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How do you make a wiki?

I don't know how to make a wiki that is powered by MediaWiki. I have looked all over the wiki. Can someone help me please? XxMeepsterxX (talk)

Nevermind. I did some more looking around the wiki XxMeepsterxX (talk)

Bonjour, Je voudrais inserer ces liens dynamiques dans une page wiki et voir les memes resultats comme sur les pages web HTML:

http://tableau.aho.afro.who.int/views/TheHealthSysthemDW-Copy2/1_AntenatalCC1VperR?:embed=y

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tableau.aho.afro.who.int/javascripts/api/viz_v1.js"></script><div class="tableauPlaceholder" style="width:1908px; height:897px;"><object class="tableauViz" width="1908" height="897" style="display:none;"><param name="host_url" value="http%3A%2F%2Ftableau.aho.afro.who.int%2F" /><param name="site_root" value="" /><param name="name" value="TheHealthSysthemDW-Copy2/1_AntenatalCC1VperR" /><param name="tabs" value="no" /><param name="toolbar" value="yes" /></object></div>

Comment y proceder ?

S'il vous plait veuillez m'apporter un appui.

Jadice.

Hallo! I just "created" a new Wiki using MediaWiki latest version. My question is: is there a software (app) running under Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite that can allow me to create and/or edit wiki articles OFFline and then sync them to ONline version? Something like MarsEdit for blogs, just to be clear...

Does official Wikipedia iOS app support deep link?

I heard the official Wikipedia android app support deep link, so I wonder if the ios app support deep link too.

If yes, then our app can call Wikipedia ios app directly to help user re-engage Wikipedia app.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leonlianduo (talk • contribs) 23:40, 9 January 2015‎ (UTC)

The iOS app does not support deep links right now. I've filed a task in our bug management system to track this issue. Thanks! --Dan Garry, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:38, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

about text font in arabic language

Hi, I would like to notice that the actual font make wikipidia text unreadable in arabic language, I highly recommend to use "Tahoma" font for arabic text, whit a size of 1em.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.251.104.224 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 20 January 2015‎ (UTC)

Бедзик,_Александр_Юрьевич

Имя Олеся Бедзика - Алексей, а не Александр. Прошу внести изменение в заголовок статьи. С уважением, Татьяна Бедзик.

А при чём здесь этот форум? Ruslik (talk) 13:26, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Fault with PEG grants Endorse button

Hi All

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, please can you suggest somewhere better if it's not. I'm applying for a PEG grant from WMF and have realised that the Endorse button on the application doesn't work in mobile view, it doesn't bring up the form. It does however click which may lead people to think that they have endorsed it if they're not expecting a box to pop up. Here's my application as an example (I've added an ugly work around with instructions for now).

Cheers

Mrjohncummings (talk) 18:27, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

The button's code is from a gadget and all gadgets are enabled by default on desktop only. It can be enabled by adding |targets=desktop,mobile to the gadget's RL entry at definitions. I could enable it but would like to know whether it would work as expected on mobiles. @Jeph paul, Jmorgan (WMF):. --Glaisher (talk) 04:04, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

We have not tested it on mobiles. It uses mediawiki.ui, Jquery.ui for the dialogs etc. We are testing the gadget on test.wikipedia.org. We could give you a definitive answer after we run a few tests there.--Jeph paul (talk) 05:13, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Purging translations

Does anyone knows how to propagate the current version of Template:Tech news nav to Template:Tech news nav/en (compare)? Helder 21:13, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done. I marked the latest version for translation. --Stryn (talk) 21:25, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Numbered lists

Hi! I'm translating Open Content - A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licences/Guide into Italian. The titles of some sections contain a sort of numbered list with letters: e.g.: a) Number one, b) Number two, etc. When I reproduced the scheme into Italian, the system gave an error message, because it "reads" symbols like a) or b) as if they are missing a bracket: in other words, it expects a double bracket like this: ( ... ).
The problem is that, since the system considers it as a mistake, it doesn't allow me to save the section with the translation. As a result, in the preview page of the translation some section titles are still in English. Can anybody help me fix the problem? Thank you for your attention. Tonkawa68 (talk) 19:14, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

bibleversefinder on labs

Why is bibleversefinder on wmflabs not working for months now?! This break roughly 5000 pages in enwiki. Who can fix it, given that the developer is not around anymore? Or reproduce it under a new tool, redirecting thr template. See http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=1%20Kings&verse=18:21&src=HE

Danny lost (talk) 18:59, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

See en:Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 305#Tool down, editor already notified and Requests for comment/Abandoned Labs tools. Killiondude (talk) 19:11, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

and or w:en:Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Tool down, maintainer notified. - {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 19:31, 16 February 2015 (UTC)