https://www.orbiterwiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=RaMan&feedformat=atomOrbiterWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T23:31:58ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.2https://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=417671OrbiterWiki:Village pump2021-05-03T17:59:52Z<p>RaMan: Logins really fixed this time?</p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
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View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-2013|2011-2013]].<br />
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<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
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== Recent updates ==<br />
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Hi! OrbiterWiki is on a new server again, and should be a bit faster now. It's also running the latest software now. Among notable improvements is improved support for high-DPI screens (or zooms above 100% on any screen). In particular, thumbnails will now be sharp as long as the source image is large enough, and MediaWiki Math equations are rendered nicely for such devices.<br />
<br />
I've modified the main page slightly; if anyone wishes to trim down the list of links, suggestions are welcome.<br />
<br />
Finally, I'm thinking about switching the default font for the entire site; if done, the site will look like this: [http://i.imgur.com/YY8bii9.png low DPI] [http://i.imgur.com/DDVtRS3.png high DPI]. Speak up now if you have objections!<br />
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--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:52, 20 October 2014 (IST)<br />
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== Fighting the spam ==<br />
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Can we enable the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit] extension of Mediawiki? I am overwhelmed with the amount of spam we get and if this is properly configured, it might reduce this a lot. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 10:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
: It's done! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Maintenance ==<br />
Last year we moved to a new server and upgraded MediaWiki, and a bunch of extensions got disabled in the process, and the move was generally left unfinished.<br />
<br />
It is finally finished, I've done some much needed maintenance, everything is looking much happier now!<br />
<br />
* Burninated all of the spam. If anything's gone that shouldn't be, let me know, I have backups.<br />
* Fixed all of the anti-spam extensions that were disabled during 1.34 upgrade. We now have: AbuseFilter, SpamBlacklist/TitleBlacklist, hcaptcha for signups, Nuke, CheckUser.<br />
* Fixed the caching settings; everything is faster.<br />
* Fixed email<br />
* Fixed rendering of SVG previews<br />
* Fixed rendering of MathML<br />
* Installed the Citizen skin, though it's less amazing than I hoped - check it out in your user preferences. It has a dark mode.<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::I can't log-in anymore, there seem to be some problems with the CSRF tokens. -- Urwumpe<br />
::: Could you try again? I have seen it a few times but never consistently. I think it may only be an issue the first time. If it's still not working please try clearing your cookies? After that, if it ever returns please let me know. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 13:52, 28 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::Same problem, despite erasing all cookies and restarting the browser session, in case there is a bad CSRF token hanging around. Happens also when using different browsers. Tried Edge, Chrome and Firefox now. It complains about the CSRF protection in a red box, maybe that is a hint. --Urwumpe<br />
::I've tweaked the settings again. It was weird: worked for a day before breaking; any time I touch the settings, it starts working again - and then breaks again later. User sessions are now stored in the DB instead of the PHP cache so hopefully this is now fixed for good? --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:59, 3 May 2021 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=417668OrbiterWiki:Village pump2021-04-28T13:52:38Z<p>RaMan: /* Maintenance */</p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
<br />
View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-2013|2011-2013]].<br />
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<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
<br />
== Recent updates ==<br />
<br />
Hi! OrbiterWiki is on a new server again, and should be a bit faster now. It's also running the latest software now. Among notable improvements is improved support for high-DPI screens (or zooms above 100% on any screen). In particular, thumbnails will now be sharp as long as the source image is large enough, and MediaWiki Math equations are rendered nicely for such devices.<br />
<br />
I've modified the main page slightly; if anyone wishes to trim down the list of links, suggestions are welcome.<br />
<br />
Finally, I'm thinking about switching the default font for the entire site; if done, the site will look like this: [http://i.imgur.com/YY8bii9.png low DPI] [http://i.imgur.com/DDVtRS3.png high DPI]. Speak up now if you have objections!<br />
<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:52, 20 October 2014 (IST)<br />
<br />
== Fighting the spam ==<br />
<br />
Can we enable the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit] extension of Mediawiki? I am overwhelmed with the amount of spam we get and if this is properly configured, it might reduce this a lot. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 10:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
: It's done! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Maintenance ==<br />
Last year we moved to a new server and upgraded MediaWiki, and a bunch of extensions got disabled in the process, and the move was generally left unfinished.<br />
<br />
It is finally finished, I've done some much needed maintenance, everything is looking much happier now!<br />
<br />
* Burninated all of the spam. If anything's gone that shouldn't be, let me know, I have backups.<br />
* Fixed all of the anti-spam extensions that were disabled during 1.34 upgrade. We now have: AbuseFilter, SpamBlacklist/TitleBlacklist, hcaptcha for signups, Nuke, CheckUser.<br />
* Fixed the caching settings; everything is faster.<br />
* Fixed email<br />
* Fixed rendering of SVG previews<br />
* Fixed rendering of MathML<br />
* Installed the Citizen skin, though it's less amazing than I hoped - check it out in your user preferences. It has a dark mode.<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::I can't log-in anymore, there seem to be some problems with the CSRF tokens. -- Urwumpe<br />
::: Could you try again? I have seen it a few times but never consistently. I think it may only be an issue the first time. If it's still not working please try clearing your cookies? After that, if it ever returns please let me know. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 13:52, 28 April 2021 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=417666OrbiterWiki:Village pump2021-04-27T23:38:17Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
<br />
View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-2013|2011-2013]].<br />
<br />
<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
<br />
== Recent updates ==<br />
<br />
Hi! OrbiterWiki is on a new server again, and should be a bit faster now. It's also running the latest software now. Among notable improvements is improved support for high-DPI screens (or zooms above 100% on any screen). In particular, thumbnails will now be sharp as long as the source image is large enough, and MediaWiki Math equations are rendered nicely for such devices.<br />
<br />
I've modified the main page slightly; if anyone wishes to trim down the list of links, suggestions are welcome.<br />
<br />
Finally, I'm thinking about switching the default font for the entire site; if done, the site will look like this: [http://i.imgur.com/YY8bii9.png low DPI] [http://i.imgur.com/DDVtRS3.png high DPI]. Speak up now if you have objections!<br />
<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:52, 20 October 2014 (IST)<br />
<br />
== Fighting the spam ==<br />
<br />
Can we enable the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit] extension of Mediawiki? I am overwhelmed with the amount of spam we get and if this is properly configured, it might reduce this a lot. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 10:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
: It's done! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Maintenance ==<br />
Last year we moved to a new server and upgraded MediaWiki, and a bunch of extensions got disabled in the process, and the move was generally left unfinished.<br />
<br />
It is finally finished, I've done some much needed maintenance, everything is looking much happier now!<br />
<br />
* Burninated all of the spam. If anything's gone that shouldn't be, let me know, I have backups.<br />
* Fixed all of the anti-spam extensions that were disabled during 1.34 upgrade. We now have: AbuseFilter, SpamBlacklist/TitleBlacklist, hcaptcha for signups, Nuke, CheckUser.<br />
* Fixed the caching settings; everything is faster.<br />
* Fixed email<br />
* Fixed rendering of SVG previews<br />
* Fixed rendering of MathML<br />
* Installed the Citizen skin, though it's less amazing than I hoped - check it out in your user preferences. It has a dark mode.<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=417665OrbiterWiki:Village pump2021-04-27T23:37:54Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
<br />
View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-2013|2011-2013]].<br />
<br />
<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
<br />
== Recent updates ==<br />
<br />
Hi! OrbiterWiki is on a new server again, and should be a bit faster now. It's also running the latest software now. Among notable improvements is improved support for high-DPI screens (or zooms above 100% on any screen). In particular, thumbnails will now be sharp as long as the source image is large enough, and MediaWiki Math equations are rendered nicely for such devices.<br />
<br />
I've modified the main page slightly; if anyone wishes to trim down the list of links, suggestions are welcome.<br />
<br />
Finally, I'm thinking about switching the default font for the entire site; if done, the site will look like this: [http://i.imgur.com/YY8bii9.png low DPI] [http://i.imgur.com/DDVtRS3.png high DPI]. Speak up now if you have objections!<br />
<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:52, 20 October 2014 (IST)<br />
<br />
== Fighting the spam ==<br />
<br />
Can we enable the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit] extension of Mediawiki? I am overwhelmed with the amount of spam we get and if this is properly configured, it might reduce this a lot. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 10:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
: It's done! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Maintenance ==<br />
Last year we moved to a new server and upgraded MediaWiki, and a bunch of extensions got disabled in the process, and the move was generally left unfinished.<br />
<br />
It is finally finished, I've done some much needed maintenance, everything is looking much happier now!<br />
<br />
* Burninated all of the spam. If anything's gone that shouldn't be, let me know, I have backups.<br />
* Fixed all of the anti-spam extensions that were disabled during 1.34 upgrade. We now have: AbuseFilter, SpamBlacklist/TitleBlacklist, hcaptcha for signups, Nuke, CheckUser.<br />
* Fixed the caching settings; everything is faster.<br />
* Fixed email<br />
* Fixed rendering of SVG previews<br />
* Fixed rendering of MathML<br />
* Installed the Citizen skin, though it's less amazing than I hoped - check it out in your user preferences. It has a dark mode.<br />
----[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=417664OrbiterWiki:Village pump2021-04-27T23:37:21Z<p>RaMan: /* Fighting the spam */</p>
<hr />
<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
<br />
View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-2013|2011-2013]].<br />
<br />
<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
<br />
== Recent updates ==<br />
<br />
Hi! OrbiterWiki is on a new server again, and should be a bit faster now. It's also running the latest software now. Among notable improvements is improved support for high-DPI screens (or zooms above 100% on any screen). In particular, thumbnails will now be sharp as long as the source image is large enough, and MediaWiki Math equations are rendered nicely for such devices.<br />
<br />
I've modified the main page slightly; if anyone wishes to trim down the list of links, suggestions are welcome.<br />
<br />
Finally, I'm thinking about switching the default font for the entire site; if done, the site will look like this: [http://i.imgur.com/YY8bii9.png low DPI] [http://i.imgur.com/DDVtRS3.png high DPI]. Speak up now if you have objections!<br />
<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:52, 20 October 2014 (IST)<br />
<br />
== Fighting the spam ==<br />
<br />
Can we enable the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit] extension of Mediawiki? I am overwhelmed with the amount of spam we get and if this is properly configured, it might reduce this a lot. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 10:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
: It's done! [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Maintenance ==<br />
Last year we moved to a new server and upgraded MediaWiki, and a bunch of extensions got disabled in the process, and the move was generally left unfinished.<br />
<br />
It is finally finished, I've done some much needed maintenance, everything is looking much happier now!<br />
<br />
* Burninated all of the spam. If anything's gone that shouldn't be, let me know, I have backups.<br />
* Fixed all of the anti-spam extensions that were disabled during 1.34 upgrade. We now have: AbuseFilter, SpamBlacklist/TitleBlacklist, hcaptcha for signups, Nuke, CheckUser.<br />
* Fixed the caching settings; everything is faster.<br />
* Fixed email<br />
* Fixed rendering of SVG previews<br />
* Fixed rendering of MathML<br />
* Installed the Citizen skin, though it's less amazing than I hoped - check it out in your user preferences. It has a dark mode.<br />
[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 23:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:RaMan/Checklist&diff=417662User:RaMan/Checklist2021-04-27T17:07:38Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>==OrbiterWiki migration/upgrade checklist==<br />
* Login<br />
* Editing2<br />
* New user registration<br />
* Uploading and thumbnailing - upload an image; thumbanil shown automatically if this works<br />
* MathML (make sure to force re-rendering by modifying it):<br />
::<br />
<math><br />
\operatorname{erfc}(x) =<br />
\frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_x^{\infty} e^{-t^2}\,dt =<br />
\frac{e^{-x^2}}{x\sqrt{\pi}}\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n \frac{(2n)!}{n!(2x)^{2n}}<br />
</math><br />
* Spam blacklist (note: it only blocks new external links, nothing else)<br />
* Captcha<br />
* Pages containing non-ASCII([[Descending_node|1]], [[Oort_cloud|2]], [[Kármán Line|3]]); revision history with fancy chars (Sanbox history).<br />
* thumbnails get re-generated if deleted<br />
* svg thumbnails and font quality: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File:Launch_Azimuth_1.svg and http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File:Shuttle.svg<br />
* favicon: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/favicon.ico<br />
* the speed of http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File%3AShenzhou_9_mission_patch.jpg to see whether the caching is working</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Sandbox&diff=417465OrbiterWiki:Sandbox2021-04-26T14:18:12Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>{{Please leave this line and edit below}}<br />
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Test notifications. Character encoding test: Ω тестинг τεστινγ<br />
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* Sie können die Kamera um das Raumfahrzeug rotieren lassen, in dem Sie die {{keypress|Ctrl}} Taste drücken und mit den Cursor-Tasten ({{keypress|&#x21e9;}}{{keypress|&#x21ea;}}{{keypress|&#x21e8;}}{{keypress|&#x21e6;}}) auf Tastatur die position verändern. Alternativ können Sie einfach die rechte Maus-Taste gedrückt halten um dann mit der Maus direkt die Kameraposition zu ändern. Falls Sie einen Joystick mit "Coolie Hat" besitzen, können Sie auch diesen dazu benutzen. Testierung!<br />
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== So much German! ==<br />
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Test<br />
<br />
Как тебя зовут?<br />
<br />
"Сэр Робин из Камелота."<br />
<br />
Какова твоя цель?<br />
<br />
"Найти Святой Грааль."<br />
<br />
Что... является столицей Ассирии?<br />
<br />
"...Я не знаю этого!"<br />
<br />
{{MFD|Apt&#61;60}}</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Sandbox&diff=417464OrbiterWiki:Sandbox2021-04-26T14:17:56Z<p>RaMan: test</p>
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<div>{{Please leave this line and edit below}}<br />
<br />
Test notifications. Character encoding test: Ω тестинг τεστινγ<br />
<br />
* Sie können die Kamera um das Raumfahrzeug rotieren lassen, in dem Sie die {{keypress|Ctrl}} Taste drücken und mit den Cursor-Tasten ({{keypress|&#x21e9;}}{{keypress|&#x21ea;}}{{keypress|&#x21e8;}}{{keypress|&#x21e6;}}) auf Tastatur die position verändern. Alternativ können Sie einfach die rechte Maus-Taste gedrückt halten um dann mit der Maus direkt die Kameraposition zu ändern. Falls Sie einen Joystick mit "Coolie Hat" besitzen, können Sie auch diesen dazu benutzen. Testierung!<br />
<br />
[https://1fasteners.com]<br />
<br />
== So much German! ==<br />
<br />
Test<br />
<br />
Как тебя зовут?<br />
<br />
"Сэр Робин из Камелота."<br />
<br />
Какова твоя цель?<br />
<br />
"Найти Святой Грааль."<br />
<br />
Что... является столицей Ассирии?<br />
<br />
"...Я не знаю этого!"<br />
<br />
{{MFD|Apt&#61;60}}</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Random_tutorial&diff=410727OrbiterWiki:Random tutorial2021-04-25T00:42:50Z<p>RaMan: fix link</p>
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<hr />
<div>==OrbiterWiki migration/upgrade checklist==<br />
* Login<br />
* Editing2<br />
* New user registration<br />
* Uploading and thumbnailing - upload an image; thumbanil shown automatically if this works<br />
* MathML (make sure to force re-rendering by modifying it):<br />
:: <math><br />
\operatorname{erfc}(x) =<br />
\frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_x^{\infty} e^{-t^2}\,dt =<br />
\frac{e^{-x^2}}{x\sqrt{\pi}}\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n \frac{(2n)!}{n!(2x)^{2n}}<br />
</math><br />
* Spam blacklist (note: it only blocks new external links, nothing else)<br />
* Captcha<br />
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* thumbnails get re-generated if deleted<br />
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* favicon: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/favicon.ico<br />
* the speed of http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File%3AShenzhou_9_mission_patch.jpg to see whether the caching is working</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:MikeB&diff=16299User talk:MikeB2015-02-26T18:29:36Z<p>RaMan: /* Add GPIS to Random Articles? */ new section</p>
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<div>2015-01-01: I've completed uploading the IMFD Full Manual. Note that the associated scenarios can't be uploaded to this wiki, because they aren't image files. It would be useful to allow uploading of zip files.<br />
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2015-01-01: I've completed uploading the 3rd edition (work in progress) of ''[[Go Play In Space]]''.<br />
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2014-12-31: I've set up the opening page for [[Rocket Science For Amateurs]]. Please contribute to this collection of educational tools.<br />
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2014-08-04: I've started to add the wiki-fied versions of ''Go Play In Space'' and the ''IMFD Full Manual''. I have obtained permission from Bruce Irving and Mark Lieberbaum to do this, in the hope that it will make updating these valuable documents easier.<br />
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Let me know if you have any questions or comments about [[User:MikeB|my interests]] or any of [[Special:Contributions/MikeB|the pages I've edited]].<br />
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== Add GPIS to Random Articles? ==<br />
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Hi Mike! The articles you've posted look nice. Thanks to you and the original authors!<br />
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If you wish to add them to the "random article" page so that they can appear on the main page, feel free to edit [[OrbiterWiki:Random_tutorial]] and see how it's done for other articles. Basically you create a new sub-page like e.g. [[Intuitive Atmospheric Entry/precis]] and then add it to the list of random articles.<br />
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--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 18:29, 26 February 2015 (GMT)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:RaMan&diff=16280User talk:RaMan2015-02-06T22:39:41Z<p>RaMan: /* Rocket Science for Amateurs needs more file types */</p>
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== On vacation ==<br />
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I am without Internet access for the next two to three weeks, until ADSL is available in my new flat, can you have a closer look at the Wiki until I am back? --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 17:48, 4 December 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Home page Precis ==<br />
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Thanks for the heads up, I did notice that after some frustration, so Ill have to create a few precis pages when I get the chance. Im a little wet behind the ears at wikis, but I learn quick and things seem to be going fairly well. If I could bother you to take a moment, would you mind going over to [http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=29149&page=2 this] page on the Orbiter Forums and read through the last post? I dont mean to offend you in any way, but I do have a bit of a modest sized bucket list of small changes here & there to improve on the Orbiterwiki.<br />
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Good to see someone else is still here!<br />
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== November 04/12-update ==<br />
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Hello, just thought I would let you know I am going to work on the main page update, but time has become rather constrained for me at the moment. I will continue to work on it however. <br />
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On a slightly different tack, I did get an idea when checking the recent edits page today. I imagine the spambots will never stop coming, and resistance is probably futile, but maybe if we included a clause in the account creation process that usernames cant contain numbers? Almost all of the spambots seem to follow a format "Name##". It might not be of any use, but if there really is noone at home behind most of the spambots, maybe that could weed out a tremendous number of them?<br />
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== Greetings ==<br />
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Hi<br />
I just visited the Orbit Space Flight Simulator website and liked it very much. I would like to contribute to the Orbit simulator project if possible. I am a graduate student with Mechanical Engineering background and have experience in coding. Please let me know if you are interested. Cheers.<br />
PS: my email id - chandrasekhar971@gmail.com<br />
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== Rocket Science for Amateurs needs more file types ==<br />
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You might have noticed I've set up several OrbiterWiki pages under the umbrella of Rocket Science for Amateurs (http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Rocket_Science_For_Amateurs), including a new edition of Go Play In Space and the IMFD Full Manual. In the past two weeks, Bruce Irving has updated several pages of his Go Play In Space, which was one of my hopes when I set up RSFA.<br />
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Th utility of including these large documents on OrbiterWiki would be greater if it were possible to upload their associated scenario and playback files; currently only image files are permitted. I understand from Orbiter Forum's administrator Orb that you are a likely person to be able to make a change like this on OrbiterWiki. <br />
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Can you help me, or direct me to someone who can? I can provide a list of the file types needed, and their size ranges.<br />
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[[User:MikeB|MikeB]] ([[User talk:MikeB|talk]])<br />
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: As discussed by email, this is now done. —[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 22:39, 6 February 2015 (GMT)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:RaMan/vector.css&diff=16277User:RaMan/vector.css2015-02-06T20:29:17Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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If you feel the filter blocked you for something legitimate, please [http://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AEmailUser&target=RaMan send us an email] and we'll sort it out!</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:RaMan/Checklist&diff=15943User:RaMan/Checklist2014-10-21T20:10:35Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>==OrbiterWiki migration/upgrade checklist==<br />
* Login<br />
* Editing<br />
* New user registration<br />
* Uploading and thumbnailing - upload an image; thumbanil shown automatically if this works<br />
* MathML (make sure to force re-rendering by modifying it):<br />
:: <math><br />
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* Spam blacklist (note: it only blocks new external links, nothing else)<br />
* Captcha<br />
* Pages containing non-ASCII([[Descending_node|1]], [[Oort_cloud|2]], [[Kármán Line|3]]); revision history with fancy chars (Sanbox history).<br />
* thumbnails get re-generated if deleted<br />
* svg thumbnails and font quality: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File:Launch_Azimuth_1.svg and http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File:Shuttle.svg<br />
* favicon: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/favicon.ico<br />
* the speed of http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/File%3AShenzhou_9_mission_patch.jpg to see whether the caching is working</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=15942OrbiterWiki:Village pump2014-10-20T16:52:32Z<p>RaMan: Archived discussions from 2011-2013. Recent updates.</p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
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View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-2013|2011-2013]].<br />
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<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
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== Recent updates ==<br />
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Hi! OrbiterWiki is on a new server again, and should be a bit faster now. It's also running the latest software now. Among notable improvements is improved support for high-DPI screens (or zooms above 100% on any screen). In particular, thumbnails will now be sharp as long as the source image is large enough, and MediaWiki Math equations are rendered nicely for such devices.<br />
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I've modified the main page slightly; if anyone wishes to trim down the list of links, suggestions are welcome.<br />
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Finally, I'm thinking about switching the default font for the entire site; if done, the site will look like this: [http://i.imgur.com/YY8bii9.png low DPI] [http://i.imgur.com/DDVtRS3.png high DPI]. Speak up now if you have objections!<br />
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--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:52, 20 October 2014 (IST)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump/Archive_2011-2013&diff=15941OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2011-20132014-10-20T16:52:25Z<p>RaMan: Archived discussions from 2011-2013</p>
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<div><div class="rednote">This page contains archived discussions from the [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump]] page. Please do not edit this page.</div><br />
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== Server move and stuff ==<br />
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* OrbiterWiki has moved servers. Please report any and all issues you observe, preferably by email.<br />
* I am planning to upgrade to the most recent MediaWiki version shortly. Will notify when that's done.<br />
* I'd like to try out the new default MediaWiki skin, which is the skin Wikipedia uses now. Any objections should be expressed here.<br />
* I'm still hoping to switch case-insensitivity for titles back on. One day...<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Updated to MediaWiki v1.16.2; a couple of extensions got upgraded too. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 03:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
: Enabled Vector skin. [[Media:SkinOld.png|Old skin]] vs [[Media:SkinNew.png|New skin]]. Hope you like! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 18:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Loose gun policy for bans from a special subnet ==<br />
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I just noticed some more similarities among the recent spambot activity here: Ten spambot accounts with two name patterns since December came from 118.101.0.0/16, one half of the Internet provider "TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD" (There is no spam from the other /16 of this provider). I suspect that we have a single source behind varying IP addresses there. Since this still means a 640/650 chance that somebody is not a spammer from this network, I would propose the following guideline for next 3 months: All new user accounts that are registered from this network with the pattern <br />
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<Letter> + <Random First Name> + <Random Common Family Name> + <Letter> <br />
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should be banned instantly and for infinite time. IP-Bans should be avoided, since a /16 network of DHCP addresses seems like a poor target for IP-bans. Better target the business model and prevent search engine optimization. I don't see any reason to use this user name pattern here anyway. Another pattern had been the "-Steamer" type, but I don't think this alone is a good way to identify a spammer. If it comes from the same subnet though, it would be with very high certainty a spammer. We have no legal edits from the whole /16 subnet (Booo!). <br />
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[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 18:23, 30 January 2012 (UTC)<br />
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PS: Yes, that means that new users should better not use this name pattern, if they would like to prevent getting under general suspicion here. It is not nice, but since 2 hours of reaction time is enough to infect a few thousand PCs with malware, a fair price IMHO. "JohnSmith" would still be legal. "GJohnSmithj" would be dubious.<br />
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: I suppose this sounds reasonable. No problem with this. Good effort noticing this! [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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About another special customer here, can I suggest being a tiny bit more unfriendly to IP addresses belong to [http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=hostnoc.net hostnoc.net]? They are getting a bit annoying and banning them for one year would be long enough until things escalated far enough to remove these guys from the IP range. The current main ranges for them are 184.82.0.0/16, 64.120.128.0/17 and 184.22.96.0/20. But there seem to be a lot more, judging the whois records. The lack of any company presentation or new customer registration is a bit strange there. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 07:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: OK, let’s do it. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 09:50, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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==Increase Autoblock time==<br />
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I just noticed that the automatic IP block when blocking a registered user and his IP is just 24 hours, which explains why it was so ineffective against spambots in the past. I would suggest increasing this timespan to a week. That is still pretty short for our cases, and should also work against retries from dedicated hosts. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 17:52, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: OK, I think I've changed it now - let me know if this doesn't seem to have effect. By the way, do you want to receive an email every time someone edits anything at all? That's a lot of emails, but nothing a filter rule can't fix :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 22:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:: The RSS feed for Recent Changes does the job well for me. :D [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 23:59, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Filter for uploads ==<br />
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Would it be possible to have a filter for the uploads, so that all files like "Epsom salt 9999.jpg" would be refused and logged? I don't yet know why such images are included by the spambots, but I fear the worst, if they could be droppers. Not having them uploaded in first place, could be better than erasing the files. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: Seems to work. Full documentation [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist here], feel free to add new rules. The current configuration includes the rules from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_blacklist&action=raw this list]. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 10:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Damn, that tool sure looks powerful. Should help getting a few spam bots out of business here, luckily we have a very limited dictionary. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Filter "https?://" in article name? ==<br />
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Would it be possible to simply forbid creating pages with "http://" in them, like by the regular expression "https?://"? We don't really have them except as spam, why delete them if it is impossible to create them in first place... [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Good idea, should be blocked now. Also, I suggest we start blocking first-time spammer IPs for 1 month initially, and if we see a second offence we block it for 6 months straight away (earlier blocks are displayed when you try to block the IP). Given the low volume of real edits we get, chances of blocking a legitimate one are really low I reckon. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 15:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Sadly yes, but that is also a problem with the advertisement department... I should be selling the wiki more on O-F. :S [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam ==<br />
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No idea why we've started getting so much spam after upgrading to v1.19.2 - all the measures seem to be working as before. I think we need a new plan. How about this:<br />
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* Disable editing for new users until they've confirmed their email (but still allow edits from IP)<br />
* Install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:FlaggedRevs FlaggedRevs]<br />
* Create a "known good users" group<br />
* Allow known good users to edit directly and confirm pending edits<br />
* All edits by unknown users will be "pending edits", not visible until moderated. If the edit is not spam, we immediately mark the user as "known good user".<br />
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I think I'll set this up over the next week or so, unless there are objections or any other comments. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 13:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:: From now on, new users have the same rights as anonymous users. This means they'll be asked to solve the captcha to do most things. They will no longer be bugged after a certain number of days + edits. An alternative is to confirm the email address, which will stop the captchas straight away. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 12:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:::What about simply resetting the password for doubtful user names? It doesn't harm legitimate users that much (but is annoying, I know), but could be pretty annoying for spambot software. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 18:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::::I'm not entirely sure how we could do that. I have, however, installed the AbuseFilter extension and set up the first rule. Now if a user adds an external link in their very first edit, the action is prevented and the user is instantly blocked indefinitely.<br />
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::::I suggest we go very conservative with AbuseFilter; I'd hate to autoblock indefinitely a legitimate user. I hope the rule I've added will take care of a very significant chunk of the spam we get; as for the rest, we first need to see if there are clearly identifiable patterns.<br />
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::::One thing still on my to-do list is to automatically block idle users that have never edited, or at the very least get a list of such users for manual blocking. Lastly, I'd love to add a single click button which would delete the page and ban its creator (indefinite if it's a user, 1/3/6 months for IPs/repeated IPs). Not sure when I'll get round to this or how difficult it'll be. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 20:30, 16 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::::: Would it be possible to also add a regex match of the username to the rules? This could also help preventing some damage. Also creating a new article with links is a more likely spam edit. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 23:32, 16 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Looks like the spammers have found a way to bypass our new user link policy. The pattern seems to be: <strong><b>[http://www.google.com Example link]</b></strong>, <strong><b>[http://www.google.com Some</b></strong>, <strong><b><a title="And one more example" href="http://www.google.com">Another example link]</b></strong>. usually the Wiki should not allow such edits at all, but it seems like this complex pattern crashes the link filter function. Any idea how to fix this? --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 08:18, 1 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Orbiterwiki Mainpage renovations:round 1 ==<br />
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Okay guys (pretty sure youre both guys), my first round of edits for the main page is up. If you can spare a minute from fighting off the hordes of spambots, please take a look and give me some feedback. I also assume both of you have noticed our two submissions for a new Orbiterwiki logo posted on the Forums. Is there interest in changing that as well?<br />
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Changes to the main page<br />
* Simpits link moved to Orbiter Addons. Not a good place for a beginner to be poking around IMO, and probably closer to addon development anyways<br />
* Deleted one of our "Common terms" type pages, as they appeared a little redundant<br />
* Removed the Astrodynamics link back to Wikipedia. Anything of that nature should only link to Wikipedia as a supplement to an "in-house" page on the subject. That way it can be specifically geared towards Orbiter, and linked as such, which we cant do without aggravating the wikipedia staff. Just a flexibility thing you know ;).<br />
* Same idea for the "About Orbiter" link and the one in the page header.<br />
* 50/50 width split between the two centre page columns. Not really sure what works better right now.<br />
* Various attempts at bettering the captions, titles, etc. Does having the titles bolded seem to look better? I think it appears a lot more organized/accesible just because of that, but maybe its just my imagination.<br />
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Issues<br />
* Is there any way to change the box backgrounds? (ie teal blue to something else?). If its in the source I dont recognize it.<br />
* would really like to get rid of "Too quickly asked questions - unanswered questions from Orbiter chatrooms ".<br />
It just comes off as a way to shame people, and it only has one stinking post in it, but I dont want to get rid of the "companies" section.<br />
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So, how'd I do?<br />
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:: Hey, such a shame I missed this back when you posted it. I personally have no objections to most of these changes. I also want to get rid of "Too quickly asked questions". I think there definitely needs to be a space around the hyphens. Also I kind of liked having different colors for the left and right panes. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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== Unblocked IP addresses ==<br />
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I've unblocked a few hundred IP addresses that had indefinite blocks on them. We may see a wave of spam, but I'll try to quickly re-block any IPs that still spam. The reason for this is that over the past few years I've been blocking IPs for 1 month, then reblocking repeat offenders for 6 months, and I am yet to encounter a single time when someone blocked for 6 months re-offends (apart from the 108.62 subnet, which remains range-blocked). --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:15, 24 May 2013 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Pilot_section&diff=15940OrbiterWiki:Pilot section2014-10-20T16:36:34Z<p>RaMan: Moved "companies using Orbiter" from Other Links</p>
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<div>Information for spacecraft pilots:<br />
* [[wikipedia:Orbiter_%28sim%29|About Orbiter]] – an overview<br />
* '''[[Orbiter tutorials]]''' – your first flight, how to fly to Mars, etc.<br />
* '''[[:Category:Add-ons|Orbiter add-ons]]''' – ships, instruments, bases, orbital stations and even planets<br />
* [[Orbiter cockpits]] – guides for interfacing hardware to Orbiter<br />
* [[FAQ]] - Frequently Asked Questions<br />
* [[wikipedia:Astrodynamics|Astrodynamics]] – how a ship behaves in space<br />
* [[List of Acronyms and Abbreviations]] – all those mysterious TLAs<br />
* [[:Category:Glossary|Glossary]] – list of terms<br />
* [[Community links]] – Orbiter all around the world<br />
* [[Companies using orbiter]] – a portal for professional use of orbiter</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=15939Main Page2014-10-20T16:36:17Z<p>RaMan: Removed "other links"</p>
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* Sie können die Kamera um das Raumfahrzeug rotieren lassen, in dem Sie die {{keypress|Ctrl}} Taste drücken und mit den Cursor-Tasten ({{keypress|&#x21e9;}}{{keypress|&#x21ea;}}{{keypress|&#x21e8;}}{{keypress|&#x21e6;}}) auf Tastatur die position verändern. Alternativ können Sie einfach die rechte Maus-Taste gedrückt halten um dann mit der Maus direkt die Kameraposition zu ändern. Falls Sie einen Joystick mit "Coolie Hat" besitzen, können Sie auch diesen dazu benutzen.<br />
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== So much German! ==<br />
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Test<br />
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Как тебя зовут?<br />
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"Сэр Робин из Камелота."<br />
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Какова твоя цель?<br />
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"Найти Святой Грааль."<br />
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Что... является столицей Ассирии?<br />
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"...Я не знаю этого!"<br />
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{{MFD|Apt&#61;60}}</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Launch_Azimuth&diff=15926Launch Azimuth2014-10-07T03:04:04Z<p>RaMan: Use SVG</p>
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<div>The '''launch azimuth''' is the angle between north direction and the projection of the initial orbit plane onto the launch location. It is the compass heading you head for when you launch.<br />
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==Relation between latitude and inclination==<br />
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Not all inclinations can be reached at a position on a celestial body. The problem is, that the launch location has to be a point inside the target orbit plane. So, if the latitude of a launch location is higher than the inclination, the orbit can't be reached directly.<br />
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Using spherical trigonometry, we can [http://orbiter-forum.com/showpost.php?p=51004&postcount=5 calculate] the launch azimuth required to hit any allowed orbit inclination. <br />
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<math>\cos(i)=\cos(\phi)\sin(\beta)\!</math><br />
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where <math>i</math> is the desired orbit inclination, <math>\phi</math> is the launch site latitude, and <math>\beta</math> is the launch azimuth. Solving for azimuth:<br />
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<math>\beta=\arcsin\left(\frac{\cos(i)}{\cos(\phi)}\right)</math><br />
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This shows mathematically why the inclination must be greater than the launch latitude: Otherwise, the argument to the inverse sine function would be greater than 1, which is out of its domain. Therefore there is no solution in this case.<br />
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Also, note that frequently there are two solutions: one northbound and one southbound. There is only one solution if the inclination is precisely equal to the latitude, and that is due east. There is only one solution if the inclination plus latitude exactly equals 180&deg; (retrograde orbit), and that is due west.<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
The International Space Station orbits at 51.6&deg; inclination. A space shuttle launching from Cape Canaveral (latitude 28.5&deg;) needs to travel at what azimuth?<br />
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{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\beta\!</math>||<math>=\arcsin\left(\frac{\cos(51.6^{\circ})}{\cos(28.5^{\circ})}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\arcsin\left(\frac{0.621148}{0.878817}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\arcsin\left(0.706800\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=44.98^{\circ}\mbox{ or } 135.02^{\circ}</math><br />
|}<br />
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As a launch on the southeastern course would overfly the Bahamas, Cuba, and South America, the northeastern course is always used. This is ocean all the way to Ireland.<br />
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A launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome (latitude 45.9&deg;) to the same orbit requires an azimuth of<br />
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{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\beta\!</math>||<math>=\arcsin\left(\frac{\cos(51.6^{\circ})}{\cos(45.9^{\circ})}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\arcsin\left(\frac{0.621148}{0.695913}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\arcsin\left(0.892566\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=63.20^{\circ}\mbox{ or } 116.80^{\circ}</math><br />
|}<br />
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Launch again is always on the northeastern course. Both courses are over thousands of km of land, but some land below the course to the northeast has been reserved as the first-stage impact area.<br />
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== Rotation of the Earth ==<br />
The above is the correct azimuth, in inertial space. However, when you are sitting on the surface of the earth with your compass, plotting takeoff, you are rotating with the Earth. This rotation must be compensated for.<br />
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[[Image:Launch Azimuth 1.svg]] <br />
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The above triangle shows the geometry necessary for calculating the rotating frame launch azimuth. Of the three vectors above, two are known, the inertial vector and the earth rotation vector. The third is just the difference between those two vectors. Note that you have to know the speed of your target orbit! [[Front Cover Equations|Calculate]] this from the orbit altitude, or use 7.730km/s for a typical 300km circular orbit.<br />
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I show these 2D vectors using the notation <math>\vec{v}=\langle v_x,v_y \rangle \!</math>.<br />
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{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\vec{v}_{inertial}=\vec{v}_{earthrot}+\vec{v}_{rot}</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>\vec{v}_{inertial}-\vec{v}_{earthrot}=\vec{v}_{rot}</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>\vec{v}_{inertial}=v_{orbit}\langle\sin(\beta_{inertial}),\cos(\beta_{inertial})\rangle</math><br />
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|<math>\vec{v}_{earthrot}=\langle\cos(\phi),0\rangle v_{eqrot}</math>||where <math>v_{eqrot}\!</math> is the rotation speed at the Earth equator, given by <math>v_{eqrot}=\frac{2\pi r_{eq}}{T_{rot}}</math>. For the Earth, <math>T_{rot}=86164.09\mbox{s}\!</math> and <math>r_{eq}=6378137\mbox{m}\!</math> so <math>v_{eqrot}=465.101\frac{\mbox{m}}{\mbox{s}}</math><br />
|}<br />
{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\vec{v}_{rot}</math>||<math>=\vec{v}_{inertial}-\vec{v}_{earthrot}</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\langle v_{orbit}\sin(\beta_{inertial}),v_{orbit}\cos(\beta_{inertial}) \rangle- \langle v_{eqrot}\cos(\phi),0\rangle \!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\langle v_{orbit}\sin(\beta_{inertial})-v_{eqrot}\cos(\phi),v_{orbit}\cos(\beta_{inertial})\rangle \!</math><br />
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|}<br />
{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{rotx}=v_{orbit}\sin(\beta_{inertial})-v_{eqrot}\cos(\phi)\!</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{roty}=v_{orbit}\cos(\beta_{inertial})\!</math><br />
|}<br />
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Now we can find the rotating launch azimuth <math>\beta_{rot}\!</math> and incidentally the total velocity needed (as well as the velocity saved by launching with the rotation of the Earth)<br />
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{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\beta_{rot}\!</math>||<math>=\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{v_{rotx}}{v_{roty}}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{v_{orbit}\sin(\beta_{inertial})-v_{eqrot}\cos(\phi)}{v_{orbit}\cos(\beta_{inertial})}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{rot}\!</math>||<math>=\sqrt{v_{rotx}^2+v_{roty}^2}</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\sqrt{\left(v_{orbit}\sin(\beta_{inertial})-v_{eqrot}\cos(\phi)\right)^2+\left(v_{orbit}\cos(\beta_{inertial})\right)^2}</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>\Delta v=v_{inertial}-v_{rot}\!</math><br />
|}<br />
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=== Example (continued) ===<br />
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So, treating the <math>\beta\!</math> from the first section as an inertial azimuth, we can calculate the rotating launch azimuth, the launch azimuth you actually aim for in your compass:<br />
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Cape Canaveral to 300km orbit at ISS inclination:<br />
{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\beta_{inertial}=44.98^{\circ}\!</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{orbit}=7730\frac{\mbox{m}}{\mbox{s}}\!</math><br />
|}<br />
{|<br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{xrot}=\!</math>||<math>v_{orbit}\sin(\beta_{inertial})-v_{eqrot}\cos(\phi)\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>7730\sin(44.98^{\circ})-465\cos(28.5^{\circ})\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>5464-409\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>5055\frac{\mbox{m}}{\mbox{s}}\!</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{yrot}=\!</math>||<math>v_{orbit}\cos(\beta_{inertial})\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>7730\cos(44.98^{\circ})\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>5467\frac{\mbox{m}}{\mbox{s}}\!</math><br />
|-<br />
|<math>\beta_{rot}\!</math>||<math>=\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{v_{xrot}}{v_{yrot}}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{5055}{5467}\right)</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>42.76^{\circ}</math>||Launch to this azimuth<br />
|-<br />
|<math>v_{rot}\!</math>||<math>=\sqrt{v_{rotx}^2+v_{roty}^2}</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=7446\frac{\mbox{m}}{\mbox{s}}</math>||This is how much speed your launch vehicle needs to produce<br />
|-<br />
|<math>\Delta v\!</math>||<math>=v_{orbit}-v_{rot}\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=7730-7446\!</math><br />
|-<br />
| ||<math>=284\frac{\mbox{m}}{\mbox{s}}</math>||This is how much speed you save by exploiting the rotation of the Earth<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Tutorials]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Sandbox&diff=15751OrbiterWiki:Sandbox2013-08-05T18:42:43Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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* Sie können die Kamera um das Raumfahrzeug rotieren lassen, in dem Sie die {{keypress|Ctrl}} Taste drücken und mit den Cursor-Tasten ({{keypress|&#x21e9;}}{{keypress|&#x21ea;}}{{keypress|&#x21e8;}}{{keypress|&#x21e6;}}) auf Tastatur die position verändern. Alternativ können Sie einfach die rechte Maus-Taste gedrückt halten um dann mit der Maus direkt die Kameraposition zu ändern. Falls Sie einen Joystick mit "Coolie Hat" besitzen, können Sie auch diesen dazu benutzen.<br />
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== So much German! ==<br />
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Test<br />
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Как тебя зовут?<br />
<br />
"Сэр Робин из Камелота."<br />
<br />
Какова твоя цель?<br />
<br />
"Найти Святой Грааль."<br />
<br />
Что... является столицей Ассирии?<br />
<br />
"...Я не знаю этого!"<br />
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{{MFD|Apt&#61;60}}</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Your_first_flight&diff=15747Your first flight2013-06-17T23:43:40Z<p>RaMan: category</p>
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<div>For an introductory flight for a novice orbiter user, a good start is the Delta Glider docked to the ISS. This way, you can explore orbital mechanics, use of RCS thrusters, and docking with the most user-friendly standard craft in orbiter in a forgiving space environment.<br />
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= Task 1: Undocking =<br />
To undock, you need follow steps:<br />
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=== Make sure your RCS thrusters are set to translation/linear mode. ===<br />
Look towards the bottom of your HUD (alt+down), where it says either RCS:LIN or RCS:ROT.<br><br />
If it says RCS:LIN, do nothing. If it says RCS:ROT, press the numpad "/" key.<br><br />
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=== Separate yourself From the ISS ===<br />
Press Ctrl+D to undock.<br><br />
Press the numpad "9" key to thrust your ship away from the ISS.<br><br />
'''WARNING''': Only press 9 for a moment. If you use too much thrust, you will degrade your orbit and reenter the atmosphere.<br><br />
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Congratulations! You have successfully undocked from the ISS!<br />
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= Task 2: Making a larger orbit =<br />
You may want to look at our beautiful home-world from a greater distance (i.e. higher orbit.) There are three main steps to this.<br />
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=== Set your MFD ===<br />
On your MFDs (the screens on your instrument panel) make sure one is set to Orbit. if neither are set to orbit, choose one MFD and press the SEL button on the bottom. Press the button next to Orbit.<br><br />
Press the REF button next to the display. Use the arrow keys to navigate to earth on the menu.<br><br />
Press the DIST button until you see that two of the readings read ApA and PeA. These should each have some number from 200k to 300k<br><br />
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=== Raise your Apoapsis altitude ===<br />
Note: your apoapsis (aka apogee) is the highest point on your orbit. your periapsis (aka perigee) is the lowest point on your orbit.<br><br />
Look at your PeT (time until periapsis) reading on the orbit MFD. this reads in seconds, with metric prefix abbreviations. For example, PeT=1.287k means 1287 seconds until you are at your periapsis.<br><br />
When your display shows PeT=60, press the "PRO GRADE" button next to your HUD. (Look back up at your HUD with alt+up.) It should light up, and your ship should start rotating towards your direction of motion (represented by a circle with a "+" in it; you may have to press "HUD" on the Orbit MFD or "OBT" on the HUD for this to appear).<br><br />
'''Note''': You may use time acceleration to get to PeT=60 by pressing "T". Stop time acceleration with "R". Be careful not to overshoot your target.<br><br />
When your display shows PeT=0, fire your main engine by holding "+" until your ApA (apoapsis altitude) reading is ~500k, then stop.<br />
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=== Raise your Periapsis altitude ===<br />
Look at your ApT (Time until apoapsis). When your display shows ApT=60, make sure you are facing prograde.<br><br />
'''WARNING''': The prograde button activates an autopilot. AUTOPILOTS CANNOT HANDLE TIME ACCELERATION ABOVE 10x. Turn off prograde autopilot by pressing PROGRD again before using time acceleration, then press PROGRD a third time to orient yourself at ApT=60.<br><br />
When your display shows ApT=0, fire your main engine until your PeA (periapsis altitude) reads ~450k, then kill thrust.<br><br />
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Congratulations! you have performed your first orbital maneuver! Now you can take a well-earned break.<br />
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[[Category:Tutorials]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=15731OrbiterWiki:Village pump2013-05-24T11:15:47Z<p>RaMan: /* Unblocked IP addresses */ new section</p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
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View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]].<br />
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== Server move and stuff ==<br />
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* OrbiterWiki has moved servers. Please report any and all issues you observe, preferably by email.<br />
* I am planning to upgrade to the most recent MediaWiki version shortly. Will notify when that's done.<br />
* I'd like to try out the new default MediaWiki skin, which is the skin Wikipedia uses now. Any objections should be expressed here.<br />
* I'm still hoping to switch case-insensitivity for titles back on. One day...<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Updated to MediaWiki v1.16.2; a couple of extensions got upgraded too. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 03:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
: Enabled Vector skin. [[Media:SkinOld.png|Old skin]] vs [[Media:SkinNew.png|New skin]]. Hope you like! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 18:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Loose gun policy for bans from a special subnet ==<br />
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I just noticed some more similarities among the recent spambot activity here: Ten spambot accounts with two name patterns since December came from 118.101.0.0/16, one half of the Internet provider "TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD" (There is no spam from the other /16 of this provider). I suspect that we have a single source behind varying IP addresses there. Since this still means a 640/650 chance that somebody is not a spammer from this network, I would propose the following guideline for next 3 months: All new user accounts that are registered from this network with the pattern <br />
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<Letter> + <Random First Name> + <Random Common Family Name> + <Letter> <br />
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should be banned instantly and for infinite time. IP-Bans should be avoided, since a /16 network of DHCP addresses seems like a poor target for IP-bans. Better target the business model and prevent search engine optimization. I don't see any reason to use this user name pattern here anyway. Another pattern had been the "-Steamer" type, but I don't think this alone is a good way to identify a spammer. If it comes from the same subnet though, it would be with very high certainty a spammer. We have no legal edits from the whole /16 subnet (Booo!). <br />
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[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 18:23, 30 January 2012 (UTC)<br />
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PS: Yes, that means that new users should better not use this name pattern, if they would like to prevent getting under general suspicion here. It is not nice, but since 2 hours of reaction time is enough to infect a few thousand PCs with malware, a fair price IMHO. "JohnSmith" would still be legal. "GJohnSmithj" would be dubious.<br />
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: I suppose this sounds reasonable. No problem with this. Good effort noticing this! [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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About another special customer here, can I suggest being a tiny bit more unfriendly to IP addresses belong to [http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=hostnoc.net hostnoc.net]? They are getting a bit annoying and banning them for one year would be long enough until things escalated far enough to remove these guys from the IP range. The current main ranges for them are 184.82.0.0/16, 64.120.128.0/17 and 184.22.96.0/20. But there seem to be a lot more, judging the whois records. The lack of any company presentation or new customer registration is a bit strange there. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 07:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: OK, let’s do it. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 09:50, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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==Increase Autoblock time==<br />
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I just noticed that the automatic IP block when blocking a registered user and his IP is just 24 hours, which explains why it was so ineffective against spambots in the past. I would suggest increasing this timespan to a week. That is still pretty short for our cases, and should also work against retries from dedicated hosts. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 17:52, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: OK, I think I've changed it now - let me know if this doesn't seem to have effect. By the way, do you want to receive an email every time someone edits anything at all? That's a lot of emails, but nothing a filter rule can't fix :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 22:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:: The RSS feed for Recent Changes does the job well for me. :D [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 23:59, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Filter for uploads ==<br />
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Would it be possible to have a filter for the uploads, so that all files like "Epsom salt 9999.jpg" would be refused and logged? I don't yet know why such images are included by the spambots, but I fear the worst, if they could be droppers. Not having them uploaded in first place, could be better than erasing the files. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: Seems to work. Full documentation [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist here], feel free to add new rules. The current configuration includes the rules from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_blacklist&action=raw this list]. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 10:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Damn, that tool sure looks powerful. Should help getting a few spam bots out of business here, luckily we have a very limited dictionary. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Filter "https?://" in article name? ==<br />
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Would it be possible to simply forbid creating pages with "http://" in them, like by the regular expression "https?://"? We don't really have them except as spam, why delete them if it is impossible to create them in first place... [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Good idea, should be blocked now. Also, I suggest we start blocking first-time spammer IPs for 1 month initially, and if we see a second offence we block it for 6 months straight away (earlier blocks are displayed when you try to block the IP). Given the low volume of real edits we get, chances of blocking a legitimate one are really low I reckon. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 15:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Sadly yes, but that is also a problem with the advertisement department... I should be selling the wiki more on O-F. :S [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam ==<br />
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No idea why we've started getting so much spam after upgrading to v1.19.2 - all the measures seem to be working as before. I think we need a new plan. How about this:<br />
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* Disable editing for new users until they've confirmed their email (but still allow edits from IP)<br />
* Install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:FlaggedRevs FlaggedRevs]<br />
* Create a "known good users" group<br />
* Allow known good users to edit directly and confirm pending edits<br />
* All edits by unknown users will be "pending edits", not visible until moderated. If the edit is not spam, we immediately mark the user as "known good user".<br />
<br />
I think I'll set this up over the next week or so, unless there are objections or any other comments. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 13:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: From now on, new users have the same rights as anonymous users. This means they'll be asked to solve the captcha to do most things. They will no longer be bugged after a certain number of days + edits. An alternative is to confirm the email address, which will stop the captchas straight away. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 12:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::What about simply resetting the password for doubtful user names? It doesn't harm legitimate users that much (but is annoying, I know), but could be pretty annoying for spambot software. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 18:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::::I'm not entirely sure how we could do that. I have, however, installed the AbuseFilter extension and set up the first rule. Now if a user adds an external link in their very first edit, the action is prevented and the user is instantly blocked indefinitely.<br />
<br />
::::I suggest we go very conservative with AbuseFilter; I'd hate to autoblock indefinitely a legitimate user. I hope the rule I've added will take care of a very significant chunk of the spam we get; as for the rest, we first need to see if there are clearly identifiable patterns.<br />
<br />
::::One thing still on my to-do list is to automatically block idle users that have never edited, or at the very least get a list of such users for manual blocking. Lastly, I'd love to add a single click button which would delete the page and ban its creator (indefinite if it's a user, 1/3/6 months for IPs/repeated IPs). Not sure when I'll get round to this or how difficult it'll be. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 20:30, 16 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::::: Would it be possible to also add a regex match of the username to the rules? This could also help preventing some damage. Also creating a new article with links is a more likely spam edit. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 23:32, 16 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Orbiterwiki Mainpage renovations:round 1 ==<br />
<br />
Okay guys (pretty sure youre both guys), my first round of edits for the main page is up. If you can spare a minute from fighting off the hordes of spambots, please take a look and give me some feedback. I also assume both of you have noticed our two submissions for a new Orbiterwiki logo posted on the Forums. Is there interest in changing that as well?<br />
<br />
Changes to the main page<br />
* Simpits link moved to Orbiter Addons. Not a good place for a beginner to be poking around IMO, and probably closer to addon development anyways<br />
* Deleted one of our "Common terms" type pages, as they appeared a little redundant<br />
* Removed the Astrodynamics link back to Wikipedia. Anything of that nature should only link to Wikipedia as a supplement to an "in-house" page on the subject. That way it can be specifically geared towards Orbiter, and linked as such, which we cant do without aggravating the wikipedia staff. Just a flexibility thing you know ;).<br />
* Same idea for the "About Orbiter" link and the one in the page header.<br />
* 50/50 width split between the two centre page columns. Not really sure what works better right now.<br />
* Various attempts at bettering the captions, titles, etc. Does having the titles bolded seem to look better? I think it appears a lot more organized/accesible just because of that, but maybe its just my imagination.<br />
<br />
Issues<br />
* Is there any way to change the box backgrounds? (ie teal blue to something else?). If its in the source I dont recognize it.<br />
* would really like to get rid of "Too quickly asked questions - unanswered questions from Orbiter chatrooms ".<br />
It just comes off as a way to shame people, and it only has one stinking post in it, but I dont want to get rid of the "companies" section.<br />
<br />
So, how'd I do?<br />
<br />
:: Hey, such a shame I missed this back when you posted it. I personally have no objections to most of these changes. I also want to get rid of "Too quickly asked questions". I think there definitely needs to be a space around the hyphens. Also I kind of liked having different colors for the left and right panes. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Unblocked IP addresses ==<br />
<br />
I've unblocked a few hundred IP addresses that had indefinite blocks on them. We may see a wave of spam, but I'll try to quickly re-block any IPs that still spam. The reason for this is that over the past few years I've been blocking IPs for 1 month, then reblocking repeat offenders for 6 months, and I am yet to encounter a single time when someone blocked for 6 months re-offends (apart from the 108.62 subnet, which remains range-blocked). --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:15, 24 May 2013 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=15730OrbiterWiki:Village pump2013-05-24T11:12:00Z<p>RaMan: /* Orbiterwiki Mainpage renovations:round 1 */</p>
<hr />
<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
<br />
View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]].<br />
<br />
<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
<br />
== Server move and stuff ==<br />
<br />
* OrbiterWiki has moved servers. Please report any and all issues you observe, preferably by email.<br />
* I am planning to upgrade to the most recent MediaWiki version shortly. Will notify when that's done.<br />
* I'd like to try out the new default MediaWiki skin, which is the skin Wikipedia uses now. Any objections should be expressed here.<br />
* I'm still hoping to switch case-insensitivity for titles back on. One day...<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Updated to MediaWiki v1.16.2; a couple of extensions got upgraded too. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 03:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
: Enabled Vector skin. [[Media:SkinOld.png|Old skin]] vs [[Media:SkinNew.png|New skin]]. Hope you like! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 18:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Loose gun policy for bans from a special subnet ==<br />
<br />
I just noticed some more similarities among the recent spambot activity here: Ten spambot accounts with two name patterns since December came from 118.101.0.0/16, one half of the Internet provider "TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD" (There is no spam from the other /16 of this provider). I suspect that we have a single source behind varying IP addresses there. Since this still means a 640/650 chance that somebody is not a spammer from this network, I would propose the following guideline for next 3 months: All new user accounts that are registered from this network with the pattern <br />
<br />
<Letter> + <Random First Name> + <Random Common Family Name> + <Letter> <br />
<br />
should be banned instantly and for infinite time. IP-Bans should be avoided, since a /16 network of DHCP addresses seems like a poor target for IP-bans. Better target the business model and prevent search engine optimization. I don't see any reason to use this user name pattern here anyway. Another pattern had been the "-Steamer" type, but I don't think this alone is a good way to identify a spammer. If it comes from the same subnet though, it would be with very high certainty a spammer. We have no legal edits from the whole /16 subnet (Booo!). <br />
<br />
[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 18:23, 30 January 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
PS: Yes, that means that new users should better not use this name pattern, if they would like to prevent getting under general suspicion here. It is not nice, but since 2 hours of reaction time is enough to infect a few thousand PCs with malware, a fair price IMHO. "JohnSmith" would still be legal. "GJohnSmithj" would be dubious.<br />
<br />
: I suppose this sounds reasonable. No problem with this. Good effort noticing this! [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
About another special customer here, can I suggest being a tiny bit more unfriendly to IP addresses belong to [http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=hostnoc.net hostnoc.net]? They are getting a bit annoying and banning them for one year would be long enough until things escalated far enough to remove these guys from the IP range. The current main ranges for them are 184.82.0.0/16, 64.120.128.0/17 and 184.22.96.0/20. But there seem to be a lot more, judging the whois records. The lack of any company presentation or new customer registration is a bit strange there. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 07:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: OK, let’s do it. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 09:50, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Increase Autoblock time==<br />
<br />
I just noticed that the automatic IP block when blocking a registered user and his IP is just 24 hours, which explains why it was so ineffective against spambots in the past. I would suggest increasing this timespan to a week. That is still pretty short for our cases, and should also work against retries from dedicated hosts. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 17:52, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: OK, I think I've changed it now - let me know if this doesn't seem to have effect. By the way, do you want to receive an email every time someone edits anything at all? That's a lot of emails, but nothing a filter rule can't fix :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 22:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: The RSS feed for Recent Changes does the job well for me. :D [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 23:59, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Filter for uploads ==<br />
<br />
Would it be possible to have a filter for the uploads, so that all files like "Epsom salt 9999.jpg" would be refused and logged? I don't yet know why such images are included by the spambots, but I fear the worst, if they could be droppers. Not having them uploaded in first place, could be better than erasing the files. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Seems to work. Full documentation [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist here], feel free to add new rules. The current configuration includes the rules from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_blacklist&action=raw this list]. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 10:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::Damn, that tool sure looks powerful. Should help getting a few spam bots out of business here, luckily we have a very limited dictionary. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Filter "https?://" in article name? ==<br />
<br />
Would it be possible to simply forbid creating pages with "http://" in them, like by the regular expression "https?://"? We don't really have them except as spam, why delete them if it is impossible to create them in first place... [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Good idea, should be blocked now. Also, I suggest we start blocking first-time spammer IPs for 1 month initially, and if we see a second offence we block it for 6 months straight away (earlier blocks are displayed when you try to block the IP). Given the low volume of real edits we get, chances of blocking a legitimate one are really low I reckon. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 15:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::Sadly yes, but that is also a problem with the advertisement department... I should be selling the wiki more on O-F. :S [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Spam ==<br />
<br />
No idea why we've started getting so much spam after upgrading to v1.19.2 - all the measures seem to be working as before. I think we need a new plan. How about this:<br />
<br />
* Disable editing for new users until they've confirmed their email (but still allow edits from IP)<br />
* Install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:FlaggedRevs FlaggedRevs]<br />
* Create a "known good users" group<br />
* Allow known good users to edit directly and confirm pending edits<br />
* All edits by unknown users will be "pending edits", not visible until moderated. If the edit is not spam, we immediately mark the user as "known good user".<br />
<br />
I think I'll set this up over the next week or so, unless there are objections or any other comments. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 13:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: From now on, new users have the same rights as anonymous users. This means they'll be asked to solve the captcha to do most things. They will no longer be bugged after a certain number of days + edits. An alternative is to confirm the email address, which will stop the captchas straight away. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 12:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::What about simply resetting the password for doubtful user names? It doesn't harm legitimate users that much (but is annoying, I know), but could be pretty annoying for spambot software. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 18:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::::I'm not entirely sure how we could do that. I have, however, installed the AbuseFilter extension and set up the first rule. Now if a user adds an external link in their very first edit, the action is prevented and the user is instantly blocked indefinitely.<br />
<br />
::::I suggest we go very conservative with AbuseFilter; I'd hate to autoblock indefinitely a legitimate user. I hope the rule I've added will take care of a very significant chunk of the spam we get; as for the rest, we first need to see if there are clearly identifiable patterns.<br />
<br />
::::One thing still on my to-do list is to automatically block idle users that have never edited, or at the very least get a list of such users for manual blocking. Lastly, I'd love to add a single click button which would delete the page and ban its creator (indefinite if it's a user, 1/3/6 months for IPs/repeated IPs). Not sure when I'll get round to this or how difficult it'll be. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 20:30, 16 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::::: Would it be possible to also add a regex match of the username to the rules? This could also help preventing some damage. Also creating a new article with links is a more likely spam edit. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 23:32, 16 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Orbiterwiki Mainpage renovations:round 1 ==<br />
<br />
Okay guys (pretty sure youre both guys), my first round of edits for the main page is up. If you can spare a minute from fighting off the hordes of spambots, please take a look and give me some feedback. I also assume both of you have noticed our two submissions for a new Orbiterwiki logo posted on the Forums. Is there interest in changing that as well?<br />
<br />
Changes to the main page<br />
* Simpits link moved to Orbiter Addons. Not a good place for a beginner to be poking around IMO, and probably closer to addon development anyways<br />
* Deleted one of our "Common terms" type pages, as they appeared a little redundant<br />
* Removed the Astrodynamics link back to Wikipedia. Anything of that nature should only link to Wikipedia as a supplement to an "in-house" page on the subject. That way it can be specifically geared towards Orbiter, and linked as such, which we cant do without aggravating the wikipedia staff. Just a flexibility thing you know ;).<br />
* Same idea for the "About Orbiter" link and the one in the page header.<br />
* 50/50 width split between the two centre page columns. Not really sure what works better right now.<br />
* Various attempts at bettering the captions, titles, etc. Does having the titles bolded seem to look better? I think it appears a lot more organized/accesible just because of that, but maybe its just my imagination.<br />
<br />
Issues<br />
* Is there any way to change the box backgrounds? (ie teal blue to something else?). If its in the source I dont recognize it.<br />
* would really like to get rid of "Too quickly asked questions - unanswered questions from Orbiter chatrooms ".<br />
It just comes off as a way to shame people, and it only has one stinking post in it, but I dont want to get rid of the "companies" section.<br />
<br />
So, how'd I do?<br />
<br />
:: Hey, such a shame I missed this back when you posted it. I personally have no objections to most of these changes. I also want to get rid of "Too quickly asked questions". I think there definitely needs to be a space around the hyphens. Also I kind of liked having different colors for the left and right panes. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown&diff=15705MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown2013-04-23T10:07:15Z<p>RaMan: </p>
<hr />
<div>*Common block reasons<br />
** Spammer<br />
** Repeat spammer<br />
** Unacceptable username<br />
** Abusing multiple accounts<br />
** Inserting false information<br />
** Removing content from pages<br />
** Inserting nonsense/gibberish into pages<br />
** Intimidating behaviour/harassment</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Jupiter&diff=15702Jupiter2013-04-15T22:28:17Z<p>RaMan: fixed link</p>
<hr />
<div>[[Image:JupiterScrshot.jpg|thumb|right|Jupiter in Orbiter]]<br />
'''Jupiter''' is the 5th planet from the [[Sun]]. It is the largest of the planets. It has at least 63 natural satellites, most of which are available in the Outer Planets Add-on available on the Orbit Hangar website [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3980 here].<br />
<br />
See also: Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter]<br />
<br />
Go to [[:Category:Addons for Jupiter|Addons for Jupiter]]<br />
<br />
==Natural satellites==<br />
{{JupiterSat}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]<br />
<br />
{{SolarSystem}}<br />
{{Planet-Stub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Solar System]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Virtual_Space_Agency&diff=15637Virtual Space Agency2013-03-05T11:13:06Z<p>RaMan: /* Active VSAs */ another wrongly blocked edit</p>
<hr />
<div>A Virtual Space Agency (VSA for short) is an agency set up to fly missions in [[Orbiter]], often cooperative between multiple members.<br />
<br />
==Classification of VSAs==<br />
===Recruitment===<br />
Closed VSAs are not accepting new members by any application mechanism. They can be just a single person VSA, but this must not be the case. <br />
<br />
Open VSAs are accepting new members<br />
<br />
===Activity states===<br />
<br />
Active VSAs are currently in the process of flying or planning missions. Since planning a complex mission can take a few many weeks, this is not inactivity. Active VSAs can also have a few months of inactivity because of the evil real life, without really being an inactive VSA in the sense of no activity being planned. <br />
<br />
Inactive VSAs are VSAs that have no activity scheduled at all. They are simply dead, or just pausing for indefinite time. In the most extreme case, they are completely abandoned, having not even somebody answering the emails for them. <br />
<br />
Abandoned VSA can also appear, when two VSAs join under a new name or the concept of an old VSA being buried and a completely new program with new character is started under a new name. <br />
<br />
==Active VSAs==<br />
<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"<br />
!Name<br />
!Abbreviation<br />
!Founder<br />
!Type<br />
!Number of members<br />
!class="unsortable"|Homepage<br />
!class="unsortable"|Description<br />
|-<br />
|Anshar Orbital Industries<br />
|AOI<br />
|Kaito<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|[http://aoi.gdwnet.com/ AOI]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|British Institute of Space Research<br />
|BISR<br />
|R.Watson<br />
|Open<br />
|2(Open For Application)<br />
|_Site under development_<br />
|Please contact R.Watson at reissswatson@gmail.com for further information. (We are currently open to applications.)<br />
|-<br />
|International Space Agency<br />
|ISA<br />
|garyw<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|[http://isa.gdwnet.com ISA]<br />
|Does not accept other members because the benevolent dictator of the VSA has no resources for managing them. Despite this it is one of the most active VSAs, as of November 2011.<br />
|-<br />
|Soviet Space Agency<br />
|SSA<br />
|Scruce<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|SSA uses the Orbiter-Forum blogs, but will soon have a website.<br />
SSA is a closed VSA that has been running since the 15th of November 2011. Its aim is to simulate Soviet and Russian spaceflight during the dawn of the [[Space Race]] and beyond, up to the [[Moon]] and eventual [[Mars]] landings.<br />
|-<br />
|Aeronautics and Space Technologies/The Orbital Initiative Program<br />
|AST/OIP<br />
|mojoey<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|The OIP/AST is a VSA that simulates efforts to establish a manned colony on Mars. Currently planning first lunar mission<br />
|-<br />
|Union Space Command <br />
|USC<br />
|Eli13<br />
|Unknown<br />
|4<br />
|[http://www.unionspacecommand.webs.com/ Union Space Command]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|High Apoapsis Space Station Experimental Space Agency <br />
|HASSESA<br />
|Samuel Edwards<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|HASSESA specializes in space station research, space station construction and Sattelite production/launches. The founder has stated on multiple occasions that his goal is "To expand man's boundaries" and to go "To the moon and beyond!"<br />
|-<br />
|Space Universal VSA <br />
|SU-VSA<br />
|HAL9001<br />
|Unknown<br />
|2<br />
|[http://www.suvsa.freeforums.org SUVSA]<br />
|Status not known - no update since 14th September 2011<br />
|-<br />
|Phantom Manufacturing<br />
|Phantom MFG<br />
|PhantomCruiser<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|Conceived initially for construction of a moon base, then delved into other projects based on coolness factor over practicality. This is primarily possible due to the deep pockets and networking ability of the VSA leadership. Currently headquartered at CSCC, with satellite offices at Wideawake, SRC Polygon, Canaveral and Matagorda Island.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Abandoned VSAs==<br />
<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"<br />
!Name<br />
!Abbreviation<br />
!Founder<br />
!Type<br />
!Number of members<br />
!class="unsortable"|Homepage<br />
!class="unsortable"|Description<br />
|-<br />
|Ascension Space Agency<br />
|ASA<br />
|Kevin580<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|High Altitude Space Agency<br />
|HASA<br />
|IronRain<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|International Space Colonization and Exploration group<br />
|ISCEG<br />
|mojoey<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|failed due to lack of interest<br />
|-<br />
|Virtual Online Spaceflight Simulation Agency<br />
|VOSSA<br />
|EricEvan<br />
|Unknown<br />
| >5<br />
|[http://www.azrockets.org/vossa VOSSA]<br />
|EricEvan has indicated his desire to start up a new VSA [http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=315165]<br />
|-<br />
|Unknown<br />
|VASO<br />
|fireballs619<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|World Space Agency<br />
|WSA<br />
|Scruce<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Orbiter-Forum Collective Projects]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Virtual_Space_Agency&diff=15636Virtual Space Agency2013-03-05T09:12:54Z<p>RaMan: /* Active VSAs */ this edit was blocked by mistake</p>
<hr />
<div>A Virtual Space Agency (VSA for short) is an agency set up to fly missions in [[Orbiter]], often cooperative between multiple members.<br />
<br />
==Classification of VSAs==<br />
===Recruitment===<br />
Closed VSAs are not accepting new members by any application mechanism. They can be just a single person VSA, but this must not be the case. <br />
<br />
Open VSAs are accepting new members<br />
<br />
===Activity states===<br />
<br />
Active VSAs are currently in the process of flying or planning missions. Since planning a complex mission can take a few many weeks, this is not inactivity. Active VSAs can also have a few months of inactivity because of the evil real life, without really being an inactive VSA in the sense of no activity being planned. <br />
<br />
Inactive VSAs are VSAs that have no activity scheduled at all. They are simply dead, or just pausing for indefinite time. In the most extreme case, they are completely abandoned, having not even somebody answering the emails for them. <br />
<br />
Abandoned VSA can also appear, when two VSAs join under a new name or the concept of an old VSA being buried and a completely new program with new character is started under a new name. <br />
<br />
==Active VSAs==<br />
<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"<br />
!Name<br />
!Abbreviation<br />
!Founder<br />
!Type<br />
!Number of members<br />
!class="unsortable"|Homepage<br />
!class="unsortable"|Description<br />
|-<br />
|Anshar Orbital Industries<br />
|AOI<br />
|Kaito<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|[http://aoi.gdwnet.com/ AOI]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|British Space Agency<br />
|BSA<br />
|R.Watson<br />
|Open<br />
|2(Open For Application)<br />
|[http://britishspaceagency.tk/ BSA]<br />
|Please see our website for further information. (We are currently open to applications.)<br />
|-<br />
|International Space Agency<br />
|ISA<br />
|garyw<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|[http://isa.gdwnet.com ISA]<br />
|Does not accept other members because the benevolent dictator of the VSA has no resources for managing them. Despite this it is one of the most active VSAs, as of November 2011.<br />
|-<br />
|Soviet Space Agency<br />
|SSA<br />
|Scruce<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|SSA uses the Orbiter-Forum blogs, but will soon have a website.<br />
SSA is a closed VSA that has been running since the 15th of November 2011. Its aim is to simulate Soviet and Russian spaceflight during the dawn of the [[Space Race]] and beyond, up to the [[Moon]] and eventual [[Mars]] landings.<br />
|-<br />
|Aeronautics and Space Technologies/The Orbital Initiative Program<br />
|AST/OIP<br />
|mojoey<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|The OIP/AST is a VSA that simulates efforts to establish a manned colony on Mars. Currently planning first lunar mission<br />
|-<br />
|Union Space Command <br />
|USC<br />
|Eli13<br />
|Unknown<br />
|4<br />
|[http://www.unionspacecommand.webs.com/ Union Space Command]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|High Apoapsis Space Station Experimental Space Agency <br />
|HASSESA<br />
|Samuel Edwards<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|HASSESA specializes in space station research, space station construction and Sattelite production/launches. The founder has stated on multiple occasions that his goal is "To expand man's boundaries" and to go "To the moon and beyond!"<br />
|-<br />
|Space Universal VSA <br />
|SU-VSA<br />
|HAL9001<br />
|Unknown<br />
|2<br />
|[http://www.suvsa.freeforums.org SUVSA]<br />
|Status not known - no update since 14th September 2011<br />
|-<br />
|Phantom Manufacturing<br />
|Phantom MFG<br />
|PhantomCruiser<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|Conceived initially for construction of a moon base, then delved into other projects based on coolness factor over practicality. This is primarily possible due to the deep pockets and networking ability of the VSA leadership. Currently headquartered at CSCC, with satellite offices at Wideawake, SRC Polygon, Canaveral and Matagorda Island.<br />
|}<br />
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==Abandoned VSAs==<br />
<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"<br />
!Name<br />
!Abbreviation<br />
!Founder<br />
!Type<br />
!Number of members<br />
!class="unsortable"|Homepage<br />
!class="unsortable"|Description<br />
|-<br />
|Ascension Space Agency<br />
|ASA<br />
|Kevin580<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|High Altitude Space Agency<br />
|HASA<br />
|IronRain<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|International Space Colonization and Exploration group<br />
|ISCEG<br />
|mojoey<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|failed due to lack of interest<br />
|-<br />
|Virtual Online Spaceflight Simulation Agency<br />
|VOSSA<br />
|EricEvan<br />
|Unknown<br />
| >5<br />
|[http://www.azrockets.org/vossa VOSSA]<br />
|EricEvan has indicated his desire to start up a new VSA [http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=315165]<br />
|-<br />
|Unknown<br />
|VASO<br />
|fireballs619<br />
|Unknown<br />
|Unknown<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|World Space Agency<br />
|WSA<br />
|Scruce<br />
|Closed<br />
|1<br />
|n/a<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Orbiter-Forum Collective Projects]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Category:Surface_bases&diff=15495Category:Surface bases2013-01-02T12:16:34Z<p>RaMan: Based on the recent edit, adding this as a sub-category of "Real spaceports". Feel free to undo if you don't like.</p>
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<div>This category collects articles about surface bases that are part of the default Orbiter installation. These can also be considered as part of the [[:Category:Real spaceports]] category.<br />
Custom add-ons should go to the [[:Category:surface base add-ons]] category. <br />
Articles about real spaceports that are not present in Orbiter should only go the [[:Category:Real spaceports]] category.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Real spaceports]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:83.134.207.57&diff=15433User talk:83.134.207.572012-12-19T11:05:33Z<p>RaMan: /* Spam filter */ new section</p>
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<div>== Spam filter ==<br />
<br />
Hi. Sorry about the blocked edit, but logged out users may not post external links. I've created the article [[3ds2msh]] which you should be able to edit without logging in. Having said that, editing while logged out reveals your IP to everyone and makes it a lot more likely that you'll trigger a spam filter rule. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:05, 19 December 2012 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=3ds2msh&diff=154323ds2msh2012-12-19T11:02:06Z<p>RaMan: Created based on a false positive by the Abuse Filter (logged out users can't add external links).</p>
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<div>3ds2msh is a tool for converting 3ds files to Orbiter's msh files.<br />
<br />
Download from [http://users.swing.be/vinka/ Vinka's site].</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:108.62.0.0&diff=15396User:108.62.0.02012-12-15T22:07:22Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>108.62.0.0/16 [http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/108.62.0.0 belongs to Nobis Technology].<br />
<br />
We've had spam from at least 20 different IPs in this range over the course of a year. We've had them blocked for a month, then three months or so. I think it's time to block them for a year.<br />
<br />
Their [http://nobistech.net/ website] says they are involved with "very lucrative Internet services". I wonder if spamming is one of these lucrative services.<br />
<br />
Google search for "nobis technology spam" is quite revealing; other people have trouble with them too.</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:108.62.0.0&diff=15395User:108.62.0.02012-12-15T22:04:01Z<p>RaMan: too much Markdown...</p>
<hr />
<div>108.62.0.0/16 [http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/108.62.0.0 belongs to Nobis Technology].<br />
<br />
We've had spam from at least 20 different IPs in this range over the course of a year. We've had them blocked for a month, then three months or so. I think it's time to block them for a year.<br />
<br />
Their [http://nobistech.net/ website] says they are involved with "very lucrative Internet services". I wonder if spamming is one of these lucrative services.</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:108.62.0.0&diff=15394User:108.62.0.02012-12-15T22:03:30Z<p>RaMan: 1 year block</p>
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<div>108.62.0.0/16 [belongs to Nobis Technology](http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/108.62.0.0).<br />
<br />
We've had spam from at least 20 different IPs in this range over the course of a year. We've had them blocked for a month, then three months or so. I think it's time to block them for a year.<br />
<br />
Their [website](http://nobistech.net/) says they are involved with "very lucrative Internet services". I wonder if spamming is one of these lucrative services.</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Barent_Sea&diff=15208Barent Sea2012-11-29T15:17:45Z<p>RaMan: RaMan moved page Barent Sea to Barents Sea: I think "Barents" is the correct spelling</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Barents Sea]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=White_Sea&diff=15207White Sea2012-11-29T15:17:44Z<p>RaMan: RaMan moved page Barent Sea to Barents Sea: I think "Barents" is the correct spelling</p>
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<div>[[Russian]] submarine-launched ballistic missile launch area, located at 69.5N, 34.2E.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Surface bases]]<br />
[[Category:Russia]]<br />
{{Stub}}</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page/Redesign&diff=15187Talk:Main Page/Redesign2012-11-28T17:55:20Z<p>RaMan: /* Other links */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Other links==<br />
<br />
Maybe we don't need Other Links anymore? I've wanted to get rid of them for ages... Not sure what Urwumpe thinks of that, I think he may be the one who added one of those or possibly both. Shall we drop that whole section? --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 18:12, 27 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:I would strongly advise against that. I think it is important to have links in the right places for new people, provided they're up to date, but we can do whatever you like with it. Is it possible to change the colour of the boxes? I sort of dislike the aqua blue one.<br />
<br />
:I added the other links, but I would keep only the company using Orbiter page, despite the activity there being pretty minimal lately, after some very active months. The IRC question category was created out of frustration, but I didn't want to have it in the forum back then. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 17:03, 28 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::We could move the "companies using orbiter" link to one of the other sections. I think the main page would look nicer without the "other links" section, but that's just one opinion; if you guys want to keep the section, that's fine.<br />
<br />
::As for the box colors, it's certainly possible; you need to change things like "border-color:#cef2e0; background:#f5fffa;". Feel free to experiment, and if the other users here like your new colors, we'll keep them. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 17:55, 28 November 2012 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=15135Talk:Main Page2012-11-28T14:04:22Z<p>RaMan: /* Fanfiction Wiki */</p>
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<div>== New Main Page ==<br />
I've moved the new Main Page here. Urwumpe suggested that the title is too large and occupies too much space. I think I like it more this way than without the small text under it. Besides, the old page had a title almost as large. I'll leave the page unprotected for a while to let non-admins tweak it if you want. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:31, 30 July 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* The "Main Page" text is now removed. This saves a lot of space. Hack stolen shamelessly from Wikipedia :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 17:46, 30 July 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* I actually wanted to have the very small title text, replaced by a graphical logo, because the box for the title takes the whole width but we actually only use a small part of this area. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 21:11, 30 July 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* I'm not sure we can fill in the space that this will free up with sensible stuff, but if you have an idea, do give it a try, I personally have no objections. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:34, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* Nice layout --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 17:05, 13 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
== Featured articles? ==<br />
<br />
With only 54 addons and zero tutorials added, won't these links simply be poor?<br />
<br />
The proportion of qualifying articles is unlikely to be high, so we could end up with the DGIII as the featured addon for half the year.<br />
<br />
I submit this wiki is not yet ready for this.--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]]<br />
<br />
: You're being unfair to tutorial writers - we do have a few. I don't see any harm in having DGIII as the featured addon for half a year, I still think it's better than the old dull Main Page. On the other hand, yes the links will not be as great as Wikipedia's Featured Articles, but that's the best we can offer at the moment, so why not? Do you think it's detrimental to OrbiterWiki's "image"? --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:32, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:: Yes, to be honest. I think it makes the site look 1) devoid of content, and 2) a DGIII fan-site. To a certain extent the former is true, but why highlight it? Is that not, after all, the reason the total articles statistic was removed? I don't thing highlighting a lack of articles encourages participation. Also, if a particular author adds a precis for all his works, this will effectively be a showcase of his designs unless anyone else follows suit. Presents the wrong image IMO. --[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 14:54, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
::: Since there are currently only two opinions expressed on this, shall we wait for some more opinions before removing them altogether? I'd prefer an OrbiterWiki ''ultimately'' with Featured Addon / Tutorial, which means adding them at some point. You are right that would be a bad idea if this deters users at the moment, but I'm not convinced that it does. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 21:56, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
::: The assertion that "highlighting a lack of articles does not encourage participation" is something I would take issue with. I don't assert the opposite either, though. I believe there are both types of people. Those who want to be able think of themselves as part of something big, feel encouraged when there is a lot to do. People who like to polish things up and bring existing things further towards perfection, feel encouraged when a lot is already there. &mdash; Thus, given the choice between the two, I would opt for the more honest one. Don't pretend to be bigger than you are. That includes withholding clues selectively in order to create that impression. It would be intentional deception. &mdash; [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 14:20, 3 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:::: To clarify this: What I meant is: If you think the site ''is'' devoid of content, then you shouldn't be afraid of showing it. If you think it's making it look devoid of content ''when you think it isn't'', then maybe you should remove it. &mdash; [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 15:01, 3 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
== Featured addon vs Random addon ==<br />
<br />
After BadWolf has nominated OMB for featured addon, the following discussion took place:<br />
* Looks like a joke more than a real MFD, suggest to wait until no other addons are nominated. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:36, 5 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
* Actually it is as well a joke as a real existing addon. I think its nomination is a good choice, but the article about it might need some more additions... eg, what beverages are available or how it works. After all, this addon shows another facet of orbiters addon community.--[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 00:20, 6 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
* OK I'll put it back in the list then, after Ariane to allow some time for editing. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 14:48, 6 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
* Yes, it's a joke. It is a real addon, but I simply used the DGIII text and replaced key words. Point being, a totally ridiculous addon can get featured status when there is a poor selection and a worse contributor ratio. Can't we just have random addons rather than 'featured'?--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 02:49, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
@BadWolf: I thought you might have recommended it to prove a point :) You are right, when there are only three active contributors one of them can easily screw something like Featured addons. However, three contributors with good intentions can surely keep reasonable addons here. And besides, I agree with Urwumpe that this addon deserves to be mentioned.<br />
<br />
Now, '''Random addon''' sounds like a good idea, but I see two problems with it: firstly, this still requires a precis or a ''really'' good first paragraph (otherwise it'll be worse than whatever addons we pick manually, even OMB), and secondly I don't know how to implement such a random feature. How about the following compromise: we call them "Random addon" rather than "Featured addon" to avoid the connotation of quality, but these Random addons are only selected from a pool of addons which have a precis and have been manually added by someone. Initially there will only be a few, but we'll hopefully add more.<br />
<br />
It's just that a quick look through those 54 addons we have reveals that most of them are nothing but stubs. Don't want to see one of those come up as a Random addon...<br />
<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:38, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:Afraid I've no idea what the technical limitations are, but agree we only want to show addons with a proper article. Just avoiding those in category stub would seem a logical route, but as I say -- may not be technically possible.<br />
<br />
:I'm sory I don't have a better suggestion, but I still think a featured article system with such a limited selection and editor-base can be abused. Be it for comic effect ( ;-) ) or because it will simply be a highlight of '''popularist addons''' as opposed to Wikipedia being a highlight of quality '''articles'''.--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 16:50, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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::I don't want to get into an argument about how '''popularist addons''' can ever get a real problem. I don't believe its bad to have more people supporting to see the addons they develop and play more often on the main page, as other less popular addons. Its a bit like pop music - popular music isn't very often better music as less popular music, but it makes more people agree, that it is good. A compromise. So, popular addons, like NASSP, DGIII or AMSO will of course find more supporters, and more authors for their articles. But if each user also write in two-three other articles for improving quality, we have already won, by having one day enough addon articles for making "addon of the week" a once in a lifetime acheivement for articles. <br />
<br />
::There is only one way to avoid a lack of articles - have more quality articles. And how do we get more quality articles? Only by making it attractive for people to contribute. And for making it more attractive, if we can't offer more rewards, is it to make the psychological barrier for people writing articles lower as it is now. Eg by showing where they might participate.--[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 23:21, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::Implemented random addon thing - check out [[OrbiterWiki:Sandbox]], and make sure you reload a few times. Looks pretty cool! So what to we choose? Let's make this a poll:<br />
:::*Random: [[User:Timwi|Timwi]], [[User:Timwi|Timwi's Sockpuppet]], [[User:Timwi|Timwi's other Sockpuppet]], [[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]]<br />
:::*Featured: <br />
:::*Undecided: [[User:RaMan|RaMan]], [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]], [[User:GW_Simulations|GW_Simulations]]<br />
<br />
::The main page now uses Random addons. Please play with it and make up your mind about which is better. One problem with Random addons is that it doesn't provide that much motivation for someone to write up a tidy article. Of course this is only a problem when there are lots of addons :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 10:45, 17 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::Looks and seems to work great. Cheers. :)--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 18:15, 24 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
== IE support & [Link]s ==<br />
<br />
Whoops sorry for the somewhat messed up layout for IE - did I really expect it could render something as advanced as a page using CSS?... I'll try to make it more user-friendly, but it probably won't be as nice as it is in ''real'' browsers... --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 11:38, 18 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:The text "<nowiki>[link]</nowiki>" is appearing in square brackets before section titles on the main page. --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 00:30, 19 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
::This should work now. I can't be bothered to fix the crappy ugly marings/paddings for IE, if you can, feel free. Unless Timwi feels like helping out (which I doubt because he totally hates IE, and I know why :D) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 02:10, 19 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::It would appear to have moved from the left of the box to the right, and reduced in size, but it is still there. --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 02:14, 19 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
::::Yes, that was the idea. I wanted to make sure that there is an easy way to find the source of random addons and other elements that make up the main page. Not everybody can read the source of the main page with ease (I certainly can't). If you dislike them then you can add some user css to hide them. If you still dislike them then I can agree to remove those for Pilot Section, Developer section & Contributor section, but I'd still want to keep those for Random Addon & Article. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:38, 25 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:::I see. I just thought that it would make more sense to link the titles. It's not a problem as it is though. --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 13:00, 25 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
== Fanfiction Wiki ==<br />
<br />
Hello, everyone! I'm not sure if this should go here, but I've created a fanifiction wiki for Orbiter. You can share the stories you've come up with in your head involving Orbiter for other fans to see. [http://orbiterfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Orbiter_Sim_Fanfiction_Wiki Here's the link]. -- [[User:Spyder]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=15134Talk:Main Page2012-11-28T14:03:33Z<p>RaMan: /* Fanfiction Wiki */ new section</p>
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<div>== New Main Page ==<br />
I've moved the new Main Page here. Urwumpe suggested that the title is too large and occupies too much space. I think I like it more this way than without the small text under it. Besides, the old page had a title almost as large. I'll leave the page unprotected for a while to let non-admins tweak it if you want. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:31, 30 July 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* The "Main Page" text is now removed. This saves a lot of space. Hack stolen shamelessly from Wikipedia :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 17:46, 30 July 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* I actually wanted to have the very small title text, replaced by a graphical logo, because the box for the title takes the whole width but we actually only use a small part of this area. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 21:11, 30 July 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* I'm not sure we can fill in the space that this will free up with sensible stuff, but if you have an idea, do give it a try, I personally have no objections. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:34, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
* Nice layout --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 17:05, 13 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
== Featured articles? ==<br />
<br />
With only 54 addons and zero tutorials added, won't these links simply be poor?<br />
<br />
The proportion of qualifying articles is unlikely to be high, so we could end up with the DGIII as the featured addon for half the year.<br />
<br />
I submit this wiki is not yet ready for this.--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]]<br />
<br />
: You're being unfair to tutorial writers - we do have a few. I don't see any harm in having DGIII as the featured addon for half a year, I still think it's better than the old dull Main Page. On the other hand, yes the links will not be as great as Wikipedia's Featured Articles, but that's the best we can offer at the moment, so why not? Do you think it's detrimental to OrbiterWiki's "image"? --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:32, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:: Yes, to be honest. I think it makes the site look 1) devoid of content, and 2) a DGIII fan-site. To a certain extent the former is true, but why highlight it? Is that not, after all, the reason the total articles statistic was removed? I don't thing highlighting a lack of articles encourages participation. Also, if a particular author adds a precis for all his works, this will effectively be a showcase of his designs unless anyone else follows suit. Presents the wrong image IMO. --[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 14:54, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
::: Since there are currently only two opinions expressed on this, shall we wait for some more opinions before removing them altogether? I'd prefer an OrbiterWiki ''ultimately'' with Featured Addon / Tutorial, which means adding them at some point. You are right that would be a bad idea if this deters users at the moment, but I'm not convinced that it does. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 21:56, 2 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
::: The assertion that "highlighting a lack of articles does not encourage participation" is something I would take issue with. I don't assert the opposite either, though. I believe there are both types of people. Those who want to be able think of themselves as part of something big, feel encouraged when there is a lot to do. People who like to polish things up and bring existing things further towards perfection, feel encouraged when a lot is already there. &mdash; Thus, given the choice between the two, I would opt for the more honest one. Don't pretend to be bigger than you are. That includes withholding clues selectively in order to create that impression. It would be intentional deception. &mdash; [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 14:20, 3 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
:::: To clarify this: What I meant is: If you think the site ''is'' devoid of content, then you shouldn't be afraid of showing it. If you think it's making it look devoid of content ''when you think it isn't'', then maybe you should remove it. &mdash; [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 15:01, 3 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
<br />
== Featured addon vs Random addon ==<br />
<br />
After BadWolf has nominated OMB for featured addon, the following discussion took place:<br />
* Looks like a joke more than a real MFD, suggest to wait until no other addons are nominated. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:36, 5 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
* Actually it is as well a joke as a real existing addon. I think its nomination is a good choice, but the article about it might need some more additions... eg, what beverages are available or how it works. After all, this addon shows another facet of orbiters addon community.--[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 00:20, 6 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
* OK I'll put it back in the list then, after Ariane to allow some time for editing. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 14:48, 6 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
* Yes, it's a joke. It is a real addon, but I simply used the DGIII text and replaced key words. Point being, a totally ridiculous addon can get featured status when there is a poor selection and a worse contributor ratio. Can't we just have random addons rather than 'featured'?--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 02:49, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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@BadWolf: I thought you might have recommended it to prove a point :) You are right, when there are only three active contributors one of them can easily screw something like Featured addons. However, three contributors with good intentions can surely keep reasonable addons here. And besides, I agree with Urwumpe that this addon deserves to be mentioned.<br />
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Now, '''Random addon''' sounds like a good idea, but I see two problems with it: firstly, this still requires a precis or a ''really'' good first paragraph (otherwise it'll be worse than whatever addons we pick manually, even OMB), and secondly I don't know how to implement such a random feature. How about the following compromise: we call them "Random addon" rather than "Featured addon" to avoid the connotation of quality, but these Random addons are only selected from a pool of addons which have a precis and have been manually added by someone. Initially there will only be a few, but we'll hopefully add more.<br />
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It's just that a quick look through those 54 addons we have reveals that most of them are nothing but stubs. Don't want to see one of those come up as a Random addon...<br />
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--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:38, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:Afraid I've no idea what the technical limitations are, but agree we only want to show addons with a proper article. Just avoiding those in category stub would seem a logical route, but as I say -- may not be technically possible.<br />
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:I'm sory I don't have a better suggestion, but I still think a featured article system with such a limited selection and editor-base can be abused. Be it for comic effect ( ;-) ) or because it will simply be a highlight of '''popularist addons''' as opposed to Wikipedia being a highlight of quality '''articles'''.--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 16:50, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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::I don't want to get into an argument about how '''popularist addons''' can ever get a real problem. I don't believe its bad to have more people supporting to see the addons they develop and play more often on the main page, as other less popular addons. Its a bit like pop music - popular music isn't very often better music as less popular music, but it makes more people agree, that it is good. A compromise. So, popular addons, like NASSP, DGIII or AMSO will of course find more supporters, and more authors for their articles. But if each user also write in two-three other articles for improving quality, we have already won, by having one day enough addon articles for making "addon of the week" a once in a lifetime acheivement for articles. <br />
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::There is only one way to avoid a lack of articles - have more quality articles. And how do we get more quality articles? Only by making it attractive for people to contribute. And for making it more attractive, if we can't offer more rewards, is it to make the psychological barrier for people writing articles lower as it is now. Eg by showing where they might participate.--[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 23:21, 7 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::Implemented random addon thing - check out [[OrbiterWiki:Sandbox]], and make sure you reload a few times. Looks pretty cool! So what to we choose? Let's make this a poll:<br />
:::*Random: [[User:Timwi|Timwi]], [[User:Timwi|Timwi's Sockpuppet]], [[User:Timwi|Timwi's other Sockpuppet]], [[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]]<br />
:::*Featured: <br />
:::*Undecided: [[User:RaMan|RaMan]], [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]], [[User:GW_Simulations|GW_Simulations]]<br />
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::The main page now uses Random addons. Please play with it and make up your mind about which is better. One problem with Random addons is that it doesn't provide that much motivation for someone to write up a tidy article. Of course this is only a problem when there are lots of addons :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 10:45, 17 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::Looks and seems to work great. Cheers. :)--[[User:BadWolf|BadWolf]] 18:15, 24 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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== IE support & [Link]s ==<br />
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Whoops sorry for the somewhat messed up layout for IE - did I really expect it could render something as advanced as a page using CSS?... I'll try to make it more user-friendly, but it probably won't be as nice as it is in ''real'' browsers... --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 11:38, 18 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:The text "<nowiki>[link]</nowiki>" is appearing in square brackets before section titles on the main page. --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 00:30, 19 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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::This should work now. I can't be bothered to fix the crappy ugly marings/paddings for IE, if you can, feel free. Unless Timwi feels like helping out (which I doubt because he totally hates IE, and I know why :D) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 02:10, 19 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::It would appear to have moved from the left of the box to the right, and reduced in size, but it is still there. --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 02:14, 19 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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::::Yes, that was the idea. I wanted to make sure that there is an easy way to find the source of random addons and other elements that make up the main page. Not everybody can read the source of the main page with ease (I certainly can't). If you dislike them then you can add some user css to hide them. If you still dislike them then I can agree to remove those for Pilot Section, Developer section & Contributor section, but I'd still want to keep those for Random Addon & Article. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:38, 25 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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:::I see. I just thought that it would make more sense to link the titles. It's not a problem as it is though. --<font color="#002222">[[User:GW Simulations|'''GW_Simulations''']]</font><sub>''[[User talk:GW_Simulations|Talk]] ''|'' [[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|Contribs]]'' | ''[[Special:Emailuser/GW_Simulations|E-mail]]''</sub> 13:00, 25 August 2006 (MSD)<br />
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== Fanfiction Wiki ==<br />
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Hello, everyone! I'm not sure if this should go here, but I've created a fanifiction wiki for Orbiter. You can share the stories you've come up with in your head involving Orbiter for other fans to see. [http://http://orbiterfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Orbiter_Sim_Fanfiction_Wiki Here's the link]. -- [[User:Spyder]]</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Spyder&diff=15133User talk:Spyder2012-11-28T14:02:53Z<p>RaMan: /* Sorry for the autoblock */ new section</p>
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<div>== Sorry for the autoblock ==<br />
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Hi there!<br />
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You were autoblocked by our spam filter. Sorry about that... I've unblocked you now, and posted the message you were trying to post. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 14:02, 28 November 2012 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page/Redesign&diff=15109Talk:Main Page/Redesign2012-11-27T18:12:39Z<p>RaMan: Created page with "Maybe we don't need Other Links anymore? I've wanted to get rid of them for ages... Not sure what Urwumpe thinks of that, I think he may be the one who added one of those or p..."</p>
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<div>Maybe we don't need Other Links anymore? I've wanted to get rid of them for ages... Not sure what Urwumpe thinks of that, I think he may be the one who added one of those or possibly both. Shall we drop that whole section? --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 18:12, 27 November 2012 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Village_pump&diff=14993OrbiterWiki:Village pump2012-11-16T20:30:24Z<p>RaMan: /* Spam */</p>
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<div>Just a page for general OrbiterWiki discussions (for keeping the [[Talk:Main Page]] related to the main page). <br />
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View archived discussions for [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2005-2007|2005-2007]], [[OrbiterWiki:Village pump/Archive 2008-2010|2008-2010]].<br />
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<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:OrbiterWiki:Village pump|action=edit&section=new}} Add a new thread]</span><br />
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== Server move and stuff ==<br />
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* OrbiterWiki has moved servers. Please report any and all issues you observe, preferably by email.<br />
* I am planning to upgrade to the most recent MediaWiki version shortly. Will notify when that's done.<br />
* I'd like to try out the new default MediaWiki skin, which is the skin Wikipedia uses now. Any objections should be expressed here.<br />
* I'm still hoping to switch case-insensitivity for titles back on. One day...<br />
--[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 12:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Updated to MediaWiki v1.16.2; a couple of extensions got upgraded too. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 03:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
: Enabled Vector skin. [[Media:SkinOld.png|Old skin]] vs [[Media:SkinNew.png|New skin]]. Hope you like! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 18:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Loose gun policy for bans from a special subnet ==<br />
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I just noticed some more similarities among the recent spambot activity here: Ten spambot accounts with two name patterns since December came from 118.101.0.0/16, one half of the Internet provider "TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD" (There is no spam from the other /16 of this provider). I suspect that we have a single source behind varying IP addresses there. Since this still means a 640/650 chance that somebody is not a spammer from this network, I would propose the following guideline for next 3 months: All new user accounts that are registered from this network with the pattern <br />
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<Letter> + <Random First Name> + <Random Common Family Name> + <Letter> <br />
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should be banned instantly and for infinite time. IP-Bans should be avoided, since a /16 network of DHCP addresses seems like a poor target for IP-bans. Better target the business model and prevent search engine optimization. I don't see any reason to use this user name pattern here anyway. Another pattern had been the "-Steamer" type, but I don't think this alone is a good way to identify a spammer. If it comes from the same subnet though, it would be with very high certainty a spammer. We have no legal edits from the whole /16 subnet (Booo!). <br />
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[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 18:23, 30 January 2012 (UTC)<br />
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PS: Yes, that means that new users should better not use this name pattern, if they would like to prevent getting under general suspicion here. It is not nice, but since 2 hours of reaction time is enough to infect a few thousand PCs with malware, a fair price IMHO. "JohnSmith" would still be legal. "GJohnSmithj" would be dubious.<br />
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: I suppose this sounds reasonable. No problem with this. Good effort noticing this! [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 13:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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About another special customer here, can I suggest being a tiny bit more unfriendly to IP addresses belong to [http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=hostnoc.net hostnoc.net]? They are getting a bit annoying and banning them for one year would be long enough until things escalated far enough to remove these guys from the IP range. The current main ranges for them are 184.82.0.0/16, 64.120.128.0/17 and 184.22.96.0/20. But there seem to be a lot more, judging the whois records. The lack of any company presentation or new customer registration is a bit strange there. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 07:07, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: OK, let’s do it. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 09:50, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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==Increase Autoblock time==<br />
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I just noticed that the automatic IP block when blocking a registered user and his IP is just 24 hours, which explains why it was so ineffective against spambots in the past. I would suggest increasing this timespan to a week. That is still pretty short for our cases, and should also work against retries from dedicated hosts. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 17:52, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: OK, I think I've changed it now - let me know if this doesn't seem to have effect. By the way, do you want to receive an email every time someone edits anything at all? That's a lot of emails, but nothing a filter rule can't fix :) --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 22:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:: The RSS feed for Recent Changes does the job well for me. :D [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 23:59, 24 February 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Filter for uploads ==<br />
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Would it be possible to have a filter for the uploads, so that all files like "Epsom salt 9999.jpg" would be refused and logged? I don't yet know why such images are included by the spambots, but I fear the worst, if they could be droppers. Not having them uploaded in first place, could be better than erasing the files. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: Seems to work. Full documentation [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist here], feel free to add new rules. The current configuration includes the rules from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_blacklist&action=raw this list]. [[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 10:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Damn, that tool sure looks powerful. Should help getting a few spam bots out of business here, luckily we have a very limited dictionary. [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 12:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Filter "https?://" in article name? ==<br />
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Would it be possible to simply forbid creating pages with "http://" in them, like by the regular expression "https?://"? We don't really have them except as spam, why delete them if it is impossible to create them in first place... [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Good idea, should be blocked now. Also, I suggest we start blocking first-time spammer IPs for 1 month initially, and if we see a second offence we block it for 6 months straight away (earlier blocks are displayed when you try to block the IP). Given the low volume of real edits we get, chances of blocking a legitimate one are really low I reckon. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] 15:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Sadly yes, but that is also a problem with the advertisement department... I should be selling the wiki more on O-F. :S [[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] 15:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam ==<br />
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No idea why we've started getting so much spam after upgrading to v1.19.2 - all the measures seem to be working as before. I think we need a new plan. How about this:<br />
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* Disable editing for new users until they've confirmed their email (but still allow edits from IP)<br />
* Install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:FlaggedRevs FlaggedRevs]<br />
* Create a "known good users" group<br />
* Allow known good users to edit directly and confirm pending edits<br />
* All edits by unknown users will be "pending edits", not visible until moderated. If the edit is not spam, we immediately mark the user as "known good user".<br />
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I think I'll set this up over the next week or so, unless there are objections or any other comments. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 13:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:: From now on, new users have the same rights as anonymous users. This means they'll be asked to solve the captcha to do most things. They will no longer be bugged after a certain number of days + edits. An alternative is to confirm the email address, which will stop the captchas straight away. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 12:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:::What about simply resetting the password for doubtful user names? It doesn't harm legitimate users that much (but is annoying, I know), but could be pretty annoying for spambot software. --[[User:Urwumpe|Urwumpe]] ([[User talk:Urwumpe|talk]]) 18:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::::I'm not entirely sure how we could do that. I have, however, installed the AbuseFilter extension and set up the first rule. Now if a user adds an external link in their very first edit, the action is prevented and the user is instantly blocked indefinitely.<br />
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::::I suggest we go very conservative with AbuseFilter; I'd hate to autoblock indefinitely a legitimate user. I hope the rule I've added will take care of a very significant chunk of the spam we get; as for the rest, we first need to see if there are clearly identifiable patterns.<br />
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::::One thing still on my to-do list is to automatically block idle users that have never edited, or at the very least get a list of such users for manual blocking. Lastly, I'd love to add a single click button which would delete the page and ban its creator (indefinite if it's a user, 1/3/6 months for IPs/repeated IPs). Not sure when I'll get round to this or how difficult it'll be. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 20:30, 16 November 2012 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:BruceJohnJennerLawso&diff=14946User talk:BruceJohnJennerLawso2012-11-06T20:14:59Z<p>RaMan: /* Main page and spam */ new section</p>
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<div>== Random addon list ==<br />
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Hi! I notice you had a difficulty adding an addon to the list of random addons. One of your edits was pretty much spot on, the only problem was that the "precis" page was missing. All you need to do is add this page.<br />
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If you look at [[Ariane_5]], for example, you'll see that it specifies the <nowiki>{{HasPrecis}}</nowiki> template near the end of the page. This will add some text to your page, including something like "The precis can be found at ..." and a link. Follow that link, and create a summary for the add-on. Once that's done, you can redo [http://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=OrbiterWiki:Random_add-on&diff=prev&oldid=14846 this edit], and things should work! --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 11:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page and spam ==<br />
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Hi, no worries about the main page, take your time.<br />
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I like the idea about banning numbers in usernames, it might cut the spam significantly. And if someone really wants such a user name, they could always ask. I'll see what I can do; getting MediaWiki to do stuff like that can be surprisingly difficult. I have more ideas up my sleeve, for example disallowing posts with external links by users with fewer than X edits. I'll get on to that eventually... --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 20:14, 6 November 2012 (UTC)</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:RaMan/Checklist&diff=14916User:RaMan/Checklist2012-10-31T09:50:56Z<p>RaMan: Created page with "==OrbiterWiki migration/upgrade checklist== * Login * Editing * New user registration - esp. email verification * Uploading and thumbnailing - upload an image; thumbanil shown..."</p>
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<div>==OrbiterWiki migration/upgrade checklist==<br />
* Login<br />
* Editing<br />
* New user registration - esp. email verification<br />
* Uploading and thumbnailing - upload an image; thumbanil shown automatically if this works<br />
* MathML (make sure to force re-rendering by editing and previewing):<br />
:: <math><br />
\operatorname{erfc}(x) =<br />
\frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_x^{\infty} e^{-t^2}\,dt =<br />
\frac{e^{-x^2}}{x\sqrt{\pi}}\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n \frac{(2n)!}{n!(2x)^{2n}}<br />
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* Category links display<br />
* Spam blacklist (note: it only blocks new external links, nothing else)<br />
* Captcha<br />
* Pages containing non-ASCII([[Descending_node|1]], [[Oort_cloud|2]], [[Kármán Line|3]]); revision history with fancy chars (Sanbox history).</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User:RaMan&diff=14915User:RaMan2012-10-31T09:50:13Z<p>RaMan: </p>
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<div>Hi! My name is Roman, and I'm hosting '''OrbiterWiki'''.<br />
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==Technical issues==<br />
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* [http://www.ascii-chart.info ASCII chart] and [http://www.ascii-chart.info ASCII table], which have been hosted for over a year on less than a penny by NearlyFreeSpeech! (the traffic is low though).<br />
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__NOTOC__</div>RaManhttps://www.orbiterwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Ares&diff=14878User talk:Ares2012-10-29T12:38:46Z<p>RaMan: /* Welcome! */ new section</p>
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<div>== Welcome! ==<br />
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Hi Ares! I just wanted to tell you that we're in the middle of some changes related to spam, so you will probably be prompted to enter a captcha on the next few edits. This will stop after a few edits, and I'm working on making the captcha not trigger for confirmed users. --[[User:RaMan|RaMan]] ([[User talk:RaMan|talk]]) 12:38, 29 October 2012 (UTC)</div>RaMan