Axel Boldt | 1 Mar 2002 07:12
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Showing full IP addresses on History pages

Currently, we are showing full IP addresses on history pages. Is that
a bug or a feature?

Axel

Jan Hidders | 1 Mar 2002 09:08
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Re: orphans page takes too long (PS)

From: "Jan Hidders" <hidders@...>
>
> So Jimbo, can I ask you to try the new script rebuildLinks.php?

Hm, I forgot to explain the procedure. Here it is:

Step 1: run the script in your browser and keep on clicking the presented
link until it says it's ready.

That's it. So you don't have to empty the tables, recreate the indexes, or
anything. It also clears up any wrong links that might have been inserted
before.

-- Jan Hidders

Jan Hidders | 1 Mar 2002 11:51
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"watch this article" for special: pages

Should there really be a link "watch this article for me" for pages in the
special: namespace? This causes an error for the watch-page-links page, and
I think the concept of putting a generated page in a watch-list is strange
anyhow.

-- Jan Hidders

PS. I also saw a redirect to a special page from a conventional page. If
that happens you see the special page with the coloring of a normal page.

PPS. I think that the namespaces mentioned should always be just one: the
talk: article, and it should not be called namespace but something like
"discuss this article here".

Axel Boldt | 1 Mar 2002 15:20
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IP numbers on History pages?

Currently, we display full IP numbers on history pages. Is that a bug
or a feature? Looking at the code in special_recentchangeslayout.php, l.
91-100, it appears that the full IP (including last 3 digits) was put
in deliberately (or else I can't see the point of that code).

Axel

Brion L. VIBBER | 1 Mar 2002 17:38
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Re: IP numbers on History pages?

On ven, 2002-03-01 at 06:20, Axel Boldt wrote:
> Currently, we display full IP numbers on history pages. Is that a bug
> or a feature? Looking at the code in special_recentchangeslayout.php, l.
> 91-100, it appears that the full IP (including last 3 digits) was put
> in deliberately (or else I can't see the point of that code).

I'm not the one wot did it, but the impression I seem to have from
earlier discussions is that this was done so that the full IP would be
available for Larry et al to ban vandals with.

Perhaps we should check that the current user has is_sysop and only then
show a full IP?

-- brion vibber (brion  <at>  pobox.com)

Larry Sanger | 1 Mar 2002 17:51

Re: IP numbers on History pages?

On 1 Mar 2002, Brion L. VIBBER wrote:

> On ven, 2002-03-01 at 06:20, Axel Boldt wrote:
> > Currently, we display full IP numbers on history pages. Is that a bug
> > or a feature? Looking at the code in special_recentchangeslayout.php, l.
> > 91-100, it appears that the full IP (including last 3 digits) was put
> > in deliberately (or else I can't see the point of that code).
>
> I'm not the one wot did it, but the impression I seem to have from
> earlier discussions is that this was done so that the full IP would be
> available for Larry et al to ban vandals with.

I didn't know that!  Maybe there's a way to do it without making the full
IP public?  (Like this cryptic "ban this IP" link I sometimes see, but
which I still don't quite understand...and dare not use...)

Lars Aronsson | 2 Mar 2002 00:22
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Pages that link here...

I just noticed that the "pages that link here"
on http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Belarus/History
does not list http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Belarus
which I think it should.  Shouldn't it?
I think this is how it used to work a few weeks ago.

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Lars Aronsson | 2 Mar 2002 00:36
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whitespace in search

If I search for "van eyck" (with the whitespace, but sans the quotes),
I get an ugly error message.  Searching for "eyck" actually solves my
particular problem for the moment, but the error message is still
ugly.  Is it really such a crime to want to search for a string that
includes the whitespace?  Perhaps this could be explained somewhat
more politely?

Also, if I search for "van\ eyck", the error message comes up and the
input box contains "van\\ eyck".  Maybe there is a potential risk for
a buffer overrun or something more exotic here?  I think the input
string should be quoted before being used in a regexp search.

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  Lars Aronsson
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Lars Aronsson | 2 Mar 2002 01:14
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Hide minor edits in recent changes

If I set my preferences to hide minor edits in the recent changes
listing, then I want to see the most recent major edit for that page.
That is how UseModWiki worked.  It seems the new software doesn't list
the page at all if the most recent change was a minor edit.

Example:
 1) I set my prefs to hide minor edits.
 2) I make a major edit on a page.
 3) I view recent changes.  The page is listed.
 4) I make a minor edit on the same page.
 5) I view recent changes. Now the page isn't listed at all!

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  Lars Aronsson
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  tel +46-70-7891609
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Magnus Manske | 2 Mar 2002 10:13
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Signature with date

You can now sign with automatic (server) date using ~~~~ (4x "~").

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