Eliminate the UniteTheWikis script and function from the project

[pppery]

meza/src/scripts/uniteTheWikis.php

Line 403 in fabcf0c

$dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );

		$dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );

The DB_SLAVEconstant was removed in MediaWiki 1.34. I assume this script is obsolete and should be deleted, but if not it needs to be updated.

wfGetDB is also (much more recently) deprecated, as is DB_MASTER above, but those haven't been removed yet.

[freephile]

This comment is a literal task list for removing the "Unite the Wikis" scripts from the repository.

Note

What is "Unite the Wikis"? - Meza made it easy to create a wiki farm where anyone in an organization could have their own wiki. This seemed great at the time, but silos of information are a bad thing in knowledge management. So, functionality was developed ~2018 to merge multiple meza wikis into a single wiki ("trying to put the cows back in the barn"). The "unite the wikis" functionality was never completely developed, but rather just enough to serve the purpose of reducing wiki counts at that point in time.

(obvious reminder: Since git is a revision control system, the removed source would still be available for inspection and future implementation as as fully-documented feature.)

• Remove src/scripts/uniteTheWikis.php from the repo
• Remove src/scripts/unite-the-wikis.sh from the repo
• Remove content from the Meza/Scripts documentation page
• Remove reference from update Project documentation and Online resources freephile/meza#3
• Remove reference from [DOC] getmeza.sh freephile/meza#172

There is no other reference or usage.

The scripts are not maintained functionality.

[revansx]

Is this issue resolved through the elimination of the "unite the wikis" script?

[pppery]

It would be, except it looks like that script hasn't actually been removed yet.

[ndc-rkevans]

It would be, except it looks like that script hasn't actually been removed yet.

Is this script something that you use? would use? need? want? .. More importantly, if we drop this capability from the project and all related files and tasks (unite the wikis), would that impact your interest in meza?

[pppery]

Me, I had no interest in Meza in the first place. I was doing a search for all repositories linked to on MediaWiki.org that used various common removed code (which would have made them no longer work with the latest MediaWiki version) when I filed this issue way back in 2024.

[revansx]

Fair enough. Thanks for the insight. Cheers!