diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7307eca..700f048 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ drop.node.json
 archive.json
 about.json
 index.json
+wiki/
diff --git a/scripts/mediawiki.py b/scripts/mediawiki.py
index acace84..3c6f539 100644
--- a/scripts/mediawiki.py
+++ b/scripts/mediawiki.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def recentfiles (args):
                     break
 
                 # Construct an item for output
-                print ("[{0}], date:{1}".format(filepage.page_title, r['timestamp']), file=sys.stderr)
+                print (u"[{0}], date:{1}".format(filepage.page_title, r['timestamp']).encode("utf-8"), file=sys.stderr)
                 usagepage = None
                 for usagepage in filepage.imageusage():
                     break # just grab the first usage page