WikiIndex:2018 bugs

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WikiIndex:2018 bugs — this page can be used by all editors and visitors to report any bugs or errors as noticed here on WikiIndex from our current operating configuration of MediaWiki, namely version 1.24.2.

Please do not use this page for new or additional feature requests, those can be listed in WikiIndex:2018 upgrade requests.

Please list each specific bug under its own section heading. Feel free to add your own experiences, comments, etc, but please do not delete any comment should you personally be unable to replicate (though you may add a comment to that effect, should it arise).

Request an account

Special:RequestAccount is failing to process new user account registrations. This was reported here, and subsequently verified as an error by Sean.

Quote error message: Failed to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection refused (code: -1, response: )]. Looks like WikiIndex cannot connect to its email-sending server.

I had the same problem: Error sending mail: Failed to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection refused (code: -1, response: )] --77.111.246.16 09:32, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

File thumbnails

Whenever an existing image file is edited, such as to add an appropriate image tagging template or include its source, the saved thumbnail often (though not always) seems to get corrupted, and then subsequently vanishes. A revert and/or rollback of 'offending' edits fails to restore thumbnail.

Do you have an example of such image? --YiFei | talk 05:20, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Typically, when I want to find examples, I never can! As soon as I stumble across them, I shall list them here. :)

I guess this might be due to the many issues of the SpecialPages detailed in the section below. --Sean, aka Hoof Hearted • _{Admin / 'Crat} • talk2HH 12:44, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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OK, I have found one example - here. The thumbnail placeholder contains the following error message:

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to run external programs, proc_open() is disabled.  Error code: 1

The file it is calling on is File:FormError.jpg

This is one specific type of error - where the thumbnail fails to generate on another page when called upon via a wikilink (manual, or via a template, such as {{Wiki}}). A second type of error is occurring on the actual image file page - the image usually displays at the top of the file page, but the thumbnail fails to generate in its 'File history' section immediately below.

One other image display problem is that sometimes, reduced-size images refuse to display whereas full-size images display okay. Sean, aka Hoof Hearted • _{Admin / 'Crat} • talk2HH 18:01, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Another similar example - File:Mark's Community portal proposal.jpg, though the main image has also vanished. Sean, aka Hoof Hearted • _{Admin / 'Crat} • talk2HH 13:01, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Found another - User:Catsuit, yet the file displays OK on its file page - File:Nell McAndrew.jpg. Could it be a caching issue, or something more serious? Sean, aka Hoof Hearted • _{Admin / 'Crat} • talk2HH 08:09, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Special:SpecialPages

Many WikiIndex Special:SpecialPages#Maintenance reports have been failing to work for some time. Specific failed pages include:

• Special:BrokenRedirects
• Special:DeadendPages
• Special:DoubleRedirects
• Special:AncientPages
• Special:LonelyPages
• Special:FewestRevisions
• Special:WithoutInterwiki
• Special:UncategorizedCategories
• Special:UncategorizedFiles
• Special:UncategorizedPages
• Special:UncategorizedTemplates
• Special:UnusedCategories
• Special:UnusedFiles
• Special:UnusedTemplates
• Special:UnwatchedPages
• Special:WantedCategories
• Special:WantedFiles
• Special:WantedPages
• Special:WantedTemplates

All of these used to work. I think they failed following the last server move, though I can't be certain, I was on sabbatical! Sean, aka Hoof Hearted • _{Admin / 'Crat} • talk2HH 11:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Other SpecialPages

• Special:UserCredentials is failing to work. Tried it for my own username (which I obviously know is valid), and it fails to return any info, stating "No credentials found for this user". So I tried it for MarkDilley, and the identical error message is displayed. Sean, aka Hoof Hearted • _{Admin / 'Crat} • talk2HH 21:25, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Purge/refresh dropping https secure connection

When clicking on the orange 'refresh' tab at the top of pages when using our Monobook skin (not tried on other skins), our https SSL connection is dropped for our non-secure http connection. Sometimes, the refreshed page resumes the secure https connection, other times it keeps the insecure http connection. Vision2Learn Wiki is one example of dropping the https after a page refresh. This seems to be a 'backend' issue, and would be great if it could be rectified, along with any other commands which drop the https connection.

Actually, every command action — edit, preview, save, upload, etc, is dropping the secure connection!

Configure Extension

The extension that powers Special:Configure has been archived and is no longer compatible with the latest versions of MediaWiki. If we upgrade our core version, we will also need to remove that extension and the associated user rights. All config changes now have to be done through LocalSettings.php rather than on-wiki. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:56, 9 October 2018 (UTC)