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Alerte de connexion avec une nouvelle adresse IP

Hi there,

I received many alert messages about a connexion from a different ip address.

I have a question about this : 1°) Can the message language be written in the user's favorite language or bydefault in english. But not in italian.

2°) Can you attach to the message some data like date and hour of the connexion, and the IP address from the connexion.

Thank you for your attention. GPZ Anonymous (talk) 11:20, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Instance of User, string instead

Hi, I am creating a video permissions extension for my wiki. I keep getting this error and not sure how to go about fixing it. [81e16b69894234cb8a025ff0] /wiki/Special:Upload TypeError: Argument 2 passed to VideoPermissionsHooks::onUploadVerifyUpload() must be an instance of User, string given, called in /var/www/html/w/includes/HookContainer/HookContainer.php on line 338 Timmysworld (talk) 20:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Please see the notice at the top of this page. This page only provides support for issues related to a Wikimedia wiki. — JJMC89 (T·C) 20:51, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

MediaWiki wiki: How do I link to non-{Github,Gitlab,SourceForge,Bitbucket} git forges?

I've (very) recently created an extension (CustomSearchProfiles), and put it up on the MediaWiki wiki. However, I use a git forge that's not Github, Gitlab, SourceForge, or Bitbucket. What template would I use to link to the source code repository? BlankEclair (talk) 08:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

@BlankEclair: you should ask this at mediawiki.org's Village pump. Legoktm (talk) 14:56, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

new account disappeared

I set up my first new account in GnuCash and I am so upset because after saving it several times, it deleted the entire account and I know have to start over. 136.175.74.84 17:09, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi. You are in the wrong place. We have nothing to do with GnuCash. AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 17:45, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Full path to thumbnails in text

My site is version 1.40.1 and is in /var/www/html/site. Mediawiki and the images file is in /var/www/html/mediawiki-1.40.1. I have a symbolic link wiki->/var/www/html/mediawiki-1.40.1 in /var/www/html. My site httpd conf file includes the statement "Alias "/wiki" "/var/www/html/wiki"

When I upload an image the thumbnails are created properly under the images directory. When I try to display a thumbnail, using

File:Mass 6 12 2020.jpg

Massachusetts Covid-19 as of 6/12

the url for the image is given with the full file path: "https://site.org/var/www/html/wiki/images/thumb/4/45/Mass_6_12_2020.jpg/200px-Mass_6_12_2020.jpg"

I do not see why "/var/www/html" appears in this link? Without it I get the correct thumbnail. Any suggestions? Wbean43 (talk) 21:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Please see the notice at the top of this page. This page only provides support for issues related to a Wikimedia wiki. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Didn't understand the terms. Wbean43 (talk) 23:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Change of license on WikiNews

Hi! I'm trying to coordinate that Wikinews upgrade license from cc-by-2.5 to cc-by-4.0 (n:Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy#Sum_up_per_march_2024). However, it is not easy to get other users involved and I think one reason is noone knows how to change.

So I hope it will be easier if I can tell each wiki that all they have to do is to edit these pages (and andd a list).

On English Wikinews I identified a number of pages to possibly change: n:Wikinews_talk:Copyright#Pages_to_update_when_license_is_updated_from_2.5_to_4.0. However on Polish Wikinews it seems that the setup is different per n:pl:Wikinews:Kawiarenka#Zmiana_licencji_-_Update_of_license_to_cc-by-4.0. (At the bottom it says "Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 unless otherwise noted." meaning it is localized via TranslateWiki.

I also asked on wmf:Policy_talk:Terms_of_Use#Does_ToU_require_that_Wikiprojects_update_license? some time ago. But since deadline is getting near I try here too. MGA73 (talk) 07:16, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

What deadline? (This isn't quite a technical question. The technical part is rather easy, the policy/legal side less so.) Nemo 09:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Nemo The suggested deadline is currently August 1, 2024. I'm happy to hear it is easy to change. I hope it will be easier for each community to decide if I can tell them how to make the change and show them that it is quite easy. --MGA73 (talk) 12:13, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Nemo If you have time to explain what to edit it would be very helpful. --MGA73 (talk) 15:54, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Does anyone know? --MGA73 (talk) 06:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 It would require a configuration change in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki-config/browse/master/wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php$10828 and an edit to n:MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

CAPTCHA

@Franvj . Ikusmen arazoak ditut eta ezindua naiz, ezin dut ondo ikusten CAPTCHA agertzen den testua eta ezin izan ditut hainbat edizio egin. Franvj (talk) 00:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Skin Vector (2010)

Hi. What has happened to Section headings: Heading 3. It looks bigger and bolder as a while ago? Too big and too bold doesn't match the orher headings, imho.-- Htm (talk) 19:32, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Htm Hi, I believe this might be related to the 2nd entry in last week's Tech/News/2024/24, about heading changes. Please could you add a comment to phab:T13555 along with a specific example link? (An example will help people investigate which wiki/page you saw a problem at, and perhaps determine if the change you see is related to any local site-CSS/template-CSS that needs to be updated.) It might also help if you could check a page without any gadgets, to see if it looks the same, e.g. https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuu?useskin=vector&safemode=1 -- Thanks, and I hope that helps. Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 21:16, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I'll follow your instructions. Thanks a lot!-- Htm (talk) 21:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Problem solved. Obviously local (=fiwiki) gadget "Pienoisohjelma poistaa 3.4.2014 typografiapäivityksessä tulleen kirjasintyypin muutoksen" ("gadget removes font change made in typography update 2014-04-03". Removed it. Our friendly and competent Stryn helped. -- Htm (talk) 08:12, 19 June 2024 (UTC)