WikiIndex:Spring 2011 Upgrade Path

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 http://wikiindex.org/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)