/branches/REL1_16/extensions/UsabilityInitiative</nowiki></code> and gave me a 403. I know Gerrit is meant for Git downloading but on the official Phabricator software documentation it does say somewhere it supports Git. I'm too lazy to link as I'm writing this on my phone. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 09:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::In my opinion the SVN archive repository should be hosted on Wikimedia Gerrit, where you can download any archive from the site itself or with Git. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 17:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::@[[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]] @[[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] @[[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]]? [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 08:44, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::@[[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] I'm not sure what you mean by "Wikimedia Gitles" - I get references to girls instead? [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 08:59, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::::Oops, I meant Gerrit. Sorry for the confusion, I wrote that off my mind. Should be fixed now. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 11:04, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::Gerrit supports only Git, not SVN. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 21:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::::No, I meant to transfer the SVN archive repo from Phabricator to Gerrit. I'm not referring to the SVN dump that works with SVN. [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 10:07, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::::I might just make a Python/JS script to scrape the file/folders of the repo, just like @[[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]] suggested. I know the class that holds the file/folder name. ("diffusion-browse-name") [[User:FarmerCars789|FarmerCars789]] ([[User talk:FarmerCars789|talk]]) 13:16, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::[[Extension:AmazonPlus|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk#c-FarmerCars789-20250208151200-Download_extensions_from_Phabricator]] [[Special:Contributions/2001:8F8:1D5D:7D88:0:0:A221:5B01|2001:8F8:1D5D:7D88:0:0:A221:5B01]] 22:06, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

== Creating custom skins ==

Hello. I have [[meta:User:RuzDD/global.css|a custom CSS]] (also [[meta:User:RuzDD/global.js|JS]] but not entirely mine) for the Vector 2022 skin as I find it terrible at its default, but CSS restricts me to narrow customizations as I can't change the HTML structure, and I think changing the HTML structure with JS that much without causing big problems would be very hard as it will be done over an existing structure (even the CSS side causes many hard-to-solve problems for the same reason). Also, the updates the skin gets can break my customizations, very annoyingly. So, I want to create my own MW skins and use them in WMF wikis. How can I do that without too much difficulty? [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 18:25, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] [[Manual:How to make a MediaWiki skin]] —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 16:10, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks, I will write here if I have problems. [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 19:40, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ]] The links I saw don't help, how can I install or enable intl? [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 19:56, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
::::@[[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] Basic (web) development knowledge is required for those who want to develop skins, there is no 'easy' way to learn how to develop skins. Maybe ask AI to help you if you still need to learn. I'm not sure what prompted you to ask about intl, but most likely it refers to [https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.intl.php php intl], which are additional features for php itself, that you have to enable or install for you PHP install. —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 09:09, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::@[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ]] I got an error message saying I need to install or enable intl, but these pages don't tell how can I install or enable it in XAMPP's Apache. I already have basic web developement knowledge. Can you help me for installing or enabling php intl in XAMPP's Apache? [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 10:51, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::https://www.google.com/search?q=php+intl+in+XAMPP%27s+Apache&client=safari&sca_esv=0fc7dd398656b67a&source=hp&ei=0JGsZ_XIAZaI9u8Pxp-amQI&iflsig=ACkRmUkAAAAAZ6yf4ASJVi6QszO4AkILzyDjydPwh0QF&ved=0ahUKEwj18LGfj76LAxUWhP0HHcaPJiMQ4dUDCBE&oq=php+intl+in+XAMPP%27s+Apache&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhpwaHAgaW50bCBpbiBYQU1QUCdzIEFwYWNoZTIHECEYoAEYCjIHECEYoAEYCkj2EFAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAFloAFlqgEDMC4xuAEMyAEA-AEC-AEBmAIBoAJrmAMAkgcDMC4xoAeuAw&sclient=gws-wiz —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 12:20, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::I uncommented ";extension=intl" (there was no ";extension=php_intl.dll") in php.ini and looks like it worked, thanks. I will write here if I have another problem. [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 14:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::I got this error:
::::::::Cannot access the database: :real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES).
::::::::Check the host, username and password and try again. If using "localhost" as the database host, try using "127.0.0.1" instead (or vice versa).
::::::::I tried both but they don't work. (I ran XAMPP as admin and both Apache and MySQL are running.) What can I do @[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ]]? [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 14:12, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::I solved this problem and completed the installation and I will write here again if I have a problem creating the skin. [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 13:06, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::::@[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ]] The page you linked first tells three ways, but I don't know anything about the mustache templates or whatever gives the data. To clarify, with my current knowledge, I can make an HTML structure giving the look of the skin but can't make the skin show any data. Can you please help me about that? [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 13:49, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::@[[User:Wargo|wargo]] Can you help me about that? [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 18:08, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
:Note: A bot archived this topic disruptively and I undid it. [[User:RuzDD|RuzDD]] ([[User talk:RuzDD|talk]]) 14:22, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
:: Not disruptive at all - the bot archives discussions that have been untouched for two weeks, so is working as designed. I think you've exhausted the knowledge and willingness to engage of the regulars here so leaving this discussion unarchived will be futile, but whatever. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|it has begun]] 16:15, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

== Location Map Error ==

I'm having an issue while attempting to implement a location map on my wiki. (Currently running MediaWiki version 1.43.0 after being updated as the result of a [[Project:Support desk/Archive 21#Reference Formatting Error|previous help request]].) Instead of properly displaying a box and floating the map right, it does neither of those things and instead displays the text "class=notpageimage|" below the image. ([http://www.postimg.cc/dk0hq7hR Screenshot]) This error does not occur in the implementation on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noha307/sandbox|my Wikipedia sandbox]. Also, whether or not the [[Extension:PageImages|PageImages extension]] is enabled in LocalSettings.php doesn't seem to make a difference. –[[User:Noha307|Noha307]] ([[User talk:Noha307|talk]]) 05:10, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

:Try to export all templates related to the Location map and import to your wiki. It can help. [[User:Fokebox|Fokebox]] ([[User talk:Fokebox|talk]]) 09:33, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
::I tried updating both the [[:en:Template:Location map+|Location map+]] and [[:en:Template:Location map~|Location map~]] templates with the import/export function, but it unfortunately didn't help. I also tried inserting a regular image thumbnail from Wikimedia Commons, since I hadn't tested that yet and it worked fine. I also tried reducing the number of entries and amount of syntax in the template to the bare minimum, but that didn't help either. I did find one [[Topic:Wv0x0b2m6gles17l|discussion]] that suggested running something called "initImageData.php" might help, but I am not familiar with what that is. –[[User:Noha307|Noha307]] ([[User talk:Noha307|talk]]) 05:00, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
:I got exaclty same problem, also running MediaWiki version 1.43.0. I noticed that when i changed skin from Vector to Cologne Blue everything works correctly. Can't find really source of this problem. [https://imgur.com/8PnVgE2 Screenshot] [[User:SANtosito|SANtosito]] ([[User talk:SANtosito|talk]]) 12:11, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

== How to set values for text size, etc. in Appearance menu for logged-out users? ==

Is there any way to set '''predetermined values''' for text size, etc. '''in the Appearance menu for logged-out users'''? Maybe by setting something in LocalSettings.php?

I'd like to have certain choices predetermined for people who view my site (https://michaelbeijer.co.uk/) for the first time and are not logged in.

Appearance:

* Text: Small/standard/large
* Width: Standard/Wide
* Color: Dark/Light

<nowiki>~~~</nowiki> [[User:MichaelBeijer|MichaelBeijer]] ([[User talk:MichaelBeijer|talk]]) 23:25, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

:hmm, no one?
:[[User:Michaelbeijer|Michaelbeijer]] ([[User talk:Michaelbeijer|talk]]) 11:07, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

== Pagelinks.sql.gz file ==

I am trying to work with the Pagelinks file in order to extract the number of articles that link to a specific Wiki page (same idea as can be seen in the [[:en:Help:What_links_here|"What-links-here]]" tool.

However, when I loop over this sql like file, I find very weird cases of links that doesn't seem to exist in Wikipedia.

For example, the first line in the file indicate that there is a link between page ids 1939 and 2. PageID 2 doesn't even seems to exist.

Even when I look on pageIDs that do exist, the link indicated in the file does not exist in the actual wiki page.

Am I missing anything? [[User:Avrahami-isr|Avrahami-isr]] ([[User talk:Avrahami-isr|talk]]) 02:07, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

:See [[Manual:pagelinks table]] and [[Manual:linktarget table]] for info about tables structure, their relation and to determine how to extract actual pages. [[User:Wargo|wargo]] ([[User talk:Wargo|talk]]) 13:13, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

== I need to regenerate slots.ibd ==

Due to a defective hard drive and my being stupid not keeping backups I'm having serious trouble recovering this MySQL table. Is there a way to regenerate it somehow? With time and patience I was able to salvage all the others but this one will throw a read error every time no matter what. TIA. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 09:49, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Tactica|Tactica]] Hi. How is this related to MediaWiki at all? MediaWiki does not have some table called "slots.ibd". Please also read "Post a new question" at the top of the page. Thanks. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 17:41, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
::<s>Sorry for that... So this table comes from an extension, which basically means it's pretty much irrelevant, at least in my case. Thanks.</s>
::Erm... [[Manual:Slots_table]] does point to this being a MediaWiki core table? I'm using MW 1.43.0 with MariaDB 11.1.2 to handle a local wiki, and "slots.ibd" is obviously one of the two filenames of the table on disk.[[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 23:39, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
:this is the core revision table that keeps track of what is stored where. if you lost it, you will have lost your connections between revisions and your content tables. This is really difficult to restore. I wouldn't even know where to start. is the ibd file corrupt, or completely lost ? If if is corrupt, I would advise to peruse mysql/mariadb files on methods for restoring data from corrupt db files. There are some ways usually, where you will just partially loose some data. —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 15:52, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you for answering. As far as I can tell, the file is incomplete. It should be around 14 MB but the most I can copy over is about 6 MB. Forcing a low speed copy with rsync goes through the motions as if it was copying everything, but in the end it reports errors too.
::The process I followed to copy the old wiki was to have a fresh install of Linux, MariaDB, MediaWiki, etc. on a healthy drive. I created a new database there as instructed in [[Manual:Installing MediaWiki]], then copied over the images and the MariaDB tables from the bad drive (direct copy with cp, not using any kind of export/import as the software versions and even the database name are the same). Everything was copied successfully except for a few thumbnails and the full 14 MB of this table in particular, which has me stuck.
::Right now I'm trying with rsync at 1 KB/s, if that fails too I suppose I'll have to try my luck with direct MySQL commands like CHECK TABLE and friends after doing some backups. I was hoping there would be a way for MediaWiki to do this, maybe with a maintenance script. Also, I don't know if I should copy&replace the files stored on the parent directory of the wiki database, in this case /var/lib/mysql/* [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 19:41, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

== Common.css not loading ==

Good morning. I am using Media Wiki 1.43. Since I started my wiki I have not been able to use Common.css. I have purged and cleared browser history. I have used, Edge, Chrome, and Firefox to see. Nothing changes at all. I am using Vector Legacy 2010. I am not sure why common.css is not working. Any help would be great [[User:Extremeshannon|Extremeshannon]] ([[User talk:Extremeshannon|talk]]) 19:09, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

:The page name is "MediaWiki:Common.css". Maybe you missed out the "MediaWiki:" part. Also you might need to do a hard refresh of whatever other page you're looking at. [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 00:04, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

== Category ==

What is the category [[:Category:Name other category that this category should be included]] in for? [[Special:Contributions/73.31.42.97|73.31.42.97]] 03:27, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

:Maybe it's in some sort of tutorial showing that category pages can themselves be categorised. [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 11:45, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

== QuickStatements using Wikibase as MediaWiki extension ==

Hi, is it possible to use QuickStatements using Wikibase as MediaWiki extension? I couldn't find an installation guide. Thank you! [[User:P17-local|P17-local]] ([[User talk:P17-local|talk]]) 11:32, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

== Restricting edit access to a accounts with a specified verified email domain ==

I am attempting to restrict editing to users with a verified email of a specific domain (e.g. only users with an @ example.net email). I found [[Topic:W8qbgef2ctm0u0ig|this post]] from several years ago, but the hook it's using doesn't seem to work with newer versions. The code I'm using now looks something like (at the bottom of LocalSettings):
<syntaxhighlight lang=php>
$wgEmailDomain = '@icloud.com'; // Set the email domain to check

$wgHooks['ConfirmEmailComplete'][] = function ( $user ) use ( $wgEmailDomain) {

if ( preg_match('/' . preg_quote($wgEmailDomain, '/') . '$/i', $user->getEmail()) ) {

$user->addGroup('domain_member');

}

return true;

};
</syntaxhighlight>
No matter what event I tie this to (e.g. ConfirmEmailComplete, AbortNewAccount, etc.) I always wind up encountering errors when I attempt to run it. Any suggestions on fixes or a different way to implement? Thanks! [[User:Ironblade101|Ironblade101]] ([[User talk:Ironblade101|talk]]) 03:12, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

:Hi! What errors do you encounter? Do you use any external authentication provider (e.g. with [[Extension:PluggableAuth]])? [[User:Osnard|Osnard]] ([[User talk:Osnard|talk]]) 06:52, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

== Scala Santa e Oratorio di San Silvestro in Palatio ==

Stavo modificando il post sulla Scala Santa (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_Santa), inserendo la correzione:

<nowiki>*</nowiki> la '''cappella di San Lorenzo''' cui si accede dalla prima rampa di scale a '''destra''';

Prima questa cappella era citata erroneamente come '''oratorio di San Silvesto in Palatio''', con una foto però corretta di S. Lorenzo.

Fatta questa modifica la foto della cappella di S. Lorenzo è sparita e non sono in grado di recuperarla, e cliccandoci mi porta a una pagina di disambiguazione che non cita S. Lorenzo.

Anche la pagina https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratorio_di_San_Silvestro_in_Palatio contiene molte citazioni errate: '''questa è la cappella di San Lorenzo''' alla Scala Santa.

Ho bisogno di aiuto più competente della mia incompetenza, anche perchè in futuro ho intenzione di inserire molte piante di monumenti/siti in formato .bmp e non saprei proprio come fare.

Grazie [[User:Sagittarix|Sagittarix]] ([[User talk:Sagittarix|talk]]) 11:44, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Sagittarix|Sagittarix]] Hi, this page is for the general MediaWiki software. Please bring up your question at [[:en:it:Wikipedia:Bar|w:it:Wikipedia:Bar]] instead - thanks! [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 18:48, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

== Howo do I add images? ==

[[Special:Contributions/60.49.235.92|60.49.235.92]] 04:12, 5 March 2025 (UTC)Someone please tell me how to add images to articles please?[[Special:Contributions/60.49.235.92|60.49.235.92]] 04:12, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

:For your own wiki, see [[Manual:Configuring file uploads]] and then [[Help:Images]] for the syntax. For Wikipedia, you use the upload link on Commons ([[c:Special:UploadWizard]]) and then use the same syntax to add the image to the relevant article(s) in any Wikipedia. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 02:15, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

== "Edit" only appears on Main Page but not on "Discussion" ==

I am a noob. Using version 1.43. I have enabled visualeditor and it appears as "Edit" on the "Main Page", but when I select "Discussion" only "Edit source" appears. I have spent several hours trying to figure it out to no avail. [[User:Cthomask|Cthomask]] ([[User talk:Cthomask|talk]]) 22:06, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

:I don't think it's designed for talk pages. See [[Topic:T2q1jtrwx74r3np4]], and the "Talk pages" heading at [[Help:VisualEditor/FAQ]]. [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 11:44, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
:You can install [[Extension:DiscussionTools]] for an improved discussion interface. —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 10:53, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

== Recent changes missing after migration ==

Hello all,

I am running multiple MediaWiki 1.43 instances. As a part of my work, I routinely copy Wikis from my PROD to my DEV environment. I do this by copying /images folder, LocalSettings.php and restoring a mysqldump of PROD databases to a DEV MediaWiki instance. This has worked flawlessly for months.

Recently however, "Recent changes" is empty after the restore in DEV, but only for some Wikis. I've tried rebuildrecentchanges.php which did nothing, and rebuildall.php which did "Removing 'recentchanges.rc_timestamp' default value. Modifying rc_timestamp field of table recentchanges...done." Still no recent changes, though. I've tried dumping with --routines and --skip-triggers and a whole lot of other MySQL parameters, but no joy. I've compared the recentchanges table in DEV and PROD, and from what I can see they are identical. I am by no means a MySQL expert, though.

Anyone who has an idea about what is going on? I'm worried about other things going missing during a copy without me noticing.

[[Special:Contributions/136.163.203.4|136.163.203.4]] 13:21, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

== Editnotice in discussiontools-ui-replyWidget ==

Hi there, I have an editnotice on my talk page with my pronouns. This editnotice shows up when the source is being edited or when someone starts a new topic. I would like it to show up when someone is replying to another person as well, since this is probably the most likely moment for someone to need my pronouns. Am I missing something or is this not (yet) possible? Thanks! :) [[User:Elphie|Elphie]] ([[User talk:Elphie|talk]]) (they/them) 11:37, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Elphie|Elphie]] currently these are only shown when you create a New Topic —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 12:03, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

== Request for Instructions on Hiding Public Logs for Anonymous Users (MediaWiki 1.39.3) ==

Hello,

I am using MediaWiki version 1.39.3 and I would like to know how to hide all public logs that are accessible via <code>Special:Log</code> for anonymous users. Could you please provide me with step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish this?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards [[User:Sdelriog|Sdelriog]] ([[User talk:Sdelriog|talk]]) 13:04, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:You can try removing all read access from anonymous users as described in [[Manual:Preventing_access]]. It should be noted however that wikis are about transparency, so you might be better off with a CMS if you want to lock down things like this. —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 10:58, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

== Mylittlewiki.org ==

This part of wiki is an important place for collectors and neerds.

Problem is, the original author does not seem to exist any longer. She disappeared years ago.

There is only a few people over the world that can update now. And they're drowning in information that should be added.

Is it only the original author that can expand the group of administrators? Or is it possible to make some more people admin?

Please help. We're getting desperate.

Christine Tomtlund. [[User:Paintdelicious|Paintdelicious]] ([[User talk:Paintdelicious|talk]]) 15:54, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

:You need a "bureaucrat" account to create admin accounts, and it looks like the owner is the only one with this right on that site. If you absolutely must have more admins and the owner can't be reached, maybe you should consider using [[Special:Export]] to export the articles and a spider to download the 8.48 GB worth of images and then replicate the wiki under a new domain. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 03:01, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

== Upgrading Mediawiki through export and import ==

Dear all,

I want to upgrade my Mediawiki installation from 1.42.1 to the latest LTS 1.43.0.

I've read the upgrade documentation and it seems to me quite difficult and error prone.

Considering that:

* my wiki is really small (20 pages more or less);
* I only modified 4-5 lines in LocalSettings.php;
* I only installed a couple of extension and I'm using the default skin;

I'm thinking of:

* creating a new subdomain;
* making a fresh installation of 1.43.0 on the new domain; with all extensions I'm using on 1.42.1;
* merging the old LocalSettings.php (1.42.1) into the new LocalSettings.php (1.43.0);
* copying the images directory;
* export all pages an importing them in the new wiki (Special:Export + Special:import)

Do you think this could be easier than following the upgrade procedure?

Regards,

Massimiliano [[Special:Contributions/94.32.36.29|94.32.36.29]] 00:25, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

:For a wiki with 20 articles and a couple of extensions, your plan sounds overkill. It would be far simpler to just overwrite your MW installation with 1.43.0 and updated versions of those extensions, backup the database just in case and then run maintenance/update.php to upgrade it. This presumes you have all the requirements to run MW 1.43. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 02:37, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
::It's not meant to be a great idea to overwrite the files. But it would be nearly as easy to use a separate directory to download the 1.43 files and compatible versions of the two extensions, copy the images and LocalSettings.php across, and run update.php. [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 23:28, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by "run maintenance/update.php"?
::If I run now <code>mysiteaddress/maintenance/update.php</code> I get
::''Forbidden
::You don't have permission to access this resource.
::Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.''
::Is the "maintenance/update.php" something that's contained in the update package?
::Regards,
::Massimiliano [[Special:Contributions/193.207.202.129|193.207.202.129]] 01:12, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

== Double links after validate a text modification ==

Hello

I installed Mediawiki on a server (Debian/Apache), directory /var/lib/mediawiki

In the directory /var/www/html I added a link

docs -> /var/lib/mediawiki

When I call the link mon-site/docs/index.php/Accueil I display the page, it works

But when I want to make a modification of a page and I click on Validate. I don't return to the previous page. The URL has been change, the link to my site is double mon-site/docs/mon-site/docs/index.php/Accueil

What parameter does this modification make ?

Thanks [[Special:Contributions/46.193.144.242|46.193.144.242]] 16:15, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

:This indicates an incorrect configuration of [[Manual:$wgScriptPath]] —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 12:14, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

== Unable to import wiki dump using Special:Import or importDump.php ==

Hi, I'm trying to fork my Fandom wiki, eventually to a custom domain, but for now only locally hosted. I'm having many issues importing the xml dump of my wiki to my new database. I'm in way over my head, I have no experience with mysql or php, just the frontend stuff.

Initially I tried using the maintenance scripts such as importDump.php as per the [[Manual:ImportDump.php]] article, but I keep getting this error in return:

<code>PS D:\Wiki Files\htdocs\wiki\maintenance> php importDump.php --conf ../LocalSettings.php /destinycollect_pages_current.xml --username-prefix="w:c:destinycollect"</code>

<code><nowiki>*******************************************************************************</nowiki></code>

<code>NOTE: Do not run maintenance scripts directly, use maintenance/run.php instead! Running scripts directly has been deprecated in MediaWiki 1.40. It may not work for some (or any) scripts in the future.</code>

<code><nowiki>*******************************************************************************</nowiki></code>

<code>PHP Warning: fopen(/destinycollect_pages_current.xml): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\Wiki Files\htdocs\wiki\maintenance\importDump.php on line 296
Warning: fopen(/destinycollect_pages_current.xml): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\Wiki Files\htdocs\wiki\maintenance\importDump.php on line 296
fopen(/destinycollect_pages_current.xml): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory</code>

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the script just no longer works as the warning suggests. I see it's apparently having trouble finding my xml file, though I placed it in the maintenance folder for simplicity's sake, but like I said, I don't know if that's the actual problem or not. I also couldn't find anything explaining how to work run.php for this purpose.

Next I tried the Special:Import page of my wiki. I have had multiple different errors with this method, the following being the latest one:

<code>[1b039779a0e57e43db782d99] /wiki/index.php?title=Special:Import&action=submit Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBTransactionStateError: Cannot execute query from LCStoreDB::get while transaction status is ERROR</code>

Initially, I was running into issues with the maximum execution time, which was defaulted to 120 seconds in my php.ini file. I changed it to 3600 (really not sure how long it should take, my wiki is ~320 articles with various categories and templates), and after a couple errant issues like the attached one, I eventually ran into a problem with the memory limit being exceeded. I changed that from 512M to 1024M. Then I set it to run overnight, and this morning it had reached the time limit again, which I increased again to 24 hours. Now I'm running into the attached error each time.

The approach used in the [[Manual:Importing XML dumps]] article is appealing, but I honestly have little clue what I'm looking at here. It's clearly intended for those with more experience.

I tried to provide my LocalSettings.php and php.ini files for reference, as well as screencaps of my error messages, but external links are unallowed it seems. In any case, help would be greatly appreciated. As I said, I don't know what I'm doing! If anyone has any up to date learning resources as well, I'd be glad to be pointed in the right direction. Thanks! [[User:Ironybee523|Ironybee523]] ([[User talk:Ironybee523|talk]]) 17:58, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{re|Ironybee523}} It looks like one issue is that you're missing a leading dot in the filename: <code>/destinycollect_pages_current.xml</code> doesn't exist, but <code>./destinycollect_pages_current.xml</code> presumably does? [[User:Samwilson|Sam]] [[User_talk:Samwilson|Wilson]] 08:58, 9 March 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you for the reply. I'm not sure what the deal was, but the Special:Import page eventually worked when I wasn't looking. Well, it didn't say it worked, but when I checked the site, everything had loaded up. [[User:Ironybee523|Ironybee523]] ([[User talk:Ironybee523|talk]]) 15:41, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

== Unable to import Wikipedia into Unraid MediaWiki Container ==

Hi,

I am trying to host my own Wikipedia on my unraid server for my family and friends. I am using mariadb for my database. I am very new to this world so apologize if I missed the solution in a previous post or instruction document. When I run php /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php --quiet /config/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml, I keep getting these errors:

<code>root@Tower:~# docker exec -it mediawiki bash</code>

<code>root@d1c82999f116:/# export SERVER_NAME="192.168.1.100"</code>

<code>root@d1c82999f116:/# php /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php --quiet /config/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml</code>

<code>[aee11a17155abbcb0dc23cf0]</code>

<code>[no req] </code>

<code>CannotCreateActorException from line 2516 of /config/www/mediawiki/includes/user/User.php: Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing user Backtrace: #0 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/ActorMigration.php(256): User->getActorId(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli)</code>

<code>#1 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(774): ActorMigration->getInsertValuesWithTempTable(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli, string, User)</code>

<code>#2 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(573): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->insertRevisionRowOn(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli, MediaWiki\Revision\MutableRevisionRecord, Title, integer)</code>

<code>#3 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(511): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->insertRevisionInternal(MediaWiki\Revision\MutableRevisionRecord, Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli, User, CommentStoreComment, Title, integer, integer)</code>

<code>#4 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(3988): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->MediaWiki\Revision{closure}(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli, string)</code>

<code>#5 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/libs/rdbms/database/DBConnRef.php(53): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->doAtomicSection(string, Closure)</code>

<code>#6 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/libs/rdbms/database/DBConnRef.php(613): Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef->__call(string, array)</code>

<code>#7 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/Revision/RevisionStore.php(519): Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef->doAtomicSection(string, Closure)</code>

<code>#8 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/Revision.php(1166): MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionStore->insertRevisionOn(MediaWiki\Revision\MutableRevisionRecord, Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef)</code>

<code>#9 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/ImportableOldRevisionImporter.php(129): Revision->insertOn(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef)</code>

<code>#10 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiRevision.php(595): ImportableOldRevisionImporter->import(WikiRevision)</code>

<code>#11 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiImporter.php(365): WikiRevision->importOldRevision()</code>

<code>#12 /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php(198): WikiImporter->importRevision(WikiRevision)</code>

<code>#13 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiImporter.php(502): BackupReader->handleRevision(WikiRevision, WikiImporter)</code>

<code>#14 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiImporter.php(939): WikiImporter->revisionCallback(WikiRevision)</code>

<code>#15 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiImporter.php(858): WikiImporter->processRevision(array, array)</code>

<code>#16 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiImporter.php(800): WikiImporter->handleRevision(array)</code>

<code>#17 /config/www/mediawiki/includes/import/WikiImporter.php(607): WikiImporter->handlePage()</code>

<code>#18 /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php(347): WikiImporter->doImport()</code>

<code>#19 /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php(280): BackupReader->importFromHandle(resource)</code>

<code>#20 /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php(116): BackupReader->importFromFile(string)</code>

<code>#21 /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(96): BackupReader->execute() #22 /config/www/mediawiki/maintenance/importDump.php(352): require_once(string)</code>

<code>#23 {main}</code>

I have already Checked MediaWiki User & Actor Tables, Attempted to Reset and Fix Actors, Verified MediaWiki Database Status, and tried importing a smaller .xml file.

Any advice? Please let me know if I need to give more info or some logs.

Again sorry if this an easy fix. [[User:Dionysiann|Dionysiann]] ([[User talk:Dionysiann|talk]]) 02:06, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

== setting ldap ==

"Good afternoon. Could you please tell me where the error is? The username or password you entered is incorrect. Please try again."

ldap.json

{

"local.ru": {

"connection": {

"server": "dc01.local.ru",

"port": "389",

"use-tls": "true",

"user": "CN=MediawikiAuthenticator,CN=Users,DC=local,DC=ru",

"pass": "Rrrrrrr",

"enctype": "clear",

"options": {

"LDAP_OPT_DEREF": 1

},

"basedn": "dc=local,dc=ru",

"userbasedn": "dc=local,dc=ru",

"groupbasedn": "dc=local,dc=ru",

"searchattribute": "sAMAccountName",

"usernameattribute": "sAMAccountName",

"realnameattribute": "cn",

"emailattribute": "mail",

"grouprequest": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\LDAPProvider\\UserGroupsRequest\\UserMemberOf::factory",

"presearchusernamemodifiers": [ "spacestounderscores", "lowercase" ]

},

"userinfo": [],

"authorization": [],

"groupsync": {

"mapping": {

"engineering": "CN=EngineeringCoreTeam,OU=MediaWiki,DC=local,DC=ru",

"bureaucrat": "CN=Mediawiki_Admins,OU=MediaWiki,DC=local,DC=ru",

"interface-admin": "CN=Mediawiki_Admins,OU=MediaWiki,DC=local,DC=ru",

"sysop": "CN=Mediawiki_Admins,OU=MediaWiki,DC=local,DC=ru"

}

}

}

}

LocalSettings.php

// Safe IP or not (for bypassing external login via AD)

$safeIPs = array('172.17.0.1','172.18.5.255');

$ipsVars = array('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR','HTTP_X_REAL_IP','REMOTE_ADDR');

foreach ($ipsVars as $ipsVar) {

if (isset($_SERVER[$ipsVar]) && mb_strlen($_SERVER[$ipsVar]) > 3 ) { $wikiRequestIP = $_SERVER[$ipsVar]; break; }

}

$wikiRequestSafe = ( isset($wikiRequestIP ) && ( in_array($wikiRequestIP,$safeIPs) ));

// Create Wiki-Group 'engineering' from default user group

$wgGroupPermissions['engineering'] = $wgGroupPermissions['user'];

// Private Wiki. External LDAP login. Default NS requires login.

$wgEmailConfirmToEdit = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createaccount'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['autocreateaccount'] = true;

$wgBlockDisablesLogin = true;

// Load LDAP Config from JSON

$ldapJsonFile = "/var/www/ldap.json";

$ldapConfig = false;

if (is_file($ldapJsonFile) && is_dir("$IP/extensions/LDAPProvider")) {

$testJson = @json_decode(file_get_contents($ldapJsonFile),true);

if (is_array($testJson)) {

$ldapConfig = true;

} else {

error_log("Found invalid JSON in file: /var/www/ldap.json");

}

}

// Activate Extension

if ( $ldapConfig ) {

wfLoadExtension( 'PluggableAuth' );

wfLoadExtension( 'LDAPProvider' );

wfLoadExtension( 'LDAPAuthentication2' );

wfLoadExtension( 'LDAPAuthorization' );

wfLoadExtension( 'LDAPUserInfo' );

wfLoadExtension( 'LDAPGroups' );

$LDAPProviderDomainConfigs = $ldapJsonFile;

// Force LDAPGroups to sync by choosing a domain (e.g. first JSON object in ldap.json)

$LDAPProviderDefaultDomain = array_key_first(json_decode(file_get_contents($LDAPProviderDomainConfigs), true));

$wgPluggableAuth_Config = array(

array(

'plugin' => 'LDAPAuthentication2',

'buttonLabelMessage' => 'pt-login-button',

'data' => ['domain'=> $LDAPProviderDefaultDomain]

),

array('plugin' => 'LDAPAuthorization'),

);

if ($wikiRequestSafe) { $LDAPAuthentication2AllowLocalLogin = true; } [[User:Binbonm|Binbonm]] ([[User talk:Binbonm|talk]]) 11:05, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

:Hi! Try to wire [[LDAP_hub#Debugging|debug logs]] and check if CLI script <code>extensions/LDAPProvider/maintenance/CheckLogin.php</code> works. Please share the redacted logs here. [[User:Osnard|Osnard]] ([[User talk:Osnard|talk]]) 06:48, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
:::/var/www/MediaWiki$ sudo php maintenance/run.php extensions/LDAPProvider/maintenance/CheckLogin.php --domain="local.ru" --username="login"
::Script 'extensions/LDAPProvider/maintenance/CheckLogin.php' not found (tried path '/var/www/MediaWiki/maintenance/extensions/LDAPProvider/maintenance/CheckLogin.php' and class 'extensions/LDAPProvider/maintenance/CheckLogin\php').
::chmod -R 755 /var/www/MediaWiki/extensions/LDAPProvider/ completed
::CheckLogin.php the file is in the package [[Special:Contributions/213.221.2.234|213.221.2.234]] 12:20, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

== Automatically Place File Uploads into a Category ==

When I upload a file, it's File:Filename.ext page is automatically created, but it's empty. I'd like to automatically place it into a category.

I would love if it were default to this namespace, where I don't even need to run a script to edit the empty page.

I see [[Manual:Creating pages with preloaded text]] and some extensions that look like they'd work on normal pages, but not the File namespace.

Is this possible? [[Special:Contributions/70.160.223.43|70.160.223.43]] 04:27, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

:If all you want is have all the uploaded files placed in one or more categories, the most simple way I can think of based on the default upload mechanism is a template like [[Template:Information]] inserted in [[MediaWiki:Upload-default-description]], modified to suit your specific requirements. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 19:27, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

== Problem ==

On the MediaWiki page, clicking on the "..." in the top right corner and clicking "(learn more) will take you to [[Help:Introduction]], a nonexistent page. [[Special:Contributions/73.31.42.97|73.31.42.97]] 01:00, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

:On what wiki are you seeing this? (You're posting on mediawiki.org, and you might've come here from a link in the sidebar of some other wiki; we're not part of that wiki.) [[User:Samwilson|Sam]] [[User_talk:Samwilson|Wilson]] 01:24, 12 March 2025 (UTC)
::This is on MediaWiki. [[Special:Contributions/73.31.42.97|73.31.42.97]] 21:10, 12 March 2025 (UTC)
:::MediaWiki.org, or which website address? MediaWiki is a software which is ran on numerous machines out there. On MediaWiki.org, I do not see any "..." in the top right corner. A screenshot might be helpful. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 06:25, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

* The broken link they're refering to is shown to anon users only on Vector-22: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki?useskin=vector-22. It's defined by [[MediaWiki:Vector-intro-page]]. I think the equivalent help page here is [[Help:Contents]], we can modify the link to go that page if there is no better one. – [[User:Ammarpad|Ammarpad]] ([[User talk:Ammarpad|talk]]) 10:15, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

== Could not create directory when uploading images. ==

*
* MediaWiki: 1.43.0
* Php: 8.2.12
* XAMPP: 3.3.0
* Windows 10 22H2

The wiki runs on a Windows 10 server using XAMPP. XAMPP is installed at C:\xampp. The wiki is inside the directory C:\xampp\htdocs\wiki.

When uploading some pictures, sometimes the upload fails for specific pictures with the translated error:

"Could not create directory: « mwstore://local-backend/local-public/8/80 »

The actual error is (the wiki is running on FR language):

"Impossible de créer le répertoire « mwstore://local-backend/local-public/8/80 »."

The link in the error changes depending on the picture. The error will keep occurring if I try to upload the same file.

The wiki is internal; so it's not accessible to the Internet. There's not much information out there about Windows installs or XAMPP in particular. Most solutions pertain to Linux installs and it involves setting permissions on the directories. I'm not sure which user I need to give permissions to, but I already tried "Guest", "Everyone" and so on just to test and nothing seems to resolve the issue.

Note: The directory in the error actually exists in the images folder in the wiki directory.

[[User:Sillycrow13|Sillycrow13]] ([[User talk:Sillycrow13|talk]]) 19:00, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

== Requesting Steward-related Assistance ==

explainxkcd.com, running MediaWiki software, has no active bureaucrats. As a result, no old admins can be de-sysopped and no new admins can be promoted. Can MediaWiki stewards promote someone on the wiki to ‘crat status? [[Special:Contributions/205.174.240.242|205.174.240.242]] 19:55, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

:No, because MediaWiki.org (that is a website) stewards cannot take over random third-party websites on the interwebs which occasionally installed the same piece of software on their machines. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 06:22, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

== identifying Author's Comments ==

Hello everyone,

I'm new here and just set up the '''Comments Extension'''. I'm working on '''T155466''' and looking to highlight '''author's comments''' on blogs while excluding comments on articles (if enabled).

I previously asked about this on '''mw:Extension talk:Comments''', but there doesn't seem to be any activity there.

Could someone advise on:

* Identifying the '''author's comments''' programmatically.
* Differentiating between '''blog''' and '''article''' comments.

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks! [[User:Parv ch|Parv ch]] ([[User talk:Parv ch|talk]]) 12:12, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

== No revisions imported (all were either already present, or skipped due to errors). ==

{| class="wikitable"
!Product
!Version
|-
|[https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]
|1.39.11
|-
|[https://php.net/ PHP]
|8.3.17 (fpm-fcgi)
|-
|[https://mariadb.org/ MariaDB]
|10.6.21-MariaDB
|-
|[https://icu.unicode.org/ ICU]
|67.1
|-
|[http://www.lua.org/ Lua]
|5.1.5
|-
|[https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch Elasticsearch]
|7.10.2
|}
The xml import file was exported from the same wiki a few days ago, with 5 pages, which had changed since then. However, these were not updated with the uploaded file versions giving the above notice. [[User:Spiros71|Spiros71]] ([[User talk:Spiros71|talk]]) 15:14, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

:The error report is pretty much self-explanatory and matches the documentation. ImportDump is supposed to skip imports where the current content is more recent than the content being imported, and only populate the history if appropriate in this case. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 20:17, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

== Is there way way to mass delete a list of bot users? ==

Hey Everyone. My wiki has been slowly invaded by bots since last March. There are a little over 1000 bots. They haven't made any edits or created pages to my knowledge, but I do have a bunch of dead accounts that I'd like to get rid of. There were only supposed to be about 10 uses in my wiki at the point I noticed the bots. I tried the built-in mediawiki remove unused accounts script, RemoveUnusedAccounts.php, but it only returns three accounts, which is a lot less than the 1000 I need removed. User merge is another option to delete accounts, but doing that for each bot would be super time-consuming.

Is there any way to just input a list of accounts you want gone and have them blocked and/or removed?

I'm on Mediawiki 1.41. Thanks for any input in advance. [[Special:Contributions/71.185.78.14|71.185.78.14]] 17:58, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

:One of the first things that came to my mind was the {{ll|Manual:blockUsers.php|blockUsers.php maintenance script}}, which (<abbr title="if I understand correctly">IIUC</abbr>) would allow you to provide a list of accounts to mass-block. However, that script doesn't currently support blocking accounts with the <code>hideuser</code> option enabled (which, while not deleting the accounts from the database, would result in MediaWiki pretending that they don't exist). (I've filed {{phab|T388841}} to request that this functionality is added to <code>blockUsers.php</code>.)
:{{pb}}
:Someone else might have an idea about how to mass-delete/mass-hide the accounts in the current situation - apologies that I can't be more help myself! All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;[[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]][<nowiki/>[[user talk:a smart kitten|meow]]] 07:25, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

:: What about [[Manual:RemoveUnusedAccounts.php]]? [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 23:40, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

== MySql shut down unexpectedly ==

I had been using MediaWiki with XAMPP for a few days without issues, but now MySQL suddenly won't start. It stops with the following error message:

21:25:39 [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.

21:25:39 [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,

21:25:39 [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.

21:25:39 [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check

21:25:39 [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues.

21:25:39 [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this

21:25:39 [mysql] entire log window on the forums.

I've checked the basics, but I'm unsure how to resolve this. Any guidance would be appreciated! [[User:Parv ch|Parv ch]] ([[User talk:Parv ch|talk]]) 16:21, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

:I would try a forum that focuses on support for mysql/mariadb —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ (Not WMF)]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 10:29, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
::i reinstalled xampp and mediawiki not facing this issue anymore but now I'm facing an issue with the Comments extension on my MediaWiki setup. After reinstalling XAMPP, the Comments extension stopped working, showing
::[10c8bd3be1b4b96233873a77] 2025-03-15 13:08:16: Fatal exception of type "Error"
::Other extensions like Quiz are functioning correctly. [[User:Parv ch|Parv ch]] ([[User talk:Parv ch|talk]]) 13:08, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
:::See [[Manual:How to debug]] how to provide a stacktrace. Please also read "Post a new question" at the top of this page. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 18:26, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

== FileImporter configuration question ==

My question, see [[Help talk:Extension:FileImporter#File with en:Template:CC BY 4.0 not acknowledged as importable]]. [[User:ZandDev|ZandDev]] ([[User talk:ZandDev|talk]]) 17:17, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

== option not to display the group name in <ref> tag ? ==

is it possible to reduce the scope of the <references/> tag to a section only, without using the printed group name before the index which overloads the contents where the <ref> tag are used ? That means that the [1][2][3]...would concern the section (paragraph). The 'group=' principle is still used but group name is not displayed in this case. This is useful when references are used in an array of contents and the URLs are displayed just below. Thanks. -- [[User:Wladek92|Christian 🇫🇷 FR 🚨]] ([[User talk:Wladek92|talk]]) 07:44, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

:That's an enhancement request for [[Extension:Cite]], not something related to MediaWiki itself. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 13:12, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
::I didn't follow your question completely so might have missed the point... but I have a feeling that if you transclude a page, and that page has a "references" tag, it only shows references relating to the transcluded page. You could do that for each of your sections. [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 22:30, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
:::My understanding is that he simply wants e.g. <syntaxhighlight inline lang="wikitext"><ref group="Blah" name="myref"/></syntaxhighlight> to display <code>[1]</code> rather than <code>[Blah 1]</code> in an article, hence my comment. [[User:Tactica|Tactica]] ([[User talk:Tactica|talk]]) 23:24, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
::::Thanks. My suggestion above would still work for that, in an unwieldly way! But it looks like it's not an enhancement request: it's all described at [[Help:Cite#Grouped_references]]. If you create the page "MediaWiki:Cite_link_label_group-Blah" with "1 2 3 4" etc then the word "Blah" won't be displayed. [[User:Jonathan3|Jonathan3]] ([[User talk:Jonathan3|talk]]) 23:38, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

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