Re: [Wikitech-l] Feature Requests: Suggeted new features

2016-10-10 Thread Aaron Gray 
Hi Jon,

I added my ideas to the Talk discussion. Thanks ever so much for pointing
me in the right direction.


On 10 October 2016 at 06:51, Jon Robson  wrote:

> Hi Aaron
> *Summaries - popup summaries for pages*
> sounds a little like the project my team is working on -
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Popups
>
> It would be awesome to have your assistance in testing/coding (if you're
> that way inclined).
>
> If you are interested in this project please come say hi in
> #wikimedia-mobile on IRC or join the conversation here:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Beta_Features/Hovercards
>
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 at 17:24 Aaron Gray  wrote:
>
> > Hi MZ & Andre,
> >
> >
> >
> > Had a look at the phabricator project manager but there does not really
> >
> > seem to be an overview of projects jut an alphabetical list with only the
> >
> > first 25 or so projects showing. I tried doing searches on summary,
> >
> > category and classification. But no joy.
> >
> >
> >
> > I looked at the MediaWiki source code and found that Categories do what
> my
> >
> > categories "bread crumbs" idea does but is a name clash. Really what I
> was
> >
> > trying to express was *classification* anyway and these n classification
> >
> > category in Wikipedia so that could be used as a base then things like
> the
> >
> > animal kingdom, biology, physics, etc, can be subcateories or classified
> >
> > under the classification category. So it jut needs bread crumbs
> implemented
> >
> > as an extension that uses the classification category and fits in with a
> >
> > {{classification ...}} markdown syntax extension.
> >
> >
> >
> > So anyway I am open to any guidance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 October 2016 at 17:46, MZMcBride  wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > You probably want to file these ideas in Phabricator Maniphest:
> >
> > > . Some of these ideas may already
> > exist
> >
> > > as Maniphest tasks. Phabricator lets interested users subscribe to the
> >
> > > ideas in order to receive targeted e-mail notifications, provide
> > feedback,
> >
> > > and it gives us a centralized place to track progress, blockers to
> >
> > > implementation, and more. I'm glad to see you're excited to contribute.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > MZMcBride
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
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Re: [Wikitech-l] O'Reilly free books

2016-10-10 Thread Michael Holloway 
That's fantastic, thanks very much for the heads-up, Amir!

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Re: [Wikitech-l] O'Reilly free books

2016-10-10 Thread Bináris 
Of course, your mail is very useful, thanks a lot!
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Re: [Wikitech-l] O'Reilly free books

2016-10-10 Thread Alangi Derick 
Hey,

Thanks for sharing the information. Its going to help and I will try my
best to share the infos.


*Inverencial PeaceAlangi Derick Ndimnain*

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Toby Negrin  wrote:

> Thanks for sharing Amir -- this is a great link.
>
> -Toby
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Amir Ladsgroup 
> wrote:
>
> > O'Reilly just published some of their popular books for free, either as
> > part of open access movement or some kind of marketing (or both). I find
> > them useful to Wikimedia developers. It supports several types of e-books
> > so you can read it in your kindle, etc.:
> > * Performance, Operations, Release engineering:
> > http://www.oreilly.com/webops-perf/free/
> > * Data, AI, Analytics: http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/
> > * Programming, architecture, Open source culture:
> > http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/
> > * Security: http://www.oreilly.com/security/free/
> > * Web platform, design: http://www.oreilly.com/web-platform/free/
> >
> > This is a rather unusual type of email so I wasn't sure I was doing the
> > right thing so I just sent it to wikitech-l. Please spread the word if
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> >
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Re: [Wikitech-l] O'Reilly free books

2016-10-10 Thread Toby Negrin 
Thanks for sharing Amir -- this is a great link.

-Toby

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Amir Ladsgroup  wrote:

> O'Reilly just published some of their popular books for free, either as
> part of open access movement or some kind of marketing (or both). I find
> them useful to Wikimedia developers. It supports several types of e-books
> so you can read it in your kindle, etc.:
> * Performance, Operations, Release engineering:
> http://www.oreilly.com/webops-perf/free/
> * Data, AI, Analytics: http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/
> * Programming, architecture, Open source culture:
> http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/
> * Security: http://www.oreilly.com/security/free/
> * Web platform, design: http://www.oreilly.com/web-platform/free/
>
> This is a rather unusual type of email so I wasn't sure I was doing the
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[Wikitech-l] O'Reilly free books

2016-10-10 Thread Amir Ladsgroup 
O'Reilly just published some of their popular books for free, either as
part of open access movement or some kind of marketing (or both). I find
them useful to Wikimedia developers. It supports several types of e-books
so you can read it in your kindle, etc.:
* Performance, Operations, Release engineering:
http://www.oreilly.com/webops-perf/free/
* Data, AI, Analytics: http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/
* Programming, architecture, Open source culture:
http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/
* Security: http://www.oreilly.com/security/free/
* Web platform, design: http://www.oreilly.com/web-platform/free/

This is a rather unusual type of email so I wasn't sure I was doing the
right thing so I just sent it to wikitech-l. Please spread the word if you
think it's okay or tell me if you think not. Thanks.

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[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Project Grants program will fund 6 community-led projects

2016-10-10 Thread Quim Gil 
FYI, three new technical projects funded by Wikimedia Foundation grants:

-- Forwarded message --
From: Alex Wang 
Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 7:13 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Project Grants program will fund 6
community-led projects
To: Wikimedia Announce Mailing List 


Hi all,

In the first round of Project Grants, 13 eligible proposals were submitted
for review. The committee recommended 6 for funding, with a total of $
180,396 in funded projects.  WMF has now approved all 6 grants.  Here’s
what we’re funding.[1]

Software - 3 projects funded

   -

   Librarybase: an online reference library
   


Improving the citation ecosystem for Wikipedia so editors can more easily
look up relevant sources could greatly improve their productivity and ease
of editing. This grant supports the development of Librarybase
, a project to
develop structured bibliographic data around citations. There are numerous
benefits to creating this structure, especially for hard-to-model books,
including the generation of source recommendations for specific topic areas
or WikiProjects, migration of notable references to Wikidata, and
more.[2][3]


   -

   Wikidata Module
   One
   of the biggest challenges in using Wikidata content on Wikipedia is having
   a simple, user-friendly integration tool and workflow for editors.
   User:Putnik ’s Wikidata
   module is currently used by over a million articles on Russian Wikipedia to
   add information from Wikidata to article infoboxes. Through this project,
   Putnik will improve the Lua module to make it easier to install, easy to
   integrate with infoboxes without knowledge of Lua, configurable for the
   most common use cases, and extendable.[4][5]



   -

   WikiFactMine
   Contentmine
   software helps turn peer-reviewed literature into Wikidata-based facts.
   It can crawl up to 10,000 articles per day sourcing information and making
   it available for integration into the database.  This project will build
   infrastructure to connect ContentMine to Wikidata, creating an accelerated
   conduit to populate Wikidata with new datasets.  It will also place a
   Wikipedian in Residence at Cambridge University to coordinate human
   curation of data extracted from WikiFactMine.[6]


Offline outreach - 2 projects funded

   -

   A Wikipedian-in-Residence to Engage 500 Librarians and their Communities

   
Public
   libraries and librarians are natural partners for the Wikimedia movement,
   sharing a commitment to free access to knowledge. A leader in the library
   field, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
   has secured funding from the Knight
   Foundation
   

   to capitalize on this synergy and create a national training program for
   500 public librarians to build skills in editing Wikipedia and implement
   Wikimedia programming for their local community members. This grant funds a
   Wikipedian-in-Residence at OCLC to serve as the content expert in
   developing training materials, understanding Wikimedia community norms, and
   mentoring librarians.[7][8][9]

   -

   Why women don’t edit Wikipedia

   
The
   Wikimedia Community User Group Greece will partner with two Greek women’s
   organizations, SheSharp and Telesilla, to better understand the challenges
   faced by Greek women in participating in the Wikimedia projects. They will
   utilize their collective networks to build awareness about editing
   Wikipedia, conduct trainings, and provide mentorship based on their
   learnings.[10]


Research - 1 project funded

   -

   Strengthening Indigenous-Language Wikipedias in Latin America

   
Previous
   attempts to engage indigenous language communities in developing new
   Wikipedias have been been met with many challenges and varying degrees of
   success. Global Voices
   , a nonprofit
   focused on digital activism and with deep networks in Latin America, will
   work with Wikimedia affiliates in the region to review the existing active
   and incubator Wikipedia projects in the indigenous languages of Latin
   America. By mapping successes and challenges, the team will develop best
   practi

[Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Developer Summit Weekly

2016-10-10 Thread Quim Gil 
Original version: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Td5wfd70vptn8eu4

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is 13 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

* 68 people have requested an invitation.
* 19 of them have requested travel sponsorship as well.

Join us: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit.
The deadline to request travel sponsorship is Monday, October 24th.


PROPOSALS

* 8 proposals submitted - https://phabricator.wikimedia.
org/project/view/2205/
** 1 in backlog
** 2 in Unconference
** 2 missing basic information
** 3 to be pre-scheduled

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_
Summit/Call_for_participation
The deadline for submitting new proposals is Monday, October 31.


MAIN TOPICS

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/2017/Program

On track:
* A plan for the Community Wishlist 2016 top results
* Building on Wikimedia services: APIs and Developer Resources
* How to manage our technical debt

Missing basic information
* A unified vision for editorial collaboration
* Building a sustainable user experience together
* How to grow our technical community

Missing two facilitators
* A unified vision for editorial collaboration
* How to grow our technical community

Missing one facilitator
* Handling wiki content beyond plaintext
* Building a sustainable user experience together
* Artificial Intelligence to build and navigate content


ORGANIZATION

* Meet the Program committee. https://www.mediawiki.org/
wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/Program_committee

-- 
Quim Gil
Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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