[13:43:01] quick question: I have a working MediaWiki going, and I want to set up a 2nd wiki in a 2nd language (to make a wikifamily/wikifarm). what's the best approach here, to follow the installation manual a 2nd time (including downloading mediawiki and runnint install script ), or to copy the folder? [15:20:32] Mirghon: neither [15:20:54] instead? [15:21:07] I think https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family is the documentation you're looking for but that page is a mess... [15:22:12] yup...that's why I came here [15:22:30] the seps I would have to follow all say THIS DOES NOT WORK [15:22:41] but the part that does work seems to be missing ^^ [15:22:48] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family#Basic_principles [15:23:12] Mirghon: what do you have in your local settings [15:24:05] you mean the php? [15:24:55] i have a lot of things in that php [15:26:41] essentially all the install script does is set up the database and create a LocalSettings.php for you to upload. You probably don't need/want to duplicate the files. [15:28:27] yeah, i guess I need to set some kind of sharedDB variable [15:28:33] for the users at leas [15:28:56] Potentially yes [15:28:58] but dont i need to run the installscript for it to generate all the other necessary database columns [15:29:16] You need another database [15:30:00] i made another database (it's still empty), im just wondering whats the quickest way to do this without installing a full mediawiki a 2nd time [15:30:25] But can run sql.php --wikidb=newdb /path/to/tables-generated.sql to setup [15:30:50] thanks, that sounds helpful [15:38:20] RhinosF1: do you have the necessary context to go through that page and merge the different sections / remove the stuff that won't work? The "Multiple wikis sharing common resources" and "Symlink method" sections seem really broken, and it's unclear to me which parts of "Wikimedia Method"are specific to the method and which parts are equivalent to the things mentioned in the general concepts (and as far as I can tell, nothing on the page describes [15:38:21] running sql.php like you mentioned just now) [15:38:58] that page doesnt need a fix, it needs a rebuild :) [15:39:07] wctaiwan: given I manage a wiki farm of 4,000 wikis [15:39:10] I would hope so [15:39:56] would you be willing to take a stab at it then? Even just pruning the stuff that's broken would make it a lot less confusing. [15:40:16] rather than keeping all the stuff there and writing "this doesn't work" in a bunch of places like the current page does... [15:44:04] wctaiwan: when I have some free time [15:44:25] thanks :)