[00:04:51] hi [01:28:18] I have a dumb question that probably has a really dumb answer [01:28:27] how do you increase the padding on the outside of a table? [01:28:44] I have an infobox I made and the text is right up against it. [02:54:42] I have another question, too...I added a category link to a template that's on quite a few pages, to sort of "flag" those pages for review. But they aren't showing up under the category page. [03:01:28] I get this error when I run rebuildall.php: Error from line 226 of /home/nchakdhb/lostjewel/extensions/Scribunto/engines/LuaCommon/LuaCommon.php: Class 'ScopedCallback' not found [13:26:07] Hi folks! Looking for some help: I need to create about 150 pages on my wiki. They're people in a sequence, but their pages are basically exactly the same except for names and dates. I have an excel spreadsheet of these names and dates and I'd love a way to mass-create these pages. [13:26:33] 1) make a template [13:28:31] ok [13:30:34] then subst the template? [13:30:54] Is there any way to automate the creation process, kjetilho? [13:32:31] well, I'd write a Perl script to do it. but I'm not an expert [13:32:58] I never learned perl, fml [13:33:20] well, the template idea will still save me TONS of time [13:42:32] PonyToast: you can potentially use the Data Transfer extension for this. [13:42:37] !e Data_Transfer [13:42:37] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Data_Transfer [13:43:49] It's especially useful if you want to put the names/dates into an infobox template, but if not, you can still use it. [13:44:46] You would just need to put the spreadsheet data in the right format, then save the file as CSV, then upload that CSV at the page Special:ImportCSV. [13:49:03] yeah definitely, the infobox template is the big thing [13:51:00] Oh hey, you wrote this extension, Yaron? [13:52:27] Yes. [15:01:42] Technical Advice IRC meeting starting in 60 minutes in channel #wikimedia-tech, hosts: @CFisch_WMDE & @James_F - all questions welcome, more infos: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting [15:16:56] wow that only took an hour and I got like 150 pages added [15:17:03] whew [15:35:16] Great! [15:41:22] PonyToast: don't tell your boss! Youtube the rest of the week! [15:43:37] So this is what I did. I added ALL of these pages by making an excel spreadsheet that "calculated" the correct subst code for a template I made to generate the page contents: https://thelostjewel.org/List_of_Grand_Master_Masons_of_the_Grand_Lodge_of_Scotland [15:43:51] Only posting it here because I'm proud I pulled this thing off [15:51:21] Technical Advice IRC meeting starting in 10 minutes in channel #wikimedia-tech, hosts: @Lucas_WMDE - all questions welcome, more infos: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting [16:37:20] Question. It sounds like a dumb question but I'm coming up empty. [16:37:30] How do I increase outside padding of tables? [16:37:59] My issue is that the text on my pages juts right up against infoboxes, like this: https://thelostjewel.org/Douglas_N._Kaylor [16:39:03] PonyToast: you could add some extra styling to your CSS on your infobox [16:39:20] https://thelostjewel.org/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_Officer&action=edit change "margin-left: 0px" to a larger number [16:39:42] ("padding" is the whitespace inside a box, "margin" is the whitespace outside a box) [16:56:22] douglas you rock my sox off. [16:58:06] While you're there. I was having a heck of a time making infoboxes that were modular enough to include potentially a half-dozen offices. So you might see that in Template:Infobox officer that the template just...cuts off. And that you follow it with any offices and then an Infobox End template (which basically just has the ending markup to the [16:58:07] table). I'm sure this is a horribly inefficient way for me to do that...is there another solution you'd recommend? [17:01:48] dear all, yesterday I've been trying to define the use of a custom font in skins/Vector/screen.less but my @font-face declarations don't take effect. Is this a known phenomenon? [17:29:10] hi all, is it possible to install the Math extension with latex support on a MW I have on shared hosting? (ie can I install Texvc on shared hosting or somehow enable MW to utilize this functionaliity) [17:29:17] i do have command line access but no sudo etc [17:47:42] never mind, it was me mistaking a less @import for a css @import [18:11:42] Skizzerz: ping [18:12:46] Skizzerz: do you remember this conversation you had with me? https://imgur.com/a/bCwjbbb [18:15:53] stiv2k: yeah, what's going on? [18:16:27] im just now getting to it, but i'm a little confused by your very last statement [18:16:51] i dont quite understand what you mean about the "binary" type columns and what needs to be done [18:17:08] some of the schema has binary columns in some tables [18:17:16] which are "special" in how to read and query them in mssql [18:17:27] you'll probably notice it soon enough when you try to do the other steps [18:17:54] ok, i will let you know when i get to that step [18:17:58] thanks :) [19:37:11] ok i got all the tables backed up as sql queries....... but i need to delete the CREATE statements [19:37:37] Skizzerz: what is 'DDL stuff' ? [19:40:28] DDL: Data definition language. Aka any CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, etc. queries which modify the structure of the database [19:41:24] Skizzerz: can i pm you [19:41:48] sure, but I'm fairly busy atm so may not be able to respond in a timely fashion