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| + | The old [[XmlWiki]] calendar has been ported to a standard MediaWiki extension called [[MW:Extension:Simple Calendar|Simple Calendar]]. It now installs as a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Parser_function parser function], so the following syntax is used: | ||
| + | :<tt><nowiki>{{#calendar:}}</nowiki></tt> | ||
| + | An optional name can be added so that different users or groups can have their own calendars, this could be used in conjunction with other functions, eg: | ||
| + | :<tt><nowiki>{{#calendar:{{CURRENTUSER}}}}</nowiki></tt> | ||
| + | Also a second optional parameter allows the year to be specified, the current year is used if this is not supplied: | ||
| + | :<tt><nowiki>{{#calendar:{{CURRENTUSER}}|2001}}</nowiki></tt> | ||
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{{news|title=ConfirmEdit Extension Installed|img=|msg= | {{news|title=ConfirmEdit Extension Installed|img=|msg= | ||
We've already had a visit from a vadalbot since the migration to MediaWiki 1.9.3, so I've quickly added the [[MW:Extension:ConfirmEdit|Confirm Edit Extension]] to the create-login form which adds a ''CAPTCHA'' ('''C'''ompletely '''A'''utomated '''P'''ublic [[w:Turing test|'''T'''uring test]] to tell '''C'''omputers and '''H'''umans '''A'''part) process which asks a simple mathematical question. This is the standard method used by Wikipedia and its sister projects rather than the more common method of reading obscured characters of text froman image. The reason for this is that there are standard programming libraries becomming commonly available which are able to read most of the CAPTCHA images that humans can read. | We've already had a visit from a vadalbot since the migration to MediaWiki 1.9.3, so I've quickly added the [[MW:Extension:ConfirmEdit|Confirm Edit Extension]] to the create-login form which adds a ''CAPTCHA'' ('''C'''ompletely '''A'''utomated '''P'''ublic [[w:Turing test|'''T'''uring test]] to tell '''C'''omputers and '''H'''umans '''A'''part) process which asks a simple mathematical question. This is the standard method used by Wikipedia and its sister projects rather than the more common method of reading obscured characters of text froman image. The reason for this is that there are standard programming libraries becomming commonly available which are able to read most of the CAPTCHA images that humans can read. | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 24 April 2007
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XmlWiki Calendar Ported
The old XmlWiki calendar has been ported to a standard MediaWiki extension called Simple Calendar. It now installs as a parser function, so the following syntax is used:
- {{#calendar:}}
An optional name can be added so that different users or groups can have their own calendars, this could be used in conjunction with other functions, eg:
- {{#calendar:{{CURRENTUSER}}}}
Also a second optional parameter allows the year to be specified, the current year is used if this is not supplied:
- {{#calendar:{{CURRENTUSER}}|2001}}
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ConfirmEdit Extension Installed
We've already had a visit from a vadalbot since the migration to MediaWiki 1.9.3, so I've quickly added the Confirm Edit Extension to the create-login form which adds a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) process which asks a simple mathematical question. This is the standard method used by Wikipedia and its sister projects rather than the more common method of reading obscured characters of text froman image. The reason for this is that there are standard programming libraries becomming commonly available which are able to read most of the CAPTCHA images that humans can read.
