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*Update [[Epidemiology]], see new CDC info and others (added May 26, 2020 by [[User:Notjusttired]])
*Update [[Epidemiology]], see new CDC info and others (added May 26, 2020 by [[User:Notjusttired]])
*Check if updates needed for [[Prognosis]] - see new CDC info  (added May 26, 2020 by [[User:Notjusttired]])
*Check if updates needed for [[Prognosis]] - see new CDC info  (added May 26, 2020 by [[User:Notjusttired]])
*'''Science:''' add Rekeland (2020) trial results to [[CycloME]] and [[Cyclophosphamide]] and associated genes [[HLA-DPB1]] and [[HLA-C]], [[Mestinon]] and  [[Kynurenine]] trials by OMF, start page for OMF COVID-19 study, [[Metabolic trap]], [[Kynurenine pathway]], [[Kynurenine pathway hypothesis]], [[Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase]] (IDO), [[Citric acid cycle]], [[Central nervous system]], [[Nitric oxide hypothesis]], [[Brain]] (imaging section), [[Microbiome hypothesis]], [[PACE trial]], and [[Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis]] (HPG axis)
*'''Science:''' add Rekeland (2020) trial results to [[CycloME]] and [[Cyclophosphamide]] and associated genes [[HLA-DPB1]] and [[HLA-C]], [[Mestinon]] and  [[Kynurenine]] trials by OMF, start page for OMF COVID-19 study, [[Kynurenine pathway hypothesis]], [[Citric acid cycle]], [[Central nervous system]], [[Nitric oxide hypothesis]], [[Brain]] (imaging section), [[Microbiome hypothesis]], [[PACE trial]], and [[Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis]] (HPG axis)
*'''News:''' add Covid-19 PVFS / CFS articles to [[List of news articles on ME and CFS]], see [[Talk:List of news articles on ME and CFS‏‎|its talk page]] for suggestions. Also add any cyclophosphamide trial news, plus HHV-6 reactivation news. Add recent news to list on [[Portal:Treatments/Recent news and events]] eg funding / grants, study results, citizen science or non-profit news. Links should go to the MEpedia page that's beeb recently updated (no blog links, no petition - keep neutral).
*'''News:''' add any cyclophosphamide trial news, plus HHV-6 reactivation news. Add recent news to list on [[Portal:Treatments/Recent news and events]] eg funding / grants, study results, citizen science or non-profit news. Links should go to the MEpedia page that's been recently updated (no blog links, no petition - keep neutral).
*'''Portals:''' [[Portal:Treatments]], [[Portal:Cardiovascular system]]
*'''Portals:''' [[Portal:Treatments]], [[Portal:Cardiovascular system]]


==High priority==
==High priority==
'''When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page'''
'''When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page'''
* Update the [[List of news articles on ME and CFS]], especially including any on Post-COVID-19 ME/CFS. (Added by [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]], Aug 2020)
*[[Carmen Scheibenbogen]] and [[Klaus Wirth]]'s Unifying hypothesis and [[endothelial dysfunction]] pages
*[[Creating remaining symptom pages eg substantial reduction in activity for ICC, CCC, NICE criteria
*[[Creating remaining symptom pages eg substantial reduction in activity for ICC, CCC, NICE criteria
*[[:Category:Wearable devices]]
*[[:Category:Wearable devices]]
*Non-drug fibromyalgia treatments or management strategies
*[[Non-drug fibromyalgia treatments and management strategies]]
*[[Female predominant diseases]]: complete this table of gender ratio + prevalence for chronic illness: [[Female predominant diseases#List of diseases]] (will likely be used in advocacy and outreach efforts)
*[[Female predominant diseases]]: complete this table of gender ratio + prevalence for chronic illness: [[Female predominant diseases#List of diseases]] (will likely be used in advocacy and outreach efforts)
* High usage page [[Esther Crawley]] needs a cleanup including neutrality improving citations, adding missing citations, and marking any extra citations needed. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 18:57, May 24, 2019 (EDT) - add neutrality Aug 12, 2019 - Njt
* High usage page [[Esther Crawley]] needs a cleanup including neutrality improving citations, <s>adding missing citations, and marking any extra citations needed.</s>[[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 18:57, May 24, 2019 (EDT) - add neutrality Aug 12, 2019 - Njt
*Add photos of ALL the May (and Belfast in June) Millions Missing protests to the MM page http://me-pedia.org/wiki/Millions_Missing_protests
*Add photos of ALL the May (and Belfast in June) Millions Missing protests to the MM page http://me-pedia.org/wiki/Millions_Missing_protests
*Add the Stats.org editorial & 7,000 word criticism to the PACE page :
*Add the Stats.org editorial & 7,000 word criticism to the PACE page :
**Make sure that all the specific significant criticisms they make are covered in the Criticism section if not already
**Make sure that all the specific significant criticisms they make are covered in the Criticism section if not already
**(''IN PROGRESS'') Include (and explain) this chart from article https://twitter.com/Katiissick/status/713080268756619264
*(''IN PROGRESS'') Include (and explain) this chart from article https://twitter.com/Katiissick/status/713080268756619264
* CREATE AND POPULATE PAGES FOR [[genitourinary impairment]] (ICC requirement) and [[Ion]], part of the [[Ion transportation]] page which could use more work (ICC requirement).
* CREATE AND POPULATE PAGES FOR [[genitourinary impairment]] (ICC requirement) and [[Ion]], part of the [[Ion transportation]] page which could use more work (ICC requirement).
*[[Portal:Energy metabolism|Energy metabolism]] portal needs more work. Should [[Metabolic]] and [[Metabolomics]] be included and explained, as a selected article? How about [[Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome]]? And exactly what is being defined on the ICC page with the Energy metabolism portal? I can figure out how they correlate and if I can't, how can a patient, caregiver, and even doctors?
*[[Portal:Energy metabolism|Energy metabolism]] portal needs more work. Should [[Metabolic]] and [[Metabolomics]] be included and explained, as a selected article? How about [[Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome]]? And exactly what is being defined on the ICC page with the Energy metabolism portal? I can figure out how they correlate and if I can't, how can a patient, caregiver, and even doctors?
* [[Bacterial disease onset]] is a stub that needs to be populated and [[Viral onset hypothesis]] is in need of cleanup, specifically citations.
* [[Bacterial disease onset]] is a stub that needs to be populated and [[Viral onset hypothesis]] is in need of citations.
* Create pages for all UK politicians on the new [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis|All-Party Parliamentary Group on ME]], suggested by Notjusttired Feb 14, 2019 - MP info out of date - 2021
* Create pages for all UK politicians on the new [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis|All-Party Parliamentary Group on ME]], suggested by Notjusttired Feb 14, 2019 - MP info out of date - 2021


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'''When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page'''   
'''When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page'''   
* Review/update the [[MEpedia:Admin guide]] to keep track of what a new admin needs to know. Consider making the Admin guide protected so that only admins can edit it. Also review/protect [[MEpedia:Developer guide]]. (Requested by Pyrrhus April 2019)
* Review/update the [[MEpedia:Admin guide]] to keep track of what a new admin needs to know. Consider making the Admin guide protected so that only admins can edit it. Also review/protect [[MEpedia:Developer guide]]. (Requested by Pyrrhus April 2019)
* Add [[Special:Interwiki]] shortcuts for the staging server (called staging) and pmc - which will be similar to the pubmed one but using the PMC path, this would allow links like [[pmc:1234567]] to go to PMC1234567


== Developer suggestions ==
'''When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page'''
===In 2020===
===In 2020===
* Upgrade [https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Notjusttired test plan and snag list]
* [https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Notjusttired test plan] and [[#Snag list]]
* After June 2020, we will need to upgrade our MediaWiki software and extensions to MediaWiki 1.35, which is a future long-term support release.  The new version of MediaWiki software includes important security fixes.  The new versions of the extensions include important fixes and improvements.  (Added by Pyrrhus, May 2019) (I suggest doing this later in the year to get a newer version, but to update compatible extensions / skins etc to the newest versions that work with our existing MW version early in the year - Notjusttired, Aug 2019)
* IN PROGRESS: Extensions for MediaWiki 1.39 to check/test
**Any extension with a “compatibility policy” of “release branches” must be updated with any new version of MediaWiki.  These include Echo, Citoid, Thanks, DiscussionThreading (if in use?), OneColumnAllPages, DynamicPageList, Lingo, [https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-SmiteSpam SmiteSpam], AddThis, Disambiguator, Gadgets, DismissableSiteNotice,  NewUserMessage, GeoData, Graph, PageNotice, Popups, WikimediaMessages, [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]<s>StructuredDiscussions, PageTriage,</s> AbuseFilter (if installed). (Timeless skin, Cite, ParserFunctions, Interwiki, Replace Text, RenameUser, Replace Text, Scribunto, CategoryTree, PageImages, InputBox, CodeEditor, SyntaxHighlight, TextExtracts, updates not needed - comes with release 1.34+ and '''TemplateData, VisualEditor, WikiEditor ''' comes with MW 1.35+)
**Any extension with a “compatibility policy” of “release branches” must be updated with any new version of MediaWiki.  These include, Citoid, Thanks, DiscussionThreading (if in use?), OneColumnAllPages, DynamicPageList, Lingo, [https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-SmiteSpam SmiteSpam], <s>AddThis</s>, Disambiguator, DismissableSiteNotice,  NewUserMessage, GeoData, Graph, PageNotice, Popups (Peviews), WikimediaMessages, [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]<s>StructuredDiscussions, PageTriage,</s> (AbuseFilter, CategoryTree, Cite, CodeEditor, InputBox, Interwiki, PageImages, ParserFunctions, RenameUser, Scribunto, SyntaxHighlight, TextExtracts, VisualEditor, WikiEditor updates not needed - ''' comes with MW 1.39+). AddThis is a defunct service.
**Pivot skin upgrade to https://github.com/Hutchy68/pivot v2.3.0) and include any MW 1.35 fixes (Updated [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] Jan 2021)
 
**Monobook skin update (unless we decide to disable it)
**Monobook skin update (unless we decide to disable it)
**[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EditAccount EditAccount] extension won't work after MW upgrade, consider EditUser instead)
**We should also update the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters HitCounters] extension to resolve some minor bugs including the Popular Pages link being in German.
**We should also update the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters HitCounters] extension to resolve some minor bugs including the Popular Pages link being in German.
**The Linux package [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid Parsoid] must also be updated every time VisualEditor is updated.   
*The Linux package [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid Parsoid] must also be updated every time VisualEditor is updated.   
**We should also update the DismissableSiteNotice extension so that the dismissals last longer than a week.  
*We should also update the DismissableSiteNotice extension so that the dismissals last longer than a week.  
**We should also update the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Form Form] extension to get security updates.
*We should also update the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Form Form] extension to get security updates.
**PHP will need to be updated to at least version '''PHP 7.3.19 for MediaWiki 1.35'''. 
*SecureLinkFixer and TemplateData are bundled. They force https on your wiki, and add a tag and an api to allow editors to specify how templates should be invoked.
***MediaWiki 1.35 bundled the VisualEditor extension, which provides a visual editing experience as an alternative to the traditional source editor. It will not be necessary to setup a seperate instance of Parsoid, as it is built into MediaWiki core.
**The following PHP libraries are required for MW1.35: ctype, dom, fileinfo, iconv, json, mbstring, xml  
***SecureLinkFixer and TemplateData are bundled. They force https on your wiki, and add a tag and an api to allow editors to specify how templates should be invoked.
**[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.35 other requirements] - MySQL version doesn't need updating  
***The following PHP extensions are required for MW1.35: ctype, dom, fileinfo, iconv, json, mbstring, xml  
***[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.35 other requirements] - MySQL version doesn't need updating  
**Changes can be tested on the staging server before being implemented on the production server.  See [[MEpedia:Developer guide]]. (  ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] September 29, 2020)
**Changes can be tested on the staging server before being implemented on the production server.  See [[MEpedia:Developer guide]]. (  ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] September 29, 2020)


* In year 2020, we will need to do “performance tuning” of the MySQL(MariaDB) database and “performance tuning” of the MediaWiki software as described in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Performance_tuning  (Added by Pyrrhus May, 2019)
* In year 2020, we will need to do “performance tuning” of the MySQL(MariaDB) database and “performance tuning” of the MediaWiki software as described in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Performance_tuning  (Added by Pyrrhus May, 2019)
 
===1.39 upgrade tasks done and checked===
===AbuseFilter ===
* Upgraded to MW1.39, which is a future long-term support release.  The new version of MediaWiki software includes important security fixesThe new versions of the extensions include important fixes and improvements.  (Added by Pyrrhus, May 2019) (I suggest doing this later in the year to get a newer version, but to update compatible extensions / skins etc to the newest versions that work with our existing MW version early in the year - Notjusttired, Aug 2019).
* Add the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter Abuse Filter] extension so we can have custom editor warnings and certain phrases banned. Configure: in LocalSettings.php add <code><nowiki>wfLoadExtension( 'AbuseFilter')</nowiki></code> set to <code><nowiki>"$IP/extensions/AbuseFilter/AbuseFilter.php";</nowiki></code> - requested by Njt, Oct 2019
**Extensions tested: Echo, Gadgets, Replace Text (now in core)
* Run [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php Update.php] after installing AbuseFilter
**Skins tested: Timeless (bugs T197057, T287132, T182389 layout mobile patches available), Vector-2022, Vector (legacy)
* Add AbuseFilter rights, so admins and bureaucrats have full use -
*PHP 7.4.33 now in use- update to at least version '''PHP 7.3.19 for MediaWiki 1.35'''  
<code><nowiki>$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-modify'] = true;
*MediaWiki 1.39 bundled the VisualEditor extension. It will not be necessary to setup a seperate instance of Parsoid, as it is built into MediaWiki core.
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['abusefilter-log-detail'] = true;
*Pivot skin - may no longer be supported by creator - upgraded to https://github.com/Hutchy68/pivot v2.3.0) and include any MW 1.35 to 1.39 fixes - needs css changes for echo notifications, but no skin updates since 2020, need to check bug reports - may be better to configure newly installed Chameleon to replace Pivot
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['abusefilter-view'] = true;
::([[User:Notjusttired]] Jun 2023)
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['abusefilter-log'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-private'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-modify-restricted'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-revert'] = true;</nowiki></code>
*Add an "AbuseFilter editors" group in LocalSettings.php:
<code><nowiki>//Create a user group called "abusefilter" for filter editors
$wgGroupPermissions['abusefilter']['abusefilter-modify'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['abusefilter']['abusefilter-private'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['abusefilter']['abusefilter-modify-restricted'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['abusefilter']['abusefilter-revert'] = true;
</nowiki></code>
* Consider using abuse filter to prevent links to verywellhealth, sciencedaily.com/releases/ (press releases that look academic) etc
* Add [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSpamRegex#Using_regular_expressions_to_block_spam $wgSpamRegex] settings  to LocalSettings.php to block user page spam, check if this setting already exists first (different code will be needed). (Requested [[User:Notjusttired]] Aug 2019)
<pre>$wgSpamRegex = "/visit our website|herpes cure/";
</pre>
* Consider adding either an MEpedia logo or a particular image to the footer, maybe where "powered by MediaWiki" used to be, this means when you share pages without images this image will be used instead of some tiny icon or no image - this should increase clicks and traffic to articles (added Jul 2019 by [[User:Notjusttired]], passed to developer)
:The LocalSettings.php code to do this is as follows.  Note that this footer icon does not show up in the Pivot skin, but we can remove the pivot.css code that hides it. More info: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgFooterIcons
:[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 14:45, July 20, 2019 (EDT)
<pre>
$wgFooterIcons['poweredby']['mediawiki'] = [
"src" => "$wgScriptPath/resources/assets/mepedia_logo_mobile.png";,
"url" => "https://www.meaction.net/",
"alt" => "Powered by MEAction",
// If you have a non-default sized icon you can specify the size yourself.
"height" => "31",
"width" => "31",
];
$wgRightsIcon = null;
</pre>
::Yes, pretty simple although which image to choose - round logo, logo with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis underneath (currently being done by developers), or default image of Whitney - see [https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.me-pedia.org/images/4/4a/UNREST_Film_Still_Whitney.png&w=31 here] for it at 31px wide which actually looks ok to me [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 20:28, July 20, 2019 (EDT)
:::I think your mobile logo mepedia_logo_mobile.png would be ideal!
:::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 21:07, July 20, 2019 (EDT) ''(Requested Jul 2019)''
 
===Logo===
* Improve MEpedia logo quality, requested by [[User:JaimeS]].  (According to the [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:%24wgLogo $wgLogo] page, the logo can not have a resolution higher than 135x135 pixels, but two higher definition versions can be specified with [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:%24wgLogoHD $wgLogoHD].) MediaWiki 1.31+ allows SVG files, but 1.30 only allows PNG. ''(Requested Jul 2019)''
 
===Consider installing extensions ===
*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RelatedArticles RelatedArticles]
*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Paragraph-based_Edit_Conflict_Interface TwoColConflict] (Paragraph-based Edit Conflict Interface) as used on Wikipedia
*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuickSurveys QuickSurveys] requires EventLogging and used by Wikipedia for feedback
*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ReadingLists ReadingLists] as used by Wikipedia  (Added by [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] Sep 2020)
 
===General ===
* After Foreign Language support is installed, consider adding Translation Support so that we can access the volunteer translators at translatewiki.net: (suggested by Notjusttired, Aug 2019)
**At a minimum, we will need to install the Extension:Translate extension. If we're really ambitious, we could install the entire MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle(Niklas Laxstrom from translatewiki.net has advised that only the Translate extension is needed for our purposes.)
**The Translate extension will need to be customized.  (See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Configuration] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Language_Extension_Bundle])
**MEAction will need to assign a Translator Project Liaison with admin privileges in order to:
***Decide which pages should be translated
***Add blank lines to break up pages into translation units.  (Each paragraph is usually one translation unit.)
***Respond to questions from translators
***(More details at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration)
* Install [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LocalisationUpdate Extension:LocalisationUpdate] (System message localization can be done via Export from another wiki then Import so not being developer input, although Extension:LocalizationUpdate which adds any new translated system messages could be requested - [[User:Notjusttired]] Aug 2019) - added as separate request since many system messages only translated in some languages, plus it saves manually creating many of them) - any system message we don't have we would only need to create in English, then all  translations would be created for us [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 19:27, August 30, 2019 (EDT)
* Consider updating backup scripts to delete old backups, so that we can ‘rotate’ backups instead of overwriting themCode for this can be copied from [https://github.com/nischayn22/mw_backup/blob/master/backup.php here].  Also consider adding automated email notification of backup failure.  Also consider adding automated termination of stalled backups.  (All to be done AFTER the “New Backup Protocol” request.) (Requested by Pyrrhus May, 2019)
* IF it is ever decided to limit editing to users with accounts, and to prevent anonymous users from editing, simply add the following to LocalSettings.phpI am not advocating this action, simply documenting this if it is ever so decided. (Added by Pyrrhus, April 2019):
<pre>
# First disable editing by anonymous and registered users
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = false;
# Then re-enable editing for emailconfirmed users
$wgGroupPermissions['emailconfirmed']['edit'] = true;
</pre>
*Configure [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CiteThisPage CiteThisPage] and add to Tools menu (already installed)
(Added by [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] Sep 2020)
===Sitemap===
* Add a sitemap to MEpedia. (suggested by Notjusttired July 2019)
{{Collapse top|Method 1: Suggested by [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]]}}
**Add to LocalSettings.php:
<pre>
$wgSitemapNamespaces = array( NS_MAIN, NS_FILE, NS_CATEGORY, NS_PORTAL , NS_PROJECT, NS_TALK, NS_HELP );
$wgSitemapNamespacesPriorities = array(
  NS_MAIN => '1.0',
  NS_FILE => '0.8',
  NS_PORTAL => '0.7',
  NS_CATEGORY => '0.6',
  NS_TALK => '0.3',
  NS_PROJECT => '0.1',
  NS_HELP => '0.0',
);
</pre>
**(Alternative, less helpful option if sitemap won't recognize some namespaces: <code>$wgSitemapNamespaces = array( 0, 6, 14, 3006, 4, 1, 12 );</code>
**Create a "sitemap" directory in a publicly accessible directory eg /var/www/me-pedia.org. Ensure sitemap folder is accessible via external URL with read / execute access to everyone.
**Create sitemap - first check fspath and urlpath in the following match the newly created sitemap directory.
<pre>
php maintenance/generateSitemap.php --memory-limit=50M --fspath=/var/www/me-pedia.org/sitemap/  --identifier=MEpedia --urlpath=https://www.me-pedia.org/sitemap --server=https://www.me-pedia.org --compress=yes --skip-redirects
</pre>
**(more info: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:GenerateSitemap.php https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSitemapNamespaces )
{{collapse bottom}}
{{Collapse top|Method 2: suggested by [[User:Fireballsky|Fireballsky]]}}
I don't believe me-pedia currently has an XML sitemap, because it would likely be found here - https://me-pedia.org/sitemap.xml
 
It looks like the instructions are here - [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AutoSitemap Extension:AutoSitemap]
 
After there's a sitemap file created, we will need to submit this file in Google Search Console. To do this, go here - https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome, in the URL Prefix section, add "https://me-pedia.org". Then verify using one of the methods provided. After that, you will see a Sitemaps section on the left. Here you will be able to add the URL where Google can find the XML sitemap.
 
After this, you'll want to create a second property in Google Search Console. This time, add the URL "http://me-pedia.org" (<<< w/out the "s"). Then do the same steps as above. (Suggested by [[User:Fireballsky|Fireballsky]], Oct 2020.)
{{collapse bottom}}
**Check created sitemap and make sure it covers the following key pages: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Portal:Nervous system, PACE trial, Category:Potential treatments, MEpedia:Science guidelines, Help:Chart.
**Submit sitemap to Google search console and check for errors
**Create cron job to re-create the sitemap every 24hrs
**Submit sitemap to Bing and Yandex search engines. If no account then sign up for them.  Bing (also does yahoo): https://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/submit-urls-to-bing-62f2860a Yandex: https://yandex.com/support/webmaster/indexing-options/sitemap.html
 
=== Developer: New backup protocol ===
Update backup protocol to more closely adhere to industry norms:  (Requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
* Move the staging server's web root directory from /var/www/me-pedia.org to /var/www/staging/me-pedia.org.  This will allow us to automatically detect whether or not the LocalSettings.php file is being used on the production or the staging server.
* Update the production server's LocalSettings.php file as follows:  
Change this:
<pre>
## STAGING SERVER SETTINGS
## Pyrrhus, May 2019
if (strpos($IP, 'staging') !== false) {
  ## Basic settings for the staging server
  $wgServer = 'https://staging.me-pedia.org';
  $wgLogo = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Commons-emblem-Under_construction-green.svg';
  $wgEnableEmail = false;
 
  ## Database settings for the staging server
  $wgDBname = "";
  $wgDBuser = "";
  $wgDBpassword = "";
}
</pre>
To this:
<pre>
## STAGING SERVER SETTINGS
## Pyrrhus, May 2019
if (strpos($IP, 'staging') !== false) {
  ## Basic settings for the staging server
  $wgServer = 'https://staging.me-pedia.org';
  $wgLogo = "$wgScriptPath/images/c/c3/Under_construction_warning.svg";
  $wgLogoHD = false;
  $wgEnableEmail = false;
  $wgDefaultRobotPolicy = 'noindex,follow';
}
</pre>
* Download the Fullsiterestore.sh script from  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Fullsiterestore into the /home/cloud/backups directory on both servers.  Verify that both servers already have a [[mediawikiwiki:Fullsitebackup|Fullsitebackup]] script in the same directory.
*Update the cron job for the Fullsitebackup script to backup the '''production''' server once a month, not every 2 days, at midnight New York time.  This will serve as the monthly portion of the backup protocol.  (Assuming that each new monthly backup will overwrite the last monthly backup.)
*Remove the cron job for the '''staging''' server backup, as changes to the staging server are so infrequent that it does not merit a regular backup, and we would rather save the disk space for multiple production backups, when possible. (We can always do a staging server backup manually when needed.)
* Assuming that there is sufficient disk space to store an additional seven '''production''' backups, create 7 new cron jobs for each day of the week, run at 1:00am New York time.  This will serve as the daily portion of the backup protocol. (Assuming that each new day-of-week backup will overwrite the last week's day-of-week backup.)  This also assumes that the backup process takes less than 30 minutes to complete.  ''If there is insufficient disk space, or if the backup process takes more than 30 minutes, please let us know!''
*Check the Fullsitebackup and Fullsiterestore scripts for the '''production''' server to make sure that the 5 configuration settings (dbname,  dbhost,  dbuser,  dbpw, and webrootdir) are correct for the production server.  (This will make sure that we can quickly restore backups when needed.)
*Also check the Fullsitebackup and Fullsiterestore scripts for the '''staging''' server to make sure that the 5 configuration settings (dbname,  dbhost,  dbuser,  dbpw, and webrootdir) are correct for the staging server.  
*In the '''production''' server's '''Fullsitebackup''' script, find the line that starts with <code><nowiki>mysqldump</nowiki></code> and add <code><nowiki>nice -n 19</nowiki></code> to the front of it:
<pre>nice -n 19 mysqldump --host=$dbhost --user=$dbuser --password=$dbpw --add-drop-table $dbname > dbcontent.sql</pre>
*Add the following code to the '''production''' server's '''Fullsitebackup''' script, right ''before'' the "TAR website files" section:
<pre>
#
# Put MEpedia into read-only mode
#
echo " Placing MEpedia into read-only mode ..." >> $logfile
msg="\$wgReadOnly = 'We are currently performing a regular backup of MEpedia.  Access will be restored shortly.';"
grep "?>" "$webrootdir"/LocalSettings.php > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ];
then
sed -i "s/?>/\n$msg/ig" "$webrootdir"/LocalSettings.php
else
echo "$msg" >> "$webrootdir"/LocalSettings.php
fi
</pre>
*Then add the additional following code to the '''production''' server's '''Fullsitebackup''' script, right ''before'' the "Create final backup file" section:
<pre>
#
# Take MEpedia out of read-only mode
#
echo " Taking MEpedia out of read-only mode ..." >> $logfile
sed -i "/$msg/d" "$webrootdir"/LocalSettings.php
</pre>
*Add the following code to the end of the '''staging''' server's '''Fullsiterestore''' script, just ''before'' the "Exit Banner":
<pre>
#
# Overwrite any production robots.txt with staging robots.txt
#
echo " overwriting robots.txt in $webrootdir ..." >> $logfile
cd $webrootdir
echo 'User-agent: *' > robots.txt
echo 'Disallow: /' >> robots.txt
chmod a+r robots.txt
</pre>
*Test the new backup script by making a backup of the production server.  Check the log file for any errors.  Note how long the backup takes to finish.
*Next "re-image" the staging server to be the same as the production server.  Use the '''staging''' server's Fullsiterestore script, along with the backup from the '''production''' server, to update the staging server with the latest copy of the production server.  (The staging server is currently outdated.)
*After restoring on the staging server, run the update.php script in the maintenance directory to update the database for the staging server. Also make sure that the OS file permissions are correct for the restored files, especially that the "uploads" directory is writable by the web server and that the extensions directories are executable by the web server. (Perhaps this can be accomplished by setting the user "apache" as the owner of the files?)
*Finally, consider doing a one-time backup of MEpedia’s entire account, including the backup scripts, using Dreamhost’s one-click backup: https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215089918-How-do-I-backup-my-entire-account-
Discussion on backup:
::Problems need not be fixed in 2 days, they only need to be identified - is this for server or database (ie MEpedia content only)? The norm would be a series of backups at different intervals, kept for different times - eg every 2 days, plus a weekly backup kept for at least a month, plus a monthly backup kept for at least a year. Changing the most frequent backup to 7 days means risking losing a week of editing. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 19:04, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
:::Thanks, you’re assuming that multiple backups are stored [[User:Notjusttired]].  Normally this is a perfectly correct assumption, but in our case it appears that only the most recent backup is stored and it is immediately overwritten by the next backup.  Therefore, if we wait more than 2 days, the good backup will be overwritten with a corrupt backup.  This is why I suggested that at least two backups be stored, so that we can back up at least twice a week.  Maybe what we really should ask for is daily backups, with each backup kept for a week.  Disk space is cheap, we should be able to store seven backups at a time.  Hope this clarifies.
:::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 20:01, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
::::I'm still not sure if this is a database backup you are talking about, or the server backup. I'm unsure of the hosting plans and how far we are from the current limit. I believe that we should definitely keep some backups For than a week  [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 06:25, May 25, 2019 (EDT)
:::::The [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Fullsitebackup Fullsitebackup] script backs up all MediaWiki files, including the database.  There is also a DreamCompute backup option [https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215089918-How-do-I-backup-my-entire-account- here]. Yes, it would be nice to have a monthly backup that is kept for a month, in addition to 7 daily backups kept for a week.  We should be able to find enough disk space to store 8 backups at a time, although I know nothing about our hosting plan.  Hope this clarifies, [[User:Notjusttired]]!
:::::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 12:27, May 25, 2019 (EDT)
 
=== Developer: Install StructuredDiscussions ===
The following instructions are to be completed AFTER the “New Backup Protocol” request.
 
Prepare for StructuredDiscussions extension (PART ONE): (Requested by Pyrrhus May, 2019)
*First comment out the two lines towards the end of the LocalSettings.php file that concern the DiscussionThreading extension on the '''production''' server.  This effectively uninstalls the DiscussionThreading extension.
*Also comment out the line in LocalSettings.php that says <code>wfLoadExtension( 'NewUserMessage' );</code>.  This effectively uninstalls the NewUserMessage extension, which is not compatible with StructuredDiscussions.
*Confirmed that the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Echo Echo] extension is the latest version on production server. (except for an insignificant edit)
*Confirmed that [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:ParserFunctions ParserFunctions] extension is the latest version on production server, MediaWiki 1.31 [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree automatically includes parser functions].  Add <code><nowiki>$wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;</nowiki></code> to LocalSettings.php
*Install new [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BetaFeatures BetaFeatures] extension on production server
*Install new [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CLDR CLDR] extension on production server (Requested within translation tasks Sep 2019)
*Installed new [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Thanks Thanks] extension on production server (Requested and installed 2019)
*Backup production server with Fullsitebackup script
*Use backup file to re-image the staging server.  Use the '''staging''' server's Fullsiterestore script, along with the backup from the '''production''' server, to update the staging server with the latest copy of the production server.  Run update.php script.  Check that file permissions are correct.  (uploads directory must be writable by the web server and extensions must be executable by the web server.)
Install StructuredDiscussions extension (PART TWO): 
*Set up a memcached daemon service on the '''staging''' server on port 11211:
**First verify that PHP was compiled with “--enable-sockets” by running “php -i”.  (If not, PHP must be recompiled.)
**Install memcached as described here: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/Install
**Configure memcached’s config file (or init script) to run with the following options:
:::<code>memcached -d -l 127.0.0.1 -p 11211 -m 64</code> (More info may be found in the documentation included with the download.)
**Run the init script to start the daemon service.
*Configure Mediawiki for Memcached on the staging server by updating the LocalSettings.php file as follows: (and as described in https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Memcached)
Replace
<pre>
## Shared memory settings
$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
$wgMemCachedServers = [];
</pre>
with the following
<pre>
## Shared memory settings
$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED;
$wgSessionCacheType = CACHE_MEMCACHED;
$wgMemCachedServers = ["127.0.0.1:11211"];
</pre>
*Install the StructuredDiscussions extension on the staging server according to: https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StructuredDiscussions  Be sure to run the update.php script as the web server unix account. (apache?)
*Run the following scripts on the staging server to update the namespace tables in the database: (see [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:populateContentModel.php populateContentModel] and [https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace#Built-in_namespaces default talk namespace numbers])
<pre>
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=1 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=1 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=1 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=3 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=3 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=3 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=5 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=5 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=5 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=7 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=7 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=7 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=9 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=9 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=9 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=11 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=11 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=11 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=13 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=13 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=13 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=15 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=15 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=15 --table=page
 
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=3007 --table=revision
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=3007 --table=archive
php maintenance/populateContentModel.php --ns=3007 --table=page
</pre>
*Add the following to LocalSettings.php on the staging server to define the namespaces for StructuredDiscussions:
<pre>
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_USER_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_PROJECT_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_FILE_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_TEMPLATE_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_HELP_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_CATEGORY_TALK] = 'flow-board';
$wgNamespaceContentModels[NS_PORTAL_TALK] = 'flow-board';
</pre>
*Finally, spend a week testing out both production and staging servers.
*If both production and staging servers pass the tests, then repeat PART TWO on the production server and re-test.
 
===LocalSettings.php changes ===
* category changes to appear on Recent Changes list - set $wgRCWatchCategoryMembership to true (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CategoryMembershipChanges for more info) added by [[User:Notjusttired|User:Njt]] Sep 2019
* allow recent changes to be up to 2 years ago (helpful for system messages or MEpedia documentation pages, will default to 30 days still), with options for 6 months, 1 year and 2 years ago added, and up to 1000 changes shown (currently limited to 90 days / 500 changes)- set
**$wgRCMaxAge to 731 * 24 * 3600
**$wgRCLinkDays to [1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90, 180, 365, 731]
**$wgRCLinkLimits to [50, 100, 200, 250, 500, 1000]
:  - added by [[User:Notjusttired|User:Njt]] Sep 2019
:: I would recommend $wgRCLinkLimits to be [50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000]
::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 15:06, January 4, 2020 (EST)
:::I'm happy with that  ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 10:12, April 7, 2020 (PDT)
*Count Portal pages as content? This affects popular pages stats. But exclude them from the ShortPages count. - added [[User:Notjusttired|User:Njt]]
<pre>$wgContentNamespaces = [ NS_MAIN, NS_PORTAL];
$wgShortPagesNamespaceBlacklist = [ NS_PORTAL];
</pre>


==Staging server testing==
==Staging server testing==
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*[[Special:AbuseFilter]] - how to configure?
*[[Special:AbuseFilter]] - how to configure?
*[[Special:PageLanguage]] - visit from [[List of news articles on ME and CFS/de]] then set language
*[[Special:PageLanguage]] - visit from [[List of news articles on ME and CFS/de]] then set language
===Sync important content and settings ===
* Sync skin customizations from live OR reapply our changes to new code
** '''css''' eg from MediaWiki timeless.css, common.css, gadgets css
** '''js''' eg MediaWiki, check Category js for Potential treatments / Medical hypothesis / etc, Gadgets js
* Namespace updates to import: Portal, MediaWiki (including MediaWiki:Gadget, Gadget_definition) and MediaWiki_talk, MediaWiki, Template, Module, Categories, MEpedia (aliased to Project) eg using [[Special:Export]] {{done}} except for a few css, js etc ones
** Do NOT try to sync Gadget and Gadget_definition namespaces - both are empty, all code is in MediaWiki:Gadgetxxx files
* A few Files eg icons used in the interface may need copying over, check [[Special:ListFiles]] for new files that are icons or interface files eg for portals or Help namespaces and Icons category - can't be done by xml
* Sync [https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=contentmodel&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= page content model changes] (eg changing pages to css from wiki text) {{Done}}
* Sync [https://me-pedia.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=pagelang&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&subtype= page language model changes] (eg changing Glossary/de, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/he) {{Done}}
* Sync [[Special:Interwiki]] table page by checking [https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/interwiki Interwiki logs] {{Done}}
* Do [https://me-pedia.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=protect&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=page protection] levels need sync for pages not in (main) or for key pages eg Template, Module, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis?
* Check other [[Special:Logs]] for changes needing sync {{Done}}


===Snag list===
===Snag list===
*Performance - much slower to load pages  
#Email not installed as stated on [[staging:special:PasswordReset]] and [[staging:Special:ConfirmEmail]] links don't work, this should be linked to in [[Special:Preferences]] for logged on users. [[Special:SpecialPages]] is missing ConfirmEmail and PasswordReset. The Enotif extension is part of core MW, which may or may not be linked to the issue.
*[[Extension:Popups]] doesn't display images  
#Thumbnails error on both live and staging stops SVGs  working 
*[[Extension:Popups]] now renamed to Previews in Special:Version. <s>It seems to work on main namespace</s> - download linked file no longer shows a page preview image
#[https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages Special:WantedPages] is not being updated and contains pages that already exist. ALSO: New issue - links to pages that exist are shown as if they are wanted page.
*Thumbnails not created when using newly uploaded files eg on [[Chronic_illness]]
#[[mw:Extension:Previews]] (previously called [[mw:Extension:Popups]] doesn't display images - TextExtracts extension must be loaded before Popups, in staging LocalSettings.php (requested 3 Sep). <s>It seems to work on main namespace</s> - download linked file no longer shows a page preview image  
*links to namespaces broken: MEpedia namespace, MediaWiki namespace [https://staging.me-pedia.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Pagetriage-tags-stub-label/ast&action=edit&redlink=1 e.g. this] ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 21:59, July 18, 2021 (UTC)
 
* MediaWiki files out of date making it hard to test eg Timeless no longer has visible left hand menu or settings cog for preferences / skin changes
'''Potentially do after upgrade'''
*After upgrade goes live update [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] and [[Portal:Contents]] to fix Hitcounters extension page name (copy staging server code).
* [https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:Version Special:Version throws a Lingo extension error] on staging, but works antibody and membrane from glossary are looked up. May be an issue with Lingo.
*Abuse Filter to test - not yet installed
*Performance - much slower to load pages - is this because less resources are allocated to the staging server by hosting company / at the server end? If not then investigation is needed.
*Investigate vector logo when legacy unticked
'''Minor changes after upgrade'''
* Njt: MediaWiki Timeless skin improvements eg Timeless no longer has visible left hand menu or settings cog for preferences  
* Njt: Investigate vector font-size change - is it just on bullets? Portal bullets?
* Njt: Monobook.css, Pivot improvements if needed
 
===After upgrade goes live ===
Update [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] and [[Portal:Contents]] to fix Hitcounters extension page name [[Special:PopularPages|Popular pages]] (copy staging server code).
*Abuse Filter to test - packaged with later  MW1.38 release


====Languages====
====Languages====
* German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian
* German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian (nb, no, but nn usually inappropriate)
*Check Popular pages link eg from List of Portals or main menu for German Beliebteste_Seiten, and not sure for French. (Hitcounters extension configuration)
*Check Popular pages link eg from List of Portals or main menu for German Beliebteste_Seiten, and not sure for French. (Hitcounters extension configuration)


====Namespaces====
====Namespaces====
*Main {{Done}}
*Main {{Done}}
*Talk
*Talk  
*User
*User
*User talk (this page) - {{Done}}
*User talk - {{Done}}
*MEpedia and MEpedia_talk - point to MEpedia_staging instead
*MEpedia and MEpedia_talk - {{Done}}
*MediaWiki and MediaWiki_talk are old versions but edits work {{Done}}
*MediaWiki and MediaWiki_talk updated {{Done}}
*File and File_talk - thumbnail error means newly uploaded files don't show on (Main)
*File and File_talk - thumbnail error means newly uploaded files don't show on (Main) - now affecting SVG only, and live
*Special
*Special - works fine
*Template and template_talk - are not old versions
*Template and template_talk - {{Done}}
*Help and Help_talk
*Help - {{Done}}
*Module and Module_talk - old versions
*Module - {{Done}}
*Gadget and Gadget_talk
*Gadget and Gadget_definition - not needed since code in '''MEpedia:Gadget-''' files - {{Done}} and tested
*Category
*Category - {{Done}}
*Portals - more testing / checks needed


====code====
====Code====
*Javascript for [[Category:Medical hypothesis]] banner color (ok for vector)
*[[MediaWiki:Common.js]] Javascript for [[:Category:Medical hypotheses]] banner color (ok for vector)
*Php
*Php
*Lua
*Lua
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*Date formats
*Date formats
====Permissions====
====Permissions====
====Known (pre-existing) bugs====
Check which have been resolved from [[MEpedia:Known_bugs]]
====Fixed ====
*<s>links to namespaces broken: MEpedia namespace, MediaWiki namespace</s> [https://staging.me-pedia.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Pagetriage-tags-stub-label/ast&action=edit&redlink=1 e.g. this] ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 21:59, July 18, 2021 (UTC) - sorted by adding alias in LocalSettings.php
*<s>Thumbnails not created when using newly uploaded files</s> eg on https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/Chronic_illness, also  missing thumbnail see [https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=1000&ilsearch=&user= https://staging.me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles] - fixed by LocalSettings.php [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Common_errors_and_symptoms ImageMagick change]


== Images needed ==
====Image resizing and thumbnail tests ====
* See '''[[Template_talk:This_is_a_redirect/rcat|Suggested code and file names]]''' to speed up the tests below
* Test resizing images to uncommon sizes for: jpg, png, svg, gif
* Test main image types work as thumbnails (thumb property): jpg, png, svg, gif
* Upload a new file and test resizing works eg to 85px w
==== Images needed ====
Suggest an image and mark the page it's needed on with <nowiki>{{NeedsImage}}</nowiki>.  See [[:Category:Articles_that_need_an_image_or_photo]].
Suggest an image and mark the page it's needed on with <nowiki>{{NeedsImage}}</nowiki>.  See [[:Category:Articles_that_need_an_image_or_photo]].
* If this image from the Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayes_theorem.png could please be added to [[Bayesian_reasoning#Bayes_Theorum]], I'd much appreciate it! [[User:Canele|Canele]] ([[User talk:Canele|talk]]) 23:42, 25 February 2019 (EST)
* If this image from the Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayes_theorem.png could please be added to [[Bayesian_reasoning#Bayes_Theorum]], I'd much appreciate it! [[User:Canele|Canele]] ([[User talk:Canele|talk]]) 23:42, 25 February 2019 (EST)
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==Infectious disease==
==Infectious disease==
New study shows that EBV can infect neurons. Apparently we didn't know this before! http://www.meaction.net/2015/12/10/study-shows-epstein-barr-virus-can-infect-human-neurons/ Consider updating the [[Herpesvirus]] page with any relevant information. I think it would be really great to expand the EBV (and really all the herpesvirus pages) with information on the association of these viruses with both [[CFS]] and other diseases, especially those involving [[B cell]]s and the possible infection of nervous tissue. --[[User:JenB|JenB]] ([[User talk:JenB|talk]]) 08:38, 16 March 2016 (PDT)
New study shows that EBV can infect neurons. Apparently we didn't know this before! http://www.meaction.net/2015/12/10/study-shows-epstein-barr-virus-can-infect-human-neurons/ Consider updating the [[Herpesvirus]] page with any relevant information. I think it would be really great to expand the EBV (and really all the herpesvirus pages) with information on the association of these viruses with both [[chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]] and other diseases, especially those involving [[B cell]]s and the possible infection of nervous tissue. --[[User:JenB|JenB]] ([[User talk:JenB|talk]]) 08:38, 16 March 2016 (PDT)


==Completed==
==Completed==
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::Could it be that this page list is updated daily or weekly rather than immediately? The example given is now sorted - I presume without any intervention. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 19:04, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
::Could it be that this page list is updated daily or weekly rather than immediately? The example given is now sorted - I presume without any intervention. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 19:04, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
}}
}}
===Developer Completed 2022===
MW1.35 upgrade tasks
*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EditAccount EditAccount] extension [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EditAccount was fixed] for MW1.35+<s>won't work after MW upgrade, consider EditUser instead)</s>
===Developer Completed 2021===
===Developer Completed 2021===
====Use https not http====
====Use https not http====
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*Add http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/05/remember-shine-the-spotlight-on-mecfs-research-and-management-dr-shepherd-recalls-highlights-of-burgess-hill-meeting-14-may-2016/ - duplicate task for Amolak Bansal
*Add http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/05/remember-shine-the-spotlight-on-mecfs-research-and-management-dr-shepherd-recalls-highlights-of-burgess-hill-meeting-14-may-2016/ - duplicate task for Amolak Bansal
{{collapse bottom}}
{{collapse bottom}}
===Completed in 2022===
* create pages for [[Carmen Scheibenbogen]] and [[Klaus Wirth]]'s Unifying hypothesis and [[endothelial dysfunction]] pages


===Completed in 2021 (includes admin tasks)===
===Completed in 2021 (includes admin tasks)===
{{collapse top}}
{{collapse top}}
*Start page for [[Metabolic trap]], [[Kynurenine pathway]], [[Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase]] (IDO),
* Update the [[List of news articles on ME and CFS]], especially including any on Post-COVID-19 ME/CFS. (Added by [[User:Notjusttired|Njt]], Aug 2020)
*'''News:''' add Covid-19 PVFS / CFS articles to [[List of news articles on ME and CFS]], see [[Talk:List of news articles on ME and CFS‏‎|its talk page]] for suggestions.
* Withdrawn -<s> A research portal would may prove very popular [[Portal:Research]] suggested by Notjusttired 18:57, May 24, 2019 (EDT)</s>
* Withdrawn -<s> A research portal would may prove very popular [[Portal:Research]] suggested by Notjusttired 18:57, May 24, 2019 (EDT)</s>
* Creating all remaining comorbidity pages for those suggested by ICC and CCC - [[myofascial pain syndrome]], <s>[[interstitial cystitis]],</s> <s>[[Raynaud's syndrome|Raynaud's phenomenon]],</s> [[prolapsed mitral valve]], and  <s>[[painful bladder syndrome]]</s>. (Requested by Notjusttired Aug 2019)
* Creating all remaining comorbidity pages for those suggested by ICC and CCC - [[myofascial pain syndrome]], <s>[[interstitial cystitis]],</s> <s>[[Raynaud's syndrome|Raynaud's phenomenon]],</s> [[prolapsed mitral valve]], and  <s>[[painful bladder syndrome]]</s>. (Requested by Notjusttired Aug 2019)

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Admin suggestions[edit | edit source]

When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page

  • Review/update the MEpedia:Admin guide to keep track of what a new admin needs to know. Consider making the Admin guide protected so that only admins can edit it. Also review/protect MEpedia:Developer guide. (Requested by Pyrrhus April 2019)
  • Add Special:Interwiki shortcuts for the staging server (called staging) and pmc - which will be similar to the pubmed one but using the PMC path, this would allow links like pmc:1234567 to go to PMC1234567

In 2020[edit | edit source]

  • test plan and #Snag list
  • IN PROGRESS: Extensions for MediaWiki 1.39 to check/test
    • Any extension with a “compatibility policy” of “release branches” must be updated with any new version of MediaWiki. These include, Citoid, Thanks, DiscussionThreading (if in use?), OneColumnAllPages, DynamicPageList, Lingo, SmiteSpam, AddThis, Disambiguator, DismissableSiteNotice, NewUserMessage, GeoData, Graph, PageNotice, Popups (Peviews), WikimediaMessages, QuestyCaptchaStructuredDiscussions, PageTriage, (AbuseFilter, CategoryTree, Cite, CodeEditor, InputBox, Interwiki, PageImages, ParserFunctions, RenameUser, Scribunto, SyntaxHighlight, TextExtracts, VisualEditor, WikiEditor updates not needed - comes with MW 1.39+). AddThis is a defunct service.
    • Monobook skin update (unless we decide to disable it)
    • We should also update the HitCounters extension to resolve some minor bugs including the Popular Pages link being in German.
  • The Linux package Parsoid must also be updated every time VisualEditor is updated.
  • We should also update the DismissableSiteNotice extension so that the dismissals last longer than a week.
  • We should also update the Form extension to get security updates.
  • SecureLinkFixer and TemplateData are bundled. They force https on your wiki, and add a tag and an api to allow editors to specify how templates should be invoked.
    • The following PHP libraries are required for MW1.35: ctype, dom, fileinfo, iconv, json, mbstring, xml
    • other requirements - MySQL version doesn't need updating
    • Changes can be tested on the staging server before being implemented on the production server. See MEpedia:Developer guide. ( ~Njt September 29, 2020)

1.39 upgrade tasks done and checked[edit | edit source]

  • Upgraded to MW1.39, which is a future long-term support release. The new version of MediaWiki software includes important security fixes. The new versions of the extensions include important fixes and improvements. (Added by Pyrrhus, May 2019) (I suggest doing this later in the year to get a newer version, but to update compatible extensions / skins etc to the newest versions that work with our existing MW version early in the year - Notjusttired, Aug 2019).
    • Extensions tested: Echo, Gadgets, Replace Text (now in core)
    • Skins tested: Timeless (bugs T197057, T287132, T182389 layout mobile patches available), Vector-2022, Vector (legacy)
  • PHP 7.4.33 now in use- update to at least version PHP 7.3.19 for MediaWiki 1.35
  • MediaWiki 1.39 bundled the VisualEditor extension. It will not be necessary to setup a seperate instance of Parsoid, as it is built into MediaWiki core.
  • Pivot skin - may no longer be supported by creator - upgraded to https://github.com/Hutchy68/pivot v2.3.0) and include any MW 1.35 to 1.39 fixes - needs css changes for echo notifications, but no skin updates since 2020, need to check bug reports - may be better to configure newly installed Chameleon to replace Pivot
(User:Notjusttired Jun 2023)

Staging server testing[edit | edit source]

Versions of everything to check[edit | edit source]

Special:Version

  • changed extensions - some might be bundled in with new MW version
AddThis	1.2.0 (29fd389) 03:49, May 8, 2021
CategoryTree	–
Citoid	0.3.0 (2a02d68) 04:21, May 16, 2021
CodeEditor	–
ConfirmEdit	1.6.0
Disambiguator	1.3 (06cae54) 17:13, May 9, 2021
DiscussionThreading	1.6.0 (5e01d02) 17:25, May 9, 2021
DismissableSiteNotice	1.0.1 (ad3a780) 05:51, May 16, 2021
DynamicPageList	1.7.0 (9acf000) 21:28, September 17, 2017
Echo	– (a3dedc0) 06:18, May 16, 2021
EditAccount	1.3.3 (2eaac4a) 16:59, June 4, 2021
Form	0.6.0 (e55e1aa) 06:13, May 10, 2021
GeoData	– (7d4e889) 09:29, May 10, 2021
Graph	– (ae2cc41) 08:20, May 16, 2021
Hit Counter	0.3 (2e51259) 01:46, May 11, 2021
InputBox	0.3.0
Interwiki	3.2
Lingo	3.1.1
NewUserMessage	3.6.0, 2016-10-31 (0927afe) 00:45, May 12, 2021
PageImages	–
PageNotice	– (2bd5103) 12:39, May 12, 2021
Previews	– (dccd607) 12:58, July 13, 2020
Replace Text	1.4.1
Scribunto	–
SmiteSpam	0.3 (91f2697) 19:54, May 13, 2021
TemplateData	0.1.2
TextExtracts	–
Thanks	1.2.0 (e28a16d) 06:25, May 14, 2021
VisualEditor	0.1.2
WikiEditor	0.5.3
WikimediaMessages	– (0313613) 02:53, May 15, 2021

<s>Popups	– (7da6cff) 22:05, September 19, 2017</s> - now called Previews 
*unchanged extensions:
<pre>
OneColumnAllPages	1.0.1
Renameuser	–
Cite	–
EmbedVideo	2.8.0
ParserFunctions	1.6.0
SyntaxHighlight	2.0
Spam prevention
QuestyCaptcha	–
Slack	1.0.1
  • new staging Parser extension tags-

<facebook><microsoftstream><mixer><spotifyalbum><spotifyartist><spotifytrack>

  • Parser extension tags or Parser hooks all present ✓ Done
  • new extensions requested but not installed: AbuseFilter - which is a later task

Editing[edit | edit source]

  • source editor ✓ Done checked for (main), User_talk and MediaWiki
  • visual editor - including checking menu optionsveg Cite tweet and Insert menu
  • home page
  • upload images ✓ Done
  • add uploaded image to a page as thumb
  • graphs
  • resize images
  • table layouts
  • top 10 pages - MediaWiki:Sidebar menu links to wrong PopularPage

Citation tools[edit | edit source]

  • generate citation from link ✓ Done but Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration out of date causing PMC/ PMID errors
  • manual cite journal
  • cite web and cite news
  • cite book

Skins[edit | edit source]

MediaWiki	1.35.3
PHP	7.4.21 (apache2handler)
MySQL	5.7.28-log

Added -
ICU	65.1

Unchanged -
MySQL	5.7.28-log
Lua	5.1.5

Entry point URL - missing 
load.php	/load.php

Skins
MonoBook
Pivot	2.3.0	- upgraded
Timeless	0.8.9 - upgraded 
Vector

Extensions[edit | edit source]

  • do videos play

Admin rights needed to test[edit | edit source]

Sync important content and settings[edit | edit source]

  • Sync skin customizations from live OR reapply our changes to new code
    • css eg from MediaWiki timeless.css, common.css, gadgets css
    • js eg MediaWiki, check Category js for Potential treatments / Medical hypothesis / etc, Gadgets js
  • Namespace updates to import: Portal, MediaWiki (including MediaWiki:Gadget, Gadget_definition) and MediaWiki_talk, MediaWiki, Template, Module, Categories, MEpedia (aliased to Project) eg using Special:Export ✓ Done except for a few css, js etc ones
    • Do NOT try to sync Gadget and Gadget_definition namespaces - both are empty, all code is in MediaWiki:Gadgetxxx files
  • A few Files eg icons used in the interface may need copying over, check Special:ListFiles for new files that are icons or interface files eg for portals or Help namespaces and Icons category - can't be done by xml
  • Sync page content model changes (eg changing pages to css from wiki text) ✓ Done
  • Sync page language model changes (eg changing Glossary/de, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/he) ✓ Done
  • Sync Special:Interwiki table page by checking Interwiki logs ✓ Done
  • Do protection levels need sync for pages not in (main) or for key pages eg Template, Module, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis?
  • Check other Special:Logs for changes needing sync ✓ Done

Snag list[edit | edit source]

  1. Email not installed as stated on staging:special:PasswordReset and staging:Special:ConfirmEmail links don't work, this should be linked to in Special:Preferences for logged on users. Special:SpecialPages is missing ConfirmEmail and PasswordReset. The Enotif extension is part of core MW, which may or may not be linked to the issue.
  2. Thumbnails error on both live and staging stops SVGs working
  3. Special:WantedPages is not being updated and contains pages that already exist. ALSO: New issue - links to pages that exist are shown as if they are wanted page.
  4. mw:Extension:Previews (previously called mw:Extension:Popups doesn't display images - TextExtracts extension must be loaded before Popups, in staging LocalSettings.php (requested 3 Sep). It seems to work on main namespace - download linked file no longer shows a page preview image

Potentially do after upgrade

  • Special:Version throws a Lingo extension error on staging, but works antibody and membrane from glossary are looked up. May be an issue with Lingo.
  • Performance - much slower to load pages - is this because less resources are allocated to the staging server by hosting company / at the server end? If not then investigation is needed.
  • Investigate vector logo when legacy unticked

Minor changes after upgrade

  • Njt: MediaWiki Timeless skin improvements eg Timeless no longer has visible left hand menu or settings cog for preferences
  • Njt: Investigate vector font-size change - is it just on bullets? Portal bullets?
  • Njt: Monobook.css, Pivot improvements if needed

After upgrade goes live[edit | edit source]

Update MediaWiki:Sidebar and Portal:Contents to fix Hitcounters extension page name Popular pages (copy staging server code).

  • Abuse Filter to test - packaged with later MW1.38 release

Languages[edit | edit source]

  • German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian (nb, no, but nn usually inappropriate)
  • Check Popular pages link eg from List of Portals or main menu for German Beliebteste_Seiten, and not sure for French. (Hitcounters extension configuration)

Namespaces[edit | edit source]

  • Main ✓ Done
  • Talk
  • User
  • User talk - ✓ Done
  • MEpedia and MEpedia_talk - ✓ Done
  • MediaWiki and MediaWiki_talk updated ✓ Done
  • File and File_talk - thumbnail error means newly uploaded files don't show on (Main) - now affecting SVG only, and live
  • Special - works fine
  • Template and template_talk - ✓ Done
  • Help - ✓ Done
  • Module - ✓ Done
  • Gadget and Gadget_definition - not needed since code in MEpedia:Gadget- files - ✓ Done and tested
  • Category - ✓ Done
  • Portals - more testing / checks needed

Code[edit | edit source]

Desktop[edit | edit source]

Mobile[edit | edit source]

Screenshot size and layout[edit | edit source]

  • Landscape vs portrait
  • Desktop, tablet, mobiles

Defaults[edit | edit source]

  • Date formats

Permissions[edit | edit source]

Known (pre-existing) bugs[edit | edit source]

Check which have been resolved from MEpedia:Known_bugs

Fixed[edit | edit source]

Image resizing and thumbnail tests[edit | edit source]

  • See Suggested code and file names to speed up the tests below
  • Test resizing images to uncommon sizes for: jpg, png, svg, gif
  • Test main image types work as thumbnails (thumb property): jpg, png, svg, gif
  • Upload a new file and test resizing works eg to 85px w

Images needed[edit | edit source]

Suggest an image and mark the page it's needed on with {{NeedsImage}}. See Category:Articles_that_need_an_image_or_photo.

Small tasks[edit | edit source]

When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page

Other suggestions[edit | edit source]

  • Add a portal on Wikipedia for CFS or umbrella (e.g., auto-immune-related conditions), bringing more awareness and contributions on Wikipedia (also through subpages, such as "B cells and CFS"), and which we could reference here
Can this task be removed? Wikipedia tasks should not be in the MEpedia list. If it's a task for MEpedia then also suggest removing since many Portals already need extra work and several comorbidities still don't have pages which is a greater priority (Removal requested by User:Notjusttired Aug 2019, moved out of high priority tasks on Aug 2020 by Njt)

When a task is complete move it to the COMPLETED section at the bottom of the page

Historical articles[edit | edit source]

Add these articles:

There are also a very large number of resources here that need to be added: http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/historical-me-research-literature-and-related-information.10282/

Stem cell treatments[edit | edit source]

Info such as at http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35065905 and http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=14735 would be interesting to have. Brettz9 (talk) 11:37, 19 January 2016 (PST)

Treatments[edit | edit source]

A great rundown of infections related to ME/CFS and potential treatments. Link can be added to "Further reading" on the List of treatments page. Information here can also be included on the appropriate pages for specific infectious agents and specific antivirals. https://sites.google.com/site/cfstestingandtreatmentroadmap/ --JenB (talk) 09:24, 11 December 2015 (PST)

Basic biochemistry[edit | edit source]

Infectious disease[edit | edit source]

New study shows that EBV can infect neurons. Apparently we didn't know this before! http://www.meaction.net/2015/12/10/study-shows-epstein-barr-virus-can-infect-human-neurons/ Consider updating the Herpesvirus page with any relevant information. I think it would be really great to expand the EBV (and really all the herpesvirus pages) with information on the association of these viruses with both CFS and other diseases, especially those involving B cells and the possible infection of nervous tissue. --JenB (talk) 08:38, 16 March 2016 (PDT)

Completed[edit | edit source]

When a task is complete move it HERE

Withdrawn developer tasks[edit | edit source]

Tasks no longer needed since either another solution was found or they don't seem worthwhile given the work involved.

  • pivot not showing Potential treatments banner - fixed by User:Notjusttired with Common.js changes as suggested by User:Pyrrhus
  • all editors to see visitor stats eg popular pages or searched for terms - it's hard to know what topics to work on
Is this necessary? Popular pages are visible via the link in lefthand sidebar. I don’t know of any way to find “searched for” terms without a custom database query. Pyrrhus (talk) 19:21, 16 May 2019 (EDT) - withdrawn by Notjusttired - Google analytics is the best solution but no way to link it here
Could it be that this page list is updated daily or weekly rather than immediately? The example given is now sorted - I presume without any intervention. notjusttired (talk) 19:04, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
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Developer Completed 2022[edit | edit source]

MW1.35 upgrade tasks

Developer Completed 2021[edit | edit source]

Use https not http[edit | edit source]

  • Currently, http and https are both being used in the URLs throughout the website. This means that some users will land on non-secure pages (http w/out "s").
  • All pages need automatically redirect from http to https. This will keep everything secure, and improve SEO and organic search traffic.
  • It looks like it's covered on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:HTTPS

(suggested by Fireballsky, added by Njt (Oct 2020)

Confirmed done and working ~Njt (talk) (Feb 2021)

Developer Completed 2018-2019[edit | edit source]

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  • Add EmbedVideo extension from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo to allow us to embed YouTube or Vimeo clips, eg Linda Crowhurst's on Severe M.E., videos for symptoms like muscle twitches, myclonus, and advocacy clips/explanations - the MEAnalysis PACE video for instance - this would help those with photophobia
  • WikimediaMessages added
  • Skins: Add a stable dark/dark grey skin that's mobile friendly (and migraine friendly) eg Timeless DarkCSS as custom CSS on Timeless skin - requested by User:Notjusttired
  • Skins: Add Pivot and Foreground (both mobile friendly), consider defaulting to Pivot for all mobile devices requested by User:Notjusttired
  • Add the Visual Editor to the “MEpedia:” and “Help:” namespaces so new contributors don’t need to learn wikitext to edit a page. To do this, first verify that "MEpedia" is listed in $wgExtraNamespaces in LocalSettings.php, then add the following to the LocalSettings.php file:

$wgVisualEditorAvailableNamespaces = [ "Help" => true, "MEpedia" => true ]; (Requested by Pyrrhus, Feb 2019)

  • allow search engines to crawl the Files namespace eg http://me-pedia.org/wiki/File:example.jpg so images come up when doing Google search on images for reuse requested by User:Notjusttired
  • Install AddThis extension for sharing - if poss with Facebook, Twitter and pinterest links showing - requested by [[User:
  • Turn on setting to autofix redirects in LocalSettings.php - as per Mediawiki configuration info - requested by User:Notjusttired
  • Can Citation bot be set up for all new users - see Wikipedia for link & institutions (Requester unknown)
This task has been abandoned because the required PHP compilation, template setup, and bot registration is beyond the capabilities of our developers. See https://github.com/ms609/citation-bot for more details. Pyrrhus (talk) 22:01, 22 May 2019 (EDT)
$wgMaxShellMemory = 524288;
$wgUserEmailUseReplyTo = true;
$wgVisualEditorEnableDiffPage = true;
  • Add the following to the end of LocalSettings.php to disable email on the staging server (staging.me-pedia.org): (Requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
/* CHECK IF STAGING SERVER DETECTED */
if ((strpos($wgServer, 'staging') !== false) 
    or (strpos($IP, 'staging') !== false)) {
   $wgLogo = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Commons-emblem-Under_construction-green.svg';
   $wgEnableEmail = false;
}
  • Fix the wiki emailer so that new users can receive the “confirm your email account” email and so that established users can receive email notifications of changes, etc. (Requested by Pyrrhus, Feb 2019)
  • Edit pivot skin's Pivot.skin.php to set autocomplete to on for mobile devices only. notjusttired (talk) 18:52, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
  • Fix email sending from MEpedia. Either configure sendmail properly on the production server or configure $wgSMTP properly in the LocalSettings.php file. If we are going to use $wgSMTP, here are some links that provide the exact SMTP information to use: configuration and protocols. For $wgSMTP, one can set up a new email account called "donotreply@me-pedia.org" using the DreamHost dashboard: https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=cloud.compute& This new email account can either reject all incoming mail or forward all incoming mail to mepedia @ meaction.net (requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
  • Add $wgDismissableSiteNoticeForAnons=true; to LocalSettings.php file. (Requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
  • Consider making the members of the "emailconfirmed" group visible only to administrators. There is a theoretical risk of email spam when anyone can see who has confirmed their email and who hasn't. To do this, simply add $wgImplicitGroups[] = 'emailconfirmed'; to LocalSettings.php. I am not advocating for this action, merely documenting this if it is ever needed. (Removed, since the members of emailconfirmed are already mostly invisible to the public.)
  • consider adding a "thanks" button if it can be easily adopted from the WMF software (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Notifications/Thanks) -- really nice way for editors to communicate appreciation to one another that costs many fewer "spoons" than writing/reading a note (suggested by Canele, June 2019)
I like this idea but can't see any instructions for doing installing this on those pages. I have copied both the {{Thank}} and {{Thank you}} across notjusttired (talk) 14:25, July 17, 2019 (EDT)
There is a Thanks extension that will probably do the trick, but we can't install it until after we update the MediaWiki software, unfortunately.
Pyrrhus (talk) 22:31, July 17, 2019 (EDT)
I didn't think to look there! We can install it, but need a previous version that matches what we have - REL_1_30 I think, and will need to upgrade it once MediaWiki is upgraded. The code is on github, linked to the page. I think this is worth requesting notjusttired (talk) 15:04, July 19, 2019 (EDT)
Oh super! Smiley face Thank you both, Pyrrhus and Njt! Canele (talk) 16:42, July 20, 2019 (EDT)
  • Remove the following from LocalSettings.php. Our new policy is that people need to make 50 edits before they skip the CAPTCHA, regardless of whether they are emailconfirmed or not. (Requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
$wgGroupPermissions['emailconfirmed']['skipcaptcha'] = true;
$ceAllowConfirmedEmail = true;
Disallow: /wiki/MEpedia talk:
Disallow: /wiki/File talk:
Disallow: /wiki/Help talk:
Disallow: /wiki/Category talk:
Disallow: /wiki/Portal talk:
Disallow: /wiki/User:
Disallow: /wiki/User talk:
Disallow: /wiki/MediaWiki:
Disallow: /wiki/MediaWiki talk:
Disallow: /wiki/Template:
Disallow: /wiki/Template talk:
Is this done now? notjusttired (talk) 17:46, August 6, 2019 (EDT)
Yes! Pyrrhus (talk) 21:38, August 7, 2019 (EDT)
# Allow the Internet Archiver to index action=raw and thereby store the raw wikitext of pages
User-agent: ia_archiver
Allow: /*&action=raw 
UPDATE - how do we test this? (User:Notjusttired, May 22,2019)
Tested and workin notjusttired (talk) 18:48, May 24, 2019 (EDT)
Disallow: /wiki/Talk:
  • Create a user right group that automatically turns off the CAPTCHA after the user has made 50 edits - requested by Canele (talk) 18:26, 30 March 2019 (EDT)
One way to accomplish this is to add the following to LocalSettings.php. This will require 50 edits before a user is given the "autoconfirmed" role. (which is different from the "emailconfirmed" role) Pyrrhus (talk) 22:10, 16 May 2019 (EDT)
$wgAutoConfirmCount = 50;
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['skipcaptcha'] = true;

Withdrawn editing tasks[edit | edit source]

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Completed in 2022[edit | edit source]

Completed in 2021 (includes admin tasks)[edit | edit source]

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This is an under represented group, who face a great deal of stigma due to the invisibility of the illness, combined with the fact that little cab be found medically. A 50% decrease in functioning from normal is a devastating rather than mild illness. Photos may be tricky unless people describe themselves as mildly ill. There may be photos of those moderately or severely ill who were initially mildly ill but declined, or the opposite, but I wouldn't want to imply that people normally get worse - or that they normally get better. (Suggested by: Notjusttired Jan 2020)

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  • Categorize all uncategorized pages (list of uncategorized pages here: http://me-pedia.org/wiki/Special:UncategorizedPages)
  • Make sure this Lightning Process study is on the LP page https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26983138?dopt=Abstract
  • Add this UK TV segment about a patient https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8lsRlUhRps&feature=youtu.be Where? Added to pediatric page
  • Add a malaise image to the PEM page. If we can get a volunteer to have an image of them perhaps out at a cafe' (before) and two or three days later at home with the impact showing on their face (after) this would be a very helpful illustration. (Done with #TwoFacesofME Tweets)
  • Fix the email address "mepedia@meaction.net". It currently rejects emails with a "Google Groups Error". (Requested by Pyrrhus, Feb 2019)
  • Add significant ME/CFS (or related) Facebook groups to the Social media page. Canele (talk) 15:35, 29 March 2019 (EDT)
  • Fix the New User Message as suggested on the User talk:New user message talk page. The New User Message has already been moved to Template:Welcome, all that remains to be done is to delete the MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template page. (Requested by Pyrrhus, Feb 2019)
  • Add extra code to Common.css from Notjusttired/common.css (except for the end section that's commented out) - for alternating table rows and minor tweaks
  • Add these Google fonts to Common.css to make them available for all skins: Oswald, Oswald italic, Oswald italic small-caps, Oswald small-caps, Oswald bold italic, Oswald bold italic small-caps, Oswald bold, Oswald bold small-caps, Permanent marker, Permanent marker bold, use Oswald small-caps for MEpedia logo text. Let us know the CSS font family names for all fonts above. - notjusttired (talk) 10:58, May 25, 2019 (EDT)
  • Adapt/copy Wikipedia's general disclaimer to replace our current general disclaimer at MEpedia:General_disclaimer. The specific copy of Wikipedia's disclaimer to use is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:General_disclaimer&oldid=860114216 Be sure to note that full URL address in the edit summary in a brief acknowledgement that our disclaimer has been adapted from theirs. (Requested by JaimeS June 2019)
  • Rewrite MEpedia:About according to the ideas raised on MEpedia talk:About. (Requested by Pyrrhus April 2019)
  • Mark all pages in the Category:MEpedia documentation and Category:MEpedia help categories as "semiprotected" by marking them as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" to edit them. Except for the "Sample page", which needs to be editable by all users. (And except for any talk pages, or any pages that are already protected and editable only by Administrators.) (Requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
Not sure how/who needs to do this - is it a LocalSettings.php request that's outstanding? Should a semi-protection message by added to all first? notjusttired (talk) 16:12, August 11, 2019 (EDT)
An admin needs to mark those pages as “semiprotected”. That is all.
Pyrrhus (talk) 16:25, August 11, 2019 (EDT)
these have been updated, are you happy that is this done now? (Njt Aug 2019)
It doesn't matter if I'm happy, just whether MEAction is happy. Since these are policy pages, they must be reviewed/approved by MEAction before they can be considered "final". Until then, they're just "drafts"... Hope this helps.
Pyrrhus (talk) 22:41, August 10, 2019 (EDT)
Right, just waiting for MEAction to review then notjusttired (talk) 16:12, August 11, 2019 (EDT)
  • Create MEpedia:Terms of use - it's linked to from bottom of all pages. Add it to “MEpedia documentation” category. Make it protected so that only admins can edit it. (Requested by Pyrrhus May 2019)
  • Create MEpedia:Privacy policy - it's linked to from bottom of all pages. Add it to “MEpedia documentation” category. See Talk:Wmf:Privacy policy for details. Make it protected so that only admins can edit it. Also make Wmf:Privacy policy protected because that is an important redirect. (Request last updated by Pyrrhus April 2019)
  • Create MEpedia:Cookie statement - it's linked to from bottom of all pages. Add it to “MEpedia documentation” category. Make it protected so that only admins can edit it. Also make Wmf:Cookie statement protected because that is an important redirect. Requested by Pyrrhus April 2019)
Wmf redirect protected thanks to User:Kmdenmark notjusttired (talk) 16:12, August 11, 2019 (EDT)

https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2015.1124520 - done already

References[edit | edit source]