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

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:: Maybe it is difficult to really solve the problem completely. If possible one should disconnect this case from the email problem and treat them separately. That no mails being sent, is a known fact. So, no wonder that the procedure hangs somewhere. At least it makes it impossible for new users to see where the problem is. So, first thing would be to explain the existence of the bug to the new user. Then he/she/it can turn to an admin and ask for fixing his case at least.--[[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 20:33, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

::: Don't know what check user is and I am not altogether sure I want to be able and see into people's accounts.  ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

Let's see about Maps... [[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]] ([[User talk:Emufarmers|talk]]) 05:42, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

=older thoughts needed to be integrated above=

; Especially for Semantic Forms and Semantic MediaWiki

Possible fixed bug: [[Form:Wiki/sandbox]] textarea only preload when previewing. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 10:08, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

; Need -

# [[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.

## {{Strong oppose}} I do not think think it's a good idea. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 04:15, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

### Why [[YiFei]]? ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

#### Also, I haven't seen ''they create a (bogus) User: page and a main namespace with the same title, i.e. <code>User:FooBar123</code> and <code>FooBar123</code>''.

##### I have seen it on wiki, but not so much here. ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

#### It's bad when we look at [[Special:ListUsers]] -- full of spam accounts. But [[Wikipedia]] doesn't use it though [[wp:Special:ListUsers]] is also full of spam accounts. In addition, [[LifeWiki]] and [[WikiApiary]] use it. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  11:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

##### I would love to clean up this, but I wonder if there is another way to do it than one at a time...  not sure, ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

#####:# Manually delete, or

#####:# Make a bot library

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

## {{Strong support}} --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 08:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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

#:'''Done'''. [[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]] ([[User talk:Emufarmers|talk]]) 05:49, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

#:'''Done'''. [[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]] ([[User talk:Emufarmers|talk]]) 23:47, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Some bugs might be fixed by the update. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small>  11:21, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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# 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)

[[Brahfous]] is wanting a subdomain for right to left writing...  (need to link to conversation) ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

This sub-section can be used making suggestions for beta extensions, ie, those we might like to add at a later date once they've evolved into a stable extension

# <s>[[mw:Extension:MassEditRegex]]</s> — ''Pro:'' can be used by Sysops for 'bot'-like edits, without the need for creating bot scripts - ''Con:'' still in beta phase

#** WikiApiary is focused on MediaWiki and it's technical aspects. WikiIndex is focused on wiki communities. I do not think that is too similar. However, a WikiIndex banner would be nice to have, too. --[[User:Kghbln|&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93;]] ([[User talk:Kghbln|talk]]) 14:11, 3 May 2013 (PDT)

# who here understands how to do the backend work needed?

:# [[Jack Phoenix]]

:# [[YiFei]]

:# [[Kghbln]]

==Cite extension==

:Is there an example of use here on WikiIndex? --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 13:48, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

::A few pages at [[Special:LongPages]] have a lot of inline citations, e.g. [[Let.sysops.be]]. There aren't a lot of examples, perhaps because people aren't going to do a lot of citations without Cite. The lack of it makes it so that you have to put them inline, which disrupts the flow of the article, or just put a barelink, which can rot and doesn't give a lot of information (e.g. author, date, etc.). Also, it makes it so that people can't port content about wikis to and from WikiIndex without converting the references. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 14:02, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

[[YiFei]] I imagine there weren't enough folks that wanted it back then. [[Upgrades]] page? ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

: Don't own it Nathan, check out a little of [[WikiIndex:History]] and the history of the [[Upgrades]] page for a view into the struggles around the technical issues. ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

(import from news page)

https://WikiIndex.org fails for me, is this a browser issue or a configuration issue with the website? ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

:'''Failing''' I also have a failure to connect. [[User:Koavf|Koavf]] ([[User talk:Koavf|talk]]) 15:58, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

::: That's right. As well could You rename a picture.bmp into a picture-jpeg and expect it to become compressed ;-)

:::: Thanks for the responses, at minimum, can it be redirected if anyone happens upon it? I would rather it didn't just fail. ~~ [[MarkDilley]]

:: I did not mean to say that there is no need for a secure connection on a Wiki. I mean, "it looks like" there would be no need. But actually there is a need, because many people do logins. And every login procedure wherever should be secured. German end English Wikipedia connect via https by default. Wherever there is a SPAM or vandalism risk, there You need to have security as well to counteract it. Here and there I was reading about SPAMers, imposters and the like also here on WikiIndex. You need to have secure login at least for admins. And when the capability is installed, there is no reason whatsoever not to make it available for all. --[[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 00:05, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

:::'''Agreed''' If you login, make it secure. [[User:Koavf|Koavf]] ([[User talk:Koavf|talk]]) 00:08, 31 July 2014 (UTC)