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MediaWiki Upgrade 1.15.0 -> 1.18.0 (December 16, 2011)

2011-12-15: Friday December 16, 2011 at approx 12pm PDT, I will be upgrading MediaWiki from version 1.15.0 to 1.18.0. The update will bring two years worth of better security, performance and features. I have tested the update (which required a few fixes to our extensions and skins), but you never know what will go wrong. Additionally, after the upgrade, I will be looking into better SPAM protection for the wiki. If you see anything out of place, please let me know. Nicjansma 01:09, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

2011-12-16: As of noon today, we are running MediaWiki 1.18.0. I've noticed a couple things off, here's what I'm working on fixing:

1. The "Navigation" box on the left floats to the top of the screen. (Fixed: 2011-11-16)
2. The sidebar on the left (that contains Background, Downloads, Official Game Systems, etc), come and go. An edit to Mediawiki:Sidebar fixes this (even a no-op edit). ( Intermittent/Ongoing as of 2011-11-16)
3. Special:UserScore doesn't seem to be compatible (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialUserScore) (Fixed: 2011-11-18)
4. The Edit Bar does not show on editing pages. (Fixed: 2011-11-17)
5. Clicking on an Advanced Template was not doing anything. (Fixed: 2011-11-17)

Please let me know if you encounter any other issues. Nicjansma 12:13, 16 December 2011 (PST)

Overlapping Site Logo (Fixed)

Ah ok, this say all to my login problem, iam a test dumy ;).--Doneve 12:06, 16 December 2011 (PST)

I see no changes when iam logged in, ok i use my own preferences by CSS code, but when iam logged out the navigator box on the left over lap the wiki logo.--Doneve 12:18, 16 December 2011 (PST)

This should be fixed now. Nicjansma 12:58, 16 December 2011 (PST)

Sidebar (Fixed?)

Nic - Having some problems - the Navigation bar is missing the "Recent Changes" links among others, and the lower left-hand links are gone as well. Just keeping you posted. ClanWolverine101 21:13, 16 December 2011 (PST)

Nevermind - it seems ok now. ClanWolverine101 21:55, 16 December 2011 (PST)

It's very strage, it come and goes. Once I edit Mediawiki:Sidebar (even a no-op change), it comes back. Trying to figure out why... Nicjansma 22:35, 16 December 2011 (PST)

I haven't seen it disappear for two days now, I think this is fixed. Nicjansma 14:39, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Edit bar (Fixed)

Hy Nic, when i edit an article i miss the Edit bar on the top of the page, oh and i missed on the image uploade page the copyright info template .--Doneve 00:24, 17 December 2011 (PST)

That goes for me, too. I had to think about my sig line code! -Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:20, 17 December 2011 (PST)

I think this should be fixed now, please let me know if [not]. Nicjansma 22:11, 17 December 2011 (PST)

I see it, but it seems to be missing some options. Anyone recall what's missing/needed/wanted? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:33, 18 December 2011 (PST)

The reference buttons and some others missed.--Doneve 08:30, 18 December 2011 (PST)

These are fixed now. Nicjansma 14:39, 18 December 2011 (PST)

reCaptcha

Nic, I don't know if you intended to add an additional reCaptcha check when URLs are added/edited, but if so, its not working right now (at least for me). -Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:20, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Did we have a Captcha showing for logged in users when adding a new URL before? Or, are you saying, we didn't before but we do now? Nicjansma 22:18, 17 December 2011 (PST)

You didn't have it before, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to have it enabled. You can see my talk page for the line to add to the LocalSettings.php--Seth 06:02, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Actually, it looks like your "$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = ;" line is set to true now too. It needs to be set back to false so bots who are not logged in can't spam more articles. --Seth

As Seth was saying above, Nic. We're looking at requiring anyone adding a URL to have to do a reCaptcha again. So, once when registering and once when adding/editing a URL. Seth's talk page gives easy code.--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:32, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Unfortunately, I don't think we have that fine-grained control. Right now our settings are:

$wgGroupPermissions['user']['skipcaptcha'] = true; $wgCaptchaTriggers['edit'] = true; $wgCaptchaTriggers['create'] = true;

The triggers are added to the defaults of 'addurl', 'createaccount' and 'badlogin'. In other words, all non-logged in users get captchas for edits, creates, adding a url, etc. All logged-in users skip all captchas. If we changed "['user']['skipcaptcha'] = false;", then logged in users would have to enter a captcha for all edits, new articles and new urls. I don't see a way to allow logged in users to skip all captchas except for when they add a URL. Nicjansma 14:51, 18 December 2011 (PST)

The first thing you should do is prevent anonymous editing:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit']    =false;

Then add the following to have users enter a captcha only when creating an account or adding external urls:

$wgCaptchaTriggers['edit']          = false;//true requires people to enter captchas when editing
$wgCaptchaTriggers['create']        = false;//true requires people to enter captchas when creating pages
$wgCaptchaTriggers['addurl']        = true; //true requires people to enter captchas when adding urls
$wgCaptchaTriggers['createaccount'] = true; //true requires people to enter captchas when creating accounts
$wgCaptchaTriggers['badlogin']      = false;//true requires people to enter captchas if they enter the wrong password when logging in.

(Optional) create a new user group named "editor" or something to that effect so admins here can move verified people into a group with normal user permissions except they won't be bothered by the captcha again. Add the following:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']            ['skipcaptcha'] = false;//false requires anonymous users to enter captchas
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']        ['skipcaptcha'] = true;//true allows people in the group "editor" to skip future captchas
$wgGroupPermissions['user']         ['skipcaptcha'] = false;//false requires new logged-in users, including bots that make accounts, to enter captchas
$wgGroupPermissions['editor'] = $wgGroupPermissions['user'];//after you create the group "editor", add this line to activate that group in mediawiki

I explained it in more detail on my talk page.--Seth 23:30, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Advanced Templates (Fixed)

Nic, the Advanced Templates made available during editing (show up underneath the summary edit box) appear to be disconnected, as clicking on them does not result in the template being added to the edit field.--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:59, 17 December 2011 (PST)

I think this is fixed now, please confirm. Nicjansma 22:18, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Confirmed. Thanks, Nic!--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:34, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Year Pages

Hey Rev take a look on 3011 all year pages there use the template have an error on the left bar, an "l" is showing, i think Nics update was the problem.--Doneve 07:37, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Sorry, Doneve, I'm not seeing a problem with the 3011 page. -Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 07:53, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Ok i upload this screen shot image, please delete when you have show it, that explain what i mean

File:TestDoneve.jpg.--Doneve 08:00, 17 December 2011 (PST)

I see your picture and I see the bug you're reporting. However, I don't get that in my Firefox nor my IE browsers. Please add that to Nic's error report. (I'm not erasing the pic, so that you can show him.)--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 09:23, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Thanks Doneve. I'm not seeing it either. Which browser are you using? Nicjansma 22:19, 17 December 2011 (PST)

I use the Firefox browser.--Doneve 05:24, 18 December 2011 (PST)

What version of Firefox? I don't see this on 8.0.1. Nicjansma 10:54, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Firefox version 8.0.1, hmm very strange!--Doneve 11:10, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Oh i forgot to say i use my own preferences by CSS code, i think this was the problem, when i take a look on pages there have a image gallery like Assassin article, the text is out of the thumbnail box.--Doneve 11:14, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Edit Counter (Fixed)

Did we lose this? ClanWolverine101 20:13, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Which specific one are you talking about? Nicjansma 22:20, 17 December 2011 (PST)

Special:UserScore It doesn't work anymore. ClanWolverine101 23:00, 17 December 2011 (PST)

This was broken because of changes to MediaWiki, but I fixed the problem and submitted an update to the original code. Nicjansma 14:39, 18 December 2011 (PST)

This is what I get when I click it : "The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Bureaucrats. Return to Main Page." ClanWolverine101 14:54, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Should be allowed for everyone now. Nicjansma 15:36, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Thanks so much! ClanWolverine101 21:47, 18 December 2011 (PST)

Rescent Changes

Hy again, i cant use the Invert selection, Associated namespace fields on the top of the page.--Doneve 09:46, 18 December 2011 (PST)

I don't remember those being part of the standard MediaWiki options, are they part of custom JS? Nicjansma 14:42, 18 December 2011 (PST)