Web-based wiki software, primarily developed for use on Wikimedia properties.
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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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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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Why do articles with multiple sections not have a table of contents?
Why isn't there a table of contents (TOC) in the Wikipedia article "Scott Meyers"?
There are three sections in that article. Has it something to do with the length? The article "Web application" has ...
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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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Using multi-line formatted text in wiki syntax
Using multi-line formatted text (using the <pre> tags) inside of a list in Mediawiki is giving me problems.
What I would love to do is something like this:
# Text in a numbered entry
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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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How do I add a category to a MediaWiki Page?
I tried editing the page, but I couldn't see an option to edit the category.
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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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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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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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How can I float the table of contents to the right with MediaWiki
According to the MediaWiki FAQ
A TOC is added automatically as soon as you have more than three headers.
which is fine and all, but I'd like it floated to the right, so that it does not take up ...
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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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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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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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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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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 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 ...
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Is there such a thing as a Wordpress 'dashboard'-like MediaWiki GUI front-end/interface?
I've recently looked at installing a Wiki engine, in order to provide -as with most wikis- a user-editable repository of information. I've looked at three specific engines:
DokuWiki
TikiWiki
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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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How to compare popularity of MediaWiki (eg. Wikipedia) pages?
Given two or more MediaWiki pages (eg. Wikipedia), what is a meaningful and publicly accessible measure of their relative popularity?
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Wiki software that looks good via browser, iPhone and iPad?
I'm looking into new wiki software that looks good on browsers and kind of native on iPad and iPhone. Any suggestions?
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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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Getting the RSS feed for Wikipedia articles I've created
Is it possible to get a RSS feed for the new articles I've created on Wikipedia?
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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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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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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 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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Only one editor of my MediaWiki
How can I configure MediaWiki so that I am the only one that will be able to edit content of MediaWiki?
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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 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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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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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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How can I add a link on a MediaWiki message page?
At our company, we have an internal wiki, the access to which is restricted to a specific group. If someone from outside that group attempts access, they will be diverted to the special MediaWiki ...
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Embedding an Outlook Exchange Calendar in MediaWiki
Is there a way (ideally an easy one) to embed an Outlook Exchange Calendar in MediaWiki? The wiki is on an intraweb and I'd like to show the calendar on the main wiki page.
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How to make the 'All pages' as the Main Page in Mediawiki?
I have set up a media wiki on our dev server for our developers to use. I hope to see it as a repository of random nuggets of information and research that various people have done.
The Main page of ...
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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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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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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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New toolbar for editing in Vector: How to get?
Using MediaWiki 1.16 with the Vector skin (fresh installation, no upgrades or imports), how do I get that new fancy Ajax-enabled editing toolbar?
I've digged through all available settings in php, ...
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How can I get started with MediaWiki? [closed]
I am a MediaWiki user wanting to start a wiki. I've got the hosting; but how can I get my wiki started?
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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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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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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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Add image on mediawiki
I run my own mediawiki, with file uploads disabled, but I want to put an image in there. How do I do it? I've tried:
[[File:image_filename.png]]
But wherever I put image_filename.png, it doesn't ...
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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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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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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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MediaWiki <code> tag formatting
Where can I format <code> tag? Using default settings, letters are quite too small, and it doesn't look nice.
