[Mediawiki-l] opening sidebar links in a new window

2011-06-18 Thread Dan Siegal-Gaskins
hello everyone, i'm a new and slightly confused mediawiki user who'd like to put external links on my sidebar that open in new window. is this something that can be done? thanks! ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Getting an edit token for faux request

2011-06-18 Thread Adam Meyer
Makes sense. Just incase it will help anyone, I added it to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Calling_internally On Jun 18, 2011, at 7:10 PM, Platonides wrote: > Adam Meyer wrote: >> Perfect. Thank you! >> I saw way too many bad examples that lead me astray. > > I think it may have changed r

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Getting an edit token for faux request

2011-06-18 Thread Platonides
Adam Meyer wrote: > Perfect. Thank you! > I saw way too many bad examples that lead me astray. I think it may have changed recently. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Simple anti-spam check?

2011-06-18 Thread Platonides
Eric K wrote: > Does anyone know how I can detect whether a user has inserted a website link > in the revision of the text that was submitted? I know how to check their age. > My idea for this extension it: If a new user submits a link, they'll be asked > to instead use the talk page. You can co

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Simple anti-spam check?

2011-06-18 Thread Adam Meyer
You can run all edits through a regular expression to check for this exact type of thing http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSpamRegex I used this on a site of mine to see if a user inserted 10 or more links - Just place in local settings $wgSpamRegex = '/(\[http:\/\/[a-z0-9\.\/\%_-]+(\s+[a-

[Mediawiki-l] Simple anti-spam check?

2011-06-18 Thread Eric K
Does anyone know how I can detect whether a user has inserted a website link in the revision of the text that was submitted? I know how to check their age. My idea for this extension it: If a new user submits a link, they'll be asked to instead use the talk page. _

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Getting an edit token for faux request

2011-06-18 Thread Adam Meyer
Perfect. Thank you! I saw way too many bad examples that lead me astray. On Jun 18, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Brion Vibber wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Adam Meyer wrote: > >> I need an edit token for a faux request (fauxRequest) I am doing. I thought >> I could get a token like so: >> >

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Getting an edit token for faux request

2011-06-18 Thread Brion Vibber
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Adam Meyer wrote: > I need an edit token for a faux request (fauxRequest) I am doing. I thought > I could get a token like so: > > global $wgRequest; > $token = $wgRequest->getSessionData( 'wsEditToken' ); > > But it just reports back "badtoken: Invalid token" > >

[Mediawiki-l] Getting an edit token for faux request

2011-06-18 Thread Adam Meyer
I need an edit token for a faux request (fauxRequest) I am doing. I thought I could get a token like so: global $wgRequest; $token = $wgRequest->getSessionData( 'wsEditToken' ); But it just reports back "badtoken: Invalid token" What is the proper way to ger an edit token for a faux request T

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Steve VanSlyck
But I wish you the best for your project. - Original Message - From: "Steve VanSlyck" To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:28:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network > I'm not gmailed, linked-in, facebooked or my-spaced. I guess

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I'm not gmailed, linked-in, facebooked or my-spaced. I guess I'm not very social. - Original Message - > On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Eros wrote: > > At the moment this wasn't a very good pitch. I already know a very good social network anyway! _

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Best way to access the API internally

2011-06-18 Thread Adam Meyer
Sorry, I believe I just found the answer http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Calling_internally On Jun 18, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Adam Meyer wrote: > Like always, Im trying something Radical. > I want to test out using my current wiki as a behind the scenes engine for a > website. > > Im trying to

[Mediawiki-l] Best way to access the API internally

2011-06-18 Thread Adam Meyer
Like always, Im trying something Radical. I want to test out using my current wiki as a behind the scenes engine for a website. Im trying to test making a more full blown social site that has a lot of wiki portions, but something that mediawiki will not allow to happen simply through skins/exte

[Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Yeap..but they don't allow the type of user interaction we are looking for..Moodle is a very poor platform, actually, for what we need. Most of the content comes from youtube and sites alike.. All the content from itunes u, for example, it's on youtube, but mostly only available on it's original l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Ruud Habets
My 2cents: Mediawiki is not for elearning. Have you looked into software like moodle and alike? Ruud Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad Op 18 jun. 2011 om 07:56 heeft "Phillipe, Eros" het volgende geschreven: > Guys, > > we are creating an open source, nonprofit, e-learning social network and > look

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Alright, fair enough. Let me share with you guys: I'm from Brazil and we are starting a project to share knowledge between people and create an open source, free and nonprofit e-learning social network. So, we are all volunteers. The whole concept of the project is that knowledge should be a univ

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Domas Mituzas
On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Phillipe, Eros wrote: > Sorry. It was not intention to offend anyone. Is just that we have a > very good project and we seek volunteers to help. My apologies. Well, if you actually provided information about your project - how you want it to work, what kind of tech

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Sorry. It was not intention to offend anyone. Is just that we have a very good project and we seek volunteers to help. My apologies. On Saturday, June 18, 2011, Phillipe, Eros wrote: > Guys, > > we are creating an open source, nonprofit, e-learning social network and > looking for people to he

Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Wikitech-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Huib Laurens
Hi! Could you please stop spamming this? Best, Huib 2011/6/18, Phillipe, Eros : > Guys, > > we are creating an open source, nonprofit, e-learning social network and > looking for people to help. > > Any interested send an email to infinit...@infinitunm.com or to me > eros.ph...@gmail.com > > r