Re: [Mediawiki-l] tables

2010-07-09 Thread Michael Rosenthal
That is actually I normal page in your wiki and not a file. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Jason Aubrey wrote: > Right - you need to search for exactly "MediaWiki:Common.css" > > The file common.css is in the namespace MediaWiki, which is not searched by > default. (Although you can change that

Re: [Mediawiki-l] CKeditor integration

2010-03-24 Thread Michael Rosenthal
CKeditor ist version 3 of FCKeditor and the followup-project. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Antonio Orlando wrote: > I think he was referring to CKeditor, not FCKeditor. > > -- > Antonio > > >> Instructions are here: >> >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FCKeditor_%28Official%29 >> >>

Re: [Mediawiki-l] extract user account from database

2010-01-09 Thread Michael Rosenthal
> I'd need to get the passwords either in md5 hash or in clear. Storing the password in plain text or as an md5 hash is a security risk. It is very easy to find a password collision (a password with the same hash) once you got its hash. >I checked > out the manual [1], password aren't stored as s

Re: [Mediawiki-l] accessing wikipedia

2010-01-09 Thread Michael Rosenthal
>       In my project, I need to access and get the contents in Wikipedia,and > then build a inverted index using these contents. But I don't know how to > get the contents in Wikipedia efficiently and easily. What can I do ? Are > there any APIs ? Yes, see http://mediawiki.org/wiki/API If you ne

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Two instances on the same host

2009-12-13 Thread Michael Rosenthal
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Florent Georges wrote: >  Is there anything I should know in particular?  The server I have to install > MediaWiki on is using Ubuntu.  Is there anything wrong with its packaging of > MediaWiki? It's afaik not up-to-date with some security holes. I doesn't take

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MW v. 1.15.1 - How do I safely delete a user?

2009-07-14 Thread Michael Rosenthal
2. install http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Tim Ware wrote: > Two questions: > > How do I resend the confirmation email that has the link the new user > has to click to confirm registration? > > How do I delete a user, safely? > > Thanks! >

Re: [Mediawiki-l] User darf sich ohne erlaubs des Admins nicht anmelden

2009-07-07 Thread Michael Rosenthal
http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount 2009/7/8 Daniel : > Hallo, > > wir haben hier für uns Intern in der Firma ein Wiki installiert. > Wir sind alle total begeistert. > > Nun habe ich dazu noch eine Frage. Ist es möglich das wenn ich

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki - Benutzergruppen

2009-07-07 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Ich versteh zwar deine Frage nicht ganz, aber die folgenden Seiten erklären ganz gut, wie es mit den Gruppen funktioniert: http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights_management http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access 2009/7/7 sven s. : > M

Re: [Mediawiki-l] display recentchanges on main page?

2009-07-02 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Please note that this puts an additional stress on your database, Wikimedia went down after someone put that on the German Wikipedia's main page. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Dan Bolser wrote: > 2009/7/1 Siebrand Mazeland : >> Hey Philip. >> >> No need for an extension. This can be done out of

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Template

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Simply go to "Template:Cattle breeds", create it and fill it with your content. You can now include that content with {{Cattle breeds}}. http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Sarel Wessels (Agri Wiki) wrote: > Hey, > > We created pages/articles for all the cattl

Re: [Mediawiki-l] dynamic skin selection

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Set $wgAllowUserSkin = false; [1] in your LocalSettings.php [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowUserSkin On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > To answer my own question I have found that this code in > LocalSettings.php works: > > if( ereg('mysite.co.nz$', $domain)

Re: [Mediawiki-l] mediawiki 1.93, force comment before saving.

2009-04-29 Thread Michael Rosenthal
I'm just thinking about when MediaWiki 1.93 will be finally released. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Boris Steipe wrote: > It's part of the preferences - in the "Editing" tab: "Prompt me when > entering a blank edit summary" > B. > On 29-Apr-09, at 10:37 AM, Uwe Brauer wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I

Re: [Mediawiki-l] advanced search namespace checked

2009-04-24 Thread Michael Rosenthal
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Alessandra wrote: > Hi all, > I would like use advanced search with all namespace checked by default > for all users (anonymous and with log in). > what do I do? > thanks, > Alessandra. > >

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Creating a Private Wiki

2009-04-11 Thread Michael Rosenthal
You may want to use MediaWiki's built in restriction which is tested and in use in various private wikis: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access#1.5_upwards Greets, Wuzur On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 4:34 PM, David Gerard wrote: > 2009/4/11 David Gerard : > >> The main page can be a

Re: [Mediawiki-l] recent enwiki history dumps

2009-04-08 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Since the dump process had some problems, there are no dumps which are newer than that one. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Farkas, Illes wrote: > Thanks. > > In what respect are later history dumps not complete ? > > Do you happen to know whom one could contact for recent history dumps ? > > On

Re: [Mediawiki-l] possible to

2009-03-31 Thread Michael Rosenthal
With parser functions[1] installed you can use something like that: {{#expr: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:category_name}} + 1}} Greets, Wuzur [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Derrick Farnell wrote: > Hi > > I use the variable {{PAGESINCATEGORY:

Re: [Mediawiki-l] disallow creation of titles matching regexp

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Try Extension:Titleblacklist[1] Greets, Wuzur [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Title_Blacklist On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, wrote: > Gentlemen, how may I prevent users from creating pages whose titles > match a certain regular expression? > > Sure there is Special:ProtectedTitle

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Insert list of all pages in a category in another page?

2009-03-21 Thread Michael Rosenthal
You may want to try DynamicPageList[1] or derivates. [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicPageList On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Derrick Farnell wrote: > Hi > Is it possible to automatically insert a list of all of the page titles in a > category into a page other than the cate

Re: [Mediawiki-l] username with an @

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Rosenthal
Isn't there a workaround to change the userrights without hacking MediaWiki? I think I read about a method in which the @ is replaced by something on bugzilla but unfortunatly I can't find it again. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Brion Vibber wrote: > On 3/13/09 7:17 AM, Lane, Ryan wrote: >>> A

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Embed image that can't be clicked

2009-02-13 Thread Michael Rosenthal
In Trunk version (dunno when it was added) you can use a construction like that: [[Image:Example.ext|link=|100px]] On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:40 AM, ekompute wrote: > Hi, I managed to do that. Turn your image into an imagemap and set the four > coordinates to zero. You can see it in my website at

Re: [Mediawiki-l] namespaces and searching

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Rosenthal
espaces which will be searched in are in $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault (see above for a link). Greets, Michael Rosenthal aka Wuzur On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Linda Rose wrote: > Also, how do I know what the namespace of my content is? Does Main include > everything? > > Thanks, > > Linda >

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Read Only Group

2009-02-04 Thread Michael Rosenthal
just add them to the bottom. Not all possible variables are in there. and: $wgGroupPermissions is spelled with a small w as all other variables. Greets, Michael Rosenthal aka Wuzur On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Platonides wr

Re: [Mediawiki-l] hierarchy of users, employees

2009-02-04 Thread Michael Rosenthal
you may be intrested in http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Power_structure On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/2/3 Farkas, Illes : >> Dear All, >> Please, tell me, if other lists would be more appropriate for the following >> question. Thanks. > > wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Rquesting help on hiding actions bar for users who are not logged in.

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Rosenthal
You may change the bar using this hook: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks/PersonalUrls The status can be determined with $_GLOABLS['user']->isAnon(); which returns true if the user is anonymous. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Platonides wrote: > Ken McDonald wrote: >> If this isn't th

Re: [Mediawiki-l] {{ #ifexists: Image:name.jpg doesn't for files retrieved from Commons

2009-01-10 Thread Michael Rosenthal
{{ #ifexist:Media:Stylised Lithium Atom.svg | Yup | Nope }} should work -- Michael Rosenthal/Wuzur On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Rolf Lampa wrote: > > I have a template for images, which checks if they exist, but it doesn't > work for images retrived from commons via Forei

Re: [Mediawiki-l] day of the year

2008-12-31 Thread Michael Rosenthal
not work as intended in leap years. Greets, Wuzur aka Michael Rosenthal [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:06 AM, david wrote: > Hi, is there a way to obtain the day of the year in wiki pages? > > Like ... > date('z'); &g