User talk:Yaron Koren

How to delete old spam
Hi. I want to delete spam that is older than "Recent Changes". I found a discussion about how to do this using the Nuke extension but it requires editing LocalSettings. I haven't edited my wiki since July 2012. Is there any other way to see changes to the wiki that were made a year ago? Lumenos1 (talk) 00:20, January 12, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, the Nuke extension is very... let's say: primitive. You cannot revert edits either, so it is very useless in case of a larger ammount of spam. The DeleteBatch extension might do a job here, but be careful with the namespaces (a.f.a.i.k. you can only use it for content pages). --Dennis (Administrator) 15:49, January 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * When I go to RecentChanges now I can click the url and change the number of days to 100 and it shows me back to Oct 4th 2012. I can change the the number of days to 10,000 but it doesn't show me more than about 100 days back. Is there any way to see what was added before 100 days ago? Lumenos1 (talk) 19:58, January 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, as far as I know, the max. amount of days you can display is set to 3000. try this, it worked on my sites some weeks ago... --Dennis (Administrator) 15:01, January 13, 2013 (UTC)
 * Here is my wiki set to 3000 changes in 3000 days. As you can see the latest date it shows is Oct 4th 2012. Here is the history of the main page showing that it was edited in April 12th of 2012 That is about 9 months ago. 3000 days would be about 10 months ago. Lumenos1 (talk) 22:30, January 13, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry, but I actually do not know where this comes from. But as I see, the last-created user before the 4th of August (which is the earliest date in RecentChanges) was created in march 2012 (which was a long time before that (see here). I recommend you to think whether you havn't fought spam for so long, because it seems to to be no spam-user-page in the list of user pages (see here). Cheers; --Dennis (Administrator) 15:21, January 14, 2013 (UTC)
 * I made a mistake. 3000 days would be 100 months ago not 10. 100 months divided by 12 is over 8 years. RecentChanges is definitely not showing 8 years ago.
 * The Men of War wiki goes back to Oct 7th just like my wiki so I don't know why you thought the max was 3000 days. Looks like the max is closer to 100 days.
 * Maybe this is a limitation for privacy or to keep the page from being too long (and crashing)? I would like the max to be increased to maybe 730 days (2 years) but it requires editing LocalSettings and I don't know if the other wikis prefer it to be limited to 100 days. Here are the instructions to change it if you or Yaron think we should do it. Lumenos1 (talk) 05:11, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Youtube

 * How can I upload youtube video in my wiki?--Msnhinet8 (talk) 05:41, February 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * You can't upload YouTube videos, but you can display them using the Widgets extension. Yaron Koren (talk) 16:58, February 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks.--Msnhinet8 (talk) 00:04, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
 * I Understand.--Msnhinet8 (talk) 00:05, March 1, 2013 (UTC)

Photo

 * I can't upload photo in my wiki,How can I do?--Msnhinet8 (talk) 05:52, March 3, 2013 (UTC)


 * What did you try, and was there an error message? Yaron Koren (talk) 16:15, March 3, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes,it view this:--Msnhinet8 (talk) 01:46, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * This is normal, as you can only have 100MB of image storage in the basic free configuration. If you want more, you'll have to pay extra fees, see here for more details. --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 10:45, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * Or for what it's worth, you can save yourself some hassle--and money--by using media from the Wikimedia Commons. (It says so on the front page of Referata's Scratchpad; my Dixwell Dossier takes advantage of this.) --Routhwick (talk) 11:36, April 24, 2013 (EDT)


 * Ok,I known.--Msnhinet8 (talk) 00:52, March 6, 2013 (UTC)

Wiki farm
Just how did you create such a sucessfull wiki farm?--Kaiser1999 (talk) 22:38, April 7, 2013 (EDT)


 * It depends on what you mean by "successful". :) But if you offer free wiki hosting, you'll eventually get some substantial usage. Yaron Koren (talk) 12:11, April 8, 2013 (EDT)


 * Ah, also can you allow unlimited everything for free? I cannot afford any of the things due to me being a teen.--Kaiser1999 (talk) 19:27, April 11, 2013 (EDT)


 * I can't do that - the site needs to support itself financially. But if you want to discuss a reduced payment, you can write me at yaron -at- referata.com. Yaron Koren (talk) 09:16, April 12, 2013 (EDT)


 * Ok.--Kaiser1999 (talk) 19:48, April 15, 2013 (EDT)

Stats extensions
Alexandre (talk) 04:30, May 9, 2013 (EDT)
 * mw:Extension:CooperationStatistics (charts)
 * mw:Extension:Usage Statistics
 * mw:Extension:MostRevisors


 * Do all of these work with the latest version of MediaWiki? They all look like they haven't been updated in a while. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:51, May 15, 2013 (EDT)

Custom namespaces
Do you create namespaces for users of free accounts in their wikis?

Alexandre (talk) 13:20, May 9, 2013 (EDT)


 * Sorry for the delay. No, that's not available for either free or premium accounts. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:48, May 15, 2013 (EDT)

pay

 * Hi,how can I pay for you?--Msnhinet8 (talk) 02:30, May 26, 2013 (EDT)


 * Do you mean that you want to upgrade your service level? Yaron Koren (talk) 13:02, May 26, 2013 (EDT)


 * Yes.--Msnhinet8 (talk) 21:20, May 26, 2013 (EDT)


 * Go to "Site settings", then the "Service level" tab, and follow the instructions. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:55, May 28, 2013 (EDT)

I'm Confused
I have pretty much been having a big move around on tennis-info which has meant the deletion and continued deletion of many pages, and my page count should be decreasing, I thought this might be due to some sort of lag in the server as to why it wasn't updating until I created a page this morning and it actually went up, obviously you can see the confusion since I've deleted more pages in the last week than I have created. I can only imagine there is some kind of error. Afro (talk) 04:24, May 27, 2013 (EDT)


 * I don't know - the numbers in Special:Statistics are sometimes inexact. Are you talking about "Content pages", "Pages" or both? Yaron Koren (talk) 09:50, May 28, 2013 (EDT)
 * I'm referring to the 'Content pages', and this is the only time I've observed it with an inaccurate number. Afro (talk) 14:11, May 28, 2013 (EDT)


 * Well, Special:Statistics uses a somewhat strange system for determining what counts as a "content page" - my guess is that none of the deleted pages counted, to it. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:54, May 28, 2013 (EDT)
 * I just recreated a page I previously deleted and then deleted it again, the content page count went up but it didn't go down when I deleted it. Afro (talk) 05:18, May 29, 2013 (EDT)


 * Oh - in that case, I don't know. Yaron Koren (talk) 17:39, May 29, 2013 (EDT)

Proposal
Hello, I am a user of Referata and I would like to announce that there should be a new payment method that allows like a pro and pro plus deal that MANY can afford!!!! Is that a good proposal??? It will work for many users!--VarickI (talk) 23:08, June 6, 2013 (EDT)

Database error during site creation
Please help me! I have this error

Thank you!

--Hay.democratic.network (talk) 14:47, June 22, 2013 (EDT)

Same with me, and also a different one on the german server. tried gutestunden and gutestunden1 as site names, but the messages suggest that the tables got created only partial,and using the urls give 404. regards holger.wessels


 * Hi - sorry about that; I was making some changes to the code, and it caused that SQL problem. I believe it's fixed now. Let me know if you need me to delete any sites. Yaron Koren (talk) 00:15, June 23, 2013 (EDT)


 * Thanks, it's ok now, i can create sites, but those that i have already tried to create doesn't work, and the names that i reserved ar impossible to use. Can you delete theml plese?--Hay.democratic.network (talk) 03:43, June 23, 2013 (EDT)


 * Sure - what are their names? Yaron Koren (talk) 20:12, June 23, 2013 (EDT)
 * It's ok now, i created a new one!

How to make opening the external links in new tabs?
Hi,

Is there any possibility to open the external links in new tabs? Thanks --Hay.democratic.network (talk) 05:25, June 23, 2013 (EDT)


 * It could be that the only way to do it with a widget, i.e. using the Widgets extension. Yaron Koren (talk) 20:12, June 23, 2013 (EDT)


 * Thanks, do I need to modify LocalSettings.php for instance i need it to add FB comments), and how can i access this file, please?


 * You can't access or modify LocalSettings.php (there's only one for all of Referata), but fortunately, you don't need one to create a widget. Yaron Koren (talk) 09:22, June 24, 2013 (EDT)

How to create a default page?
Hi, I'd like to know if it's possible to have a default page format. I mean that when somebody create a new page, it's already formated with some kind of tables, texts, etc. Thanks --Hay.democratic.network (talk) 06:29, June 23, 2013 (EDT)


 * You can do that sort of thing with the Semantic Forms extension. Yaron Koren (talk) 20:15, June 23, 2013 (EDT)

Can you see my questions?
Can you see my questions at http://www.referata.com/wiki/Referata_talk:FAQ PLEASE?


 * Yes - sorry for the delay. Yaron Koren (talk) 17:12, August 8, 2013 (EDT)

File storage
Hello, I am considering coming back to Referata. But I still do have a problem with something. That problem is file storage, I am a teen and I have no money to afford 1 GB of file storage.--VarickI (talk) 17:38, August 18, 2013 (EDT)
 * Either you'll have to pay up for the extra storage (see Referata:Features), or you'll have to resort to using images from the Wikimedia Commons (which every Referata domain can access). --Routhwick (talk) 01:17, September 29, 2013 (EDT)
 * Even if you use Commons, thumbnails will decrease your free amount of 100MB storage. And it is worse when you use several sizes to display the same picture. --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 09:45, October 11, 2013 (EDT)

Google Analytics bug
Hi Yaron, there is like a problem with google analytics, i added the UA-xxxx- in the settings but it doesn't work since 2 month. I have more than 1000 visitors in my wiki but 0 in google analytics statistics. Help! --Hay.democratic.network (talk) 15:00, August 19, 2013 (EDT)


 * I'm very sorry about that! I rewrote a lot of the code that Referata runs on at around that time, and it evidently led to the Google Analytics script no longer being added to pages. I believe I've now fixed it. I should have tested it before... my apologies. Yaron Koren (talk) 23:01, August 19, 2013 (EDT)


 * Hello, i found the problem. The solution is to add UA-xxxxxxxx only without the last -1 at the end, it's added automatically, so if the UA number doesn't finish by -1 it'll be impossible. Anyway it works now, Thank you very much. --Hay.democratic.network (talk) 05:18, August 20, 2013 (EDT)

Why mediawiki graph format doesn't work
Hello Yaron, Can you help me please to understand why istead of graphs i have tables? I use exactly the format described here: http://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Graph_format Is this future enables? in localsettings.php? Thanks --Hay.democratic.network (talk) 05:50, August 27, 2013 (EDT)

Mobile version
Sorry if I've asked this question before, but is there any way I can get my Referata site to run in mobile format--without a MediaWiki extension? I still can't do this myself, and what I've implemented to date turns into a redirect loop on my iPod Touch. I wonder what priorities you've got regarding this yet? --Routhwick (talk) 06:33, August 29, 2013 (EDT)

Heads up, users and readers...
Thanks to avast! Antivirus, I've just noticed some sort of redirect hack in the past few days that's affecting URLs on the Referata network. Hours ago, avast! caught links from bobbolicious.be, which I definitely won't link to, and classified them as malware. This happened whenever I loaded something from a Referata domain for the first time today.

So for now, you'll have to access Referata--with an antivirus system already running--until the staff can sort this situation out. --Routhwick (talk) 23:30, September 9, 2013 (EDT)


 * Hi - yes, there was an attack on Referata that added malicious Javascript to some of the MediaWiki code files, that caused users to be redirected to adult sites in some cases. I undid the changes - the issue was actually resolved right around the time you posted this message, actually - and changed the permissions on the MediaWiki files, so it hopefully won't happen again. Sorry about the problems. Yaron Koren (talk) 22:26, September 11, 2013 (EDT)

Deletion

 * Hi, can you delete my wikis please. I don´t need them any more. --Omnidedia (talk) 09:29, September 26, 2013 (EDT)
 * You can do that yourself. Just go to Special:SiteSettings on your wiki(s), look up "Deletion" and press "Delete site". Deletion will occur in the next few days unless you decide to cancel. --Routhwick (talk) 22:35, September 26, 2013 (EDT)
 * I´ve done it, but nothing happens --Omnidedia (talk) 10:40, September 30, 2013 (EDT)
 * All right, I'm back. (Too bad about the recent spam wave, which I've been endlessly fighting; how about we install CheckUser here and finish with it?) Anyway, what's the latest on your sites' progress? Either that, or we can give it a few more days and have Mr. Koren check. --Routhwick (talk) 23:56, October 23, 2013 (EDT)

'Math' extension seems to not be properly installed
Hi, the 'Extensions' page in my wiki states that the 'math' extension is available, but when I try to use it the following error appears on the page:

Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.)

It seems that a program necessary for 'math' to work has not been installed on the server?

For example, the following should display a pretty version of Einstein's famous equation:

$$ E = mc^2 $$

—Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Eeeickythump (talk • contribs) on October 26, 2013 @ 2:51 a.m. EDT.

My own wiki has this exact same problem—enough for me to take note of it here and here. Although Math is working fine on another Referata wiki.

I'm a bit surprised it's happening here on Referata Central as well, as the above example proves. I'll try to ping Mr. Koren over e-mail on this. (Remember: he's in charge of the extension installation, and I'm only an admin doing my job. Too bad there's no easy way to access LocalSettings.php, is there?) --Routhwick (talk) 13:47, October 26, 2013 (EDT)
 * Received an answer from Koren last week (late reply again)—here's what he had to say on the issue:
 * ...I know I need to fix the Math thing, though it might be tricky - the issue is that the texvc library isn't working on the Referata server, which means that images can't be generated. I spent a fair amount of time trying to fix this a while ago (a few years ago, I think), but I need to look into it again.
 * And no, I can't deal with LocalSettings.php at all. Because, as Koren says, "there's just one for the entire wiki farm."
 * That said, you're in for a good wait. Thanks for expressing your concern, and our apologies. (Then again, we're more understaffed than Wikimedia!) --Routhwick (talk) 17:04, November 7, 2013 (EST)

create a wiki

 * My new wiki,not open,how can I do?--Msnhinet8 (talk) 05:07, March 10, 2014 (EDT)
 * this here,測試--Msnhinet8 (talk) 05:10, March 10, 2014 (EDT)


 * Sorry about the delay. Are you still having problems with this? It loads fine for me. Yaron Koren (talk) 23:43, March 19, 2014 (EDT)

Deletion.
Can you delete these, they've been sitting there a while awaiting deletion, thx. Afro (talk) 20:46, March 19, 2014 (EDT)


 * Sorry about the long delay - these have all now been deleted. Yaron Koren (talk) 23:41, March 19, 2014 (EDT)