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Maltfield: /* Guides */

2020-05-18T16:56:30Z

Guides

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	This section will describe the process of routine actions needed for dealing with Mediawiki		This section will describe the process of routine actions needed for dealing with Mediawiki

			==Deleting Content by Request==

			Mediawiki intentionally makes permanently deleting content difficult. You may delete it from an article, but it will still appear in the revision history of the article.

			To permanently delete PII at the request of a user, you must delete previous revisions using [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete RevisionDelete]

	==Deleting Users by Request==		==Deleting Users by Request==

Maltfield: /* Deleting Users by Request */

2020-03-07T18:41:33Z

Deleting Users by Request

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	In fact, users cannot be safely deleted from Mediawiki without damaging the wiki <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GDPR_(General_Data_Protection_Regulation)_and_MediaWiki_software#Deleting_user_accounts</ref><ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#.E2.80.A6is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts.3F</ref>		In fact, users cannot be safely deleted from Mediawiki without damaging the wiki <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GDPR_(General_Data_Protection_Regulation)_and_MediaWiki_software#Deleting_user_accounts</ref><ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#.E2.80.A6is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts.3F</ref>

	* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_delete_a_user_from_my_list_of_users.3F

	Instead, if a user requests to be deleted from the wiki, we should do the following:		Instead, if a user requests to be deleted from the wiki, we should do the following:

Maltfield: /* Deleting Users by Request */

2020-03-07T18:41:18Z

Deleting Users by Request

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	==Deleting Users by Request==		==Deleting Users by Request==

	In fact, users cannot be safely deleted from Mediawiki without damaging the wiki		In fact, users cannot be safely deleted from Mediawiki without damaging the wiki <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GDPR_(General_Data_Protection_Regulation)_and_MediaWiki_software#Deleting_user_accounts</ref><ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#.E2.80.A6is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts.3F</ref>

	* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_delete_a_user_from_my_list_of_users.3F		* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_delete_a_user_from_my_list_of_users.3F

Maltfield: /* Lookup user by email address */

2020-03-07T18:26:38Z

Lookup user by email address

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	$wgDBname = "OBFUSCATED_DB";		$wgDBname = "OBFUSCATED_DB";
	$wgDBuser = "OBFUSCATED_USER";		$wgDBuser = "OBFUSCATED_USER";
	$wgDBpassword = "~~OBFUSCATED)PASSWORD~~";		$wgDBpassword = "OBFUSCATED_PASSWORD";
	$wgDBprefix = "OBFUSCATED_PREFIX";		$wgDBprefix = "OBFUSCATED_PREFIX";
	...		...

Maltfield: /* Deleting Users by Request */

2020-03-07T18:26:15Z

Deleting Users by Request

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	Note that this is distinct from the process for blocking malicious or spamming users.		Note that this is distinct from the process for blocking malicious or spamming users.

			===Tips===

			Here's some tips to help you coorelate data stored in our wiki db with a specific user.

			====Lookup user by email address====

			Mediawiki appears to intentionally not make it possible to lookup users by email address in the WUI as a protection of user's privacy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Emailing_users#Privacy_issues_and_protecting_personal_information</ref><ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LookupUser</ref>

			Instead, lookups can be done by manually querying the database.

			<pre>
			[root@opensourceecology ~]# cd /var/www/html/wiki.opensourceecology.org/
			[root@opensourceecology wiki.opensourceecology.org]# grep wgDB LocalSettings.php
			...
			$wgDBname = "OBFUSCATED_DB";
			$wgDBuser = "OBFUSCATED_USER";
			$wgDBpassword = "OBFUSCATED)PASSWORD";
			$wgDBprefix = "OBFUSCATED_PREFIX";
			...
			[root@opensourceecology wiki.opensourceecology.org]# mysql -u OBFUSCATED_USER -p
			Enter password:
			Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
			Your MariaDB connection id is 12037358
			Server version: 5.5.56-MariaDB MariaDB Server

			Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

			Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

			MariaDB [(none)]> use OBFUSCATED_DB;
			Reading table information for completion of table and column names
			You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

			Database changed
			MariaDB [OBFUSCATED_DB]> select user_id,user_name FROM OBFUSCATED_PREFIX_user WHERE user_email = 'michael@opensourceecology.org';
			+---------+-----------+
			\| user_id \| user_name \|
			+---------+-----------+
			\| 3709 \| Maltfield \|
			+---------+-----------+
			1 row in set (0.00 sec)

			MariaDB [OBFUSCATED_DB]>
			</pre>

			====Find contributions from a given user====

			Visit [[Special:Contributions]]

	=Scaling=		=Scaling=

Maltfield: /* Proposed */

2018-09-29T22:36:57Z

Proposed

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	# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor WikiEditor]		# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor WikiEditor]
	# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiSEO WikiSEO]		# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiSEO WikiSEO]
			# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CookieWarning CookieWarning] for GDPR

	=Special Pages=		=Special Pages=

Maltfield: /* Special Pages */

2018-08-21T21:05:12Z

Special Pages

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	This section will link to useful Special pages		This section will link to useful Special pages

	# [[Special:EmailUser]] Email users. Note that this does not show up on [[Special:SpecialPages]], but if you go the user's page (ie: [[User:Maltfield]] there's an "Email this user" link on the left-hand navigation panel.		# [[Special:EmailUser]] Email users. Note that this does not show up on [[Special:SpecialPages]], but if you go the user's page (ie: [[User:Maltfield]]) there's an "Email this user" link on the left-hand navigation panel.

	=Guides=		=Guides=

Maltfield: /* Special Pages */

2018-08-21T21:04:54Z

Special Pages

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	This section will link to useful Special pages		This section will link to useful Special pages

	# [[Special:EmailUser]] Email users. Note that this does not show up on [[Special:~~Special Pages~~]], but if you go the user's page (ie: [[User:Maltfield]] there's an "Email this user" link on the left-hand navigation panel.		# [[Special:EmailUser]] Email users. Note that this does not show up on [[Special:SpecialPages]], but if you go the user's page (ie: [[User:Maltfield]] there's an "Email this user" link on the left-hand navigation panel.

	=Guides=		=Guides=

Maltfield: /* Special Pages */

2018-08-21T21:04:39Z

Special Pages

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	This section will link to useful Special pages		This section will link to useful Special pages

	# [[Special:EmailUser]] Email users		# [[Special:EmailUser]] Email users. Note that this does not show up on [[Special:Special Pages]], but if you go the user's page (ie: [[User:Maltfield]] there's an "Email this user" link on the left-hand navigation panel.

	=Guides=		=Guides=

Maltfield: /* Proper File/Directory Ownership & Permissions */

2018-08-21T20:43:45Z

Proper File/Directory Ownership & Permissions

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	Then the ideal permissions are:		Then the ideal permissions are:

	# Files containing passwords (ie: LocalSettings.php) should be located outside the wiki docroot with not-apache:apache-admins 0040		# Files containing passwords (ie: LocalSettings.php) should be located outside the wiki docroot <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security#Move_sensitive_information</ref> with not-apache:apache-admins 0040
	# Files in the 'images/' dir should be apache:apache 0660		# Files in the 'images/' dir should be apache:apache 0660
	# Directories in the 'images/' dir should be apache:apache 0770		# Directories in the 'images/' dir should be apache:apache 0770