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=== Changes to [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php] ===
 
=== Changes to [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php] ===
 
==== Quick and easy ====
 
==== Quick and easy ====
*Personal user styles (I loves me some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups popups]). Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowUserJs $wgAllowUserJs] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowUserCSS $wgAllowUserCss] to true.
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*<s>Personal user styles (I loves me some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups popups]). Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowUserJs $wgAllowUserJs] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowUserCSS $wgAllowUserCss] to true.</s>
 
*<s>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgShowIPinHeader $wgShowIPinHeader] to false, so it won't look lame when someone's just reading (this setting removes the redlinks at the top of the page next to log in, and since we don't allow anons, we should just get rid of this. WP has this set to false, but allows anons to edit)</s>
 
*<s>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgShowIPinHeader $wgShowIPinHeader] to false, so it won't look lame when someone's just reading (this setting removes the redlinks at the top of the page next to log in, and since we don't allow anons, we should just get rid of this. WP has this set to false, but allows anons to edit)</s>
 
*<s>Enable [[Special:Emailuser/USERNAME]] e-mail by setting [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgEnableUserEmail $wgEnableUserEmail] to True</s>
 
*<s>Enable [[Special:Emailuser/USERNAME]] e-mail by setting [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgEnableUserEmail $wgEnableUserEmail] to True</s>
 
*<s>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowRealName $wgAllowRealName] to false. Real names are retarded.</s>
 
*<s>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowRealName $wgAllowRealName] to false. Real names are retarded.</s>
 
*<del>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAmericanDates $wgAmericanDates] to true. YTMND is American, not French (or British, whatever).</del>
 
*<del>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAmericanDates $wgAmericanDates] to true. YTMND is American, not French (or British, whatever).</del>
*Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgCapitalLinks $wgCapitalLinks] to false. We want [[syncan]] to appear as '''syncan''' and [[lol, internet]] to appear as '''lol, internet''' (emptying [[Category:Page titles which supposed to start lowercase]]). There aren't that many that it would fuck everything up, but it would be well used, I think.
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*<s>Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgCapitalLinks $wgCapitalLinks] to false. We want [[syncan]] to appear as '''syncan''' and [[lol, internet]] to appear as '''lol, internet''' (emptying [[Category:Page titles which supposed to start lowercase]]). There aren't that many that it would fuck everything up, but it would be well used, I think. </s>
*Turn off [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edits patrolled edits], a useless feature, by setting $wgUseRCPatrol to false.
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*<s>Turn off [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edits patrolled edits], a useless feature, by setting $wgUseRCPatrol to false.</s>
 
*:Are you sure? I find it somewhat useful. We don't have a CVU IRC channel. And I mark edits patrolled sometimes. --[[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro]][[User talk:LBMixPro|<sup>&lt;lol, talk page&gt;</sup>]] 12:29, June 11, 2006 (CDT)
 
*:Are you sure? I find it somewhat useful. We don't have a CVU IRC channel. And I mark edits patrolled sometimes. --[[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro]][[User talk:LBMixPro|<sup>&lt;lol, talk page&gt;</sup>]] 12:29, June 11, 2006 (CDT)
 
*::I wish they were automatic or js-enabled. As it is, it just means you have one more thing to click. If it registered as patrolled when I visited it, that would make sense (that way others could know it's been seen), but as it is, it's just dumb to have to click it and reload another page. -[[User:Mysekurity/sig|Mysekurity]] | [[User talk:Mysekurity|''it's legal in some states'']] 22:27, June 18, 2006 (CDT)
 
*::I wish they were automatic or js-enabled. As it is, it just means you have one more thing to click. If it registered as patrolled when I visited it, that would make sense (that way others could know it's been seen), but as it is, it's just dumb to have to click it and reload another page. -[[User:Mysekurity/sig|Mysekurity]] | [[User talk:Mysekurity|''it's legal in some states'']] 22:27, June 18, 2006 (CDT)
  
 
==== Slightly longer (instructions on linked page) ====
 
==== Slightly longer (instructions on linked page) ====
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Proxies Block open proxies] so we don't get crackhead vandals.
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*<s>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Proxies Block open proxies] so we don't get crackhead vandals.</s>
 
*<s>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuring_file_uploads Enable uploads], and link the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgLogo main logo] to (a protected) [[:Image:Wiki.png]] by changing $wgLogo to <nowiki>http://www.ytmnd.com/wiki/images/b/bc/Wiki.png</nowiki></s>
 
*<s>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuring_file_uploads Enable uploads], and link the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgLogo main logo] to (a protected) [[:Image:Wiki.png]] by changing $wgLogo to <nowiki>http://www.ytmnd.com/wiki/images/b/bc/Wiki.png</nowiki></s>
* Fix the thumbnails bug, so that resized images show. [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Image_thumbnailing]
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*<s> Fix the thumbnails bug, so that resized images show. [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Image_thumbnailing]</s>
 
*Set [[YTMND:Admin's Noticeboard]] to be read only by sysops, using [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki page restrictions] (or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access#Setting_permissions_for_a_Group_on_a_whole_new_Namespace creating a new namespace that can only be read by sysops])
 
*Set [[YTMND:Admin's Noticeboard]] to be read only by sysops, using [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki page restrictions] (or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access#Setting_permissions_for_a_Group_on_a_whole_new_Namespace creating a new namespace that can only be read by sysops])
 
*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LocalSettings.php#Direct_SQL_Queries SQL queries] ([http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Sysop_SQL_queries 2]) so that all this shit doesn't have to be done by Max alone (though he may want to keep it secure)
 
*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LocalSettings.php#Direct_SQL_Queries SQL queries] ([http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Sysop_SQL_queries 2]) so that all this shit doesn't have to be done by Max alone (though he may want to keep it secure)
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Using_a_very_short_URL Get a short URL](wiki.ytmnd.com/PAGENAME, or ytmnd.com/wiki/PAGENAME, etc). For the path to be the former, http://wiki.ytmnd.com (a nsfw) needs to be deleted and the install directory coolified [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eliminating_index.php_from_the_url].  
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*<s>?[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Using_a_very_short_URL Get a short URL](wiki.ytmnd.com/PAGENAME, or ytmnd.com/wiki/PAGENAME, etc). For the path to be the former, http://wiki.ytmnd.com (a nsfw) needs to be deleted and the install directory coolified [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eliminating_index.php_from_the_url].  
*:URLs from /wiki/ now work. [http://www.ytmnd.com/wiki/NEDM] However, $wgArticlePath needs to reflect /wiki/ instead of /wiki/index.php/.
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*:URLs from /wiki/ now work. [http://www.ytmnd.com/wiki/NEDM] However, $wgArticlePath needs to reflect /wiki/ instead of /wiki/index.php/.</s>
 
*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links interwiki links] to Wikipedia, [http://meta.wikimedia.org Meta]<!--for help files, etc-->, Fadwiki and Encyclopedia Dramatica to make the articles here more useful. There's no need to have our own personal spin on everything that might be covered elsewhere (e.g. Macaron Chacaron, linking Conan O'Brian, etc). It's time to stop raping the {{tl|From Wikipedia}} and {{tl|From Fadwiki}} templates.
 
*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links interwiki links] to Wikipedia, [http://meta.wikimedia.org Meta]<!--for help files, etc-->, Fadwiki and Encyclopedia Dramatica to make the articles here more useful. There's no need to have our own personal spin on everything that might be covered elsewhere (e.g. Macaron Chacaron, linking Conan O'Brian, etc). It's time to stop raping the {{tl|From Wikipedia}} and {{tl|From Fadwiki}} templates.
 
*Possibly create a new [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Skins skin] not based on monobook (see [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css]]), probably based on the forthcoming new layout Max is talking about. Create a [something].css skin, and/or at least enable it in LocalSettings.php so that admins can edit it.
 
*Possibly create a new [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Skins skin] not based on monobook (see [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css]]), probably based on the forthcoming new layout Max is talking about. Create a [something].css skin, and/or at least enable it in LocalSettings.php so that admins can edit it.

Revision as of 06:07, June 23, 2006

This page is a wishlist of things that would be nice to have on this wiki. There are a few things that aren't immediately needed, but it might be nice to have, and others depend on the security of the site. Max has got to do a bunch of the stuff, unless he allows db access, which probably isn't going to happen.

Content

  • Expand the main namespace to include articles for all the major fads and YTMND sites without forking them from the fads list. YTMND is not Wikipedia after all and "This comes from Wikipedia/Fadwiki" messages look ghey.
  • Try to explain why a fad is funny to newcomers. Some (lots) of people look at these YTMND and either don't get the joke, or don't know why they're funny.

Aesthetic

  • Make skin of the site look like the main YTMND site (see MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css), and when the new skin comes out, that too.
  • Get fonts to match YTMND's, so it may integrate nicely. The headings and such should be capitalized, if possible, and the font to match up with the main site's

Technical (requires db access)

Changes to LocalSettings.php

Quick and easy

  • Personal user styles (I loves me some popups). Set $wgAllowUserJs and $wgAllowUserCss to true.
  • Set $wgShowIPinHeader to false, so it won't look lame when someone's just reading (this setting removes the redlinks at the top of the page next to log in, and since we don't allow anons, we should just get rid of this. WP has this set to false, but allows anons to edit)
  • Enable Special:Emailuser/USERNAME e-mail by setting $wgEnableUserEmail to True
  • Set $wgAllowRealName to false. Real names are retarded.
  • Set $wgAmericanDates to true. YTMND is American, not French (or British, whatever).
  • Set $wgCapitalLinks to false. We want syncan to appear as syncan and lol, internet to appear as lol, internet (emptying). There aren't that many that it would fuck everything up, but it would be well used, I think.
  • Turn off patrolled edits, a useless feature, by setting $wgUseRCPatrol to false.
    Are you sure? I find it somewhat useful. We don't have a CVU IRC channel. And I mark edits patrolled sometimes. --LBMixPro<lol, talk page> 12:29, June 11, 2006 (CDT)
    I wish they were automatic or js-enabled. As it is, it just means you have one more thing to click. If it registered as patrolled when I visited it, that would make sense (that way others could know it's been seen), but as it is, it's just dumb to have to click it and reload another page. -Mysekurity | it's legal in some states 22:27, June 18, 2006 (CDT)

Slightly longer (instructions on linked page)

Extensions (help)

Possibly added later, if needed