MediaWiki does not support the deletion of user accounts. To prevent an account from being used, either scramble the password or set up an indefinite block on the account. Do not remove users from the user table in the mySQL database; this causes problems with other parts of the wiki due to the relational structure of the database.

You can't, mainly because watchlists are considered to be more or less "private" information. Obviously, the information's in the database if you wanted to hack up an extension to do it, but there's no in-built facility for it.

In the bar beneath your list title, there is a drop-down menu titled "More Actions." Select "List Settings" and then click the blue "Delete list" link in the gray bar.

You can edit your archives to remove a post or edit the complete archives. Instructions are available at: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/qs/editlogs.html Latest News: We regret that we can no longer answer email from subscribers that are not affiliated with the University at Buffalo. For more information on how to get help, please visit our Getting Help page.

When you add an item to your list you have the option of putting in the url (www address) of an online store as well as where the image can be viewed if there is one. We've found the best way to do it is: For example if you see something you'd like to add to your list on Amazon, rather than putting in Amazon.com, put in the url of the actual item. (would look something like amazon.com/product1234.htm) Same goes for the pictures.

If you were signed in when you posted the message (indicated by a star next to your name), you can edit or delete it any time. When you're signed in you'll see Edit and Delete links to the right of each message. If you weren't signed in, you can only edit or delete your message using the same internet connection (IP address) that you posted from and only until another message is posted. This difference is a good reason to register and sign in when using QuickTopic.

On the Scorecard home page, you can edit or delete a child’s profile by clicking the words “Edit” or “Delete,” respectively.

To stop people other than this SysOp (Admin) from creating accounts, add this line in LocalSettings.php: // Only SysOp (Admin) can create accounts - $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; To stop people from anonymously editing pages without being logged in, add this line in LocalSettings.php: // No anonymous editing allowed - $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; To test whether anonymous editing disable worked, make sure you are really logged out.

Prevent anonymous users from editing $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createtalk'] = false; // Prevent registered, non-confirmed users from editing $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['move'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createtalk'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['upload'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user.

How to automatically login into KDE upon boot? (insecure!) Don't let any important user to auto-login like this, but create a public user (e.g. "public" or "guest") and auto-login as this public user. Your computer will boot up as logged into aramazan user. Once you log out from aramazan, it will not auto-login again until next boot (or next X start FIXME: confirm this). To login as another user, you must first logout and you will then be presented with KDM login screen.

Assuming that $wgPasswordSalt is set to true (the default), you can use the following SQL query: UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5(CONCAT(user_id, '-', MD5('somepass'))) WHERE user_name = 'someuser'; Where obviously "somepass" is changed to the password you want to set and "someuser" is changed to the user name as it is listed in the table "user".

edit] Pre-1.5.7 cd <path to mediawiki> rm attribute.sql php maintenance/attribute.php OldUserNameOrIP NewUserName mysql < attribute.sql Always start with a fresh sql file, since attribute.php appends to it. The nice thing is you can run attribute.php a bunch of times, then commit them with one run of mysql. Run the reassignEdits maintenance script from the command line to reassign edits from one user to another. Usage: php reassignEdits.

Goto: Special:Userrights and enter the username. Click on "sysop" from the "Available groups" list. Only a user with "Bureaucrat" rights may make a user sysop.

In MediaWiki 1.5 and upwards, bureaucrats can rename users directly in the wiki with the Renameuser extension installed.

When the AutoComplete drop-down box appears as you type the name, use the arrow keys to select it and then press the 'DELETE' key. On the Tools menu, click on Out of Office Assistant. Please note that the Out of Office Assistant command does not appear unless you are using an Exchange server e-mail account. In the AutoReply only once to each sender with the following text box, type the message that you want to send to others while you are out.

Windows Firewall in Windows XP SP2: Bassline Winpopup uses two protocols, TCP/IP and NetBT. TCP/IP port (default: 52812 or View>Network Settings>TCP/IP) don't have to be cared if Bassline WinPopup is selected in 'Exception tab'.

This is precaution to be on the safe side of law. Generally we do not edit member submission – sometimes we fix spelling mistakes and edit submission that do not comply with our guidelines. We remove only submissions that we consider inappropriate but we reserve rights to remove any submission at our sole discretion. We reserve rights to re-publish your submissions to have legal rights to send your poem in our e-publication.

You cannot edit or delete a message once you hit the "Post Now" button. Click the "Preview" button to view your message before you post, to make sure it says exactly what you want to say.

If you feel a category falls within Wikipedia:Category deletion policy, bring it up on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. The category feature appeared in the MediaWiki software v1.3, which was implemented on Wikipedia in late May 2004. Initially categories were displayed at the top right of articles, but they were soon moved to the bottom due to layout conflicts. (Not every skin has them at the bottom; eg Cologne Blue has them at top right.