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Wiki-java HTML format bug
Hello MER-C,
thanks for your nice lightweight Java Framework.
I think I found some kind of bug. When I use the diff() function on a revision some HTML parts at the beginning of each line will get stripped out.
The output looks like this:
- >
- td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Zeile 58:</td>
- td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Zeile 58:</td>
- r>
instead of:
- <tr>
- <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Zeile 58:</td>
- <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Zeile 58:</td>
- </tr>
And could you please advice me how I could use the NEXT_REVISION, PREVIOUS_REVISION CURRENT_REVISION parameters? I don't know how to call the diff function with these methods.
Last but not least: You're using the following lines of code:
- else if (oldid == PREVIOUS_REVISION)
- out.write("&rvdiffto=previous");
I think the API wants a "prev" instead of "previous" here.
Regards,
tony
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.1.92.9 (talk • contribs)
- For the table problem, do you have a revid or two I can test with? I acknowledge the last two problems (the middle one requires an additional overload). I'm not on my development computer at the moment, but I likely will have a fix on this weekend. MER-C 15:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for your answer! It happened on all articles I tried - tried to compare the newest version with the previous one. Can't you reproduce it? Maybe it's an issue with the German Wikipedia "de.wikipedia.org" then (though this should be unlikely).
- By overloading you mean that I should implement a new overloaded diff() into your framework, which will accept "Wiki.PREVIOUS_REVISION" etc.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.14.192.151 (talk • contribs)
- Yeah. MER-C 12:19, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Are you able to reproduce my issue with diff()? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.1.72.12 (talk • contribs)
- Does r42 fix this problem? MER-C 05:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, it seems to work!
- In your javadoc documentation you write that it will create sth like [[1]] which isn't exactly true as it will only generate the difference table.
- But I just have to figure out how to create a html file which will highlight the changes with green/yellow/red like on the orginial Wikipedia version difference page - which shouldn't be too hard. Thanks again! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.12.244.245 (talk • contribs)
- Does r42 fix this problem? MER-C 05:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
- Are you able to reproduce my issue with diff()? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.1.72.12 (talk • contribs)
- Yeah. MER-C 12:19, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
January Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting
- The January meeting has been scheduled. For instructions on joining and a time converter, see outreach:Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting. Hope you can join the meeting. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 20:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Question :)
The National Front of Afghanistan article has no copyvio but i. e. quotes the Front's Declaration, which is a rather long quote but meant for being widely published. Is it ok in such cases to use such long quotes? Best regards, JCAla (talk) 08:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
- Hmmm. What additional encyclopedic benefit does including the whole thing have over linking to it or quoting excerpts from it? MER-C 13:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
In the context of the current situation in Afghanistan the declaration has been described as a true meaningful step as it meant the reformation of the Northern Alliance, as well as constituting a first and powerful push for decentralization of Afghanistan. So the whole thing as such is rather important and good for the reader to have as a primary text. JCAla (talk) 16:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
- I don't see anything in principle that's wrong with it (see e.g. Birkenau concentration camp#Selection process and genocide), especially since you've got an encyclopedic justification. Quotes of this length tend to be used sparingly. Be advised that this understanding has been built up from reading thousands of articles and not the Manual of Style! MER-C 06:13, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Ok, thank you very much! JCAla (talk) 08:53, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I have completed the identification of copyvios at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/PGPirate. It's been 2 weeks since he was notified of the investigation. What additional steps must be taken before these images can be deleted and the CCI closed?--GrapedApe (talk) 17:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
- I'm afraid you're going to have to do a bit more legwork -- a mass nomination(s) of the suspect images at WP:PUF while linking to the CCI. It may help to divide them up logically by camera. Once the PUFs have closed and the images deleted (2 weeks), I'll close the CCI. MER-C 02:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Spam or not spam
This editor Piero79 (talk · contribs) is adding dozens of links like this one - [2] - all by Walker,John - [3] to dozens of articles, thus far I've simply observed but they seem to be spam to me and I'm curious as to your opinion. Thanks...Modernist (talk) 17:11, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I see some edits that aren't adding links to artdesigncafe.com way back in the contribution survey, but the majority of edits are adding such links/references. It's definitely worth asking the editor about it. MER-C 02:50, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
February Meeting
It's time to schedule the February outreach:Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting. Please add your availability to this Doodle by February 15 so we can schedule the meeting at a time that the most people are available. Thanks! -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 22:27, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Bots?
We might get bots at CP again! I know the whole place would collapse if not for you. :) If you have anything to add, please do at my talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:53, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
You gave me a fright!
This edit gave me a fright. Currently working on the bot and fetched that page, and saw the user name "dpmukBOT" in the retrieved text. Thought the bot had gone amok and started writing to the actual pages without my permission. It's currently set up so it shows me what it's about to write so that I can OK it (and so not be an illegal bot) and thought that it must've been writing it regardless. Oh well, the code seems to be working and what you did makes sense, so no harm done! Dpmuk (talk) 06:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
- Boo! I'll go through the backlog such that there are 10 CP items per day. This should clear the page in about 2-3 weeks. MER-C 07:09, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at User:DpmukBOT/tasks and comment if you feel there's anything you wish to add. And can I just thank you for all the tedious work you've done since VWBot went down. Hopefully we'll have a new bot soon. Dpmuk (talk) 03:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- No objections. If you would like commit access to my SVN repository, please email me using a Google account. MER-C 05:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)