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[[Welcome]] to [[WikiIndex]] Jack! Best, [[MarkDilley]] | [[Welcome]] to [[WikiIndex]] Jack! Best, [[MarkDilley]] | ||
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== Can you help determine what upgrade is needed? == | == Can you help determine what upgrade is needed? == | ||
Hi Jack, if you wouldn't mind helping to figure out what this wiki needs, I can try to get it done. Best, [[MarkDilley]] | Hi Jack, if you wouldn't mind helping to figure out what this wiki needs, I can try to get it done. Best, [[MarkDilley]] | ||
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:In addition to that, it might be useful to upgrade some of the extensions; or it might be so that some of them even ''need'' to be upgraded to function correctly. For example, as of now, WikiIndex is running Semantic MediaWiki version 1.5.6 but according to the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/ official Semantic MediaWiki home page], the latest version is 1.7.1. | :In addition to that, it might be useful to upgrade some of the extensions; or it might be so that some of them even ''need'' to be upgraded to function correctly. For example, as of now, WikiIndex is running Semantic MediaWiki version 1.5.6 but according to the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/ official Semantic MediaWiki home page], the latest version is 1.7.1. | ||
:Like I wrote on [[WikiIndex: | :Like I wrote on [[WikiIndex:Anti-spam measures#WikiIndex is being overwhelmed by spam bots]], some new anti-spam tools might also help; right now I'd recommend [[mw:Extension:SimpleAntiSpam]] and [[mw:Extension:AbuseFilter]]; both extensions are used on the Wikimedia Foundation wikis, such as Wikipedia and related projects, so they should be stable enough. | ||
:Please let me know if you have any questions. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] 04:31, 29 June 2012 (PDT) | :Please let me know if you have any questions. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] 04:31, 29 June 2012 (PDT) | ||
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== Translation review == | == Translation review == | ||
Hi Jack. Would you mind reviewing the translation on the [[AnarkismiWiki]] article here on [[WikiIndex]] please? Many thanks and best regards, [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 14:38, 19 September 2012 (PDT) | Hi Jack. Would you mind reviewing the translation on the [[AnarkismiWiki]] article here on [[WikiIndex]] please? Many thanks and best regards, [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 14:38, 19 September 2012 (PDT) | ||
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== checking in about MediaWiki version == | == checking in about MediaWiki version == | ||
Please update [https://WikiIndex.org/WikiIndex:Upgrades_needed#MediaWiki_version this section] if there is different information - thanks, [[MarkDilley]] | |||
Please update [ | |||
: Commented on that page. Also, thank you for the extra tools you gave me a few days ago, Mark! :-) --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 06:46, 28 April 2013 (PDT) | : Commented on that page. Also, thank you for the extra tools you gave me a few days ago, Mark! :-) --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 06:46, 28 April 2013 (PDT) | ||
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== The MediaWiki shuffle == | == The MediaWiki shuffle == | ||
Hi Jack, I would like to move your user page to [[Jack Phoenix]] - with your talk page staying at [[User talk:Jack Phoenix]]. I think that for [[Wikipedia]] - putting the people who do the work - one step removed makes sense, at [[WikiIndex]], we are all about the people who do the work on wikis too. What do you think about that? Best, [[MarkDilley]] | Hi Jack, I would like to move your user page to [[Jack Phoenix]] - with your talk page staying at [[User talk:Jack Phoenix]]. I think that for [[Wikipedia]] - putting the people who do the work - one step removed makes sense, at [[WikiIndex]], we are all about the people who do the work on wikis too. What do you think about that? Best, [[MarkDilley]] | ||
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== received my email? == | == received my email? == | ||
--[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 13:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC) | --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 13:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC) | ||
== Spamming range blocked == | == Spamming range blocked == | ||
Just blocked a spamming range -- <span class="plainlinks">[http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special:CheckUser&user=198.27.74.0%2F24 198.27.74.0/24]</span>. I haven't find any palse positives yet. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 07:43, 15 July 2013 (UTC) | Just blocked a spamming range -- <span class="plainlinks">[http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special:CheckUser&user=198.27.74.0%2F24 198.27.74.0/24]</span>. I haven't find any palse positives yet. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 07:43, 15 July 2013 (UTC) | ||
== Thanks for the promotion to checkuser == | == Thanks for the promotion to checkuser == | ||
I shall try to use that power wisely. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 14:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)Arcane | I shall try to use that power wisely. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 14:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)Arcane | ||
== Minor edit for Bot == | == Minor edit for Bot == | ||
I see [https://WikiIndex.org/index.php?title=Special%3AUserRights&user=YiFeiBot this] and I think yeah! But then I still see the edits in [[RecentChanges]] - any thought about why? Best, [[MarkDilley]] | |||
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: and then I figure out it is Abuse Filter -[http://wikiindex.org/Special:UserRights/Abuse_filter] and so I changed it to bot, but should it still be administrator? | : and then I figure out it is Abuse Filter -[http://wikiindex.org/Special:UserRights/Abuse_filter] and so I changed it to bot, but should it still be administrator? | ||
:# Changing user rights doesn't affect older items, <s>though I'm not sure if it would hide the newer log items.</s> Good, Cxxchen's block is hidden from RC. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 06:26, 22 August 2013 (UTC) | :# Changing user rights doesn't affect older items, <s>though I'm not sure if it would hide the newer log items.</s> Good, Cxxchen's block is hidden from RC. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 06:26, 22 August 2013 (UTC) | ||
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== I've just been talking about you! == | == I've just been talking about you! == | ||
Maybe you want to dive in [[User talk:MarkDilley#Back-end changes ???? - confusion in the mad house|here]] - we could do with your expertise. :)))) Pleeeeeaaaasssseeee. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 15:33, 28 July 2014 (UTC) | Maybe you want to dive in [[User talk:MarkDilley#Back-end changes ???? - confusion in the mad house|here]] - we could do with your expertise. :)))) Pleeeeeaaaasssseeee. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 15:33, 28 July 2014 (UTC) | ||
== narrowing down the problem with email verification == | == narrowing down the problem with email verification == | ||
I assume, that Your account is email-verified. Please add the domain part of Your email to this [[Help talk:E-mail]] so that we can see more clearly, which servers work and which not. [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 16:16, 28 September 2014 (UTC) | |||
==Request for [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] concerns== | |||
== Request for [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] concerns | |||
I wanted to be sure to draw your attention to the upcoming [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] and solicit your help in making the transition a positive rather than negative experience. Please take a moment to visit [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] and curate the list of concerns. Thanks! -- [[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]]) 22:38, 14 November 2014 (UTC) (call forwarded by [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 23:20, 14 November 2014 (UTC)) | I wanted to be sure to draw your attention to the upcoming [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] and solicit your help in making the transition a positive rather than negative experience. Please take a moment to visit [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] and curate the list of concerns. Thanks! -- [[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]]) 22:38, 14 November 2014 (UTC) (call forwarded by [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 23:20, 14 November 2014 (UTC)) | ||
== Special:PopularPages == | == Special:PopularPages == | ||
* Is it so, that a shoutwiki-installation does not have Special:PopularPages? | * Is it so, that a shoutwiki-installation does not have Special:PopularPages? | ||
* it is needed to calculate [[ | * it is needed to calculate [[User talk:LIMAFOX76#wF|wF]]. | ||
[[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 15:46, 9 March 2015 (UTC) | [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 15:46, 9 March 2015 (UTC) | ||
:Most bigger sites run in [[mw:Manual:$wgMiserMode|miser mode]] to disable a bunch of badly-written and/or otherwise database-intensive features, one of which is the PopularPages special page (mind you, whenever there's a front-end cache, such as Varnish, involved, the page visit count data is wildly out-of-date and thus PopularPages is rather useless).<br | :Most bigger sites run in [[mw:Manual:$wgMiserMode|miser mode]] to disable a bunch of badly-written and/or otherwise database-intensive features, one of which is the PopularPages special page (mind you, whenever there's a front-end cache, such as Varnish, involved, the page visit count data is wildly out-of-date and thus PopularPages is rather useless).<br>It's sad that whoever came up with the whole wF concept chose to use such an unstable metric for that. Luckily each MediaWiki installation has [[Special:Statistics]], which provides you with some actually ''useful'' data, which you can use to determine if the wiki in question is a [[Darthipedia|big]] or a small one. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 20:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC) | ||
==Weigh in on [[WikiIndex:ServerName#Poll]]?== | |||
I wanted to be sure to draw your attention to a potential [[WikiIndex:ServerName|decision to change the domain of this wiki]]. I hope you'll weigh in with your opinion. Thanks! [[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]]) 20:09, 13 March 2015 (UTC) | I wanted to be sure to draw your attention to a potential [[WikiIndex:ServerName|decision to change the domain of this wiki]]. I hope you'll weigh in with your opinion. Thanks! [[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]]) 20:09, 13 March 2015 (UTC) | ||
:Done. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 20:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC) | :Done. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 20:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC) | ||