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Chris Watkins
6/6/12
Anti-spam monitoring
Thanks to AbuseFilter, Appropedia has much better spam control now. It also lets us put a "tag
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Anti-spam monitoring
Thanks to AbuseFilter, Appropedia has much better spam control now. It also lets us put a "tag
6/6/12
Chris Watkins
12/13/11
Rich text editor for MediaWiki - beta planned for early next year
Good news on the rich text editor. I'd heard that it was taking a long time to develop a good one
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Rich text editor for MediaWiki - beta planned for early next year
Good news on the rich text editor. I'd heard that it was taking a long time to develop a good one
12/13/11
Chris Watkins
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Curt Beckmann
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5/23/11
Iframes in Appropedia?
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 02:49, Curt Beckmann <Curtbe...@appropedia.org> wrote: If I
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Iframes in Appropedia?
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 02:49, Curt Beckmann <Curtbe...@appropedia.org> wrote: If I
5/23/11
Chris Watkins
4/18/11
Tech internships
Appropedia still has up to 3 places available for our mid-year (ok, summer to most of you) tech
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Tech internships
Appropedia still has up to 3 places available for our mid-year (ok, summer to most of you) tech
4/18/11
Chris Watkins
1/15/11
Green & development cross-wiki search
Your ideas needed... I try to work in the spirit of "worse is better" (for me that means
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Green & development cross-wiki search
Your ideas needed... I try to work in the spirit of "worse is better" (for me that means
1/15/11
Michael Koch
1/14/11
DropWiki
Hello everyone, Thought I'd share a new wiki tool that has come out for DropBox. I just got setup
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DropWiki
Hello everyone, Thought I'd share a new wiki tool that has come out for DropBox. I just got setup
1/14/11
Chris Watkins
1/14/11
Email enquiries made easier
Interesting bit of software here to help people enquire about the license status of data/information
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Email enquiries made easier
Interesting bit of software here to help people enquire about the license status of data/information
1/14/11
Chris Watkins
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Peter Campbell
5
1/13/11
Anti-spam extensions & settings
Thanks - Nuke seems like a great tool for the arsenal. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Nuke
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Anti-spam extensions & settings
Thanks - Nuke seems like a great tool for the arsenal. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Nuke
1/13/11
Chris Watkins
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James Flint
5
11/17/10
Sunday, online: Coalition Movement Camp II: Connecting the Dots
aarg - yes, i didn't get this until this morning (wednesday)! no worries - and thanks for
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Sunday, online: Coalition Movement Camp II: Connecting the Dots
aarg - yes, i didn't get this until this morning (wednesday)! no worries - and thanks for
11/17/10
Chris Watkins
10/25/10
Appropedia IRC chat 20 hrs from now
Appropedia chat happening in IRC, 20 hrs from now (less a few minutes). There should be at least two
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Appropedia IRC chat 20 hrs from now
Appropedia chat happening in IRC, 20 hrs from now (less a few minutes). There should be at least two
10/25/10
Chris Watkins
9/25/10
please test the forums
We've installed forums on our Dev site: http://blogs.whatissustainability.org/ - please sign up
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please test the forums
We've installed forums on our Dev site: http://blogs.whatissustainability.org/ - please sign up
9/25/10
Chris Watkins
9/16/10
"Pending Changes"
Wikipedia:Pending changes It's similar to FlaggedRevs, (which I knew about) but "
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"Pending Changes"
Wikipedia:Pending changes It's similar to FlaggedRevs, (which I knew about) but "
9/16/10
Chris Watkins
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Sean McClowry
2
5/6/10
[TSW] New WYSIWYG available
Thanks Chris - glad I checked this thread - we are looking to do the same. Has anyone had any luck
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[TSW] New WYSIWYG available
Thanks Chris - glad I checked this thread - we are looking to do the same. Has anyone had any luck
5/6/10
Michael Koch
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Curt Beckmann
3
4/30/10
[TSW] Google Docs Viewer - Easily embed PDFs/PPTs
I agree completely with your assessment, Chris. That is, not for mainstream wiki content, but super
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[TSW] Google Docs Viewer - Easily embed PDFs/PPTs
I agree completely with your assessment, Chris. That is, not for mainstream wiki content, but super
4/30/10
Chris Watkins
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Jason Smithson
5
4/18/10
[TSW] Not propagating? Still can't save (session error)
Issue seems to have resolved itself. Continuing to investigate and test. Please check Open Pario for
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[TSW] Not propagating? Still can't save (session error)
Issue seems to have resolved itself. Continuing to investigate and test. Please check Open Pario for
4/18/10
Chris Watkins
3
3/15/10
PDF open source solution - test request
Was anyone able to get this working? btw this might also be worth a try: http://sourceforge.net/
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PDF open source solution - test request
Was anyone able to get this working? btw this might also be worth a try: http://sourceforge.net/
3/15/10
Chris Watkins
2/24/10
Appropedia's top tech requests
We're asking for help on some tech questions: Appropedia:Site development/priorities We'd
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Appropedia's top tech requests
We're asking for help on some tech questions: Appropedia:Site development/priorities We'd
2/24/10
Chris Watkins
2/23/10
WikiProgress
I just discovered Wikiprogress.org - it has a bunch of cool features and I'll be seeing what we
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WikiProgress
I just discovered Wikiprogress.org - it has a bunch of cool features and I'll be seeing what we
2/23/10
Chris Watkins
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Jason Smithson
5
2/14/10
removing nofollow
The vast majority of spam is more or less completely automated so in my experience they don't pay
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removing nofollow
The vast majority of spam is more or less completely automated so in my experience they don't pay
2/14/10
Chris Watkins
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Lonny
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2/9/10
social media buttons?
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 14:16, Lonny <lo...@appropedia.org> wrote: Appropedia used to use, with
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social media buttons?
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 14:16, Lonny <lo...@appropedia.org> wrote: Appropedia used to use, with
2/9/10
Chris Watkins
1/21/10
Thank you to all
I want to say a big thank you to the contributors who make Appropedia possible, from 2006 to 2009 and
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Thank you to all
I want to say a big thank you to the contributors who make Appropedia possible, from 2006 to 2009 and
1/21/10
Chris Watkins
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Lonny
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1/17/10
included categories slow to update
Nice trouble shooting! -Lonny http://www.appropedia.org/ On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Chris
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included categories slow to update
Nice trouble shooting! -Lonny http://www.appropedia.org/ On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Chris
1/17/10
Chris Watkins
1/14/10
Offline wiki browsing
Just checking our page Appropedia:Offline browsing - we're getting more demand for this. Any help
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Offline wiki browsing
Just checking our page Appropedia:Offline browsing - we're getting more demand for this. Any help
1/14/10
Chris Watkins
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Jason Smithson
2
12/18/09
Re: [Ap-com] When did our blog feed break? (Or, last post?)
Anything that strictly interprets XML will break on a feed with either a blank line at the top or any
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Re: [Ap-com] When did our blog feed break? (Or, last post?)
Anything that strictly interprets XML will break on a feed with either a blank line at the top or any
12/18/09
Chris Watkins
12/15/09
uploading images with pywikipediabot
FYI: Haven't looked into it, but sounds like it can even take images from another site, eg
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uploading images with pywikipediabot
FYI: Haven't looked into it, but sounds like it can even take images from another site, eg
12/15/09
Michael Koch
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James Flint
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12/4/09
Embedding RSS feeds into MediaWiki pages?
i did this on wikiclimate pretty successfully, although having said that there did seem to be some
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Embedding RSS feeds into MediaWiki pages?
i did this on wikiclimate pretty successfully, although having said that there did seem to be some
12/4/09
Chris Watkins
11/21/09
Topic and category head
One of our navigation challenges is that we have many different page types, so categories, portals
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Topic and category head
One of our navigation challenges is that we have many different page types, so categories, portals
11/21/09
Chris Watkins
11/20/09
tech team page
I want to start a serious search for tech help on Appropedia, so I made Appropedia:Tech team - please
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tech team page
I want to start a serious search for tech help on Appropedia, so I made Appropedia:Tech team - please
11/20/09
Chris Watkins
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Will Dickinson
3
11/17/09
ParserFunctions - logical functions in templates
You may want to try http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/StringFunctions it does even more than parser
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ParserFunctions - logical functions in templates
You may want to try http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/StringFunctions it does even more than parser
11/17/09
Chris Watkins
11/10/09
blogs, forums and content creation
BlogArticles looks interesting. After weighing it up, I believe it's unsuitable for Appropedia,
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blogs, forums and content creation
BlogArticles looks interesting. After weighing it up, I believe it's unsuitable for Appropedia,
11/10/09