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(RESOLVED) Menu modification in the left side of the sheet

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.0 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.27-community-log
 * URL: N/A (internal usage)

Hi everybody

I am trying to go deeper in the Wiki usage. One of my first questions is the following: How is it possible to change the content of the left part of the sheet?

After installation of my Wiki, the menu has 3 sections (Navigation - Search - Toolbox). Is it possible to add more sections? Can we add/modify/remove a link in one section?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Manu —195.130.159.210 06:35, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * See Manual:Sidebar -- :bdk: 02:49, 26 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much for your help - Manu

(RESOLVED) Tweaking the Random Page link
Hi, I am using the Mediawiki software, version 1.12.0. I have about 1,200 articles with about 200 articles in various stages of completion. On completing each article, I protect it to prevent vandalism, if any. As I am practically the sole author of the website, I would like to tweak the random page link so that only protected pages are shown when a user click the random page button. How do I go about doing that? &mdash; PM Poon 03:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Please have a look at Brion's note at en:Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 51 (his comment also applies to your idea). Perhaps talking to some devs on IRC will help you to develop such a new feature … If you are ok with categorization instead of protection as a criterion then have a look at Extension:RandomInCategory. -- :bdk: 02:49, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) SVN error
I can't actually get the latest version from SVN - the tortoiseSVN client I used said that it could not access svn.wikimedia.org - has the SVN gone down?? —82.42.237.84 13:26, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, SVN is down for some hours, see and 2008-12-29 11:24 mark: Shutting down and unracking mayflower (subversion) [from the server admin log]. Please be patient :-) -- :bdk:  14:15, 29 December 2008 (UTC)