WikiFrequentlyAskedQuestions

Frequently Asked Questions about our wiki farm

Q: How do I edit pages?
- A: Only regisitered users can edit. Visit UserPreferences at the top-right of any page to create a user profile or to login. Until you log in, all pages are marked as "Immutable".
Q: How do I move pages?
- A: In two steps:
1. Choose "Rename Page" from the "More Actions:" menu, select new name, comment about the change and click the "Rename" button.
2. Create a redirect page to the new name:
  - ```
  #redirect NewLocation
  This page has moved to NewLocation.
```
  This version of moin does not update exiting links to the page. If you want to update them manually, click on the page title to search for pages linking to this page.
Q: The wiki change notifications are going to the wrong address. How do I change it?
- A: If you're a PMC chair or infrastructure team member, you can change it. Change the contents of https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/infrastructure/apwiki/trunk/config/${wikiname}.py.
  
  change the line that reads something like
```
    mail_commit_address = 'cvs@${wikiname}.apache.org'
```
  and replace the e-mail address there with whatever it should be. Quotes and casing matter. Ask on the infrastructure mailing list for the live config to be updated.
Q: An undesirable user has registered and is spamming us. How to disable users?
- A: People in your Project Management Committee (PMC) can disable users. The instructions are at /www/wiki.apache.org/README
Q: How can certain URLs be blocked from being added?
- A: First, to stop the spammer or the script, add the offending urls to LocalBadContent. Now disable the user so they cannot do more damage. Finally, the banned URLs to http://moinmaster.wikiwikiweb.de/BadContent, so all MoinMoin wikis will be protected from those urls.
Q: How can I make a page be not writable by anyone?
- A: Use access control lists (see http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnAccessControlLists).
Q: How can I make pages editable by registered users?
- A: Use access control lists (see http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnAccessControlLists).
Q: Is there a way to reserve write/edit operations to users who have logged in?
- A: Use access control lists (see http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnAccessControlLists).
Q: How can I revert a page to a previous version?
- A: Log in to the wiki, by clicking on the UserPreferences in the top right corner of the page. Then, go to the page you wish to revert. Click on the icon, then click 'Show "Revision History"'. There is a revert action in the right column of that page. Pick the version and click on "revert". Be warned: there's no confirmation dialog; the change is applied immediately.
Q: How do I request a new wiki instance or changes to an existing instance?
- A: See http://www.apache.org/dev/reporting-issues.html#wiki
Q: What about the migration from the usemod wiki?
- A: See UseModMigration.
Q: I like the look-and-feel of this Apache wiki! Can we use it for our own organisation's wiki?
- A: Sure. We didn't write this ourselves. Grab the files
- http://wiki.apache.org/style/moinmoin-global.css
- http://wiki.apache.org/style/better-moinmoin.css
  
  and change your wiki configuration to use them (there's docs for doing that in the moin documentation).
Q: What if my question is not answered here?
- A: Write an e-mail to infrastructure _at_ apache dot org. Prefix the subject with [wiki]. When you receive an answer (which might take a few days), please add the question and the answer to this page (if you are logged in, you should see an "edit this page" link at the bottom).