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Magazine articles

Hi Nic, I'd like to create a page for Magazine content related to the battletech CCG I made: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleTech_Trading_Card_Game/Magazine_Content I'd like to put up ads like this: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByRmfoW4q1ZkZWxyVXpvaFBxMnM Or articles like this: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByRmfoW4q1ZkVy1MN1ZvdTA3czA Primarily from magazines like duelist, scrye, inquest etc. Where would these fall under copyright rules? Thanks! Kingfisherb90 (talk) 18:38, 5 February 2016 (PST)

Those links you gave don't seem to work. Anyways, about copyright: You cannot copy text verbatim to Sarna articles if somebody else has a copyright to that text. Also, Sarna doesn't seek to publish stuff; instead, this wiki has articles about publications (see also Policy:Fanon).
That said, just be bold, go ahead and create the article. If there's a problem, chances are somebody will help you out.
(I've taken the liberty to answer since Nic didn't yet. Hope that's okay.) Frabby (talk) 11:56, 9 February 2016 (PST)

Server interrupted?

Hi Nic, i think the sarna server and accounts are interrupted, canyou look in this.--Doneve (talk) 12:13, 1 February 2016 (PST)

Doneve, what do you mean by interrupted? Nicjansma (talk) 20:14, 4 February 2016 (PST)

2016-02-17 MediaWiki Server Upgrade to 1.26

MediaWiki was upgraded today to 1.26 (from 1.24). This was done due to security concerns with the old version, as well as switching away from the AreYouAHuman Captcha (for anonymous users) to ReCaptchaNoCaptcha

Here's the full list of changed extensions:

  • Removed:
    • BotQuery (old API extension)
    • Call (wasn't used)
    • Mantle (no longer needed by MobileFrontend)
    • Ploticus (no longer maintained and has security issues)
    • SimpleAntiSpam (merged into MW core)
    • Vector (merged into MW core)
  • Updated
    • AdminLinks
    • ApprovedRevs
    • Arrays
    • CharInsert
    • CheckUser
    • ConfirmEdit (switched to RecaptchNoCaptcha from AreYouAHuman)
    • ContactPage
    • DataTransfer
    • Disambiguator
    • DynamicPageList
    • ExternalData
    • HeaderTabs
    • Maps
    • MobileFrontend
    • NewUserMessage
    • PageSchemas
    • PdfBook
    • ReplaceText
    • SemanticBundle and related
    • SphinxSearch
    • TitleKey
    • UserMerge
    • Validator
    • Widgets
    • WikiArticleFeeds
    • bad-behavior

Let me know of any issues. Nicjansma (talk) 05:46, 17 February 2016 (PST)

Not really a technical problem, but I note the "This page has been visited X times" note at the bottom of each page is gone. I felt it was useful to see how many visits individual pages got over time, to gauge their impact and relevance. If it's an easy fix then I would like to have the counter back. If not, no sweat. Frabby (talk) 06:50, 17 February 2016 (PST)
Unfortunately MediaWiki removed page hit counters in 1.25 [1]. There's an extension that restores them, but I'm not sure if it's worth the performance cost. Nicjansma (talk) 05:44, 19 February 2016 (PST)
I'm not sure if this is related to the upgrade or not, but I've been contacted by a user over on the official forums, who's concerned that when he browses the site by phone, Sarna keeps trying to access the GPS information on his phone to identify his location. Is that something intentional, or is it a side effect? BrokenMnemonic (talk) 00:36, 19 February 2016 (PST)
Hm, I'm not seeing this, is anyone else? Often, this happens when there's other malware installed on the user's computer, and it's injecting its own ads into the site. Nicjansma (talk) 05:44, 19 February 2016 (PST)