Re: [MediaWiki-l] [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki 1.25 Now Available

2015-05-25 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Can you tell us a little about the new registration system for extensions? Is that going to affect what we've been doing? On May 25, 2015 10:02:01 AM EDT, Chad wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I am happy to announce the availability of the first stable release of >the >new MediaWiki 1.25 series. > >Me

[MediaWiki-l] Internal Server Error

2015-05-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I am getting that vague 500 Internal Server Error when attempting to save a page in excess of a certain size. My PHP configuration, supplied by my ISP, seems to be plenty fine. Any ideas on what else might be going on? Language Options asp_tags Allow ASP-style <% %> tags. Off File Uploads file

[MediaWiki-l] Server setup scripts

2015-04-16 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Hi everybody! Is there anyone here who has ever set up more than two servers? I am curious about what you may have thought of or done in terms of automating the process. for example getting the sudoers file the way you want it. Adding your public key. Configuring your bashrc file. You know, al

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help with skins after upgarde

2015-04-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
, 14:40, Steve VanSlyck wrote: 5.3.29 On 4/12/2015 9:32 AM, Tom wrote: Just curious, what version of php are you using? Tom On Apr 12, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: That looks like an error message for some entirely different bug… (probably something wrong with your

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help with skins after upgarde

2015-04-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I'm using the vector skin that came with 1.24. On 4/12/2015 11:21 AM, Thomas Mulhall wrote: Hi did you download the updated vector skin or skin you want that is compatible with 1.24 since vector for 1.23 wont work with 1.24. On Sunday, 12 April 2015, 14:40, Steve VanSlyck

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help with skins after upgarde

2015-04-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
5.3.29 On 4/12/2015 9:32 AM, Tom wrote: Just curious, what version of php are you using? Tom On Apr 12, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: That looks like an error message for some entirely different bug… (probably something wrong with your server configuration and not MediaWiki)

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help with skins after upgarde

2015-04-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
It does, it really does. Except that an outside user isn't affected. (Neether one of us is sitting at the webserver istself.) On 4/12/2015 8:30 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: That looks like an error message for some entirely different bug… (probably something wrong with your server configuratio

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Help with skins after upgarde

2015-04-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
quest. Apache/2.4.10 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.1e-fips mod_bwlimited/1.4 Server at www.vanslyck.us Port 80 On 4/12/2015 6:26 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: Does this affect only the main page? Can your copy-paste the entire error message? W dniu sobota, 11 kwietnia 2015 Steve VanSlyck napisał(a): I t

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Charinsert Extension

2015-04-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
esh? > >Depends on which browser, usually CTRL + R will do it. See instructions >at top of saved MediaWiki:Common.css page. > >Tom > > >> On Apr 11, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Steve VanSlyck >wrote: >> >> Can someone help me with >https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Ext

[MediaWiki-l] Cannot update preferences

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I tried to change my skin, then got: You don't have permission to access /wiki/Special:Preferences on this server. Can someone advise what I need to fix? Worked fine before the upgrade. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://li

[MediaWiki-l] Cannot update preferences

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I tried to change my skin, then got: ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

[MediaWiki-l] Charinsert Extension

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Can someone help me with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:CharInsert#Not_displaying_as_buttons.._14343 ? I've copied everything exactly and the tools just won't display as buttons! _*Common.css*_ - Same as MediaWiki.org /** * Styling for links generated by [[MediaWiki:Edittools]

[MediaWiki-l] Help with skins after upgarde

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I took a risk and proceeded with my upgrade and all seems to've gone well except my main page told me, If you have just upgraded MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.24 and newer no longer automatically enables installed skins (see Manual: Skin autodiscovery). You can paste the following lines into LocalSett

[MediaWiki-l] Installing

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Is the download directory also the installation directory? For example, if I want to run MW from /public_html/w is that were I should extract the downloaded install files? Or somewhere else? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Backup Syntax

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
and I don't know if the settings he selected will allow a restore. On 4/11/2015 11:31 AM, Jeremy Baron wrote: On Apr 11, 2015 11:26, "Steve VanSlyck" wrote: I don't see anything wrong with this syntax: But I am getting a complaint, "#1064 - You have an error in you

[MediaWiki-l] Upgrading

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
=== Permissions === A line is needed in the "Unpack the new files" section specifying the permissions. CPanel doesnot allow me to upload a file without first specifying the permissions. === To Overwrite or Not To Overwrite, That is the Question === The instructions say, "You should put the de

[MediaWiki-l] Backup Syntax

2015-04-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Hi guys, I don't see anything wrong with this syntax: mysqldump --user=LoginName --password=MyPassword my_wiki --xml > file.xml But I am getting a complaint, "#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to

[MediaWiki-l] Font issue in Chrome

2014-03-22 Thread Steve VanSlyck
If someone could comment on this Talk page topic , I'd be grateful. I just have a special character (U+204A) that shows up correctly in IE but simply as a box in Chrome, and I dunno

Re: [MediaWiki-l] COURT CASES LISTED UNDER ZIP CODE...

2013-09-06 Thread Steve VanSlyck
"Spam, spam, spam, spam" I guess it's medical experiments for the lot of us! On 9/6/2013 19.41, Gloria Mccleary wrote: WE THE PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF A Call/email list that registers people under zip code and county's . to send out to help the court advocates to have when court cases

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Export large site Question

2013-05-31 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Does this procedure export / import images? "Mark A. Hershberger" wrote: >On 05/31/2013 01:07 PM, John W. Foster wrote: >> I did >> that & it generated a 256.5 mb xml file. That does not upload, using >the >> import function. > >The dumps can be imported using maintenace/importDump.php (see >htt

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Installing

2013-03-13 Thread Steve VanSlyck
you don't use short URLs/rewrite rules, I think you don't have to set $wgArticlePath (I even believe that you shouldn't but I might be dead wrong) and that it defaults to $wgScriptPath or something derived from on $wgScriptPath I may be wrong though. Anyone ? Alexis On 27/01/13

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Time ago

2013-03-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Problem solved. Thanks to all. On 3/12/2013 20.26, Steve VanSlyck wrote: I do have require_once( "$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" ); $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true; but the timeago isn't inserting a time On 3/3/2013 19.39, Brion Vibb

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Cancel pending account invitation

2013-03-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
:$wgBlockDisablesLogin and Extension:DisableAccount. On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: From Special:Create Account . . . by email. On 3/12/2013 20.45, K. Peachey wrote: What type of pending account email invitation? On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: How

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Cancel pending account invitation

2013-03-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
From Special:Create Account . . . by email. On 3/12/2013 20.45, K. Peachey wrote: What type of pending account email invitation? On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: How does one cancel a pending account email invitation

[MediaWiki-l] Cancel pending account invitation

2013-03-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
How does one cancel a pending account email invitation? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Time ago

2013-03-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I do have require_once( "$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" ); $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true; but the timeago isn't inserting a time On 3/3/2013 19.39, Brion Vibber wrote: On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: I'm trying to g

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Page disappeared

2013-03-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
ImageMagic. Gracias. On 3/12/2013 16.06, Platonides wrote: On 12/03/13 01:45, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Well this is weird. I had a page on my wiki. Created file link on it [[File:The_Proud_Father.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Proud Father. Sam Brown, ca. 1920-30]] Saved the page. Followed the li

[MediaWiki-l] Page disappeared

2013-03-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Well this is weird. I had a page on my wiki. Created file link on it [[File:The_Proud_Father.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Proud Father. Sam Brown, ca. 1920-30]] Saved the page. Followed the link. Uploaded the file (3021 x 3575, 1.55MB)... ... and, ever since then both that file's page and th

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Another styling question

2013-03-10 Thread Steve VanSlyck
earc wrote: Maybe something like this: /* Banners inside banner shells. */ .mbox-inside .standard-talk, .messagebox.nested-talk { border: 1px solid #FF; *background-color: transparent;* width: 100%; margin: 2px 0; padding: 2px; } Mlpearc On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Steve VanS

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Another styling question

2013-03-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
lates, and keep it simple? Roger :-) On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Me again. If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:In_creation you will see that the template box has a light grey background. I've tried copying a rather large section of MediaWiki:Common.css t

[MediaWiki-l] Another styling question

2013-03-07 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Me again. If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:In_creation you will see that the template box has a light grey background. I've tried copying a rather large section of MediaWiki:Common.css to my own wiki's Common.css but I'm obviously not grabbing the right part. Can you advise

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Green /doc pages

2013-03-07 Thread Steve VanSlyck
EXCELLENT - Thank you! On 3/6/2013 09.53, Platonides wrote: /* For template documentation */ .template-documentation { clear: both; margin: 1em 0 0 0; border: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #ecfcf4; padding: 1em; } ___ Me

[MediaWiki-l] Bullet Points

2013-03-04 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I have this text: *** Bullet Item *** Bullet Item *** Bullet Item {{Cquote|''Quote.''}} *** Bullet Item I've tried and {{Clear}} and extra line break before the last bullet item, both with and without having the Cquote start on another line, and still the last bullet item, instead of being in

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Green /doc pages

2013-03-04 Thread Steve VanSlyck
s what I'm trying to do. On 3/4/2013 06.03, Platonides wrote: On 04/03/13 02:03, Steve VanSlyck wrote: OK, another noob question. How do I get my /doc pages to have a nice green background like Wikipedia's? What do you mean? Change the background color based on the namespace? Use CSS for

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Green /doc pages

2013-03-04 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I imported Wikipedia's /Template and /doc pages, but the pages don't show up in green. Is cs what Wikipedia is doing? The coloring transfers with the transclusion to the template page. Platonides wrote: >On 04/03/13 02:03, Steve VanSlyck wrote: >> OK, another noob questi

[MediaWiki-l] Green /doc pages

2013-03-03 Thread Steve VanSlyck
OK, another noob question. How do I get my /doc pages to have a nice green background like Wikipedia's? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

[MediaWiki-l] Time ago

2013-03-03 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I'm trying to get Template:Time_ago working on my wiki. But it doesn't insert a time. As far as I can tell I need to do something to turn on parser functions. How should I approach this to figure out what's broken and, hence, what to fix? Thanks.

[MediaWiki-l] Pre-collapsed TOC

2013-03-03 Thread Steve VanSlyck
How do I get a TOC to show up pre-collapsed by default, or on a page-by-page basis? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Special Characters

2013-02-10 Thread Steve VanSlyck
e: [MediaWiki-l] Special Characters Il 10/02/2013 19:06, Steve VanSlyck ha scritto: Any proofreaders here? I am having a little trouble finding a triple-underscore, which is used in proofreading to indicate that a letter should be capitlized. I just know triple dot...-> ⃨ -- Roy Belling

[MediaWiki-l] Special Characters

2013-02-10 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Any proofreaders here? I am having a little trouble finding a triple-underscore, which is used in proofreading to indicate that a letter should be capitlized. I would also like to know if there is some way to have a letter appear with an over printed slash ( / ), which is used in proofreadin

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Wiki links attempt to serve me PHP files

2013-02-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Thanks. I'm good that way though. Attempting to browse to http://www.[[mysite.com]]/[[wikidir]]/LocalSettings.php just gives me a blank page. On 2/9/2013 15.25, Roy Bellingan wrote: Il 09/02/2013 21:20, Steve VanSlyck ha scritto: Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.22 OpenSSL/1.0.0-fips

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Wiki links attempt to serve me PHP files

2013-02-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
/2013 21:14, Steve VanSlyck ha scritto: Sometimes when I click a link on my wiki, I am served a PHP file dialog (Open, Save, Save As...) instead of a web page. Any idea what might be causing this? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedi

[MediaWiki-l] Wiki links attempt to serve me PHP files

2013-02-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Sometimes when I click a link on my wiki, I am served a PHP file dialog (Open, Save, Save As...) instead of a web page. Any idea what might be causing this? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailm

Re: [MediaWiki-l] image position

2013-02-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Never mind. On 2/9/2013 14.21, Steve VanSlyck wrote: How do I get my image to appear at the top right of the page, such as where an infobox would appear on Wikipedia? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

[MediaWiki-l] image position

2013-02-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
How do I get my image to appear at the top right of the page, such as where an infobox would appear on Wikipedia? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Gerrit 2.6 - coming to a server near you

2013-02-04 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Whose servers? Chad wrote: >Hi, > >After much delay, Gerrit 2.6 will be coming to our servers. This >release >brings a *lot* of really cool features and fixes, but I'd like to >outline a >couple of the major ones: > >* A stable, documented RESTful api >* Plugin support: >** We'll be replacing G

[MediaWiki-l] Fwd: Installing

2013-01-28 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Any thoughts? - Forwarded message from s.vansl...@spamcop.net - Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:39:03 -0500 From: Steve VanSlyck Reply-To: Steve VanSlyck Subject: Installing To: MediaWiki Announcements List The file "INSTALL" says, "Decompress the MediaWi

[MediaWiki-l] Fwd: Re: Installing

2013-01-28 Thread Steve VanSlyck
is just a suggestion, you could call it purplepeopleeater and it wouldnt make a difference /wiki/ is just short simple and to the point where /w/ can be too short On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: The file "INSTALL" says, "Decompress the MediaWiki installati

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Installing

2013-01-27 Thread Steve VanSlyck
simple and to the point where /w/ can be too short On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: The file "INSTALL" says, "Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on your local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "medi

[MediaWiki-l] Installing

2013-01-27 Thread Steve VanSlyck
The file "INSTALL" says, "Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on your local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "mediawiki-1.x.x" to something nice, like "wiki," since it'll be in your URL." Shouldn't that be "w" instead of "wiki"? ___

Re: [MediaWiki-l] utf-8

2013-01-27 Thread Steve VanSlyck
So this command should use --default-character-set=binary, then, and not --default-character-set=utf8 ? mysqldump -h hostname -u userid -ppassword --default-character-set=binary dbname > backup.sql On 1/27/2013 12.49, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: 2013/1/27 Steve VanSlyck : Hi. If MediaW

[MediaWiki-l] utf-8

2013-01-27 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Hi. If MediaWiki prefers utf-8. My server admint installed mediawiki and didn't follow the instructions precisely so I now have # MySQL table options to use during installation or update $wgDBTableOptions = "ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary"; Is there an easy way to convert from binary t

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Imgages

2013-01-21 Thread Steve VanSlyck
All right, here is the solution: https://discussion.dreamhost.com/thread-127007.html In short, there is something wrong with the .htaccess file, created to "Protect against bug 28235." On 1/21/2013 20.32, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Don't see why not, but here is .htaccess file

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Imgages

2013-01-21 Thread Steve VanSlyck
. - [forbidden] # Serve HTML as plaintext, don't execute SHTML AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml .php # No php execution in the upload area php_admin_flag engine off On 1/21/2013 20.26, Richard wrote: In article <50fde5f7.4060...@spamcop.net>, Steve VanSlyck writes: I a

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Imgages

2013-01-21 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I ask because the image does upload but won't display on the wiki and when I click the filename I am told, "You don't have permission to access /w/images/f/f0/Filename.jpg on this server." Permission of that directory is 755 and permission of that file is 644. On 1/

[MediaWiki-l] Imgages

2013-01-21 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Correct permissions for the images directory? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

[MediaWiki-l] Fwd: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

2013-01-20 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Mark, Unable to reach you at that address. Original Message This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: m...

Re: [MediaWiki-l] htaccess and stuff

2013-01-20 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Mark, If you want to email me backchannel I'll email you back with the site name n such. On 1/20/2013 14.44, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: On 01/20/2013 02:02 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: First, um, is this the correct list to be posting general quetsions to? This list works for these sor

[MediaWiki-l] htaccess and stuff

2013-01-20 Thread Steve VanSlyck
First, um, is this the correct list to be posting general quetsions to? Second, a very knowledgable person has advised me: "As I told you already, set the configuration variables to the canonical paths. As long as you keep it set to a target that is a redirect, things like saving prefer

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Userprefs locked

2013-01-17 Thread Steve VanSlyck
1.19 is the most recent my server would take. Matma Rex wrote: >Which version are you using? I think the 1.20.0 release had a bug >related to saving preferences that was subsequently fixed in point >releases (1.20.1 and 1.20.2). > >-- >Matma Rex > >__

[MediaWiki-l] Userprefs locked

2013-01-16 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Hi. Anyone see anything in here to explain why my userprefs are locked (cannot be changed at all)? ## Default skin: you can change the default skin. Use the internal symbolic ## names, ie 'standard', 'nostalgia', 'cologneblue', 'monobook', 'vector': $wgDefaultSkin = "vector"; ## For attaching

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Interwiki extension

2013-01-13 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Master Alexis Moinet wrote: >On 13/01/13 19:32, Steve VanSlyck wrote: >> Ok, we're cooking with gas now (and lard, too, for that matter). >Thank you so much. >> >> I updated the manual, hopefully with greater clarity for my "dolt >factor." >&

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Interwiki extension

2013-01-13 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Ok, we're cooking with gas now (and lard, too, for that matter). Thank you so much. I updated the manual, hopefully with greater clarity for my "dolt factor." On 1/13/2013 12.39, Alexis Moinet wrote: On 13/01/13 18:19, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Um, sorry to be a dummy but I'v

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Interwiki extension

2013-01-13 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Yes, they actually do! I had ignored them because they were in parentheses. You may duly trout me. Thank you. On 1/13/2013 12.39, Alexis Moinet wrote: On 13/01/13 18:19, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Um, sorry to be a dummy but I've clicked every link I can find on the Extension:Interwiki and

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Interwiki extension

2013-01-13 Thread Steve VanSlyck
load something different than what you recommended below. Thanks, Alexis. On 1/13/2013 12.09, Alexis Moinet wrote: On 13/01/13 04:23, Steve VanSlyck wrote: There are 16 "snapshot" links. Which one is the right one, the stable one? Depends on the version of mediawiki you&#

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Rewrite Rules

2013-01-13 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Mark, Because I have C-O-D where documentation is concerend (C-O-D is OCD with the letters /in the correct order/), I boldly went where maybe I shouldn't have and made an update to the manual. You might wish to check out http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual%3AShort_URL%2FApache&

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Interwiki extension

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
There are 16 "snapshot" links. Which one is the right one, the stable one? On 1/12/2013 22.20, aude wrote: On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: I'm trying to download the Interwiki extension discussed at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**Extension

[MediaWiki-l] Interwiki extension

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I'm trying to download the Interwiki extension discussed at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Interwiki The download link (the one titled "tree") takes me to https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Interwiki.git;a=tree . But what am I supposed to download?

[MediaWiki-l] Gender

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Brion, Thanks for your response, and I understand your point. However if the question "Gender" is asking for what gender characteristic to use then the answers should be "Masculine" and "Feminine" instead of "Male" and "Female." ___ MediaWiki-l ma

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Rewrite Rules

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
OK, That's working great - thanks Mark! Can this be adjusted so that calls to http:mysite.com redirect to http://_www_.mysite.com? On 1/12/2013 20.17, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: On 01/12/2013 08:03 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: # Short url for wiki pages(dunno if [PT,L] is required in

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Rewrite Rules

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
to the root of your web server? On 12 January 2013 20:03, Steve VanSlyck wrote: OK, this is my first attempt to use rewrite rules. I've done the best I can to follow the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**Manual:Short_URL/Apache<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_U

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Rewrite Rules

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
i/Manual:Short_URL/Apache And use it to generate everything you need to do. Tom On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:03 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: OK, this is my first attempt to use rewrite rules. I've done the best I can to follow the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short

[MediaWiki-l] Rewrite Rules

2013-01-12 Thread Steve VanSlyck
OK, this is my first attempt to use rewrite rules. I've done the best I can to follow the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache . I've created an .htaccess file and put it at root at http://www.vanslyck.us as follows: ## http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:S

Re: [MediaWiki-l] New Wiki - bureaucrat rights

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
And... never mind again. Found it hiding in a dropdown. Thanks muchly. On 1/11/2013 21.46, Steve VanSlyck wrote: HOLD ON. _It does show up_. But it does not do so until the _second edit_ of the page. This is not something I expected (that the first edit cannot be reverted) but I guess it

Re: [MediaWiki-l] New Wiki - bureaucrat rights

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
undo, then either you don't have the permission to edit, or something else is causing the undo button to disappear. Check Special:ListGroupRights to see if the 'edit' permission is assigned. --Techman224 On 2013-01-11, at 8:28 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: Yes, the userrights page sho

Re: [MediaWiki-l] New Wiki - bureaucrat rights

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
On 1/11/2013 21.36, Techman224 wrote: If you can't even undo, then either you don't have the permission to edit, or something else is causing the undo button to disappear. Check Special:ListGroupRights to see if the 'edit' permission is assigned. List seems typical, though I don't see a gener

Re: [MediaWiki-l] New Wiki - bureaucrat rights

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Yes, the userrights page shows me as both. On 1/11/2013 21.26, Techman224 wrote: Are you also an administrator? Administrators and Bureaucrats have two separate user groups. Techman224 On 2013-01-11, at 8:23 PM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: OK, so this is a new wiki (somebody please tell me if

[MediaWiki-l] New Wiki - bureaucrat rights

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
OK, so this is a new wiki (somebody please tell me if I'm sending these messages to the wrong list) and although I am a bureacrat I don't see an undo, revert, or other page management links on the history pages. I know there must be something fundamental I have forgotten. Ideas? __

[MediaWiki-l] Permissions - Images directory

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I seem my permissions on the /wiki/images directory are 755. Should they truly be 644? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

[MediaWiki-l] Search like Wikipedia

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
What extensions do I need to install to make search work like en.Wikipedia? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Special:AllMessages

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Nevermind. Found it. s.vansl...@spamcop.net wrote: Hello everyone, I'm back and lots dumber than the first time around. At one time the word "Gender" in the user profile preferences page was configurable as a system message. On my wiki I want to change the word to "Sex" (since it is asking whe

[MediaWiki-l] Special:AllMessages

2013-01-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Hello everyone, I'm back and lots dumber than the first time around. At one time the word "Gender" in the user profile preferences page was configurable as a system message. On my wiki I want to change the word to "Sex" (since it is asking whether the user is male or female) but I cannot lo

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Page edit timestamps

2012-04-30 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Special:Watchlist? - Original Message - From: "Stephen Berg (Contractor)" To: "MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org" Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:29:18 -0500 Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Page edit timestamps > Is there a way to get a pages last updated timestamp from somewhere > other than the page

Re: [Mediawiki-l] "internal" link to a specific revision?

2012-03-06 Thread Steve VanSlyck
That is an unreasonable limitation. I want to damn Freudian slips EVERY day, not just today! - Original Message - I clearly meant 'he' there. Damn Freudian slips today. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lis

Re: [Mediawiki-l] An Administration Page

2012-02-07 Thread Steve VanSlyck
There's no reason that GUI failure need prevent text editor access to a configuration file. - Original Message - From: jida...@jidanni.org To: mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:43:53 +0800 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] An Administration Page > > "FG" == Frederick

Re: [Mediawiki-l] An Administration Page

2012-02-05 Thread Steve VanSlyck
An excellent question, Greg. Unfortunately the most common reply you will get will probably be "write one yourself." Creating GUI's seems for whatever reason to be outside the comfort level of most programmers. "Comment? Why would I comment my own code?" "Help? Why would I need a help file

Re: [Mediawiki-l] 1.18 issues triage

2011-11-30 Thread Steve VanSlyck
17.1 and 18.0 were released on the same day, so if not already part of 18.0, I would suggest that the bug fixes in 17.1 be addressed in 18.1. - Original Message - > > With the recent release of 1.18, I want to hold a triage to see if there are > enough issues to have a point release. T

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Problem with user page, talk page, other pages, not displaying

2011-10-20 Thread Steve VanSlyck
**Who's** webserver? - Original Message - From: Daniel Barrett To: "analogal...@gmail.com" , MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:26:31 + Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Problem with user page, talk page, other pages, not displaying > When I visit Talk:

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Join my network on LinkedIn

2011-09-23 Thread Steve VanSlyck
"Without objection, so ordered." Not that I can order anything, but it's the thought that counts. Ban *@linkedin.com. Also *@every_social_networking_website.com. - Original Message - From: John Foster To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:18:15 -05

[Mediawiki-l] Fw: Invitation reminder from Ekompute Gmail

2011-08-23 Thread Steve VanSlyck
ekompute, I am not interested. thank you. - Original Message - From: "WAYN - Ekompute Gmail reminder" To: "Steve VanSlyck" Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:55:32 +0100 Subject: Invitation reminder from Ekompute Gmail > Hi Steve, > > Ekompute Gmail invited you to

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Join my network on LinkedIn

2011-08-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
- From: Chad To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:22:55 -0400 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Join my network on LinkedIn > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > > Please do not post linked-in invitations on maililng lists

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Join my network on LinkedIn

2011-08-09 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Please do not post linked-in invitations on maililng lists or forums. - Original Message - From: Eros Phillipe via LinkedIn To: Karin Rafael Remeikis Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:56:12 + (UTC) Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Join my network on LinkedIn __

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, face

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] [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki security release 1.16.3

2011-05-25 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I got several emails too. Quite distracting. - Original Message - From: "Rick Payton" To: Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 11:46:33 -1000 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki security release 1.16.3 > Am I the only person that's noticed Tim reposting of all the updates? Is >

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Any ideas why $wgReadOnly doesn't work ?

2011-04-04 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I'm not the most experienced here but I assume $wgReadOnly would require a TRUE/FALSE argument rather than a text string. - Original Message - > > I want to move my wiki to another server (and upgrade at the same time from 1.14 to 1.16.2). > > I simply need to make the old wiki readonly

Re: [Mediawiki-l] mediawiki+security

2011-03-11 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Hee hee. I just have to say that this reminds me of the old saying, "Hey, boss, how about I fix it! I've never worked on a transmission before" ;) - Original Message - >The threat model is not a malicious intruder, but a well-meaning co-worker - the latter is ten times as damaging.

Re: [Mediawiki-l] German wikipedia redirect to English Startpage

2011-02-24 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I was just being facetious. :( - Original Message - From: Alexander Schuhmann > I know no other way to access wikipedia than through the Startpage. But it is a case please tell me. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Mediawiki-l] German wikipedia redirect to English Startpage

2011-02-24 Thread Steve VanSlyck
Someone once asked, "Why can't we just have one law making all crimes illegal." A capital idea. I think you've hit on a similar solution for individual wiki installs - so I now suggest that everybody's wiki simply point to en.wikipedia.org! - Original Message - > Then I called on the Me

Re: [Mediawiki-l] mediawiki as combined text/data store?

2011-02-15 Thread Steve VanSlyck
It is an issue either way. Only diffeference is that top posting allows me to read the response without having to go hunt for it. The point is that the majority of a message should be new content. - Original Message - > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > &

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