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MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.

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What software can I use to scrape (download) a MediaWiki wiki?

I want to scrape an entire wiki that uses MediaWiki software. The amount of pages are pretty small, but they have plenty of revisions, and I'd like to preferably scrape revisions as well. The wiki does not offer database dumps, unlike Wikipedia. Are…
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Recommendation for Wiki that supports WYSIWYG?

Currently we use a MediaWiki installation for writing documentation, but several of us find the markup format horribly arbitrary and awkward, with a mixture of Wiki tags and XML in the text, and the lack of any quick formatting buttons for things…
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how to actually install mediawiki and run with docker?

I tried mediawiki docker it says: When first run, the container will not contain a LocalSettings.php But i don't understand how to get this contained LocalSettings.php what do I type to get this file? and how to I replace it?
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MediaWiki editor with instant preview?

Are there any editors for writing MediaWiki markup that gives an instant preview? Preferably not web-based. Ideally I would be looking for a window with a horizontal divider. In the upper half would be the markup, in the lower half there would be…
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How can I convert a whole XML dump from Wikia to Kindle?

I'd like to convert an XML dump of whole Deus Ex Wikia to my Kindle. How can I do that? Here's the compressed XML file if anyone wants to try their solutions before posting an answer: http://dumps.wikia.net/e/en/endeusex/pages_current.xml.gz
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Checkbox in Mediawiki syntax?

Is there a way to insert an HTML checkbox in Mediawiki syntax? doesn't appear on their list of blessed tags, so I can't just insert it. (FWIW, this is for a private documentation page which is a checklist, and I want to keep track of where I…
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How do I configure mediawiki to show heading numbering/lettering in the document?

When the table of contents is generated, it numbers sections based upon their heading: 1. section 1 2. section 2 2.1 section 2.1 2.2 section 2.2 3. section 3 I would like these section numbers to appear at the paragraph level as well: 1.…
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Mass Rollback on MediaWiki

So, I have a personal wiki that I use to document code and programming practices and all that good stuff over at StackOverflow. I linked to one of the pages on an SO answer and BOOM! Spam Bots. Unfortunately, not being prepared for this causes most…
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IE9 randomly blocks the cursor from moving up a row in text boxes on wikis

Ever since "upgrading" to IE9, I've been having a super-annoying and very inconsistent problem. While editing wikis, every now and then, I can't move the cursor to the previous row. Pressing the up arrow key simply doesn't do anything. Even weirder,…
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How to 'code collapse' wiki syntax on Notepad++ (or any other text editor)?

I'm familiar with Notepad++'s code collapse for certain programming languages but recently I've been working with a plain text file that uses with Wiki syntax. For…
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How to display a specific version of an image file in a MediaWiki page?

MediaWiki allows embedding images in pages (articles) using the following notation: [[File:filename.extension|options|caption]] This notation always displays the latest (and greatest) version of the file. Every file (including images) keep their…
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MediaWiki: increase session timeout

I have a small MediaWiki wiki in a hosted website. It works pretty well, except that I can't find where to configure the session timeout. Right now, my session expires while I'm editing pages. I've seen all kinds of recomendations, including…
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Can't access wiki site through any other computers on my LAN

I am trying to set up an internal wiki site for my company. Product info, specs that sort of thing. I have downloaded and installed WAMP Server 2.2 (Apache 2.2.22 MySQL 5.5.24 PHP 5.3.13) as well as the newest version of the mediawiki software on my…
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How do I delete all non-confirmed users in MediaWiki

I had an issue that bots/spammers have created hundreds of users on our mediawiki page. They are not harmful, since a user needs to be confirmed before it can edit, and neither have been. I have now installed a captcha to stop that -…
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How to backup image files on MediaWiki 1.20.4 using dumpUploads.php

I have run this same backup command on previous versions of MediaWiki (on Centos 6.4) and it has worked successfully but now when running this command on MediaWiki 1.20.4 - [root@wiki images]# php /var/www/html/wiki/maintenance/dumpUploads.php…
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