User talk:MarkAHershberger

Previous discussion was archived at User talk:MarkAHershberger/Archive 1 on 16 August 2016.

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Extension：HitCounter in mediawiki 1.28.0 Database Error 1054

If you setup the HitCounter extension version 1.28.0 it will show up the error 1054 like:

Query: SELECT page_namespace,page_title FROM `page` WHERE page_namespace = '0' AND page_is_redirect = '0' ORDER BY page_counter DESC LIMIT 6 Function: DynamicPageListHooks::renderDynamicPageList Error: 1054 Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'order clause' (localhost)

After add the code:

    // process the query,change fields into page and hit_counter by casper 2017.01.20
    if($orderMethod == 'popularity'){
        $tables[] = 'hit_counter';//
        $join["hit_counter"] = array( 'LEFT JOIN','page.page_id=hit_counter.page_id' );
        $res = $dbr->select( $tables, $fields, $where, __METHOD__, $options, $join );
    } else{
        $res = $dbr->select( $tables, $fields, $where, __METHOD__, $options, $join );
    }

This problem will be solved。 Xk casper (talk) 02:44, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Please let me know which file you modified so I can create a patch. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 16:41, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

the file is “/htdocs/extensions/intersection/DynamicPageList.hooks.php(513)” Xk casper (talk) 07:52, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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Licensing Extension:MiniMp3

Hi Mark I was left a message on my talk page about a month ago that you wanted to use my extension as a base to develop MP3MediaHandler and that I needed to change the license to make this possible. I don't know much about licensing but I'd be happy to work with you and make the changes you need redekopmark (talk) 23:54, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Ah, yeah.

So, I default to GPLv3, but since HappyDog prefers Public Domain, I suggested CC0. Would you be willing to let us use that? ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 02:54, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

yes, that works with me redekopmark (talk) 01:51, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

BlockAndNuke

Hi Mark. I'll be working on some minor updates on Extension:BlockAndNuke. I see you're listed as mantainer so I was wondering if you'd mind if I add you to the patches I submit so you can review and approve them or you prefer not to? In the later case, who should I approach? Regards. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 14:09, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for working on this! I have been looking at it recently to help with a wiki.

I'll look over these changes this weekend. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 02:00, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Mark. There is also work in progress at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/379994/ to document the extension messages so we can have them translated via translatewiki. But not being myself an user of the extension I find sometimes difficult to document those. Your help, if possible on that area, would be appreciated :) Best regards. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:44, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Extension:UserLoginLog

I fluffed the extension's page. Hope that this was ok. Cheers [[kgh]] (talk) 10:13, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure... Thanks. Working on this for a customer. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 15:49, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

lowercase usernames?

Greetings. Previously you mentioned [[1]] you were working on something to allow non-ucfirst usernames. It seems to me that users/User.php simply disallows this, but without any explicity need for it. I would propose a simple patch to User.php to not do ucFirst (two functions) if wgCapitalLinks is false and that the USER namespace is not explicitly whitelisted as an exclusion. But are there hidden internal dependencies in mediawiki on a cap-first username? What about well-known extensions? (For instance, PluggableSSO/PluggableSSOAuth:getcanonicalName()) otheus (talk) 14:53, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

I have a patch in gerrit for this. I lost interest after a while, but maybe it would be a point of reference for you. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 18:39, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

1.31 Installation

Did you ever find a workaround to the "page already exists" problem, or did you roll back to a previous version? Thanks. RobertGoff (talk) 17:50, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Could you point me to the page already exists problem? I have only a very vague recollection of what you're talking about. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 17:57, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Project:Support desk/Flow/2018/08#h-A_database_query_error_has_occurred-2018-08-31T14:47:00.000Z RobertGoff (talk) 19:22, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Now I'm embarrassed; you weren't the one looking for a workaround. RobertGoff (talk) 19:23, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Download

How can I download MediaWiki? I want to make a wiki foundation like WMF. Is that okay? MwLegoMaster (talk) 09:23, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

It is ok. Here is your download link. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 13:42, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

MW Stakeholder page

Hi Mark, I just tried to sign up for the MW stakeholder wiki. When I try to log in it wants to do something with my google account, but then tells me that account is not authorized. Shouldn't I be able to log in with my mediawiki account? Or how would I become authorized? The only way suggested to sign up for meetings requires being logged in. Tenbergen (talk) 03:31, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

email me your google account and I'll authorize it. You could also request an invite so it the meeting would be on your calendar. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 16:29, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

That would solve the problem for me, but how would someone get themselves invited who doesn't happen to know you are the guy to talk to? Isn't this supposed to be outreach, so shouldn't this be as easy as possible? Tenbergen (talk) 01:46, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll work with the other people in #mwstake to make it more accessible. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 15:27, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

No response to my question

Any reason why no one will help me out with my LdapAUth questions? Tmhoskins (talk) 15:34, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

I was responding in a reverse chronological order. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 16:05, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Search error creating custom namespaces

Hello MarkAHershberger,

some months ago you requested debug logs from that Project:Support desk/Flow/2019/11#h-Search_error_creating_custom_namespaces-2019-11-24T17:40:00.000Z, but received no answer for almost half a year. But the problem still exists. In addition to the opener of the thread, there are currently two people facing this problem. I am not enough expert in SQL but I can provide you with all kinds of debug output needed. Like the thread opener we have also created a custom namespace, but the outdated index of the search engine was realized later. Therefore I can not clearly state a causal connection. Looking at the SQL statements in the debug output of updateSearchIndex.php the SELECT statement used for LOCK TABLES is completely the same as the one used afterwards causing the <code>Error: 1100 Table 'temp_rev_comment' was not locked with LOCK TABLES</code>. Any help would be very welcome. ClageLG (talk) 07:50, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Advanced mode to own wiki

I already have that MobileFrontend. Take a look at these pictures, among other things, and you'll see: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Advanced_mode_-_1.png/220px-Advanced_mode_-_1.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/AMC_history_page.png/334px-AMC_history_page.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/AMC_user_menu.png/335px-AMC_user_menu.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Advanced_mobile_contributions_main_menu_updates_on_Indonesian_Wikipedia.png/318px-Advanced_mobile_contributions_main_menu_updates_on_Indonesian_Wikipedia.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Enabling_%22Advanced_mobile_contributions_mode%22_in_Arabic_Wikipedia_01.png/1010px-Enabling_%22Advanced_mobile_contributions_mode%22_in_Arabic_Wikipedia_01.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Navigating_to_the_Talk_page_in_%22Advanced_mobile_contributions_mode%22_-_Spanish_Wikipedia.png/505px-Navigating_to_the_Talk_page_in_%22Advanced_mobile_contributions_mode%22_-_Spanish_Wikipedia.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Navigating_to_the_History_page_in_%22Advanced_mobile_contributions_mode%22_-_Indonesian_Wikipedia.png/505px-Navigating_to_the_History_page_in_%22Advanced_mobile_contributions_mode%22_-_Indonesian_Wikipedia.png

Those are such magical add-ons to the mobile interface, but I don’t know where to get these “advanced mode” settings on my own wiki.

Copied by: Project:Support desk my same comment. Antonkarpp (talk) 16:05, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

@Antonkarpp Do not spam random user pages. You posted this already on Project:Support desk/Flow/2020/07#h-Advanced_mode_to_own_wiki-2020-07-26T20:44:00.000Z. AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 11:34, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Nearby -option

Now I have the following problem: I have the Near Near feature, i.e. GeoData. I have written Geodata nearby and true position LocalSettings.php together and came to my wiki nearby function. But now when the king "show nearby articles," it says, "There's a problem with Nearby. Try updating the location." What to do? Antonkarpp (talk) 14:39, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

@Antonkarpp Do not spam random user pages. You posted this already on Extension talk:GeoData#h-Special:Nearby_not_working-2020-07-28T11:50:00.000Z and Project:Support desk/Flow/2020/07#h-Special:Nearby_not_working-2020-07-27T19:53:00.000Z. AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 11:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Help with pywikibot imports

Hi, I was planning on using pywikibot to import an XML dump of Wikipedia articles to another Wiki, but I wasn't able to understand the instructions. If you could walk me through it, I would appreciate it:

Manual:Importing XML dumps#Using pywikibot, pagefromfile.py and Nokogiri IBBishops (talk) 20:43, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm not a pywikibot expert. Those instructions would be new to me, as well. But if you're trying to import a dump, you don't need pywikibot. See Manual:FAQ#How do I install an existing wiki, like Wikipedia or Wiktionary? ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 21:12, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

I've looked at several options, can you recommend the easiest one? IBBishops (talk) 21:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

The easiest, but not the fastest, is MediaWiki's Special:Import page. Then there is the importDump.php script. I've used mwdumper, but it isn't being maintained any more.

So, it looks like pywikibot is your best choice. I can only offer that someone in this chat room might be able to help. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 00:15, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

আপনার জন্য একটি পদক!

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	Thank you so much for moving my questions

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আপনার জন্য একটি পদক!

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	Random act of kindness Barnstar for your detailed answer

RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 13:49, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Paul Michael Smith

I don't think I can help you. I'm deleting your comment so others do not get your phone number. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 19:41, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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Wikiapiry

Not sure if you're the right person to ask for wikiapiry questions, but here goes.

I noticed that https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Extension:QuickInstantCommons says the page will be autocreated by a bot when the extension gets used by someone, however, https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Extension:QuickInstantCommons indicates that it already is, but it looks like the bot is not creating the page. Bawolff (talk) 05:42, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

I am the right person... even if I'm slow. Could you file a bug on github?

https://github.com/WikiApiary/WikiApiary/issues ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 20:14, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

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18:17, 4 January 2022 (UTC) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:17, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

got rid of fnaf

why did you get rid of the fnaf, for literally one thing just a question@MarkAHershberger Travis0895 (talk) 12:47, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

I do not know what you are talking about. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 13:06, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

error report

HitCounters/includes/HitCounters.body.php

join_conds part in getQueryInfo()

Table name should be alias name.

'join_conds' => [
//'page' => [   ここが間違い。エイリアス名使わないとだめ 'p' => [ 118.10.63.36 (talk) 10:53, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

re throw

'join_conds' => [

//'page' => [ NG

  'p' => [　　　 //OK. 118.10.63.36 (talk) 10:57, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

118.10.63.36 is SuperYo-net.

Create acount. SuperYo-net (talk) 08:44, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Code review - refactoring to Extension HitCounters

Hello,

I did a Code review - Refactoring to Extension HitCounters:

https://github.com/WikiMANNia/Mediawiki-Extension-HitCounters/releases/tag/REL1_39-v0.4.0 WikiForMen (talk) 19:14, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Extension:Memcached

Hi Mark, not sure if this extension is still maintained. Anyhow the source is no longer available. I guess it will be best to either update or archive the extension. Thanks and cheers [[kgh]] (talk) 08:25, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I had moved it a while back. I'll update the link. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 11:46, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! I updated the page a bit further. Looks cool now. [[kgh]] (talk) 11:55, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

HitCounters Version 0.5.0

Version 0.5.0 adds custom settings.--WikiForMen (talk) 16:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

HitCounters Version 0.5.1

Version 0.5.1 adds Code Review:

1. Changed "configuration schema", replaced manifest version 1 with version 2.
2. Replaced static functions with implementing interfaces in class “Hooks”.

--WikiForMen (talk) 23:41, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Was this intended to be a statement or a question?

Are you forking HitCounters? since the public repo doesn't seem to have such a version

Edit: Found the fork, Why is this not just getting contributed to the main gerrit repo so everyone can benefit from the changes? P858snake (talk) 00:10, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

gerrit repo is far to complicated. Now I have problems to get into GitHub. Its all too time consuming...--WikiForMen (talk) 11:50, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

I think it is just him letting me know what he has been doing. His work has encouraged me to see how it could be improved. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 00:13, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

At the moment I can not even access to my GitHub account because of the recent changes on GitHub.

[Edit] Problem solved, changes are found in our GitHub repository!

I guess it rises HitCounters to the actual standards. It is working since v1.35.0.--WikiForMen (talk) 11:57, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

HitCounters Version 0.5.2

New in our GitHub repository!

I would argue that "hitcounter-exempt" should be a custom setting rather than a permission.--WikiForMen (talk) 16:25, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

I add some code improvements today.--WikiForMen (talk) 12:05, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I found an issue in composer.json. "suppport" is misspelled. WikiForMen (talk) 22:18, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

HitCounters Version 0.5.3 published. WikiForMen (talk) 17:53, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

HitCounters Version 0.5.4

New Version 0.5.4 published in our GitHub repository. Mostly refactoring. WikiForMen (talk) 19:30, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Code of Conduct

You wrote:

"Someone who runs one of these problematic wikis offered a patch for an extension I wrote. I would like to accept their solicitation of help even though I do not want to endorse their beliefs. I could redact anything that ties the contribution to their odious wiki. But this policy seems like it would prevent me from accepting their patch."

We have published a number of extensions. If complete extensions are accepted here, why accepting a patch shouldn't be allowed? WikiForMen (talk) 18:06, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323956 for a discussion of the issues. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 16:43, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

This deals with indexing for MediaWiki code search. I can not see anything about accepting entire extensions or accepting a patch. No "remove of code" or something similar. Nothing at all.

"Wikipedia:Be bold" - This is also part of the project. ;-) WikiForMen (talk) 18:32, 18 November 2023 (UTC)