Wiki maintenance

MediaWiki version and configuration

As of 01 June 2011, the OpenOffice.org Wiki is running on:

• MediaWiki 1.15.1
• MySQL 5.0.33
• pHp 5.2.0

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
  • Tweaked MediaWiki:Common.js to remove the All Languages link at the bottom of the "In other languages" navigation box. This only linked to Wikimedia and provides no additional value to the OOo Wiki
• 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
  • Cannot be implented until either php is recompiled on Solaris 10U6 or we move to another OS on the host machine.
• Add HTTPS login: Extension:HttpsLogin
  • Cannot be implemented on the current server config. Will look at again after updating the server OS in March 2009
• Add OpenID support: Extension:OpenID
• Add page rating support: Extension:JSKitRating
  • Installed for testing on 16 December 2008. Requested by UX team.
  • REMOVED: This extension causes errors in MediaWiki 1.13.3