[Wikitech-l] IE 11 and feature compatibility
Greetings, Starting this month (March 2021) and moving forward, new software features developed by the Wikimedia Foundation for MediaWiki will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). Existing software features may be deprecated from IE11 as the browser reaches EOL support from Microsoft. More information about the reasoning behind this is available on mediawiki.org [1]. 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility/IE11 Sincerely, -- Keegan Peterzell (he/him) Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Global preferences available for testing
Greetings, Global Preferences [0], a result of the 2016 Community Wishlist campaign [1], are ready for testing before being released to the wikis. To test them out and leave feedback, login or register on a beta wiki such as the English Wikipedia [2], German Wiktionary [3] or Hebrew Wikipedia [4], then visit your global preferences [5]. After that you can wander around the beta wikis, trying things out. If you find bugs or anything else of note to comment on, you can leave feedback on the Help discussion page [6]. Thanks, see you on the wikis. 0. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GlobalPreferences 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Miscellaneous#Global_settings 2. https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org 3. https://de.wiktionary.beta.wmflabs.org 4. https://he.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org 5. Special:GlobalPreferences (for example https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences ) 6. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:GlobalPreferences -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] JADE needs your feedback
Hi all, Feedback is needed for specifics: * Judgments, Endorsements, and Preferences - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tzw0uv2bucrdprm4 * Thematic and quant analysis of judgements - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tzw5fix7hbs4ui8j * Free text comments and suppression - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tzw4ebq17wbdog74 * Should we integrate JADE with Flow? - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tzw3qg8qiqow10d8 If you think you might have something to say, please take a look and contribute. I think this should be the last general email with Wikidata-l cc'd. Thanks! -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] JADE needs your feedback
I should add, If you'd like to receive an occasional notice on-wiki when JADE needs feedback, feel free to sign up on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/JADE Thanks again. -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] JADE needs your feedback
(cross-posting to Wikitech and Wikidata; Wikidata is getting this due to the general interest in data sets and databases) Greetings, The Platform Scoring Team at the Wikimedia Foundation are developing an auditing tool for ORES, the Judgement and Dialogue Engine (JADE) [0]. It's largely inspired by the false positive reporting work that currently occurs by hand on wiki pages. JADE's purpose is to provide human oversight to ORES's AI work. The team is seeking input in two areas as development begins in two technical areas: the database schema [1], and the implementation strategy [2]. If you have thoughts or experience to share in how to best set these up, please have a look over the pages. Questions, comments, concerns are welcome on the talk pages [3][4]. Feedback and stories on using ORES in production is also welcome, to help give the team general ideas about areas of concern and/or improvement that JADE should keep in mind [5]. Thank you for your time, see you on the wikis. 0. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/JADE 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/JADE/Schema 2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/JADE/Implementations 3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:JADE/Schema 4. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:JADE/Implementations 5. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:JADE -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Morgan <jmor...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > And now, this: > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/2-chinese- > writers-will-create-their-own-wikipedia-competitor/ > > IIRC, China has been announcing such an initiative in various forms almost perennially since Wikipedia became popular in the mid-aughts, and every time the tech journalists go nuts. -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of Technical Collaboration Guidance discussion
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is the *Technical Collaboration Guidance* > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration_Guidance still > actively under development? Yes, there are internal stakeholder discussions still underway. > There seems to have been no discussion of any > substance since January. Is there an intention to bring the discussion to > a close Eventually the plan is to remove the draft tag, yes. > and to implement the guidance? As guidance, there is nothing to "implement" as you say. As has been discussed on the talk page, these are not rules to be placed into effect. This is a guidance manual from the TC team. The guidance is available for teams to check if they'd like a written resource for the type of work that Community Liaisons generally do. Further questions are welcome on the talk page, where discussions can be properly captured on-wiki. -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Discussion Platform
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Stephen Niedzielski < sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > +1 for matrix.org. I use Riot <https://riot.im/app> and the Android app. > The IRC bridge is still a bit flaky but it seems more reliable than a > bouncer. If you do go the bouncer route, I recommend firrre > <https://firrre.com/>. > > Firrre signups are suspended (again), and they used to also require linking to an active github. -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose
Hello all, Over the past few months the Design team members at the Wikimedia Foundation (user experience [UX] designers, design researchers, user experience engineers, and communications) have been working with Arthur Richards from the Team Practices Group to identify the high-level themes that motivate design at the WMF. These themes have been turned into a brief statement of purpose, whose intent is to articulate the vision and purpose behind design at the WMF. This statement will influence the future direction of design work. At this point the stakeholders are ready for a review of the draft statement. The purpose of this review is to gather a common understanding of its purpose, and to identify any key themes that may be missing from the high-level discussion. On the wiki page for the statement, you'll find these themes and what they encompass in the "Background" section. If you have an observation, comment, or concern about what is listed there, please bring it up on the talk page. If it is relevant to the review and understanding of the statement, it will be looked at for future drafts. If there are comments about design and the design process in general, we'll hold on to those until a time when they can be addressed for the broader discussion of design in general. All that said, here are the links: * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Design/Statement_of_purpose> We look forward to seeing you on the wiki. -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Invitation for review: Technical Collaboration Guideline
Greetings, Wikimedians, please review something we are working on for the Wikimedia Foundation, the Technical Collaboration Guideline [0]. The Technical Collaboration Guideline (TCG) is a set of best practice recommendations, for planning and communicating product and project information to Wikimedia communities, in order to work better, together. The TCG allows Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Product teams and Wikimedia communities to work together in a systematic way in the product development and deployment cycle. It is hoped that the TCG is useful enough to be utilized in planning and communications regarding any project, from anyone. The TCG is intended to be flexible as plans and products change in development; it is a guide whose contents will help build collaborative relationships. The initial draft of the TCG was written after discussions in small groups with members of the Community Liaisons and Product Management teams, to identify successes and failures in communication, and what we can do to encourage collaboration with the communities. Over the next month, I am seeking review and feedback from Wikimedia community members. All feedback that is left will be read; if there is a case for immediate action, it will be made. All feedback will be taken into consideration when editing the next draft of the TCG. Please keep in mind that the TCG is intended to be lightweight information and instruction and will not be completely comprehensive. The TCG and the conversations about it are in English, but comments from all languages are welcome. Over the next few days, this invitation for review will be distributed across the wikis. Also, within the coming weeks, I'll be announcing a review on behalf of the WMF's Design team. They have been working diligently over the past few months to identify and define the purpose of design within the WMF, and they are looking forward to sharing this statement of purpose with the broader Wikimedia movement for comment. If you're interested, please be on the lookout for this review announcement. I look forward to reading your comments on the wiki [1]. 0. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration_Guideline 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Technical_Collaboration_Guideline -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] My username
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 12:37 AM, Muhammed Tatlısu < tatlisumuham...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hı, I requested to change the user name (Kingbjelica to Müdür) > Now I want to cancel it. > ___ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l I have declined the request on your behalf in my volunteer capacity as a Global Renamer (volunteer account isn't subscribed to these lists). -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Internship opening: product management at WMDE
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding info about an opportunity to intern in product management with > Wikidata and the good people at Wikimedia Deutschland. > > Pine Thanks for spreading the word, Pine! I think it's worth drawing attention to the first bullet point in the role description: * [...] enrolled as a Bachelor or Master student at a German university or college or qualified for working in Germany as an ERASMUS program student. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Design and development principles
Hi all, Please note that what I'm about to talk about is informative to how the Wikimedia Foundation develops MediaWiki software. As you may have seen, engineering in the Wikimedia Foundation is working to define the software product development process to be used internally [0]. As part of this, I'm working on developing a list of guiding principles for the software development process [1]. For examples of what this looks like for some other organizations, please see [2] and/or [3]. There is an initial draft of principles up that resulted from the above, located on MediaWiki.org [4]. These are high-level principles that are meant to be overarching reminders of good practice for WMF engineering, a sort-of poster on the wall. Vagrity is intentional to an extent as a result. As noted on the wiki page, this list is being developed in spirit with Wikimedia movement [5] principles, the Wikimedia Foundation's Guiding Principles for operation [6, and a survey of some staff to find out what is important to them in the process [7]. Comments, questions, thoughts, and whatnot are welcome on the talk page [8]. 0. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_product_development_process 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design_and_development_principles 2. http://www.unicefstories.org/principles 3. https://www.gov.uk/design-principles 4. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design_and_development_principles/Draft 5. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement 6. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles 7. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design_and_development_principles/Survey <~ still to be filled in 8. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Design_and_development_principles/Draft -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] LDAP extension ownership
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Keegan Peterzell <kpeterz...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > It's also possible to cross the streams. My Phabricator account was > registered through LDAP and I registered it with CentralAuth to connect all > the Keegans <there's links to be had here, but it's late>. > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/external/ If you've created through LDAP and need to attach to CA. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] LDAP extension ownership
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Keegan Peterzell <kpeterz...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:03 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, bluntly put, since LDAP is how most non-WMF staff sign into >> phabricator, I'd say it's become an essential extension. >> >> So yeah, this one should be taken over by WMF staff. >> > > I'm welcome to correction, but I believe the opposite is true: Most > non-WMF sign into Phabricator using CentralAuth. Many (I wouldn't say most) > WMF accounts use LDAP. > > It's also possible to cross the streams. My Phabricator account was > registered through LDAP and I registered it with CentralAuth to connect all > the Keegans <there's links to be had here, but it's late>. > > This does not diminish Greg's point. Just sayin'. > > -- > Keegan Peterzell > Community Liaison, Product > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] LDAP extension ownership
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:03 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, bluntly put, since LDAP is how most non-WMF staff sign into > phabricator, I'd say it's become an essential extension. > > So yeah, this one should be taken over by WMF staff. > I'm welcome to correction, but I believe the opposite is true: Most non-WMF sign into Phabricator using CentralAuth. Many (I wouldn't say most) WMF accounts use LDAP. It's also possible to cross the streams. My Phabricator account was registered through LDAP and I registered it with CentralAuth to connect all the Keegans <there's links to be had here, but it's late>. This does not diminish Greg's point. Just sayin'. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] LDAP extension ownership
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Keegan Peterzell <kpeterz...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:03 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, bluntly put, since LDAP is how most non-WMF staff sign into >> phabricator, I'd say it's become an essential extension. >> > Even more technically, this (LDAP) is for people committing to Gerrit and adding to Wikitech. These LDAP accounts can tie in CentralAuth through oAuth. But again, yes, LDAP should be some sort of "maintained" in the sense that Greg G. describes, and I think it will be. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Delays in loading pages on Wikimedia sites
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yesterday and today, I've experienced a number of delays in getting pages > to load on Wikimedia sites. My connectivity to other websites is normal, so > I think something may be going on internally with Wikimedia connectivity. I > recall seeing discussions during Mexico Wikimania about testing connections > to Wikimedia sites systematically from geographically dispersed locations. > Is that kind of testing being done? Are there any other tools which might > explain the delays in getting connections and loading pages? > > Thanks, > > Pine Hm, I don't see anything alarming here: http://status.wikimedia.org/8777/169667/https-services---wikipedia -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] [IRC] BotBot logs
Very cool. Thank you, Petr. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Single login - decision 2004
-- Forwarded message -- From: Keegan Peterzell kpeterz...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Single login - decision 2004 To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org On Nov 11, 2004, at 03:27:00 UTC , Erik Moeller erik_moel...@gmx.de wrote [1]: Hi, there's been some movement forward on the Single User Login (SUL) issue. I ask the Board to review this mail carefully as this has significant long- term implications and we need Board input to go ahead. I also ask other developers to correct me if I misrepresent anything. There are currently three competing strategies. Before I describe these strategies, let me point out that one important consideration for any system is scalability. That is, single login will be used on all existing and future Wikimedia projects, and potentially even on non-Wikimedia sites which we allow to participate in our system. The three strategies are: 1) GLOBAL NAMESPACE, IMMEDIATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION We try to move towards a single global user namespace for all Wikimedia wikis. If a name is already taken in the global namespace, you have to find one which isn't. For the migration, any names which clearly belong to the same user are combined into one. If passwords and email addresses are different, the user can manually link together any accounts which belong to him by providing the passwords. For cases of true name conflicts between the existing wikis, there is a resolution phase, where factors like seniority, use on multiple wikis vs. a single one, etc., are weighed in - the loser has to choose a new account name. After the manual resolution phase, any remaining accounts are converted to the new system automatically by making them unique, e.g. by adding a number to the username. The transition is now complete. The old system no longer exists. --- 1) is very complex, and we may not find someone willing to deal with the name conflict resolution issue and take the blame from annoyed users at the same time. Naming conflicts will always be an issue in this scheme, as e.g. all common first names will be taken, and any small wiki hooking up with our SUL system would feel this impact. People can mutate these usernames relatively easily to make them unique - Erik333 - and the system can offer such mutations, but it's still a bit annoying. This is now complete [2]. That wasn't too bad. 1. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2004-November/061327.html 2. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-April/077576.html -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Global user pages deployed to all wikis
Hi Pine, I'm actually the owner of SUL finalization. It is happening in April. The big messaging, rename schema, and a special page listing users that will be affected is coming in a few days and there will be a big update then. You can always follow along on Phabricator.[1][2] Until then, let us continue to congratulate Kunal and cohorts! 1. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T37707 2. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/sul-finalization/ Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation On Feb 19, 2015 12:56 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the very good news. Dan, can we get an ETA about SUL finalization? Pine On Feb 18, 2015 5:07 PM, Legoktm legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: Hello! Global user pages have now been deployed to all public wikis for users with CentralAuth accounts. Documentation on the feature is available at mediawiki.org[1], and if you notice any bugs please file them in Phabricator[2]. Thanks to all the people who helped with the creation and deployment (incomplete, and in no particular order): Jack Phoenix ShoutWiki, Isarra, MZMcBride, Nemo, Quiddity, Aaron S, Matt F, James F, and everyone who helped with testing it while it was in beta. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GlobalUserPage [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/? projects=PHID-PROJ-j536clyie42uptgjkft7 ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Tool on labs for replacing old username signatures
When users are renamed, it is up to the user to find and replace all old instances of their signature to make sure that they redirect to the appropriate account if they want to put that much work into. The other option is the re-register your old username and redirect it to the new one. This is not feasible all the time, for instance if someone owns the SUL to the old username and comes over to take it before it gets re-registered. I was wondering if anyone had the interest to build a tool on labs that would let a renamed user find-and-replace old signatures in an automated fashion? The tool would check against the rename log and the old timestamp to make sure it's the appropriate user, and substitute the old name part with ~~~ to insert the new username while preserving the timestamp. I'm not a developer my self, so thoughts on feasibility and implementation are welcome. I think such a tool would be highly useful and I'm slightly surprised it hasn't been made yet. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Tool on labs for replacing old username signatures
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On the surface, I'd agree. The problem is that many of the people whose usernames get changed will have them changed because someone else is usurping the original username, so it's not acceptable to redirect the (original) userpage to the new name; it will now belong to someone else.This will become increasingly complex as users elect to use the global userpage that's now being tested per a separate email to this list today. Those old signatures will link to the wrong user, so there is now a much more valid reason to update them. I do agree with both Brad and John that it's not really been considered all that acceptable in the past on enwiki, but then again in almost all cases I'm aware of, the user was changing hundreds or even thousands of signature lines, as a result of an entirely voluntary change in username. I suspect that, with careful communication, even the enwiki community would come to see this as a net benefit for username changes related to the SUL finalization specifically. What would be needed is some script or bot that changes the signatures from prior to the date of username change, in particular, so that signatures by the new owner of the username won't be changed. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l This. If anyone is interested, do let me know. The idea for this tool is completely optional, just as its use, but I think it's one well worth pursuing. With SUL finalization and global userpages, as Risker points out, the English community might be willing to change its mind in the near future. And I'm not even speaking specific to the English Wikipedia, this is a global consideration. If there's a bot with a web UI hosted on labs I'd expect it go through the same bot approval process as any other bot as needed, per-wiki to see if the communities accept it as an opt-in. -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] slow death of anyone can edit concept (was: [Wikimedia-l] let's elect people to serve on the wikimedia engineering community team! (brainstorming))
Svetlana, On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 11:57 AM, svetlana svetl...@fastmail.com.au wrote: I would adore talking to the relevant project people, but I /do not see them/ on this wonderful page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter Brandon Harris is designing Winter, he is the most relevant project person. Hope that helps :) -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Anyone going to WikiMania?
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote: I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming? Hackathons tend to cover the range from complete newbie to Brion; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools. It's actually quite fun; you get to sit down and work with like-minded people on most everything that strikes you fancy, and whatever you want to learn you are certain you meet someone there you can teach you. (And vice-versa!). Whether you feel like sitting down and to a hacking run, flit from one topic to another to find new things you can help with, or just want to meet-and-greet you'll find something for you. Relevant reading: *https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon: What to expect, the schedule, etc... *https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathon/Laptop_setup: What and how to install the tools you need if you don't have them already (Git, Gerrit, MediaWiki-Vagrant, etc..) I hope you enjoy the hackathon, Mark! -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] [GSOC 2014] Demo - Parsoid Based Linter
Loaded fine for me right now. Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
