Project:Support desk/Archives/System/004

(OUTDATED) Increase Rollback time

 * MediaWiki 1.13.1
 * PHP 5.2.6 (cgi)
 * MySQL 4.0.27-standard-log

Is there a way to increase the rollback time past 30 days?

—99.239.222.245 19:47, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) suppressredirect
I see at w:Special:ListGroupRights, that bots and admins can "Not create a redirect from the old name when moving a page". How is this done? Od Mishehu 11:25, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version: 1.14alpha (r41337)
 * PHP version: 5.2.1 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.26-wikimedia-google-20071113-log
 * URL: http://en.wikipedia.org

[20:01]  Simetrical: http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Project:Support_desk/Sections/System&curid=24744&diff=214714&oldid=214354 How is this supposed to work? [20:01]  Emufarmers, last I knew, there's no way to access it through the web interface. It might be possible now with the edit API. [20:01]  Or maybe manually-crafted URLs, but IIRC not those either. [20:02]  So is it just not implemented yet? [20:04]  I suppose you could say that, yes. [20:04]  That implies some degree of certainty that it will be implemented at some point, though. [20:04]  Not sure if that's true. [20:04]  Well, I'm just wondering whether it's not implemented yet or whether it's been canned [20:05]  I don't know. [20:05]  It would be a terrible idea to overuse it. [20:05]  But it would be handy if it were used only for the purpose of reverting vandalism. [20:08]  Simetrical: action=move in the API uses it [20:08]  I figured it would be available from the API. [20:08]  very handy for mass revert scripts [20:08]  Why don't we allow manual hacks of the normal UI URLs, I wonder? [20:09]  I don't know, I think Brion was opposed to adding it to the normal UI though [20:10] <MrZ-man> but as something like the &bot=1 thing could be helpful —Emufarmers(T 00:15, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Edit only Discussions pages

 * MediaWiki version: 1.9.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.2
 * MySQL version: 5.0.41
 * URL: intranet

I would like know how to set rights to be "users" able write discussions pages but don't edit articles. I apologize if it is writen somewhere, but I couldnt find it.

Thank you,

Jan —193.179.24.36 13:18, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The Talkright extension is one way to do this. —Emufarmers(T 23:34, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Losing edits

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a-community-nt
 * URL: (internal)

We are having problems with edits being lost via several methods. Bumping buttons on a modern mouse will go 'back' in browser and lose all edit. Previewing a page, then selecting a link will lose all edits.

Most all other online wiki/editors have some dialog prompt "are you sure you want to navigate away without saving?"

Is there a plugin/option to enable some simple warnings in MediaWiki? Or any area I might investigate further?

Thx in advance!

—71.216.44.218 02:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC) Steve

(RESOLVED) Reset 'Create new page'

 * MediaWiki	1.12.0
 * PHP	5.2.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL	5.0.67-log
 * URL: http://onewebday.org/base/

A user went to 'create new page' and then created a page under the 'new page' title. I have moved it and deleted the contents - but how can I reset the wiki so that 'create new page' goes straight to an editing window?

—Joly 18:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * perhaps install Extension:InputBox, it provides a comfortable way for page creations -- :bdk: 11:30, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Spaces concept?
Hi

Does Media Wiki support the spaces concept? What I want is to have a wiki for each version of a product. I want to as easily as possible to make a copy of an existing space.

Thanks in advance for answers or solutions

—213.225.69.102 11:25, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Toolbox configuration

 * MediaWiki version: SVN build
 * PHP version: 5.26
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://sunwell5.0lx.net/testwiki/index.php

I installed MediaWiki, got it working properly. However, I'm trying to configure the toolbox to show "Upload file" and "Permanent link" like they do on en.wikipedia, but without hacking the PHP files too much. Anyone know how to do this?? AC —82.42.237.84 10:20, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Enable uploads. —Emufarmers(T 10:28, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Uploads are enabled on the wiki in LocalSettings.php, yet when anons view the page it doesn't show, as it does for en.wikipedia. Does anyone know why this is?. AC --82.42.237.84 11:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Add to the list of allowed tags

 * MediaWiki version: 1.6.10
 * PHP version: 4.2.9
 * MySQL version: 5.X
 * URL:

on Help:Linked images it says:

If you want, you can do some more drastic things, such as modify /includes/Sanitizer.php (where the HTML tag whitelist is), and add to the list of allowed tags.

how do i do that?

thanks in advance :) —89.138.85.236 23:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Mediawiki profiling
I am trying to use the profiler since we have poor performance on our site. I wonder what are the units used to measure time consumption in your log report?
 * MediaWiki version: 1.12
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: MySQL version 4.1.20
 * URL: www.umepedia.com

Although we have low traffic (and a dedicated server) the response time of the site is very poor.

On the other hand HTML based pages are loaded very fast!

Do you have any idea how can I decrease the response time?

Thanks, Tal —199.203.130.254 16:03, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The profiler seems to convert the times to milliseconds (although the total at the bottom is in seconds).


 * You probably need more caching. —Emufarmers(T 18:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Interwiki question
I installed Makesysop, and set stewards as userrights-interwiki, and it works great but how do I get the interwikis to be similar to Meta's rights log with bluelinks for other wikis on the server, rather than redlinks as I get now. AC. —82.42.237.84 18:32, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version: SVN
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://sunwell5.0lx.net/testwiki

(OUTDATED) Upload File Link Alteration

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51b
 * URL: Not Public

Hi, I have managed to upgrade my wiki from 1.11 to the above version although when logged in the 'Upload file' link in the 'toolbox' points me to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upload), how can i change this so it points me to the correct upload page? (http://testroom/iroom/index.php/Special:Upload)

Many Thanks, —sas daniels 16:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Deleting images
Hello, We're having some problems with deleting images. We getting an error if we want to delete images. Error: Error deleting file: Could not create directory "deleted/l/1/2". This is one of them. The other error: ''Warning: mkdir [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /home/domains/public html/includes/globalfunctions.php on line 1670. Can someone help us to solve this problem? —86.88.44.213 17:23, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version: 1.11
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:


 * The webserver needs to be able to create subdirectories in the <tt>deleted</tt> directory. Create the <tt>deleted</tt> directory in the upload directory (<tt>/w/images</tt>) and CHMOD it so that the server has write access (give it whatever permissions <tt>/w/images</tt> has). —Emufarmers(T 03:50, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Page saving error MW1.13
We have recently upgraded to MW1.13.2. Since upgrading from v1.12 we have been having frequent problems with saving pages. I have been unable to identify any patten as to when the failure to save can occur. A page preview will work but on "action=submit" you may get a "The page cannot be displayed" error (IE). It has gotten so bad on one site I reverted it back to v1.12.
 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.4
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL: Intranet only
 * Server OS: AIX 5.2

I have found some workarounds but they are not 100% effective. I hope these give a clue as to where the error is occurring. The first thing to try when you get this error is to use the back button and check the "This is a minor edit" before clicking the save button. If that does not work then have the sysop change the protection state from "(default)" to "Block unregistered users" or visa versa depending on current state.

Any help/direction you can give will be greatly appriciated by our MW community.

Thanks, Paul (marvinp@chubb.com) —164.44.67.4 17:25, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Restoring Media Wiki
Our server that we were developing our wiki with Media Wiki "died" prior to us backing the server up. We have a couple of questions. 1. What files do we need from the "old hard drive" to restore our Wiki 2. Our server is a Suse 11 server, running MYSQL. We have the folders of /srv/www/htdocs/mediawiki and /var/lib/mysql/wikidb from the older server. 3. What is the best procedure in this case to recover our Wiki? Any assistance is appreciated!
 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67
 * URL:

—216.56.60.34 16:59, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Served in 21.903 secs - MediaWiki incredibly slow after upgrade from 1.10 to 1.13.2
Ever since upgrading to MediaWiki 1.13.2 I have been experiencing some major performance issues, with pages taking ~20 seconds to load.
 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.50
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL:

See below for the output generated when loading the main page with $wgDebugLogFile enabled:

Start request GET /wiki/index.php/Main_Page Accept: */* Referer: ***/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Accept-Language: en-us UA-CPU: x86 If-Modified-Since: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:12:34 GMT; length=25265 User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Host: tailwindsys.com Pragma: no-cache Cookie: __utmc=177309984; __utma=177309984.1938849121.1217004461.1225732659.1225733673.54; __utmz=177309984.1217004461.1.1.utmccn=(direct)|utmcsr=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); __utmb=177309984.4.10.1225733673 Via: 1.1 10.0.0.100:3128 (iPrism/v3) Cache-Control: max-age=259200 Connection: keep-alive

Main cache: FakeMemCachedClient Message cache: MediaWikiBagOStuff Parser cache: MediaWikiBagOStuff Fully initialised Unstubbing $wgContLang on call of $wgContLang->checkTitleEncoding from WebRequest::getGPCVal Unstubbing $wgUser on call of $wgUser->getEffectiveGroups from lockdownUserCan Article: Main Page Connecting to localhost wikidb... IP: 10.0.0.100 Connected Unstubbing $wgOut on call of $wgOut->setSquidMaxage from MediaWiki::performAction Language::loadLocalisation: got localisation for en from source Unstubbing $wgLang on call of $wgLang->getCode from User::getPageRenderingHash OutputPage::checkLastModified: -- client send If-Modified-Since: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:12:34 GMT OutputPage::checkLastModified: -- we might send Last-Modified : Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:16:48 GMT OutputPage::checkLastModified: READY client: 20081103171234 ; user: 0 ; page: 20080724175442 ; site 20081103171648 Article::tryFileCache: not cacheable Article::view using parser cache: yes Trying parser cache wikidb:pcache:idhash:1-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 Connecting to localhost wikidb... Connected Parser cache miss. Unstubbing $wgMessageCache on call of $wgMessageCache->get from wfMsgGetKey

At this point, there is a delay of 20 seconds or so, before the output is finally continued and completed as:

MemCached set error in MessageCache: restart memcached server! MessageCache::load: Loading en... cache is empty, loading from database Unstubbing $wgParser on call of $wgParser->parse from Article::outputWikiText File::transform: Doing stat for /var/lib/mediawiki-1.13.2/upload/thumb/f/f3/CmsPersonnelIcon.png/25px-CmsPersonnelIcon.png BitmapHandler::doTransform: creating 25x25 thumbnail at /var/lib/mediawiki-1.13.2/upload/thumb/f/f3/CmsPersonnelIcon.png/25px-CmsPersonnelIcon.png Saved in parser cache with key wikidb:pcache:idhash:1-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 and timestamp 20081103173316 OutputPage::sendCacheControl: private caching; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:29:26 GMT ** Request ended normally

Here are the cache settings from my LocalSettings.php file:

$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE; $wgMemCachedServers = array;
 * 1) Shared memory settings

Which don't seem to indicate any caching servers are being used at all...

Any guidance you could offer would be much appreciated.

Cheers, —209.139.229.17 18:05, 3 November 2008 (UTC) (Matt)


 * If you have $wgReadOnly set, there's already a fix for this. If not, you may need to post to the mailing list or Bugzilla. —Emufarmers(T 18:59, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks - that's exactly what it was. In case anyone else stumbles across this, or if it helps the dev team at all - I was able to resolve the issue by renaming LocalSettings.php and then running the setup again. Upon completion, the Wiki loaded as expected, and replacing the file with the original config got me back up and running with all my config, minus the delay in loading. In any case, thanks! -19:29, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Problem related with updateArticleCount.php

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a-community
 * URL:

I am trying to run updateArticleCount.php on PHP CLI as a cronjob. But I am recieving the following error message everytime the job executes:

X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.6 Content-type: text/html

Update Article Count

Counting articles...

Warning: fwrite: supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/lalit76/public_html/kk/includes/Exception.php on line 172

Please help! --Lalit Kumar 21:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Ran into the same problem as you. Your call comes from php-cgi, and it's the php-cli you need. Try 'php-cli' instead of 'php'. - Bamieater

(RESOLVED) Common user and protect page, editor and CAPTCHA

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67-community
 * URL: http://gnyu-wiki.ngn.nu (not official yet, and almost all is in Swedish)

If this is 'funny' English, I'm sorry, I'm a Swede -:)
 * 1) Is it possible to set the right 'protect' to a common user group so they can protect their own page[s], not others?
 * 2) How can I, as a administrator, set which buttons shall appear in the editor (this)?
 * 3) Any recommended Extension (if necessary)?
 * 4) Which CAPTCHA is used on Your create account page?
 * 5) . As I can se, from in the Special:Version (Yours and mine), we have the same extension and version. Have I missed some configuration issue?
 * 6) Or, is there a additional Extension or feature in WikiMedia?

Regards —NilsGN 13:55, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Try the AuthorProtect extension
 * Consult Manual:Custom edit buttons and w:User:MarkS/Extra edit buttons
 * WMF wikis use the FancyCaptcha addon
 * —Emufarmers(T 05:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot: Emufarmers I shall dig in it when I get the time.
 * --NilsGN 14:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) What does this function do?? (brackets)

 * MediaWiki version: SVN build
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://sunwell5.0lx.net/testwiki

What does this function do??

Is this related to ParserFunctions? I'm not sure what this does, but would be interested to know.

AC —Sunstar NW XP 19:59, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * looks a bit odd (only closing <tt>]]</tt>), please tell in which correlation you found that bit. -- :bdk: 11:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.6.10
 * PHP version: 4.3.11 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.27-standard
 * URL: http://jinjjamiin.hyojiggy.com/kitchen1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page

I'm still getting "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in."

i have checked [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_Symptoms#Sorry.21_We_could_not_process_your_edit_due_to_a_loss_of_session_data._Please_try_again._If_it_still_doesn.27t_work.2C_try_logging_out_and_logging_back_in./ Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in.]

Everything in there seems to be normal and i have restarted the apache service as well. please help. this is getting bit more frustrating as it's happening more and more...

Thanks in advance! --Hyojiggy 00:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Finally! i got this resolved. i ended up turning off "Show preview on first edit" under preferences. yea, i know.. it's not a permanent fix.  But at least it's less annoying.
 * —76.103.249.14 00:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) API Block while allowing talk page editing

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14alpha
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.40-wikimedia-log
 * URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Is it possible to block users using the API without blocking them from editing their own talk page? I was working on a program that helps sysops patrol AIV, but ran into this roadblock. I can find nothing in the documentation, and by default, it blocks them from editing their own talk page.

—DavidWS 18:14, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) How to hide the "view source" link to anonymous users

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 4.1
 * URL:

Hello there!

I want to know if it's possible to hide the "view source" links in all the pages to anonymous users.

Regards, —Luis 20:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Problem getting ImageMagick to work.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: PHP5
 * MySQL version: 4.1.22-standard
 * URL: http://keeperofstories.com/wiki

How do I fix this?

Error creating thumbnail:

Warning: passthru has been disabled for security reasons in /home/kos/public_html/wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2030

I am having trouble getting imagemagick to work. I have the right path but no luck.

Here's my config file lines...

$wgEnableUploads      = true; $wgUseImageMagick = true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert"; $wgFileExtensions = array('png','gif','jpg','jpeg','svg');
 * 1) To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory
 * 2) is writable, then set this to true:

$wgShellLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 * 1) If you use ImageMagick (or any other shell command) on a
 * 2) Linux server, this will need to be set to the name of an
 * 3) available UTF-8 locale

--IP 13 November 2008

(OUTDATED) Mailto Email Link Not Working

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL:

We have just upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.13.2, and we are now noticing that all mailto links are not working properly. We are using the format [mailto:test@test.com Test Email], but it is not converted into a hyperlink on the wiki page. We have, also, just implemented FCKeditor version 2.5.1. So, we are not sure if this may have something to do with it as well. Please reply to knechtum@gmail.com

—70.129.197.15 23:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Adding edit buttons

 * MediaWiki version: Latest
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: www.wikibirdlife.com

Ok, I`m new to this and i want to add some of the edit buttons, but where do i find common.js or even monobook.js, I have searched through all directories on my server for the wiki install and cannot find these files. If they need creating please advise how to and where the files should go. Please reply to dougbr2005@gmail.com

—81.152.129.142 13:56, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * They're system messages. —Emufarmers(T 08:32, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) IIS/PHP/MySQL & MediaWiki

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.24-community-nt
 * URL: http://sawserver.gotdns.com
 * E-mail: sawbg.a@gmail.com

I've gotten my own wiki running (with MediaWiki) using IIS 6.0 (Win Server 2003), PHP5 and MySQL Server 5. I can access my wiki over my home network with only slight delay, but away from home it is pointless to try. When away, IE can load most of the page, but tells me there is an error in line 10, char 106. Can someone help me fix this? I don't understand PHP, but I want to learn.

Also, I get an line at the bottom of each pages that says: Error in my_thread_global_end: 1 threads didn't exit PHP Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp\sess_rmnakjotcf7vs780gmf7ai2251, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0

What does this mean? How can I fix it?

Lastly, where are my entries (i.e., About Wiki) stored on the HDD? Are they somewhere buried in the wiki's root folder?

NOTE: If you're like me, you can't access my wiki outside the LAN. Too slow.

—208.63.200.152 20:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Sharing one wiki for multiple domains. Why is the template is not showing?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.11
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: 5
 * URL:

Hi, I need to share one wiki (database, images, core) for multiple domains. If I copy my wiki in a different folder, it shows correctly (I just modified the wiki path in LocalSettings), for example:

mysite.tld/wiki mysite.tld/wiki2 (ok) mysite2.tld/wiki3 (template not showing, why?)

But if I need to show this on a different domain (mysite2/wiki), the wiki-template is not loading, I see only the text. Is there something else I need to change except the path in LocalSettings?

Thanks a lot for any hint! —77.23.145.92 19:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Removing the "Remember my login on this computer" function
hi!
 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

i have installed mediawiki 1.13.2 an it works great. now i have a question: is it possible to deactivate the "Remember my login on this computer" function?

many thanks for your support!

best regards, —Bpczi 20:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You can try to put $wgCookieExpiration to 0, this will not remove the checkbox but cause the cookies to expire immediately. This will change in 1.14.0, since setting $wgCookieExpiration to 0 in that version will remove the checkbox. <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  18:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Tables not aligned and not using formatting from common.css

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51
 * URL: http://www.lingwiki.com

I was working on my site as normal last night, and everything was displaying just fine. I came back this morning and suddenly the infoboxes are not aligning on the right like they're supposed to, and only explicitly stated table code is doing anything, as can be seen here. The last time my wiki went from working perfectly one moment to absolutely screwing up the next was when I last updated the Wiki software back in May; worked fine for two days, then I tried to continue where I left off before going to work when I got back and suddenly it refused to connect to the database, costing me 2 years and 20,000 pages worth of stuff to date at the time. Things are finally starting to gel again, but now...more randomness? I've checked the log to see if anyone has edited Common.css or any of the box templates recently, which they haven't. I've resaved Common.css to reassert it, nothing. I've cleared the cache, nothing. I'm out of options and feeling just a slight bit paranoid at the moment...

—71.198.127.97 15:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

(OUTDATED) Turn Auto-Number Headlines on by system default

 * MediaWiki 1.12.0
 * PHP 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 5.0.51a
 * URL: Intranet based system

I am trying to turn Auto-number Headings on as a default system setting and can't figure out how to do this. I have looked into hooks and the config file with no success. Any suggestions on where I might be able to do this?

Bobby 14:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) additional parameters in ' mailto: ' links

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch13 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
 * URL: intranet

Is there a way to include subject fields and other options in a mailto link in mediawiki? The HTML syntax for mailto links would be <a href="mailto:foo@bar?subject=a subject>text</a>, but this obviously fails because any space in the subject field would be interpreted as the separator... and standard html doesn't work at all. Is there any workaround for this, or some feature of the software that I have overlooked? —Carelesshx 10:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


 * In my Wiki it works with %20 instead of space, I can produce a full preconfigured eMail that way... Good luck :o) -Rob. (--62.214.255.54 16:40, 21 December 2008 (UTC))

(RESOLVED) Remove me (I made a typo)

 * MediaWiki version: 1.3.9
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67-log
 * URL: vistapedia.net

Please remove me; I made a typo. My real registration is ssw0213. Thanks!

--Steve —Ssw02113 22:51, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello Steve, please have a second look at Special:UserLogin/signup (… "Username must contain a capitalized first letter." and "Accounts on Wikimedia wikis will not be deleted (read more).") There are some workarounds for all lowercase nicks though (feel free to contact me if you want). -- :bdk: 03:00, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Extension/ LocalSettings.php HELP

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 4.1
 * URL: http://www.fusionlogin.org/mediawiki/index.php

I successfully installed media wiki, moved the LocalSettings.php file, an associate added some articles but requested an extension to make footnotes i.e. Cite.php. I download the three (3) Cite.php files as suggested and positioned require_once "$IP/extensions/Cite/Cite.php"; at the end of LocalSettings.php and uploaded it to the server. Now, I'm gettin the follow error on my main wiki page... Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /nfs/c01/h03/mnt/35208/domains/fusionlogin.org/html/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php:1) in /nfs/c01/h03/mnt/35208/domains/fusionlogin.org/html/mediawiki/includes/WebResponse.php on line 10 What have I not done? I'm quite desperate about this

Kind Regards —Robin 31 December 2008


 * You probably have an ?> at the end of LocalSettings.php, or perhaps a byte-order mark at the beginning. —Emufarmers(T 06:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)