Nemacolin Admin Handbook

Nemacolin Admin Handbook

A practical reference guide for maintaining and expanding the Nemacolin Community Archive. This handbook covers file uploads, system configuration, templates, categories, navigation, and routine maintenance.

1. File & Image Management

Uploading Files

• Special:Upload – Upload images, documents, and media.
• After uploading, click the file → “Original file” to get the real path.
• All files are stored in hashed folders under /images/ (e.g., /images/5/56/).

File Tools

• Special:ListFiles – All uploaded files.
• Special:UnusedFiles – Files not used anywhere.
• Special:FileDuplicateSearch – Detect duplicates.
• Special:MediaStatistics – Storage overview.

2. Branding & Appearance

Logo

Logos are set in LocalSettings.php:

$wgLogos = [
  '1x' => "$wgScriptPath/images/…/Nemacolin-logo.svg",
];

Footer

Vector 2022 uses:

• MediaWiki:Vector-2022-footer
• MediaWiki:Vector-2022-footer-contents
• MediaWiki:Vector-2022-config (must contain "enableFooter": true)

Sidebar Navigation

• MediaWiki:Sidebar – Controls left navigation menu.

Site-wide CSS & JS

• MediaWiki:Common.css – Global styling.
• MediaWiki:Common.js – Global scripts.

3. Templates

Common templates used in the archive:

• Template:ArchiveNav – Category navigation box.
• Template:Infobox person – Biographical infobox.
• Template:Note, Template:Stub, etc.

4. Categories

Primary archive categories:

5. Maintenance Tools

Monitoring

• Special:RecentChanges – Track all edits.
• Special:Watchlist – Pages you follow.

Cleanup

• Special:DeadendPages – Pages with no outgoing links.
• Special:LonelyPages – Pages with no incoming links.
• Special:ShortPages – Pages needing expansion.
• Special:LongPages – Pages that may need trimming.
• Special:BrokenRedirects – Redirects pointing nowhere.
• Special:DoubleRedirects – Redirect chains.

6. Structure & Discovery

• Special:AllPages – Every page on the wiki.
• Special:Categories – All categories.
• Special:WantedPages – Linked but not created.
• Special:WantedCategories – Categories used but not created.
• Special:Search – Advanced search.
• Special:WhatLinksHere – Pages linking to a given page.

7. User & Permissions

• Special:UserRights – Assign admin/editor rights.
• Special:UserList – All accounts.
• Special:BlockList – Blocked users.
• Special:Preferences – Your personal settings.

8. Server-Side Configuration

These require cPanel access:

• LocalSettings.php – Core configuration.
• images/ – File storage (hashed subfolders).
• extensions/ – Installed extensions.

9. Quick Reference

Daily

• Special:RecentChanges
• Special:Upload
• Special:ListFiles

Weekly

• Special:UnusedFiles
• Special:DeadendPages
• Special:LonelyPages

Monthly

• Special:WantedPages
• Special:Categories

10. Contact

For internal use:

• Archivist: Edward Leo Morfosky
• Wiki: https://wiki.nemacolin.net