Forum:MediaWiki 1.13 upgrade

On Tuesday, September 9th, our tech team plans to upgrade MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikia, to version 1.13. You can check out more information about what that upgrade means here. While we don't anticipate any major problems, some issues may appear. Please report any odd site behavior on this page, and we'll try to get those issues resolved as quickly as possible.

Thanks! --KyleH (talk) 17:45, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. I like the double redirect feature.
 * WHLfan (talk to me!) 22:06, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

The upgrade has been delayed a day in order to ensure a smoother rollout - it is now planned for Wednesday. For those interested, the upgrade will be to 1.13.1, which was released a couple of days ago :) 14:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Proxima Centauri have had trouble logging out and logging back in with the other account. We use the same computer.  Our computer is erratic.  We don't know if the problem is with our computer or yours. Barbara Shack 18:12, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * No update occured yet so it's not related. I hope you find help anyway. — TulipVorlax 20:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * We have been making some changes to our caching servers over the past several days. (These changes are unrelated to the MediaWiki 1.13 rollout.)  Try clearing all of the cookies in your browser, then coming back and logging in again. --KyleH (talk) 20:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Side topic about ads

 * I was comming here to ask if the ads are temporairly disabled (so it do not interfere with upgrading) or what ? On fr.3d and fr.guildwars i dont see them (even though i have show all ads checked). I only see a white space where the ad block should be. — TulipVorlax 20:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * We have temporarily removed most of the advertising from wikis in languages other than English or German. Right now, our foreign language sites are pretty small so it doesn't make much sense for us to devote resources to selling and managing advertising on them.  Once those languages grow some, we'll probably enable the advertisements again, but for now most ads are disabled.  --KyleH (talk) 20:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * (Should we move the separate topic elsewhere ?)
 * Ok, but why the blank space on fr.3D for exemple ? Is it caused because i still used the new column tag ?
 * While writing this, i think i understand why now... i've designed thoses main pages to accomodate the ad block using a visual clear so it doesn't cause problem with the rest of the layout... So the space may be normal as it is me who made it appear (not knowing ads were removed).
 * Thanks, i'll check this... — TulipVorlax 01:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, you figured it out. There is nothing in your right column, so when the ad disappeared, there was nothing to fill that space.  That's why we highly recommend that you use the column tags to create a true two-column design using the column tags to create the column.  With a true two-column design using the column tags, any content in the right column will slide up when there isn't an ad there (and slide back down once it returns).  --KyleH (talk) 01:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

For further discussion of this, it would be best to create a new forum topic.

RC log problem
WoWWiki recent changes seem to be odd; all logs are under "Upload log", even though there are Deletions and Blocks there too. 09:32, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems to be fixed now, thanks. 11:12, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Category text problem
Category texts are conflicting with icons:. 09:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * This is likely WoWWiki specific - I'll take a look. 11:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Categories showing as empty
Categories show as they are empty, despite that they are not:. 09:46, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It's possible that just needs populating. 11:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, this was intentional in order to get the update up as fast as possible - the script to populate all these will be run shortly. 12:08, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

24.wikia
Thanks for implementing this new software, guys! A few concerns have come up: Can anyone assist with these? I'll see replies at my talk page sooner than here. Blue Rook 09:43, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) When using the recent changes at Wiki 24, clicking the Diffs brings me to a "Database error" that says " A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "OutputPage::addCategoryLinks". MySQL returned error "1146: Table '24.page_props' doesn't exist (10.8.2.7)". " Essentially, diffs don't work anymore.
 * 2) Special pages has white text on white background. Ugly, ugly!


 * The diffs appear to be working okay for me now. You?
 * The section titles will need to be fixed by a local CSS tweak. Any other wikis using dark skins will need to do it too, unfortunately. 11:52, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The following in MediaWiki:Monaco.css will fix the specialpages heading, by making the background darker (change the colour if you want for your wiki):

/* Special:Specialpages fix */ h4.mw-specialpagesgroup { background-color:#222; }
 * However, there appears to be a bit of lag with updating CSS atm, so it may take a short while to update. 12:20, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Spam filter with incorrect block
Spam filter is broken. Can't save a page with "a-r-r-a-y" in it. Kind of a biggie. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 11:06, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Reported, being looked into. 11:52, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The problem has been identified, and is being fixed! Edit: fix is now being deployed ... techs have confirmed fix 12:05, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

minor edit box gone
Posted this over @ User talk:KyleH before finding this; as well as the special pages problem, minor edit box is gone when editing with cologneblue skin.. only happens on TibiaWiki though, it's normal here. -- Sixorish 11:25, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Confirming - see for example ... I cannot reproduce on any other wiki, though.  11:57, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It's not just CologneBlue; just tried with any other skin, looks like a problem with the wiki. -- Sixorish 12:31, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Aye, can confirm. I've passed it on. 13:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Link Suggest problem
Is it just me or are sugestions not coming up when you type in part of a link when editing on the Harry Potter Wiki? 11:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, it doesn't appear to be working for me either. Will report. 11:59, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Techs are looking into the issue. 12:36, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Should now be fixed! 13:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

AJAX RC broken
For those of you who use User:Kirkburn/global.js or similar, it is currently broken. It's likely due to a small change in MediaWiki - once the original author is online, I'll see what he can find out. 12:36, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Aaand the change is tiny. See here for the change to make. CamelCase ftw! 13:22, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Duplications

 * 1) The forum box at the top of this page is duplicated.
 * 2) The category box has a double border on Monobook; this duplication causes an HTML error because of a duplicated ID (that's the only HTML error on Monobook pages). The erroneous code is  . --◄mendel► 14:59, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * This duplication is intended - it's in two different forums.
 * Do you have a link to an example of this? What you should be getting is . I know of a problem on the old custom wowwiki skin - is this also a specific custom monobook skin? Edit: I see it affects uncyc, so it looks like wikis using their own custom skin have this problem. This does not affect wikis who just customize using local CSS  15:43, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok, hadn't noticed (I think I noticed a few days ago, but forgot again).
 * Yes, it is a custom monobook skin. Any hints as to what we need to edit? --◄mendel► 16:08, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Nothing to edit on your end - it's a skin PHP code issue. The techs have just spotted the change, and have made a fix. 17:20, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Double Redirects
I think I saw something about it fixing Double Redirects, if so, is there now any point in having the Double Redirects special page? - Kingpin13 on Birds and on Wookieepedia (Talk) 16:26, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The double redirects are only fixed on page moves - so most cases are covered, but it's still possible to create them otherwise. 16:31, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks - Kingpin13 on Birds and on Wookieepedia (Talk) 16:35, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Weird tab in prefs
There's a wierd tab in preferences titled "# 9" and it dont seems to have any purpose. — TulipVorlax 17:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I assume you're using Internet Explorer? Twas spotted yesterday on Yugioh (which got 1.13 first) - I've updated the report to the techs to say it's now sitewide. Thanks! 17:06, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Inaccesible
On this inactive wiki, the Main Page (and I think all mainspace articles) don't load. --YOWUZA TALK 2 ME! 17:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)