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= Contact Information =
 
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Please do not use this talk page to contact me ... please email <email>support@midrange.com</email>.  I don't monitor my talk page, so if you leave me a message here, it could take me weeks to respond.
 
 
== Interwiki mappings? ==
 
 
 
*Heh, I know it's pretty quiet here, but I thought I would mention this before I forgot.  On the page [[Help:Template]], I noticed the redlink for [[m:Help:Template]].  Which, after digging around a bit, I think can be solved outside of MidrangeWiki using the information [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterWiki here].&nbsp;&mdash; [[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 15:39, 2 August 2006 (CDT)
 
 
 
== Listed on wikiindex ==
 
 
 
I added a listing [http://www.wikiindex.com/MidrangeWiki] over on http://www.wikiindex.com/ .&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 16:30, 10 September 2006 (CDT)
 
 
 
FWIW I looked on wikiindex but could not see an entry. |FKOL]] 00:54, 10 January 2008 (CST)
 
*Hmm, the direct link above worked, and so did [http://www.wikiindex.org/Special:Search?search=MidrangeWiki&fulltext=Search this search].&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 12:19, 10 January 2008 (CST)
 
*OK,you are correct. I did not understand what I was looking at. I should be more specific. When I went to www.wikiindex.org I did not see anything obvious that was Midrangewiki, but now I realise Wikiindex is a BIG site, thousands of pages, when I used the categories and indexes I confess I still could not find MidrangeWiki.  I am unsure if I can or should attempt to update anything on Wikiindex, can I put Midrange under more than one index, eg. Technology  and also under Computing.  This is not a big issue for me as I can simply tell people to Google Midrangewiki, they will get to the site easy enough. [[User:FKOL|FKOL]] 19:53, 10 January 2008 (CST)
 
 
 
== Deletion requests ==
 
 
 
Not that we have a bunch of them yet, but I made (hopefully) simple way to request deletions.  Add the template {{tl|delete}} to whatever is to be deleted and it will show up in {{ccl|Deletion requests}}.  Then, whomever has the authority to do deletes (um, you :), can decide yea or nay.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 11:29, 13 October 2006 (CDT)
 
 
 
== MediaWiki 1.8 upgrade ==
 
 
 
Good deal, I'll holler if anything seems odd.  I upgraded my local wiki recently and haven't had any trouble, but you never know.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 06:35, 6 November 2006 (CST)
 
 
 
== HTML Comments in Templates ==
 
 
 
Hmm, when I look at the HTML source of an article which uses the {{tl|stub}} template, the google comments are showing.  I'm just not sure if they are from the template code or from somewhere else. I'll do a few tests and see what happens.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 15:12, 3 January 2007 (CST)
 
*From [[Restricted state]]
 
<pre>
 
<h1 class="firstHeading">Restricted state</h1>
 
<div id="bodyContent">
 
<h3 id="siteSub">From MidrangeWiki</h3>
 
 
 
<div id="contentSub"></div>
 
<!-- start content -->
 
<!-- google_ad_section_start -->
 
<p><b>Restricted state</b> is a condition where all the subsystems on the iSeries server have ended and only a single user job remains active in the controlling subsystem. <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/experience/wmrstate53.pdf" class="external autonumber" title="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/experience/wmrstate53.pdf" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>
 
</p>
 
<div class="editsection" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">[<a href="/index.php?title=Restricted_state&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div><a name="External_links"></a><h2>External links</h2>
 
 
 
<ul><li>(<a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/experience/wmrstate53.pdf" class="external text" title="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/experience/wmrstate53.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF</a>) of <i>iSeries Restricted State Experience Report</i> from the V5R4 <a href="/index.php/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> <a href="/index.php/InfoCenter" title="InfoCenter">InfoCenter</a>.
 
</li></ul>
 
<p><br />
 
</p>
 
<div class="notice metadata" id="stub"><i>This article is a <a href="/index.php/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help by <span class="plainlinks"><a href="http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php?title=Restricted_state&amp;action=edit" class="external text" title="http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php?title=Restricted_state&amp;action=edit" rel="nofollow">expanding it</a></span>. </i></div>
 
 
 
<!-- Saved in parser cache with key wiki-mw_:pcache:idhash:1956-0!1!0!1!en!2 and timestamp 20070103210539 -->
 
<div class="printfooter">
 
Retrieved from "<a href="http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/Restricted_state">http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/Restricted_state</a>"</div>
 
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
 
<div id="catlinks"><p class='catlinks'><a href="/index.php?title=Special:Categories&amp;article=Restricted_state" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <span dir='ltr'><a href="/index.php/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">Stubs</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/index.php/Category:Definitions" title="Category:Definitions">Definitions</a></span></p></div> <!-- end content -->
 
 
 
<div class="visualClear"></div>
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
<div id="column-one">
 
<div id="p-cactions" class="portlet">
 
<h5>Views</h5>
 
</pre>
 
 
 
== HTML Comments in Templates Part 2 ==
 
 
 
Grr, based on some quick testing, I would say "No Dice".  It appears that the wiki-parser does not even pass those wiki source comments out to the HTML.  The <code>google_ad_section</code> lines in the HTML must be coming from somewhere else.  I was going to say [[Mediawiki:Monobook.css]] or [[MediaWiki:Monobook.js]] but there is no google in there. 
 
 
 
I'll check on http://meta.wikimedia.org and http://www.mediawiki.org about wiki-parsing and HTML, along with the [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/ mediawiki-l mailing list archives].&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 15:38, 3 January 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
===From [[User:MrDolomite/Foo]] wiki source===
 
<pre>
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
<!-- This is a comment in the main article -->
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
<!-- This is a comment in the main article -->
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
*Ok this is main article text
 
 
 
</pre>
 
 
 
===From [[User:MrDolomite/Foo]] HTML Source===
 
<pre>
 
<!-- start content -->
 
<!-- google_ad_section_start -->
 
<ul><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
</li><li>Ok this is main article text
 
 
 
</li></ul>
 
 
 
<!-- Saved in parser cache with key wiki-mw_:pcache:idhash:1937-0!1!0!1!en!2 and timestamp 20070103212855 -->
 
<div class="printfooter">
 
Retrieved from "<a href="http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/User:MrDolomite/Foo">http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/User:MrDolomite/Foo</a>"</div>
 
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
 
<!-- end content -->
 
</pre>
 
 
 
== Mediawiki 1.9.0 ==
 
 
 
Cool, I'll keep my eyes open for post-upgrade goofiness.  The Wikimedia family of sites have been at 1.9 for a bit and are now actually onto 10ish.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 12:27, 11 January 2007 (CST)
 
===Unable to upload file===
 
On page [[Special:Upload]], getting this error.
 
<pre>
 
The upload directory (/home/wiki/html/images) is not writable by the webserver.
 
</pre>&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 12:37, 11 January 2007 (CST)
 
*Yep, all set on the uploads.  It wouldn't let me upload a .svg file though, so I changed it over to a .jpg.    But then I never tried uploading an .svg before, so maybe this old setting [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation:Security#Problems_with_PNg_Upload] has cropped up.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 09:30, 12 January 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
== Sub-pages in templates ==
 
 
 
Trying to use a sub-page trick to document templates and realized that sub-pages are not turned on in the template namespace.  From this info [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sub-page on meta], I think all that needs to be done adding this line to the <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file.
 
<pre>
 
# Enable subpages in the template namespace
 
$wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_TEMPLATE] = true;
 
</pre>
 
Thanx&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 12:51, 11 January 2007 (CST)
 
*That did the trick.  I updated {{tl|Delete}} to use the new documentation sub-page trick.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 09:27, 12 January 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
== ParserFunctions Extension request ==
 
 
 
I've been copying various templates and organizing tools over from other wikis and found out a stumbling block.  [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions meta:ParserFunctions] would need to be installed on the wiki.  While it does quite a bit, the part I was looking for is the <code>#ifeq</code> ability, which can be used for checking for existence of parameters when coding templates.  I've installed it on my own local wiki with no issues.  Thx.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 13:02, 26 January 2007 (CST)
 
*Wow, thanks for the quick response on a Friday afternoon no less. :)  Works fine, did a quick test using {{tl|bu}} and it works just fine.&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 15:16, 26 January 2007 (CST)
 
**<pre>And it {{bu|W|orks}} {{bu|J}}ust {{bu|F|ine}}</pre>
 
**{{bu|W|orks}} {{bu|J}}ust {{bu|F|ine}}
 
 
 
== HTML in comments part 3 OR Google search settings ==
 
 
 
Saw this and figured I would pass it along.  http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/controlling-how-search-engines-access.html  &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 08:59, 30 January 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
== Redirects for WDSCi ==
 
 
 
Should be ok to search for [[WDSCi]] and then end up at {{ccl|WDSC}}.  The regular [[WDSC]] page is already a redirect to the category.  So, rather than doing this... <pre>WDSCi -> WDSC -> Category:WDSC</pre> instead I made it like this...<pre>WDSCi -> Category:WDSC</pre><pre>WDSC -> Category:WDSC</pre> Hopefully this still makes sense.  Looking at the non-redirected pages probably helps.
 
*<small>http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php?title=WDSCi&redirect=no</small>
 
*<small>http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php?title=WDSC&redirect=no</small>
 
&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 09:16, 20 March 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
== MidrangeWiki access ==
 
 
 
Good to know I did the WDSC redirect stuff and was able to explain it. :)
 
 
 
The only thing that may help would be if I could work on {{ccl|Wiki maintenance}}, specifically {{ccl|Deletion requests}}.  Since most of the items in there are my goofs, I could at least clean up after myself.  To do that, I think one has to be part of the sysop group.  I'll check on http://meta.wikimedia.org and http://www.mediawiki.org to see. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 09:59, 25 March 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
== Colorized Recent Changes ==
 
 
 
Howdy, can you let me know if [[Special:Recentchanges]] is now showing the byte counts in color for you?  I think I have it right, but I can't be sure if it's fixed, or if it is just me.  Thanks.&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 10:16, 5 April 2007 (CDT)
 
*Yep, that's what I was going for green for positive byte changes and red for negative ones.  Course, any [[wikipedia:Web colors|color]] can be used, just by changing [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css]] &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]] | [[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 19:14, 5 April 2007 (CDT)
 
 
 
== FTP moves ==
 
 
 
Ok, to me, moving around [[FTP]], [[FTP (CMD)]] and [[File Transfer Protocol]], along with some of the redirects and disambiguation links makes logical sense, but I wanted to run it past someone else to doublecheck. :) Here are the filtered [http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=move&user=MrDolomite&page=F&pattern=1 move log] and [http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=MrDolomite&page=F&pattern=1 delete log]. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 15:58, 11 September 2007 (CDT)
 
 
 
== Cite extension request ==
 
It would be helpful to have the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Special:Cite.php Cite extension] installed here.  It makes doing footnotes/references/citations/whatever you want to call them easier, as it is done in a common way, with automagic links within the article.  Thx.&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 13:50, 27 September 2007 (CDT)
 
:Thanks, it works like a charm, although I might have created a cite monster :)  See [[5722-JV1]] and [[PASE]].  Thanks for the note about the email, this wasn't a hot request, but good to know for the future.  Thx.!!!!
 
 
 
== sigs ==
 
 
 
Hee, it is a combination of the [[WP:GNOME]] in me and being too lazy to dig through the history to find out who wrote what. So really {{tl1|unsigned|Starbuck5250}}, is just a way for a user other than [[User:Starbuck5250]] to make a note that the text or section was added by that user, but they forgot to add their signature using the 4 tildes <big><code></noinclude><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 23:22, 3 December 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
== New {{tl|DeletionNotice}} template ==
 
 
 
I saw the article, [[CardSystems]], you tagged with {{tl|delete}}.  I agreed that there wasn't any iSeries-related content, so it is outta here. :)  And while I don't expect a large volume of deletions to be happening on the wiki, I created {{tl|DeletionNotice}} to let people know. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 08:07, 23 December 2007 (CST)
 
 
 
{{DeletionNotice|EclipseMonkey|As described in delete request|David}}
 
{{DeletionNotice|CardSystems|Article did not pertain to iSeries|MrDolomite}}
 
 
 
== whosonline extension request ==
 
 
 
This could be a handy extension, to let people know when others are around and online.  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Whos_online  You can see an example [http://wikiindex.org/Welcome here at WikiIndex].&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]] 12:36, 10 January 2008 (CST)
 

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