Legion Wiki talk:Community Portal/Functionality

Other extensions

1. Speaking of extensions, something I would really like to try out is an extension that will allow random images or images to rotate through a set list. In particular, I would like for character pages to be able to display one of several images upon loading the page, so that the character could be shown with different costumes or from different periods or by different artists. I think this would also add a freshness to the pages, since you would never be quite sure which image would display when you loaded the page. Ideally you would have several images all with the same dimensions, so that each one fits within the same spot on the page. There is an extension described here that does what I'm envisioning , although there may be others that accomplish the same thing. Could we give this a shot?
2. And while I'm still on the subject, how about an extension that would allow us to embed video files, either by linking to a YouTube file or embedding an uploaded video file? A list of such extensions can be found here. It would be nice to have a few representative Legion clips, such as from the Legion animated series or Smallvile teasers with Rokk, Imra and Garth.

--Gopher 03:56, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I'll look at adding them. My only concern about YouTube or Warner Bros property is that they may constitute a violation if we add any full works. I've added videos at Legion World, but they aren't whole episodes or even parts that add up to whole episodes to keep DC and it's parent company happy. So, teasers may be fine. --Nightcrawler 04:33, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

RandomSelection and this video embedder have been added. You'll have to upload the video for it to show. --Nightcrawler 05:51, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Test - <wikiflv logo="true" position="right">Seasontwoopener.flv|Seasontwoopener.gif‎</wikiflv>

Very cool! Thanks! We can definitely keep the clips to just pieces of episodes. The series openers are definitely something I had in mind, but I was thinking it might be nice to have a short piece for each entry in the Legion Broadcast History. We will need to add some guidelines for what is appropriate for upload and monitor what gets uploaded to make sure everyone complies with those rules. Trying to remember where we have guidelines like that for images.... Can't wait to try out RandomSelection too! -- Gopher 11:55, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Extensions I'd request (other than checkuser) would be:

• Cite (allows Wikipedia-style references)
• ParserFunctions (would let me hide blank lines in infoboxes, amongst other things)
• MultiUpload (upload multiple files at once - CG should like this one ;))
• Nuke (mass-delete pages. In event of a spammer getting through)

There may be others, but that's all I can see for now :) - Reboot (SoM) talk page 17:13, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Added all of the above including the CheckUser again...er...and now I need to remove it again...I followed every step...I don't understand why it won't work. Reboot, is there an alternative to this one? Cause it's not working well with our wiki. Please let me know of any issues with the other addons. --Nightcrawler 04:37, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't know of any alternatives, no, shy of asking you to manually find an IP address in the database if we have trouble in future. Something to revisit if/when we do, I suppose. - Reboot (SoM) talk page 15:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Could you set "$wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;" in LocalSettings.php, please. [I thought ParserFunctions had the StringFunctions features enabled by default now, but apparently not...] - Reboot (SoM) talk page 15:14, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

I was able to install the CheckUser files into the db just now. Hopefully, it's working? This time I imported the files that came with the CheckUser I installed and not the copies I made from the install instructions. I guess those were corrupted. --Nightcrawler 16:41, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Appears to be working for me. Ta. - Reboot (SoM) talk page 20:29, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I have been able to upload files and edit pages since you made the change, so I assume that means its working for me too. Gopher 20:44, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Operational questions

I tried moving the Yildiray Cinar page to Yıldıray Çınar and received an error message. No luck trying to create a link for the correct spelling, which was what I originally tried. Looks like there is no issue with using these characters in the body of a page, but having a page containing expanded character sets is currently not allowed. We didn't have an issue doing this in the old version. A setting perhaps? Gopher 03:45, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Looking at the error message, I suspect it may have triggered an anti-phishing* filter on the server against mixing latin & non-latin characters... - Reboot (SoM) talk page 15:07, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

[*That should be an interwiki link to [1]. Obviously, the interwiki tables need a tuneup]

Interestingly, I copied the text for his name from the title of a Wikipedia page. If they can do it, we should be able to also. Gopher 01:16, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Images to reupload

I've started a list of images which are on the server, but aren't in the database, here: Legion Wiki talk:Community Portal/Images to reupload - Reboot (SoM) talk page 22:12, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

This is auto-generated? I'm working my way backwards through the LPH, which will eliminate a good percentage, but it will be good to know where the other holes lie. --Gopher 23:25, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Most assuredly not auto-generated (if only I had a bot...). Me going through all the folders (under /0/ so far), checking which filenames generate a redlink and pasting those into that list.

Once you have the link, you can paste them into the URL field on Special:Upload - I checked by doing it on File:Action860A.jpg, and it worked. That's about the limit of the labour-saving. - Reboot (SoM) talk page 23:53, 12 June 2010 (UTC)