Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

Am 29.10.2018 um 23:34 schrieb Amir E. Aharoni: > And maybe—just maybe—getting blocked on one wiki could make one > automatically blocked on wikis that are common repositories, such as > Commons and Wikidata (and perhaps Meta), although this should be reversible. I like that idea, actually. It

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

Including information from Wikidata in a page is not so different from transcluding a template. So in theory, protecting a page from vandalism through Wikidata should be similar to cascading protection, which exists in core and auto-protects images and transcluded templates on a page. In fact,

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

Am 29.10.18 um 7:29 nachm. schrieb Pine W: > I'm hesitant to support hiding information from readers, including links to > Wikidata. As an alternative to hiding information, could articles that are > semi-protected on Wikipedia (I assume that this refers to ENWP, but perhaps > it refers to other

[Wikitech-l] Was macht dich diese Woche glücklich? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 28 October 2018)

User:SuperHamster has done a remarkable amount of volunteering for Wikimedia in the United States this year. In addition to supporting the Ohio Wikimedians User Group ,

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

OK, so that makes at least two of us thinking along those lines. I suggest that you cross-post this discussion to the Wikidata email list to invite more people to participate in this discussion. Thanks for bringing up this subject for discussion. I am not fond of vandals. Pine (

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

Vandalism mainly comes from es.wikipedia, but more Wikipedias are affected. What you suggest was proposed by Lydia at considering a threshold of N Wikipedias. El 29/10/18 a las 19:29, Pine W escribió: > I'm hesitant to support hiding information from

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

I'm hesitant to support hiding information from readers, including links to Wikidata. As an alternative to hiding information, could articles that are semi-protected on Wikipedia (I assume that this refers to ENWP, but perhaps it refers to other languages also) automatically have semi-protection

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

Hi, > I assume you would still want to show the link to users who actually > do have the right to edit. Yes, that's it. > How exactly could that be abused? CSS rules seem the best approach to me. First I thought on introducing something like `.myclass{display:none;}` in

[Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2018.10 release

Hello all, I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2018.10. This bundle is The bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.30 and 1.31 or above and requires PHP 5.5.9 or above. Next MLEB is expected to be released in 3 months. If there are major changes or important

Re: [Wikitech-l] If users can't edit an article, don't encourage them to edit its Wikidata item

Am 28.10.2018 um 22:53 schrieb David Abián: > We don't want to hide these links from everyone, just from non-confirmed > users. We could write CSS rules for certain user groups, but this can > bring undesired side effects like giving all users the possiblity of > hiding arbitrary content (e.g.,

[Wikitech-l] Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting with new time!

Hi, This Wednesday – as every week – there will be the Technical Advice IRC meeting on #wikimedia-tech! IMPORTANT: Due to the end of the daylight saving time we have to change the time of the meeting to *4 pm UTC*! The Technical Advice IRC Meeting is a weekly support event for volunteer