[00:11:44] well i fixed the SVG issue [00:11:48] yay [00:12:05] but thumbs still aren't loading for some reason even though the actual thumb file exists [02:15:34] would anyone know why i'm getting this message even though the file is in the directory? https://i.imgur.com/1y8KI0x.png [02:22:14] Did you download the file and look at it? [02:22:15] Is it empty? [02:23:44] it is not empty [02:26:28] and it is listed under the delegates [07:04:19] Hi, I'm working on getting a bot to authenticate using OAuth. I've got this working on my local machine, but not yet on toolforge. I'm receiving "PHP Fatal error: Class 'OAuth' not found" [07:04:41] pecl install OAuth returns Cannot install, php_dir for channel "pecl.php.net" is not writeable by the current user [07:05:08] What is more, I'm running php5.6 in the k8s environment [07:05:19] Would anyone know how I can install the OAuth PHP class? [08:01:38] php_dir is presumably some system-wide path, did you try with sudo or whatever? [08:09:25] I don't believe that I have administrator privileges. [08:10:14] Indeed I'm not sure that I have a password I could use; I log on with the key to a certificate rather than a password. [15:37:06] Anyone else had trouble getting ConfirmEdit's NoCaptcha from actually stopping spammers? It's loading up fine, but it doesn't appear to be slowing spam whatsoever. All I can find on the subject is a couple people complaining about it on the extension's talk page many months ago. [15:37:41] Many captchas are kinda broken [15:37:48] (in the fact spammers can easily solve/break them) [15:54:54] sgtlion: you should give https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StopForumSpam#IP_blocking a try [17:57:15] sgtlion: It kinda depends what you're trying to prevent. There are lots of anti-abuse tools available. [20:57:23] on my wiki i ended up using questycaptcha or whatever to have users answer a question that only someone interested in the subject of the wiki would know, and that pretty much eliminated spam [20:57:40] of course it probably also eliminated some legitimate user sign-ups [21:06:26] yes, QuestyCaptcha is very handy and yes, it will probably repel *some* legitimate users, _but_ I don't think that's a huge issue as long as you keep the questions *reasonable* enough (e.g. one wiki had a question like "What is the output of on a UNIX system?" which I felt was way, *way* too specific and essentially repeled all Windows users) [21:08:12] yeah that seems excessive [21:09:30] i kept mine to stuff like 'what colour is 's hair?' and 'what is 's first name?' [21:11:30] of course the answer to any question like that is the first result on google, but wiki spammers don't seem to be that clever [21:21:13] aye, sounds good; Brickipedia (http://en.brickimedia.org/) uses similar-ish questions -- easy enough to find the answer to on the relevant wiki article(s) or via Google, but tricky enough that spambots expecting a traditional distorted letters/numbers CAPTCHA are thrown off -- can't remember the last time the wiki had a spambot issue since the introduction of QuestyCaptchas :) [21:27:47] lol 'How many pieces does 31011 Aviation Adventures have?' [21:27:58] i don't think i would know that even if i was really into lego [21:48:56] ditto :P but thankfully it's easy enough for us humans to look up! (can't say the same about spambots, luckily ;) [21:54:24] Hehe, cheers y'all. I've gone 'n implemented QuestyCaptcha for now, with insanely simple but not bot-so-parseable questions and spam is already at 0 :3 [22:45:59] who is admin ?? [22:46:22] yes [22:53:00] sgtlion: Nice! I was gonna recommend something like QuestyCaptcha or AbuseFilter or SpamBlacklist or similar, depending on circumstances. [23:34:18] is this kind of
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    • stuff really the best way to do templating with mw [23:34:21] it feels dreadful