ErrorLog
Revision as of 20:59, 26 September 2007 by 75.148.50.78 (talk) (→Scraper includes extraneous text with description derived from meta tags: moved to ErrorLog/AboutUsBot)
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This page is for reporting errors using AboutUs. Please include as much information as you can, including the page name you were trying to access, what you were trying to do and the date and time.
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e-mail confirmation
I am trying to confirm my e-mail so that I can get e-mail notice on my watch list. The system says that I was previously sent a confirmation code - which I cannot find - and does not seem to be sending me a new code (tried twice with several hours in between). David Braden
AboutUsPortal
Category:AboutUsPortal has two deleted pages under h:
- Obed Suhail 05:45, 27 August 2007 (PDT)
Column for Ads by Google is too narrow
In the column of "Ads by Google", the width is sometimes not enough for the URL to fit, with the result that the URL appears to be truncated. This happens with both the old skin and the new one. --Eohippus 08:31, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
Incorrect whois information
I just got AboutUsBot to create Etfo.org, and the address shown is incorrect. Either AboutUsBot is using an out-of-date Whois database or something else has gone wrong. The correct address can be found at http://whois.domaintools.com/etfo.org or at Etfo.on.ca. --Eohippus 13:05, 13 September 2007 (PDT)
The Whois information we have is a bit out of date, and we have a WhoisRefresh project to address it. Jason Parmer 12:00, 26 September 2007 (PDT)
Captcha Issues
Tried to save the original bot scrape version of this page: 1stok.com. Captcha came up and didn't work no matter how many times I tried. I was able to save the page as a blank page. Isabel 17:27, 21 September 2007 (PDT)
- Pages are still getting spammed by IP: PurchasePhentermine.info, UK-Wedding-Directory.com, Qinfeng-agri.com. Does that mean a problem with the captcha, or does it mean it's a human being adding these links? TedErnst | talk 09:40, 22 September 2007 (PDT)
- Captcha comes up anytime I try to add the PossibleSpamSite, which is a bit annoying. Nathan (talk) 18:47, 24 September 2007 (PDT)
- Unfortunately, my guess is that's going to be the situation, since that template has an external link in it. Maybe the Dev guys can cook up some sort of exception, but then the problem is that it becomes a way for the ne'er-do-wells to exploit. No one said the captcha wasn't going to have some pains, sorry it's affecting the constructive (and building) stuff you're doing. -- TakKendrick
Subdomains and "almost-top-level" domains
This request relates to the subdomain issue, but proposes a short-term fix that could be implemented quickly and easily.
AboutUs already recognizes several domains such as on.ca and co.uk as “almost-top-level” domains which serve a geographical or category subdivision of a country so that AboutUsBot can automatically create entries for domains such as example.on.ca or example.co.uk I am not sure where the list of these "almost-top-level" domains is located, but I would like to propose some additions to it.
Many other “almost-top-level” domains are not recognized as such, which keeps articles on domains within these “almost-top-level” domains from being automatically created.
Please add the following as “almost-top-level-domains”.
- gov.et
- edu.et
- gc.ca
- nl.ca
- mb.ca
- nu.ca
- k12.ca.us
- nic.in
- co.nr
- gov.nr
- k12.ak.us
- k12.or.us (and k12.*.us if you can use a star that way - otherwise add the k12 subdomain for all U.S. states and territories, including DC), so that Mesd.k12.or.us can be automatically created
- state.ak.us
--Eohippus 23:03, 23 September 2007 (PDT)
Mark is moving this to SuggestionBox
Co.multnomah.or.us
I created Co.multnomah.or.us, but perhaps someone who lives in Portland could expand the article. --Eohippus 23:03, 23 September 2007 (PDT)
Mark is moving this to SuggestionBox
search and redirects
Search seems to be different now, with just google and no mediawiki search? Anyway, the point is redirects don't seem to work from search. For example, I searched for "Wiki Way" and instead of going to TheWikiWay, I went to WikiWay which is a redirect to TheWikiWay. Can this be fixed? TedErnst | talk 02:00, 25 September 2007 (PDT)
- The mediawiki search is showing up for me (in Firefox on a Mac), but way at the bottom of my screen, and only after a bunch of whitespace. This must be a bug in the AdSense for Search implementation. -- TakKendrick
Page Move Bug
If you leave the new title empty, the code crashes. The error seems to be "Fatal error: Call to a member function getText() on a non-object in /home/dev/nimbus/aboutus/wiki/extensions/CaseSpace/CaseSpace.php on line 238"