Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help with "Hello World" extension

Thanks for the reply. I did correct that but that does not solve the problem. I created a small page which has only one line {{#SayHello:John}} I was expecting the page to display "Hello John" But instead it displayed the same line. I am not sure why is this happening. Alok On Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help with "Hello World" extension

Alok Watve wrote: >I am trying to write the simplest extension using a parser function >[...] Remove the last two lines: >return true; >?> You "return" when passing a value back out of a function; you are not "in" a function at this point. The trailing ?> is optional, and generally not recomme

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

On 31/07/10 00:24, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > "Dial home" or "phone home" is a euphimism from the movie ET. If it was a reference to ET I would have said "phone" not "dial". It could, however, be a reference to Stargate. -- Tim Starling ___ MediaWiki-l m

[Mediawiki-l] Help with "Hello World" extension

Hi, I am trying to write the simplest extension using a parser function (to get the feel of it). My extension is supposed to greet anyone who uses it. I am using this wikipage ( http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parser_functions) as the reference However, I am unable to get even this simplest e

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Protect tab not working the way I expected

Michael Kingery (HL7) wrote: > Here's the basic information about my install: > > MediaWiki 1.12.0 > PHP 5 > Database MySQL > > What I'm looking to do is to allow any user with edit permissions to be > able to Protect a page so that only Sysops are able to edit /

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Exporting templates from Wikipedia

Sandy Rozhon wrote: > I have attempted to export the Infobox template from Wikipedia by > going to the Special:Export page, typing in Template:Infobox in the > box labeled "Add from this category", and ticking all three boxes at > the bottom (ie. Include only the current revision, not the full

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Protect tab not working the way I expected

On 07/30/2010 09:04 PM, Michael Kingery (HL7) wrote: > WARNING: This page has been locked so that only users with sysop > privileges can edit it. I'm not sure if I understand you correctly, but if it's simply a wrong interface message, you can fix it by editing this page on your wiki: MediaWiki:P

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

On 30 July 2010 15:57, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > Yes, exactly. It all depends on what the phone home was intended to do, and > what its actually doing. [Insert here futher comments, appropriately > vituperative, about software that installs a service without asking > permission.] Speaking as m

[Mediawiki-l] Protect tab not working the way I expected

Here's the basic information about my install: MediaWiki 1.12.0 PHP 5 Database MySQL What I'm looking to do is to allow any user with edit permissions to be able to Protect a page so that only Sysops are able to edit / unprotect it. To do this I turned on

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

Thanks Casey, I did this redirection: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dial_home_features&redirect=no Nevio 2010/7/30 Casey Brown > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Henry Hartley wrote: > > On 7/30/2010 10:24

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Henry Hartley wrote: > On 7/30/2010 10:24 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: >> >> From: nevio carlos de alarcão >>> Hi, could you explain what does this dial home feature mean? It >>> would be more comprehensive toward those who are not software >>> expert but do want to

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

On 7/30/2010 10:24 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > > From: nevio carlos de alarcão >> Hi, could you explain what does this dial home feature mean? It >> would be more comprehensive toward those who are not software >> expert but do want to contribute. Thank you. Regards, Nevio > > "Dial home" or "phone

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

Yes, exactly. It all depends on what the phone home was intended to do, and what its actually doing. [Insert here futher comments, appropriately vituperative, about software that installs a service without asking permission.] - Original Message - From: Gerard Meijssen To: MediaWiki anno

Re: [Mediawiki-l] revisions table compression

I know about these... it's not the same thing. On Jul 26, 2010, at 3:48 PM, OQ wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Jim Hu wrote: >> We would like to both cut down on the space used by the revisions table, and >> change the way we count user participation by compressing revision historie

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

Hoi, I love FUD. The functionality we are discussing here will be open for inspection to anyone. The fact that some malicious home calling applications exist do not make all such applications suspect. A good example of phone home software is the "update manager" in Ubuntu that informs me when it i

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

Hoi, In the LocalisationUpdate extension, there is already functionality that "phones home". It phones home to get the latest localisations for both MediaWiki core and extensions. When for updates to the software, both core and extensions the system is to phone home, it makes sense to integrate th

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

"Dial home" or "phone home" is a euphimism from the movie ET. It refers to software that "checks in" periodically with the software devolper. Many people consider phone home implementations not to be features so much as spyware. - Original Message - From: nevio carlos de alarcão To: Med

[Mediawiki-l] Exporting templates from Wikipedia

I have attempted to export the Infobox template from Wikipedia by going to the Special:Export page, typing in Template:Infobox in the box labeled "Add from this category", and ticking all three boxes at the bottom (ie. Include only the current revision, not the full history; Include templates;

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

My understanding of "dial home" is that the software will automatically contact a pre-defined website to check whether updates are available and if so allow the automated download of those updates and automatically install them. Typically, as with Wordpress, an administrator has to allow the do

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

Hi, could you explain what does this dial home feature mean? It would be more comprehensive toward those who are not software expert but do want to contribute. Thank you. Regards, Nevio 2010/7/30 Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C] > You can argue that software is like cars. Problems are found after,

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

You can argue that software is like cars. Problems are found after, and sometimes long after, the product is in the hands of a customer. In both cases the developers will look at the problem and decide if the problem is serious enough for a recall or patch. Software is unique in that it is on