Re: [Wikitech-l] Multimedia team?
Hi, On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Brian Wolff bawo...@gmail.com wrote: Im told the multimedia team got undisbanded and now is part of editing department. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors?showall=1 is up to date, and you can see a Multimedia team there (Matmarex, marktraceur, and prtksxna). People have been talking about vr for a long time. I think there is more pressing concerns (e.g. video). I suspect VR will stay in the video game realm or gimmick realm for a while yet See Allow uploading of 3D files to Wikimedia Commons https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T3790 (created on Mar 31 2005 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T3790#60882, a decade ago). We have tried to propose this idea in several GSoC / Outreachy rounds, but somehow we have struggled finding mentors or candidates, or perhaps even a clear plan for a first release. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Replace [Tracking bugs] with [Projects] in Phabricator
I would like to propose that we remove all tracking bugs, and instead use Phabricator projects (e.g. with an Umbrella icon). Some of the benefits: * Discoverable - projects are more intuitive and easier to add to a bug with the auto-complete * Manageable - within the project, tasks can be broken down into columns by categories/priorities specific to the project * Searchable - easier to search for tasks that belong to multiple projects ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Multimedia team?
On 11/05/15 02:18, Tim Starling wrote: On 10/05/15 07:06, Brian Wolff wrote: People have been talking about vr for a long time. I think there is more pressing concerns (e.g. video). I suspect VR will stay in the video game realm or gimmick realm for a while yet Maybe VR is a gimmick, but VRML, or X3D as it is now called, could be a useful way to present 3D diagrams embedded in pages. Like SVG, we could use it with or without browser support. Hello, A potential use case for the encyclopedia, would be to display models of chemistry molecules. An example: http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Jmol_MediaWiki_Extension The ability to display X3D would be surely most welcome by a wide range of Wiki projects. -- Antoine Musso ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Multimedia team?
2015-05-11 10:29 GMT+01:00 Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr: On 11/05/15 02:18, Tim Starling wrote: On 10/05/15 07:06, Brian Wolff wrote: People have been talking about vr for a long time. I think there is more pressing concerns (e.g. video). I suspect VR will stay in the video game realm or gimmick realm for a while yet Maybe VR is a gimmick, but VRML, or X3D as it is now called, could be a useful way to present 3D diagrams embedded in pages. Like SVG, we could use it with or without browser support. Hello, A potential use case for the encyclopedia, would be to display models of chemistry molecules. An example: http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Jmol_MediaWiki_Extension See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/16/ and https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/804/ -- Jean-Frédéric ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Replace [Tracking bugs] with [Projects] in Phabricator
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Yuri Astrakhan yastrak...@wikimedia.org wrote: I would like to propose that we remove all tracking bugs, and instead use Phabricator projects (e.g. with an Umbrella icon). We agreed on the principles and the process to convert tracking tasks into projects: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Project_management/Tracking_tasks Some tracking tasks have been converted, and the only obstacle right now is the lack of more hands. Volunteers welcome! -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Connecting to github community
Another open-source communityhttp://wordpress.org is working on integrating their repository with Githubhttp://ma.tt/2014/10/sotw-2014/ for the very reasons you mentioned (Ctrl+F for the mention of github). WordPress' tool, Trac, is SVN and therefore a bit of a bigger transition IMHO. The work is still ongoing. There is a lively community that currently exists on Github. Encouraging folks to participate with tools that they are comfortable with is a win for wiki tech. I would say that this is a smart move and agree with others that focusing on Phabricator as that’s the system with a longer life. -Chris K. This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your computer system. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Multimedia team?
I'm also curious what our audio/video storage/transcoding/playback roadmap is. IMO it's a pretty fundamental feature that isn't well supported in all the clients (especially mobile). Could probably do some interesting audio stuff (e.g. narration in many languages) for visually impaired. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Jean-Frédéric jeanfrederic.w...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-05-11 10:29 GMT+01:00 Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr: On 11/05/15 02:18, Tim Starling wrote: On 10/05/15 07:06, Brian Wolff wrote: People have been talking about vr for a long time. I think there is more pressing concerns (e.g. video). I suspect VR will stay in the video game realm or gimmick realm for a while yet Maybe VR is a gimmick, but VRML, or X3D as it is now called, could be a useful way to present 3D diagrams embedded in pages. Like SVG, we could use it with or without browser support. Hello, A potential use case for the encyclopedia, would be to display models of chemistry molecules. An example: http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Jmol_MediaWiki_Extension See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/16/ and https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/804/ -- Jean-Frédéric ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle IRC: bgerstle ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Replace [Tracking bugs] with [Projects] in Phabricator
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Jamison Lofthouse jamison.loftho...@gmail.com wrote: From the wiki page above: Have batch-editing permissions This allows making changes at once instead of manually task by task. It is not required, but requesting batch edit permissions is easy.[1] Create the requested new project Are these required for conversions? The wiki page also says (above that quote) that a project should be requested. How this is supposed to work is that you would create a task requesting a new project [1] providing the reason of getting rid of a tracking task. There is a proposal to simplify the process for creating new projects. [2] [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/13/ [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Creating_and_renaming_projects#New_projects [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97273 ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
