Below are the contents of brain as of Sat Jun 27 18:26:20 UTC 2009.
| !!! | Please, stop shouting. Don't use caps lock and "!!!", we will understand you without them. |
| #mediawiki | read the topic of this channel |
| $wgserver | The base URL of the server, including protocol and without the trailing slash. (eg, "http://www.mediawiki.org") For further information, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgServer> |
| 500 | the HTTP error code for an internal server error. It is rarely triggered by mediawiki itself and is more commonly a result of a faulty PHP setup or invalid or illegal options in htaccess. See Apache's error log for details. |
| ?! | !!! |
| ?> | The PHP closing tag "?>" is never required at the end of a pure-code php file, and mediawiki developers actively remove it, as it often causes problems related to trailing whitespace, and "headers already sent" errors. See also http://news.php.net/php.general/280796 and !bom as well as https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17642 |
| access | For information on customizing user access, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights>. For common examples of restricting access using both rights and extensions, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access>. |
| actions | For default actions understood by MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions> |
| adminsettings | AdminSettings.php is an additional configuration file for use with command line maintenance scripts. See AdminSettings.sample in your installation directory for details. <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:AdminSettings.php> |
| adsense | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GoogleAdSense |
| ajax | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Ajax |
| allmessages | For a list of system messages available in the MediaWiki: namespace, see Special:AllMessages |
| analytics | Analytics is a simple extension which allows you to put a Google Analytics tracker in your MediaWiki articles, so you can obtain statistics on the articles that you are interested in. For extension or installation info please read <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Analytics>. |
| anonnotice | Anonnotice is a wiki-wide message viewable by all logged out users at the top of every page. Similar to sitenotice, if anonnotice exists only logged out users will see anonnotice and only logged in users will see Sitenotice, they will not see each other. Anonnotice is editable by sysops at [[MediaWiki:Anonnotice]]. See also: !sitenotice |
| api | The MediaWiki API provides direct, high-level access to the data contained in the MediaWiki databases. Client programs should be able to use the API to login, get data, and post changes. Find out more at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API>. For client libraries in various languages, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_Code>. |
| around | Are you around? |
| ask | Don't say "I have a question", or ask "Is anyone around?" or "Can anyone help?". Just ask the question, and someone will help you if they can. See also: !gethelp |
| audit | Warnings thrown by code auditing tools like Fortify are mostly nonsense. Unless you understand the MediaWiki code and know what you're talking about, don't ask us about every warning you get. |
| auth | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AuthPlugin |
| authentication | See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:User_identity_extensions for a list of external/shared user authentication extensions. Also see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AuthPlugin for an overview on creating your own. |
| autothumb | Wikimedia generates thumbnails on-demand by shelling out to thumb.php with a custom 404 handler. See <http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/tools/upload-scripts/> for source. |
| backup | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki |
| beer | hmmm... beeeer... |
| bestcase | You create a wiki as popular as Wikipedia, with an Adsense clickthrough rate above 99%. And you get laid. |
| betawiki | You can help translating MediaWiki to your language at BetaWiki <http://translatewiki.net> |
| bizzwiki | a suite of mediawiki patches/extensions that is intended to make MediaWiki more suitable for use in a corporate environment. See <http://www.bizzwiki.org/> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BizzWiki> |
| blame | Whatever happened, it's Domas' fault. |
| blankpage | A blank page usually indicates a fatal PHP error. See !error |
| bleedingedge | To run trunk see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN (svn address: svn://svn.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/trunk/phase3 ). If slightly less adventurous, see http://tools.wikimedia.de/~vvv/mw-nightly/ |
| blocking | <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Block_and_unblock> |
| boilerplate | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text |
| bom | The byte-order mark (BOM) is a special character added to files by some text editors, most notably, by Notepad. It is unnecessary and breaks PHP code. You should not use Notepad to edit PHP files. Alternatives for Windows include Notepad++, SciTE, EditPlus, and UltraEdit. See also !?> |
| bot | A bot is an automatic processes which interacts with MediaWiki as though they were human editors designed to make easier automated actions which are arbitrary to make manually. For an overview how to create a bot and a list of known frameworks can be found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Creating_a_bot |
| botbrain | http://toolserver.org/~amidaniel/botbrain.html |
| botinfo | I don't know everything about everything. I am mostly for lazy experienced users to echo quick answers to very common mediawiki questions. Please don't randomly experiment with me for help. Everything I know is at http://tools.wikimedia.de/~amidaniel/botbrain.html and you can visit #mwbot or privately message me. |
| bug | https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=`e1 |
| bugzilla | All bugs in MediaWiki should be reported at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This is also the place to request site configuration changes, new features or enhancements to existing features, although bear the following points in mind before making a feature/enhancement request: 1) If the request is specific to a Wikimedia wiki, please discuss the issue on that wiki first. 2) Consider whether a custom extension would be more appropriate. |
| bunching | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_fix_bunched-up_edit_links |
| bundels | unofficial bundles of extensions are at <http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/repository/extensions/>. This is DEPRECATED. Please use the ExtensionDistributor instead, see !extensionditributor. |
| captcha | For more information about CAPTCHAs and MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit>. |
| categories | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories |
| centralauth | CentralAuth extension allows global/shared accounts between projects. For more information, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CentralAuth> |
| chanspam | You can actually privmsg me too, you know. Also see #mwbot |
| charinsert | CharInsert is an extension that enables the creation of JavaScript links which, when clicked, insert predefined text into the text box. These links are usually used in the "MediaWiki:Edittools" interface message. For more information, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert >; for example usage, see < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Edittools >. |
| cheatsheet | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet |
| checkuser | CheckUser is an extension that allows privileged users to see what IPs a user edited from or what users edited from an IP. For more information see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser > |
| cia | The bot CIA-# announces changes in the MediaWiki subversion repository. More information is available at http://cia.vc |
| cite | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite |
| class | See http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/class`e1.html |
| cloak | http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cloak |
| cms | Wikis are designed for openness, to be readable and editable by all. If you want a forum, a blog, a web authoring toolkit or corporate content management system, perhaps don't use wiki software. There is a nice overview of free tools available at <http://www.opensourcecms.com/> including the possibility to try each system. For ways to restrict access in MediaWiki, see !access. |
| collapse | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:NavFrame |
| colon | To escape the usual function of [[Image:]] links, [[Category:]] links, [[en:Interlanguage]] links, and create an inline simple link, prefix a colon. [[:Image:Wiki.png]], [[:Category:Cats]], [[:en:Foobar]]. A colon can also be used to transclude an article in the main namespace, eg {{:Main_Page}} or {{subst::Main_Page}}. Note: Colons in per-page css classes are escaped to underscores: [[User:Foo]]'s class is "page-User_Foo". |
| commit | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Commit_access_requests |
| compare | For a comparison of wiki software, see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software> and <http://www.wikimatrix.org/> |
| config | All configuration is done in LocalSettings.php (near the end of the file). Editing other files means modifying the software. Default settings are not in LocalSettings.php, you can look in DefaultSettings.php. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_MediaWiki>, <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php>, <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Config_script>, and <http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf> |
| cookies | To enable cookies for popular browsers, see http://www.google.com/cookies.html |
| cooluris | Tim Berners-Lee says: Cool URIs don't change! <http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI> |
| copyhelp | See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Copying> for instructions on copying the help pages to your wiki. |
| copyright | MediaWiki is copyright (C) 2001-2009 Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, Gabriel Wicke, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Niklas Laxström, Domas Mituzas, Rob Church, Yuri Astrakhan, Aryeh Gregor, Aaron Schulz and others. It is under GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License or later. |
| copytemplates | For help copying templates from one wiki to another, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates#Copying_from_one_wiki_to_another >. |
| corn | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize |
| createandpromote | To recreate the admin user, run "php maintenance/createAndPromote.php" on the command line. |
| createpage | The best way to create a new wiki page is to create a link to the not-yet-existing page on some page that does exist, save it, and then click the new red link and create the page. Alternatively, you can enter the name of the page in the search box and hit go and then create the page. For extensions that help with creating pages, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Page_creation_extensions> |
| credit | NOTE: when using content from another wiki, follow the LICENSE TERMS, especially, attribute source and authors! Please read <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright> and <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content>. |
| cron | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cron |
| css | To change styles for your wiki, go to one of the MediaWiki:xxx.css wiki page (NOT a file) and put your custom styles there (sysop/admin rights required). MediaWiki:Common.css is for all skins and should be used for content styles. MediaWiki:Monobook.css is for the MonoBook skin (default), etc. For more information, see !skins and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_configuration> |
| csshideheader | To hide the header on the main page, you need to add this CSS to the wiki page [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]: "body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading { display: none; }". If your main page's title is not "Main Page", you'll need to change it accordingly (look at the class on the <body> tag in the HTML source). |
| csv2wp | csv2wp is an online tool for converting tables in CSV format, like the one Excel can produce, to WikiText or HTML. |
| debug | For information on debugging (including viewing errors), see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_debug>. |
| defaultsettings | For the current version of DefaultSettings.php, see: <http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/DefaultSettings.php?view=markup>. |
| deleteuser | Deleting users is very messy and not recommended, because this breaks referential integrity in the database (they appear in many different tables like users, edit histories, recentchanges, preferences, etc). A safe solution is to block the users, and possibly rename them with <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser>. You can also try <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete> |
| details | Please give us details when reporting a problem. <http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8871/problem1a.gif> |
| dismissablesitenotice | DismissableSiteNotice is an extension which lets users hide SiteNoticess. For more information see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DismissableSiteNotice> |
| displaytitle | See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgAllowDisplayTitle>. |
| documentation | An overview of available documentation about MediaWiki can be found at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_hub> |
| domdocument | If the DOM_Document class is missing, install PHP's XML module (and restart Apache) or set $wgParserConf['preprocessorClass'] = 'Preprocessor_Hash' (see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgParserConf> for details) |
| downgrade | I don't know anything about "downgrade"... you must be a Windows user. Perhaps you mean http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading |
| download | The latest stable release of MediaWiki can be downloaded from <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download>. Files are supplied in a .tar.gz archive. MediaWiki can also be obtained direct from our Subversion repository <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN >. |
| dpl | The DynamicPageList (DPL) extension outputs reports based on criteria given in a special tag. For more information, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicPageList> and <http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Dynamic_Page_List>. |
| dump | For information on how to get dumps from Wikimedia Wikis, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps |
| dumphtml | For creating a static HTML dump of your wiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:DumpHTML.php> |
| editbuttons | See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_edit_page.3F>, also have a look at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert> |
| editing | For assistance with editing, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia |
| For more information about MediaWiki e-mail extensions, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Email_extensions>. | |
| emailconfirmed | The implicit "emailconfirmed" group has been removed from MediaWiki 1.13. To create it, use $wgAutopromote['emailconfirmed'] = APCOND_EMAILCONFIRMED; |
| enableapi | To enable bot API in your MediaWiki installation, add $wgEnableAPI = true; to LocalSettings.php. If you also need to modify the wiki using the API, also add $wgEnableWriteAPI = true; |
| enotif | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Email_notification_.28Enotif.29_settings |
| errors | To see PHP errors, add this to the very top of LocalSettings.php: error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display_errors", 1); Fatal PHP errors usually go to Apache's error log - also check the error_log setting in php.ini (or use phpinfo). For more details in wiki error reports, set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; $wgShowSQLErrors = true; For full debug output, set $wgDebugLogFile to some path you like. |
| es | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/External_Storage |
| exclamation | A red exclamation point (<span class="unpatrolled">!</span>)in recent changes or on your watchlist is due to either the enabling of patrolled editing <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edits> or the Flagged Revisions extension <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs> |
| export | To export pages from a wiki, navigate to Special:Export on the wiki, type in the names of the pages to export, and hit "export". See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export> for an example of this form. See also: !import |
| ext | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:`e1 |
| extensiondistributor | You can download bundeled for extensions maintained in the wikimedia repository from <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor>. |
| extensionmatrix | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix |
| extensions | MediaWiki has been built so it can easily be customized by adding extensions. This is usually a simple process. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions> for instructions to install extensions, as well as for writing them. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix> for an overview of known extensions. |
| externalimages | To allow images from elsewhere to be included in your wiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgAllowExternalImages>. To limit this to some specific sources, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgAllowExternalImagesFrom>. |
| extranamespace | To add a namespace, modify your LocalSettings.php file, and add namespaces via $wgExtraNamespaces. A comprehensive set of instructions for adding a namespace can be found at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces>. $wgExtraNamespaces can also be used to rename the default namespaces. |
| faq | Before reporting a problem or requesting assistance, please check the FAQ first. The FAQ for MediaWiki can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ |
| feature | It's a feature, not a bug :) |
| feeds | Feed aggregator extensions: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:RSS_Extensions>. Feed generator extensions: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Feed_generator_extensions>. |
| file | http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=`e1&action=diff |
| filecache | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:File_cache |
| filesize | The size of files you can upload to PHP is limited by the upload_max_filesize and post_max_size directives in your php.ini. MediaWiki itself only limits direct (copy) uploads from a URL, this is configured via $wgMaxUploadSize. |
| filetype | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgFileExtensions |
| fileurl | To allow local file:///xxx links, use $wgUrlProtocols[] = "file:"; See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgUrlProtocols for more information. Beware that several browsers do not allow file urls on pages loaded via http. Also note that most browsers do not support "remote file" urls like file://server/share |
| flaggedrevs | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs |
| footer | For changing the page footer, see the FAQ (!) <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_footer.3F>. More information at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Footer and http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning#Footer |
| foreignfilerepos | see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos |
| gadgets | For inforamtion about Extension:Gadgets see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets |
| gethelp | Please read http://workaround.org/getting-help-on-irc for a good explanation of getting help on IRC. |
| gnu | a recursive name stands for GNU's Not Unix. for more information see http://gnu.org |
| You haven't googled it yet. < http://www.google.com > | |
| googleit | Let me Google that for you. < http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=`e1 > |
| gsod | Green Screen Of Death - the Wikimedia sites error message written in green |
| hacker | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker |
| help | Hi! I'm mwbot, a bot that was quickly whipped up by Daniel Cannon (AmiDaniel) to help out around #mediawiki. Some quick help is at < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mwbot >, you can find all my source code at < http://amidaniel.com/viewvc/trunk/MWBot/?root=svn >. A dump is now available at < http://toolserver.org/~amidaniel/botbrain.html > |
| hesaidsemantic | http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/576/hesaidsemanticga2.jpg |
| hidetoc | To hide the Table of Contents on a page, add the text "__NOTOC__" (without the quotes) to the page. |
| highlight | there are several extensions for syntax highlighting, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Syntax_highlighting - the most popular one is at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi |
| hook | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks/`e1 |
| hooks | Hooks allow you to run functions at various points in the main MediaWiki code. For more information about using hooks in MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks>. |
| hosting | For a list of popular wiki hosting services, see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_farms>. You can also set up MediaWiki on most webspace that provides PHP and MySQL (SSH recommended). |
| html | For allowing any and all HTML, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgRawHtml>. This is of course VERY DANGEROUS. Safer options include <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HTMLets>, <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RawMsg> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SecureHTML>. |
| humor | HUMOR IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN |
| icon | <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Icon> |
| iframe | To embed iframes on wiki pages, you can use <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Website_in_iFrame>. Alternatively, see !html for information on using full HTML on your wiki pages. |
| imageauth | For protecting against unauthorized access to images, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Authorization> |
| imagelink | In MW1.14+: you can use the new 'link' parameter [[Image:Foo.png|link=Bar]] | Before that, image linking was intentionally not supported in MediaWiki, so access to the image's description page was always available. If you need image links, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Linked_images> for methods and information. |
| imagemagic | ImageMagick is a software which can be used with MediaWiki Image Administration. You can read more about it on <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration#Image_thumbnailing>. ImageMagick is available from <http://imagemagick.org/>. |
| imagemap | ImageMap is an extension that allows you to override the default linking behavior of images. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap> for more information. |
| images | For instructions to use images in MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images>. For more technical details about image uploads, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads>. Note that uploads are disabled per default (see !uploads). |
| import | To import pages a few pages, use Special:Import - you can also import pages directly from another wiki (see !importsources). For mass imports, use importDump.php - see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps> for details. NOTE: when using content from another wiki, follow the LICENSE TERMS, especially, attribute source and authors! |
| importsources | For information on configuring interwiki page imports, please refer to <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgImportSources> |
| info | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=`e1&go=Go |
| inputbox | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Inputbox |
| install | Installing MediaWiki takes between 10 and 30 minutes, and involves uploading/copying files and running the installer script to configure the software. Full instructions can be found in the INSTALL file supplied in the distribution archive. An installation manual can also be found at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation>. See also: !download |
| instantcommons | InstantCommons was a proposed feature for MediaWiki to allow any MediaWiki installation to use media on the Wikimedia Commons. This has basically been realized via $wgForeignFileRepos. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos>. |
| interwiki | Interwiki links are links between wikis. For instance, on Wikibooks, [[w:Article name]] or [[Wikipedia:Article name]] will link to a Wikipedia article. To set up interwiki links, see <http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Guide_to_setting_up_interwiki_linking> and <http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Interwiki>. For easy configuration, use <http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialInterwiki> |
| invalidupload | This is a common error. Please see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#.22File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension.22 |
| itsalwaysbugzilla | FACT: 98% of all questions about MediaWiki development are always "bugzilla".{{fact}} |
| javascript | To set up custom javascript on a wiki, edit [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] as a sysop. If $wgAllowUserJs is true in LocalSettings.php, you may also edit the /monobook.js (assuming your skin is monobook) subpage of your userpage. |
| jobqueue | The Job Queue is a way for mediawiki to run large update jobs in the background. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Job_queue |
| js | To set up custom javascript on a wiki, edit the page called [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] (NOT a file, a page on your wiki, which is included via <script>) as a sysop. If $wgAllowUserJs is true in LocalSettings.php, you may also edit the /monobook.js (assuming your skin is monobook) subpage of your userpage. |
| kiss | GET /a/room HTTP/1.1 |
| langlinks | Language links are links to translations of the same article on another wiki. For information on how to set up language links, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Interwiki#Interwiki_links_to_other_languages> |
| lazy | Don't rely on the bot answers too much, I am not always the best answer to every question. And don't immediately reach for the bot to answer a question, without at least checking the recent channel history to see if someone already botted them. Also, if someone says "can anyone help me", check that they haven't already stated the question and been told not to repeat themselves (reducing them to ask "can anyone help me?"). |
| ldap | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LDAP_Authentication |
| links | http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link |
| list | mediawiki-l and wikitech-l are the primary mailing lists for MediaWiki-related issues. See http://lists.wikimedia.org/ for details. |
| lockdown | Lockdown is an extension for preventing read or write access by namespace and limiting access to special pages. For more information, see < http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Lockdown >. For general information on preventing access to your wiki, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access >. |
| log | Wrong channel! |
| logo | The logo that appears in the top left of each page is determined by $wgLogo in the LocalSettings.php file. To change this you simply change the value of $wgLogo to point to the URL of your own logo. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgLogo> for more information. Be sure $wgLogo is set to an absolute path, starting with "/" (or a protocol "http:"/"https:"). If you are using pretty URLs a relative path will behave oddly. |
| love | I love MediaWiki, and I love you too. |
| lst | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion |
| lucene | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MWSearch |
| m | http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/`e1 |
| magicwords | For more information about creating magic words and their inner workings, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Magic_words>. For a list of magic words, please see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words>. |
| mainpage | To change which page is the "main page" of your wiki, edit MediaWiki:Mainpage. |
| man | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:`e1 |
| manapi | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:`e1 |
| math | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Math |
| maxlag | `!man Maxlag_parameter`` |
| mediawiki | MediaWiki is a free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis. You can find out more about it at http://www.mediawiki.org |
| memcached | Using memcached can speed up your wiki and is required by certain features. Read more about memcached at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Memcached> |
| memory | If you're getting out-of-memory errors, raise PHP's memory limit to 20M or 40M. The memory limit is set in php.ini (as memory_limit) and possibly overridden in LocalSettings.php with ini_set('memory_limit', '20M'); |
| migrate | http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_to_the_new_preprocessor |
| mime | For assistance in configuring mime type detection on MediaWiki, please consult < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Mime_type_detection > |
| moderation | Moderation is not for Wikis. You are advised to install a forum software or propert web CMS if you want complete control over what gets modified and published. However, the FlaggedRevs extension may in future give some control over which version of a page is served per default - see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs |
| morbo | http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/330/morbomediawikiaf9.jpg |
| move | For help about moving pages, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page>. For help about moving wikis, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki>. |
| multiplewiki | To run multiple wikis, you can simply install MediaWiki in different folders, with different databases or in one with database prefixes. You can also have multiple wikis using a single installation: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family> and <http://booleandreams.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/running-multiple-instance-of-mediawiki-on-the-same-server-using-the-same-source-code/>. |
| mw | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=`e1&go=Go |
| mwbot | Hi! I'm mwbot, a bot that was quickly whipped up by Daniel Cannon (AmiDaniel) to help out around #mediawiki. Some quick help is at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mwbot, you can find all my source code at http://amidaniel.com/viewvc/trunk/MWBot/?root=svn |
| mwdumper | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mwdumper |
| mwhelp | An introduction to using MediaWiki is at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents>, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Copying> for information about copying it to your own wiki. More technical information for MediaWiki administrators is at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents>. For an introduction on programming with MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_hub>. |
| mysql | MySQL is an open-source database, and one of the databases that MediaWiki supports (MW requires some database). MySQL's website is http://mysql.com/. |
| namespaces | See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces for user help and documentation, and http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Namespace for administration. For adding namespaces, see !extranamespace |
| networkauth | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NetworkAuth |
| newusergroup | To create a new usergroup, simple set permissions for that group in LocalSettings.php, using $wgGroupPermissions. Then, simply add users to that group |
| newwindow | You shouldn't do this, but since you asked: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Opening_external_links_in_a_new_window> |
| next | Another satisfied customer. NEXT! |
| numberedparams | If you're using numbered params in templates ({{{1}}}) then when calling the template with the param value containing the equal sign you have to prepend the x= where x is the parameter number. Eg. {{MyTemplate|1=foo=bar}} instead of {{MyTemplate|foo=bar}} which actually says parameter foo has bar value. |
| openid | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID |
| oversight | Oversighting removes revisions from access by normal users and sysops. More information is available here: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight>. Note: This extension has been superseded by a core feature: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete>. |
| package | Many Linux distributions provide MediaWiki in a packaged format for that distribution. The MediaWiki development team refers you to your Linux distribution for assistance with installing, configuring or using them. The individual communities & companies who maintain such packages should provide installation instructions. |
| pagecss | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageCSS |
| paranoid | You can be notified of every edit by setting up email, enabling email notificiation, and then adding yourself to the $wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges array. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges>. |
| parser | For alternative parsers, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Alternative_parsers>. For an (incomplete) specification of mediawiki syntax, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Markup_spec>. |
| parserconf | See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgParserConf> for information about parser configuration. |
| parserfunctions | "Parser functions" are a way to extend the wiki syntax. ParserFunctions is an extension that provides the basic set of parser functions (you have to install it separately!). For help using parser functions, please see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Parser_functions>. For details about the extension, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions>. |
| passthru | make a php file with the following content: <?php ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL); passthru("whatevercommand 2>&1"); ?> - replace "whatevervcommand" with the command you want to test. call it from your browser. |
| passwordreset | See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_reset_a_password.3F |
| passwordsql | UPDATE user SET user_password=CONCAT(':A:', MD5('password')) WHERE user_name='John Smith'; This will reset the password for the user with user_name 'John Smith' to 'password'. |
| pastebin | Please do not paste more than 2-3 lines of text into the channel as it disrupts the flow of conversation. Instead please use a pastebin such as <http://mediawiki.pastey.net> and post a link to your paste in the channel. |
| patch | For information on using *.patch files, see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_%28Unix%29>. |
| pdhelp | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:`e1 |
| performance | <http://dammit.lt/2007/01/26/mediawiki-performance-tuning/> |
| php | Mediawiki requires PHP to work correctly. PHP's website is http://php.net. For a full list of MediaWiki requirements, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_requirements |
| php4 | Latest version for PHP4: 1.6.x. <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download> |
| phpinfo | create a file called info.php in your wiki's installation directory. It should have the following content: <?php phpinfo(); ?>; Visit it with your browser to see information about your php installation. If it doesn't work, check file permissions. Remove the file when done, it makes life easier for attackers. |
| phpshell | PHP Shell emulates shell access to a system. Read more about it and download it at < http:mgeisler.net/php-shell/ > |
| phpsucks | http://www.tnx.nl/php.html |
| ping | Pong. |
| poem | The Poem extension allows for easy formatting of poems and similar material in MediaWiki pages, by simply putting them between <poem></poem> tags. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Poem>. |
| prefsrant | The current preferences system sucks and needs a rewrite. For a list of deficits and rewrite recommendations, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Deficits_of_the_current_preferences_system> |
| preventaccess | For information on preventing access to your wiki, please see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access>. |
| profiling | For information on how to enable profiling for MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Profiling#Profiling> |
| protect | You can protect pages to prevent them from being edited by certain user groups. When a page is deleted its' protection is retained. Also you can protect nonexistant pages since 1.12. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Administrators#Protections> |
| protocols | To allow additional protocols (prefixes) for urls ("free links"), see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgUrlProtocols> |
| purge | To purge a cached page, such as when making changes to the navigation bar, add &action=purge to the end of the page url, or ?action=purge if using Simple URLs. E.g: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?action=purge |
| pywikipediabot | pywikipediabot is a bot framework written in Python that allows for easier automated actions on a wiki. For more information, see <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Using_the_python_wikipediabot>. |
| query | query.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query Note that query.php is deprecated. If possible, use api.php instead. |
| r | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/`e1 |
| rangeblocking | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks |
| rar | rar |
| rcbot | To create an IRC bot to display recent changes to your Wiki, follow the directions at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:IRC_RC_Bot>. |
| readonly | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Lock_the_database |
| refresh | Your browser saves copies of pages it views so it doesn't download them again next time. This is usually good, but it can take several days to update CSS and JavaScript when they change. To force it to update ("refresh") in Firefox, press [CTRL] and [R] at the same time; for other browsers and more information, see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache>. |
| release | The latest stable release of MediaWiki is version 1.13.3. See the release notes at <http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES> for a full list of what's new. |
| renameuser | Renameuser provides a special page which allows authorised users to rename user accounts. See < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser > for more details. |
| repeat | Please do not repeat yourself too often. If little conversation has occurred since your last message, then it is likely no one has an answer or someone who does hasn't looked in IRC yet. You risk annoying people if you incessantly repeat yourself. |
| rev | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/`e1 |
| revert | see <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting> |
| rewriteproblems | 1) Try <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access> as a fail-safe method; 2) Do not put the files into the document root; 3) Do not map the pages into the document root; 4) Use different, non-overlapping paths for real files and virtual pages; 5) Do not set a RewriteBase; 6) Put all rules into the .htaccess file in the document root. |
| rights | For information on customizing user access, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_rights >. For common examples of restricting access using both rights and extensions, see < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access >. |
| rightssql | INSERT INTO user_groups (ug_user, ug_group) VALUES ('1', 'bureaucrat'); Where '1' is your user ID, and 'bureaucrat' is the group you wish to apply. |
| rollback | 'Rollback' reverts edits by one user after a certain version, but only for top edits: if Billy edits three times, Jane edits once, and Billy edits four more times, "rollback" will revert Billy's last four edits. See <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting#Rollback> for information, or <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_rights> for how to let non-admins use it. |
| rtfm | Please search and read the MediaWiki manual at <http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents> before asking. |
| safemode | safe_mode is an ill-concieved, broken-by-design setting in PHP that is supposed to make broken scripts safe. It was deprecated in PHP5 and removed in PHP6. MediaWiki can run with safe_mode enabled, but many of the advanced features will not work or need additional configuration (image thumbnailing using ImageMagick, for example). See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Safe_mode for more information. |
| sandbox | A lot of wikis use "sandboxes" for testing. Users can try out their editing skills at these sandboxes. MediaWiki.org's sandbox can be found at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sandbox>. Sandbox testing areas are usually cleaned up after a while. |
| scap | Sync-Common-All-PHP - this is when SVN changes are synchronised to the application servers. For further information, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Commit_access#Going_live> |
| scarytranscluding | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual%3A%24wgEnableScaryTranscluding |
| secrets | MediaWiki was not designed with read-restrictions in mind, and may not provide air-tight protection against unauthorized access. We will not be held responsible should private information, such as a password or bank details, be leaked, leading to loss of funds or one's job. See also !lockdown |
| selinux | SELinux is a linux variant that allows fine grained access control. If you are using it, you may have to adjust the access control rules in order for MediaWiki to work. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SELinux>. |
| semantic | Not many people here use Semantic Mediawiki. You might try #semanticmediawiki (also see !hesaidsemantic ). |
| semanticmediawiki | SemanticMediaWiki is an extension that lets you conenct wiki pages with semantic relations. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki> and <http://ontoworld.org>. |
| session | make sure session.save_path is set correctly in your php.ini. Verify that it exists, is readable and writable to PHP, and check that session data is actually being written there. On a server farm, make sure it's a shared directory, accessible from all servers. |
| shell | Shell access (that is, SSH access, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH) is highly recommended if you want to run MediaWiki. You can install without it, and basic operation will work, but even creating backups or upgrading will be painful without it. Some more involved maintenance tasks may even be impossible. MediaWiki is not designed for minimal environments. |
| shorturl | To create simple URLs (such as the /wiki/PAGENAME style URLs on Wikimedia sites), follow the instructions at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL>. There are instructions for most different webserver setups. If you have problems getting the rewrite rules to work, see !rewriteproblem |
| sidebar | To edit the navigation menu on the left, edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] using its special syntax. For more details, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar>. |
| sidebarex | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SidebarEx |
| sitenotice | Sitenotice is a wiki-wide message that appears at the top of the page for all users. It is editable by users in the sysop usergroup at [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]. See also: !anonnotice |
| skins | Overview: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins>. Skin usage: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Skins>. Gallery of CSS styles: <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles>. Writing your own: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning> |
| smtp | See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSMTP> for information about configuring MediaWiki to use SMTP for sending mails, instead of using the sendmail interface. |
| smw | SemanticMediaWiki is an extension that lets you connect wiki pages with semantic relations. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki> and <http://semantic-mediawiki.org/>. Mailing lists are available at <http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=147937> |
| sop | Standard Operating Procedure |
| sorttable | In recent versions of MediaWiki, a table can be made sortable by assigning the css class "sortable" to it. This feature requires JavaScript to be enabled. |
| sourceforge | see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Sourceforge.net> for instructions. |
| soviethumor | STRICTLY FORBIDDEN HUMORS YOU |
| spam | For information about combating and handling spam in MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam> and <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features>. |
| specialpages | For information on creating Special Pages, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages> |
| sqlsearch | http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/fulltext-search.html |
| stringfunctions | StringFunctions is an extension that provides some useful parser functions for manipulating strings. For more information and a download link, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions> |
| subpages | By default some namespaces have subpages enabled and others don't. You can enable or disable them using $wgNamespacesWithSubpages in LocalSettings.php. <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgNamespacesWithSubpages> |
| subst | Substitution is automatic conversion of wikitext of a page referring to a templatehttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template, variable, or parser function when the referring page is saved. You can read more about it on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Substitution |
| subversion | Subversion is a version control software that allows users to download the very latest version of a branch without having to wait for someone to get around to packaging it. Advantages to using Subversion include the latest version, vastly simplified updating, the ability to roll back an upgrade, the ability to create and submit patches. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion for more information. |
| suggest | to enable suggestions in the search box, set $wgEnableMWSuggest = true; |
| sul | "Single User Login" is currently under testing on Wikimedia sites. See <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Single_login_specifications>, <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Unified_login>, and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CentralAuth> for more information. |
| support | If we are unable to answer your query there are alternate avenues you can take to get support. There is a support mailing list <http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l>, support desk on MediaWiki.org <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk> and unofficial forums <http://www.mwusers.com/>. |
| svg | For more information regarding SVGs in MediaWiki, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SVG>. |
| syntax | For help with MediaWiki's Wikitext syntax, please see <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing>. For an (incomplete) formal specification, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Markup_spec>. |
| syntaxhighlight | there are several extensions for syntax highlighting, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Syntax_highlighting - the most popular one is at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi |
| table | For help on creating tables in wikitext, see <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables> |
| tag | {{#tag:...}} is a way to allow parameter expansion in tag hooks. Since MW 1.12 it's builtin into Mediawiki, and versions before that must use http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TagParser to enable the functionallity. |
| templates | For more information about templates, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates>. The most common issues with templates copied from Wikipedia can be fixed by installing ParserFunctions <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions> and enabling HTML Tidy <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgUseTidy> |
| test | This is a nifty test of niftiness ... `!ext `1`` << lookie, isn't that cool? :) |
| thankyou | You're welcome. :) |
| this_is_intentionally_null | |
| threads | For a proposed threaded discussion system for MediaWiki, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LiquidThreads |
| thumb | For information on configuring thumbnailing on MediaWiki, please refer to <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration#Image_thumbnailing>. |
| tias | Try it and see. You learn much more by experimentation than by asking without having even tried. |
| tidy | HTML Tidy is an extermal application that cleans up HTML for XHTML compliance (such as bad user input like <table><tr></td></table>). Prior to the new preprocessor in 1.12 it was also needed for distributed, transcluded, or conditional HTML, or mixed HTML and wikitables, but newer versions allow it without Tidy. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgUseTidy> |
| tidyforidiots | 1. Go into LocalSettings.php 2. Add $wgUseTidy = true; in there somewhere 3. Commit 4. Enjoy |
| timezone | For help with configuring timezones in MediaWiki, please consult <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Timezone>. |
| toc | TOC stands for "table of contents". A TOC is shown on every wiki page that is long enough to need one. One can force wiki to show TOC on a page by adding __TOC__ to the wikicode; also, one can prevent a TOC to be shown on a page by adding __NOTOC__ to the page code. |
| toolserver | The Wikimedia Toolserver is a server with access to a (more or less) live copy of the database of all Wikimedia projects, for use with user scripts and utilities. Access is granted on request on a case-by-case basis. See <http://wiki.ts.wikimedia.org/view/Main_Page> and <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolserver> for more information. |
| tooquiet | Yes, #mediawiki has a lot of people idling. If they were all talking, there'd be no on-topic discussions at all. The channel can be social but is in no way required to be. If you take offense at the silence, you may wish to find a more social channel. If you need help, just ask, and please don't ask for help or for attention before actually asking your question, that's just a waste of time, see !ask |
| transclusion | Transclusion is a general MediaWiki term for including things into a page using double-brace "{{}}" markup. This can be things like templates, pages in other namespaces, variables, output of parser functions, some Special pages, interwiki pages, and such. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Transclusion for an overview. |
| tunemysql | http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/fulltext-fine-tuning.html |
| undo | 'Undo' attempts to undo any single edit, not just the top edit. It essentially determines what was changed, and makes the reverse change; so you can easily undo a vandal edit that is followed by legitimate edits. See <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting#Undo>. |
| upgrade | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading |
| upload | File uploads are disabled per default, set $wgEnableUploads=true to enable it. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads> for configuration details, <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files> and <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images> for using uploaded images and other files. |
| uploads | File uploads are an often-used feature of MediaWiki, but are disabled by default in all current release versions. To enable them, first make the upload directory (default images) writable by PHP, then set $wgEnableUploads to true in LocalSettings.php (i.e. "$wgEnableUploads = true;"). See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads> for more info. |
| userapproval | To require approval before accounts can edit, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount>. Alternatively, remove edit rights from all users, and create a new user group like "approved" with edit rights; a bureaucrat can then assign users to the "approved" group to allow them to edit. For more information about the alternative, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/He |
| version | To find out the version of your MediaWiki installation, visit the page Special:Version. Should the wiki be broken, but you have access to the program files, find $wgVersion in DefaultSettings.php. |
| viewvc | See <http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/`1?view=markup> |
| w | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/`e1 |
| webrequest | The WebRequest class encapsulates getting at data passed in the URL or via a POSTed form, handling remove of "magic quotes" slashes, stripping illegal input characters and normalizing Unicode sequences. For more info check <http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/classWebRequest.html>. |
| welcome | Welcome to #mediawiki, the channel for MediaWiki development and support! Don't ask if anyone's around, just ask your questions. Do, however, consult the FAQ, located at <FAQ: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ>, first. |
| wg | `!man $wg`1`` |
| wiki | A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". Wikipedia is one of the best known wikis. |
| wiki2pdf | Google it; one example is <http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/pdf.php>. |
| wiki2xml | http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/wiki2xml/w2x.php |
| wikia | http://wikia.com is a site that hosts free content community wikis. |
| wikibugs | is awesome! |
| wikipatterns | http://www.wikipatterns.com |
| wikipedia | A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where players can click on the "edit this page" tab at the top of each level and add quips of information. Then, the Wikipedia Game Masters (GMs) check over these "edits" and if they are bad, the player is sent to "WikiJail," where they must appease the god Jimbo in order to escape. However, good "edits" gain the player "contributions", the much sought-after currency of Wikipedia. |
| worstcase | Generally, the worst that can happen is that someone compromises your site, steals your data, deletes it and replaces it with kiddy porn. Then they start a spam service on your server advertizing the kiddy porn to twenty million email addresses, daily. Then your home gets raided, you get fired and your wife leaves you. |
| wp | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/`e1 |
| wptemplates | To copy templates from Wikipedia, use Special:Export and check the "Include templates" option to get all the sub-templates, then upload the file with Special:Import on your wiki. You'll also likely have to install the ParserFunctions extension and install/enable HTML tidy. You also might need some CSS from Wikipedia's Common.css and Monobook.css. You'll also need a lot of patience. |
| wysiwyg | What You See Is What You Get editors allow you to create articles and see the text formatting without needing to Show Preview. A list of wysiwyg editor extensions may be found at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:WYSIWYG_extensions>. For some discussion, see <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WYSIWYG_editor>. See also <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability>. |
| xampp | XAMPP is an easy to install bundle of Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more stuff, available for all popular operating systems - see <http://www.apachefriends.org/de/xampp.html>. For installing MediaWiki on XAMPP, see <http://tinyurl.com/2shgph> and also <http://www.nat32.com/xampp/wiki.htm>. |