Wowpedia:Server requests

Server requests are a collection of the main requests for future server and wiki upgrades, and known wiki bugs. This is so that we can organize our wishes and decide upon what upgrades are most required.
We request that before making most additions, please first discuss them on the talk page.

The tech team will not normally check this page - Kirkburn adds requests to the Wikia trac job queue, and they are dealt with in order of priority. Please note, though WoWWiki is one of Wikia's busiest wikis, there are over 6,000 other wikis to tend to :)

New requests

Extensions

• ImageLink, would probably work better than the <imagelink> parser extension tag we are currently using. The parser extension tag has lots of limitations comparatively. Under discussion.
• Not a genuine extension, but more a standalone PHP file which would need to be placed on the wowwiki server. It would retrieve character data from wowarmory.com (and eu.wowarmory.com) and render it for consumption by local JavaScript. (This is impossible using simply JS because of XSS security). I'm curious if this would be feasible/allowed. The PHP code is at User:Pcj/LoadArmoryData.php. In queue.

Presentation admins can't change

• Change/add site meta description, i.e. not "Offers information and walk-throughs on classes, professions, quests, add-ons, and macros." as shown on Google. In queue.

• Replace...
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_r.png with Image:Icon-next-12x12.png (). Used on Special:Recentchanges.
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_d.png with Image:Icon-down-12x12.png (). Used on Special:Recentchanges.
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_l.png with Image:Icon-back-12x12.png (). For consistency.
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_u.png with Image:Icon-up-12x12.png (). For consistency.
  • Images locations above change as skin is updated - current location is http://images.wikia.com/common/releases_200805.2/skins/common/images/Arr_r.png
  • In queue.

Possible and probable bugs

• Pages broken by the namespace implementations, many of which can be found at Special:BrokenRedirects (the ones with a space eg "Guild: <name>". Editors can't edit those, admins can't delete them (it takes both to the properly named page, eg "Guild:<name>"). Can they be purged manually from serverside? It would seem most of the broken pages are located at the bottom of Special:Prefixindex/Guild:, which also includes the ones which were lower cased and need deletion. I also double checked the Server Prefixindex, which also have a few that we won't be able to access. And one page at the bottom of Guild talk Prefixindex. No such pages in Server talk. In queue.

• Unbreak Special:BrokenRedirects with regard to the server and guild namespaces; there are a handful of items which appear there, even though they exist and are marked as existing. In queue.

• Undeletable articles/categories need removing
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Category:MediaWiki_%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BA
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Category:JA&action=edit
  • In queue.

• API is missing patrolled flag on RC list? [1] versus [2]. Looks to be due to the MediaWiki version - will likely appear as further software upgrades occur.

Forum

• WoWWiki could probably do with a forum
  • The DPLForum (seen on Central) is currently giving some problems. A php forum is being developed - see http://inside.wikia.com/forum for an example of this.
  • Under discussion.

Completed

Post 1.12 upgrade

• Built-in search box (OpenSearch) stuff for IE7 and FF is broken - seems to be missing a file. Says it cannot dl searchplugin from opensearch_desc.php.
• Turn on subpages in Guild, Guild talk, Server, and Server talk.
• Parsing stuff
  • Set $wgUseTidy = true (see below)
  • ParserFunctions is causing the MediaWiki engine to incorrectly parse html (specifically, <td>, <tr>, <th>) as text. . Test case: <table style="display: inline;">{{#if:moo|<tr><th>Hello</th><td>World</td></tr>}}</table> results in

    Hello	World

    . Setting $useTidy to true could aid in this.

    I heard through the grapevine that this is intended behavior for ParserFunctions; however, if Wikipedia uses it, I don't see why we can't. ;O --Sky (t · c · w) 22:04, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

    • Fixed by upgrade to 1.12 final and parser update. Kirkburn  talk  contr 06:27, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

1.12 upgrade

• Youtube/google video embed player. We have dhflashplayer, but it doesn't work very well and cannot be put in a template. It would be nice to have something simple to embed boss fight videos, there's a bunch in the wiki.
• CharInsert
• CategoryTree
• DynamicPageList extension as seen on Wakfu Main Page Special:DynamicPageListSP
• Inputbox
• Editcount
• SpamBlacklist and perhaps Username Blacklist
• DeletedContributions
• RSS feed extension
• Implementation of <math> tag by setting $wgUseTeX = true.
• Project: pages do not forward to WoWWiki: - e.g. in the footer, Project:About
• In FireFox (Windows) 2.0.0.13 or IE7.0.5730.11, can't see or edit pages with "+" (%2b gets parsed out also) in the name like Claws of Attack +3
  • Fixed. Kirkburn  talk  contr 16:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• Add the following to LocalSettings.php, to allow Recent changes IRC broadcast:

$wgRC2UDPAddress = 'dotted.sytes.net';
$wgRC2UDPPort = 9390;
$wgRC2UDPPrefix = ;

Wikia should be able to set up their own feed after upgrade. Kirkburn  talk  contr 12:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Requested. Kirkburn  talk  contr 16:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• StringFunctions, would allow for easier categorization of API and other pages with pseudo-namespaces.
• SVG image upload
• $wgAllowDisplayTitle = true; (if it's easy to do and upgrading to 1.11 is going to be awhile)

  This is buggy in pre-1.11. Please be patient. The upgrade will happen soonish, really. TOR 16:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

• The "next 200" links on pages with more options than can fit on a single page are not working correctly. This only affects users who are not logged in the website. If you are logged in the link will work fine. for example Category:World of Warcraft uncommon items has 2 pages but when not logged in you cannot get to the 2nd page.

Pre 1.12

• Redirect Warcraft III Wikia to the (WoWWiki) Main Page.
• Query API or MediaWiki API, to help reduce the impact of bot requests on the wiki. It would be good to install Query.php and upgrade (if needed) MediaWiki API
  • Not sure exactly when, but this appears to have been taken care of at some point after the Wikia hookup. User:DarkRyder/Sig 05:08, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• MediaWiki:Sitenotice shows no [dismiss] link.
  • This is actually an extension that has not been installed here, rather than a bug. TOR 15:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Done. TOR 18:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• Implement namespace changes at WoWWiki:Namespaces#Conclusion
  • Done. TOR 17:44, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• User block changes - when we block users, the user is banned from editing anything, whereas on other wikis they can still edit talk pages. May need two levels of bans here, as some bans are for (repeat) talk page vandalism.
  • Done. TOR 12:40, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• Interwiki link to http://www.mediawiki.org/
  • Done. mw: and mediawikiwiki: will now work (might take up to an hour to go live). TOR 12:40, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• Replace http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_r.png and http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_d.png with Image:Icon-next-12x12.png and Image:Icon-down-12x12.png.
  • Done. TOR 14:25, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Broken when we upgraded to 1.10. Fix plx. :) --Sky (t · c · w) 20:23, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Done. TOR 13:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect arrow fix - change http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/redirectltr.png for Image:Icon-redirect-48x48.png
  • Needs to be fixed; it also was broken by 1.10 upgrade.
  • Done. TOR 13:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
• Non-admin members of the patrollers not able to mark own edits as patrolled (via option in preferences - used to exist). Possible bug.
  • Done. Please verify. TOR 15:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Verifying --Sky (t · c · w) 20:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
• When logged out, the wiki confusingly shows "E-mail confirmation required to edit" rather than "Register to edit" (ever since the anonymous editing trial).
  • Done. TOR 15:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
• Replace http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_r.png and http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/Arr_d.png with Image:Icon-next-12x12.png and Image:Icon-down-12x12.png.
  • Done. TOR 14:25, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
• MakeBot
  • Done. TOR 16:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
• CheckUser Extension
  • Done. Available to Wikia staff only per privacy policy. TOR 14:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect arrow fix - change http://www.wowwiki.com/skins/common/images/redirectltr.png for Image:Icon-redirect-48x48.png
  • Done. Nice icon, by the way. TOR 13:24, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
• Cite/refs extension
  • Done. Detailed usage instructions can be found at MediaWiki.org. TOR 13:24, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
• Provide wiki access to CSS
  • This can be changed by editing MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.css
  • This has been 'broken' for a very long time - I still don't think it works. See MediaWiki:Common.css, MediaWiki:Wowwiki.css and User:Kirkburn/Dev3. User:Kirkburn/Sig3 02:39, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Possibly add ability for users to create their own styles too? --Pcj (T•C) 02:55, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Fixed (you were right, Kirkburn, no way it could've worked before, will work now) and added user styles. Have fun. TOR 08:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Note that the skin is "wowwiki", so it's that rather than monobook that you need in the links above.-- sannse (talk) 08:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Wikia interwiki links - Wikia, Starcraft.wikia, Blizzard.wikia, Diablo.wikia links needed.
  • Done. You can now link to Central Wikia by using the w: or wikia: interwikis. To link to any other Wikia wiki use w:c:[name_of_wiki][:article_title] (works exactly like on other Wikia sites). TOR 16:26, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
• Provide wiki access to javascript
  • This can be changed by editing MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Monobook.js
  • Fixed – will work now (same problem as with skins). :) TOR 08:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Again, it's Mediawiki:Wowwiki.js to add js for the default skin -- sannse (talk) 08:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
      • AFAIK Mediawiki:Wowwiki.js is not getting included in the final source. --GRYPHON^tc 19:18, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
        • Update: I found it works. --GRYPHON^tc 20:26, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Denied/invalid

• Items using the {{tooltip}} template that have an apostrophe (') in their names don't have their float or font-size set correctly. The MediaWiki 1.12 upgrade may have introduced a change in {{FULLPAGENAME}} that broke this. See WoWWiki_talk:Village_pump#Item_floats_incorrect for discussion.

Adjusted {{tooltip}}, none of those workarounds should be implemented. -- foxlit 08:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

• [edit] links sometimes being pushed down by images and right-floats on FF2. Cause unknown. This is sourced on bugzilla (somewhere)...Not fixable
• Redirects to other wikia sites appear as broken redirects. Wikia-wide issue
• Newuserlog
  • This isn't compatible with Wikia's systems, because of the way our user database is set up
• Sidebar changes:
  • Better Google/Wikia ad presentation - should match sidebar in border, colours (sidebar needs changes anyway).
  • Wikia spotlight has "google ads" heading.
  • A link via an asterisk (*) to WoWWiki:Searching in the Monobook search box.
    • Since moving to monaco skin, not on priority list. Kirkburn  talk  contr 17:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)