Wiki maintenance

MediaWiki version and configuration

As of 14 February 2008, the OpenOffice.org Wiki is running on:

• MediaWiki 1.11
• MySQL 5.0.33
• pHp 5.0.4

You can access the MediaWiki API via: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/api.php

Wiki Upgrade and Maintenance

• Basic steps taken to upgrade the Wiki
• apache2 configuration
• php.ini configuration
• index.html and favicon.ico
• How to set up the ShortURL functionality
• Stylesheet modifications to add in "prettytable" and "wikitable" classes
  • Other stylesheet modifications are done in MediaWiki:Common.css
• Wiki footer modifications
• LocalSettings.php modifications
• Modifications to use Imagemagick for thumbnails
• Extensions
• The OpenOffice.org Wiki Skin

WikiBots

There are a few options for running WikiBots on the OpenOffice.org Wiki.

• JavaFramework WikiBot
• PyWikipedia Bot
  • PyWikpediaBot is used to do most of the Wiki maintenance including moving, deleting, bulk editing and cleaning up double redirects.

Wiki Sysops

Wiki users with Sysop privileges

Wiki Extension Requests

• Add Flagged Version control: Flagged_Revisions
• Add HTTPS login: Extension:HttpsLogin
• Add Checkpoint: Extension:Checkpoint
• Add OpenID support: Extension:OpenID