[00:46:42] Hi, I find the new Special:ApiSandbox page absolutely absolutely absolutely bad, is there a way how to restore the previous version? [00:49:41] auvajs: What's wrong with it? [00:49:52] It'd be productive if you filed bug(s) reporting the issues so they can be fixed [00:50:30] Reedy: the old version was much more intuitive to use [00:50:50] Reedy: I see absolutely no reason why it needed to change [00:51:17] Well, it was mostly rewritten from scratch to be part of core [00:53:20] I have no idea about the background, but using the old version was very easy, I can't figure out how to use this one, it's just so tedious to use it.. sorry [00:54:18] these are possibly just my personal impressions, but the original version was like 1000x better [00:55:07] Like I say, file a task in phabricator, point out what you don't like, start the discussion [00:57:45] Reedy: is argument "I hate the new version" a valid one? :D [00:57:58] It's vaguely right [00:58:16] You're saying it's unintuitive, so sa that in the bug [00:58:26] ok [00:58:51] auvajs: the reason was fixing a dozen or so of bugs and feature requests [00:59:59] auvajs: see the list on https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/209570/ (that's the commit that added it) [05:07:17] Hiya, I'm in a bit of a pickle [05:08:09] so when trying to save changes to common.css, I get a 404 error and I have absolutely no idea what could be the issue [06:02:30] What is impresion and Global depression ΒΌ fact of truth verity [07:18:22] Intermediate HTTP request to fetch shared description fails on my wiki site. For example: http://ru.autowiki.xyz/w/index.php?title=%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Outworn_sleeve_of_windscreen_wiper_hatch_of_Opel_Astra_G.jpg Debug log says: Fetching shared description from http://autowiki.xyz/w/index.php?title=Image:Outworn_sleeve_of_windscreen_wiper_hatch_of_Opel_Astra_G.jpg&action=render&uselang=ru [07:18:32] and after that HTTP error 500 [07:19:28] How to debug such thing? Where can I put more logs for more debugging? [07:22:43] I found. It is in File.php [09:48:54] hi folks. i'm working at the moment with an internal wiki for which i don't have admin rights, and i'm trying to do some basic footnote/references. i'd like to be able to control which note goes where, so i looked at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes#Ref_and_note_template [09:49:45] the two templates mentioned there, Template:Ref and Template:Note, did not exist in the wiki. so i created those two pages and copied in the code. but it's not quite working :/ [09:49:56] am i supposed to be able to just copy the templates into our wiki? [09:56:49] this shows the two templates and the result when i test it out: http://i.imgur.com/2R4O9Lc.png [09:57:55] note how the {{note|foo}} is rendered kind of okay, but not the {{ref|foo}}. any ideas? [10:06:17] hm. i think the problem is i'm missing the ParserFunctions extension. [10:06:41] is there really no way to get simple references/footnotes without having to install an extension? (since i don't have admin rights, i can't at the moment). [10:08:56] or well, i have the ParserFunctions extension, but i seem to be missing the ifeq used by the Template:Ref :/ [17:31:28] maybe I'm not reading the manual right, but is there a way to completely get rid of autoconfirmed and 'bots' on an install? The second question is whether it's possible to rename "Bureaucrats" [18:16:12] hi all [18:17:00] Hi, While importing Infobox from Wikipedia and While Trying to Create a Template i get an error Fatal error: Call to undefined function pcntl_wifsignaled() in /extensions/Scribunto/engines/LuaStandalone/LuaStandaloneEngine.php on line 645 I am not able to find a solution. Kindly help [18:18:58] you either need to recompile PHP with --enable-pcntl, or install the luasandbox PHP extension. The latter is likely easier, but both require that you have superuser access to the machine [18:20:08] I have hosted mediawiki on GoDaddy and i can only configure using FTP... is it possible to configure using FTP? [18:20:13] see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto#LuaSandbox for more information on that option [18:20:16] no, it is not [18:21:59] Ok.. any other option you feel may be possible based on your experience ? [18:23:01] you need support from php to do it, and your hoster controls php here [18:23:03] use a different host that gives you more underlying access, ask really nicely in a support ticket for them to install/configure the thing for you, or uninstall Scribunto because you can't use it [18:23:13] those are your 3 options [18:23:42] Ok thanks a lot.. really appreciate it [18:24:32] (well, 4 options; #4 is modify the extension code to remove the dependency on the pcntl functions for the standalone engine) [18:25:08] I cannot provide any assistance in that regard, however [18:25:23] is there a way to get https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:LonelyPages in json? [18:26:57] as in from api [18:29:49] HakanIST: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Querypage [18:30:19] that was very hidden in the api documentation :S [18:30:49] Vulpix great thanks! [18:35:18] is there documentation on disabling 'autoconfirmed' and 'bots' groups, at all? And is there documentation on renaming the default 'bureaucrats' group to something else? [18:37:14] teward: what do you want for "disabling"? you can just not add any user to the bot group, and disable the autopromotion [18:39:13] Vulpix: how is autopromotion disabled? I haven't figured out how that's done [18:39:41] teward: about bureaucrat, you can change the display name editing a MediaWiki: page as explained in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights#Creating_a_new_group_and_assigning_permissions_to_it [18:40:05] teward: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAutopromote [18:41:44] this should disable that: $wgAutopromote['autoconfirmed'] = array(); [18:49:00] Vulpix: thanks [18:51:25] Vulpix : another question :) how do I get wd item id from a page ? [18:54:37] found it nm [19:17:49] what do i need to do in order to make a newly added skin show up in Special:Preferences under "Appearance"? [20:11:55] why are wikipedia "hatnotes" done with a custom module? can't it be done with standard wikitext or HTML in it? [20:19:17] How do I pass a callback URL in Special:OAuth/authorize? I understand that you have to register a URL as a prefix, but I would like to extend that registered URL with additional things in the URL. [20:21:45] I don't know about mediawiki's oauth, but the OAuth2 specification says you can use the 'state' parameter for that [20:22:50] MediaWiki uses OAuth 1 [20:23:10] I'm sorry to hear that :P