[00:38:44] <dbb>	 hi all - our heavily used (and beloved) MediaWiki just got upgraded, and its time to take a look at the outrageous number of spam users being created daily, and spam pages
[00:39:03] <dbb>	 I believe I will get access at every level, but I want to be careful.. 
[00:39:15] <dbb>	 .. just looking into it now
[00:40:04] <dbb>	 !!! the sys-admin mailing list says 16300 spam user accounts created in the last four days ?!?!?
[00:40:04] <wm-bot>	 There is no such key, you probably want to try: !bribe, !tss, 
[00:40:50] <dbb>	 "UserMerge and BlockAndNuke have failed"  .. it says here
[00:41:00] <dbb>	 f***
[00:41:36] <MaxSem>	 !spam
[00:41:36] <wm-bot>	 For information about combating and handling spam in MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Anti-spam_features>.
[00:41:56] <dbb>	 oh - MaxSem .. hi .. Brian at OSGeo here
[00:42:11] <dbb>	 I have a mess on my hands apparently
[00:42:43] <wmat>	 dbb: are they actually creating content?
[00:43:02] <wmat>	 dbb: if not, just run removeUnusedAccounts.php to delete all of them
[00:43:06] <MaxSem>	 1) disable account creation until more measures are taken
[00:43:11] <dbb>	 I have just opened this minutes ago
[00:43:24] <dbb>	 yes agree - this is crazy
[00:44:01] <wmat>	 dbb: I use a dynamic captcha + confirm account + I blow away unused accounts once a month
[00:44:02] <dbb>	 we had a tech add LDAP login very recently, and upgrade the version
[00:44:21] <dbb>	 we use our LDAP heavily for other sites
[00:45:01] <MaxSem>	 I don't see LDAP auth at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Version
[00:57:34] <anchit>	 I want to become a mentor in GCI 2015 !!!! Can anyone help me??? 
[01:06:42] <MaxSem>	 anchit, mentor? are you a developer?
[01:07:16] <MaxSem>	 dbb, meanwhile +2 accounts :P
[01:07:28] <dbb>	 ugh
[01:07:35] <dbb>	 .. writing to the Germans now
[01:07:50] <MaxSem>	 disable creation, then figure out what to do
[01:08:04] <dbb>	 whats the best way to disable ?
[01:08:13] <MaxSem>	 !access
[01:08:13] <wm-bot>	 For information on customizing user access, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights>. For common examples of restricting access using both rights and extensions, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access>.
[01:09:41] <MaxSem>	 in other words, $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
[01:10:35] <dbb>	 ok - I have taken notes and started the conversation
[08:03:33] <sasha>	 Hey guys, is it possible to link to an image without showing it?
[08:03:47] <sasha>	 I didn't find anything on the mediawiki doc with a couple of keywords that I tried
[08:03:55] <p858snake>	 [[media:FILENAME]]
[08:20:20] <sasha>	 perfect thank you p858snake !
[10:28:23] <jonbhaug1970X>	 Hi. I am trying to install pdfbook for mediawiki on a windows server: with no sucess. Does anyone have a good idea how to do it?
[12:27:58] <jonbhaug1970X>	 Hi. I am trying to install pdfbook for mediawiki on a windows server: with no sucess. Does anyone have a good idea how to do it?
[13:00:42] <aniket_>	 I want to become a mentor !!!1
[13:01:01] <Reedy>	 Mentor for what?
[13:01:23] <aniket_>	 For Google code in 2015
[13:02:04] <aniket_>	 please can you help me
[13:02:30] <aniket_>	 Are you a mentor ???
[13:02:49] <Reedy>	 I don't think I've signed up... But I've done some mentoring in similar things in the past
[13:03:00] <Reedy>	 What would you like to mentor?
[13:03:00] <aniket_>	 OK
[13:03:25] <aniket_>	 i didn't understand 
[13:05:31] <aniket_>	 Can you send me a invite to become a mentor !!!
[13:06:55] <Reedy>	 I don't think you need an invite, if it's like GSOC, you just sign up and wait approval
[13:07:24] <aniket_>	 Ok
[13:08:35] <aniket_>	 We have to sign in with google Account and then we will be approved
[13:12:46] <aniket_>	 PLEASE TELL !!!
[13:25:51] <andre__>	 aniket_, please don't yell.
[13:26:00] <andre__>	 aniket_, what would you like to mentor?
[13:26:08] <andre__>	 any examples of tasks?
[13:26:45] <aniket_>	 I want mentor the tasks done by the students in google code in 2015
[13:30:33] <aniket_>	 I want to mentor the tasks done by the students in Google code in 2015
[13:35:35] <MatmaRex>	 like which ones?
[13:35:42] <MatmaRex>	 it's up to the mentor to come up with the tasks
[13:51:47] <Hydronium>	 ...
[15:58:08] <Joergi>	 How can I get a tarball of the current 1.26 branch?
[15:58:33] <Joergi>	 I want one that is just like the release tarballs.
[16:07:13] <thedj>	 Joergi: so you want to create "your own" tarball as we usually make them, but for the current revision of REL_1.26 ?
[16:07:41] <Joergi>	 thedj: It would be perfect, if I just could download them from somewhere.
[16:07:59] <Joergi>	 Yes, what I wand is exactly like a release tarball.
[16:08:09] <Joergi>	 *Joerg mises an RC for testing*
[16:08:36] <Reedy>	 Joergi: github
[16:08:55] <Joergi>	 Reedy: Do you have a link?
[16:09:07] <Reedy>	 https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/archive/REL1_26.zip
[16:09:09] <Joergi>	 All I found is the Core, but without extensions, skins and so...
[16:09:13] <Reedy>	 Oh
[16:09:23] <Reedy>	 Yeah, there's not one with extensions,s kins etc
[16:09:27] <Reedy>	 Not unless someone makes one
[16:09:40] <thedj>	 for which i can't even find the proces on mediawiki.org...
[16:09:46] <thedj>	 which is a bit disconcerting honestly
[16:10:01] <Joergi>	 That's what I meant with : I'm missing a Release Cnadidate...
[16:10:05] <Reedy>	 https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-tools-release/tree/master/make-release
[16:10:11] <Reedy>	 Joergi: We've not had any alpha/beta releases
[16:10:36] <Joergi>	 But release is still scheduled for tomorow, right?
[16:10:40] <Reedy>	 Is it?
[16:11:02] <Amgine>	 <gg>
[16:11:15] <Joergi>	 Is it not? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26#Release_schedule
[16:11:23] <Reedy>	 "The 1.26.0 stable release is expected to come out sometime in November 2015"
[16:11:26] <Reedy>	 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.26
[16:11:38] <thedj>	 "anticipated"
[16:11:38] <Reedy>	 It does say anticipated
[16:11:42] <thedj>	 :D
[16:11:56] <Reedy>	 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.26-release/
[16:12:00] * Lcawte tries 'mediawiki blame' in console
[16:12:06] <Reedy>	 There's a few outstanding issues
[16:12:29] <Amgine>	 s/’s/ are
[16:12:37] <Reedy>	 There is a few
[16:12:38] <Reedy>	 There are a few
[16:12:43] * Reedy shrugs
[16:12:50] <thedj>	 it's close indeed... But my honest belief is that it will be pulled over the thanksgiving period. Nothing worse than mucking up a release and having to do stuff over thanksgiving...
[16:12:52] <Reedy>	 I seem to recall quite a few backports to extensions etc in the last few days
[16:12:53] <Amgine>	 </grammar nazi>
[16:13:49] <Joergi>	 thedj: Yes, a release with knownshow stoppers would not be good.
[16:14:09] <Joergi>	 *looks at keyboard - third typo in these few lines...*
[16:14:28] <thedj>	 it's not even about 'known'. It's about 'risk' due to 'unknown'.
[16:14:42] <Reedy>	 1.26 needs twn to do some translation backports too
[16:14:57] <thedj>	 'don't deploy on friday' has an equivalent with 'don't do major changes before a holiday' in my book.
[16:15:25] <Reedy>	 :)
[16:15:35] <Joergi>	 If you mean that it still needs testing, fine.
[16:15:45] <Reedy>	 But I think Joergi is right... Maybe not the release, We should be having a beta or an RC or something coming out
[16:16:17] <thedj>	 I know that chad asked me if I was ok with an RC at some point, but I don't think we actually had one...
[16:16:22] <Reedy>	 heh
[16:16:32] * dbb rubs sleepy eyes at a long list of problems with our beloved MediaWiki upgrade
[16:16:47] <Joergi>	 A pre-release version would definitely help me.
[16:16:53] <Reedy>	 thedj: I did test 1.26 and ended up filing a few bugs and fixing some stupid issues
[16:16:58] <Reedy>	 the installer, that was
[16:18:31] <Reedy>	 I guess we should probably open some tasks for the 1.26 release
[16:23:44] <Joergi_>	 I'll then build a tarball myself...
[16:47:34] <dbb>	 huh?  extensions/LdapAuthentication  vs  extensions/LDAPAuthorization
[16:54:19] <Reedy>	 I think the former can do a lot more
[18:56:12] <dbb>	 hi - looking over these docs.. I am reminded of a saying .. "Fools leap in where Angels fear to tread"
[18:56:25] <andre__>	 dbb: which "these docs" exactly?
[18:58:33] <legoktm>	 !fast
[18:58:33] <wm-bot>	 <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aaron_Schulz/How_to_make_MediaWiki_fast> <http://mituzas.lt/2007/01/26/mediawiki-performance-tuning/>
[18:58:44] <dbb>	 a few basic questions first, please.. Do people answer non-trivial questions in IRC, or is a mailing list a better approach ?  and maybe more importantly, is the culture here steering people to "enterprise support" or are questions really worked out in the open 
[18:59:41] <dbb>	 I am brand new to MediaWiki, but not to large software systems.. this very first discovery of two, similar but very different LDAP plugins, is a red flag to me
[19:00:05] <dbb>	 .. of layers of similar-but-different things
[19:02:56] <dbb>	 second example right off ...
[19:03:07] <dbb>	 !spam
[19:03:07] <wm-bot>	 For information about combating and handling spam in MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Anti-spam_features>.
[19:03:20] <dbb>	 both of those different links, go to the same page for me.. 
[19:04:05] <MatmaRex>	 heh, true
[19:04:10] <MatmaRex>	 i guess somebody merged the guides
[19:04:12] <dbb>	 yuh-huh
[19:04:24] <dbb>	 :-/
[19:04:31] <MatmaRex>	 !spam del
[19:04:32] <wm-bot>	 Successfully removed spam
[19:04:42] <MatmaRex>	 !spam is For information about combating and handling spam in MediaWiki, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam>.
[19:04:42] <wm-bot>	 Key was added
[19:04:54] <dbb>	 thank you MatmaRex 
[19:05:12] <MatmaRex>	 two years ago, too. :P https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-spam_features&diff=691900&oldid=684518
[21:03:50] <ceramicskulls>	 Is there a way to add special pages up top, on the right hand side where the rest of the links are only for admin?
[21:04:28] <ceramicskulls>	 It sucks that I have to constantly be typing in my urls rather than just clicking them.
[21:05:25] <Reedy>	 !sidebar
[21:05:25] <wm-bot>	 To edit the navigation menu on the left, edit page [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] on your wiki using its special syntax (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar for details). If you need more control, you can use the SkinBuildSidebar hook (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks/SkinBuildSidebar).
[21:11:48] <ceramicskulls>	 Reedy: is there a way to hide it for non admins however?
[21:12:00] <Reedy>	 I think there's an extension to do that
[21:12:54] <ceramicskulls>	 :l
[21:13:07] <ceramicskulls>	 I feel like I'm using a wiki wordpress lol
[21:14:53] <Reedy>	 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicSidebar
[22:56:44] <Iaaasi>	 Wazzup fellows?