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

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'''WikiIndex:Upgrades needed''' — this page is to be used for raising suggestions and discussing strategies for upgrading our [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software used by [[WikiIndex]].  It can typically include any of the published, and stable, [[mw:Manual:Extensions|MediaWiki Extensions]]; or any other applicable and workable strategies.  Please add any suggestions or offerings in any of the subheadings below (or create a new subheading), and discuss.

== [[Semantic MediaWiki]] version ==

== LinkSpam / WikiSpam / Vandalism ==

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# [[mw:Extension:NoBogusUserpages]] — ''Pro:'' - would obviate the need to police User: (IP address) pages since they cannot be created by anyone except the legitimate user of the IP - ''Con'' - would not stop spammer from posting spam on the User IP page if that is their actual IP.

##Spambots aren't (thankfully) very intelligent; usually they create a (bogus) User: page and a main namespace with the same title, i.e. <code>User:FooBar123</code> and <code>FooBar123</code>. In my experience, this type of spam is commonly done by IP addresses as opposed to registered users. As such, installing the NoBogusUserpages extension would cut down this type of spam by 50%, which isn't a bad rate at all. The code is simple enough that it should work even with the latest version of MediaWiki. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 06:44, 28 April 2013 (PDT)

#### We hardly have any bogus user pages. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 02:54, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

## Thanks ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

# Add restrictions for being an autoconfirmed user, such as $wgAutoConfirmAge = 3600; $wgAutoConfirmCount = 5; —  ''Con:''

==Account creation protection==

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# [[mw:Extension:User Merge and Delete]] — ''Pro:'' Rename changes the name of one account, whereas this can merge or combine two accounts into one, and deletes the account not needed.  – ''Con:'' Very dangerous, can permanently delete user accounts'' (but this can be set for 'crat permission only)

## ''Pro:'' I've used it on my own localhost wiki to get rid of surplus test accounts when testing out extensions, and while the danger of screwing up an actual account is real, it could be used to trim the database of obvious spam accounts. ''Con'': Cannot be done as a batch, must do one merge and delete job at a time. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 05:34, 30 April 2013 (PDT)Arcane  - so basically you are saying we could clean up the spam accounts by deleting the one at a time? ~~ [[MarkDilley]] - Yes, unfortunately. It may be possible to code a bot or script with a selected list of spam accounts to trim and execute this script multiple times, never tried it myself, but in-wiki, it only works one at a time. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 14:10, 30 April 2013 (PDT)Arcane  - ''sounds brilliant, with the bot thing :-) I could see one person having control over a bot and a list. ~~ [[MarkDilley]]''

==General housekeeping==

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# [[mw:Extension:WikiEditor]] — ''Pro'' - More user friendly editing interface, simpler to understand and has many features to assist inexperienced editors [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 15:17, 21 January 2013 (PST)Arcane

## I'm not sure if this is really needed.  And more importantly, is this compatible with Semantic MediaWiki?  Are there any SMW sites which use this?  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • _{[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]} • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 02:39, 22 April 2013 (PDT)

##+ from me --[[User:Kghbln|&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93;]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 14:28, 3 May 2013 (PDT)

# [[mw:Extension:LastUserLogin]] — ''Pro:'' would let us know a person's activity and it helps people to see who is building WikiIndex.  - ''Con:'' Why?????  Either use [[Special:RecentChanges]], or if you want to watch a specific user, add them to your watchlist :/  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • _{[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]} • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 02:39, 22 April 2013 (PDT)  <!--''Con:'' Any?--> [[Special:WhosOnline]] can be a replacement, but records within a day. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  02:38, 4 May 2013 (PDT)

# [[mw:Extension:DismissableSiteNotice]] — ''Pro:'' would let us hide the Site Notice.  - ''Con:''

## I hate to see it everyday. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 03:58, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

## 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 can't reproduce this.  Have you tried resending the confirmation email? [[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]] ([[User talk:Emufarmers|talk]]) 01:22, 19 May 2013 (PDT)

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# 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>]] • _{[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]} • <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>]] • _{[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]} • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:49, 20 March 2013 (PDT)

== adding subdomain ==