Everybodywiki:Technical issues

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Please write errors message you see on any page and the name of the page and whether you are on mobile version.

Please write the name of the page and the date (YYYY-MM-DD) when the error has been seen. Example: An article (2019-01-23).

Key features status[edit]

Feature	Thanks to	Status	Since	Solution/Ticket/Workaround	Error message
Visual Editor	Extension:Visual Editor	✔️❌	?	Switch to Wikicode and Switch to "Source editing"	(When saving your changes) Something were wrong ⚠️Invalid response from server Screenshot VE error when saving
Popups	Extension:Popups	✔️			remover useless parameters in config file
Talk page	Extension:Flow	✔️
Talk page with VE	Extension:Visual Editor Extension:Flow	✔️
When tryinh to edit your Own protected page with VE.	Extension:Visual Editor Extension:AuthorProtect	✔️	2020-11-26 and maybe before	debug extension Workaround : before saving the page switch to wikitext. Ticket on mw.org	error message : "This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions."
Icons	Skin:Chameleon	✔️
Editing	Extension:Visual Editor	✔️
Creating New pages	Extension:PageForms	✔️
Comments	Extension:CommentsStream	🟧	2020-10-27	Extension few used and thus abandonned

Bugs[edit]

Ghosts topics of portal[edit]

Template loop[edit]

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Category:Pages_with_template_loops 2 pages 2019-05-08

References appear as blank[edit]

on Quantum_field_of_magnet ref # 3,4 and 5

Reason: lua errors has been hidden by Common.css.

Solution: fix error message.

Bad content model[edit]

Page Template:Nobold/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "wikitext").

Solution: change the content model thanks to the Special:ChangeContentModel.

Special pages[edit]

Export[edit]

The MediaWiki page Special:Export does currently not work. More information about it here. This may be caused by a setting in LocalSettings.php.

Possible fix

Open LocalSettings.php in a text editor such as Notepad++.
Press CTRL+F to open the search feature.
Enter this code in the search: $wgSpecialPages['Export'].
Remove lines which contain $wgSpecialPages['Export'].
Save changes.

Internal error[edit]

On a user contributions page, an “Internal error” appears instead of showing the editing history when viewed without being logged in, if it attempts to list structured discussion.
- 2020-08-22 Wikimaster cannot reproduce this BUG as anon.
  - Try viewing 500 contributions at once.
  - https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Topic:Vwm7ldko0yztdxbf&action=history causes Internal Error when not logged in.

Error messages[edit]

How to get Nb pages in error ? -> Search the error message on Special:Search, increase the limit to 5000, search error message with Control + F. the total or number of result is displayed at the top right. Example: "Results 1 – 612 of 612".

Ctrl F give the exact match for example 192. So you have to write 192/612 and the date (YYYY-MM-DD).


On Mobile Version ?	Module or Template	Error message	Nb pages in error/5000or total (MM-DD)	Page it has been seen and date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Solution
	Template:Portal	Some use of "" in your query was not closed by a matching "".
	Module:Coordinates 3372 page are using	Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed and coord are displayed twice	module:Coord	Overlook Park (El Dorado Hills, California) (2020-07-16)	hide class="errorbox" in css...
	Module:Wd	see comment	249/613 (8-15) 390 20/535	NeuCoin (2019-05-08)
	N/A	Check date values in: `\|date=` (help)	218/714 (8-15) 192/612
	Module:WikidataIB	Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 466	168 (8-15)	Crime in Missouri
	N/A	Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".	22/29 (8-15) 113	List of YouTube personalities	increase the value of `$wgScribuntoEngineConf['luastandalone']['cpuLimit']`7 by default
	Module:WikidataIB	Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).	17 (8-15)	Age_of_Empires_III:_Wars _of_Liberty_mod (2019-04-20) Omen_of_Sorrow (2019-04-20)
	Module:Unicode_data	Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 290: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).	13/16 (8-15) 166	Betelgeuse#Etymology (2019-04-20)
	Module:Video_game_wikidata	Module:Video_game_wikidata at line 361: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)	12 (8-15)	Marooners (2019-05-08)
	Module:EditAtWikidata	Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 36: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).	0 (8-15) 160 140 70	NeuCoin (2019-04-)
	N/A	<strong_type:landmark class="error">	0 (8-15)	Heidelberg Historical Society (2019-05-30)
	N/A	Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.	0 (8-15) 190	2018_Thailand_Amateur_Lea gue_Southern_Region (2019-05-08)
yes	Module:Location map/data/customLocation	Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 488: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data	0 (8-15) 13/450	Al Fulayyah (2019-05-08)	copy the modules
yes	Module:Authority_control	Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 797: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).	0	Post Malone(2019-04- )
	Module:WikidataIB	Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 640: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).	0	Age_of_Empires_III:_Wars_ of_Liberty_mod Omen_of_Sorrow (2019-0-23)	Solution : Module:WikidataIB has to be updated
	Module:Unicode_data	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Unicode data' not found.	0	Betelgeuse#Etymology (2019-04-19)	module imported
	Module:WikidataIB	Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 219: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).	0	Seen previously on Omen_of_Sorrow (2019-0-23)	this error message has been replaced by Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 640: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)
	Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers	Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).	0	Ferrolens (2019-0-23) Bibiana Boerio (2019-0-23) Quantum_field_of_magnet (2019-03-30) ref # 6 to	remove lines 47 to 51 on Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers See : Extension_talk:Wikibase_Client/Lua#Error_with_mw.wikibase
	Module:Citation/CS1	Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 746: Argument map not defined for this variable.	0	DJ_Puffy

Fix/Done[edit]

Priority	EvW	Screen size ?	Page ?	Skin ?	Bug or feature description	Solution	Date of Implementation
✅		narrow screens		Chameleon	Preventing large tables from breaking the site layout on 2020-10-04 WikiMaster I need page example Page example: List of features removed from YouTube BUG Don't display last columns on narrow screens I have updated the code. --User:Handroid7 (2020-11-20)	~~`.mw-body { overflow-x: scroll; }`~~Better code: .wikitable, .sidescroll { display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; overflow: auto; } .wikitable { background-color: unset; border: unset; } .wikitable tbody { background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; margin: 1em 0; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-collapse: collapse; }
✅			Templates infobox Template:Infobox software		Infobox software Wikidata P property appears Aria Maestosa (fix for SOftware Infobox)	remove call in infobox code (example)
✅	All	<480 px	All	Chameleon	User link "Log out" is not displayed at top	Will be Ok on new vectorlike layout
✅	All	<400 px	All	Chameleon	User link "Contribution " is not displayed at top See File:ScreenShot Chameleon 397 px width.png	Will be Ok on new vectorlike layout
✅					icons from the links and tool bars are missing.	update to MW 1.35
✅	FR, DE, IT	<360px depends of the widht of the infobox	OK for FR, DE, IT, PT, FA, NL, ES (no infobox), JA , HI, BG, PL, SV, RO	Chameleon	Infobox float on right and thus is offset on the left on narrow screen See File:Infobox is offset on the left.png because float: right is hardcoded in table style...	@media (max-width: 700px) { .infobox, .infobox_v2, .infobox_v3 { clear: both!important; float: none!important; margin-left: 0!important;}}	2020-11-11
✅					Align the content of table cells to the top, which improves the readability of larger tables.	td { vertical-align:top;}	2020-11-11
✅		<450 px	All	Chameleon	When clicking on bell or notifs a blank screen appears instead of content of notifications See File:When clicking on bell of notifs a blank screen appears instead of content of notifications.png	update to MW 1.35
✅		>1140 px		Chameleon	The content width is limited to 1140px, which could cause tables to appear squished on larger screens.	@media (min-width: 1200px) { .container { max-width: 100%; } /* Convenient for readers with large monitors / #p-logo { margin-left: 30px; } / Aligning logo with page title */ }	2020-11-11
✅		on mobile phone screens.		Chameleon	Navigation boxes and the bottom option bar appear squished 2020-10-04 WikiMaster I need a screenshot	/* Navigation bar and navigation boxes narrower screens / @media (max-width:1000px) { .p-navbar, #hf-nsfooter { overflow-x: auto; } .navbox-inner { min-width:600px; } / Already fixed / .navbox { overflow-x:scroll; } / Already fixed / } @media (max-width:1000px) { / Making messageboxes (e.g. [[Template:Nutshell]]) and useable on narrow screens */ table.ambox { margin:0; } .ambox-notice { width:100%; } .mbox-image { vertical-align:top; } .mbox-image div { width:30px!important; } }	I put a "Tools" navbar that give access to all links
✅					`action=raw` URL parameter on CSS leads to error 403 (example)	Fix with MW 1.35.0
✅					to make `{{anchor highlight}}` work:	.anchor-highlight:target > .anchor-highlight-inner { display: inline; pointer-events: auto; background-color: gold; border-radius: 0.2em; color: black; line-height: 1em; padding-top: 0; }	2020-10-18
✅					The cookie bar warning (displayed to first-time visitors) should be at the bottom of the page instead of the top, because it inconveniently blocks the Login button, which requires users to click twice to reach the login page. This code puts it at the bottom.	.mw-cookiewarning-container { bottom:0; top:revert; top: unset; }	2020-10-18 2020-11-11 for `top: unset;`
✅		narrow screens:			To avoid #toc squishing on	@media (max-width:960px) { #toc { max-width:50%; } } @media (max-width:640px) { #toc { float:none;max-width:100% } }	2020-10-03
✅			All page containing a TOC		Highlight section titles when navigating to their anchor (clicking a section title inside the table of contents), to allow the user to find it again faster and orientation.	.mw-headline:target { background-color:gold; }	2020-09-27
✅			Module		The 'stub templates read “Wikipedia” (examples). The word “Wikipedia” has been changed to “EverybodyWiki” in line 233 of Module:Asbox		2020-09-19.
✅			User pages		In user sub pages (example), the sections show up: Creator of 0 articles, Last editor of 0 articles and Editor of 0 articles. These counts are only supposed to show up on user's main pages, not sub pages. Fix on MediaWiki:Hf-nsfooter-User
✅				MediaWiki: Chameleon.css	Too much white space on tablets and horizontal smartphones (screenshot)	/* Logo and content in same container to always align in future updates / .container { padding: 0 2rem; max-width: none; } #p-logo { margin-left: 0 ;} / Logo is in same container as page, so this margin is no longer needed. / .content { padding: 0; } / .content is in same container, which automatically aligns it with logo. */	2020-11-21
✅	all	<500 px	Benefits of user-replaceable batteries	Chameleon	Prevent image squishing text on narrow screens Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/IWPfGu0	@media (max-width:500px) { /* 16:9 mobile phones usually use 640px browser width when held horizontally. */ div.tleft, div.tright { float: none; } div.mt-4 > .row > .col { flex-basis: unset; } .floatleft,.floatright { float:none; } }	2020-11-21
✅			User:Handroid7/ chameleon.css https://imgur.com /a/qtl37Lf		Long titles without space might break site layout	`#firstHeading { word-wrap: break-word; }`	2020-11-21
✅		<960px		Chameleon	The container padding is too large for mobile phones and tablets (screenshot)	@media (max-width:960px) { .container { padding: 0 0.5rem; }	2020-11-28

2020-12-13[edit]

Quotes

Blockquote formatting used on Wikipedia. Test in Sandbox#Quotes.

/* Excluding Minerva because it already has its own blockquote formatting implementation. */
body:not(.skin-minerva) dl {
    margin-left: 1em;
}

body:not(.skin-minerva) blockquote {
    border-left: 4px solid #eaecf0;
    padding: 8px 32px;
}

Done 2020-08-20 Table of content is not yet clear:right;, which cause it to produce to the left (see: Iran), if an image is inserted at the top.
- Until this is fixed, a temporary patch added to articles such as Benefits of user-replaceable batteries is <span style="float:right; clear:right;">__TOC__</span>.
  - But in some case, the TOC could appear at the bottom of the page :( WM
    - Then it needs to be adapted for each page individually using inline CSS or Template:TOC right, Template:TOC unfloat, etc. . –– Handroid7 【^discuss
      _contribs】 21:57, 7 November 2020 (CET)

Done 2020-08-22 165px tall logo,#p-logo a { height: 165px ;}
- Because many people view pages at more than 100% browser zoom, the logo (File:Mon Logo.png) should be re-rendered as scaleable vector graphic (SVG) to provide indefinite scalability on higher resolution screens.
  - 2020-09-20 WikiMaster i'm designing a new logo and will make it in svg
Add this to MediaWiki:Common.css to allow linking to section anchors while still including the section title on screen:
- 2020-09-27 WikiMaster: Where can I see this behaviour (screenshot or page) ?
  - Here: Sandbox#test4. The anchor is inside section, yet the title is on screen. The other parameters (updated code) are to prevent blocking the mouse 100px above the anchor. --–– Handroid7 【^discuss
    _contribs】 01:38, 28 September 2020 (CEST)

/* To include section title on screen when jumping to a section anchor created using Template:Anchor */
.anchor > span,
span.anchor { 
    padding-top: 100px; 
    pointer-events: none; 
}
.anchor-plain { z-index: -100; }

When clicking on bell of notifs a blank screen appears instead of content of notifications.

2020-11-11[edit]

Responsive watch list design:

/* Watchlist responsive web design */
@media (max-width:800px) {
       .mw-changeslist-legend { float:none; max-width:40em; }
       .mw-changeslist td     { display: inline-block; }
  table.mw-changeslist-edit   { border-bottom: 1px solid #999; }
  table.mw-changeslist-edit:nth-child(2n)   { background-color: #0001; }
  table.mw-changeslist-edit:nth-child(2n+1) { background-color: #FFF1; }
}

style="vertical-align:top;" does not work for entire tables. Fix: This CSS code (→ MediaWiki:Common.css) allows vertical alignment of text in all table rows without having to mark each table row individually.
- WikiMaster : do you have an example /screen shot ?

/* Vertical table cell alignment classes */
.va-top td { vertical-align: top; }
.va-bottom td { vertical-align: bottom; }
/* For table header, in case it is necessary. */
.va-top-h th { vertical-align: top; }
.va-bottom-h th { vertical-align: bottom; }

2020-12-04[edit]

~~Option for small tables (→MediaWiki:Common.css)~~
~~Allows vertically aligning in the middle, which may look better for small tables. (For large tables, top is better, but it is default now.)~~
~~.va-middle td { vertical-align: middle ;} .va-middle-h th { vertical-align: middle ;}~~

Already implemented into Template:CSS-suite.

2020-12-07[edit]

Right border of user boxes covered by center area. Example on the right.
This user appreciates constructive criticism
- How to fix?
  - I will work on a CSS solution soon. --–– Handroid7 【^discuss
    _contribs】 03:13, 24 October 2020 (CEST)

Please put this into MediaWiki:Chameleon.css to fix the border of user boxes appearing too short: .wikipediauserbox { width: 239.5px !important; }. The !important flag is necessary to override the inline CSS used by the template.
- Where can I see a "wikipediauserbox"? WM
  - On my user page (User:Handroid7). –– Handroid7 【^discuss
    _contribs】 21:57, 7 November 2020 (CET)

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