Project talk:Forum/archive 01

Removing irrelevant sections

 * "This page is only for discussion of the specific content of mediawiki.org".

Yet, no-one removes the posts and some even respond. Is it the consensus to keep these? I'd like to start removing them! --Swift 09:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Feel free to move them to Project:Support desk, which is where they should be located. --HappyDog 12:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Archive
Should we
 * 1) use this talk page to archive done items from Project:Forum,
 * 2) use Project:Forum/archive for that, or
 * 3) just delete done stuff?

--Rogerhc 23:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * We've previously just deleted a load of dead stuff and put a link to the old version before it was deleted. Project:Forum/archive is probably better, and certainly the option to use of the above 3. --HappyDog 02:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Refactor
Should we regularly refactor (summarize and cleanup) Project:Forum on the Project:Forum page itself? --Rogerhc 23:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * In general, I doubt discussions will get long enough for it to be worth doing whilst they are still live. You can refactor when archiving if you like, though it's not something I will be doing if I perform any archiving myself.  --HappyDog 02:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Sign?
Should we sign comments on Project pages?

Should we delete signatures from items that we refactor (clean up and summarize) on Project pages?

--Rogerhc 23:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Depends on the page. In general, you should sign comments when taking part in a discussion, but not when adding content to a page.   --HappyDog 02:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Sidebar/navigation/Help
Help:Contents has a lot of redlinks(!) 66.159.220.115 01:43, 21 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The mediawiki.org site is currently writing up help pages for the MediaWiki software on this site. These were formerly (and still are to some extent) written on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki where they still reside. Unfortunately we cannot simply copy them over as the Meta ones are under a license which won't allow them to be distributed in the public domain (which they will be here). Please go to m:Help:Contents for your immediate needs and consider contributing to our new help pages and reviewing the material already there. --Swift 05:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

How to customize Sidebar in previous releases, for example 1.4.10 ?? There is no MediaWiki:Sidebar in this version.

Dilema
Question moved to Project:Support_desk

Renaming title of the top box in the article
Any complaints to changing the title of the box at the top of this article to "This page is only for questions relating to the MediaWiki site". Its more informative than "Before posting", and it keeps it in style with Project:Support_desk. --Rick 02:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * No. In fact, this was changed recently by rogerhc (see previous version at ).  I think you're right, and it should be reverted back to it's previous state. --HappyDog 03:00, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin Interface
I can't find an Admin interface on Wiki. If there is one, where can I enable/view it? And how do I define wich files are ok to upload, because I would like to allow png too. Question moved to Project:Support desk

Account Information
I am currently running a MediaWiki for a small group of people and am the admin. I am wondering if there is any easy way (without going throught the database) as the admin to list all of the users and their information, such as real name, e-mail, etc. Hope someone can help. --Ja1217 02:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Listing special Things
List of eg 10 latest ADDED Articles ? Is that possible?

Because not all now how Wiki works so I would like to "post" the 10 latest posted articles on the mainpage, but is that even possible?

thx in advance --84.58.197.155 20:00, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Try .  This gives the 10 newest items in the main namespace.  You may be able to customise it show a different namespace, or multiple namespaces, but I haven't investigated that.  Here is an example of the output (border added for clarity). btw The correct place to ask this type of question is Project:Support desk. --HappyDog 09:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


 * See also the Newest Pages extension. robchurch | talk 01:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Remove Edit buttons from non-registered users
Hi! I'm very satisfied with this MediaWiki program but I would like to know one thing; how can I remove Edit buttons from non-registered users and how can I remove chance to register? I would appreacite answer very much.
 * Hi, have you tried this page?
 * Manual:FAQ#How do I remove the article edit etc tabs for users who are not looged in
 * --Kohyin 20:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

mediawiki.de
When i try to use mediawiki.de in firefox i get the following result: The page isn't redirecting properly Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. The URL is changed to: http://mediawiki.de/www.mediawiki.org/www.mediawiki.org/www.mediawiki.org/

TYPE=MyISAM
Hi there. I have a problem installing MediaWiki: my MYSQL database supports tables with TYPE=MyISAM and not with TYPE=InnoDB! How can I do???

Template:SettingSummary
I noticed this template takes parameters min_version and max_version. min is used for the version a setting was added but max is used for the version the setting was deprecated in. There is no parameter for a version a setting was actually removed in. --68.142.13.98 15:06, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Deprecated means the same as removed - version_max is the the version the setting was deprecated in, i.e. the first version without that setting. However, you are right - this is a bad name for the parameter.  Ideally we should rename version_min to version_introduced and version_max to version_removed to avoid confusion.  However that is a massive job as there are hundreds of settings that use this template.  Perhaps a job for a bot?  Or maybe just something we can live with... --HappyDog 01:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Deprecated does not mean the same as removed. --68.142.13.98 17:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It does in this context, i.e. settings are removed from default_settings.php when they are no longer required. If the setting is still there then it is still being used.  At least, in theory... --HappyDog 18:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Then I'd suggest not using "deprecated" to mean something different than the dictionary definition or common use in software documentation. --68.142.14.87 02:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * *blink* - as far as I can see it is being used in the correct manner - the version where those settings are no longer available. What are you suggesting?  --HappyDog 02:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I suppose I'm suggesting you don't know what it means, then. See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deprecated.  --68.142.14.67 22:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Translating special pages?
I've seen special pages such as "Special:Letzte Änderungen" in German wikis, and "Toiminnot:Tuoreet muutokset" in Finnish, which is Recent Changes. Now I wonder, how can one do such translations? Smiddle 20:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Creating a donation for MediaWiki.org tab
I would like to place a donation link for MediaWiki.org on my site. I noticed a donation page for Wikipedia, but I don't seem to find one for MediaWiki. I love the Wiki philosophy and find MediaWiki very innovative and enabling. There are many beautifully done ready-to-use tools out there, but the price we pay for them is oten very high in many ways. Limitations, inflexibility, and costly support dependency. MediaWiki provides us with the fishing poll and the shovel to dig baits. It enables us to learn the skills instead of giving us a one-time big dinner. Of course, it is hard for many of us to actully get out there and go digging warms and so on as we are pretty spoiled, but I am personally enjoying this struggling but fun adventure. And, I would love to support the organization in my own capacity. I am not able to donate a large fund myself, but I thought I would encourage visitors to do so by linking to a donation page. Any suggestions?--Kohyin 20:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Microformats
Is anyone doing any work on the addition of microformat support to MediaWiki? I know some individual projects (e.g. microformats on Wikitravel) are using them. Pigsonthewing 14:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)