Re: [Wikitech-l] [Xmldatadumps-l] XML dumps/Media mirrors update

2012-05-28 Thread Mike Dupont
Well, I have now updated the script to include the xml dump in raw format. I will have to add more information the achive.org item, at least a basic readme. other thing is that the wikipybot does not support the full history it seems, so that I will have to move over to the wikiteam version and re

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Xmldatadumps-l] XML dumps/Media mirrors update

2012-05-28 Thread Hydriz Wikipedia
This is quite nice, though the item's metadata is too little :) On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Mike Dupont wrote: > first version of the Script is ready , it gets the versions, puts them > in a zip and puts that on archive.org > https://github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/pywikipediabot/blob/master/export_d

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread Happy Melon
On 28 May 2012 22:14, Steven Walling wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Daniel Friesen > wrote: > > > - To have a combined form like that you have to create a brand new > special > > page; you can't do that within our current Special:UserLogin > > - We don't provide a way to simply overri

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread Steven Walling
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Daniel Friesen wrote: > - To have a combined form like that you have to create a brand new special > page; you can't do that within our current Special:UserLogin > - We don't provide a way to simply override the special page used for > login links > Hence with the

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Xmldatadumps-l] XML dumps/Media mirrors update

2012-05-28 Thread Mike Dupont
first version of the Script is ready , it gets the versions, puts them in a zip and puts that on archive.org https://github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/pywikipediabot/blob/master/export_deleted.py here is an example output : http://archive.org/details/wikipedia-delete-2012-05 http://ia601203.us.archive.org/24/

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread Daniel Friesen
On Mon, 28 May 2012 09:02:35 -0700, MZMcBride wrote: Tim Starling wrote: On 28/05/12 03:50, Raimond Spekking wrote: Since MediaWiki 1.18 we have the variable $wgUseCombinedLoginLink [1] which is set to true per default. During edit workshops with students and seniors I registered that new ed

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread Daniel Friesen
On Sun, 27 May 2012 21:18:26 -0700, Tim Starling wrote: On 28/05/12 03:50, Raimond Spekking wrote: Since MediaWiki 1.18 we have the variable $wgUseCombinedLoginLink [1] which is set to true per default. During edit workshops with students and seniors I registered that new editors are confus

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread Raimond Spekking
Am 28.05.2012 18:02, schrieb MZMcBride: > Someone might want the links combined if they present both the create > account and login forms on the same page. Wikia used to do this. Twitter and > Facebook do this currently at and > when you're not log

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread MZMcBride
Tim Starling wrote: > On 28/05/12 03:50, Raimond Spekking wrote: >> Since MediaWiki 1.18 we have the variable $wgUseCombinedLoginLink >> [1] which is set to true per default. >> >> During edit workshops with students and seniors I registered that >> new editors are confused about the combined logi

Re: [Wikitech-l] Desktop upload tool

2012-05-28 Thread Mike Dupont
How will it be different than the commonist? geotagging would be one big feature and the ability to group photos with common tags would be useful! mike On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Petr Bena wrote: > I would name it Snuggle, so that it's in harmony with Huggle :) > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5

Re: [Wikitech-l] Desktop upload tool

2012-05-28 Thread Petr Bena
I would name it Snuggle, so that it's in harmony with Huggle :) On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:55 PM, John wrote: > One thing I have done quite a bit of was Image modification. Everything > from watermark removal to coping to rotating. When Im on a spur of > watermark removal, it would be awesome if I

Re: [Wikitech-l] Set $wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false on WMF cluster?

2012-05-28 Thread K. Peachey
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Rob Lanphier wrote: > or goes by with no comment.  In fact, we should probably just enable > it on mediawiki.org if there's no objection on list. Lets not? A. Stuff like this should be the same no matter where you are on the cluster B. The MW Wiki community is mo