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Sticky: Wiki account creation is a go!
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kaberettIf you've been after getting an account on the wiki, please holler - account creation is now working again, and I want to make sure I don't miss anyone!
Going (elsewhere) to the wiki!
Jun. 23rd, 2025 09:48 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
deniseKeeping MediaWiki secure, not overrun by spammers, and not regularly falling over has gotten to be too much of a burden and the antispam steps we've had to take have made it difficult for people to log in and use it for quite some time, so we have officially thrown in the towel and outsourced the problem. Everything that was found on the wiki can now be found in its new location:
https://github.com/dreamwidth/dreamwidth/wiki
If you spot references to the old location in places we control, please let us know! We'll get it cleaned up over time.
https://github.com/dreamwidth/dreamwidth/wiki
If you spot references to the old location in places we control, please let us know! We'll get it cleaned up over time.
pauammaError page:
Verification failed
Verification of the OpenID URL failed. Error message: "Server denied check_authentication"
pauammaIt's http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page now. Can a comm maintainer change it?
DW wiki database server looks down again
Dec. 30th, 2017 03:33 ampauammaFrom http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?search=edges&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Search:
Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.
Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
(Cannot contact the database server)
(no subject)
Dec. 18th, 2017 05:43 pmpauammaIs http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Production_Setup:_Webserver current? I mean both the page in general, and specifically the
sudo dpkg -i cvs/dw-private/debs/*.debbit, since there's no longer a cvs dir.
pauammaIt seems to me that http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Support_Ninja has outlived its usefulness. The Twitter account linked from it appears to have changed purpose.
What should be done with it?
What should be done with it?
pauammaThis is the error message, from http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?search=support&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go:
Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.
Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
(Cannot contact the database server)
pauammaAny chance that this can be fixed soon? There was some discussion of causes and a possible remedy at https://dw-wiki.dreamwidth.org/13307.html?thread=54523#cmt54523 .
Wiki database server looks down again
Nov. 8th, 2017 06:30 pmpauammaSorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.
Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
(Cannot contact the database server)
Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
(Cannot contact the database server)
Unable to log in using OpenID
Oct. 2nd, 2017 11:17 pmpauammaI'm currently unable to log in to the DW wiki using OpenID. It looks like my OpenID URL, http://pauamma.dreamwidth.org/ or https://pauamma.dreamwidth.org/ (normally use the former, tried the latter as well just in case) became disconnected from my wiki username, which was Pauamma. When I click on the "Log in / create account with OpenID" button, I'm not logged in as used to be the case, but presented with a wiki special page that apparently wants me to confirm my username (and password? but I don't have a password, because OpenID). Clicking the "Log in / create account with OpenID" button (present on that page as well) leads me to http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Special:OpenIDLogin/ChooseName which contains nothing of use, whether I enter a password or leave that field empty. I also tried a password reset email, but got no email after 23 hours. (Although something must have happened, because when I try again, I get an "A password reset email has already been sent, within the last 24 hours." error message.)
Any way I can log in?
Any way I can log in?
pauammaSo it looks like http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Common_Jargon#Dreamwidth-Specific_Jargon and http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Dreamwidth-Specific_Jargon are duplicates of each other, or maybe near duplicates (I haven't checked closely). Anyone has any strong feeling for/against merging http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Dreamwidth-Specific_Jargon into http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Common_Jargon#Dreamwidth-Specific_Jargon and getting rid of http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Dreamwidth-Specific_Jargon or redirecting it?
kaberett- Template:Changeset needs updating (as in, the template itself, not just the page)
- Production Setup: Webserver badly needs updating, not just because of the references to Mercurial
- Dev Tools needs updating by someone who knows what's happening (i.e. not me)
- Summer of Code 2010: leave as historical document, or update in case we ever want to reuse the text?
Setting up dw-free and dw-nonfree
Feb. 22nd, 2016 11:35 amkaberettThe instructions on setting up dw-nonfree (and possibly in other places) use the --set-upstream flag. Using those instructions gives the message:
Someone more familiar with git tell me what I should be editing those instructions to so's not to break anything? Cheers!
The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-toSomeone more familiar with git tell me what I should be editing those instructions to so's not to break anything? Cheers!
Setting up the suggestions community
Feb. 21st, 2016 04:27 pmme_andIn case you ever want to do anything relating to the Make a suggestion page on a Dreamhack, I've recently gone through the process and written it up.
There are a few bits that are decidedly more hacky than I'd like, so it's definitely a thing that would benefit from others looking it over and making improvements, but it'll hopefully save other folk needing to go Perl diving for the details.
kaberettOne of the things I did today was get rid of as many obsolete references to Mercurial as I could. Consequently I have rewritten Working on a Styles Bug despite... never having worked on a styles bug, so it would be great if styles folk (or people who know the workflow) could have a quick look over it and say if it seems reasonable. Cheers!
pauammaSo I have a DW wiki account named Pauamma (userid 14), which I log into using OpenID, and for which I'd like to set the email address to pauamma@dreamwidth.org, so I can get emailed when pages on my watchlist change. However:
- http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ChangeEmail&returnto=Special%3APreferences wants me to enter my current password, which I don't know (assuming I even have one) because OpenID.
- http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ChangePassword&returnto=Special%3APreferences (which I tried next) also wants to know my current password.
- http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:PasswordReset&returnto=Special%3APreferences doesn't, but complains that I don't have an email address set.
Any way out of that chicken-and-egg problem?
- http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ChangeEmail&returnto=Special%3APreferences wants me to enter my current password, which I don't know (assuming I even have one) because OpenID.
- http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ChangePassword&returnto=Special%3APreferences (which I tried next) also wants to know my current password.
- http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:PasswordReset&returnto=Special%3APreferences doesn't, but complains that I don't have an email address set.
Any way out of that chicken-and-egg problem?
Wiki updates
Jul. 6th, 2015 04:40 pmkaberettI've just written a very short guide to getting Support Board and privs set up on a 'hack (the information was all previously available but was a bit scattered). Please do let me know if you think there's information missing (or edit yourself if you have privs).
I've made some minor tweaks to Privileges. It is still marked as in-need-of-update and does not accurately reflect the full set of available privs. I'm happy to edit all of them in but would like input on how to adapt existing categories to this end :-)
I've made some minor tweaks to Privileges. It is still marked as in-need-of-update and does not accurately reflect the full set of available privs. I'm happy to edit all of them in but would like input on how to adapt existing categories to this end :-)
Issue with Syntax Highlighter
Dec. 7th, 2014 11:45 amnonethefewerOn this page in particular:
http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/wiki/index.php/Newbie_Guide:_How_to_Patch_Styles_and_Themes
Something on line 4531 is really really broken. Alas!
http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/wiki/index.php/Newbie_Guide:_How_to_Patch_Styles_and_Themes
Something on line 4531 is really really broken. Alas!
