User talk:Yaron Koren/Archive January to June 2009

Use of Wikimedia Commons images
According to this page it is possible for any MediaWiki installation after 1.13.0 to use free images from Wikimedia Commons by linking to them using the normal syntax.

Since MediaWiki revision 1.13.0 you can direct embed media from Wikimedia Commons into your own wiki. Add the following lines to the localSettings.php of your installation:

$wgForeignFileRepos[] = array(  'class'            => 'ForeignAPIRepo',   'name'             => 'shared',   'apibase'          => 'http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php',   'fetchDescription' => true, // Optional );

Now you can embed every medium from Wikimedia Commons without the need to copy it to your own server.

As we are running on 1.13.1 would it be possible to enable this? It is possible to use external images already but being able to use the Wiki syntax gives greater control such as positioning and thumbnails of images, etc. My Wiki is at http://northantscamra.referata.com. BenCoulson 15:09, January 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's done now. Thanks for the code! Yaron Koren 06:43, January 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * Many thanks! It's working (almost) fine and I have some lovely images. The (small) problem is that when clicking on the image thumbnail and going to the image description page the following errors are shown:






 * descriptionCacheExpiry
 * If set to 0, no caching will be used. Set to 1 or more (seconds) to define how long the local cache of description pages will last. Must set fetchDescription to true to use.


 * &mdash;MediaWiki manual from this page BenCoulson 22:52, January 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's done; let me know if there are any more problems. Yaron Koren 01:20, January 12, 2009 (UTC)

Two requests
How do I make MediaWiki:Copyright appear in the banner at the bottom (the one with the "powered by" and "hosted by" stuff) like in Wikipedia? I want to make the wiki's license visible to everyone. --Michaeldsuarez 21:08, January 7, 2009 (UTC)

In addition, can you please place an opinion in Special:SiteSettings that'll allow us to choose which group of users can use Special:Upload and Special:UploadWindow? Since the wiki I created can only have 5 MB of file space, I would like the administrators of the site to be the only ones able to upload images. I don't want the file space to run out. --Michaeldsuarez 21:08, January 7, 2009 (UTC)


 * The first one was a problem on Referata - it should be fixed now. The second request - let me think about a way to do that that makes sense. Yaron Koren 03:31, January 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez 12:17, January 12, 2009 (UTC)

Other Footer Images
I would like you to remove the two images near the "Powered by MediaWiki" badge, because they take up space on the footer. I would also like you to fix the path to the GNU-FDL icon in : $wgRightsIcon = "${wgScriptPath}/skins/common/images/gnu-fdl.png";

Dagoth Ur, Mad God 02:22, January 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Strange, I was just in the middle of changing the copyright stuff (due to the question above) when you asked about this. I actually changed the default copyright to be Creative Commons' CC-BY-SA, which I think makes more sense for text. As for removing those other two images - sorry, I have to plug them all. :) Yaron Koren 03:54, January 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I just replaced the Creative Commons logo on the bottom left with the Referata logo, moving it from the bottom right, which should help take care of two problems - too much clutter on the bottom, and ease of use for those wanting to use a copyright different from the default one. It's also the same basic approach taken by Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia sites. Anyone, feel free to let me know what you think. Yaron Koren 18:54, January 23, 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Redes_de_neuronas.

201.207.245.14 21:25, January 13, 2009 (UTC)

MP3 File Upload
Hey there, Yaron Koren. I own a little Referata site called the Yoshi's Island Wiki, and I was wondering if you could make it possible to upload .mp3 files (if they are not yet possible to upload), as I would like to have a music gallery on my site. Thanks. SilverYoshi95


 * Okay, you can now upload MP3 files. Yaron Koren 16:09, January 22, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much! SilverYoshi95

Possible to import gzipped xml?
Hi, I got a xml that is 258 MB in size (current version only, no history). When compressed to .gz it shrinks to 66.1 MB. Would it be possible to import the gz file instead of the xml file? -PanSola 02:20, January 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's done. Yaron Koren 13:46, January 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Somehow I still got the "Import failed: Unknown import source type" error. Is there an import filesize limit that I am exceeding?  Can I perhaps upload the gz file on a free filehosting service and request your help in importing it into semanticguildwiki.referata ? -PanSola 23:25, January 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * That's too bad; yes, if you uploaded the file to another site it would probably be easier for me to diagnose the error. Yaron Koren 03:32, January 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * original dump vs trimmed dump. I don't care which one gets imported (and I only need one of them).  The trimmed one is smaller to remove namespaces I don't care about, but it was trimmed via a script so not 100% certain the XML is completely well-formed.  The original dump is larger but was never edited so its integrity should be fine.  Thanks! -PanSola 20:20, February 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * I couldn't get either of these files working - they were both too big for me to upload. Maybe that's the real issue? Yaron Koren 16:33, February 5, 2009 (UTC)


 * It could indeed be the problem, and MediaWiki just always unhelpfully complained "Import failed: Unknown import source type" )-: I hope MW can actually warn about import size limit.  I guess I'll just manually export one category at a time then import them.  Thanks for the help. -PanSola 18:34, February 5, 2009 (UTC)

Hi, this time I tried importing a 1.35MB XML, but got the following error
 * Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/yaron57/public_html/w/extensions/SemanticForms/includes/SF_LinkUtils.inc on line 71

Why would importing an XML involve the SF extension? -PanSola 20:23, February 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hm, it shouldn't. Thanks for the error message; I'll look into it. Yaron Koren 22:11, February 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * On another attempt to upload, I get
 * Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/yaron57/public_html/w/includes/Hooks.php on line 40
 * so maybe it just died at whatever line it happens to be at when 30 sec hits... Could the execution timeout be extended? Or are there bad server-side effects? -PanSola 18:50, February 9, 2009 (UTC)

Checkuser
Hello Yaron Koren.

Can you introduce the checkuser system? In Latinopedia, we need the checkuser in the future.

Bye.

-201.207.245.14 22:33, February 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, why do you need it? Yaron Koren 22:51, February 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hello, I need it for Check Puppets in the future.

-201.207.245.14 16:19, February 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, let me know when you actually need it. I don't know if it's a necessary feature at this point. Yaron Koren 16:44, February 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * Soon, please.

-Andrey 21:31, February 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * What does that mean - do you right now have a sock puppet that you need to check? Yaron Koren 21:35, February 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * No, at this time no. But, we need it in the future.

-Andrey 16:17, February 5, 2009 (UTC)

Semantic Form errors
Notice: Undefined variable: template_contents in /home/yaron57/public_html/w/extensions/SemanticForms/includes/SF_FormPrinter.inc on line 395

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach in /home/yaron57/public_html/w/extensions/SemanticForms/includes/SF_FormUtils.inc on line 407

Generated by. -PanSola 02:50, February 20, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks for the bug report; it's fixed now. Yaron Koren 03:03, February 20, 2009 (UTC)

Rename User, WhosOnline, and Check User
Those would be useful to most wikies, me and my friends have some that need it. Raiku 03:08, February 20, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I just added Rename User, which looks helpful. I'm still not convinced of the need for the other two. Yaron Koren 03:20, February 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * There's a problem using it. - Raiku
 * You also need Nuke, which mass deletes pages, and Oversight, which deletes revisions for cases like legal or privacy issues. Raiku 03:57, February 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, indeed - Rename User is fixed now. There's already the Delete Batch extension. Yaron Koren 04:07, February 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * One more thing: You need a list of all public referata wikies so that people can view and read wikies, making this place more viewable. Raiku 04:10, February 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. Yaron Koren 14:45, February 20, 2009 (UTC)

I need the thing that allows you to know when people join. I am expecting a guest. Raiku 22:36, February 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? Yaron Koren 02:39, February 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, I think he means this and the CheckUser extension would be useful to find out if a user's a sockpuppet or something like that. JCM 02:24, February 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.13.5 has been released, so you may want to upgrade to 1.14.0 or 1.13.5 if Semantic Media is compatible with either of them. --Michaeldsuarez 04:14, February 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'm planning to upgrade to MW 1.14 at some point soon. Yaron Koren 04:21, February 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * That's good. Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez 04:25, February 25, 2009 (UTC)

Rename
Can you please remove "Ur, Mad God" from my username? Dagoth Ur, Mad God 09:05, February 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Done. I guess the "Rename User" extension is good for something. :) Yaron Koren 16:57, February 26, 2009 (UTC)

Database Error
When trying to view Special:Statistics, at least on the main Referata Wiki and on the Wiki I run at http://northantscamra.referata.com/wiki/Special:Statistics the following error is generated:

Could this be something to do with the latest updates? BenCoulson 19:54, March 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the error report - it was, in fact, caused by the recent MediaWiki update. It's fixed now. Yaron Koren 00:22, March 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * Many thanks - all working now. A further error occurs relating to images (example). Images appear OK in articles but clicking the image brings up a "database error" page instead of the image description page. Either you just fixed it or it started working again. BenCoulson 18:41, March 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I just fixed it. You beat me to it. :) Thanks for the error report again. Yaron Koren 18:44, March 3, 2009 (UTC)

SMW+
Hi, I'm just wondering if Referata offers SMW+ (a.k.a. Halo extension). The newest version looks pretty good. --Michaeldsuarez 14:43, March 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * No. Yaron Koren 15:08, March 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks anyway. --Michaeldsuarez 15:39, March 4, 2009 (UTC)

Site skin is stuck
Hi, the skin preference on my site is stuck. I can toggle to any skin, and the circle holds the dot, but it doesn't change the appearance. Lumenos1 01:17, March 7, 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure you will see the page the same way I do. It looks like it often does before the page loads completely; like a simplified version where there is no top bar or side bar (the links are instead at the bottom), none of the external links have arrows, the wiki icon is not in the upper left corner. I just tried it with Internet Explorer (I have been using Firefox) and it looked like it was supposed to, but only the first time I viewed it. I tried changing the skin again and it was back to the "simplified" version in IE. When I click "preview" with Firefox I see the page as it is supposed to look, so I'm guessing the problem is on your end. I've tried clearing the cache with shift reload, etc. Lumenos1 01:39, March 7, 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, oops, that was my fault indeed - a problem with the "Whitebook" skin, as a result of the MediaWiki upgrade last week. It should be fixed now. Yaron Koren 02:37, March 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * I was using Whitebook and it did fix the Whitebook skin, however it has a new problem now. I like the CleanAndBlue skin better but I can't change from Whitebook to another skin. (By the way, I must commend you on your tech support. You are very knowledgeable of MediaWiki.)Lumenos1 18:40, March 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Could it be that you're not seeing the change because your user default skin is still set to "Whitebook"? One somewhat annoying thing about MediaWiki is that, even if you change the skin, all existing users will stay on the skin they had before. Try changing the skin value, then logging out. Yaron Koren 18:54, March 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well I was setting what it calls the "default" skin (under site settings) to CleanAndBlue but somehow my user preferences had the skin set to Whitebook so I had to change it there. I guess that is what you mean. Thanks again! Lumenos1 19:47, March 9, 2009 (UTC)

m4a File Upload
Hey YK, Could you possibly allow m4a files (music type) to be uploaded. It's just that my computer crashed and I lost my Mp3 files, so now they're m4a. Thanks -SilverYoshi95


 * Alright, this is done. Yaron Koren 13:46, March 10, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks sooooo much! U R awesome! SilverYoshi95

MediaWiki Sidebar Question
Hey Yaron Koren I'm just wondering if my site could get a "community" sidebar under the searchbox. The Super Mario Wiki has one, just windering if/how how it can be done on free Referata sites. Thanks SilverYoshi95 09:10, March 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't think it can be done; though, as you're probably aware, upgrading to "Enterprise" level would let you customize the skin however you want. Yaron Koren 13:11, March 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. But thanks, anyway :) SilverYoshi95


 * I know we had this conversation ages ago, but another great user told me how to do it, and it works =) SilverYoshi95

Custom Namespaces/Forums
Hello, Yaron Koren,

I was looking to move my wiki (back) to Referata, but I would like to know if Referata supports (at least one) custom namespaces. If not, is it possible to have forum pages under a forum namespace that dosen't show up in an article count?.

Thanks,

--Jewntansoath 17:07, March 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * I have another problem, too. I originally had my wiki at Referata and then moved it to Wikia, and had requested deletion of the Referata wiki. I have created my wiki here again, under the same URL, and now when I try to go to it, an HTTP 404 Not Found error comes up. Is that because I am trying to use the same URL that I deleted? And how do I fix it? --Jewntansoath 17:24, March 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * I just tried to create a wiki with a different URL and it still doesn't work. Is the create site page not working? --Jewntansoath 18:16, March 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * There's no way to create custom namespaces at the moment. I'll think about it, but it'll probably never be a Basic-level feature. As to your other issue - as far as I know, site creation is working fine. Feel free to email me the names of the sites that aren't working. Yaron Koren 21:49, March 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * http://biblioclub.referata.com and http://biblioclub-wiki.referata.com aren't working, but if you can get them both working, I would like the first one to be my url. Thanks, --Jewntansoath 22:20, March 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * Odd - both of those sites work for me. Yaron Koren 22:41, March 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * This and this is what my computer says when I try to access them. I have access to other Referata created sites, and I'm using Internet Explorer 6 if that helps. --Jewntansoath 23:20, March 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * Weird...(As shown here) I can access the wiki on a different browser. What browser were you using? --Jewntansoath 00:06, March 19, 2009 (UTC)

InputBox MediaWiki Extension
Hi Yaron,

Will you please enable/install this MediaWiki Extention at least on BiblioClub? It can really help us out with our forums that I'm working on, and for future things that I plan to create there real soon.

Thanks in advance,

--Jewntansoath 00:52, March 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you familiar with Semantic Forms? It does everything Inputbox does, and much more. Yaron Koren 01:17, March 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * I am a bit familiar with the Forms, but I would like to implement the inputboxes into pages like the Main Page and the forum pages. --Jewntansoath 17:27, March 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I'm not going to add Inputbox. But you can use Semantic Forms even for the purposes you describe. Yaron Koren 01:31, March 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * How will I be able to? I want to be able to search pages of the wiki from these inputboxes. I don't think that the forms will let me search certain pages. --JewntansOath My talk page / My contributions / Send me an email 01:58, March 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, I didn't realize Inputbox handles searching as well. Well, I guess Semantic Forms doesn't do it all. :) I'll think about adding it in. Yaron Koren 03:01, March 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Alright, I just added in this extension, so now it's available to all sites. Yaron Koren 00:25, April 16, 2009 (UTC)

Problem with Skins
Hey Yaron Its Silver (again), and I'm having problems with my skin. It is set to Clean and Blue, but I would like it to be Reference Book. When I click "save" after setting the disired skin, an error message comes up, I click back on the browser and it used to work, ie the skin would have changed. But now, it refuses to change. It seems to be stuck on Clean and Blue. Anything I could do? SilverYoshi95


 * Is this in user preferences, or site settings? And what's the error message? I haven't seen such a thing. Yaron Koren 14:57, March 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, yeah. When i type it in the addy bar, it comes up as the skin i want but when i log in, it changes back to clan and blue. And the error is a blank (white) page with MediaWiki error junk on it. I really dunno what to do. Never mind. I've fixed it. My Preferences were set to clean and blue, that was the problem. But thanks for your help!SilverYoshi95

Universal Accounts
Hi Yaron,

I noticed that accounts aren't universal on Referata wikis like they are for the Wikimedia Project wikis and Wikia. Is there a way to bypass that at least for two wikis? I want two Referata wikis to be in the same project and I don't want my users to have to create accounts in two different places. What I want to do is have the user create an account on one wiki or the other and be able to use that same account on the other without having to create a new one.

Thanks,

--JewntansOath My talk page / My contributions / Send me an email 19:27, March 29, 2009 (UTC)


 * No, there's no way, and it's not something I'm planning to add: Referata isn't structured as a greater "community" like Wikia or the Wikimedia projects are. Yaron Koren 03:23, March 30, 2009 (UTC)

Extensions
Hi, I was just wondering if you can offer the Syntax Highlighting extension and an extension that would allow administrators to easily edit the interwiki table. --Michaeldsuarez 19:14, March 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm interested in how you feel about the TransformChanges and TreeAndMenu extensions as well. Do do you think about them? --Michaeldsuarez 02:56, April 16, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry for the delay. My thoughts/questions on all four extensions: Syntax Highlight - probably a good idea. Interwiki-table editing - is there such an extension? It would definitely be nice to have. TransformChanges - I don't know, I guess I've gotten used to the standard layout; do you think think the transformed version is a big improvement? TreeAndMenu - what would this be used for? Yaron Koren 19:54, April 16, 2009 (UTC)

SpecialInterwiki is the extension for editing the interwiki table. I guess TransformChanges and TreeAndMenu aren't really needed right now. --Michaeldsuarez 00:42, April 17, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, both SyntaxHighlight and SpecialInterwiki are now installed. Thanks especially for letting me know about the latter - it looks like a fantastic tool. There's a link to it now from "Helpful links" as well. Yaron Koren 20:02, April 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and you're welcome. --Michaeldsuarez 12:16, April 18, 2009 (UTC)

Featured Sites
Hi Yaron,

I saw the featured sites on the main page here, and I would like to know how I could get my Referata site on that list, even if just for a little while. What requirements would my wiki need to get a link?

Thanks,

--JewntansOath My talk page / My contributions / Send me an email 02:01, April 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * The basic requirement is that the wiki use the semantic capabilities, including Semantic Forms - that's the main reason why the the featured-sites list hasn't been changed in so long, although I'd like it to be. Yaron Koren 12:14, April 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * My latest wiki at http://books.referata.com uses Semantic Forms (I'm still working on the others capabilities). It's still very small, but it's slowly improving. Is there a way we can add my wiki to the list, please and thank you? --JewntansOath My talk page / My contributions / Send me an email 21:45, April 8, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, it does seem rather small to be a featured site. But if/when it gets more substantial, it'll definitely be a possibility. Yaron Koren 17:44, April 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey Yaron, I don't know much about Semantic Forms, but I'm just wondering if my site meets the requirments of a featured site. Just wondering if it could be a featured site one day. Thanks!


 * Hi - sorry, no, since it's not semantic. Yaron Koren 13:25, June 10, 2009 (UTC)


 * What is semantic? I honestly don't know! SilverYoshi95


 * Check out the main page and the help page. Yaron Koren 12:52, June 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay. Thanks! SilverYoshi95

Close Wiki
Any chance you can close Userpedia here? One of our Bureaucrats was hacked and is wreaking havoc there, blocking and demoting everyone. Plus, we moved to our own server anyway. Thanks. - 1337Yoshi


 * Hi - could you get Stooben Rooben, the main admin, to write me from his/her Yahoo address with that request? That should be info@referata.com. Yaron Koren 14:52, May 3, 2009 (UTC)

Fatal error
Dear Yaron

Every time I try to load the Special-page AllMessages I get this message: "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/yaron57/public_html/w/includes/specials/SpecialAllmessages.php on line" followed by a number that seems random to me. I'm hoping that you can help me and would be so kind to do.

Greetings Dromer 14:20, May 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, apparently it's a very memory-intensive page. I've tried increasing the memory allocation for the wiki, but nothing seems to work; it very rarely loads. I may just take out that link from the "Helpful links" page, since it seems like basically an unusable page on Referata. Yaron Koren 04:59, May 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * A pity, since it can really help you to personalize the wiki, but I see you've tried your best. Anyways, besides that, thanks for hosting such a great wiki farm! I think you're doing a great job! Dromer 09:22, May 10, 2009 (UTC)

To solve this problem in my own wiki, I modified two config files. One was :
 * Resource Limits ;
 * Resource Limits ;

max_execution_time = 60 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds ; default 30, but huge wiki pages like Special:AllMessages can take longer

Other was : FastCgiServer /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin/php.fcgi -idle-timeout 60

# Default idle-timeout is 30. Huge pages like Special:AllMessages can take longer.

# You may be using FastCgiConfig instead of FastCgiServer. # Not sure, but I think it has a similar idle-timeout parameter.

Hope this helps. I also need to view Special:AllMessages. ~Michael Allantalk 12:02, September 19, 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not that concerned about it, because the next version of MediaWiki, 1.16, has the 'AllMessages' page split into smaller pages, so this overflow problem should only be there for another few months. Yaron Koren 04:31, September 22, 2009 (UTC)

'Random'
A small question: is it possible to use a function in which you set up a list and one of them is chosen 'randomly', like a list of pictures or quotes, so one appears 'random' on, say, your mainpage. I know other wiki's sometimes have the command, but it doesn't seem to work on Referata. Sorry to bother you again. Dromer 05:59, May 11, 2009 (UTC)


 * What extension enables that, do you know? Yaron Koren
 * This one, I think. Thanks in advance! It's a fun extension. Dromer 13:40, May 14, 2009 (UTC)

File Upload Error
Hey Yaron, I set up a Wiki (The Ultimate Pokémon Wiki), and when I try to upload a file, this message comes up: Internal error From The Ultimate Pokémon Wiki Jump to: navigation, search The upload directory (public) is missing and could not be created by the webserver.

Any suggestions as to what I should do? SilverYoshi95


 * Oh, sorry about that - it turns out to be a problem for all wikis created in the last week or so. I think I fixed it for those wikis (including yours), and eliminated the problem for future wikis. Yaron Koren 13:10, May 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yay! It works! Thanks Yaron!SilverYoshi95

Hello, I'm encountering the error (The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver) on my wiki. --Adelaide 11:18, May 15, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, sorry again - there were actually two problems in one, and I think I've fixed both now - please let me know if you still see the problem. Yaron Koren 12:54, May 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * Works great! Thanks for your speedy response.--Adelaide 13:06, May 15, 2009 (UTC)

Change URL?
Hey Yaron, sorry to bother you again, but I'm just windering if its possible to change URLs. For example,  something.referata.com  to  somethingelse.referata.com . Thanks. SilverYoshi95 06:24, May 22, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi - unfortunately, no. But you can use "Import" and "Export" to move the wiki pages from one to the other; that's the best option. By the way, I saw before that you wrote about not being able to set the site name - that was a temporary problem that was caused by some changes I was making, but I think it's fixed now. Yaron Koren 15:31, May 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. thanks anyway, And yes, the name works now. Cheers, SilverYoshi95

Data Transfer Extension
I have recently made use of the Data Transfer extension – it has been very helpful. I noticed one error, and that is with page titles having foreign characters. Under Recent changes, it will note that a page has been created, but it substitutes � (hovering over the link shows %E2 or %EA) for the foreign character. When I click on the link to fix the page, it brings me to a blank page with the correct character in place. You can see a couple of examples here:

How can I go about deleting these incorrect pages? Surely I'm overlooking something simple! Thank you.--Adelaide 00:04, May 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * This was a bug in Data Transfer - the issue has now been fixed, thankfully. Yaron Koren 03:33, June 10, 2009 (UTC)

A friend on mine owns a site can use the extension. I've found I can't do that here. Is there a way to allow ? Also, how can I show the number of contributions made by a user? - KingAbra


 * What do you want HTML for? And I don't know the answer to the second question. Yaron Koren 03:33, June 10, 2009 (UTC)

Chatroom applets. KingAbra


 * You should use the Widgets extension for that. Actually, now that I think about it, you can use Widgets for any embedded HTML. Yaron Koren 15:42, June 10, 2009 (UTC)

No, you can't. and I don't know how to use it anyway. Please? KingAbra


 * Please try reading the Widgets documentation. It's surprisingly easy - you put the HTML you want into a "Widget:" page, then call that page using the #widget function. Yaron Koren 15:42, June 21, 2009 (UTC)

Oh! You're right. I must have been doing it wrong last time; it works now. Thanks a lot! :) KingAbra

Report Wiki
This Referata has been hacked, the Admin Account (CM Punk Halo) was hacked by Migu_elLB and he is insulting me, my name is Andrey, and he banned me and redirects my article to Andreina (Female name of Andrey), he's telling me Gay! Please, can you close that wiki?

-201.207.245.14 19:19, June 11, 2009 (UTC)


 * Could you tell the site creator, Carlos Manuel etc., to send me an email, asking me to close it? Yaron Koren 00:58, June 12, 2009 (UTC)

Linked Images!!
Hey Yaron. I really need to know if I can link images to pages (click an image and you go to a page, not the file). Okay thanks! SilverYoshi95


 * Hi, yes, you can do that - just use the new "link=" parameter for images - see here. Yaron Koren 13:52, June 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * Brilliant! Thanks! SilverYoshi95 09:32, June 18, 2009 (UTC)

SdrawXF
I solved the last problem, now, there's another wiki, http://totalwwe.referata.com in that site, there are not insults, but I will watch that wiki, and tell you if they insult me.

-201.207.245.14 18:49, June 13, 2009 (UTC)

I have another problem on sdrawxf, I ask Carlos Manuel to send you the e-mail.

-Andrey 00:50, June 14, 2009 (UTC)

Semantic Forms - red-links
I have a question about Semantic Forms.

I’m looking to point my red-links to a form, however, they link to: Special:AddData/Name of form/Pagename. The problem is that I also want to use the feature that creates an automatic index number. In that case, I would need the red-links to point to Special:AddData/Name of form.

Do you know of any way to accomplish this? Thank you!--Adelaide 10:35, June 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * You want a red link to point to a form to create a page with a different name (e.g. "Pagename 1" instead of "Pagename")? If so, that's not possible, and I don't think it's a good idea; though you could consider using #formlink instead. Yaron Koren 12:26, June 18, 2009 (UTC)

Polls on Wikis
Hey Yaron, I'm just wondering if it is possible to get this poll on my Referata wiki:   

Or maybe just any custom HTML poll, beacause I really don't like the MediaWiki Poll extension, based on its example. Thanks. SilverYoshi95


 * Hi, yes, you can do that using the Widgets extension. If you get it working, you might consider adding the new widget to mediawikiwidgets.org. Yaron Koren 15:27, June 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, the poll comes up, but how do you hide the  {{#widget:Poll |  and the  {{ ?SilverYoshi95


 * You might be doing something incorrectly; where's the page that has that problem? Yaron Koren 17:24, June 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * It's here SilverYoshi95


 * Hi - your Widget: page structure isn't quite right - please look at other widget pages and try to follow their structure; then it should work. Yaron Koren 13:30, June 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * I got it working! Thank you so much! SilverYoshi95

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Another Problem - Infobox
Hello again, I'm experiencing problems with an infobox. It used to appear like this, but now it appears all strange, like this and I can't figure out what I've done. Any suggestions? SilverYoshi95 07:28, June 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * That's too bad. My standard trick is to keep simplifying the template until it starts to work again, then figure out what caused it to break. Yaron Koren 13:30, June 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Fixed it. It was a problem with my  |  template. Thanks! SilverYoshi95

Media Wiki Taglines etc.
Hey Yaron, I'm just wondering about site taglines (the From (sitename), the blah blah blah site), under MediaWiki:Tagline (on Wikipedia and Bulbapedia). I'm wondering how to get one on my site. Thanks SilverYoshi95 08:44, June 29, 2009 (UTC) (PS Sorry I ask so many questions :P)


 * It's definitely confusing - the tagline is already there, but hidden - see here. Yaron Koren 13:51, June 29, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I can probably figure the rest of them out now. SilverYoshi95

Hi, I was wondering... how can I edit LocalSettings.php on my wiki? KingAbra


 * You can't. Yaron Koren 01:51, June 30, 2009 (UTC)