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I am sorry for all the stupid questions - I see on the main page it shows how to configure etc even if you are not an admin - how can you change that and have the pages / topics created show on the main page?

If by pages / topics you mean actual pages, you can transclude Special:NewPages as {{Special:NewPages/25}}

Alternatively, use a proper forum software instead of MediaWiki.

Can I see a list of registered users as admins

Go to the page Special:ListUsers

Where shall I place my css modifications for the new Vector (2022) skin? I've tried MediaWiki:Vector-2022.css

but it has no effect.

It may take some time to take effect, usually 20 minutes at most. Otherwise, a syntax error in that page may render the entire CSS or from one point to the end unusable. For example, if you forgot to open or close curly braces. You may want to check if the CSS of that page is valid running it through an online CSS validator.

Use %0A instead.

How can I wrap lines when I fill the text parameter when using api.php?action=upload? According to the Documentations, the text parameter should be in the query string, but I need to write something like this...

=={{int:filedesc}}==
{{Information}}

=={{int:license-header}}==
{{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}

It need to wrap lines, but how?

Thanks!

I recently had to install TorBlock, LoginNotify and CheckUser extensions. Tables were created successfully for Checkuser extension but during testing only localhost adress 127.0.0.1 showed in Special:CheckUser for a user access. I guess IP gets replaced during the process somewhere incorrectly but I need to find out where to fix it. It might be due to caching but in webserver logs and cache logs IPs are correct. I wonder if TorBlock and LoginNotify extensions may be influenced by this issue.

Did you set $wgCdnServersNoPurge correctly?

Its unlikely that TorBlock or LoginNotify affect this.

How is your web server setup. Do you have load balancers, caching proxies, etc in front of your web server. If so, do they set X-Forward-For headers properly?

$wgCdnServersNoPurge was left at default value, that is []. There is varnish cache set up as recommended in Manual:Varnish caching, this setting works 

$wgUseCdn = true;$wgCdnServers = array(); $wgCdnServers[] = "ip address:port"; http.X-Forwarded-For is set up with received client IP address.

where can I find the CAN configuration of FMB641 for connecting to DFM (Technoton fuel flow meter) ?

Probably not here, this is the support forum for the mediawiki wiki software.

HI we would like to restrict posting and editing to people that create an account. how can we do this?

Thank you!

See Manual:Preventing access

I'm hosting a wiki for a niche game: https://myhordes.eu; the wiki is hosted at: https://mhwiki.org/

We have a page 'Distinctions' that is the same name in both French and English, therefore I would assume that these two urls would go to their respective French and English translations:

https://en.mhwiki.org/wiki/Distinctions

https://fr.mhwiki.org/wiki/Distinctions

The reality is that if I have `wgSharedDB` commented out (unset) then the page is in English for both links, and if I have it set to the default database `mhwiki` then it seems to show the french version for both urls.

If you log in, then the issue is corrected, but there are a lot of non-logged in users.

you will need to give more information about your setup. Normally $wgSharedDB is only about user accounts and not article content.

Any ideas?

not working where ? for which site ? what is it not doing ?

Nothing was happening, turned out a problem with the email adress stipulated in the localsettings. Resolved now.

Hello everyone!

Im using Citoid on local mediawiki instance, in the manual reference tab there is cite web, book, news and Journal options for referencing, i've imported all the templates and modules required.

when i try to add Site web manual reference i get the template Data such as checkboxes and data inputs, but when i try to add a Journal manual reference for example, i get an empty page, no template data, only this message :

The “  Cite Journal  ” template does not yet have a description, but there may be information in the documentation shown on the template page .

and if you try to open the link above you will see that the template is imported.

Is there some other templates or modules i need to import or am i missing something?

I appreciate any guidance.