Wikitech-l December 2018

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How to make commits from mirrored Wikimedia repos show up on your GitHub profile
by Bartosz Dziewoński 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

I know it has been annoying a couple of people other than me, so now that I've learned how to make it work I'll share the knowledge here. tl;dr: Star the repositories. No, seriously. (And yes, you need to star each extension repo separately.) (Is there a place on mw.org to put this tidbit on?) ------- Forwarded message ------- From: "Brian Levine" <support(a)github.com> (GitHub Staff) To: matma.rex(a)gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: Commits in mirrored repositories not showing up on my profile Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 06:47:19 +0200 Hi Bartosz In order to link your commits to your GitHub account, you need to have some association with the repository other than authoring the commit. Usually, having push access gives you that connection. In this case, you don't have push permission, so we don't link you to the commit. The easy solution here is for you to star the repository. If you star it - along with the other repositories that are giving you this problem - we'll see that you're connected to the repository and you'll get contribution credit for those commits. Cheers Brian -- Matma Rex

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Research FAQ gets a facelift
by Dario Taraborelli 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

We just released a new version of Research:FAQ on Meta [1], significantly expanded and updated, to make our processes at WMF more transparent and to meet an explicit FDC request to clarify the role and responsibilities of individual teams involved in research across the organization. The previous version – written from the perspective of the (now inactive) Research:Committee, and mostly obsolete since the release of WMF's open access policy [2] – can still be found here [3]. Comments and bold edits to the new version of the document are welcome. For any question or concern, you can drop me a line or ping my username on-wiki. Thanks, Dario [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:FAQ [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Open_access_policy [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research:FAQ&oldid=15176953 *Dario Taraborelli *Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter>

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bluejeans
by Jeremy Baron 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hi, On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:36 PM, David Strine <dstrine(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > We will be holding this brownbag in 25 minutes. The Bluejeans link has > changed: > > https://bluejeans.com/396234560 I'm not familiar with bluejeans and maybe have missed a transition because I wasn't paying enough attention. is this some kind of experiment? have all meetings transitioned to this service? anyway, my immediate question at the moment is how do you join without sharing your microphone and camera? am I correct thinking that this is an entirely proprietary stack that's neither gratis nor libre and has no on-premise (not cloud) hosting option? are we paying for this? -Jeremy

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New DB_REPLICA constant; DB_SLAVE deprecated
by Aaron Schulz 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

As of 950cf6016c, the mediawiki/core repo was updated to use DB_REPLICA instead of DB_SLAVE, with the old constant left as an alias. This is part of a string of commits that cleaned up the mixed use of "replica" and "slave" by sticking to the former. Extensions have not been mass converted. Please use the new constant in any new code. The word "replica" is a bit more indicative of a broader range of DB setups*, is used by a range of large companies**, and is more neutral in connotations. Drupal and Django made similar updates (even replacing the word "master"): * https://www.drupal.org/node/2275877 * https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692/files & https://github.com/django/django/commit/beec05686ccc3bee8461f9a5a02c607a023… I don't plan on doing anything to DB_MASTER, since it seems fine by itself, like "master copy", "master tape" or "master key". This is analogous to a master RDBMs database. Even multi-master RDBMs systems tend to have a stronger consistency than classic RDBMs slave servers, and present themselves as one logical "master" or "authoritative" copy. Even in it's personified form, a "master" database can readily be thought of as analogous to "controller", "governer", "ruler", lead "officer", or such.** * clusters using two-phase commit, galera using certification-based replication, multi-master circular replication, ect... ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)#Appropriateness_of_… *** http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium… -- -Aaron

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Old tiles.wfmlabs.org maps services need maintainers to keep them alive after december 18th
by Derk-Jan Hartman 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

This is just another small reminder that, because the servers which host tiles.wmflabs.org and wma.wmflabs.org (wikiminiatlas) and overpass-wiki run on a version of the OS (Ubuntu Trusty) that is no longer supported (and hasn't been available for new instances since november 2017). These services need maintainers and support by community members in order to keep them alive after dec 18th (after which wmflabs will phase out those versions) and before the EOL of early 2019 of the OS. Unfortunately it seems no one is stepping up so far to convert these machines. This issue is tracked at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204506 As I was curious, I looked around on the tile server a bit and used what I could find to update https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/OSM_Tileserver#Technology_stack This is all the information that I could gather, but i'm FAR from sure if that is complete information and if I would break anything with a rebuild basing myself on that info, so any information on missing elements etc. would be appreciated. I've not gotten around to looking at wikiminiatlas. If the services are not rebuild then likely they will just disappear at some point for all layer variants. This includes the mapnik, black and white, hill shading, hike bike layers. As I have no idea how many users of these services there are, it is hard to say what the effect of that would be. DJ

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Invitation to a "Wikimedia Café" casual online meetup
by Pine W 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Hi folks, Based on comments that I received on Wikimedia-l, I would like to invite people to a casual online meetup one hour before the monthly WMF Metrics and Activities Meeting. There will be no set agenda. You can come with questions or ideas that you would like to discuss. Please be willing to listen to questions and ideas from other Wikimedians. I will host the meeting with the Zoom software. You can join with software or by using your phone. If you join by phone then your phone number will be visible to other participants. The primary language of the meeting will be English, but if people would like to communicate in diverse languages then that is okay too. We can facilitate translation by text chat. Many Wikimedians, myself included, are multilingual in varying degrees, so we might try to have live interpretation also. Here is information about how to connect: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/136978210 Or iPhone one-tap : Argentina: +543415122188,,136978210# Or Telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): Argentina: +54 341 512 2188 Australia: +61 (0) 2 8015 2088 or +61 (0) 8 7150 1149 Canada: +1 647 558 0588 Hong Kong, China: +852 5808 6088 France: +33 (0) 1 8288 0188 or +33 (0) 7 5678 4048 Germany: +49 (0) 30 3080 6188 or +49 (0) 30 5679 5800 Israel: +972 (0) 3 978 6688 Italy: +39 069 480 6488 Japan: +81 (0) 3 4578 1488 or +81 524 564 439 Mexico: +52 229 910 0061 or +52 554 161 4288 Spain: +34 84 368 5025 or +34 91 198 0188 Sweden: +46 (0) 7 6692 0434 or +46 (0) 8 4468 2488 Russia: +7 495 283 9788 United Kingdom: +44 (0) 20 3051 2874 or +44 (0) 20 3695 0088 US: +1 408 638 0986 or +1 646 558 8665 Meeting ID: 136 978 210 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ekaPibJIy The first "Wikimedia Café" meetup will be on 30 August 2018, at 17:00 UTC / 10:00 Pacific. Let me emphasize that the environment won't be like this <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:West_Hartford,_Connecticut_health_care_r…>, so please don't feel intimated if you are nervous about public speaking. (If a conversation feels to me like it is becoming uncivil or intimidating, then I will ask the debaters to quiet themselves or to move to somewhere else.) The meeting will generally have an environment that is more like this <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caf%C3%A9_M%C3%A9lange,_Wien.jpg> or this <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Takamatsu-Castle-Building-Interior-M3488…>. I anticipate that few people will come, which is okay. I hope that if you come then you will enjoy the environment and conversation. Until next time, Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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Thank you Tuesday
by Derick N. Alangi 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Hello Everyone, I'm starting today's "Thank you Tuesday" thread with a big Merry Christmas to all Wikimedia Developers. Wikimedia Developers are just awesome and they have a way of doing with things (Computers + MediaWiki = Wikipedia). I want to thank all developers in the movement that have helped me become better at my contributions to MediaWiki and other related Wikimedia projects. A short list below; Legoktm, Reedy, Pmiazga, Jdlrobson, Thiemo_WMDE, Bawolff, Jdforrester, Krinkle, Matmarex, Volker_E, Sklaporte, Hoo, Lydia_WMDE, Nikerabbit, Aklapper, Xqt, Framawiki, QuimGil, Apergos, Amire80, BryanDavis and MaxSem + the *entire* Wikimedia developer community. See, the list is so long as over time, I've worked with developers that have in one way or another shaped my way of doing things in the Wikimedia movement. The list above is just a short list and I want to take today to thank all of them for their awesomeness and for helping people get better at writing code in Wikimedia. You are all awesome and I love you all! Enjoy your Christmas / Holidays <3. Who do you want to thank on this special day? *--* *Derick*

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Wikimedia Hackathon 2019: Registration Open!
by Rachel Farrand 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

On behalf of Wikimedia Czech Republic and the Wikimedia Foundation Community Relations team we are please to announce that registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend> is now open for both scholarships and regular attendees! The hackathon will be held at the Czech National Library of Technology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Library_of_Technology> in Prague, CZ between 17-19 May 2019. We have identified three focus areas <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Program> for the event which we will continue to refine and clarify over the next months. We welcome your suggestions and collaboration on additional focus areas or larger projects and as usual welcome participants who plan to work on or learn about any project that they like related to any area of Wikimedia Technology. If you have any questions or comments please contact: *hackathon(a)wikimedia.cz <hackathon(a)wikimedia.cz>* Otherwise, please continue to follow our program and organizational developments on Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 on Mediawiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019>. Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists! -- Rachel Farrand Events Program Manager Technical Collaboration Team Wikimedia Foundation

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Help with mw.org content!
by Strainu 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

Hi, A certain user, blocked on Romanian Wikipedia for his original research, is using mediawiki.org to push some vere "creative" translations [1]. Since the pages are using the Translate extension, i'm not sure how to revert them. I am also not sure where to ask for help on wiki, since the support desk [2] seems dedicated to mediawiki questions. To be precise, I need a revert to version [3]. Thanks, Strainu [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/BAICAN_XXX [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Navigation/ro&oldid=2979409

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BREAKING CHANGE Action::requiresUnblock() is now called from Title::getUserPermissionsErrors() and Title::userCan()
by David Barratt 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

Previously, Action::requiresUnblock() was only called in Action::checkCanExecute() which was called by Action::show(). As of 478056 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/478056>, Action::requiresUnblock() is now called from Title::getUserPermissionsErrors() and Title::userCan(). This is being done to determine if a blocked user is blocked from performing an action or not. This change is being made without deprecation, because it is not a large enough change in logic to justify deprecating the public methods on Title. If you have a class that extends Action, or one of it’s subclasses (FormAction or FormlessAction) you should ensure that the requiresUnblock() method returns the proper value (the default is true). Thalia Chan performed an audit of all of the classes that extend Action and all of them look correct (or have been fixed): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211048#4795558 This issue has exposed a larger issue that is open for discussion: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212341 Thank you!

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