[05:18:32] If LuaSandbox is not showing in Special:Version, then it's not properly installed or enabled [19:36:49] Hi, There is any extension that allows me to run sql on the wiki db and show the results? (free text sql) [19:38:22] if you have shell access, there's a maintenance script sql.php [19:39:05] there might be some extension too, i have never looked for one [19:39:45] Sounds scary [19:43:48] I’m 90% sure there’s an extension [19:44:04] I think there was one at one point [19:44:08] Reedy: it’s the definition of a security risk [19:44:13] I can't remember if it was removed because lol [19:44:15] Yeah, I can’t say it works [19:44:41] And I’d highly caution against using it without some significant assurances and testing [19:44:53] !e External Data [19:44:53] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data [19:45:16] Not that no [19:45:24] I think it will allow it though [19:46:08] I’m thinking https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MaintenanceShell Reedy [19:46:39] Interesting about external data, I'll try it! [20:20:20] RhinosF1: also [[mw:Extension:Maintenance]], which provides (when properly configured, of course) a neat web GUI for that and many other handy maintenance scripts, like deleteBatch etc. ;) [20:20:59] Reedy: it was called AskSQL and IIRC it was a core feature and one of the first things ever to be extension-ified :> [20:25:10] ashley: not heard of that [20:26:16] Its how TimS used to cause issues on the server and got sysadmin access, so its old... [20:46:52] https://bash.toolforge.org/quip/AU_ZgzcB1oXzWjit5ktB [23:46:06] Hello and thanks for the awesomest wiki engine. I had bit of problems with spammers creating articles. I deleted the articles, but I'd like to make them disappear, so I found https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:RevisionDelete#enabling [23:46:56] Question: I can do them manually, but would there be further automation to make the deleted articles disappear? [23:49:36] oops. oversight isn't what I'm looking for. [23:51:48] the only way to make articles disappear is to modify the database or start from scratch. you don't want to do either of those things [23:55:49] why would you want to "make them disappear" if they are already deleted? [23:56:09] did you really delete it, or did you just blank the pages? [23:58:33] that's a good question [23:59:02] Izno: thanks for the info [23:59:39] Platonides: I deleted them. I'm just worried about the spammed article names meaning something more besides what appears on the surface. I guess I worry too much