WikiIndex:2013-2014 bugs and upgrades: Difference between revisions

→‎Bugs: Email system issues; Sidebar caching issues; bugs that I am not sure we have scoped out enough for action
(→‎General housekeeping: from person for WikiIndex: What shall we change this too? I am willing for it to come from me, markwdilley@gmail but am ok with different solution. ~~ ~~~)
(→‎Bugs: Email system issues; Sidebar caching issues; bugs that I am not sure we have scoped out enough for action)
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== Bugs ==
== Bugs ==
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Email system issues:
# [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean]] can not get his email confirmed, this has happened to a few people.
# [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean]] can not get his email confirmed, this has happened to a few people.
# Why are Sysops blocked by our anti-spam tools, but new accounts able to over-ride them at will? [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 02:42, 22 April 2013 (PDT)
## I never got an e-mail from WikiIndex. Would be cool to have it working somehow. --[[User:Kghbln|&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93;]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 14:28, 3 May 2013 (PDT)
## I'm not sure about the first question, but I noticed that most spammers come from China (See [[User:Zhuyifei1999/Spam IP List]]). We use dynamic IPs in China, so it's hard to block them unless you use range blocks. --[[User:Zhuyifei1999|Zhuyifei1999]] ([[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]) 04:05, 22 April 2013 (PDT)
 
### Do we know what might be the issue here?  ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
Sidebar caching issues:
# Sometimes people get their sidebar reset to MediaWiki standard.  I have had it happen myself just recently as well.  ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
# Sometimes people get their sidebar reset to MediaWiki standard.  I have had it happen myself just recently as well.  ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
## This is most apparent between when you are logged in or logged out.  I don't think it is specific to any browser - I use either IE8, Firefox, Chrome or Maxthon 3 - and they all do it. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:49, 20 March 2013 (PDT)
## This is most apparent between when you are logged in or logged out.  I don't think it is specific to any browser - I use either IE8, Firefox, Chrome or Maxthon 3 - and they all do it. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:49, 20 March 2013 (PDT)
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## Seems http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&action=purge would solve everything. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  06:13, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
## Seems http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&action=purge would solve everything. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  06:13, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
# Standard users can get their edits patrolled. See [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=patrol&user=Zhuyifei1999&page=&year=&month=-1 log]. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  09:24, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
# Standard users can get their edits patrolled. See [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=patrol&user=Zhuyifei1999&page=&year=&month=-1 log]. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  09:24, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
; Want -sure about
; Want -sure about
 
Not sure we have scoped out these bugs to a point they are easily tracked and fixed...
# Why are Sysops blocked by our anti-spam tools, but new accounts able to over-ride them at will? [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 02:42, 22 April 2013 (PDT)
## I'm not sure about the first question, but I noticed that most spammers come from China (See [[User:Zhuyifei1999/Spam IP List]]). We use dynamic IPs in China, so it's hard to block them unless you use range blocks. --[[User:Zhuyifei1999|Zhuyifei1999]] ([[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]) 04:05, 22 April 2013 (PDT)
### Do we know what might be the issue here?  ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
# Atom feed (on Android devices) - seems to lag a few 'edits' behind current desktop version.  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:49, 20 March 2013 (PDT)
# Atom feed (on Android devices) - seems to lag a few 'edits' behind current desktop version.  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:49, 20 March 2013 (PDT)
# what to do with [[My spam blacklist]] not working... it seems this ''is'' working again :/  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:43, 20 March 2013 (PDT)
# what to do with [[My spam blacklist]] not working... it seems this ''is'' working again :/  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:43, 20 March 2013 (PDT)
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