User talk:Xevo

Request Extension

 * Please see my reply on your talk: "Wiki style changes applied ?". ShoeMaker 06:48, April 26, 2011 (EDT)


 * I have re-enabled Special:Version. I've always thought of it as a bit of a security risk. I managed to hide the php/mysql part in it though, so I'm ok with it now. I'll check out that extension. My first impression is the spam implications of it though ;) --Xevo 20:55, April 26, 2011 (EDT)

Un-deleting pages
I noticed you gave me some more user rights, so I decided to look and see if I could un-delete a template that may have been wrongly deleted per 's request. Even with now full user privileges, I do not see a way for me to un-delete the template or even to view the actual page that was deleted. Is this something you can tweak the user privileges so that people with Developers (Deprecated ) or maybe even System operators can do? As a side note, I've noticed that a lot of the DDO_wiki: (Developers (Deprecated ), Stewards, Bureaucrats, System Operators, Bots, DDOwiki VIPs) pages are missing or have incorrect information. If you have a few free minutes, could you populate them with just a raw list of the actually privileges each has or email me such a list. I would appreciate that. I occasionally get a request to do something that is out of the current privilege scope and would like to be able to refer people to those pages to let them know I am not just ignoring or putting them off. Thanxs ShoeMaker 09:01, March 7, 2012 (EST)

Extension Request: Labeled Section Transclusion

 * How would this extension affect the ongoing project that I started before I moved? Adding locations of scrolls, wands, and potions.  This project also included cleaning up all of the shop pages throughout the wiki and making them universal in format. Ague (Contributions &bull; Message) 20:26, April 29, 2012 (EDT)

On the House of Wizardry (Shop Page): . ..

Divine Scroll Vendor - Levels 3-7
Aulandar Thistlecrown

Kind of a rough example, but as you can see, the vendor NPC page can list what he/she sells under 'description' in the template, flagged with this selective transcluding tags. This information will be pulled into the shops' page using this extension.

If the information is listed on both the shop page and the NPC page, it makes it hard to maintain and redundant, especially if the vendor changes what he/she sells in future updates. This extension would allow for one change and automatic synchronization across any transcluded pages, by simply modifying the NPC page. Plus, we can hone in on just the info we want to include with the tags.}}


 * Easiest way to automatically keep list what a shop is selling is having a Category:Sold in (or something more fitting) where every article that is sold in the shop is included. Listing what is sold in a shop is quite bad idea as it quite fast becomes a horribly long list that has little value to the reader. Rather use the category page for showing what is sold. Usually transclusion just brings more and more information to the article that is not relevant and should be cowered in its own article. BlackSmith (Contributions &bull; Message) 06:04, March 9, 2013 (EST)

Replace Patrol?
I was poking about on wikipedia and I found they use this as their anonymous edit filter. Extension:FlaggedRevs I know that you were looking at doing a core update pretty soon, and it might help us with filtering some of the deconstructive anonymous edits, before they happen. - Just something to take a look at. "Tauro" (Contributions &bull; ) 01:41, May 8, 2012 (EDT)

Extension:Widgets and Namespace editing privileges.
When you upgraded the wiki, we both forgot about privileges for editing the Widget namespace. I went to add a Twitter feed widget, and discovered that no-one can edit the namespace... I'm thinking the best was to do it is to add the privilege to Sysop instead of creating a separate widget editor user group... At least for now... We may find that it would be safe and requested to add it to say super user at a later date, but I don't think we should start there. I'll toss you an email on the subject as well. ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 09:13, September 14, 2012 (EDT)


 * This is fixed. Sysops now have permission to edit WIdget pages. --Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 20:43, September 18, 2012 (EDT)

reCAPCHA API update
How was the capcha implemented? If we're running the old form request/challenge system, we should update to the new API - https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/mediawiki - I think with some fine tuning we could reduce the amount of the spambots able to signup to the wiki. "Tauro" (Contributions &bull; ) 14:43, October 22, 2012 (EDT)


 * We are using http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit. Maybe Re-Captcha has been broken again? Sometimes the spammers will figure out how to programmatically solve the captchas, then google will update their system. I'll look at this in more detail later tonight. --Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 08:36, October 23, 2012 (EDT)


 * Spammers seem to be able to circumvent the recapcha verification. I did check and it is still able to block the human user, but a scripted bot still seems to make it through.

I'm doing what I can with the blocks, checking IPs and blocking spammer subnets and hosts that only provide web services (VPS and dedicated servers), but the IPs are coming from worldwide, and include some end user DSLs, cable modems, public IPs and I even found a mobile IP in the mix. I can't block these subnets, as potential wiki users may be originating from them (most of them are too large, anyways - The wiki can only block up to a /16 CIDR). "Tauro" (Contributions &bull; ) 02:34, October 27, 2012 (EDT)


 * It makes me wonder if re-captcha has been broken again. Also, the IPs dont seem to be in the blacklists I am using. --Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 14:50, October 27, 2012 (EDT)


 * To me it seems like a single group/individual is targeting this site. All of the usernames look similar. I cannot tell if they broke the captcha or if a human is really solving them. The account registrations are far enough apart that someone could just be creating accounts manually. I'm not sure what to do at this point. It's really getting out of hand. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. In the mean time I will continue to try to find some solution. --Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 11:12, October 28, 2012 (EDT)


 * I'm going to try a different captcha called Asirra. This one makes the user select all of the cat photos out of a selection of both cat and dog ones. --Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 11:33, October 28, 2012 (EDT)


 * Looks like they are still registering even with the new captcha. I don't think they are solving the captcha programmatically. I have to wonder what the motive is for the spammers. All outgoing links on the wiki have nofollow tags, so it won't help their SEO efforts at all. --Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 15:57, October 28, 2012 (EDT)

Semantic MediaWiki

 * I see that it is now installed on our sister wiki. I'd like to play with it a little there, and encourage our other administrators to do so as well, before we jump into it here.  I won't have any time to look at it much until the beginning of next week, but I'll get back to you here and send you an email as well.

Edit: This is going to be a big change for the wiki, so I felt it prudent to place a T:Poi on the talk pages of the following administrators: &bull;  &bull;  &bull;  &bull; ‎ &bull;  &bull;  &bull;  &bull;  &bull;  &bull; ‎ &bull;  &bull; ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 08:09, March 7, 2013 (EST)

I haven't had a chance to play with the sisterwiki's implementation, as my login and subsequent password resets don't appear to be accepted. From what I read, this could be a step to having these large pools of data stored in a database table and simply have the wiki cull this data upon demand, and populate a nicely formatted wikipage (something I've been longing for since I started wiki-editing).
 * It looks like a potent extension. It would open up some tertiary extensions especially something like Data Import would be helpful when working with large pools of data (like our DDO information project).

"Tauro" (Contributions &bull; ) 15:08, March 7, 2013 (EST)


 * That is why I wanted this extension in the first place Joe. I just want to make sure all of our top contributors take some time to experiment with how it works on our sister wiki first.  It would suck if we put this in and no-one could use it.  I'm sure there will be a learning curve, but I would like to play with it there first to take the edge off of it if you know what I mean.

ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 14:57, March 8, 2013 (EST)

IRC
Hey, if you're not too busy, see me on real quick... :) ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 09:55, March 19, 2013 (EDT)

Been a while.
elliottcable speaking. There's apparently no e-mail address associated with my account, so I can't recover my password (which is faintly ridiculous …).

Let me know what you need to verify my identity. ;)
 * Email me, we'll figure it out. Ken doesn't pop in very often. ShoeMaker (Contributions • Message) 11:09, June 7, 2013 (EDT)

dpl test
I'm currently experimenting with dpl. Things are now at a point where I think you personally should have a look at it. I'd like to attract your attention to User talk:Aldyron/Sandbox/Category Waist items experiment. Aldyron (Contributions • Message) 13:25, September 10, 2013 (EDT)

Could it really be?
I see an edit from you editing your common.css... Is it really you though? You're still around? There's a lot of stuff that could use your attention, and if you've got the free time, I think you, myself, and some of the other active editors should try to catch up on IRC or Google or something and see what we can get done. ShoeMaker (Contributions • Message) 19:44, May 10, 2014 (EDT)


 * Hey, yea I'm always *around*, I just don't really post anything ;) Currently I'm seeing if I can get a mobile skin working. Xevo (Contributions • &uArr; top &uArr;) 20:10, May 10, 2014 (EDT)

Hop on IRC with us
Hey Xevo, hop on IRC with us... It'll be easier to coordinate getting everything working right. :) Semi-protected pages are currently not editable and preference pages return internal errors for example. So much easier to do this in real time on IRC though. :) ShoeMaker (Contribs • Message<span class="emailLink emailTechnical_13"> • Email ) 20:04, October 26, 2015 (EDT)