[00:07:09] is there a way to install mediawiki once, and use it multiple times? is it just symlinking everything but LocalConfig? [00:09:53] !farm | halkeye [00:09:53] halkeye : To run multiple wikis, you do not need anything more than to run one wiki. You simply install them in different folders, and if possible using seperate databases. If you only have one database, simply use a different table prefix. For more advanced setups, see [00:10:26] halkeye: go for the "advanced" stuff :P [00:12:54] "drupal style sites" ... nice [00:13:38] Duesentrieb_, thanks, thats exactly what i was looking for [00:22:22] Is anyone aware of any way to access a wikipedia article as XML or WML. I would like to avoid "screen scraping" the hml and converting it to XML. [00:35:26] ph0x: special:export should get you the wikitext wrapped in xml [00:37:04] yeah, someone in #wikipedia-en-help suggested that, and it seems to be perfect, however now I need to find out if there are any open source wiki parsers in .Net [00:37:39] otherwise that will be the first step, and probably one of the longest steps too :( [00:38:03] if you find one, we'll junk the actual PHP parser in no time :-P [00:38:55] I need a .Net, this will be a mobile/desktop app [00:39:09] I just want to retrieve the xml then parse and arrange it on the client side [00:40:14] can someone point me towards migration scripts? i'm trying to go from dokuwiki to mediawiki [00:41:39] 03aaron * r27282 10/trunk/extensions/FlaggedRevs/ (4 files): [00:41:39] *De-crappify OOP schema [00:41:39] *Some code/HTML fixes [00:41:39] *Output CSS/JS at better time [00:54:26] 03(mod) MediaWiki: Large-file reporting incorrect value for maximum file size at Commons - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11883 (10N/A) [01:11:06] hi [01:11:33] how does mediawiki determine each page relevance? [01:16:43] How can I see what version I'm on via the web interface? [01:16:49] Special:Version [01:16:53] thanks [01:17:03] blackthorne: if you mean search, try #mysql. it just uses mysql's ranking [01:17:09] *foo slaps self [01:17:11] flyingparchment: thanks :) [01:17:20] blackthorne: based on length of the page vs the search term, i think (and maybe something else) [01:18:37] length of the page vs search term? [01:18:43] what relationship is that? [01:19:06] if the page contains 4 words, two of which are your two-word search term, it'll be more relevant than a page which is 500 words and also containts 1 occurance of the term [01:19:22] (i'm not really sure about that though - #mysql is the place to ask) [01:19:25] doesn't mediawiki use any kind of bayesian filter? [01:19:41] for what? [01:19:48] to determine a page relevance [01:20:01] are you talking about the relevance in a search, or something else? [01:20:22] typically relevance is most used in search but not only [01:20:33] mediawiki has no concept of relevance outside of search [01:23:07] i believe you [01:23:48] so you say that relevance is obtained by the relationship between length of the page vs search term [01:24:02] as far as i know, yes [01:24:22] i think that is really strange but i'm not inside... [01:24:35] you should ask #mysql if you want to be sure [01:25:35] some relevance of 100% means that the article just has the query word? [01:26:46] i found it! [01:27:23] maybe it's what you wanted to say from the beginning [01:29:36] Hey all, what's the best way to link to an uploaded file (a pdf). [01:29:36] on mediawiki the relevance is obtained from the relationship of number of instances of the query word between all the pages that contain it [01:30:00] I can only get my link text to say the name, like Image:BYLAWS.pdf [01:30:21] How could I make that more pretty, and how could I make it not link to the "file" page but to the actual PDF? [01:30:40] i.e. how does one do a direct (named) file link. [01:35:20] gushi, to give alternate display text, use a pipe, like: [[Image:BYLAWS.pdf|Click here!!!!11]] [01:35:37] gushi, to link directly to the image, you use the magic word "Media:" instead of "Image:". [01:35:52] gushi, so [[Media:BYLAWS.pdf|Click here!!!11!!!11!]] [01:37:15] Okay, is there something special about a leading colon, like [[:Image:BYLAWS.pdf]] [01:37:22] Because that seems to change the behavior slightly [01:37:58] gushi, er, right. [01:38:33] gushi, [[:Image links to the image page. [[Image adds the image itself to the page. [[Media links to the image itself. [01:39:00] This all makes perfect sense if you've been using MediaWiki for long enough that you forget that it really makes almost no sense. [01:39:38] But anyway, an initial colon generally means "eliminate all unusual or magical things associated with the following link target", i.e., "make it a normal link/page name". [01:40:10] Really I've always thought image inclusions should use {{}}, since they're conceptually much more similar to templates than links. Categories too. But oh well. [01:40:27] Well, there is a nice template for pdf's that I may use [01:42:38] are there themes in mediawiki? [01:45:14] 03(NEW) Add randomseed - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11891 15enhancement; normal; MediaWiki extensions: DynamicPageList2; (vacuum) [01:45:57] gongoputch, meaning what? Like different color schemes? There are multiple skins, but they tend to be more different than just themes. [01:51:40] 03(mod) Add randomseed - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11891 (10vacuum) [01:58:36] hola, alguien habla español? [01:59:32] i have a corrupt db and have to start a new installation of mw. i have managed to get the xml dumps exported, but have two questions. 1. if i do a new installation w/ a new db, will the images work if i just copy the images directory? 2. anyway to transfer the user accounts? thanks [02:00:27] ....y tiene experiencia con el uso de mediawiki para una entidad pública? [02:05:16] anybody who has experience withe setting up a site for a public service? [02:59:27] for some reason, when i add a new page that i previously had a red link to, it stays red. it's not my browser cache (i've tried different computers). editing the page with the bogus red link but not changing anything seems to turn it blue. any ideas? [03:01:09] i have mediawiki 1.8.5 and my job queue is empty. [03:02:29] are you on shared hosting? [03:02:32] Link? [03:04:12] no, it's running on my box at work. can't give you a link, it's on the local lan (and needs to stay that way) [03:04:32] hiya [03:04:52] I'm trying to add a DB_SLAVE to my configuration... [03:05:03] does anyone know if I just put ALL of my database into http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgDBservers [03:05:24] $wgDBservers, or do I have to only put the slaves in there... or do i specify which is slave, which is master, etc.? [03:08:09] i tried googling for red links stuck but couldn't find anything [03:51:51] does anybody know if it's possible to remove the sitenotice from just one specific page? ie. I want my site notice to appear on all pages except the Main page [03:54:24] naught101: You can with CSS. [03:54:55] Pathoschild: on the main page you mean? [03:54:58] ok [03:55:14] The site notice is inside the body, and (in any recent version of MediaWiki) the body includes a class with the page name. [03:56:30] ah, ok [03:56:38] So if the sitenotice has the id "sitenotice" (you'd need to check the code), you could do something like .page-Main_Page #sitenotice { display: none; } [03:59:31] gotcha [03:59:51] except #siteNotice, right? or is CSS case insensitive? [04:01:25] sweet, that works great. [04:01:31] thanks Pathoschild [04:01:39] Welcome. [04:01:43] :) [04:34:11] i'm using the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu#Get_Latest_MediaWiki to install v1.11.0 on ubuntu 7.10 and when I navigate to the "configure" link of the wiki it says it can't find a mysql driver. I've uncommented the extension=mysql.so line in php.ini. Anyone have ideas that I can try? [04:35:03] wshaddix: You need to install lib-apache-mod-mysql or whatever it's caleld [04:36:29] @search mysql [04:36:29] Results: [xampp] [04:37:26] can i set a time out for a cached page in media wiki? [04:37:47] wshaddix: Sorry, php5-mysql is the package name [04:37:59] i dont want to completly disable the caching, just make sure the page is refreshed at least once a day [04:38:37] amidaniel: that did it. Thanks! [04:38:59] wshaddix: np .. let me know if you have any further problems [04:39:05] matx: Have you looked at [04:39:42] aa, this might be what i need, thanks! [04:57:16] how do I set up 'skins' ? [05:51:36] 03(FIXED) Request to set the variable $wgSitename and $wgMetaNamespace in Classical Chinese Wikipedia - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11552 +comment (10jeluf) [05:56:00] TimStarling: allo :) [06:35:30] bye [06:41:45] 03aaron * r27283 10/trunk/extensions/ConfirmAccount/ConfirmAccount_body.php: *Hide comment box when "spam" clicked, unhide otherwise [07:37:49] 03vrandezo * r27284 10/trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/specials/ExportRDF/SMW_SpecialExportRDF.php: Checking the compatibility of the range of subproperties [07:55:41] <_wooz> lo [07:58:16] 03vrandezo * r27285 10/trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/specials/ExportRDF/SMW_SpecialExportRDF.php: Removed superfluous modifiers in subproperties [08:24:37] mornin' [08:25:11] mÃ¶r [08:27:44] hi Nikerabbit [08:29:16] rÃ¶rÃ¶ [08:30:29] feru feru [08:36:56] 03(NEW) Paging for Special:Oversight - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11892 15enhancement; normal; MediaWiki extensions: Oversight; (dmcdevit) [08:40:49] Duesentrieb: Is that hungarian? [08:42:22] 04(REOPENED) parser passes 'UNIQ' tokens to hook, instead of text - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8451 +comment (10bacher) [08:48:18] Caldrin: not to my knowledge. but then, i don't know hungarian. [08:48:54] Caldrin: it's a (very) local greeting in a tiny part of germany. i'm just trying to match Nikerabbit in obsucrity :P [08:49:14] :D [08:50:30] hehe. [08:50:38] Duesentrieb: you'll loose [08:50:41] meow [08:50:43] probably [08:50:50] but i can try... [08:52:26] :) [09:07:44] Duesentrieb: Which part? Sounds even more strange to me than bavarian. [09:11:19] 03raymond * r27286 10/trunk/phase3/languages/Names.php: Remove ru-sib. Wikipedia already deleted and no language file available. [09:11:19] Caldrin: ever been in Saxony? [09:11:22] Well, it's not ROT13 of moin moin. [09:11:42] thats worse [09:11:56] PunkRock: nee, noch nie? Dun die Leid da so rÃ¤Ã¤dn? [09:12:59] gans furschdboar! [09:13:27] hoffentlich sieht keiner meiner Arbeitskollegen auf meinen bildschirm... [09:14:09] solange es der Chef nicht sieht. [09:14:32] na. die ist aus Sued Afrika. das ist wurscht :) [09:15:15] Dagegen ist mein NÃ¼rnberger Chef ja fast schon ein Einheimischer (hier in Dresden). [09:21:59] should have guessed there are many germans in the mediawiki developer group when I saw the array of forbidden HTTP request is called $verboten in WebStart.php [09:38:58] 03(mod) parser passes 'UNIQ' tokens to hook, instead of text - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8451 (10bacher) [09:53:22] I am planning to use mediawiki with people with dsiabilities. Where I can find accessibility guidelines for mediawiki? [10:38:01] 03rotem * r27287 10/trunk/phase3/languages/messages/MessagesHe.php: Typo. [10:41:22] 03rotem * r27288 10/trunk/extensions/CheckUser/CheckUser.i18n.php: Update for he. [11:16:57] 03rotem * r27289 10/trunk/phase3/includes/Parser.php: Reverting r27280: Shows a PHP warning, and doesn't seem to fix the bug. If it should be passed by reference, please change the function itself. [11:25:26] hey people [11:25:59] i'v been here before and asked the same thing, but i need a straight answer :$ [11:27:34] i want to make boxes like on the main page of www.mediawiki.org . someone from here told me it's done with hmtl div code. i stil havent found something. please, tell me the code for that. i reaaaly need it [11:28:55] help please?? [11:29:58] is anyone here? [11:30:47] hello? [11:31:46] ugh [11:32:10] bougiou: look at the page source or learn html and css [11:32:31] i did look at tthe source page and is says [11:35:34] the code for one of those boxes would be just fine. does anyone have an example at least? please, i really really need it [11:39:08] even if i find the code, where do i post it? in a file? [11:40:56] why isn't anyon helping? i thought this is what you are supposed to do.. [11:41:56] because there isn't anyone at here and you're not asking a question that's relevant to topic of this channel [11:42:14] the topic of this channel is about mediawiki right? [11:42:56] so i'm asking how do i create templates like the one on the homepage of mediawiki....??? [11:43:33] you see, i'm making a wiki of my own, for academic reasons, and i need to known how to do that. [11:44:57] Caldrin: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feru [11:45:58] bougiou: http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Main_page&action=edit [11:46:32] as I said already, we don't teach html and css here [11:51:54] ok, [11:52:26] one last question then... can anyone see and paste me the code of one of those templates from the mediwiki.org main page? [11:52:52] since i can't find there..??? i reaally really need it as soon as possible [11:55:48] bougiou: click edit or view source on the page. scroll down below the edit box. you'll find alit of all templates used on the page [11:56:06] bougiou: note however that the main page on mediawiki.org is very complex. last time i tried to edit it, i got completely lost. [11:56:25] perhaps try to find a simpler example to go by. look for portal pages on wikipedias [11:56:52] bougiou: also not that you can make a "boxy" layout without any templates. [11:57:24] without templates? how? just html div? [11:58:03] bougiou: yes. all the templates do is make divs. using templates is mainly usefull for maintenance and internationalization [11:58:17] (i go the source, and i do see the list of all teplates, but everything is protected so there is no code for me to see) [11:58:33] bougiou: you can see the source of all protected pages [11:58:40] click "view source" [11:59:03] or use action=raw [11:59:06] or use Special:Export# [12:00:31] ok i clicked "view source" [12:01:58] what next? [12:02:29] then you see the source. what did you expect? [12:02:54] you said "everything is protected so there is no code for me to see". not true. click "view source" to see it. [12:03:29] ok it worked [12:03:40] thank very much Duesentrieb [12:03:49] thank u* [12:23:06] 03abernala * r27290 10/branches/ApiEdit_Vodafone/includes/api/ApiUploadFile.php: A try to solve small bug. [12:29:57] 03siebrand * r27291 10/trunk/phase3/ (9 files in 2 dirs): [12:29:57] Localisation updates from Betawiki. [12:29:57] * ca, cu, dv, fr, kaa, lb, myv, nl [12:51:57] 03(mod) MediaWiki: Large-file reporting incorrect value for maximum file size at Commons - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11883 (10anonmoos) [13:01:01] 03siebrand * r27292 10/trunk/phase3/ (12 files in 3 dirs): [13:01:02] Localisation updates from Betawiki. [13:01:02] * dsb, el, ext, gsw, hsb, nl, pnt (new), sv, tg, tl [13:05:21] hello [13:06:06] is $wgLogo really in the localsettings.php file? It doesn't seem to be in mine. [13:09:09] oic, my localsettings.php file is only 63 lines while defaultsettings.php is 2500 lines. is my install corrupted? [13:10:39] is it possible to show a user only the Article in his selected language? [13:15:30] or to modify the interface depending on the URL for example */en for english or */de for german [13:20:05] Steve_: no [13:20:16] so that's normal? [13:20:46] yes [13:20:56] if $wgLogo is not there, add it [13:21:04] ok yeah I got it now [13:21:07] this is misleading though: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_logo.3F [13:21:36] it says the $wgLogo line is already there and you need to modify it. maybe that's how it used to work? [13:22:15] anyway I seem to be installed. so easy with xampp!! [13:22:25] next step: rewrite the parser. should be done by tomorrow. [13:23:05] that's a joke? [13:23:15] a lame one [13:23:29] indeed, you can't be sure here [13:23:33] heh [13:24:00] rewriting the parser is some kind of mediawiki holy grail isn't it? [13:25:20] hmm, love the comments: "Oh man I hate our multi-layer parser!" [13:44:12] 03siebrand * r27294 10/trunk/phase3/languages/messages/MessagesKaa.php: [13:44:12] Localisation updates from Betawiki. [13:44:12] * kaa [13:54:25] 03(mod) Samogitian wikipedia namespaces - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11557 +comment (10hugo_a_saavedra) [14:03:15] 03siebrand * r27295 10/trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES: Fix typo [14:09:26] There is a MediaWiki site I am linking to quite a bit, can I set something up like [[Wikipedia:Page]] but for that particular wiki? [14:10:30] mboman: set up an interlink [14:10:45] er, interwiki [14:10:56] jlerner, how do I do that? [14:11:01] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interlanguage_link [14:11:10] !interwiki [14:11:10] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki [14:11:13] heh [14:18:52] 03(NEW) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 trivial; low; MediaWiki: Templates; (tom3) [14:21:02] 03(mod) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 (10raimond.spekking) [14:21:08] 03(mod) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 (10tom3) [14:21:27] 03(mod) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 (10tom3) [14:21:48] 03(FIXED) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 (10tom3) [14:22:37] 03(mod) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 (10raimond.spekking) [14:24:40] 03(mod) some info - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11893 (10tom3) [14:25:24] jlerner, any idea why PHPMyAdmin claims that the iw_url is a blob? According to the examples it sure looks like a string to me.. [14:25:37] hey, I want to offer a file download in an extension of mine, how can I do this? [14:26:08] that means, I specify content type, contents and suggested filename and I want it to appear as a download dialog [14:26:39] i'm not sure [14:27:14] OMG, Bugzilla spam [14:27:38] mboman: http://rafb.net/p/vHi3Sy67.html [14:27:48] that's what my wikiinterwiki table looks like [14:27:53] what version of mediawiki are you running? [14:30:04] latest stable (SVN Tracked) [14:30:27] # MediaWiki: 1.10.2 [14:30:58] I've been looking at Export.php but I don't know how to do this [14:36:44] 03(NEW) Definition list nested with anything (;#foo:bar) is unpredictable - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11894 minor; normal; MediaWiki: Page rendering; (bugs) [14:37:13] 03(mod) Definition list nested with anything (;#foo:bar) is unpredictable - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11894 (10bugs) [14:37:43] (that was me) [14:37:45] 03vasilievvv * r27296 10/trunk/phase3/languages/messages/MessagesRu.php: [14:37:45] * Updating ru (Russian): [14:37:45] ** Fixing some typos [14:37:45] ** Making some messages shorter like it was done locally on russian Wikipedia [14:38:37] Ich: what's a download dialog [14:39:41] Ich: are you able to upload the files you want to make available? [14:43:45] jlerner, I want to offer a file when somebody uses a formular for a special page I wrote... I tried setting the headers manually with "Content-Disposition: attachment;" but somehow it doesn't work, maybe a screwup on my part [14:43:59] Firefox claims it can't write some temporary file [14:46:02] I'm got problems installing Mediawiki [14:46:16] I'm got problems installing Mediawiki [14:46:26] i get this: Checking environment... [14:46:32] * PHP 5.2.4 installed [14:46:42] And thats it [14:46:47] its on the latest version [14:48:01] what can i do?... [14:48:14] maybe annyone want to check out the site? [14:48:16] look at the apache error log [14:48:21] http://www.triviabot.aleriya.com/config/index.php [14:48:59] ok [14:51:17] http://aleriya.pastey.net/76732 - check this [14:52:01] Zizanzu: normal, and not relevant. [14:52:10] huh? [14:52:16] all the content of the error log? [14:52:16] the errors [14:52:24] yes. it's all the same [14:52:37] favicon.ico is not found (it probably doesn't exist, and most bro3wsers ask for it) [14:52:46] and the 404-error page is misconfigured [14:52:57] not related to installing mediawiki [14:53:20] So what should i do then? [14:54:27] i have no idea. [14:54:49] it would be nice if the config form has some type of debug option [14:55:04] so you would at least see what it's checking when it dies [14:56:34] Do Annyone other had the same problem? [14:59:25] So i should download a other version then? [15:00:26] Jackphoenix? [15:00:30] Heya! [15:00:49] I'm have a question for you... [15:01:03] did you have problems with installing Mediawiki 1.11.0 ? [15:01:29] I'm got this problems in my error log: http://aleriya.pastey.net/76732 [15:02:42] i checked the version.. on your wiki [15:02:49] but did you have problems jack? [15:03:04] hm? [15:03:58] 03brion * r27297 10/trunk/extensions/CentralNotice/SpecialNoticeText.php: fallback fixes [15:07:37] Did ya? [15:10:15] Jack? [15:10:20] Yes/No [15:10:21] YES? [15:10:26] ok [15:10:27] what is it? [15:10:38] did you have problems under installation? [15:10:47] on 1.11.0 Mediawiki? [15:10:51] okay, I found out what my problem is, I had to call wfResetOutputBuffers() first [15:12:20] i'm tryed to add a old localsetting.php in it [15:12:21] then it worked [15:26:05] hi [15:54:24] What is mediawiki good for? [15:58:22] Pirate: http://www.bde.es/ [15:58:24] oh dam [15:58:34] my clipboard is not my friend today [15:58:40] Pirate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki [15:58:49] lol [15:58:50] ta [16:07:03] 03siebrand * r27298 10/trunk/extensions/ (3 files in 3 dirs): [16:07:03] * Add correct i18n for extension specific pages in BadImage and ConfirmAccount (by SPQRobin) [16:07:03] * Add Greek messages for CategoryTree [16:27:00] 03siebrand * r27299 10/trunk/extensions/BadImage/BadImage.i18n.php: Fix link [16:28:37] Hi [16:29:37] can anyone help me out with Cite.php extension? [16:31:01] I have copied Cite.php and Cite.i18.php to extensions/cite/ directory and added require_once ($IP."extensions/cite/Cite.php"); to LocalSettings.php [16:31:49] but I am getting an internal error: Unknown datatype in hooks for ParserClearState [16:32:48] Is there anyone who can help me out with this? [16:33:01] what versions of MediaWiki? [16:33:23] I am using 1.7 [16:33:32] probably too old [16:33:43] reccomend upgrade to 1.11 for it too work [16:33:45] or [16:33:49] I am on Ubuntu [16:34:04] your point? [16:34:15] are you sure the upgrade will make it work [16:34:19] yes [16:34:25] as sure as can be [16:34:37] I have the entire wikipedia dump imported into my database [16:34:44] oh, right [16:34:54] one sec [16:35:12] will upgrading lose this data from the database [16:35:18] no [16:35:26] but it might be very long and intensive [16:35:37] +backup before hand [16:35:49] Ive seen the wiki being used within a business before to keep client information etc. I was wondering if there is some information available on how to make use of this in the workplace? [16:36:25] Pirate: MediaWiki doesn't really come to you, you come to it. If\when you find a need use it otherwise you are probably wasting your time. [16:37:41] I have a neen [16:37:42] need [16:37:55] minute: thanks [16:38:06] Pirate: What is the need? [16:38:26] Im trying to implement a solution to easily access information from wherever I might be [16:38:38] so install MediaWiki and you're laughing :P [16:38:40] with other users accessing the same information and updating it constantly [16:39:10] yeah [16:39:12] Im just looking for some information on how to set this up for our business [16:39:19] get a web server [16:39:32] i.e. lighthttpd\apache + php + mysql [16:39:36] can I run it from a virtual PC [16:39:37] install mediawiki [16:39:47] Pirate: not if you want more than one person to use it [16:40:03] if I install WAMP and Mediawiki onto a virtual pc? [16:40:05] why not [16:40:17] because it is virtual? [16:40:29] ? [16:40:42] when you switch your PC of the wiki would die, but i guess it might be possible to forward port 80 to the vm [16:40:57] virtual machines can be networked, no problem [16:41:02] yeah [16:41:10] but of course you would have to leave your pc on all the time [16:41:44] no problem [16:41:49] it would be a server [16:42:07] ok [16:42:15] so that would work fine then [16:42:41] but it doesn't make sense to run a web server in a vm on a server [16:42:55] surely you can just run the web server on the server itself? [16:43:12] to keep it separate to everything else [16:43:35] and doesnt the virtual pc software allow you to keep everything in 1 file and you can take it with you? [16:44:03] why would you want to take it around with you? [16:44:58] we have some other stuff running on the servers that I wouldnt want media wiki to interfere with [16:45:33] lets say I install the virtual pc onto a server, and then in a few months time the server needs to be rebuilt [16:45:47] I can just install the virtual pc software again? [16:45:55] and I have my mediawiki already [16:46:01] installed and running [16:46:07] I think thats how it would work [16:47:28] im trying to get some sort of strategy to implement this in the workplace now so we can use it, rather than just saying everyone can add web pages as they wish [16:49:59] sure [16:58:34] 03(mod) Paging for Special:Oversight - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11892 +comment (10JSchulz_4587) [17:16:52] 03(mod) Superimpose another image as click destination - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8657 (10sadik.khalid) [17:35:48] does anybody know of a mediawiki / wikipedia API, or mediawiki markup parser? [17:36:09] /w/api.php [17:36:42] minute: i do not want to query live wikipedia, as NLP research done will pull extreme stress on WP servers [17:37:04] yeah right :P [17:37:13] ah, yes, i want to use Wikipedia for NLP tasks, and need to parse mediawiki markup... [17:37:39] visit the page /w/api.php in your wiki for an api - no external parser yet though [17:37:44] have access to links, redirect pages, categories, ... you get the idea... [17:38:13] basically something like JWPL... just open source... [17:38:48] i already started to write an API, but am looking around for different approaches, and - maybe - parsers... [17:39:21] /w/api.php is the only API [17:39:56] no it is not, see http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/software/WikipediaAPI for an example.. [17:40:16] unfortunately it is not open sourced... [17:40:27] I meant only official API. [17:40:30] *the [17:40:39] There may be many others we don't know about. [17:45:06] yes, that is why i am here, to ask if there is someone who knows about inofficial APIs... [17:58:50] Duesentrieb: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:ConfirmAccount#Problem_with_Greek_Mediawiki [17:59:02] any idea what his problem might be? [18:04:29] AaronSchulz: af far as I understood he changed [en] to [el] but that means no english default messages are available... maybe this will break antything? [18:20:48] hmms [18:23:08] Is it possible for a topic to auto lock once someone is editing it, then unlock once they are done? so that two people dont edit it at the same time and screw things up? [18:25:00]