Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-30 Thread Michael Peel 
Done.

Thanks,
Mike

On 30 Oct 2012, at 03:40, Peter Coombe  wrote:

> If an admin could stick the following in
> https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css, that should do the
> trick.
> 
> #footer-places-mobileview { display: none; }
> 
> Glad this is finally solved!
> 
> Pete / the wub
> 
> 
> On 29 October 2012 22:24, rexx  wrote:
>> Yes - they've simply suppressed the redirection to m.wikimedia.org.uk (which
>> still doesn't exist). My mobile phone is simply displaying wikimedia.org.uk
>> - just as my pc does. There's simply no point in that link at present.
>> 
>> --
>> Doug
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 29 October 2012 21:59, Thehelpfulone  wrote:
>>> 
>>> The 'mobile view' link at the bottom of the pages still fails though, a
>>> minor problem though - maybe we can hide that link through editing a
>>> MediaWiki: page on the wiki?
>>> 
>>> Thehelpfulone
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone
>>> 
>>> On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:53, Thomas Morton 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 And me
 
 Tom Morton
 
 On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:52, Andy Mabbett 
 wrote:
 
> Working for me, now.
> 
> On 29 October 2012 20:43, Michael Peel 
> wrote:
>> I think that this issue has now been resolved for uk.wikimedia.org, or
>> at
>> least it works on my phone now. Could someone confirm whether that is
>> the
>> case or not please?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>> 
>> On 24 Oct 2012, at 15:02, Richard Symonds
>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'll make some more noise on this, but I've already made quite a bit.
>> if
>> anyone knows any of the developers well, please let them know. This
>> genuinely affects outreach, and the effectiveness of the
>> staff/trustees/volunteers, for various chapters worldwide.
>> 
>> Richard Symonds
>> Wikimedia UK
>> 0207 065 0992
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
>> and
>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
>> Registered
>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
>> 4LT.
>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation
>> (who
>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
>> control over
>> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 24 October 2012 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
>>> 
>>> The assignment feature is rarely used on Wikimedia's bugzilla
>>> installation per se, in fairness. But yes, no developer seems to have
>>> taken a keen interest in it yet.
>>> 
>>> Harry
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Andy Mabbett
>>> 
>>> wrote:
 Thank you. That was closed as a duplicate of
 
 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38799
 
 which was raised in July this year, and yet is still unassigned.
 
 On 23 October 2012 23:21, Michael Peel
 
 wrote:
> I've raised this on bugzilla at:
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41334
> Please add any clarifying comments there that you think would be
> useful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:46, Damokos Bence
> 
> wrote:
> 
> I think this issue affects all *.wikimedia.org addresses (at least
> the
> ones
> of chapters hosted by the WMF); a workaround is to change the
> user-agent
> setting in your mobile browser, if possible.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bence
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Stevie Benton
>  wrote:
>> 
>> I'm still having problems too.
>> 
>> Stevie
>> 
>> On Oct 23, 2012 7:09 PM, "Andy Mabbett"
>> 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It appears that this is still an issue.
>>> 
>>> On 5 October 2012 12:57, Richard Symonds
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
 Have just chased this up with the WMF. Thanks for reminding me
 Andy!
>>> 
 On 5 October 2012 12:49, Andy Mabbett
 
 wrote:
> 
> It's difficult to promote events like:
> 
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/RBSA_Backstage_Pass
> 
> when mobile visits to that URL are redirected to:
> 
> http://uk.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/RBSA_Backstage_Pass
> 
> and errors are returned for all http://uk.m.wikimedia.org
> pages.
> 
> I know this has been raised on this mailing list previou

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK report - September 2012

2012-10-30 Thread Stevie Benton 
Hello everyone,

Please find below Wikimedia UK's report for September 2012. The text of the
whole report is posted in the email due to numerous requests for this. You
can also view the report on the WMUK wiki at
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/September - and this wiki
version includes all hyperlinks and images (which aren't included below).

If you have any comments or questions please do let me know.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie


Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 September
2012. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen,
please subscribe to our blog, join our mailing list, and/or follow us on
Twitter. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on
this report's talk page.


*Community*

*Editor decline*

Wikipedia reaches a turning point: it's losing administrators faster than
it can appoint them, Telegraph Blogs, 5 September


*Jimmy Wales*

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attacks government's 'snooper's charter',
Guardian, 5 September

Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia will use encryption to beat snooper's charter,
Telegraph, 6 September

Also see WMUK's Submission on Communications Data Bill on the UK wiki.


*Philip Roth*

Philip Roth 'not a credible source to edit his own novel's Wikipedia page',
Telegraph, 7 September

How Philip Roth Outfoxed Wikipedia’s Idiotic Rules, Gizmodo, 8 September

Author Roth rebukes Wikipedia over Human Stain edit, BBC News, 8 September

Boot up: Bezos on profit, Pirates' German problems, Windows Phone's lost
SDK and more (includes Roth on Wikipedia), Guardian blog, 10 September

Philip Roth's complaint to Wikipedia, Guardian, 11 September

Philip Roth knows his own book but let's not judge Wikipedia harshly,
Independent, 12 September


*Political edits*

Grant Shapps 'edited Wikipedia page to remove school records', Telegraph, 9
September

Top Tory 'airbrushed his Wikipedia page', new chairman 'deleted political
gaffes and altered exam details', Daily Mail, 9 September

Tory MPs fiddling with their Wikipedia entries: Grant Shapps is just the
tip of the iceberg, Telegraph blogs, 10 September

Grant Shapps's Wikipedia page was edited to remove byelection gaffe,
Guardian, 11 September


*Gender bias*

Wikipedia editors' gender visualised, Guardian, 11 September


*Wikitravel*

Wikitravel versus Wikimedia: something is going badly wrong with the free
content movement, Telegraph, 11 September


*GLAM activities*

See also the This Month in GLAM UK report for this month.


*Wikipedia Takes Coventry*

Wikipedia Takes Coventry was the first Wikipedia Takes... event in the UK

Interview with Erin Hollis and Harry Mitchell on Wikipedia Takes Coventry
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire (1 September 2012)

Clock is ticking for scavengers to capture Coventry Leamington Courier (1
September 2012)

Also: Kenilworth Weekly and Warwick Courier


*Other activities*

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the library of the Royal Society, BoingBoung, 5
September


*Expert outreach*

Delete the Wiki worries and get close to the edit Times Higher Education,
20 September


*Microgrants approved this month include ...*

An extension to the Operation Barras and Operation Flavius microgrant for
source material for getting w:en:Operation Flavius and w:en:Operation
Barras to featured article status. Operation Barras is now going through
A-class review, and is expected to reach FA status without too many
problems. Our thanks go to HJ Mitchell for his valuable work putting time
into these articles!


*UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)*

There has been a substantial amount of media coverage during over the last
couple of months. The online coverage has been aggregated into a PDF file
that includes links to the articles. Topics include Ada Lovelace Day,
Monmouthpedia and Gibraltarpedia, Mentions of Wikipedia articles, Wikipedia
Zero, Jimmy Wales, GLAM Camp London, EduWiki, our relationship with the PR
industry and a collaboration with Know How Non-Profit. You can see the full
list on the UK wiki.

We also published the following blog posts in September:

Three months as a Wikipedian in Residence, by Andrew Gray

EduWiki kicks off amid great anticipation by Stevie Benton

Board update (notification that Joscelyn Upendran had stood down from the
Board)

Wikipedia Takes Coventry - the winners! by User:Rock drum

EduWiki 2012 - a review by Martin Poulter

Wikimedia UK appoints Saad Choudri to its Board by Chris Keating

Board update (notification that Roger Bamkin had stood down from the Board)

Gibraltarpedia: WMUK press release (with clarifications about the project)

First ever Wikimedia UK intern waves goodbye by Isabelle Yates

Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK (announcing the
independent review into WMUK governance)


*Activities in October*

01 - Wikipedia and images workshop/October 2012

01 - Board meeting (TBC) - call

01 - Conference Committee meeting (postponed from 24 September)

02 - I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Thomas Morton 
Which database are you using at the moment? Do you mean CiviCRM?

Tom

On 30 October 2012 13:03, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> So there are a couple of issues.
>
> There would be no problem using templates we design and releasing CC BY
> SA, hence starting with that premise, but you suggested Mail Chimp on the
> basis it would have appropriate mark up. I see you're not sure we can
> actually use the templates and release them CC BY SA - I not confident they
> would be ok with that.
>
> If we administer campaigns in Mail Chimp we don't then have the data that
> generates (bounce backs, click throughs etc) in our database - it's stuck
> in theirs. What we want is to have the templates in our system and
> distributed from it. I'm v familiar with Mail Chimp by the way, and had in
> fact already been using it in this way, but as a stop gap precisely because
> of these issues. Also, frankly, the templates are only OK - they aren't up
> to scratch in the long term in terms of quality - having looked at the
> mailings WMDE and other chapters do, we should aim higher.
>
> Perhaps suggestions about a how we can ensure that the appropriate mark up
> issues are dealt with - any tips on good training manuals or courses we
> could look into would be welcome :) Any suggestions about other HTML
> editors too... :)
>
> Katherine
>
> On Tuesday, 30 October 2012, Thomas Morton 
> wrote:
> > MailChimp lets you export/import templates, but I can't find anything
> about licensing.
> > However, I doubt there is any issue with templates you build yourself!
> >
> > They have decent support though, so I am sure an email will clarify this.
> > Tom
> >
> > On 30 October 2012 12:26, Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> With MS Office costing £25, and Windows Server 2012 at £34, cost is
> generally low, But then, it depends on the software! Mailchimp is good, but
> can we release the code generated by it under a free licence, for other
> chapters to use?
> >> Richard Symonds
> >> Wikimedia UK
> >> 0207 065 0992
> >>
> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
> and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
> Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
> London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global
> Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia
> Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >>
> >> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 30 October 2012 12:18, Gordon Joly  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 30/10/12 12:02, Richard Symonds wrote:
> 
>  Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of
> these products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cost is an issue. Value for money!
> >>>
> >>> Gordo
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Katherine Bavage 
Hi Tom,

So there are a couple of issues.

There would be no problem using templates we design and releasing CC BY SA,
hence starting with that premise, but you suggested Mail Chimp on the basis
it would have appropriate mark up. I see you're not sure we can actually
use the templates and release them CC BY SA - I not confident they would be
ok with that.

If we administer campaigns in Mail Chimp we don't then have the data that
generates (bounce backs, click throughs etc) in our database - it's stuck
in theirs. What we want is to have the templates in our system and
distributed from it. I'm v familiar with Mail Chimp by the way, and had in
fact already been using it in this way, but as a stop gap precisely because
of these issues. Also, frankly, the templates are only OK - they aren't up
to scratch in the long term in terms of quality - having looked at the
mailings WMDE and other chapters do, we should aim higher.

Perhaps suggestions about a how we can ensure that the appropriate mark up
issues are dealt with - any tips on good training manuals or courses we
could look into would be welcome :) Any suggestions about other HTML
editors too... :)

Katherine

On Tuesday, 30 October 2012, Thomas Morton 
wrote:
> MailChimp lets you export/import templates, but I can't find anything
about licensing.
> However, I doubt there is any issue with templates you build yourself!
>
> They have decent support though, so I am sure an email will clarify this.
> Tom
>
> On 30 October 2012 12:26, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> With MS Office costing £25, and Windows Server 2012 at £34, cost is
generally low, But then, it depends on the software! Mailchimp is good, but
can we release the code generated by it under a free licence, for other
chapters to use?
>> Richard Symonds
>> Wikimedia UK
>> 0207 065 0992
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
>>
>>
>> On 30 October 2012 12:18, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 30/10/12 12:02, Richard Symonds wrote:

 Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of these
products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cost is an issue. Value for money!
>>>
>>> Gordo
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Thomas Morton 
MailChimp lets you export/import templates, but I can't find anything about
licensing.

However, I doubt there is any issue with templates you build yourself!

They have decent support though, so I am sure an email will clarify this.

Tom

On 30 October 2012 12:26, Richard Symonds
wrote:

> With MS Office costing £25, and Windows Server 2012 at £34, cost is
> generally low, But then, it depends on the software! Mailchimp is good, but
> can we release the code generated by it under a free licence, for other
> chapters to use?
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>
>
> On 30 October 2012 12:18, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
>> On 30/10/12 12:02, Richard Symonds wrote:
>>
>>> Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of these
>>> products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cost is an issue. Value for money!
>>
>> Gordo
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Richard Symonds 
With MS Office costing £25, and Windows Server 2012 at £34, cost is
generally low, But then, it depends on the software! Mailchimp is good, but
can we release the code generated by it under a free licence, for other
chapters to use?

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*



On 30 October 2012 12:18, Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 30/10/12 12:02, Richard Symonds wrote:
>
>> Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of these
>> products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.
>>
>
>
>
> Cost is an issue. Value for money!
>
> Gordo
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Gordon Joly 

On 30/10/12 12:02, Richard Symonds wrote:
Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of these 
products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.




Cost is an issue. Value for money!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Thomas Morton 
Mailchimp.com

Easy to use, tailored to email campaigns, loads of templates and it can
handle all the relevant compliance and subscriptions if needs be (or you
can just use it to create templates).

I recommend avoiding wysiwyg HTML editors as they will not produce good,
compliant HTML with alternative text options that is needed for email.

Tom Morton

On 30 Oct 2012, at 11:21, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

Morning all,

Harry popped by the office yesterday and had the pleasure of seeing me
battle with our database's WISIWYG editor to try and design a HTML email
template. It was not pretty.

I'm thinking of purchasing/downloading something better that will allow me
to design newsletter and mailing templates, preferably with a split view
option so I can tinker with the code and have a WISIWYG option too. This
will mean over time I can build a repository of templates to support my
post's needs (Membership and Development comms) and hopefully over time
other staff members can develop their own to support their roles (For
events, or volunteer specific communications etc).

Recommendations would be welcome - I'm looking to get something in place
soon so suggestions by the end of the week if you can!

Also, anyone with experience or interested in helping develop high quality
mailing templates we can release as CC BY SA to benefit other chapters too,
do put your name forward :)

Thanks!

-- 
*Katherine Bavage *
*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0949

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Richard Symonds 
Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of these
products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*



On 30 October 2012 11:21, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Morning all,
>
> Harry popped by the office yesterday and had the pleasure of seeing me
> battle with our database's WISIWYG editor to try and design a HTML email
> template. It was not pretty.
>
> I'm thinking of purchasing/downloading something better that will allow me
> to design newsletter and mailing templates, preferably with a split view
> option so I can tinker with the code and have a WISIWYG option too. This
> will mean over time I can build a repository of templates to support my
> post's needs (Membership and Development comms) and hopefully over time
> other staff members can develop their own to support their roles (For
> events, or volunteer specific communications etc).
>
> Recommendations would be welcome - I'm looking to get something in place
> soon so suggestions by the end of the week if you can!
>
> Also, anyone with experience or interested in helping develop high quality
> mailing templates we can release as CC BY SA to benefit other chapters too,
> do put your name forward :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> *Katherine Bavage *
> *Fundraising Manager *
> *Wikimedia UK*
> +44 20 7065 0949
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

2012-10-30 Thread Katherine Bavage 
Morning all,

Harry popped by the office yesterday and had the pleasure of seeing me
battle with our database's WISIWYG editor to try and design a HTML email
template. It was not pretty.

I'm thinking of purchasing/downloading something better that will allow me
to design newsletter and mailing templates, preferably with a split view
option so I can tinker with the code and have a WISIWYG option too. This
will mean over time I can build a repository of templates to support my
post's needs (Membership and Development comms) and hopefully over time
other staff members can develop their own to support their roles (For
events, or volunteer specific communications etc).

Recommendations would be welcome - I'm looking to get something in place
soon so suggestions by the end of the week if you can!

Also, anyone with experience or interested in helping develop high quality
mailing templates we can release as CC BY SA to benefit other chapters too,
do put your name forward :)

Thanks!

-- 
*Katherine Bavage *
*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0949

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-30 Thread Peter Coombe 
If an admin could stick the following in
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css, that should do the
trick.

#footer-places-mobileview { display: none; }

Glad this is finally solved!

Pete / the wub


On 29 October 2012 22:24, rexx  wrote:
> Yes - they've simply suppressed the redirection to m.wikimedia.org.uk (which
> still doesn't exist). My mobile phone is simply displaying wikimedia.org.uk
> - just as my pc does. There's simply no point in that link at present.
>
> --
> Doug
>
>
>
> On 29 October 2012 21:59, Thehelpfulone  wrote:
>>
>> The 'mobile view' link at the bottom of the pages still fails though, a
>> minor problem though - maybe we can hide that link through editing a
>> MediaWiki: page on the wiki?
>>
>> Thehelpfulone
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone
>>
>> On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:53, Thomas Morton 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > And me
>> >
>> > Tom Morton
>> >
>> > On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:52, Andy Mabbett 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Working for me, now.
>> >>
>> >> On 29 October 2012 20:43, Michael Peel 
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I think that this issue has now been resolved for uk.wikimedia.org, or
>> >>> at
>> >>> least it works on my phone now. Could someone confirm whether that is
>> >>> the
>> >>> case or not please?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Mike
>> >>>
>> >>> On 24 Oct 2012, at 15:02, Richard Symonds
>> >>> 
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll make some more noise on this, but I've already made quite a bit.
>> >>> if
>> >>> anyone knows any of the developers well, please let them know. This
>> >>> genuinely affects outreach, and the effectiveness of the
>> >>> staff/trustees/volunteers, for various chapters worldwide.
>> >>>
>> >>> Richard Symonds
>> >>> Wikimedia UK
>> >>> 0207 065 0992
>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
>> >>> and
>> >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
>> >>> Registered
>> >>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
>> >>> 4LT.
>> >>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> >>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation
>> >>> (who
>> >>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>> >>> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
>> >>> control over
>> >>> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 24 October 2012 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
>> 
>>  The assignment feature is rarely used on Wikimedia's bugzilla
>>  installation per se, in fairness. But yes, no developer seems to have
>>  taken a keen interest in it yet.
>> 
>>  Harry
>> 
>>  --
>>  Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)
>> 
>>  On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Andy Mabbett
>>  
>>  wrote:
>> > Thank you. That was closed as a duplicate of
>> >
>> >  https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38799
>> >
>> > which was raised in July this year, and yet is still unassigned.
>> >
>> > On 23 October 2012 23:21, Michael Peel
>> > 
>> > wrote:
>> >> I've raised this on bugzilla at:
>> >> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41334
>> >> Please add any clarifying comments there that you think would be
>> >> useful.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >> On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:46, Damokos Bence
>> >> 
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I think this issue affects all *.wikimedia.org addresses (at least
>> >> the
>> >> ones
>> >> of chapters hosted by the WMF); a workaround is to change the
>> >> user-agent
>> >> setting in your mobile browser, if possible.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Bence
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Stevie Benton
>> >>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm still having problems too.
>> >>>
>> >>> Stevie
>> >>>
>> >>> On Oct 23, 2012 7:09 PM, "Andy Mabbett"
>> >>> 
>> >>> wrote:
>> 
>>  It appears that this is still an issue.
>> 
>>  On 5 October 2012 12:57, Richard Symonds
>>   wrote:
>> 
>> > Have just chased this up with the WMF. Thanks for reminding me
>> > Andy!
>> 
>> > On 5 October 2012 12:49, Andy Mabbett
>> > 
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It's difficult to promote events like:
>> >>
>> >>  http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/RBSA_Backstage_Pass
>> >>
>> >> when mobile visits to that URL are redirected to:
>> >>
>> >>  http://uk.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/RBSA_Backstage_Pass
>> >>
>> >> and errors are returned for all http://uk.m.wikimedia.org
>> >> pages.
>> >>
>> >> I know this has been raised on this mailing list previously,
>> >> but
>> >> there's still no sign of a fix.
>> >>
>> >> The impact of this problem can be understood by considerin