Web-based wiki software, primarily developed for use on Wikimedia properties.
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Can a MediaWiki moderator put a system message for each new user?
I am an admin on a MediaWiki instance where I can't edit the code, only act through the MediaWiki system itself.
Can I setup a notification for every new user? The notification should be seen until ...
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MediaWiki editor with paste for graphics?
Editing and inserting graphics in Mediawiki is slow and cumbersome. The graphics have to be managed separately from the text.
The complex workflow creates resistance for my team to update ...
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How do you end a subsection in MediaWiki?
When writing articles on the MediaWiki platform (e.g. Wikipedia), I have often found myself wanting to write content in a higher-level section after writing content in a subsection. For example, ...
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How to download a Wikia?
How can I download a Wikia for offline reading? Is there a specific service that I can use to download a Wikia? Once done, how can I read the downloaded file? I don't need images or other media ...
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How can I put the ToC at the top of the page, parallel to the first paragraph?
Similarly to this question, I'd like to tweak where the default ToC appears in my MediaWiki site. Currently it appears at the first header, but occasionally I have significant content in the first ...
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How to disable “Random page” in media wiki?
Surprisingly enough, I have a problem finding a solution to this—I want to disable / remove the Random page link from a Mediawiki wiki on the left bar.
I think it is hard to find the answer on Google ...
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Automatically generating references in Wikipedia articles
Are there any tools that can automatically generate properly formatted citations (from bare URLs?) Bare links on Wikipedia are supposed to be replaced with properly citations. Are there any tools or ...
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Specify the starting and ending point for a Wikipedia reference
Is there anything the the "citation needed span" template for references on Wikipedia?
Here, the text being verified by the reference is ambiguous:
All trees are tall, and some are very ...
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Search within the contributions of a specific editor
On Wikipedia (and MediaWiki in general), is there any way to search for a phrase within the contributions of a specific user? As a proof-of-concept, I want to find a way to search for the word ...
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Find when a phrase was added to a Wikipedia page
Is there any way to find when a specific word or phrase was added to a Wikipedia page? I want to find a way to obtain the first page that contains a match of a specific phrase (for example, the first ...
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Get the version of a Wikipedia page from a specific date
I need to find a version of a Wikipedia page from a specific date (specifically, October 14, 2010). Is there any way to view the revision history from before a specific time/date?
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Using Wikipedia bots on other MediaWiki-based wikis
There are some Wikipedia bots that I consider to be absolutely indispensable: they perform tasks like fixing broken redirects, automatically reverting vandalism, etc. Is it possible to use these ...
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Is there any way of combining Wikipedia comparisons into a single table?
Take, for example, this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools
It's typical of most Wikipedia comparison pages, with the information split across multiple individual ...
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Prevent section links from breaking when a section name is changed
On Wikipedia, is it possible to find all links to a specific section? I've noticed that changing the name of a section on a Wikipedia article will often break a large number of links and redirect ...
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How to change MediaWiki “Main Page” title?
I just installed Media Wiki on my web site for a club at my school. I can't figure out how to change the "Main Page" title though on the home page. Does any one know how I can do this?
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Reverting multiple edits at once on Wikipedia
If I make a series of edits on Wikipedia that I decide to revert, is it possible to revert multiple edits at once?
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Merging duplicate sections on Wikipedia
I've noticed that many paragraphs and article sections have been copied and pasted from one Wikipedia article to another, leading to excessive amounts of redundant text on Wikipedia. Do any tools, ...
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Improve mediawiki search by using Solr or similar?
Search on our internally hosted mediawiki installation is very poor. Has anyone found an easy way to get better search capabilities, like Solr integration or some internal spidering system?
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How can I see all pages that were created by a specific Wikipedia user?
For each user on Wikipedia, I'd like to find which pages were created by those users. How can I find all of the pages that were created by a specific Wikipedia or Mediawiki user?
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See all replies to my comments on Wikipedia talk pages
I'd like to see all the replies that have been made to the comments that I've posted on Wikipedia talk pages. Is it possible to do this (without manually adding each of the pages to my watchlist?)
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Is it possible to search MediaWiki sites using regular expressions?
I'd like to search for phrases using regular expressions on sites such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Is it possible to do this?
Example regex search query: (facebook|google) (corporate ...
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Highlight the text that precedes a “citation needed” tag
On Wikipedia (and MediaWiki in general), is it possible to highlight the text that is preceded by a "citation needed" tag, in order to clarify what the tag specifically refers to?
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How do I change the title of the main page of a MediaWiki-powered website?
I tried to change the title of the main page of a MediaWiki-powered website from "Main Page" to "My Unique Title," via adding this snippet into Wiki-code for the main page.
{{DISPLAYTITLE: My Unique ...
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How do I list out all the articles per category in MediaWiki?
I have a website powered by the MediaWiki CMS. I would like to create a page that lists out all the categories on the site with links to respective articles under those categories.
What is the most ...
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See all ambiguous links on a specific Wikipedia page
Lately, I've been trying to fix ambiguous links on Wikipedia. On one specific Wikipedia page, I want to be able to see every link to a disambiguation page so that I can repair it. Is it possible to do ...
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Get notifications for pages on watchlist (MediaWiki sites)
I've noticed that MediaWiki websites such as Wikipedia display a "you have new messages" message whenever a change is made to the user's talk page. Is it possible to get the same type of notification ...
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Synchronize MediaWiki redirect pages [closed]
Is it possible to ensure that multiple redirect pages on a MediaWiki site redirect to the same page? There are some redirect pages that I want to synchronize so that they point to the same page, so ...
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Filter files by multiple categories on Wikipedia
How can I find files on Wikipedia (or the Wikimedia Commons) that are in two or more specific categories? For instance, if I was searching for files to put into the category "dogs and cats", I would ...
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Add multiple files to a category in Wikimedia Commons
There are some instances where I'd like to add multiple articles to a category on a MediaWiki site such as Wikimedia Commons (for example, adding multiple images of airplanes to the category ...
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How can I rename a category on Wikimedia Commons?
Is it possible to rename a category on Wikimedia Commons (or another Wikimedia-based wiki) so that all of the pages in that category are moved to the renamed category instead of being left in the old ...
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Finding and repairing broken section links on Wikipedia
I want to find broken section links on Wikipedia so that I can repair them. How can I find links to non-existent sections on Wikipedia (such as [[Google#fbffgfd]]) and replace them with working links ...
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Search within a category on a MediaWiki site
I'm trying to search for a keyword within a specific category on Wikimedia Commons. For example, like to search for "red flowers" within "Category:Flowers" so that I can categorize the images ...
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Mediawiki: Template with reference (with a template)
I want to make it easier for myself to create references in my wiki.
My current setup is that I have to do something like this:
<ref name="120507">Reference for something that happened on the ...
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Automatic categorization or indexing of MediaWiki articles
I have a MediaWiki instance with thousands of articles in a certain scientific field. They're in a flat space with no categorization. I'd like to organize these automatically using data mining and ...
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How can I make the MediaWiki search field dynamically wider?
At Wikipedia, the search field (when located on the left, in the sidebar) gets dynamically wider if the suggested page name is too wide for the default search field.
Does anyone know how to switch ...
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How do I write an asterisk at the beginning of a line in wiki syntax without transforming into a list item?
When using wiki syntax, if I put an asterisk (*) at the beginning of a line, it gets transformed into a unordered list. How is it possible to have the asterisk to remain as it is when at the beginning ...
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How to export all pages from MediaWiki to hierarchy of HTML files
I'm in the process of starting my bachelor project and needs a documentation system. Currently it looks like MediaWiki fulfills my requirements. All pages of a particular MediaWiki-project is stored ...
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How can I create a two way link between test cases and requirements using Semantic MediaWiki?
I want to create a two way relationship between test cases and requirements in MediaWiki using Semantic MediaWiki. Specifically, I have test cases which include this property:
This test covers ...
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Formatting C# code for wiki syntax
How can I format my C# code so it displays correctly in our internal Wiki?
We are using MediaWiki although I assume most wiki syntax is the same.
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How can I list MediaWiki users added by date?
The Special:ListUsers page allows me to view all the users in MediaWiki. Is it possible to view them by date added?
(I'm sure I've done this before, but maybe it was via an extension.)
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Internal wiki setup to create a book or export-to-PDF feature [closed]
Is there any tutorial to setup an internal intranet wiki to enable creation of a book or export-to-PDF as in wikipedia.org?
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Folding/Rolling-up boxes in MediaWiki
In MediaWiki, if the Index at the top is large, it becomes show/hideable.
Is there a way to do this with other sections in MediaWiki?
I maintain technical documentation on an internal wiki, and I ...
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Is there a wiki bot for deleting articles based on a regex? [closed]
My problem is that I have added many (about 200) images with a wiki bot to our company's wiki, a MediaWiki.
Now I want to delete all the images I have uploaded. I gave them all a name with a ...
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MediaWiki <code> tag formatting
Where can I format <code> tag? Using default settings, letters are quite too small, and it doesn't look nice.
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Wikipedia commons: Special/New pages. I cannot see my uploads.
I've tried to apply this recipe: Getting the RSS feed for Wikipedia articles I've created to see the files I've uploaded recently on commons (e.g: this file ). But I cannot see any log in:
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Does the German Wiktionary have a way to request words to be added?
I'm a long time contributor to the English Wiktionary but I'd like to request an entry for a word current not in the Germany Wiktionary for the first time.
For those not aware, while all Wiktionaries ...
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Repeat table column headings in MediaWiki
Is it possible in MediaWiki markup to repeat table column headings automatically?
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Line by line display of author responsible for contribution on MediaWiki page
Is there a way to show "who contributed to this line" of each line of a page of Wikipedia or of a MediaWiki site?
It would show per page and would be similar to the subversion blame tool.
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Is it possible to search Wikipedia including deleted text?
It is possible to perform search on Wikipedia, which includes history along with current page content.
It would be especially good to search in deleted articles or deleted passages of articles.
(If ...
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How do I make certain pages invisible for all but some users in MediaWiki?
I do not want our wiki to be visible to the public. Only registered users should be able to view the wiki.
There only seem to be options to block specific users or IP addresses. I want to block all ...
