Thread: Can't log in to the Wiki

Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Dobes Vandermeer
Date:
I cannot log into the wiki on this page:


My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:

Login error

There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
 
I am able to log into the community page here:


I signed up yesterday using the community "Your Account" page.  I have never logged into the wiki before.  I tried both Chrome and Firefox.

Any ideas?


Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Dave Page
Date:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com> wrote:
> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>
> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>
> Login error
>
> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>
>
> I am able to log into the community page here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/account/

It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
out a fix.

--
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Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Thom Brown
Date:
On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>>
>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>>
>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>>
>> Login error
>>
>> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>>
>>
>> I am able to log into the community page here:
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/account/
>
> It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
> reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
> out a fix.

My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which
automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin
that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.

--
Thom


Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Dave Page
Date:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
> On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>>>
>>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>>>
>>> Login error
>>>
>>> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am able to log into the community page here:
>>>
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/account/
>>
>> It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
>> reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
>> out a fix.
>
> My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which
> automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin
> that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.

It may be a bug in our auth plugin. I've opened a ticket and assigned
it to Magnus as he recently rewrote that and thus knows it best, but
feel free to take a look if you have time. Ping me if you need access
to anything.


--
Dave Page
Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

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Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Dobes Vandermeer
Date:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>>
>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>>
>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>>
>> Login error
>>
>> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>>
>>
>> I am able to log into the community page here:
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/account/
>
> It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
> reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
> out a fix.

My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which
automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin
that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.


Ah I see, a quick google pulled up this hack/patch to get around it:


I signed up under a new username without underscores, which is fine.  I could not use the same email address for the new account, though, and there's no way to change my username or close my account that I could find.  Some possible features to consider for the future.

Cheers,

Dobes



Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
<p><br /> On Mar 30, 2012 4:23 AM, "Dave Page" <<a href="mailto:dpage@pgadmin.org">dpage@pgadmin.org</a>>
wrote:<br/> ><br /> > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Thom Brown <<a
href="mailto:thom@linux.com">thom@linux.com</a>>wrote:<br /> > > On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <<a
href="mailto:dpage@pgadmin.org">dpage@pgadmin.org</a>>wrote:<br /> > >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM,
DobesVandermeer <<a href="mailto:dobesv@gmail.com">dobesv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br /> > >>> I cannot
loginto the wiki on this page:<br /> > >>><br /> > >>> <a
href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page">http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page</a><br
/>> >>><br /> > >>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:<br /> >
>>><br/> > >>> Login error<br /> > >>><br /> > >>> There is no user by the
name"dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.<br /> > >>><br /> > >>><br /> > >>> I
amable to log into the community page here:<br /> > >>><br /> > >>> <a
href="https://www.postgresql.org/account/">https://www.postgresql.org/account/</a><br/> > >><br /> >
>>It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some<br /> > >> reason. I would
suggestusing dots instead for now until we can figure<br /> > >> out a fix.<br /> > ><br /> > > My
accounton Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which<br /> > > automatically gets converted to a space,
soeither it's some plugin<br /> > > that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.<br /> ><br
/>> It may be a bug in our auth plugin. I've opened a ticket and assigned<br /> > it to Magnus as he recently
rewrotethat and thus knows it best, but<br /> > feel free to take a look if you have time. Ping me if you need
access<br/> > to anything.<p>If you refer to the rewrite from a month or two ago I never actually finished that one
yet:O so i believe it's still running your code :) <p>/Magnus  

Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Dave Page
Date:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>
> On Mar 30, 2012 4:23 AM, "Dave Page" <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>> > On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>> >>>
>> >>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>> >>>
>> >>> Login error
>> >>>
>> >>> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I am able to log into the community page here:
>> >>>
>> >>> https://www.postgresql.org/account/
>> >>
>> >> It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
>> >> reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
>> >> out a fix.
>> >
>> > My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which
>> > automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin
>> > that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.
>>
>> It may be a bug in our auth plugin. I've opened a ticket and assigned
>> it to Magnus as he recently rewrote that and thus knows it best, but
>> feel free to take a look if you have time. Ping me if you need access
>> to anything.
>
> If you refer to the rewrite from a month or two ago I never actually
> finished that one yet :O so i believe it's still running your code :)

Oh, Ok. Well as we expect that to be finished any day now, I won't
bother fixing the existing code :-p

--
Dave Page
Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 08:15, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2012 4:23 AM, "Dave Page" <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>>> > On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>> >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>>> >>>
>>> >>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Login error
>>> >>>
>>> >>> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I am able to log into the community page here:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> https://www.postgresql.org/account/
>>> >>
>>> >> It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
>>> >> reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
>>> >> out a fix.
>>> >
>>> > My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which
>>> > automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin
>>> > that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.
>>>
>>> It may be a bug in our auth plugin. I've opened a ticket and assigned
>>> it to Magnus as he recently rewrote that and thus knows it best, but
>>> feel free to take a look if you have time. Ping me if you need access
>>> to anything.
>>
>> If you refer to the rewrite from a month or two ago I never actually
>> finished that one yet :O so i believe it's still running your code :)
>
> Oh, Ok. Well as we expect that to be finished any day now, I won't
> bother fixing the existing code :-p

Oh, so you're working on finishing it off? Awesome!

(And yes, meanwhile, avoid using underscores in usernames - it's one
of those characters that mediawiki just treats strangely)

--
 Magnus Hagander
 Me: http://www.hagander.net/
 Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/


Re: Can't log in to the Wiki

From
Dave Page
Date:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 08:15, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mar 30, 2012 4:23 AM, "Dave Page" <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>>>> > On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>>> >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>> I cannot log into the wiki on this page:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> My username is dobes_vandermeer.  The error I get is:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Login error
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I am able to log into the community page here:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> https://www.postgresql.org/account/
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some
>>>> >> reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure
>>>> >> out a fix.
>>>> >
>>>> > My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which
>>>> > automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin
>>>> > that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.
>>>>
>>>> It may be a bug in our auth plugin. I've opened a ticket and assigned
>>>> it to Magnus as he recently rewrote that and thus knows it best, but
>>>> feel free to take a look if you have time. Ping me if you need access
>>>> to anything.
>>>
>>> If you refer to the rewrite from a month or two ago I never actually
>>> finished that one yet :O so i believe it's still running your code :)
>>
>> Oh, Ok. Well as we expect that to be finished any day now, I won't
>> bother fixing the existing code :-p
>
> Oh, so you're working on finishing it off? Awesome!
>
> (And yes, meanwhile, avoid using underscores in usernames - it's one
> of those characters that mediawiki just treats strangely)

No, I've got enough of my own projects, without finishing off yours :-p

--
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Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

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