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* '''[[:File:Logo.png]]''' - To change the sidebar logo, upload a new version (135x135px) on this page. | * '''[[:File:Logo.png]]''' - To change the sidebar logo, upload a new version (135x135px) on this page. | ||
* '''[[Special:AllMessages]]''' - These pages allow nearly every text string on the wiki to be configured. Most are set to the default, but you can filter the list by "Modified" to see anything customized for our specific wiki. | * '''[[Special:AllMessages]]''' - These pages allow nearly every text string on the wiki to be configured. Most are set to the default, but you can filter the list by "Modified" to see anything customized for our specific wiki. | ||
** This includes both global and skin specific CSS files and javascript files for all users. For example | ** This includes both global and skin specific CSS files and javascript files for all users. For example: | ||
** '''[[MediaWiki:Common.css]]''' - Most of the CSS classes are defined here | |||
** '''[[MediaWiki:Common.js]]''' - Global javascript. | |||
** '''[[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]''' - Display a global message on the top of every page, like when a new version is released. | |||
== User accounts == | == User accounts == | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 16 November 2014
Some options for the wiki are configured in the localsettings.php file on SRV1. However, most things can be changed by any wiki admin via the web interface.
Interface
- MediaWiki:MenuSidebar - contains the links/formatting for the global side menu.
- File:Logo.png - To change the sidebar logo, upload a new version (135x135px) on this page.
- Special:AllMessages - These pages allow nearly every text string on the wiki to be configured. Most are set to the default, but you can filter the list by "Modified" to see anything customized for our specific wiki.
- This includes both global and skin specific CSS files and javascript files for all users. For example:
- MediaWiki:Common.css - Most of the CSS classes are defined here
- MediaWiki:Common.js - Global javascript.
- MediaWiki:Sitenotice - Display a global message on the top of every page, like when a new version is released.
User accounts
Currently we use a system where users request an account and an admin approves that request. This is mainly just an anti-spam measure and not meant to regulate who can edit or not.
See Help:Confirming accounts for details.
Non admin users can also make additional accounts, including on the behalf of other users, using Special:UserLogin and clicking on "Create an account" while logged in. This allows existing users to vouch for other users without having to wait on an admin.
Spam
Since spambots have been pretty much stopped dead by the account request system, this really isn't used much anymore, but manual URL banning can be done using these pages. URLs can also be whitelisted. The master blacklist is taken from Wikimedia's global list (meta:Spam blacklist), then additional entries are applied from the English Wikipedia (wikipedia:MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist), and finally our local black/white lists are applied to that: