Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On 24 May 2016 at 23:00, Niklas Laxström wrote: > > Localising a few static strings is not difficult and I (and others) > have already met with your team to share information how to do this. > In my opinion deprioritizing this work would be against our mission > and values. I am available for help

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On 24 May 2016 at 22:20, Comet styles wrote: > Can everything on the right side of the footer be moved to the left > and the "Wikipedia is hosted by the.." part moved to the right side of > the footer? ..it seems odd the other way around..i feel like i'm > reading arabic.. Thanks for the sugges

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On 24 May 2016 at 22:33, MZMcBride wrote: > > Regarding portals other than www.wikipedia.org, perhaps you can respond at > ? Sure, I can take a look at that task. Dan -- Dan Garry Lead Product Manager, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation _

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

2016-05-25 2:58 GMT+03:00 Dan Garry : > Hey Purodha, > > On 21 May 2016 at 05:13, Purodha Blissenbach > wrote: > >> On the long run, I think, these portals and their texts should >> be translatable. Browser settings determining the target language. >> Looking forward to have them on translatewiki.

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Can everything on the right side of the footer be moved to the left and the "Wikipedia is hosted by the.." part moved to the right side of the footer? ..it seems odd the other way around..i feel like i'm reading arabic.. On 5/25/16, MZMcBride wrote: > Dan Garry wrote: >>Regarding the move of the

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Dan Garry wrote: >Regarding the move of the portal to a git-based system, as I explained in >great detail in my 18 comments on T110070 >, this move was done in >partnership with Mxn, the primary maintainer of the portal in its previous >system. Mxn and I s

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On 05/21/2016 12:01 PM, rupert THURNER wrote: quim, i would not be angry if you would show a little bit more empathy towards a client, a volunteer. if mzmcbride is right and there is a well established procedure to change this page which was not followed, the person not following might read the "

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 12:01 PM, rupert THURNER wrote: > quim, i would not be angry if you would show a little bit more empathy > towards a client, a volunteer. if mzmcbride is right and there is a > well established procedure to change this page which was not followed, > the person not followin

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Hey Purodha, On 21 May 2016 at 05:13, Purodha Blissenbach wrote: > On the long run, I think, these portals and their texts should > be translatable. Browser settings determining the target language. > Looking forward to have them on translatewiki.net ! > I agree that localising these strings wo

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Hey DJ, Thanks for the feedback! Responses in-line. On 21 May 2016 at 04:52, Derk-Jan Hartman wrote: > I like the addition of the descriptive subtitles. But I would suggest > taking them to meta to settle on what they should be exactly, and also then > documenting them (including arguments) to

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

MZMcBride, The way that you have addressed Deb here is very unconstructive and inappropriate. Your choice of language (e.g. "hijacked", "wrongfully seized") is not conducive to a good working environment. Constructive feedback is welcomed, but much of what you said here was not that. If you are un

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

rupert THURNER wrote: >ah, interesting. moving this to git sounds ok to me from a technical >viewpoint. i read >https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal/Migration_to_gerrit. >despite that i am not clear how the current portal maintainers would >then activate a proposal e.g. from the disc

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

MZMcBride wrote: > rupert THURNER wrote: >>quim, i would not be angry if you would show a little bit more empathy >>towards a client, a volunteer. if mzmcbride is right and there is a >>well established procedure to change this page which was not followed, >>the person not following might read the

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Derk-Jan Hartman wrote: >I like the addition of the descriptive subtitles. But I would suggest >taking them to meta to settle on what they should be exactly, and also >then documenting them (including arguments) to make sure that they can be >used consistently throughout the projects. Meta-Wiki al

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Quim Gil wrote: >On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 1:07 AM, MZMcBride wrote: >> It's frustrating and annoying that your happy team hijacked this >>portal... > >(snip) > >Hostility and anger are not welcomed in this mailing list, neither in the >rest of Wikimedia spaces. Any problems can be reported and expl

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Good idea, please add the messages on TranslateWiki. Preferably after some of the proposed fixes. Thanks! On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Deborah Tankersley < dtankers...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > The Discovery Team recently added descriptive text to the Wikipedia.org > page footer in o

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

-329053810923u53409 everyone DJ > On 21 mei 2016, at 21:11, Vituzzu wrote: > > +1 > > Vito > > Il 21/05/2016 21:01, rupert THURNER ha scritto: >> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 1:07 AM, MZMcBride wrote: >> It's frustrating and annoying that your happy team hijacked this portal... >>> (snip) >

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+1 Vito Il 21/05/2016 21:01, rupert THURNER ha scritto: On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 1:07 AM, MZMcBride wrote: It's frustrating and annoying that your happy team hijacked this portal... (snip) Hostility and anger are not welcomed in this mailing list, neither in the rest of Wikimedia spaces. Any

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 1:07 AM, MZMcBride wrote: >> It's frustrating and annoying that your happy team hijacked this portal... > (snip) > Hostility and anger are not welcomed in this mailing list, neither in the > rest of Wikimedia spaces. Any problems can be reported and explained in a > respec

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On the long run, I think, these portals and their texts should be translatable. Browser settings determining the target language. Looking forward to have them on translatewiki.net ! Purodha On 21.05.2016 13:52, Derk-Jan Hartman wrote: I like the addition of the descriptive subtitles. But I wou

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

I like the addition of the descriptive subtitles. But I would suggest taking them to meta to settle on what they should be exactly, and also then documenting them (including arguments) to make sure that they can be used consistently throughout the projects. I was wondering about the colors. Hav

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Hi, On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 1:07 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > It's frustrating and annoying that your happy team hijacked this portal... (snip) Hostility and anger are not welcomed in this mailing list, neither in the rest of Wikimedia spaces. Any problems can be reported and explained in a respect

Re: [Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

On 21.05.2016 00:24, Neil P. Quinn wrote: On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 4:07 PM, MZMcBride wrote: * Meta-Wiki is "Our community site"? Huh? What does that suggest about the other projects? Are they not community sites? Coordination site. Coordination site between projects. Inter-project Coordin

[Wikitech-l] update: wikipedia.org portal

Hello, The Discovery Team recently added descriptive text to the Wikipedia.org page footer in order to give visitors a better idea of what the sister wiki projects are really all about. Check it out at www.wikipedia.org or view a mobile screen capture here