Difference between revisions of "The Wiki"
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The [[user:wikibot]] makes [[Special:Contributions/Wikibot | edits]] to the wiki automatically, making simple cleanups and doing link verification. It's running based off the Pywikibot software. | The [[user:wikibot]] makes [[Special:Contributions/Wikibot | edits]] to the wiki automatically, making simple cleanups and doing link verification. It's running based off the Pywikibot software. | ||
| − | === | + | === Cirrus Search === |
| − | The default search in mediawiki does exact matching, but doesn't to lexicographical searches. We have [ | + | The default search in mediawiki does exact matching, but doesn't to lexicographical searches. We have [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch Cirrus Search] installed, along with indexing daemons that run nightly on the mediawiki server. |
=== Visual Editor === | === Visual Editor === | ||
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The [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor Visual Editor] Is a feature Media Wiki has been working on for a while, but still isn't perfect. Most notably it breaks pretty hard on Equipment Pages. | The [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor Visual Editor] Is a feature Media Wiki has been working on for a while, but still isn't perfect. Most notably it breaks pretty hard on Equipment Pages. | ||
| − | + | The [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid parsoid daemon] is currently offline | |
== Technical == | == Technical == | ||
Revision as of 13:55, 18 September 2015
What is the wiki
A wiki a collaborative editing environment that all PS:One member's have access to.
We use it for
- Votes/Vote proposals
- Meeting Agendas/ Meeting Notes
- Recording Policies
- Hosting the Bylaws
- Note Taking
- Systems Documentation
Wiki Usage Guides
Extra Features
WikiBot
The user:wikibot makes edits to the wiki automatically, making simple cleanups and doing link verification. It's running based off the Pywikibot software.
Cirrus Search
The default search in mediawiki does exact matching, but doesn't to lexicographical searches. We have Cirrus Search installed, along with indexing daemons that run nightly on the mediawiki server.
Visual Editor
The Visual Editor Is a feature Media Wiki has been working on for a while, but still isn't perfect. Most notably it breaks pretty hard on Equipment Pages.
The parsoid daemon is currently offline
Technical
The wiki is running MediaWiki's wiki software, the same as WikiPedia, along with some 3rd party extensions.
- Hosted at https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org
- The wiki lives on wiki.ad.pumpingstationone.org under
/srv/http/wiki.pumpingstationone.org/. - Nightly dumps are publicly available: PS1 Wiki Dumps
- Upgrading Mediawiki
LDAP Authentication
The LdapAuthentication plugin hasn't had a real update since 2012. I needed to make this change: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Topic:Sl9i17el9a1g9tv1&topic_showPostId=sm0okbrd7fjrprxb#flow-post-sm0okbrd7fjrprxb to get the plugin to work again.
Allowed File types
log in to wiki.ad.pumpingstationone.org and edit /srv/http/wiki.pumpingstationone.org/LocalSettings.php
Find the $wgFileExtensions variable and make whatever changes you see fit.