WikiIndex:Spring 2011 Upgrade Path

For earlier upgrading discussions from 2006, see: WikiIndex:2006 upgrade discussion.

For current proposals, see: WikiIndex:Upgrades needed.

NOTICE: SPRING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TILL JUNE 30TH, ALMOST THERE FOLKS!

First - please weigh in over at WikiIndex:NewLogoDecision

Second - look through these and make sure it represents what you would like to happen here.

Upgrade

data from Special:Version

• Upgrade (how-to): 1.10.1 → 1.16.2* Update favicon

Extensions

• Installed extensions: SpecialInterwiki, CharInsert, InputBox, ParserFunctions, ConfirmEdit, SpamBlacklist, UniversalEditButton (deprecated)

• Extensions to install: Cite, Renameuser, Semantic MediaWiki, Semantic Drilldown, Semantic Forms, Replace Text, WhosOnline, (AntiBot (used in Wikipedia) or Check Spambots)
• Extensions to install: AbuseFilter, Title Blacklist, CategoryTree, TorBlock, AntiSpoof, Nuke, CheckUser, TitleKey, OpenDocument Export

Add an analytics package

check these above

• SimpleAntiSpam extension
• Renameuser
• Semantic MediaWiki
  • Semantic Forms
  • Semantic Drilldown
• CITE for references
• Check Spambots
• Update captcha
• Replace text
• Upgrade Whos Online switched to WhosOnline
• Does the host have the DBA extension for PHP installed? The readme says it'll improve performance.
  • Concerning DBA: If I get this page right it would be better to have APC rather than DBA.
• Next releases MediaWiki would need PHP 5.2.3 so we need to ensure that the new host has that version installed. It should also have MySQL 5.1 or later via: suggested
  • this wiki is already running PHP 5.2.3 and MySQL 5.1.41
• Might need if recaptcha doesn't work:
  • Nuke
  • Title Blacklist

I have found that on my wiki (and various others) that reCAPTCHA has been "cracked". I now use VisualMathCaptcha which works well (for the moment) -- Carl McBride (talk) 05:27, 11 May 2011 (PDT)