Mholdschool Wiki Fix Fixed

MH Oldschool Wiki (wiki.mholdschool.com) serves as the primary technical repository for players of the original Monster Hunter Monster Hunter G

Common causes & targeted fixes

• Broken redirects: run Special:BrokenRedirects, delete or retarget invalid redirects.
• Template recursion: inspect templates for circular transclusion; simplify or add checks.
• Missing images/files: check LocalSettings.php paths and the images directory; run image migration if moved.
• Database corruption: use mysqldump (or pg_dump) restore; MySQL repair tables or use MediaWiki's repairBackup.php if available.
• Search index issues: rebuild with runJobs.php and rebuildRecentChanges.php; if using ElasticSearch or CirrusSearch, reindex.
• Extension errors after updates: disable extensions in LocalSettings.php, then re-enable one-by-one to isolate.
• Permission errors (500/403): check PHP error logs; correct file ownership (chown) and mode (chmod).

• Benefit: If the wiki software crashes, your data is still safe in Git. You can even edit the documentation in VS Code and push it to the wiki.

Impact

• User-reported wiki errors dropped from ~8/week to 0 in the first 10 days post-fix.
• Average setup time for new users decreased by ~4 minutes.

Wiki Integration: While newer games (like Old School RuneScape) have "fixed" the wiki issue by integrating the official wiki directly into the game client, Monster Hunter fans still rely on community-managed independent hosting. mholdschool wiki fix

• Clear browser cookies for the mholdschool domain.
• Delete wiki session folder contents:
  rm -rf /tmp/sess_* (if wiki uses default PHP sessions)
• In LocalSettings.php, force cookie settings:

  $wgCookieSecure = false;  // if no HTTPS
  $wgCookieHttpOnly = true;
  $wgSessionCacheType = CACHE_DB;
  

• Run the update script (MediaWiki):
  php maintenance/update.php (fixes session and user table schema)

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