[00:02:14] how do I make the URL just be http://some.web.address/wiki/Main_Page? [00:03:34] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL [00:04:09] *Attic_Cat looks [00:04:22] thanks [00:12:01] with Taxobox all im still seeing is the full template [00:18:21] !parserfunctions | LiquidIceUK [00:18:21] LiquidIceUK: "parser functions" are a way to extend the wiki syntax. ParserFunctions is an extension that provides the basic set of parser functions (you have to install it separately!). For help using parser functions, please see . For details about the extension, see [00:23:27] 04(REOPENED) Create Yiddish Wikinews - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5297 +comment (10gangleri) [00:37:05] 03(mod) Create "=?UTF-8?Q?=D7=A4=D7=90=D7=A8=D7=98=D7=90=D7=9C?=" namespace on Yiddish Wikipedia - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11193 (10gangleri) [00:52:04] 03(mod) Image truncated comment chopped UTF-8 character - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11087 lowest->low; +comment (10jidanni) [00:52:55] Hi, I have a question: [00:53:49] is table bw_categorylinks one of those that gets built up automatically? [00:54:35] My wiki has gotten some severe inconsistencies in its links and I wander if I can drop the table and rebuild it to solve them [00:55:21] you're aware of the maintenance scripts? [00:55:26] I am [00:55:45] but when I try to run them, I get a bizarre php error [00:55:49] php: error while loading shared libaries: libmhash.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [00:56:54] I've written to my host about that, but I figured that if the table is droppable, I might not need the maintenance sript [00:57:04] not really my area of expertise; sorry :( [00:57:10] ok [00:57:16] anyone else? [01:19:17] mmm does anyone here have permissions set to allow user creation, but require an admin to activate them? (and obviously pages can only be edited by users =) [01:20:03] i've sen wikis set up like that before, if that's what you're asking [01:20:11] +e [01:20:17] i've got MOST of what i want from this page: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access [01:20:26] !access [01:20:26] For information on customizing user access, see . For common examples of restricting access using both rights and extensions, see . [01:20:27] MZMcBride - i was hoping to look at the config for it =P [01:20:48] much better, ty! [01:20:55] yep [01:23:23] here's one thing that's always bothered me -- if i have $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false; can things like googlebot or spiders get into the content of my pages? [01:24:05] i don't think so [01:24:12] which may be good or bad, depending [01:24:15] happen to have a clue as to how to test? [01:24:21] bad - this is company information here =/ [01:24:40] right now i ahve http(s) logins, but that is quickly irritating employees [01:24:42] hi [01:24:57] not really; that setting + robots.txt should do it pretty thoroughly [01:24:58] granted that almost all of the employees are technical enough to overcome that, it would be nice to satisfy sales [01:25:17] i don't have a robots.txt, should I/ [01:25:24] i mean, does mediawiki have one? [01:25:34] if you want to stop crawlers, yes [01:25:45] in this moment are build a tag extencion this create one form to send to especial page, my question is, what is the correct form to create de link (action value)? [01:25:50] mediawiki.org has one i'm sure [01:26:21] Compermisos: what? [01:26:35] the tag are parsed to form [01:26:50] the form action is one special page [01:27:00] sorry canoot speak englihs [01:27:55] '

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[21:27:22] Thank you. [21:31:58] 03(mod) Month - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11966 15enhancement->minor (10raimond.spekking) [21:39:02] hi all! Anyone saw LeonWP lately? [21:50:54] 03(NEW) Page move vandalism handling - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11968 15enhancement; normal; MediaWiki: General/Unknown; (FT2.wiki) [21:54:48] 03siebrand * r27476 10/trunk/phase3/ (9 files in 2 dirs): [21:54:48] Localisation updates from Betawiki. [21:54:48] * an, frp, nl, pnt, qu, stq, tyv, wuu [21:58:41] 03(mod) Page move vandalism handling - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11968 (10mrzmanwiki) [22:05:34] 03(mod) Page move vandalism handling - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11968 15enhancement->normal; +shell; +comment (10raimond.spekking) [22:21:18] 03(mod) Page move vandalism handling - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11968 +comment (10FT2.wiki) [22:24:00] Is there a web site that explains how to make colored text on wikis? [22:28:10]

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[22:28:58] i did that.. but like i want to make half a word one color and other half another color.. but when I put those side by side it makes a return in between the two parts [22:29:26] XDuxaX: use instead of

[22:29:49] ty [22:30:01] [22:30:03] ;) [22:30:15] But div also works. [22:31:29] I hate it when I go to test somthing, come back, and find that two people have already answered :P [22:31:55] div does not work, like he said, it produces a linebreak [22:32:19] unless you tell it not to [22:32:30] display:inline [22:35:03] 03(mod) Page move vandalism handling - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11968 (10mrzmanwiki) [22:49:03] hiii [22:54:11] 03magnusmanske * r27477 10/trunk/wiki2xml/php/parsertest.php: Experimental : Run parser test against wiki2xml [23:04:31] 03siebrand * r27478 10/trunk/extensions/ (8 files in 8 dirs): [23:04:31] Localisation updates from Betawiki. [23:04:31] * Fixes and additions to 8 extensions for el, frp, oc [23:07:32] is there any way how to get the content of html comments in search results? [23:08:36] I'd like some advice... i've got a long description, so bear with me [23:09:27] i'm a mechanical engineer who dabbles in code monkeying [23:09:46] therefore, i don't have the final say at my company in terms of what goes on our servers [23:10:03] about a year ago, i convinced our IT guy to install MediaWiki as a collaboration tool [23:10:33] it languished unused until a month ago when it finally drew some attention from coworkers [23:10:55] so, we're looking to upgrade the install and make it a more permanent and well-maintained system [23:11:34] right now, we're at 1.7.1 (i know... old) [23:12:16] and over the last year or so, i've made various and sundry updates to the core code, like i'm not supposed to :) [23:12:46] stuff like not making my own skin, applying some patches when extensions would have worked [23:13:14] *carambola is wondering if anyone is paying any attention whatsoever to his rambling [23:13:31] 03dschwen * r27479 10/trunk/extensions/WikiMiniAtlas/wikiminiatlas.js: XMLHTTP request are working again [23:13:58] so, I'd like some advice. I'd like to know which extensions would work well in an intranet situation [23:18:53] !extensions [23:18:53] MediaWiki has been built so it can easily be customized by adding extensions. This is usually a simple process. See for details on writing an extension and for an overview of known extensions. [23:23:59] 03magnusmanske * r27480 10/trunk/wiki2xml/php/ (parsertest.php wiki2xml.php xml2xhtml.php): minor fixes [23:24:28] carambola: you'll have to ask a more concrete question. [23:28:50] Duesentrieb: ok... i've found the BizzWiki extension collection. Is this a widely-accepted way of adding tighter access controls? [23:30:06] I can't readily suggest software that's not more-or-less mature [23:30:14] carambola: havn't looked closely at it. it's used quite a bit i guess. a lightweight alternative would be Lockdown. However: [23:30:15] !cms [23:30:15] You are advised to install an appropriate content management package for per-page read restrictions. We will not be held responsible should a password or bank details be leaked, leading to loss of funds or one's job due to borked hacks. See if you really want too. [23:30:59] yeah... the wiki is on an intranet, so we're not terribly worried about individual read rights [23:31:07] carambola: if you want more-or-less mature, you should only use mediawiki proper, and *maybe* the extensions that are also active on wikipedia (those have been reviewd). everything else is pretty much permanent beta. [23:31:39] *I* will tell you that Lockdown is ok to you, but that's just because i wrote it :) [23:31:42] if you can get onto the wiki, you're probably an employee. we just need to ensure that random important stuff doesn't get edited without a peer review process [23:32:13] :) nice [23:33:32] and actually, i now have it setup so that there is a new namespace called "Quality"... only users in the QualityAdmin group can edit those articles [23:33:50] *shrug* [23:33:51] I'l vouche for lockdown too .. it's pretty solid [23:33:52] but it was a 1.7-era hack-ish extension [23:34:02] i'd still recommend to use something else. mediawiki isn't really designed for this [23:34:10] Just know that there about 500 extensions out there that'll break it :) [23:34:18] confluence, or ticky, or mind quary, etc, are probably better for that job. [23:34:21] s/break/circumvent [23:34:22] or docuwiki. whatever. [23:34:58] amidaniel: it's just as solid as all code that serves info calls userCan :) i'm not sure about api stuff, for example. [23:35:15] but... does the api serve content at all? [23:35:24] Duesentrieb: Yes, quite a bit [23:35:36] well then, we better hope it calls userCan :) [23:35:39] rvcontent or whatever it's called [23:35:56] Duesentrieb: Older versions have a lot of userCan issues, but I believe they've all been sorted out [23:36:04] nice [23:36:37] Everything in the core obeys the userCan bits, to my knowledge, but you never know with extensions [23:39:39] does anyone know how to make blocks of text bigger and smaller in wikipedia? [23:40:16] for the record, i'm of the opinion that our wiki be completely open (with logins)... if someone changes something erroneously, their username is logged, so what's the big deal? [23:40:26] 03magnusmanske * r27481 10/trunk/wiki2xml/php/parsertest.php: improving tolerance towards test formatting [23:42:39] aanhorn: ... ... ? [23:42:52] i [23:42:57] i'll give that a try, thanks [23:43:22] We have had issues of namespace collisions. Stuff like "Monthly To-Do Checklist," which should actually be something like "Project A/Monthly To-Do Checklist" or "Project A:Monthly To-Do Checklist". [23:43:46] Do we just grin and bear the crazy-long article names? [23:44:20] ... i'm speaking more along the lines of creating a link in a page. [23:45:18] huh? you can make links say whatever you want [23:45:33] say, you're on a page in the Project A namespace. Is there a shorthand way to say "this project's namespace's monthly to-do checklist"? [23:46:04] shortcuts could work [23:46:16] the english wikipedia uses them like crazy [23:46:17] redirects? [23:46:23] yeah [23:46:48] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BOLD [23:46:48] yeah, i've used them in some places... it just seems like an admin nightmare keeping track of all of them [23:47:10] you can easily get a list of all of them via Special:PrefixIndex [23:47:30] 04(REOPENED) Allow anonymous users to create pages in non-talk, non-article namespaces. - 10http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11240 +comment (10matthew.britton) [23:47:31] Or put all your shortcuts in one namespace [23:47:43] PrefixIndex... that an extension? [23:47:49] Special:Specialpages [23:48:02] argh... you capitalized the I [23:48:06] :p [23:48:12] sorry about that [23:48:48] there's no consistency in the special pages (e.g., Special:BrokenRedirects) [23:48:48] *amidaniel stabs gurch [23:50:01] is there any way to reduce the line spacing in a wikipedia article? [23:51:57] Here's a thought... could i write a template that resolves {{monthly to-do}} to <>:Monthly To-Do Checklist ? [23:52:10] yes [23:52:24] !magic words [23:52:26] ...if the current project is the namespace [23:53:50] !magic words is For more information about magic words, see . [23:54:08] heh... already there now that you mentioned magic words [23:54:15] !magicwords is For more information about magic words, see . [23:54:15] Successfully added keyword: magicwords [23:54:20] that's better [23:54:48] !parserfunctions [23:54:48] "parser functions" are a way to extend the wiki syntax. ParserFunctions is an extension that provides the basic set of parser functions (you have to install it separately!). For help using parser functions, please see . For details about the extension, see [23:54:57] you'll want that extension installed as well [23:55:03] it's very helpful in templates [23:55:12] yeah... already installed [23:55:25] 03magnusmanske * r27482 10/trunk/wiki2xml/php/ (parsertest.php wiki2xml.php): some fixes; many bugs found ;-) [23:55:53] actually... i have Character Escapes and Control Structure Functions installed [23:56:47] hi all [23:56:53] is there a way for me to: let mediawiki select the 10 latest articles of a certain category and display that (in a template for instance)? Automatically so I don't have to update those lists manually? [23:57:57] you mean that latest ten articles added to a category? [23:58:14] essentially the question is: can I get raw data from the database and process that information in my very own way through templates so mediawiki can do some things automatically? [23:59:05] RidderGraniet: there are extensions that can do this [23:59:26] RidderGraniet: for example, News and Dynamic Page List. And also something called NewPages, iirc [23:59:41] and for the first particular example: yes, the 10 latest to be added/modified to a category (or group of) that can be used to format in templates or simple in articles