[00:23:56] i need help editing the page [00:24:32] can anyone help ? thank you [00:24:55] !ask | Zloibutcher [00:24:55] Zloibutcher: Please feel free to ask your question: if anybody who knows the answer is around, they will surely reply. Don't ask for help or for attention before actually asking your question, that's just a waste of time – both yours and everybody else's. :) [00:25:11] got it [00:25:56] how to delelte bad links on someone"s wiki page? [00:26:45] Which CSS files must I make additions to for affecting all articles with math formulas? There are several csses on the math extension there, how do i know which one is getting actually used and which one am I supposed to edit? [00:27:10] they are not working, dispalying 404 [00:28:12] Zloibutcher: edit the page and remove them? if you're allowed to edit other user's page and if it would be OK for that user [00:29:03] remove them since they are misleading [00:29:31] I'd avoid making such edits to someone else's user page [00:30:11] even if it's misleading, you could find a replacement looking at web.archive.org, while just removing them may be seen as censoring [00:30:57] what if they are no loger functional and misleading? [00:31:10] who cares? [00:31:46] for example there is a link tothe inteview that actally never took place [00:32:45] also they are using wikipedia to promote their commercial interests [00:33:51] well, if it's being used to spread spam, that's another thing. Of course, follow the user page policies of the wiki, if there's any [01:34:04] I installed me a mediawiki-vagrant. What's the admin user/password for the wiki? [01:36:12] Ugh, it's actually in the quick start section... I'm such a blind [01:37:23] JeroenDeDauw: :-) [07:43:40] tameeshb: you can just put additions in MediaWiki:Common.css [11:07:07] i can't create an account [11:07:14] i have this problem: code: 554, response: 5.7.1 : Sender address rejected: Votre compte e-mail a ete suspendu pour cause de SPAM. Nous vous invitons a contacter notre assistance technique [13:13:43] code: 554, response: 5.7.1 : Sender address rejected: Votre compte e-mail a ete suspendu pour cause de SPAM. Nous vous invitons a contacter notre assistance technique. [13:14:30] How is this related to MediaWiki? [13:16:11] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSMTP has some advice if you're trying to configure your own wiki [13:17:01] im trying to create an account in a special page [13:19:50] mprat: a bit generic. Have you developed a new special page to create accounts, or what [13:20:09] Sharing the URL may help, if the wiki in question is on the internet [13:24:08] Probably he means he manually creates accounts on Special:CreateAccount , that reqires name and email, where password to be sent. However recipients reject the mail or place it to spam [13:29:23] ! https://github.com/WardCunningham/remodeling ! [13:29:23] Hello, I'm wm-bot. The database for this channel is published at http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/db/%23mediawiki.htm More about WM-Bot: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/wm-bot [14:52:38] is there support assistance avail [14:53:14] nick [15:13:22] Hi, after an update to 1.23.15 (I have old PHP at the server so newer isn't possible ATM). But the toolbar disappeard... Does anybody know why? [15:14:39] which toolbar? [15:15:23] WikiEditor, beta toolbar [15:26:04] andre__: [15:26:08] ^^ [17:31:36] Hey all, I'm planning to try my hands on this year Google Code in with Wikimedia. And I'm aiming to do atleast 10 'Coding' tasks aiming as a Winner/Finalis too :D. I'm pretty to Open Source and I have few questions too. So my first question is- As mentioned in the website-https://codein.withgoogle.com/organizations/wikimedia/ Do I need to know all the PL to do tasks in GCI? [17:31:52] new* [17:34:23] hi [17:36:23] not necessarily, i think most tasks will only really use one of the languages [17:38:23] MatmaRex: Okay thanks. So how should I start my preparation? like is their any beginner bug or something I can solve? And do I need to know about Git? [17:41:27] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker [17:41:31] p_d_: about Git, you basically just need to know how to commit, submit and modify a patch. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Getting_started (there's also a longer guide at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial which you probably don't need to read, but it might be useful if you run into issues) [17:41:35] p_d_: Basic familiarity would be useful with git [17:45:32] p_d_: there will probably be some tasks for beginners prepared for GCI. i'm not sure how it works this year, i'm not really involved [17:46:08] p_d_: we have bug reports marked as "easy", but how easy they actually are varies a lot. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/yUYtSIdWlnEZ/#R [17:46:28] (also, don't start fixing ones marked for GCI before GCI starts, that'll annoy people ;) ) [17:46:47] * andre__ finally realizes that "PL" means "programming languages" :P [17:47:13] okay thanks guys.. Another question- What's the PL or any kind of Database related stuff I need to get familiar to solve most of the task(generally) or what wikimedia use the most? as the contest start from 28 so what should I learn in these 20 days? [17:47:13] p_d_: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2016 should link to all resources [17:47:22] MatmaRex: ya okay sure [17:47:36] p_d_: Did you check the docs yet? [17:48:11] andre__: Umm not i guess.. Which one you are referring to? [17:48:24] p_d_: as I wrote a minute ago: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2016 should link to all resources [17:48:38] Most stuff is written in PHP and JS but there's also mobile applications, puppet in Operations, CSS/LESS for skins, and many things more... [17:50:25] andre__: ya i'm viewing it right now [17:51:57] andre__: so i'm planning to get familiar with JS and php mainly.. Anything particular related to databse stuff? idk anything related to databses and stuff [17:52:15] p_d_, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2016 links to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker [17:52:36] p_d_, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker has a section called "Database". Did you check that already? [17:54:05] andre__: nope.. wait i will read both these articles and will get back to u [18:02:20] So which one will be the prefered OS as from now I'm heading up to FOSS? I've heared linux distros are most preferred by programmers? I'm planning to migrate to Ubuntu whats your thought? [18:03:55] What are you on now? [18:05:32] dual boot with win 7 and linux mint 18..I'm having many problems with mint thou like now wireless driver support and randomly screen goes off wtc :/ [18:05:43] no* [18:05:49] etc* [18:05:54] You can get by with vagrant etc under Windows [18:06:48] Ohkay ..what about Ubuntu 16.04? Some of my known programmer friends suggest me [18:06:59] suggested* [18:08:21] And yeah there are many tasks/bugs marked as GCI-2016! are these the tasks for the contest :p link- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/yUYtSIdWlnEZ/#R [19:04:00] Hi, what the Warning: hash_equals(): Expected user_string to be a string, NULL given in /data/web/virtuals/27056/virtual/www/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 135" warning mean? [19:04:08] *what does the [20:23:11] 13 [20:23:37] 42! [20:23:43] :O [21:02:18] Hi all! [21:02:31] I'm having a problem with file upload [21:03:27] Uploading media (image) files with spaces or dashes in the name causes trouble since upgrading to 1.27 [21:04:15] The previews sometimes don't show up in the filelist [21:04:56] When I reload the page sometimes I can see the preview, sometimes it just shows the filename instead of the preview [21:05:16] what OS? [21:05:44] Not sure, it's a managed PHP environment [21:05:59] does phpinfo() show that? [21:07:41] Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) x86_64 [21:07:55] PHP Version 5.6.27-0+deb8u1 [21:16:16] andre__: The exact version is: 1.27.1 [21:23:43] just "Linux" woud've been enough :P [21:25:12] deepzeafish, is it definitely only limited to certain characters? [21:35:11] MaxSem: After playing around with the cache settings a little it seems the problem is gone :-o [21:35:31] Actually I set $wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE [21:35:41] It was: CACHE_ACCEL