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something wrong in a module of Hakka wikipedia[edit]

I have copied a module from Min Nan wikipedia (zh-min-nan:Module:Authority control) to Hakka wikipedia (hak:Module:Authority control), but it seems doesn't work. See hak:Template:Authority control, it says: "Lua error in Module:HtmlBuilder 92 lines： Tried to write global getAttr". can someone help me fix it?--el caballero de los Leones (talk) 10:40, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

@唐吉訶德的侍從: hak:Module:Navbox and hak:Module:Navbar needed to be updated. However, some new texts appeared in the English version since last copying, so these are still in English (I’ve marked them by adding a -- TODO translate before them, which can be safely removed in its entirety after translating), while other texts use Chinese characters; you may want to use Latin instead. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 12:52, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much!--el caballero de los Leones (talk) 16:45, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Watchlist[edit]

Feature could be useful to add : running on mobile version, the watchlist only displays conventionnal pages (articles). Yhe talk pages and the help pages are not in sight. So you cannot withdraw them easily from your list. Apoart from that, the design is very nice on mobile version. 109.62.69.39 20:46, 5 August 2019 (UTC) Le Vernaculaire Post Scriptm : I've got an English account but I mostly contribute over french wiki

multiple issues in Hakka wikipedia[edit]

There are multiple issues in Hakka wikipedia. Let's see the page hak:Liû Tet-fà, it looks ugly:

  1. First, the template {{Infobox}} should have a frame and float to right just like its English version.
  2. Second, the template {{Navbox}} should have a "show/hide" botton just like its English version. In Hakka, " hién-sṳ " = show, " yún-chhòng " = hide.--el caballero de los Leones (talk) 12:24, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
@唐吉訶德的侍從: Fixed both. The navbox toggle links don’t use your translations but already existing translations from translatewiki.net (translatewiki:MediaWiki:Collapsible-expand/hak and translatewiki:MediaWiki:Collapsible-collapse/hak). Feel free to correct them if they’re wrong, but please note that you need a separate account to change translations on Translatewiki. Also I noticed that the collapse text is broken into two lines for me. This is because of the rule in hak:MediaWiki:Common.css, line 266 (you can see line numbers if you click on the “Khon ngièn-sṳ́-mâ” tab). Probably a bit larger number is needed for Hakka text (8em looks good for me), but you need to ask for help at Steward requests/Miscellaneous for steward help to change it as only stewards and interface administrators can modify Common.css (see Interface administrators for explanation), and currently there are no interface admins on Hakka Wikipedia. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 22:29, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks a lot!--el caballero de los Leones (talk) 10:56, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Abuse Filter[edit]

Does anyone know the process to enable abuse filter having the ability to block editors on a project? Thanks, Vermont (talk) 22:49, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

The project would need to have consensus for such a change, and then file a phab ticket. [1]. Killiondude (talk) 03:47, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Out of interest[edit]

Hi, Just out of interest, with your Tech News, how are you adding in news from the future if you know what I mean? [Do you have some sort of contract].

Cheers, Beeney :)

@Beeney xx: Hi, what do you mean by "news from the future" ? Examples always help!
You can read more about Tech News at Tech/News, which might answer your questions. Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 19:33, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Well on this talk page is states 2019-36 for example? What does the 36 represent?

Cheers

Beeney :)

  • On the talk page I was directed from. [If you know which one I mean]

somthing wrong in a template of Hakka wikipedia[edit]

The template hak:模板:Infobox officeholder looks ugly. Let's see the article hak:Chhai Yîn-vùn, why it looks quite different from en:Tsai Ing-wen? can someone fix it?--el caballero de los Leones (talk) 12:33, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Issue on sc.wikipedia and Wikidata[edit]

Hi, I'm a sysop on sc.wiki and a user told me that he repeatedly had problems with Wikidata. After creating a new article, when he tries to add links to other languages, he sometimes receives this message:

Error: $ 1.

You need to carry out this action.

This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions.

And then he can't continue. If, instead, I try to do the same, there is no problem. The last time it happened the article was this one: sc:Asteròide. I asked him if he was using a VPN and he said he wasn't, so what could be the problem?--L2212 (talk) 17:09, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

No mysteries here: the page is semiprotected on Wikidata and sadly 50 edits are required to become autoconfirmed on Wikidata, but the user only has 10. The "confirmed" permission can be asked at wikidata:Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions. Nemo 18:50, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Ah, ok! Thank you very much, I'll let him know!--L2212 (talk) 09:46, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

{{Usertalkback}}[edit]

I don't know since when, but {{Usertalkback}} used to align @ center but now aligns at the left to me. screenshot

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/12.1.2 Safari/605.1.15 (Safari)

— regards, Revi 10:33, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

@-revi: phab:T233359, we’re waiting for deployment. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 12:40, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Problems with editnotice (Group notice / Page notice)[edit]

Please see [2]. I can see and edit a page notice if it has already been edited, but not if it hasn't. I am an admin on en.wiki. I have changed browsers and cleared cookies, and switched to my mobile, etc, none of these resolve the problem for me. I'm not sure if the problem is peculiar to my account. I have removed (and then replaced) all the scripts I have. Any suggestions? SilkTork (talk) 18:58, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Reverting the new "collapsed search interface" on Special:Contribs[edit]

How do I disable the "collapsed" search interface on Special:Contribs? On group1 wikis, I see this but on group2 I see this. As part of my S work I frequently keep one Contribs tab open and keep searching the contribs on and on and on and the idea that I have to make an extra one click is horrible (at best). I have locked 424 accounts in 2019, and this new feature means I have to click 423 more times to complete my job. JavaScript, pref config, whatever, I want to stop this insanity. — regards, Revi 07:32, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Offending commit was phab:rMW275b77452adeff8f6e4cac5bef416e2824998e9c (ticket phab:T191868). — regards, Revi 07:39, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi Revi, a very quick solution would be to add .mw-special-Contributions .oo-ui-fieldsetLayout-group.mw-collapsible-content { display: block !important; } to your common.css --Volker E. (WMF) (talk) 07:55, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
I've also added .mw-special-Contributions .oo-ui-fieldsetLayout-header { display: none !important; } to hide the "Search for contributions" header. stwalkerster (talk) 22:14, 3 October 2019 (UTC) Edited to add missing !important stwalkerster (talk) 22:17, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
Please note, that a “pinning” functionality is discussed for users, who want the form always collapsed in phab:T234569. --Volker E. (WMF) (talk) 03:42, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Disable Tagger script for a particular project[edit]

Hello, I've installed Tagger script on my global.js. Would you mind helping me to disable the script for a particular project (Such as enwiki or commonswiki only)? Thank you for your time! Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk) 04:58, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

See the bottom of my global.js for what I do. I think this should work for you:
// This tool can tag pages with a few clicks (which is much faster than editing the whole page per Hand).
// by [[m:user:Hoo man]] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hoo_man/Scripts/Tagger>
if ( $.inArray( mw.config.get("wgDBname"), ['excluded_dbname1', 'excluded_dbname2', '...'] ) === -1 ) {
mw.loader.load('//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hoo_man/tagger.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
}
—MarcoAurelio (talk) 11:20, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
@MarcoAurelio: Thank you so much! Face-smile.svg Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk) 15:49, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
@Tulsi Bhagat: You're welcome. Did it work? —MarcoAurelio (talk) 16:26, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Yes, it worked. Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk) 16:31, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In will soon take place again! Mentor tasks to help new contributors![edit]

Hi everybody! Google Code-in (GCI) will soon take place again - a seven week long contest for 13-17 year old students to contribute to free software projects. Tasks should take an experienced contributor about two or three hours and can be of the categories Code, Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, and User Interface/Design. Do you have any Lua, template, gadget/script or similar task that would benefit your wiki? Or maybe some of your tools need better documentation? If so, and you can imagine enjoying mentoring such a task to help a new contributor, please check out mw:Google Code-in/2019 and become a mentor. If you have any questions, feel free to ask at our talk page. Many thanks in advance! --Martin Urbanec 07:28, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

To make a developer-friendly image available for download[edit]

I wish there was a image (.iso or docker or something) which people can download to get the latest copy of any wiki and its currently installed extensions and scripts on their pc. With the difference being that they're a full admin and crat and everything else they can possibly fancy there. Then they can use it to develop extensions and scripts and whatnot. I believe this may increase engagement of more people in development work. But I don't know (a) whether it's better to have QEMU or DOCKER or what else (b) who is the best expert in this to guide me with creating a vanilla debian image and setting a wiki on it which is developer friendly.

This was raised at the community wishlist survey here, but was out of scope, and where Tacsipacsi commented "I’m not sure if it’s feasible at all, even if we mask out sensitive personal data such as email addresses, password hashes or checkuser logs". I would be greatly interested in knowing what problems would remain in that case.

Thanks and best regards,
--Gryllida/ 22:52, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

The closest thing to this that currently exists is mw:MediaWiki-Vagrant. That is the most complete system that I know of for setting up MediaWiki in a local development machine and automating the deployment and configuration of a large number (but not all) of extensions used on the Wikimedia wiki farm. Getting the content of the wikis included into this type of testing environment would be something between difficult and impossible. Using monthly dumps from the Data dumps project would be the most reasonable way to get content which had been properly sanitized to ensure that non-public data was removed.
Coincidentally, the focus of mw:Wikimedia Technical Conference/2019 which will be taking place next week is "Developer Productivity" and will include several sessions directly related to improving the tools and data provided for MediaWiki and Wikimedia development. You might take a look at the session descriptions and see if there is one where you could leave comments about specific things you would like to be able to do with a local MediaWiki that are unclear today. --BDavis (WMF) (talk) 22:08, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. I tried vagrant before but could not find an option to get a WMF wiki in it, eg its settings or extensions (opt in not all) or gadgets (this is important) or selected parts of content. Are these options available anywhere? Please see also the new question below. Thanks and best regards, --Gryllida 05:02, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
@Gryllida: Removing nonpublic data can hurt the integrity of the database—for example, deleted revisions are still present in the database and it was not designed to make it easy to remove them. Also, many things are global now (global user accounts, global rights, global preferences, global Wikidata data and Commons images etc.), which may break seriously on isolated local systems. –Tacsipacsi (talk) 11:46, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
Can a global-like setup be re-created locally? Please see also the new question below. Thanks and best regards, --Gryllida 05:02, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

I believe some wmf wikis are re-created at wmflabs without importing the global accounts - but I forgot the link, only remember it had 'beta' in it - how is that done? --Gryllida 05:02, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@Gryllida: The "Beta Cluster" is a Cloud VPS project named "deployment-prep". The OpenStack Browser tool lets us see what resources are in use there. At the time I am writing this comment, deployment-prep uses 78 instances (virtual machines) which collectively use 193 CPU cores and 370GB of RAM (approximately 24 times as much CPU and RAM as the laptop I am using at the moment). This environment hosts 34 wikis, but none of them are up to date copies of a production project. Most of these wikis are small collections of content which was exported from a production wiki using Special:Export plus some locally created content. I believe the beta version of simplewiki was at one time a complete export of simplewiki, but a comparison of Special:Statistics shows that is no longer the case. --BDavis (WMF) (talk) 07:13, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks BDavis (WMF). I think that's about 6 CPU cores per wiki and about 11GB of RAM for one wiki. How do I install one wiki like this, and share it with my friends who are also interested? --Gryllida 04:23, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

@Gryllida: I’m not sure if the globality-independent issues would allow replicating the global setup, but even if they did, it would mean tens of millions of users, hundreds of millions of pages and billions of edits to be stored on your local computer. I don’t think any single hard disk have ever existed that could store this amount of data, and I bet you don’t have a sufficient cluster in your basement (not to mention how “easy” setting this up would be). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:00, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

As I said initially, "The closest thing to this that currently exists is mw:MediaWiki-Vagrant." The beta cluster is a "custom" system rather than a "product". MediaWiki-Vagrant was built to be a shared solution for local development and testing in a "product" sense, mostly meaning that it is intended for used by multiple people with multiple goals in multiple deployments on local machines. --BDavis (WMF) (talk) 15:24, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

onchange on global.js[edit]

Hello there! Why an OnChange event listener does not work on a global.js? In a local js everything works, but via the global script event does not happen. What could be the problem? Thanks.—Iluvatar (talk) 23:35, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

When I load it, it throws TypeError: document.getElementById(...) is null. I recommend using pure jQuery, not this legacy syntax. --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 08:59, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
This script should work only on &action=delete page when user choise reason to delete from a drop down menu. In other places wpDeleteReasonList is not exist, therefore null.—Iluvatar (talk) 10:28, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
@Matěj Suchánek: Of course it throws an error when loaded not on an &action=delete page (which is not nice, but should cause no problem). However, it doesn’t work on delete pages either, without throwing any error. Neither works 
$('#wpDeleteReasonList').change(function () { alert(this.value); })
—it looks like OOjs doesn’t fire the change event (manually calling $('#wpDeleteReasonList').change() executes both the pure JavaScript and the jQuery event, so that part works). @Iluvatar, am I right “local js” means a non-WMF wiki, which doesn’t use OOUI? —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:31, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
@Tacsipacsi, no, any local vector.js. For example, ruwiki.—Iluvatar (talk) 11:18, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
Weird. I can’t test it on ruwiki as I’m not an admin there, but it didn’t work for me from browser console on huwikibooks. Have you tried the global script on ruwiki? And loading your local script from the global one using the following code? 
mw.loader.load('https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Iluvatar/test.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript')
—Tacsipacsi (talk) 11:38, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
I do not understand anything.
On ruwiki: all works is fine. Local, global, local as global from ruwiki and from be-tarask.
Others wiki: local, global, local as global not works.—Iluvatar (talk) 12:23, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
Then most probably ruwiki has some site-global JavaScript (or something loaded in your vector.js) that makes it work. Probably you should ask there what this on-wiki bug fix may be. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 12:56, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
Yes, but why does this simple script not work on other sites? Bug? Maybe I should report about it on phab? (this script need to me as global, not on ruwiki) Event listeners used in many anothers global scripts.—Iluvatar (talk) 13:10, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

┌───────────────────────┘
 I can imagine there’s a bug which has been worked around on ruwiki. So I think it’s easier to ask on ruwiki—maybe some tech gurus there know what this bug is, and probably they’ve already reported it on Phabricator. Or they haven’t, but now they create a more informative task than what we could do. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only on November 26[edit]

Hello!

Sorry to use English. Please help translate to your language. Thank you.

Your wiki will be on read-only mode for a maintenance task on 26th November, from 06:00 to 06:30 AM UTC. The read-only mode is supposed to take a couple of minutes.

Edits won't be possible, but reading will still be possible. A banner will be displayed to warn users before the operation.

This is due to a database moved to a different server. To know more, please check phab:T238046.

Please share this announcement with your community, and post it at the right places if needed.

Thank you, Trizek (WMF) (talk) 18:03, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia Contribution Request - "Own Amount" does not work ...[edit]

I got the contribution request pop-up and tried to enter my own amount.

I selected "Once" "Other amount" and "Paypal". Upon continuation, there is only an error message saying "You can't enter a zero amount" or something similar. There is no way to continue.

Is this a known problem? If I'm posting in the wrong place, be so kind and advise.

Thanks, Digidietze (talk) 13:57, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Module in ka.wiktionary[edit]

Dear colleagues, today I create several Module pages in Georgian wiktionary for Template:senseid (see also Template:senseid in en.wiktionary); it works, but there is little problem. For example, in that article first meaning is well, but the second has "dot" (•) after list mark [2]. Template:senseid works in that case: # {{senseid|en|..., but we use [2] and not 2. (or 1.) at numbering of list. Can someone help me in removing that "dot", or in changing mark # —> 1. 2. 3. to # —> [1] [2] [3]. Best regards, გიო ოქრო (talk) 15:20, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Getting rate-limited (http 429) requesting thumbnails using mediawiki api[edit]

Hello. I am attempting to use the mediawiki api to make a simple page that loads thumbnails of every image from a given category page of wikimedia commons. It works fine for category pages with only a few images, like Commons:Category:Monogram_of_Albrecht_Altdorfer, which has 17 images. However, I get http 429 errors when attempting to load thumbnails from a category page with many images, like Commons:Category:Albrecht_Altdorfer, which has 164 images. Is there a more appropriate way to request many thumbnails using the api like this? I figured it should be possible since I would essentially be requesting the same data a normal user requests on loading a given category page. My initial api request is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?origin=*&action=query&redirects=1&format=json&generator=categorymembers&gcmtype=file&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=timestamp%7Curl%7Csize%7Cdimensions%7Cmime%7Cthumbmime%7Cmediatype&iiurlwidth=150&iiurlheight=150&gcmtitle=Category:Albrecht_Altdorfer, which if there are more than a few images returns a continue attribute, and subsequent requests are the same but with those continue values appended. The exact javascript I am using is below. Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated! 

var params = {
  action: "query",
  redirects: 1,
  format: "json",
  generator: "categorymembers",
  gcmtype: "file",
  gcmtitle: "Category:Albrecht_Altdorfer",
  prop: "imageinfo",
  iiprop: "timestamp|url|size|dimensions|mime|thumbmime|mediatype",
  iiurlwidth: 150,
  iiurlheight: 150
};

async function getResponse(params) {
  let url = "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?origin=*";
  Object.keys(params).forEach(key => url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key]);
  const json = await fetch(url)
    .then(response => response.json());
  let pages = json.query.pages;
  if (json.continue) {
    for (let key in json.continue) {
      params[key] = json.continue[key];
    }
    let pages1 = await getResponse(params);
    pages = {...pages, ...pages1};
  }
  return pages;
}

Jmviz (talk) 00:39, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

(Personally) Opt Out of Partial Block[edit]

I have a strong belief that partial block is wrong and I do not wish to see/use them on my block interface. Given that it is being enabled on most wiki by next week (Community health initiative/Partial blocks#December 17), I would like to know if it is possible to hide the partial block stuff (leaving site-wide only). (Query NKohli & SPoore). — regards, Revi 01:31, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello User:-revi, as you have noted, partial block will deploy on most wikis today (with exceptions of two large projects, Wikimedia Commons & English Wikipedia, whose contributors are currently discussing if and how to use partial block.) As you know, all admins and other functionaries are free to opt out of using block, deletion, protection, checkuser, etc. and their different levels or types of use. Being a volunteer, they can select the ways that they want to contribute to the Wikimedia movement. Unfortunately, opting out of doing a particular type of work does not normally allow for parts of interface to be hidden. And we did not design it this way for Special:Block when partial block was added. So, it will not be possible for you to hide partial blocks.
I also want to add that I have read your reasons for not wanting partial block to be implemented and respect you for speaking out. Even though it appears that more people support deploying partial block, I think it is important for all points of view to be heard. SPoore (WMF) Strategist, Community health initiative (talk) 22:46, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Well, I can live with that, even though that will mean slight discomfort on mobile emergency-blocking (page length). Also, I am fine with the new tools being implemented — more flexibility for someone who wants it! I just don't want to be disturbed by the feature I will never use. :-p — regards, Revi 23:55, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

E-mail adress for Wikinews[edit]

Hello,

Is possible to create an e-mail adress for frwikinews : frwikinews@wikimedia.org ? It's necessary for social networks, but our actually e-mail is on OutLook, a Microsoft product, so we're don't independent.

Thanks, AirSThib (Flight attendant · Flights), the 08:58, 19 January 2020 (UTC).

@AirSThib: Technically it should be possible using OTRS, although I don’t know whether such use of OTRS is allowed. You can contact one of the OTRS admins listed there. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 16:31, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
I think you can request to add a new mailing list, here. --Gryllida 20:16, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
@Tacsipacsi and Gryllida: Where are the request, because it's we want ! AirSThib (Flight attendant · Flights), the 17:50, 20 January 2020 (UTC).
  1. If you need a shared inbox where you and other community members can collectively respond: OTRS is the right venue.
  2. If you need a messaging group where you and other community members can discuss your stuff: Mailing lists.
— regards, Revi 20:40, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Also note that you are only allowed to have a personal inbox on (_AT_)wikimedia.org if you work for / provider service to the Wikimedia Foundation.
If you go by OTRS, I think the naming scheme is something like info-fr(_AT_)wikinews.org or wikinews-fr(_AT_)wikimedia.org sort of thing (I can't guarantee, I'm not responsible for granting OTRS addresses), and for mailing lists I think it's probably wikinews-fr(_AT_)lists.wikimedia.org under the current naming convention. — regards, Revi 20:48, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
@AirSThib:Do you want a public mailing list, or a private OTRS e-mail where only privileged helpers can read new messages from people who are looking for help? Please confirm. Thank you. --Gryllida 23:38, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
@Gryllida, Tacsipacsi, and -revi: We want an e-mail for social networks. What is the better ? AirSThib (Flight attendant · Flights), the 14:39, 25 January 2020 (UTC).
Public mailing list is a big no. I don’t want to imagine a password reminder archived in a publicly visible mailing list archive, accessible to everyone with an Internet access… —Tacsipacsi (talk) 14:47, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
@Gryllida, Tacsipacsi, and -revi: So what e-mail we should use ? AirSThib (Flight attendant · Flights), the 15:18, 1 February 2020 (UTC).
@-revi, Tacsipacsi, and Gryllida: So if I understand we must use an OTRS e-mail ? AirSThib (Flight attendant · Flights), le 14:36, 2 February 2020 (UTC).

Automaticly switch to mobile/desktop mode based on browser OS.[edit]

Switch link is "hidden" at the bottom of the page and it is used only if user is desparate to view right rendering. Why anyone on desktop would like to see mobile version? At least move switch link top of the page.

Hi 109.240.40.206
  • Have you seen other web sites where mobile version is readily available at the top of the page - if so please give examples?
  • Logged in users can also select the Timeless skin, like this, in preferences - it is pretty responsive and consistent.
Regards,--Gryllida 05:05, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

cronjob to download mysqldump and image folder[edit]

I have a server-side cronjob running that produces a regular mysqldump with date in the name. Now I need a script that makes a incremental backup of my image-folder and also downloads the dump. That would work with rsynch, curl and sshpass, but I wonder if I need to reinvent the wheel, as I guess 100s of other users have done the same. Can anyone point me to such a solution?


Kind regards

2A02:8109:9880:C4C:C1FF:87A3:FB21:83FD 19:48, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

This page is about Wikimedia wikis. It seems your query would be more appropriate at mediawiki.org
Why use sshpass? You control the server, so you should be able to use ssh keys instead.
A command like tar -C wiki.folder -cf "backups/today-differential.tar" --listed-incremental=uploads-metadata images should provide you with differential dumps of your image folder.
Platonides (talk) 20:07, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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