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This wiki is powered by MediaWiki, copyright © 2001-2014 Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, Gabriel Wicke, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Niklas Laxström, Domas Mituzas, Rob Church, Yuri Astrakhan, Aryeh Gregor, Aaron Schulz, Andrew Garrett, Raimond Spekking, Alexandre Emsenhuber, Siebrand Mazeland, Chad Horohoe, Roan Kattouw, Trevor Parscal, Bryan Tong Minh, Sam Reed, Victor Vasiliev, Rotem Liss, Platonides, Antoine Musso, Timo Tijhof, Daniel Kinzler, Jeroen De Dauw, others and translatewiki.net translators.
MediaWiki is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
MediaWiki is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA or read it online.Installed software
| Product | Version |
|---|---|
| MediaWiki | 1.23wmf15 |
| PHP | 5.3.28 (fpm-fcgi) |
| MySQL | 5.0.77-log |
Entry point URLs
| Entry point | URL |
|---|---|
| Article path | /$1 |
| Script path | / |
| index.php | /index.php |
| api.php | /api.php |
| load.php | /load.php |
Installed extensions
| Special pages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | Version | License | Description | Authors |
| Ad Exclusions Tool | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| AdminAnomalies | – | Small admin tool to delete or rename pages with weird URLs | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminBounceTests | – | Tool for support personnel to get bounce stats, given a list of wikiHow URLs | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminClearRatings | – | Tool for clearing the page ratings of many articles at once | George Bahij | |
| AdminCommunityDashboard | – | Tool for support personnel to change admin settings for the community dashboard | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminConfigEditor | – | Tool for support personnel to edit and store config blobs | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminCopyCheck | – | Tool for checking for plagiarism | Scott Cushman | |
| AdminEditInfo | – | Tool for support personnel to hand-edit meta descriptions and page titles of articles, given a list of wikiHow URLs | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminEnlargeImages | – | Tool for support personnel to enlarge all the images in an article, given a list of wikiHow URLs | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminLookupPages | – | Tool for support personnel to look up pages info given a list of wikiHow URLs | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminMarkEmailConfirmed | – | Tool for support personnel to confirm a user's email address attached to the account | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminNoIntroImage | – | Tool to remove intro images in articles given a list of wikiHow URLs | Scott Cushman | |
| AdminRatingReasons | – | Tool for support personnel to manage items were rating poorly. | Argutier <aaron@wikihow.com> | |
| AdminRedirects | – | Tool for support personnel to look up a bunch of given redirects | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminRemoveAvatar | – | Tool for support personnel to remove a user's avatar file | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminResetPassword | – | Tool for support personnel to reset a user's password without an email address attached to the account | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminSamples | – | Tool for managing Sample pages | Scott Cushman | |
| AdminSearchResults | – | Tool for support personnel to lookup wikiHow articles for given queries using Yahoo Boss | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminTitles | – | Tool for support personnel to upload/download lists of custom titles | Reuben Smith | |
| AdminUserCompletedImages | – | Tool for viewing and managing User Completed Images. | George Bahij | |
| Alfredo | – | Add wikiphotos to international | Gershon Bialer | |
| Alien | – | Server-side helper for front end cache probing | Reuben <reuben@wikihow.com> | |
| Alternate Methods CTA | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| Article Authors | – | An extension that provides the list of authors for a given article | Jordan Small | |
| Article Creator | – | A friendly, non-wikitext way of creating articles | Jordan Small | |
| Article Ratings | – | An extension that allows user to rate articles | Jordan Small | |
| Article Widgets | – | Extension for adding widgets into articles | Scott Cushman | |
| Articlestats | – | Basic dashboard that gives some summarized information on a page | Travis Derouin | |
| AuthorEmailNotification | – | Notifies by email on certain events | Vu Nguyen | |
| Authorleaderboard | – | Shows author count. Based on patrol count | Vu Nguyen | |
| Avatar | – | Avatar profile picture for user page | Vu <vu@wikihow.com> | |
| Babelfish | – | Babelfish translation title reservation system | Jordan Small | |
| Babelfish Admin | – | Admin interface for Babelfish title reservation system | Jordan Small | |
| Bounce Time Logger | – | AJAX end-point to log simple timing data | Ryo | |
| Categoryhelper | – | Provides support for the category drop down menu | Travis Derouin | |
| Categorylisting | – | Provides a list of the top most categories in wikiHow | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| Charityleaderboard | – | Shows author count. Based on patrol count | Vu Nguyen | |
| CheckJS | – | Customed search backend for Google Mini and wikiHow | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| CheckUser | 2.3 | Grants users with the appropriate permission the ability to check user's IP addresses and other information | Tim Starling and Aaron Schulz | |
| CreatePage | – | Provides a basic way entering a title and searching for potential duplicate articles before creating a page | Travis Derouin | |
| Creatives | – | Show the creatives | Gershon Bialer | |
| DocViewer | – | The page that displays embedded documents. | Scott Cushman | |
| Easy Image Upload | – | Provides an easy way of uploading and adding images to articles | Reuben Smith | |
| Echo | – | License | Notifications system | Andrew Garrett, Ryan Kaldari, Benny Situ and Luke Welling |
| EditFinder | – | Tool for experienced users to edit articles that need it. | Scott Cushman | |
| Editfish | – | Wikiphoto title reservation system | Jordan Small | |
| Editfish Admin | – | Admin interface for fellow editor article reservation system | Jordan Small | |
| EditRedirect | – | Do a redirect on the edit | Gershon Bialer | |
| EditRedirect2 | – | Do a redirect on the edit | Gershon Bialer | |
| EmailLink | – | Customed search backend for Google Mini and wikiHow | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| Facebook Account Linker | – | Links existing wikihow users accounts with their Facebook account | Jordan Small | |
| Facebook App Contact Creator | – | An extension that stores the FB id and email of a user that authorizes wikihow to send them email | Jordan Small | |
| FacebookPage | – | Back end support for Facebook app | Travis Derouin | |
| FBLogin | – | Facebook app login integration to wikihow | Jordan Small | |
| FeaturedContributor | – | displays featured contributor widget | Vu Nguyen | |
| FollowWidget | – | Follow Us Widget | Bebeth Steudel | |
| FormatEmail | – | Allows custom headers/footers to be added to user to user emails. | Travis Derouin | |
| Generatefeed | – | Generates the RSS feed for the featured articles | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| GenerateJSFeed | – | An extension that displays the featured articles in javascript. | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| GoogGadget | – | Google Gadget Page | Vu <vu@wikihow.com> | |
| GoogSearch | – | Google Custom Search | Vu | |
| GPlusLogin | – | Google+ app login integration to wikihow | Scott Cushman | |
| Hillary | – | Hillary is a tool, initially created for mobile web, which allows users to vote on whether articles should have certain templates applied | wikiHow | |
| Hydra | – | AB Testing Framework | Gershon Bialer | |
| IheartwikiHow | – | Tool to allow badges on other sites | Bebeth Steudel | |
| Image Feedback | – | Allows for feedback on article images on the site | Jordan Small | |
| Image Removal Tool | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| Image Upload Handler | 0 | Simple server-side handler for image uploads through articles on the mobile site | George Bahij | |
| ImageHelper | – | New functionality for the Image pages | Bebeth Steudel | |
| ImportFreeImages | – | Provides a way of importing properly licensed photos from flickr. | Travis Derouin | |
| Importvideo | – | Provides a way to search and 'import' videos from various sources (Youtube, 5min.com, Howcast, Videojug, WonderHowTo) into the wiki | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| ImportXML | – | Takes a set of URLs, finds related pages, and adds inbound links to the submitted pages | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| ImportXML | – | Importing exporting XML | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| IntroImageAdder | – | Tool for new users to add intro images to articles that do not have them. | Vu Nguyen | |
| Leaderboard | – | Shows leaderboard stats. | Vu Nguyen | |
| LoginReminder | – | Tool to retrieve username/password | Bebeth Steudel | |
| LSearch | – | Customed search backend for Google Mini and wikiHow | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| Managepagelist | – | Manages a list of pages, such as the rising stars feed. | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| ManageRelated | – | Provides a way of searching, previewing and adding links to an existing article | Travis Derouin | |
| MassMessage | 0.0.1 | Allows users to easily send a message to a list of users | Kunal Mehta | |
| Method Editor Tool | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| Method Guardian Tool | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| Mobile QG | – | Mobile wrapper for QG tool | Jordan Small | |
| Mobile Wikihow | – | Mobile edition of web site for smart phones like iPhone, Adroid, etc | Reuben Smith | |
| Monitorpages | – | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | ||
| MultipleUpload | – | Allows users to upload several files at once. | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| MWMessages.php | – | Maintain Mediawiki messages | Travis Derouin | |
| Mypages | – | Provides redirecting static urls to dynamic user pages | Travis Derouin | |
| Newarticleboost | – | Provides a separate way of patrolling new articles | Travis Derouin | |
| Newcontributors | – | A list of users who have made their first contribution to the site | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| NewHowtoArticles | – | Tool to show new articles | Bebeth Steudel | |
| NFDGuardian | – | Provides a way of reviewing NFD templates | Bebeth <bebeth.com> | |
| NVGadget | – | Google Gadget Page | Vu <vu@wikihow.com> | |
| Optimizely Enabled Tool | – | Enable certain pages with optimizely | Gershon Bialer | |
| PageStatCheck | – | Tool for checking for page stats on created articles | Scott Cushman | |
| Pagestats | – | Boring stats on article pages | Bebeth Steudel | |
| Patrolcount | – | Bunches a bunch of edits of 1 user together | Travis Derouin | |
| PopBox | – | Provides a basic way of adding new entries to the Spam Blacklist from diff pages | Travis Derouin | |
| PostComment | – | Allows users to post comments directly to discussion pages. | Travis Derouin | |
| ProfileBadges | – | Page which shows the current Author Badges available | Bebeth Steudel | |
| ProfileBox | – | Magic word used in profile to display user data and stats | Vu <vu@wikihow.com> | |
| QG | – | Provides a way of reviewing a set of edits separate from RC Patrol, such as removal of stub templates. | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| QuickEdit | – | Provides ajax for quick editing of articles | Gershon Bialer | |
| QuickNoteEdit | – | quick popups for notes and edit | Vu <vu@wikihow.com> | |
| Quizzes | – | The Quiz Displayer of Awesomeness | Scott Cushman | |
| Radlinks | – | Displays RAD links landing page | Travis Derouin | |
| Randomizer | – | A different way of having a random page | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| RateItem | – | Provides a basic ratings system for article, samples, etc | Bebeth <bebeth@wikihow.com> | |
| RCBuddy | – | Helper special page for the wikihow editors toobar | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| RCPatrol | – | An improved way of doing RC Patrol | Travis Derouin | |
| RCWidget | – | Recent Changes Widget | Vu Nguyen | |
| Recommendation Admin Tool | – | A tool to get info about the recommendations | Gershon Bialer | |
| Renameuser | – | Adds a special page to rename a user (need renameuser right) | Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason and Aaron Schulz | |
| Republish | – | Quick and easy way to copy an article to a blog or personal website | Travis Derouin | |
| RevertTool | – | Tool to revert special edits | Gershon Bialer | |
| Revision Count | – | An extension that calculates article editing information | Gershon Bialer | |
| Sitemap | – | Generates a page of links to the top level categories and their subcatgories | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| SpamDiffTool | – | Provides a basic way of adding new entries to the Spam Blacklist from diff pages | Travis Derouin | |
| Spellchecker | – | Tool to help users find and correct spelling mistakes | Jordan Small | |
| Standings | – | The standings widget | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| Starter Tool | – | Intro tool for new users. | Scott Cushman | |
| StatsList | – | Just a bunch of stats for Krystle | Bebeth <bebeth@wikihow.com> | |
| SubscriptionManager | 1.1.3 | Provides a special page allowing users (and email addresses) to opt-out of wikiHow e-mails through preferences and generated links. | Lojjik Braughler (SudoKing) | |
| Suggest | – | desc | You<you@wikihow.com> | |
| ThankAuthors | – | A way for users to leave fan mail on authors user_kudos page | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| THumbs Up/Down Ratings | – | A class that generates and handles thumbs up/down ratings for tips and warnings on mobile and non-mobile versions of wikiHow | Jordan Small | |
| Tips Guardian Tool | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| Tips/Warnings CTA | – | Bebeth Steudel | ||
| Titlefish | – | Article title reservation system | George Bahij | |
| Titlefish Admin | – | Admin interface for new article title reservation system | George Bahij | |
| Titles by Category | – | Returns data on titles that fall under a category (as well as subcategories) in the wikiHow category tree | Jordan Small | |
| TitleSearch | – | Used for the related wikihows tool drop down auto-suggest feature | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| Titus Graph Tool | – | A tool to graph numeric data for articles within the Titus DB | Jordan Small | |
| Titus Query Tool | – | A tool to query the Titus DB | Jordan Small | |
| Toolbarhelper | – | Server side helper for the toolbar, could be replaced by RCBuddy at some point | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| TourPageRediret | – | Redirect users from wikiHow:tour to wikiHow:tour2 | Gershon Bialer | |
| TourRediret | – | Redirect new users to tour | Gershon Bialer | |
| TranslateEditor | – | Translators will have a special editor with language link | Gershon Bialer | |
| TranslationLinkOverride | – | Manually add translation links | Gershon Bialer | |
| Unguard | – | Reverse all votes by a user | Scott | |
| Unpatrol | – | Unpatrol bad patrols | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | |
| UserLoginBox | – | This is the component that displays and processes user login in the header | Scott Cushman | |
| Videoadder | – | Travis <travis@wikihow.com> | ||
| Welcome | – | Welcome to new wikiHow users | Vu Nguyen | |
| WelcomeWagon | – | Tool for support personnel to help welcome new users | Aaron | |
| WikihowShare | – | Class for general social network sharing of wikiHow articles | wikiHow | |
| WikiPhoto Concierge | – | Wikiphoto title reservation system | Jordan Small | |
| WikiPhoto Concierge Admin | – | Admin interface for Wikiphoto title reservation system | Jordan Small | |
| WikiText Downloader | – | Download the wikitext of an article given an article id | Jordan Small | |
| Parser hooks | ||||
| Extension | Version | License | Description | Authors |
| Cite | – | <cite-desc> | Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason | |
| EmbedVideo | 0.1.2 | Adds a parser function aembedding video from popular sources. | Jim R. Wilson - wilson.jim.r<at>gmail.com | |
| ImageMap | – | Allows client-side clickable image maps using <imagemap> tag |
Tim Starling | |
| MagicArticlesStartedMagicWords | – | Adds ARTICLESSTARTED magic word for showing articles created by user. | Travis Derouin | |
| ParserFunctions | 1.5.1 | License | Enhance parser with logical functions | Tim Starling, Robert Rohde, Ross McClure and Juraj Simlovic |
| SyntaxHighlight | 1.0.8.11 | Provides syntax highlighting <syntaxhighlight> using GeSHi - Generic Syntax Highlighter
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Brion Vibber, Tim Starling, Rob Church and Niklas Laxström | |
| txtscrl | – | Adds a parser function to embed the text scrolling widget | Jordan Small | |
| WHVid | – | Adds a parser function to embed wikihow-created videos | Jordan Small | |
| Spam prevention | ||||
| Extension | Version | License | Description | Authors |
| Abuse Filter | – | License | Applies automatic heuristics to edits | Andrew Garrett, River Tarnell, Victor Vasiliev and Marius Hoch |
| ConfirmEdit | 1.2 | Provides CAPTCHA techniques to protect against spam and password-guessing | Brion Vibber and others | |
| SpamBlacklist | – | Regex-based anti-spam tool allowing to blacklist URLs in pages and email addresses for registered users | Tim Starling, John Du Hart and Daniel Kinzler | |
| API | ||||
| Extension | Version | License | Description | Authors |
| App Articles API | 1 | <sampleapiextension-desc> | Reuben Smith | |
| Category Listing API | 1 | <sampleapiextension-desc> | George Bahij | |
| Mobile Article Downloader API | 1 | <sampleapiextension-desc> | George Bahij | |
| Other | ||||
| Extension | Version | License | Description | Authors |
| AntiSpoof | – | Blocks the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing and similar usernames | Brion Vibber | |
| AutotimestampTemplate | – | Provides a way of automatically adding a timestamp to a template. | Travis Derouin | |
| BlockTitles | – | Provides a basic way of preventing pages with certain titles from being saved or created | Travis Derouin | |
| Bloggers | – | Display a Google form for bloggers | Reuben Smith | |
| Bunchpatrol | – | Bunches a bunch of edits of 1 user together | Travis Derouin | |
| Changerealname | – | Changes the real name of a user | Travis Derouin | |
| CommunityDashboard | – | Shows the status of a bunch of different aspects of the wikiHow site | Bebeth Steudel and Reuben Smith | |
| Drafts | 0.2 | Adds the ability to save draft versions of a page on the server | Trevor Parscal | |
| EventLogging | 0.5 | Framework for logging events from client-side code | Ori Livneh, Timo Tijhof, S Page, Matthew Flaschen and others | |
| GuidedTour | 1 | Allows pages to provide a popup guided tour to assist new users | Terry Chay, Matthew Flaschen and Luke Welling | |
| HAWelcome | 0.6 | Highly Automated Welcome Tool | Krzysztof Krzyżaniak and Maciej Błaszkowski (Marooned) | |
| ProxyConnect | – | Implements the server side functionality of Proxy Connect | Travis Derouin | |
| S3Images | – | Glue to allow wikiHow store its uploaded images on S3 | Reuben Smith | |
| Slider | – | The box that slides in to prompt the user for more stuff. | Scott Cushman | |
