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Kelly Jones

31 Jan 2007 31 Jan '07

3:12 a.m.

Thanks to everyone who's been helping. As I get closer to my goal, I have some more complex questions regarding templates, protected pages, transclusions, pre-loading, etc. It would be really useful to have a "test wiki" I could point people to to show them what I've done so far, and why it doesn't work. Ideally, this would be one where any registered user could protect/unprotect pages (of course, giving any user the power to protect/unprotect pages makes protection meaningless, but this would be more to experiment with protected pages, not actually protect them). Is there such a "test wiki" out there? I realize I could create test pages and even templates on ANY wiki (even mediawiki.org or wikipedia.org), but it would be wrong to -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.

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Emufarmers Sangly

31 Jan 31 Jan

5:11 a.m.

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Kelly Jones

2:19 p.m.

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Thanks, Emufarmers. I don't own wiki.lspace.org, I'm just a user. I don't really own any wikis or server space. I tried setting up a MediaWiki on awardspace.com (free webspace like geocities/tripod/etc), but it's so slow + works so poorly that I can't really use it for testing. Thanks also to Ittay for answering my earlier "Annotating a protected document on a per-user, per-section basis" question. Since I don't own wiki.lspace.org, I can't install my own extensions. The wiki owner might install any "standard" extension on request, but probably won't install anything experimental. -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. On 1/30/07, Emufarmers Sangly <emufarmers(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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You could set up such a test wiki pretty easily: Just set it up on a separate webspace from your main one (testwiki.lspace.org, or whatever), and add: $wgGroupPermissions['user']['protect'] = true; To LocalSettings.php. Then users could protect and unprotect pages when logged in, and log out to see how they would be without the protection permission. On 1/30/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who's been helping. > > As I get closer to my goal, I have some more complex questions > regarding templates, protected pages, transclusions, pre-loading, etc. > > It would be really useful to have a "test wiki" I could point people > to to show them what I've done so far, and why it doesn't work. > > Ideally, this would be one where any registered user could > protect/unprotect pages (of course, giving any user the power to > protect/unprotect pages makes protection meaningless, but this would > be more to experiment with protected pages, not actually protect > them). > > Is there such a "test wiki" out there? > > I realize I could create test pages and even templates on ANY wiki > (even mediawiki.org or wikipedia.org), but it would be wrong to

Schuyler Thompson

2:46 p.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Test wiki for posting more complex questions to this list?

Perhaps we could set one up on Wikia? On 1/31/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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You could set up such a test wiki pretty easily: Just set it up on a separate webspace from your main one (testwiki.lspace.org, or whatever),

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add: $wgGroupPermissions['user']['protect'] = true; To LocalSettings.php. Then users could protect and unprotect pages when logged in, and log out to see how they would be without the protection permission. On 1/30/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who's been helping. > > As I get closer to my goal, I have some more complex questions > regarding templates, protected pages, transclusions, pre-loading, etc. > > It would be really useful to have a "test wiki" I could point people > to to show them what I've done so far, and why it doesn't work. > > Ideally, this would be one where any registered user could > protect/unprotect pages (of course, giving any user the power to > protect/unprotect pages makes protection meaningless, but this would > be more to experiment with protected pages, not actually protect > them). > > Is there such a "test wiki" out there? > > I realize I could create test pages and even templates on ANY wiki > (even mediawiki.org or wikipedia.org), but it would be wrong to

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Schuyler Thompson

2:51 p.m.

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Perhaps this would sort of work: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Testingwiki I just created it. Templates are shared between all 'mini-wikis' though, and you dont have access to the configuration files or anything. On 1/31/07, Schuyler Thompson <thekid7590(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Perhaps we could set one up on Wikia? On 1/31/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, Emufarmers. I don't own wiki.lspace.org, I'm just a user. I don't really own any wikis or server space. I tried setting up a MediaWiki on awardspace.com (free webspace like geocities/tripod/etc), but it's so slow + works so poorly that I can't really use it for testing. Thanks also to Ittay for answering my earlier "Annotating a protected document on a per-user, per-section basis" question. Since I don't own wiki.lspace.org , I can't install my own extensions. The wiki owner might install any "standard" extension on request, but probably won't install anything experimental. -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. On 1/30/07, Emufarmers Sangly <emufarmers(a)gmail.com > wrote:

You could set up such a test wiki pretty easily: Just set it up on a separate webspace from your main one (testwiki.lspace.org, or

whatever), and

add: $wgGroupPermissions['user']['protect'] = true; To LocalSettings.php. Then users could protect and unprotect pages

when

logged in, and log out to see how they would be without the protection

permission. On 1/30/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who's been helping. > > As I get closer to my goal, I have some more complex questions > regarding templates, protected pages, transclusions, pre-loading,

etc.

> > It would be really useful to have a "test wiki" I could point people

> to to show them what I've done so far, and why it doesn't work. > > Ideally, this would be one where any registered user could > protect/unprotect pages (of course, giving any user the power to > protect/unprotect pages makes protection meaningless, but this would > be more to experiment with protected pages, not actually protect > them). > > Is there such a "test wiki" out there? > > I realize I could create test pages and even templates on ANY wiki > (even mediawiki.org or wikipedia.org), but it would be wrong to

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Sy Ali

4:35 p.m.

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I can set up a domain or subdomain on my own hosting so you can do whatever you'd like.. (except SSH access, unless I get a public key) Let me know if you want to go that route.. But experimenting might be just as easy with something like xampp on your personal computer.

Sy Ali

4:36 p.m.

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On 1/31/07, Sy Ali <sy1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I can set up a domain or subdomain on my own hosting so you can do whatever you'd like..

Oh crap, I just realized that that hosting is stuck on php4 still. =/

Angela

7 p.m.

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Please don't use Wikia's Scratchpad for test wikis. It for real projects which are too small to have their own wiki, not for making a mess. :) I suggest http://test.wikipedia.org/ instead. Angela -- Angela Beesley Wikia.com

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