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== Can't move [[:File:Fäden.png]] ==
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It's used on [[cv:thread]], but I can't seem to move it to a better title. I think it's because of the <s>accent</s> umlaut - is there any way you can change its name manually in the database? ([[Wikipedia:mw:Manual:MoveBatch.php|This maintenance script]] should do the trick, but it requires a little setup and it might run into the same problem.) &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:17, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
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: I missed this. Where should this be moved to? I can give the script a try --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:35, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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::I was thinking something like [[:f:thread.png]] or [[:f:rope reed fiber thread.png]] would work. If not, I can always reupload it and delete the original (assuming that works). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:52, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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::: Oops, that was my file. I guess i should take it as reminder to label files something more accessible when they're intended for public use and not just my own stuff. --[[User:Larix|Larix]] ([[User talk:Larix|talk]]) 14:31, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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::: Can't get the move to work. I'll have to play with the DB if I want to do that. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 03:39, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
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:::: Might be because I already moved it. :) (Can't remember where at the moment, but it's on [[thread]]). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 03:44, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
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::::: Derp. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
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== Announcements "NEW" icon ==
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Can you please add an ID attribute to the red "NEW" message in the sidebar, so I can make it hidden? Thanks {{User:Latias1290/Sig/src|13:20|March 23, 2014}}
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:Removed it, since it's clearly not "new" anymore. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 15:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
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== [[:File:Old0c3822.png]] ==
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This file is missing, but is used on {{tl|old}} and has a history page: [https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=File:Old0c3822.png&action=history]. Any idea what happened to it? (Other files appear to be unaffected.) &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:16, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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:No idea. Going to rebuild images now then --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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::And it's back after a rebuild --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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::Rebuilding images is now a cronjob that will run every 30 minutes on dfaux1 as well now --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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== Creature token page seems to be causing your server trouble ==
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http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Creature_token comes up with a completely blank (like, about:blank blank) for me and pretty much everyone else I've asked about it. I can get the contents by pulling them from google's cache, but the site itself seems to refuse to let you load it. From experience as a webhost, this generally means that the page has encountered a critical error in its scripting, which it will dump in the error log instead of reporting to the user, for security reasons. I would suggest scouring your error logs. Don't know why this particular page is causing issues. [[Special:Contributions/74.67.17.69|74.67.17.69]] 07:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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Probably a rendering time issue - the other versions load fine, but v0.31 takes the longest (I'm pretty sure the v0.34 page is the largest). Using action=raw also works. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 10:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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Okay, disabling AutoRedirect fixed this, so I'm currently disabling pieces of it to see what's causing the problem. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:41, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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It appears that the TitleIsAlwaysKnown is the problem, presumably because it takes a lot of time to render on a large page like [[creature token]]. Unfortunately, this is the hook that makes links and searching work. I'll try making the extension skip section links, since they account for most of the links in that article and don't need to be handled at all. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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All right, that seems to have worked. The render time is back down to 1.2 seconds, which is pretty good for such a long page. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:11, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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Awesome, glad I could help. [[Special:Contributions/2604:6000:FB03:4601:BE5F:F4FF:FE3B:6A61|2604:6000:FB03:4601:BE5F:F4FF:FE3B:6A61]] 16:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
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== MWExceptions ==
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Greycat is having problems with editing (may be proxy-related again): http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139510.0 &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 11:04, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
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== Bot is removing av template ==
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[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014:Puddingstone&diff=204589&oldid=203339 this edit is an example]. Just letting you know. [[User:Brightgalrs|Brightgalrs]] ([[User talk:Brightgalrs|talk]]) 19:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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:And it's deleting the stonelookup template too. [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014:Puddingstone&diff=204589&oldid=203339 example]. [[User:Brightgalrs|Brightgalrs]] ([[User talk:Brightgalrs|talk]]) 19:41, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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::It looks like it searched for "<nowiki>{{quality|.*}}</nowiki>" when doing the "remove quality" step, which ended up matching way too much. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] ([[User talk:Quietust|talk]]) 21:45, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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:::Working on a way to revert those using the bot but it will take a bit. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 22:06, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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::::I'll get them. I've been meaning to find an excuse to use AWB here. Cheers [[User:Brightgalrs|Brightgalrs]] ([[User talk:Brightgalrs|talk]]) 19:47, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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:::::Awesome. Thanks! --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 00:15, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
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== Server woes ==
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I can't insert {{tl|DF2014 plants/trees}} into {{tl|DF2014 plants}}; the server times out/fails to respond each time I try.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 19:15, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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: I'll take a look. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 22:05, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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:: I'm guessing this is because AutoRedirect takes more time to render links to pages that don't exist, since it checks every versioned namespace before determining that a page doesn't exist. I'm not sure how to fix this yet, but it seems to me that either disabling the additional namespace checks in the template namespace or only enabling them in the main namespace could work. Any better ideas? &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:25, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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::: I think it makes sense to only have the checks happen in the main namespace. We can discuss more on github if you want. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
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== Cannot confirm email address ==
  
== German wiki links ==
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[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140530.0#msg5470497 It's been mentioned on the forum], and I thought I'd let you know here, since I see it too.
  
79.206.195.135 (<s>Gerugon?</s>) [[DF2012 talk:Quickstart guide#German wiki|set up a German wiki]] and was wondering if you could add an interwiki link for it. --{{User:Lethosor/sig}} 18:42, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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When I went to the page to start the confirmation process, I was told the email had already been sent. After waiting quite a while without anything, I decided to ask for another email, and that's when I encountered this error:
  
:Sorry for misleading that is't gerugons IP that mine (Kupferdrache in german wiki, i have no account here yet, may be I should add one), but the german wiki is started by gerugon. Great that your replied so quick. I have another request could we get a full list of used namespaces so we don't have to break the layout, which will help us to keep articles up to date, also ist easier to link between the different language versions if the sorting is comparable, also ther is a DF translation project in progress to help this great game to get more attention (at the moment only as mod, but may be we cann get enough support to make it choosable in init.txt wich language should be used. I hope I didn#t forgot anything important. [[Special:Contributions/79.206.195.135|79.206.195.135]] 08:08, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
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:Dwarf Fortress Wiki could not send your confirmation mail. Please check your e-mail address for invalid characters.
:: This should now be active. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 18:48, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== File upload rights ==
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:Mailer returned: Unknown error in PHP's mail() function.
  
Hi Briess. I'm currently trying to upload a couple of my images so I can add [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=126934.0 my new graphics set] to the [[DF2012:Graphics set repository|Graphics set repository]]. I'm an experienced Wikipedian (the ''real'' Wikipedia, that is, heh), so I was wondering if I should just wait for a few days for file upload permissions (like in Wikipedia) or is it exclusively granted by admins such as yourself?
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Hopefully this will be an easy fix, sorry I don't have anything more specific for you to follow up on. —[[User:Lue|Lue]] ([[User talk:Lue|talk]]) 00:00, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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:Thanks for the heads up. I'm aware of the issue but have not had the time yet to diagnose and fix - I am planning on spending some time with it this upcoming week. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:33, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
  
Also I think the Jolly Bastion graphics set should be added there as well. --[[User:Obsidian Soul|Obsidian Soul]] ([[User talk:Obsidian Soul|talk]]) 03:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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Still broken. [[User:Atheistcanuck|Atheistcanuck]] ([[User talk:Atheistcanuck|talk]]) 21:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
  
:I believe it's 4 days and 3 edits, although I might be wrong about the days. Briess should be able to confirm you, but it's probably easier just to make a couple more edits. In the meantime I can upload them for you, but I'd need to know which ones and where to put them. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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== Adventure mode redirect ==
  
::Hm, I forgot about the edit count to article space also contributing to the autoconfirmed rights. It's been so long since I had to do this in a wiki, heh. I'll just take a look around and see what I can fix in other articles, then upload them. I'll also take care of the Jolly Bastion set. If you know of any other graphics sets not in the wiki, it would be nice to add them as well for exposure. This is the primary resource when searching for graphics set and I found my first one here. Anyway, thanks. :) --[[User:Obsidian Soul|Obsidian Soul]] ([[User talk:Obsidian Soul|talk]]) 22:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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For some reason [[adventure mode]] redirects to the 0.34.11 adventurer mode page, so I went to see if I could change this. Apparently, it contains a redirect to [[adventurer mode]], which redirects to the DF2014 page. I'm not quite sure what's going on here, so I thought I should bring this up. It's perhaps related to why the [[adventure mode]] links in [[DF2014:Adventure mode quick start]] are red, which is why I was looking into it in the first place. —[[User:Lue|Lue]] ([[User talk:Lue|talk]]) 23:07, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
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:This should be fixed now. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:12, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
  
:::[[DF2012:Graphics set repository|Ok done]]. I've added the Jolly Bastion set as well and removed the empty sections.--[[User:Obsidian Soul|Obsidian Soul]] ([[User talk:Obsidian Soul|talk]]) 23:03, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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== BriessBot ==
::::Awesome.  Sorry I've been away - just to confirm, it is 3 edits to get autoconfirmed (I removed the 4 day requirement a couple of months ago). --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:21, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== Offline HTML Dump ==
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Something is fishy with your unrating script. http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014:Dolomite&diff=204130&oldid=202335 [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] ([[User talk:VengefulDonut|talk]]) 22:07, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
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: Derp. I'll have to look into fixing this. Although it may be easier to just fix it manually? Oh never mind there are A BAZILLION PAGES. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:23, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
  
Hi Briess. I was wondering if it was possible for an HTML dump of the wiki to be created. That way the wiki can be viewed by DwarfForters like myself with limited/no internet access. I google'd around for mediawiki ways to do this and come up with [http://www.lee.org/blog/2008/08/17/how-to-create-an-html-dump-of-mediawiki/ this method] using the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension%3aDumpHTML DumpHTML] extension. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen. <small>&ndash; [[template:unsigned|unsigned]] comment by [[User:Bsilvereagle|Bsilvereagle]]</small>
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== Missing image ==
  
:From what I remember, size is a major issue with this wiki (due to the multiple namespaces). There used to be a dump of the DF2012 namespace listed in the announcements box ([http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki:Announcements&oldid=170946]). The link was removed, but apparently it's still accessible. I just downloaded it – it's about 10 MB, and appears to contain the latest revisions of all DF2012 articles (from yesterday, July 7) that I checked (it ''doesn't'' include articles from older namespaces, however). It's an XML dump, though, so I don't know how to make it work with various wiki-viewing tools. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
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[[:File:Seed0volcano.png]] (reported at [[Talk:Seed archive]]). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:17, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
:Also: daD generated a basic HTML dump (which may be slightly outdated): [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=125494.0]. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:40, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 
::Ah, I didn't know those existed. It's looking like daD's dump is what I'm after, it's downloading now. I guess I should have used Google instead of the wiki search bar for searching for offline.... Thanks Lethosor.
 
  
== Bot ==
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== Image brokenness ==
  
I'm thinking of trying out a bot (not immediately, as it's still experimental), and was wondering if there are any policies regarding their creation here (would I be allowed to create a new account, do you need to test it first, etc.). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 18:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
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Back in 2012, DrSazar added the poorly-named [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/File:Sperm.jpg [File:Sperm.jpg], a photograph of a sperm whale. At some point after May 2013 the photograph [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014:Sperm_whale&oldid=203603 changed into an image of actual sperm], presumably drawn from wikimedia commons. The wiki software shouldn't be losing images, or replacing local images with reference images. It's not the only image that [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Thread seems to be missing], either.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 16:05, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
: Only policies are bots are for people I trust. I trust you. If you create a new account, I'll set it up with the appropriate flags (just poke me here as you know how wonderful the recent changes list is for new accounts >.>) --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 18:57, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:: Thanks :) It does show up on the recent changes differently (at least the way I created it), but just to confirm it's [[User:LethosorBot]]. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:32, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 
::: Done!  I also made you (and the bot) an administrator. No reason not to at this point. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 19:58, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:::: Thanks! :) It'll be nice to be able to do some admin-related things when I need to. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:25, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== Extension update ==
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:[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/c/c7/Sperm.jpg Sperm.jpg] is still on the servers (as is its thumbnail). [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/2/23/Dyed_thread.png Dyed_thread.png] is also on the servers, but its thumbnail appears to be missing. I'll try rebuilding the image table to see if that fixes anything. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 16:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
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::Dyed_thread.png has been fixed. I'm still not sure what's wrong with Sperm.jpg - it's stored on the server, but Mediawiki doesn't seem to be recognizing it. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 16:28, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
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:::Mediawiki Commons has a history of being entirely dumb. I moved the page; I think it's possible that busting the thumbnails could theoretically fix it, but I'm not sure. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 03:40, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
  
You might want to update [[wikipedia:mw:Extension:RegexFunctions|Extension:RegexFunctions]] to 1.4.3 &mdash; the current version has some type of security vulnerability, which looks like it might allow running arbitrary code. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:00, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
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== Cloning the wiki ==
:: Thanks for the heads up.  I've updated the extension. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 08:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== A Chinese Version WIKI? ==
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Hi Briess! lethosor directed me here from IRC.
  
Hi Briess, I just a new player of DF. This WIKI site is awesome! It is pretty cool to do some translation when I am free. Is it a possible to make a Chinese version site of this? --[[User:Qianbb2004|Qianbb2004]] ([[User_talk:Qianbb2004|talk]]) 15:10, 02 August 2013 (UTC)
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Making the wiki available offline has been discussed before by many different people. [http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=df_portable_wiki Some even manage] something almost useful. You've helped the situation by making the XML dumps available, however so much information in the wiki is locked behind templates that depend on custom PHP extensions to expand properly. I want to pick up this torch and produce something usable and useful for everyone.
  
== Polish Dwarf Fortress wiki ==
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My plan is simple.
  
Hello there!
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# Massage the DF2014 namespace into a set of static HTML documents
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# Bundle these documents in [http://kapeli.com/docsets the docset format]
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# Release the docset in [http://kapeli.com/dash Dash] on OSX and [zealdocs.org Zeal] on Windows and Linux.
  
I would like to add a link to Polish Dwarf Fortress wiki, so that it will be possible to connect every article from this page with <nowiki>[[pl:Article name]]</nowiki> template.
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Dash/Zeal provide fast instant search and they're designed for searching through sets of documents already.
  
Here is a website: http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/
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Step 1 is where all the work takes place of course. I want to do it in a way that is as light on the existing infrastructure as possible. Using the [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/api.php wiki's API] and the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Expandtemplates action:expandtemplates] feature, I can expand the XML dump into rendered HTML. But this is essentially scraping the wiki, which isn't good.
and here is a main page: http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki
 
  
Thank you in advance, --[[User:Marzecki|Marzecki]] ([[User talk:Marzecki|talk]]) 14:23, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
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Instead, I would like to setup my own instance of the wiki and run all the processing locally.
  
:: Is there a chance and possibility to link Polish Dwarf Fortress Wikia on this wiki? Please, someone. Many of the players are visiting English Wiki, and some of them doesn't even know about existence of Polish Wiki! Part of them are teens, which english language level is poor - native language wiki is for them! Please someone :D --[[User:Marzecki|Marzecki]] ([[User talk:Marzecki|talk]]) 12:53, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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'''So my question for you is''', can you kindly give the assets needed to setup a clone of the wiki? AFAIK, all I need to make a facsimile of the wiki is:
::: I'll take a look at doing that this weekend. Sorry for the delay! --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 01:17, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:::: Finally! Waiting for url update :) --[[User:Marzecki|Marzecki]] ([[User talk:Marzecki|talk]]) 23:00, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 
::: This should now be active. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 18:48, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:::: Yes, alias "pl:SiteName" is active! '''But''', there is no "pl." at the beginning, so it redirects to non-existent wiki, showing up "This wiki was closed". Example: [[pl:Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki]] (http://dwarffortress.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki) should be (http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki) --[[User:Marzecki|Marzecki]] ([[User talk:Marzecki|talk]]) 23:23, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:::: Oops, sorry. I've fixed this. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:42, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:::: Finally. I hope that now some Polish players will visit Polish wiki and consider writing a few articles. Thank you. --[[User:Marzecki|Marzecki]] ([[User talk:Marzecki|talk]]) 00:58, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== Spambot activity ==
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# the custom CSS theme
Hi, I was wondering whether you could add a filter option to the "recent changes" pages so it could hide user registrations: whenever I want to review the most recent changes it seems that the only things going on are a hundred or so spambot registrations. While I know you're doing the best you can about that, it'd be cool to be able to hide these useless events from view. Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/78.250.226.221|78.250.226.221]] 14:05, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
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# a list of extensions you have installed (and their source if necessary)
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# anything else I don't know about that affects the content generation
  
== Alternative captchas ==
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I noticed that some of the custom extensions are available [https://github.com/DF-Wiki on github], but is that all of them?
  
It seems, from [[wikipedia:mw:Extension:ConfirmEdit|the ConfirmEdit page]], that ReCaptcha might not be as secure as other types of captchas. [http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/ This wiki] seems to have solved this problem by using FancyCaptcha. While it might not be as secure (according to the page on mediawiki.org), its code is part of the extension, which means it can be easily modified to prevent automated scripts from succeeding, even if they guess the captcha correctly (check the source of the [http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/script/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page&type=signup account creation page]). It seems to be reasonably effective - the change was made near the end of July, and only 3 accounts have been [http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/script/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&user=&page=&year=&month=-1 created] since then. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 14:45, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
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Cheers, [[User:Rmblr|Rmblr]] ([[User talk:Rmblr|talk]])
:I'll take a look when I'm over this nasty flu. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 08:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 
::I am no longer dying sick, but I do have a business trip and a bunch of work to catch up on. If I haven't gotten to this in a week or so, feel free to yell at me to look at this. Thanks :) --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 02:50, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== Italian main ==
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edit: - I forgot to mention images. I plan to support an image-less version of the docset at first that will load the images opportunistically if the internet is available. Eventually, if you don't mind, I'll fetch images in bulk from the wiki (respecting the cache and expiry headers of course).
  
Hi, I'm an user of the italian community, I'm here for ask to you if will be possible to create a main page with italian language, and after (subpages) the others page in italian.
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Briess - I was thinking of putting some of the settings we use on Github, like WMF's [http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php InitialiseSettings.php]. Thoughts? &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:40, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
  
In this moment the wiki use this link http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page
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Rmblr - what custom CSS theme are you referring to? Aside from [[Mediawiki:Common.css]], I don't believe we've made any modifications to the Vector theme. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:42, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
but for the italian page we can use http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page/italia  or http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page/italy or http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page_Italy
 
  
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Lethosor - I assumed you were using some custom CSS to display things like ASCII tiles, stone infoboxes, etc. Is that not the case? [[User:Rmblr|Rmblr]] ([[User talk:Rmblr|talk]])
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:Oh. If you're referring to diagrams, you can find the relevant CSS in the [https://github.com/DF-Wiki/DFDiagram/blob/master/modules/ext.DFDiagram.css DFDiagram extension] (they're converted into &lt;canvas> elements on the client side by default, but you can disable that in your [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-dfdiagram|preferences]] or simply by parsing the wikitext, which should generate a HTML table instead). Other than that, most CSS is stored in templates (although it can be several levels down - infoboxes use {{tl|infoheader}}, {{tl|infocell}}, etc.). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 16:38, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
  
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: That's reasonable to me. Let's take discussion of what to do for this to the github issues tracker. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:50, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
  
I'm here only for ask and for information, if it is possible.
 
  
I'll wait answer.
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== Email problems ==
  
Thanks a lot for your time.
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Ohey, New here. Made an account yesterday, and inserted my email adress where it belonged, and then the wiki returned this:
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Error sending mail: Unknown error in PHP's mail() function.
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Same happened for my other email account... Any ideas?
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[[User:Su8perkillr|Su8perkillr]] ([[User talk:Su8perkillr|talk]]) 14:33, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
  
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:Email features are currently broken ([[#Cannot_confirm_email_address|see above]]). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 16:50, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
  
NB
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Ah, sorry for my blindness... I thought I saw no such thread above. Thanks though! [[User:Su8perkillr|Su8perkillr]] ([[User talk:Su8perkillr|talk]]) 20:02, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
sorry for my english
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::No worries. I need to fix it but haven't had time to work on it recently. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 18:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
  
:(Comment:) [http://mediawiki.org mediawiki.org] does something similar to this - I'm not sure how well it would work for some pages on this wiki, especially for pages that check the /raw subpage (they'd have to be rewritten to use the base raw page), but it's worth looking into.
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== Error on page; image missing ==
:(Regarding the Italian wiki:) There's a [http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/ Polish wiki] set up on Wikia - maybe this could be used as an alternative, and we could link to that (like the Russian/French links on the [[Main Page]]). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 00:43, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 
  
:(comment): i see this www.wikidot.com, is a good site? ([[User talk:Jostino]]) 19:47, 20 September 2013 (GMT+200)
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The page "http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Pasture" is generating the following error, towards the top of the page ...
  
::Wikidot is a pretty good site, as well as Wikia (which may be better, since it uses the same software as this site). Unfortunately, this site uses a lot of extensions and modifications, which would be difficult, or even impossible, to set up on a large hosting site. I'll look more into the possibilities of hosting pages in different languages ''here'', which would be much easier to set up. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:04, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
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''Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image `/var/www/dfwiki/images/6/62/Roach.png': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2638.
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convert: unable to open file `/var/www/dfwiki/images/6/62/Roach.png' @ error/png.c/ReadPNGImage/3667.
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convert: no images defined `/tmp/transform_3d58c9a26907-1.png' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3044.''
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-- Should be fixed. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 19:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
  
== Additional languages ==
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== Password reset ==
  
It may be considerably easier to set up non-English wikis on this site than on other wikis (as I mentioned above, the extensions and patches we use here would be hard to set up, even on a MediaWiki hosting site). Using this site would allow complex things (mainly templates and functions) to be used without being copied over to other wikis. Also, foreign-language wikis would tend to be a lot smaller than the main English wiki (due to fewer contributors), so size shouldn't be a problem. A few things I've found that could assist with this:
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Sorry for the inconvenience - I've lost the password to my account [[User:FangXianfu|FangXianfu]]. Hopefully you have an email address on record for me & I still have access to it - most of them redirect to fang dot xianfu at gmail dot com, where you can reach me if you need to. Thanks --[[Special:Contributions/92.28.199.77|92.28.199.77]] 10:55, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
* Some templates exist that could probably be ported to this wiki: [[Wikipedia:mw:Template:Languages]] uses a lot of #ifexist checks (which could be deleted for languages we won't use at all). [[Wikipedia:meta:Template:Languages]] is similar, but adds <code>uselang=</code> to change the interface language for foreign-language pages (which could also be specified in the preferences, so I'm not sure how useful this is).
 
* [[Wikipedia:mw:Extension:Translate|Extension:Translate]] seems promising (it's used on some WMF wikis) - I haven't looked into it much, but I'll test it out when I get a chance.
 
--[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:31, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 
  
Update: [[Wikipedia:mw:Extension:Translate|Extension:Translate]] is working very well - all that's required is adding &lt;translate> tags around the page content. It lets any (logged-in) user edit translations by default, but pages need to be ''marked'' before they can be translated, which needs to be done by an admin by default (I'd recommend allowing at least autoconfirmed users to do this with something like <code>$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['pagetranslation'] = true;</code>). [[Wikipedia:mw:MLEB|MLEB]] is the bundle I'm using - it includes a few useful multilingual extensions, including Translate, Babel, and a language selector (which allows you to change the interface language without messing around with your preferences.) --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 17:26, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
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:I sent a new password to an email at ironicorbit.org. If that doesn't work, I can try the email above or send it to your account on the forums (Xinael?). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 15:28, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
:Interesting. I like the idea, but I can't do anything about it until I get back from my business trip. It's probably about time to update the mediawiki software too - I'll look into both at that time. Thanks for doing the research on this! --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:56, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
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:: Note to self: really really really really badly need to fix the email services --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 03:42, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Templates have been harder to work out than content pages - the best method I've found so far is using {{#delay:int:}} to change the displayed text based on the interface language (which I suppose is more useful to end users anyway). Unfortunately, this would require editing MediaWiki: messages, which normal users can't do... :( <br>
 
Anyway, MediaWiki 1.22 should be released soon, so it may be worth waiting to upgrade (the only useful thing I've found in 1.21 is Ajax patrolling, which I've already [[User:Lethosor/ajaxpatrol.js|implemented]]). Also, if you end up doing software upgrades, [[Wikipedia:mw:Extension:WikiEditor|Extension:WikiEditor]] and [[Wikipedia:mw:Extension:CodeEditor|Extension:CodeEditor]] (and maybe even [[Wikipedia:mw:Extension:Scribunto|Extension:Scribunto]]) could be useful (WikiEditor is extensible, so it would be easy to set up DFWiki-specific editing customizations - maybe adding a [[CP437]] palette, for example). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:49, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 
  
Well, I finally managed to get templates to work with translations (see {{tl|msg}}). Would you be able to deploy the multilingual extensions? (I can make a PR for it, but it'll require running update.php). Once they're installed, I can do the rest of the setup on the wiki. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 03:05, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
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== Can't upload files  ==
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I wanted to upload an image about picking bioms for the Quickstart page, but I’m not allowed to. At the time my account was created, the site engine said that it cannot send me a confirmation email because of mail() function. Here’s the image I wanted to add, please use: http://i.imgur.com/0vSEzyZ.png .
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--[[User:Tijagi|Tijagi]] ([[User talk:Tijagi|talk]]) 06:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
  
(They seem to be [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-i18n/2013-October/000762.html compatible] with both 1.20 and 1.21.) --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 03:17, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
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== Dwarf Fortress French wiki ==
  
Unfortunately, I am slammed this week, so I won't really be able to start on them until next week. I am more than willing to set it up starting on next monday though. Only thing with update.php - we will need to make sure it's compatible with postgresql, or modify the extension SQL to be compatible with postgresql. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:21, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Briess,  
:From what I can tell, the extensions use MediaWiki's database system, which is compatible with several database systems (including PostgreSQL), but I'll see if I can set up a test wiki with PostgreSQL to make sure. (I'm pretty busy this week myself, so I doubt I can get much done on this either :). I was hoping to get this set up in time for the next DF release, which gives us another couple of weeks at least.)--[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:44, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 
::I may be taking some time off early next week. If I do so, I'll start working on this. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 17:21, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 
  
Turns out that the Translate extension SQL is ''not'' compatible with PostgreSQL. I've managed to get the tables created successfully after messing around with a bunch of SQL conversion tools (see [https://gist.github.com/lethosor/7457533 this gist]), but there are still errors in the extension files that prevent the extension from actually working. I'll see if I can fix those, although it might make it hard to update in the future. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 22:44, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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Do you know who runs the French DW wiki ? It seems impossible to register for that site ( trying to register gets this error : " Fatal error: Call to a member function xpath() on a non-object in /home/librejeu/dwarffortress/wiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit/Asirra.class.php on line 52 " ) and my login from this wiki doesn't work there .  
  
I've made a little progress (the database error on Special:Translate no longer occurs), but translation doesn't work at all for some reason (probably because update.php won't run with the SQL modifications I've made, so the installation isn't complete yet). I'm reluctant to ask, but is MySQL a possible alternative? I've found that it tends to be better-supported than other database systems on MediaWiki (SQLite is supposedly well-supported too, but I doubt it would handle a large wiki very well). There are a variety of conversion tools that look promising, such as [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-migration-database-postgresql.html MySQL workbench], but I haven't tested them to see if/how they work. If not, I'll continue my attempts at patching (which will hopefully work eventually). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 17:37, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
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We've got a Facebook group going and some people want to contribute to that site .
  
Never mind about that. :) I think I finally got the Translate extension to work with PostgreSQL (fortunately, it was the only one of the six that required any changes). I made a [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/98045/ patch] for it, and I'll let you know how that turns out. (One thing to note is that the current Translate extension requires the current UniversalLanguageSelector extension as well – that is, not the <code>2013.10</code> branch – so either waiting for a new release or using the "master" branch would be necessary for now) --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:59, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
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== wiki dump available? ==
:Go figure. I'm going to have limited availability over the thanksgiving holiday, but I'll take a look at things on the server starting when I get back. Also, do you have my skype information? it's the same as my github username. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:57, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 
::I must have skipped over your response in the recent changes because I thought it was my own edit. -_- Anyway, Skype probably isn't the best way to contact me, but I'm usually available on the Bay12 forums and Gmail (and probably other places that I can't think of right now). Not that those are equivalent to Skype, but they're probably better than constantly editing talk pages.
 
::Also, my patch still has a few bugs, one of which causes deletion jobs to fail and display an ugly error message for every user that happens to run one of those jobs when it's in the queue, so don't include that just yet. (Hopefully I can get that fixed quickly.) --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:01, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== Database error when editing an IP talk page ==
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hey i have an old wiki dump of dwarf fortress that i use through WikiTaxi, was trying to find the dump database to get a newer version but couldn't locate it
  
<blockquote>
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== Confirmation email won't send ==
<div id="mw-content-text">A database query syntax error has occurred.
 
This may indicate a bug in the software.
 
The last attempted database query was:
 
<blockquote><code>(SQL query hidden)</code></blockquote>
 
from within function "<code>User::updateNewtalk</code>".
 
Database returned error "<samp>23502: ERROR:  null value in column "user_id" violates not-null constraint
 
</samp>".</div>
 
</blockquote>
 
I'm not having this issue with 1.21, with a nearly-identical installation (except for the namespace-link patch, and I'm not sure how that could cause it). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:37, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 
  
: Can you make a branch for me with your code as is on the dfwiki github? --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 21:00, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Briess, my account won't send a confirmation email, says something about a PHP error. I rechecked the email address, but it seems to be correct.
::I meant that the error is occurring on ''this'' wiki - I haven't seen this issue on my own wiki, which uses pretty much the same extensions and settings (except it's using MW 1.21, which would make it hard to merge on GitHub). Fortunately, the problem isn't as severe as I thought - messages still get posted (see [[User talk:127.0.0.1]]), but it's still confusing to editors. I'm wondering if there are other patches you know of (besides the link patch) that have been installed on this wiki since the 1.20 upgrade, or if the database settings were recently changed. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:55, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks, KT
:::Not that I'm aware of. The code on github is what the wiki is using, minus the extensions, I believe (I may turn them into submodules at some point) --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:52, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 
I'm guessing this is a PostgreSQL problem (it looks familiar ;) ). A MediaWiki upgrade might fix the problem, but I don't think it's major enough for that to be worthwhile. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 02:01, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 
  
I just checked on the PostgreSQL wiki I set up to test the Translate extension and experienced the exact same problem (on 1.21). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 02:03, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
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== Main page interwiki ==
  
== Pull requests ==
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Could we get these interwiki link added to the main page?
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* [http://wikiwiki.jp/dwarffort/ jp]
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* [http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/ pl]
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* [http://español.dwarf-fortress.info/wiki es]
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[[User:Brightgalrs|Brightgalrs]] ([[User talk:Brightgalrs|talk]]) 00:02, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
  
Do you need to do anything special to merge in changes I made on the dfwiki repo, or are changes I make to master automatically merged? --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:41, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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== Image problems ==
  
: I merged them in, but deploys are manual. For some reason, I didn't get a notification of the pull request, I just fixed that so I do get them again. I'll deploy the change shortly. Also, I'm back from the business trip, yay! --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:51, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
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[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page/gallery Various images on the wiki] have again gone missing.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 16:41, 10 September 2017 (UTC)|
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:Looking now. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 00:43, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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::This has been resolved. Thanks for the heads up! --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 01:40, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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:::Now it affects [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Tileset_repository Tileset repository] (& few other related, like [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Graphics_set_repository Graphics set repository]). --[[User:McNattfarinn|McNattfarinn]] ([[User talk:McNattfarinn|talk]]) 08:53, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
  
== Email Contact ==
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== Business Inquiry ==
  
Hey there! I'm trying to get ahold of the administration team to talk about a partnership proposal, but I cannot find the proper channel to pursue. If you get the chance, can you drop an email at kristophermsandoval@gmail.com and let me know the proper channel to go through? Thank you so much! I look forward to hearing from you! [[Special:Contributions/24.10.3.183|24.10.3.183]] 19:24, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Briess,
  
== Spam prevention ==
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I am trying to find a good way to get in touch with you, preferably through email so that I can talk to you about a business opportunity with the wiki. Please let me know the best way to get in touch with you.
  
I found a couple interesting strategies that could prevent automated account registration entirely, while still allowing users to create accounts normally:
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Thanks
* Disabling [[wikipedia:mw:API:Account creation|the account creation API]] would block account registrations using api.php instead of [[Special:CreateAccount]]:
 
:<pre>$wgAPIModules['createaccount'] = 'ApiDisabled';</pre>
 
* If it turns out that the spammers use [[Special:CreateAccount]] instead (which is less likely), someone at MediaWiki has [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Anti-spam_features#random_or_editable_Special:UserLogin_link suggested] renaming [[Special:UserLogin]] (or CreateAccount), which would allow it to be accessible with the navigation links but not by a direct URL. I'm not sure how this would be done, but it's probably possible since changing the wiki language changes special pages' URLs.
 
* Cookiepedia has their [http://www.cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/File:Vhost.conf.txt config file] publicly available, which contains IP's of many spammers. I'm not sure how up-to-date it is, but it appears to be working for them.
 
* Lastly, blocking requests with an empty User-Agent header has worked in the past. I doubt many current spambots would be blocked by this trick, however.
 
It may even be possible to remove captchas entirely if one of these methods works, which would be a lot less irritating for new users. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:46, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 
: Unfortunately, we already disable API account creation, and I block a bunch of IPs very aggressively at the nginx layer (updated via cron job daily). I haven't done anything with user-agent yet, but that may be worth looking into. --21:51, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:: Looks like I forgot to check the settings again. -_- I've managed to find a simple method that prevents [[Special:CreateAccount]] from working when accessed directly, which I put on Github in the <code>test-login</code> branch. I'm not sure how effective it is – the alternate captcha method above may be a better solution. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 22:12, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:: I've also found that it's possible to change the <code>wpRetype</code> field in the password form, which would prevent (generic) automated submissions. I'm not sure how automated they are, though, since they can get through the captcha (occasionally – maybe they just guess?). --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 22:31, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 
::QuestyCaptcha could probably work too, since it can be easily customized for an individual wiki (although eventually spammers might figure them out). Maybe with DFRawFunctions we could set it up to generate random questions on DF-related things, although that would probably be complicated. (Sorry about the multiple edits/notifications, by the way :)) --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 22:38, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 
I found [[wikipedia:mw:Extension:ConfirmAccount|Extension:ConfirmAccount]], which seemed like it required too much information to be usable on this wiki (biography, real name, an optional resume, etc.), but it turns out that's easy to disable:
 
<pre>
 
$wgConfirmAccountRequestFormItems['RealName']['enabled'] = false;
 
$wgConfirmAccountRequestFormItems['Biography']['enabled'] = false;
 
$wgConfirmAccountRequestFormItems['CV']['enabled'] = false;
 
$wgConfirmAccountRequestFormItems['Notes']['enabled'] = false;
 
$wgConfirmAccountRequestFormItems['Links']['enabled'] = false;
 
$wgConfirmAccountRequestFormItems['TermsOfService']['enabled'] = false;
 
// To allow admins to confirm accounts:
 
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['confirmaccount'] = true;
 
</pre>
 
This would require users to enter a username and email address to create an account, which would then be confirmed by an admin and by email.<br/>
 
Anyway, this would almost certainly stop the spam registrations, although I'm not sure if it's worth it (for admins and users). Any thoughts on this? --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 03:31, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 
: It's certainly an option, but I would prefer something that doesn't require a bunch of administrator action. That would be hell. I'm wondering if renaming the signup page will be enough to combat the issue. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:12, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 
: Although, I'm not against requiring an email confirmation, but I would probably have to do some work on the email service to make it behave a little better with more providers. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 05:13, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 
  
== Announcements ==
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== Getting In Touch ==
  
[[Mediawiki:Siteannounce]] (the announcement box) has gone missing (but [[DF:Announcements]] is still intact). This causes an error with [[User:Briess/hideAnnouncements.js]], although it doesn't appear to be causing any major problems. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 15:59, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Briess,
  
Thanks for catching my edit on {{tl|rounded info box}}. Apparently a &lt;div> tag on the same line as Mediawiki's {| table syntax ''breaks the table''. But not the whole table. Just the ''start'' of the table. The end of the table gets parsed perfectly, which caused things that should have been inside a table to float around the page. And adding a newline before the table in the red box doesn't change anything. (Okay, that's probably because of Mediawiki's whitespace stripping, but that doesn't explain why ''every other box on the page worked'' with my change.) I would have tested it more thoroughly, except I thought that wrapping something in a &lt;div> tag wouldn't do anything. This is why I hate Mediawiki table syntax (although HTML table syntax isn't much better. I tried {{tl|columns}} as a [[User:Lethosor/Main Page|replacement]], but apparently it doesn't work in Firefox :( ) --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 03:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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I am trying to get in touch with you regarding a few questions I have about the wiki. Can you please email me back at mbarr@sovrn.com?
: No worries. I unfortunately have been very busy, or I would have tried to fix it instead of just reverting it. I'll create an issue soon on github about announcements and I'll discuss what Emily and I talked about with announcements. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 04:34, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 
  
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DismissableSiteNotice This extension] looks interesting, although it only works well for a single, temporary announcement. It might be possible to modify it, though. --[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 01:38, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
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Looking forward to speaking with you!
  
I think the problem was that the relevant system message is actually [[Mediawiki:Sitenotice]]. (I thought it was a Mediawiki bug that was causing the history to vanish this whole time). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 03:49, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you,
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Melissa
  
Anyway, how's [[Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki:Announcements/box|this]] for now? I'm thinking of adding it to the recent changes page (see below), although it might be a little big - I can try adjusting the old JS to work with it, or make it possible to hide them in the preferences. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:17, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
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== Hi Briess, I have a question about a References/Sources Page for DF Modders (Real Quick Question) ==
  
== Dutch wiki translation ==
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I'm creating a Tileset for DF and I'm now trying to go back and sight references for tilesets that I pulled tiles/content from. I thought that it might be a cool idea if there was a hosted page on the WIKI were DF modifications could be listed as "Free for Use, just sight Author" or "Proprietary: DON'T USE MY WORK w/o permission". Maybe with an included link to the latest version of the mod. I wouldn't mind doing the leg work on this if its something your on board with. Please let me. Thanks.
  
Hi.
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-Dragonmaster13
As you probably not know, I am a very fluent Dutch speaker, and I think I could make a dutch translation of the wiki(partially, and definitely not alone). How about it?
 
<br />{{User:Latias1290/Sig/src|13:33|January 15, 2014}}
 
: We are looking at solutions for hosting translations locally on the wiki at this time. I'm not sure how long before we're ready, but when we are I'll let you know. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:22, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 
  
== [[:File:FunComic.png]] missing ==
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== Please use HTTPS ==
  
Pointed out [[Talk:Main_Page#Fun_Comic|here]]. It may be related to [[:File:Roach.png]]'s disappearance a while back, although that image (and the others) are working now. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 21:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Briess.
:Rebuilding all images now. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 21:54, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 
  
== Recent changes text ==
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Could you please set up a TLS certificate for the forum?
  
The Community Portal is a helpful resource for filtering through recent changes.
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I don't like seeing NOT SECURE everytime I visit the forum.
Any idea where this text is coming from? Passing "uselang=qqx" (which usually displays the message names) does nothing: [http://i.imgur.com/ZBH6hcJ.png]. Searching the wiki repo also turns up nothing.
 
  
&mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 22:23, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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* Is there any update on this? [[User:Solters|Solters]] ([[User talk:Solters|talk]]) 05:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
  
:I honestly have no idea. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 04:36, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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::Assuming you mean the wiki and not the forum, the wiki has HTTPS enabled as of this June. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 00:03, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
  
::It turns out it is, in fact, [[MediaWiki:Recentchangestext]] (see the title of this section). I found it on [[Special:Allmessages]], but it's strange that it doesn't show up with uselang=qqx. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:47, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
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== Wondering if I can have a permission to translate this wiki into Korean ==
::: welp --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 19:56, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
 
  
== Hey! ==
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There are Russian, French, and I've seen a dwarf asking for a Japanese in Talk:Main_Page(but seems like no one has replied yet)
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There might be some limitations since I don't understand 100% about some mods and minecart logics and I'm not an expert translator, but I wish I could do this work. :9
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Thanks. - bluebird9281.
  
Kind of crazy that I just today decided to take a look here and sign in and saw a "new message" from you from April 2013 :P.  Glad to see you guys are going strong still!  I might take a look around and see if I can help some for the '''hopefully''' soon to come release :).  [[User:Mason11987|Mason]] <sup>([[User talk:Mason11987|T]]-[[Special:Contributions/Mason11987|C]])</sup> 04:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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== Add a link to Twitch Dwarf Fortress section? ==
  
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Can we add a link somewhere to the DF section of Twitch?
  
== File upload limitations ==
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[[User:F00z|F00z]] ([[User talk:F00z|talk]]) 21:44, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
  
The upload page claims to accept files up to 8MB. I, however, start to receive "413 Request Entity Too Large" errors when file size exceeds ~1MB. Since PNG does not support the same level of compression as JPG, I have encountered this problem several times while converting artwork from the forums into PNG format as requested by the wiki. [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/File:BF2z6.jpg This file] as a JPG is 120K; converted to a PNG it is 1.02M and fails to upload.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 20:43, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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:What link do you want? There are a lot of related links on the [[Main Page]], and I'm fine with adding one, but I don't know where you want the link to go. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 00:03, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
: I will look into it as soon as I can (may be later this week or next weekend). --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 07:56, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 
  
== Can't move [[:File:Fäden.png]] ==
 
  
It's used on [[cv:thread]], but I can't seem to move it to a better title. I think it's because of the <s>accent</s> umlaut - is there any way you can change its name manually in the database? ([[Wikipedia:mw:Manual:MoveBatch.php|This maintenance script]] should do the trick, but it requires a little setup and it might run into the same problem.) &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 19:17, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
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Just something like https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Slaves%20to%20Armok%20II%3A%20Dwarf%20Fortress that would link to the game's section on Twitch. Figure it might help some discover live DF content.
: I missed this. Where should this be moved to? I can give the script a try --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:35, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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::I was thinking something like [[:f:thread.png]] or [[:f:rope reed fiber thread.png]] would work. If not, I can always reupload it and delete the original (assuming that works). &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:52, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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[[User:F00z|F00z]] ([[User talk:F00z|talk]])
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== Possibility to Translate the wiki? ==
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Hi Briess,
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First of all, I'd like to congratulate you for this amazing work. this wiki is a reference for everyone!
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I'm contacting you because I'd like to know if you would authorise me to translate this wiki? I'm a translator myself and I would love to work on it, of course, for free. I'm aware it is filled with lots of content over the years so it would be a long-term project.
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My native language is Portuguese, but I could also translate to French and Spanish.
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Looking forward to hearing from you.
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Best regards,
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Elio NETO
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== Editing practice ==
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Hi, apologies if this is the wrong place to raise this, but I just reverted the four edits ([https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Billy]) of [[User:Billy]] after getting an email that a page I (had forgotten I) was following had been edited. Some more forceful discouragement may be called for. [[User:Hv|Hv]] ([[User talk:Hv|talk]]) 16:05, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
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:Thanks! Will deal with this. [[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 13:41, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
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== Want to translate the wiki Into Chinese ==
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Hi Briess,
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Thank for the amazing wiki!It is helpful for everyone!
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I want to translate this wiki into Chinese. My native language is Chinese. I hope that more Chinese players will know and like this game. In this official wiki, I have not found an entry that can be translated into other languages. I want to move it to other wikis. We are serving and doing related translation work, hoping to get your approval and consent.
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Finally, thank you for your contribution to the wiki.
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Best regards,
  
== Announcements "NEW" icon ==
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FengMaster
  
Can you please add an ID attribute to the red "NEW" message in the sidebar, so I can make it hidden? Thanks {{User:Latias1290/Sig/src|13:20|March 23, 2014}}
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== Translate  ==
:Removed it, since it's clearly not "new" anymore. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 15:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 
  
== [[:File:Old0c3822.png]] ==
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Is there the possibility of adding alternative pages for other languages?
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That way we can translate into other languages ​​without creating new sites
  
This file is missing, but is used on {{tl|old}} and has a history page: [https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=File:Old0c3822.png&action=history]. Any idea what happened to it? (Other files appear to be unaffected.) &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 20:16, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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== Replace Chinese Wiki with the new one on Fandom ==
:No idea. Going to rebuild images now then --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 
::And it's back after a rebuild --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 
::Rebuilding images is now a cronjob that will run every 30 minutes on dfaux1 as well now --[[User:Briess|Briess]] ([[User talk:Briess|talk]]) 20:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 
  
== Creature token page seems to be causing your server trouble ==
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Hello, Briess! The current Chinese wiki on wikidot (listed on main page) seems to be inactive for a long time, with its main page refers to the download link of v0.44.10, and most pages are never updated even earlier than that version. Recently we are working on a new site on Fandom ([https://dwarf-fortress.fandom.com/zh]), trying to keep everything up to date. Wish to replace the links on dwarffortresswiki's main page and the sidebar link (ILL) with the one at Fandom, so that more people may get to the right place and join us. [[User:Xjtu-blacksmith|xjtu-blacksmith 黑山雁]] ([[User talk:Xjtu-blacksmith|talk]]) 03:09, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
  
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Creature_token comes up with a completely blank (like, about:blank blank) for me and pretty much everyone else I've asked about it. I can get the contents by pulling them from google's cache, but the site itself seems to refuse to let you load it. From experience as a webhost, this generally means that the page has encountered a critical error in its scripting, which it will dump in the error log instead of reporting to the user, for security reasons. I would suggest scouring your error logs. Don't know why this particular page is causing issues. [[Special:Contributions/74.67.17.69|74.67.17.69]] 07:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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:I've added the link of Fandom wiki site into main page myself. Wish to add ILL for Chinese wiki site (Fandom) one day. [[User:Xjtu-blacksmith|xjtu-blacksmith 黑山雁]] ([[User talk:Xjtu-blacksmith|talk]]) 06:02, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
  
Probably a rendering time issue - the other versions load fine, but v0.31 takes the longest (I'm pretty sure the v0.34 page is the largest). Using action=raw also works. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 10:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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:We've migrated our site to '''huijiwiki''' recently, which is a China-based Wiki farm. I've changed the link on main page. [[User:Xjtu-blacksmith|xjtu-blacksmith 黑山雁]] ([[User talk:Xjtu-blacksmith|talk]]) 02:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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Can't move File:Fäden.png[edit]

It's used on cv:thread, but I can't seem to move it to a better title. I think it's because of the accent umlaut - is there any way you can change its name manually in the database? (This maintenance script should do the trick, but it requires a little setup and it might run into the same problem.) —Lethosor (talk) 19:17, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

I missed this. Where should this be moved to? I can give the script a try --Briess (talk) 20:35, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
I was thinking something like f:thread.png or f:rope reed fiber thread.png would work. If not, I can always reupload it and delete the original (assuming that works). —Lethosor (talk) 20:52, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Oops, that was my file. I guess i should take it as reminder to label files something more accessible when they're intended for public use and not just my own stuff. --Larix (talk) 14:31, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Can't get the move to work. I'll have to play with the DB if I want to do that. --Briess (talk) 03:39, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Might be because I already moved it. :) (Can't remember where at the moment, but it's on thread). —Lethosor (talk) 03:44, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Derp. --Briess (talk) 05:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Announcements "NEW" icon[edit]

Can you please add an ID attribute to the red "NEW" message in the sidebar, so I can make it hidden? Thanks Latias1290 (talk)

Removed it, since it's clearly not "new" anymore. —Lethosor (talk) 15:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

File:Old0c3822.png[edit]

This file is missing, but is used on {{old}} and has a history page: [1]. Any idea what happened to it? (Other files appear to be unaffected.) —Lethosor (talk) 20:16, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

No idea. Going to rebuild images now then --Briess (talk) 20:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
And it's back after a rebuild --Briess (talk) 20:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Rebuilding images is now a cronjob that will run every 30 minutes on dfaux1 as well now --Briess (talk) 20:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Creature token page seems to be causing your server trouble[edit]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Creature_token comes up with a completely blank (like, about:blank blank) for me and pretty much everyone else I've asked about it. I can get the contents by pulling them from google's cache, but the site itself seems to refuse to let you load it. From experience as a webhost, this generally means that the page has encountered a critical error in its scripting, which it will dump in the error log instead of reporting to the user, for security reasons. I would suggest scouring your error logs. Don't know why this particular page is causing issues. 74.67.17.69 07:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Probably a rendering time issue - the other versions load fine, but v0.31 takes the longest (I'm pretty sure the v0.34 page is the largest). Using action=raw also works. —Lethosor (talk) 10:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Okay, disabling AutoRedirect fixed this, so I'm currently disabling pieces of it to see what's causing the problem. —Lethosor (talk) 19:41, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

It appears that the TitleIsAlwaysKnown is the problem, presumably because it takes a lot of time to render on a large page like creature token. Unfortunately, this is the hook that makes links and searching work. I'll try making the extension skip section links, since they account for most of the links in that article and don't need to be handled at all. —Lethosor (talk) 19:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

All right, that seems to have worked. The render time is back down to 1.2 seconds, which is pretty good for such a long page. —Lethosor (talk) 20:11, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Awesome, glad I could help. 2604:6000:FB03:4601:BE5F:F4FF:FE3B:6A61 16:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

MWExceptions[edit]

Greycat is having problems with editing (may be proxy-related again): http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139510.0Lethosor (talk) 11:04, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Bot is removing av template[edit]

this edit is an example. Just letting you know. Brightgalrs (talk) 19:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

And it's deleting the stonelookup template too. example. Brightgalrs (talk) 19:41, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
It looks like it searched for "{{quality|.*}}" when doing the "remove quality" step, which ended up matching way too much. --Quietust (talk) 21:45, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Working on a way to revert those using the bot but it will take a bit. --Briess (talk) 22:06, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
I'll get them. I've been meaning to find an excuse to use AWB here. Cheers Brightgalrs (talk) 19:47, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Awesome. Thanks! --Briess (talk) 00:15, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Server woes[edit]

I can't insert {{DF2014 plants/trees}} into {{DF2014 plants}}; the server times out/fails to respond each time I try.--Loci (talk) 19:15, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

I'll take a look. --Briess (talk) 22:05, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
I'm guessing this is because AutoRedirect takes more time to render links to pages that don't exist, since it checks every versioned namespace before determining that a page doesn't exist. I'm not sure how to fix this yet, but it seems to me that either disabling the additional namespace checks in the template namespace or only enabling them in the main namespace could work. Any better ideas? —Lethosor (talk) 01:25, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
I think it makes sense to only have the checks happen in the main namespace. We can discuss more on github if you want. --Briess (talk) 17:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Cannot confirm email address[edit]

It's been mentioned on the forum, and I thought I'd let you know here, since I see it too.

When I went to the page to start the confirmation process, I was told the email had already been sent. After waiting quite a while without anything, I decided to ask for another email, and that's when I encountered this error:

Dwarf Fortress Wiki could not send your confirmation mail. Please check your e-mail address for invalid characters.
Mailer returned: Unknown error in PHP's mail() function.

Hopefully this will be an easy fix, sorry I don't have anything more specific for you to follow up on. —Lue (talk) 00:00, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I'm aware of the issue but have not had the time yet to diagnose and fix - I am planning on spending some time with it this upcoming week. --Briess (talk) 05:33, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Still broken. Atheistcanuck (talk) 21:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Adventure mode redirect[edit]

For some reason adventure mode redirects to the 0.34.11 adventurer mode page, so I went to see if I could change this. Apparently, it contains a redirect to adventurer mode, which redirects to the DF2014 page. I'm not quite sure what's going on here, so I thought I should bring this up. It's perhaps related to why the adventure mode links in DF2014:Adventure mode quick start are red, which is why I was looking into it in the first place. —Lue (talk) 23:07, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

This should be fixed now. —Lethosor (talk) 01:12, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

BriessBot[edit]

Something is fishy with your unrating script. http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014:Dolomite&diff=204130&oldid=202335 VengefulDonut (talk) 22:07, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Derp. I'll have to look into fixing this. Although it may be easier to just fix it manually? Oh never mind there are A BAZILLION PAGES. --Briess (talk) 17:23, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Missing image[edit]

File:Seed0volcano.png (reported at Talk:Seed archive). —Lethosor (talk) 19:17, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Image brokenness[edit]

Back in 2012, DrSazar added the poorly-named [File:Sperm.jpg, a photograph of a sperm whale. At some point after May 2013 the photograph changed into an image of actual sperm, presumably drawn from wikimedia commons. The wiki software shouldn't be losing images, or replacing local images with reference images. It's not the only image that seems to be missing, either.--Loci (talk) 16:05, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Sperm.jpg is still on the servers (as is its thumbnail). Dyed_thread.png is also on the servers, but its thumbnail appears to be missing. I'll try rebuilding the image table to see if that fixes anything. —Lethosor (talk) 16:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
Dyed_thread.png has been fixed. I'm still not sure what's wrong with Sperm.jpg - it's stored on the server, but Mediawiki doesn't seem to be recognizing it. —Lethosor (talk) 16:28, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
Mediawiki Commons has a history of being entirely dumb. I moved the page; I think it's possible that busting the thumbnails could theoretically fix it, but I'm not sure. --Briess (talk) 03:40, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Cloning the wiki[edit]

Hi Briess! lethosor directed me here from IRC.

Making the wiki available offline has been discussed before by many different people. Some even manage something almost useful. You've helped the situation by making the XML dumps available, however so much information in the wiki is locked behind templates that depend on custom PHP extensions to expand properly. I want to pick up this torch and produce something usable and useful for everyone.

My plan is simple.

  1. Massage the DF2014 namespace into a set of static HTML documents
  2. Bundle these documents in the docset format
  3. Release the docset in Dash on OSX and [zealdocs.org Zeal] on Windows and Linux.

Dash/Zeal provide fast instant search and they're designed for searching through sets of documents already.

Step 1 is where all the work takes place of course. I want to do it in a way that is as light on the existing infrastructure as possible. Using the wiki's API and the action:expandtemplates feature, I can expand the XML dump into rendered HTML. But this is essentially scraping the wiki, which isn't good.

Instead, I would like to setup my own instance of the wiki and run all the processing locally.

So my question for you is, can you kindly give the assets needed to setup a clone of the wiki? AFAIK, all I need to make a facsimile of the wiki is:

  1. the custom CSS theme
  2. a list of extensions you have installed (and their source if necessary)
  3. anything else I don't know about that affects the content generation

I noticed that some of the custom extensions are available on github, but is that all of them?

Cheers, Rmblr (talk)

edit: - I forgot to mention images. I plan to support an image-less version of the docset at first that will load the images opportunistically if the internet is available. Eventually, if you don't mind, I'll fetch images in bulk from the wiki (respecting the cache and expiry headers of course).

Briess - I was thinking of putting some of the settings we use on Github, like WMF's InitialiseSettings.php. Thoughts? —Lethosor (talk) 20:40, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Rmblr - what custom CSS theme are you referring to? Aside from Mediawiki:Common.css, I don't believe we've made any modifications to the Vector theme. —Lethosor (talk) 20:42, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Lethosor - I assumed you were using some custom CSS to display things like ASCII tiles, stone infoboxes, etc. Is that not the case? Rmblr (talk)

Oh. If you're referring to diagrams, you can find the relevant CSS in the DFDiagram extension (they're converted into <canvas> elements on the client side by default, but you can disable that in your preferences or simply by parsing the wikitext, which should generate a HTML table instead). Other than that, most CSS is stored in templates (although it can be several levels down - infoboxes use {{infoheader}}, {{infocell}}, etc.). —Lethosor (talk) 16:38, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
That's reasonable to me. Let's take discussion of what to do for this to the github issues tracker. --Briess (talk) 17:50, 10 December 2014 (UTC)


Email problems[edit]

Ohey, New here. Made an account yesterday, and inserted my email adress where it belonged, and then the wiki returned this: Error sending mail: Unknown error in PHP's mail() function. Same happened for my other email account... Any ideas? Su8perkillr (talk) 14:33, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Email features are currently broken (see above). —Lethosor (talk) 16:50, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Ah, sorry for my blindness... I thought I saw no such thread above. Thanks though! Su8perkillr (talk) 20:02, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

No worries. I need to fix it but haven't had time to work on it recently. --Briess (talk) 18:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Error on page; image missing[edit]

The page "http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Pasture" is generating the following error, towards the top of the page ...

Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image `/var/www/dfwiki/images/6/62/Roach.png': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2638. convert: unable to open file `/var/www/dfwiki/images/6/62/Roach.png' @ error/png.c/ReadPNGImage/3667. convert: no images defined `/tmp/transform_3d58c9a26907-1.png' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3044. -- Should be fixed. --Briess (talk) 19:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Password reset[edit]

Sorry for the inconvenience - I've lost the password to my account FangXianfu. Hopefully you have an email address on record for me & I still have access to it - most of them redirect to fang dot xianfu at gmail dot com, where you can reach me if you need to. Thanks --92.28.199.77 10:55, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

I sent a new password to an email at ironicorbit.org. If that doesn't work, I can try the email above or send it to your account on the forums (Xinael?). —Lethosor (talk) 15:28, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
Note to self: really really really really badly need to fix the email services --Briess (talk) 03:42, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Can't upload files[edit]

I wanted to upload an image about picking bioms for the Quickstart page, but I’m not allowed to. At the time my account was created, the site engine said that it cannot send me a confirmation email because of mail() function. Here’s the image I wanted to add, please use: http://i.imgur.com/0vSEzyZ.png . --Tijagi (talk) 06:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Dwarf Fortress French wiki[edit]

Hello Briess,

Do you know who runs the French DW wiki ? It seems impossible to register for that site ( trying to register gets this error : " Fatal error: Call to a member function xpath() on a non-object in /home/librejeu/dwarffortress/wiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit/Asirra.class.php on line 52 " ) and my login from this wiki doesn't work there .

We've got a Facebook group going and some people want to contribute to that site .

wiki dump available?[edit]

hey i have an old wiki dump of dwarf fortress that i use through WikiTaxi, was trying to find the dump database to get a newer version but couldn't locate it

Confirmation email won't send[edit]

Hi Briess, my account won't send a confirmation email, says something about a PHP error. I rechecked the email address, but it seems to be correct. Thanks, KT

Main page interwiki[edit]

Could we get these interwiki link added to the main page?

Brightgalrs (talk) 00:02, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Image problems[edit]

Various images on the wiki have again gone missing.--Loci (talk) 16:41, 10 September 2017 (UTC)|

Looking now. --Briess (talk) 00:43, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
This has been resolved. Thanks for the heads up! --Briess (talk) 01:40, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Now it affects Tileset repository (& few other related, like Graphics set repository). --McNattfarinn (talk) 08:53, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Business Inquiry[edit]

Hello Briess,

I am trying to find a good way to get in touch with you, preferably through email so that I can talk to you about a business opportunity with the wiki. Please let me know the best way to get in touch with you.

Thanks

Getting In Touch[edit]

Hi Briess,

I am trying to get in touch with you regarding a few questions I have about the wiki. Can you please email me back at mbarr@sovrn.com?

Looking forward to speaking with you!

Thank you, Melissa

Hi Briess, I have a question about a References/Sources Page for DF Modders (Real Quick Question)[edit]

I'm creating a Tileset for DF and I'm now trying to go back and sight references for tilesets that I pulled tiles/content from. I thought that it might be a cool idea if there was a hosted page on the WIKI were DF modifications could be listed as "Free for Use, just sight Author" or "Proprietary: DON'T USE MY WORK w/o permission". Maybe with an included link to the latest version of the mod. I wouldn't mind doing the leg work on this if its something your on board with. Please let me. Thanks.

-Dragonmaster13

Please use HTTPS[edit]

Hey Briess.

Could you please set up a TLS certificate for the forum?

I don't like seeing NOT SECURE everytime I visit the forum.

  • Is there any update on this? Solters (talk) 05:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
Assuming you mean the wiki and not the forum, the wiki has HTTPS enabled as of this June. —Lethosor (talk) 00:03, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Wondering if I can have a permission to translate this wiki into Korean[edit]

There are Russian, French, and I've seen a dwarf asking for a Japanese in Talk:Main_Page(but seems like no one has replied yet) There might be some limitations since I don't understand 100% about some mods and minecart logics and I'm not an expert translator, but I wish I could do this work. :9 Thanks. - bluebird9281.

Add a link to Twitch Dwarf Fortress section?[edit]

Can we add a link somewhere to the DF section of Twitch?

F00z (talk) 21:44, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

What link do you want? There are a lot of related links on the Main Page, and I'm fine with adding one, but I don't know where you want the link to go. —Lethosor (talk) 00:03, 20 July 2019 (UTC)


Just something like https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Slaves%20to%20Armok%20II%3A%20Dwarf%20Fortress that would link to the game's section on Twitch. Figure it might help some discover live DF content.

F00z (talk)

Possibility to Translate the wiki?[edit]

Hi Briess,

First of all, I'd like to congratulate you for this amazing work. this wiki is a reference for everyone!

I'm contacting you because I'd like to know if you would authorise me to translate this wiki? I'm a translator myself and I would love to work on it, of course, for free. I'm aware it is filled with lots of content over the years so it would be a long-term project.

My native language is Portuguese, but I could also translate to French and Spanish.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Elio NETO

Editing practice[edit]

Hi, apologies if this is the wrong place to raise this, but I just reverted the four edits ([2]) of User:Billy after getting an email that a page I (had forgotten I) was following had been edited. Some more forceful discouragement may be called for. Hv (talk) 16:05, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Will deal with this. Briess (talk) 13:41, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Want to translate the wiki Into Chinese[edit]

Hi Briess,

Thank for the amazing wiki!It is helpful for everyone!

I want to translate this wiki into Chinese. My native language is Chinese. I hope that more Chinese players will know and like this game. In this official wiki, I have not found an entry that can be translated into other languages. I want to move it to other wikis. We are serving and doing related translation work, hoping to get your approval and consent.

Finally, thank you for your contribution to the wiki.

Best regards,

FengMaster

Translate[edit]

Is there the possibility of adding alternative pages for other languages? That way we can translate into other languages ​​without creating new sites

Replace Chinese Wiki with the new one on Fandom[edit]

Hello, Briess! The current Chinese wiki on wikidot (listed on main page) seems to be inactive for a long time, with its main page refers to the download link of v0.44.10, and most pages are never updated even earlier than that version. Recently we are working on a new site on Fandom ([3]), trying to keep everything up to date. Wish to replace the links on dwarffortresswiki's main page and the sidebar link (ILL) with the one at Fandom, so that more people may get to the right place and join us. xjtu-blacksmith 黑山雁 (talk) 03:09, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

I've added the link of Fandom wiki site into main page myself. Wish to add ILL for Chinese wiki site (Fandom) one day. xjtu-blacksmith 黑山雁 (talk) 06:02, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
We've migrated our site to huijiwiki recently, which is a China-based Wiki farm. I've changed the link on main page. xjtu-blacksmith 黑山雁 (talk) 02:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)