[Mediawiki-l] user creation policy

2012-05-08 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, How do I make it so that no one gets to become a user unless they are cleared by an administrator of the MW installation? Thanks. Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/l

[Mediawiki-l] cleaning out a mass of unwanted users

2012-01-25 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello everyone, I was careless enough to run a MediaWiki installation allowing people to sign up without a moderator's approval. Hence a few hundred of them did sign up and started to use the site to swap images. How can I delete their accounts in the most expeditious way? Thanks. Boris. __

Re: [Mediawiki-l] SecurePages extension problem

2010-05-27 Thread Boris Epstein
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Benjamin Lees wrote: >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: >> >>> >>> I have installed the secure pages extension on my Wiki. Here&

Re: [Mediawiki-l] which is the latest version of MediaWiki available?

2010-05-26 Thread Boris Epstein
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Schneelocke wrote: > Hiya, > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 21:26, Boris Epstein wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am a little confused. >> >> The MW site http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki mentions two >> versions

[Mediawiki-l] how stable is MW 1.16 Beta

2010-05-26 Thread Boris Epstein
Hi all, If you have MW 1.16 running - how stable is it? Any problems/issues/improvements of note? Thanks. Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] SecurePages extension problem

2010-05-26 Thread Boris Epstein
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Benjamin Lees wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > >> >> I have installed the secure pages extension on my Wiki. Here's the >> extension: >> >> http://pluto.htu.tuwien.ac.at/devel_wiki/Secu

[Mediawiki-l] which is the latest version of MediaWiki available?

2010-05-26 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello everyone, I am a little confused. The MW site http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki mentions two versions available at once: 1.15.3 – 2010-04-07 1.6.12 – 2009-02-07 Meanwhile, a Beta version of 1.16 is out there, supposedly. Yet this extension: http://pluto.htu.tuwien.ac.at/devel_wiki

[Mediawiki-l] SecurePages extension problem

2010-05-26 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, I have installed the secure pages extension on my Wiki. Here's the extension: http://pluto.htu.tuwien.ac.at/devel_wiki/SecurePages And I get no error messages - but it seems to simply not work. Has anybody used this? Would anybody have any idea as to what I may be doing wrong?

[Mediawiki-l] blogging within MediaWiki

2010-05-14 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, Are there people out there who allow their Wiki users to have diaries/blogs/notes? If so, what's the accepted/recommended way of doing it? Thanks. Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikim

[Mediawiki-l] differentiating pages within a Wiki

2010-05-11 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, Just wodnering if it is possible to set a Wiki in such a way that some selected pages (like the login page, for instance) could only be accessed via the secure interface (HTTPS)? Thanks, Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] hardcoded local links in mw_externallinks table

2010-04-29 Thread Boris Epstein
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Hi all, > > I attempted to move a Wiki (MediaWiki 1.8.2) and failed because lots > of images/documents/PDF's that were part of that Wiki were for some > reason in the table for the external links ( mw_externallinks ) a

[Mediawiki-l] hardcoded local links in mw_externallinks table

2010-04-29 Thread Boris Epstein
Hi all, I attempted to move a Wiki (MediaWiki 1.8.2) and failed because lots of images/documents/PDF's that were part of that Wiki were for some reason in the table for the external links ( mw_externallinks ) and, on top of that, what I got is full pathnames. So, if my Wiki used to live under http

Re: [Mediawiki-l] integrating MediaWiki with Java applets/servlets

2010-04-26 Thread Boris Epstein
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Platonides wrote: > Boris Epstein wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> How well does MediaWIki work with Java? If I want to use Java code to >> parse files, access the database, provide or process content for my >> Wiki - how easy

Re: [Mediawiki-l] sub-pages in MediaWiki

2010-04-26 Thread Boris Epstein
ogy > Phone: 052-8-592-599 (6022 from within Machon Lev) > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 23:08, Boris Epstein wrote: >> >> How do I create sub-pages (akin to, say, .../wiki/Extension:Widgets)? > > ___ > MediaWiki-l mailing list &g

[Mediawiki-l] sub-pages in MediaWiki

2010-04-26 Thread Boris Epstein
Hi all, How do I create sub-pages (akin to, say, .../wiki/Extension:Widgets)? Thanks. Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

[Mediawiki-l] integrating MediaWiki with Java applets/servlets

2010-04-26 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello all, How well does MediaWIki work with Java? If I want to use Java code to parse files, access the database, provide or process content for my Wiki - how easy or hard is it to make that happen? Thanks. Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWi

[Mediawiki-l] 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade?

2010-04-01 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, I have a MediaWiki 1.8.2 installation that needs to be modernized... How realistic - how difficult - should I expect the procedure of taking it up to 1.15 to be? Thanks. Boris. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.

Re: [Mediawiki-l] $50 to help me get Lucene Search working?

2009-06-06 Thread Boris Epstein
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Adam Meyer wrote: > > Im setting up a brand new wiki, and Id like to get Lucene Search > working. But after a few days, I can't seem to get it to build properly. > Im sure it is a configuration issue. I have java installed and all. > > Anyways, if you have what it t

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Getting Image Upload Working

2009-02-15 Thread Boris Epstein
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Charlie Markwick wrote: > > This is really frustrating me. I would gladly pay for consultancy time > to get it resolved. > > Charlie > > ___ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wik