Now the almost definitive test: one email being forwarded to a Discourse
category with reply via email enabled and also to a Mailman mailing list
that is mirrored in another Discourse category.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Michael Schönitzer <michael.schoenitzer(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 3:22 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Cloud Services general
discussion and support <cloud(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikidata-tech(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
african-wikimedia-developers(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting for the first time of the year on
**Wednesday 4-5 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech.
Question can be asked in English & German.
The Technical Advice IRC Meeting is a weekly support event for volunteer
developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help
you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This
can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best
contact for X" to specific questions on your project.
If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your
topic to the next meeting:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting
Hope to see you there!
Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew)
--
Michael F. Schönitzer
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
https://wikimedia.de
Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissens der Menschheit
teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
_______________________________________________
Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list
Wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
--
Quim Gil
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
Now Discourse has been upgraded. Let's see whether forwarded emails are now
magically displayed....
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Johanna Strodt <johanna.strodt(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 1:04 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Coming soon to all wikis: beta feature
FileExporter
To: <wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
// sorry for cross-posting
The FileExporter will soon be released as a beta feature to all wikis. The
planned deployment date is January 16.
Some background: Files from local wikis should be transferred to Wikimedia
Commons if their license allows it. This way, they can be used by all
wikis. But if you wanted to import a local file to Commons in the past, you
couldn’t properly transfer its file and page history. It was a wish from a
survey of the German-speaking communities to find a solution to this
problem.
Now, the FileExporter makes it possible to import a file from a local wiki
to Wikimedia Commons, while keeping its history intact. A first version has
already been a beta feature on a few first wikis since June 2018. [1] Since
then, bugs were fixed and features were added.
If you’re interested in importing local files, please give the feature a
try. Even though it’s a beta feature, you can use it for real file
imports. Please
note that in order to get started, you need to
1.
activate the beta feature “FileExporter” on your wiki [2], and
2.
make sure your wiki has a proper configuration file. Configuration files
are maintained by each wiki's community. They define, among other
things, whether a file can be exported. Exports from wikis without a
configuration file are blocked. Find more more information in the
documentation. [3]
We’re looking forward to your feedback on the central feedback page! [4] A
big thanks to everyone who gave feedback so far.
If you wish to learn more about the project, have a look at the page of the
wish. [5]
For the Technical Wishes team,
Johanna
[1] deployment plan:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons…
[2] go to Preferences > Beta features, e.g.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeat…
[3] documentation on configuration files:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons…
[4] central feedback page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:FileImporter
[5] project page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons
Johanna Strodt Project Manager Community Communications Technical Wishlist,
Wikimedia Deutschland
_______________________________________________
Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list
Wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
--
Quim Gil
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
Trying forwarding a different email.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Johan Jönsson <jjonsson(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 3:52 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Read-only period tomorrow (or very late
today)
To: Wikitech Ambassadors <wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hey everyone,
Terribly sorry about the short notice – this is not a planned thing,
it's an emergency fix. Most wikis (but not the biggest ones) will be
read-only for up to 30 minutes at 07:00 UTC AM tomorrow, 17 January.
Depending on your time zone, that might be late 16 January. It'll
probably be shorter than 30 minutes.
There's a Phab task here with more information and a list of affected wikis:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213858
That list is very long, so to make it easier, I've put a list of wikis
that are *not* affected here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Johan_(WMF)/201901ReadOnlyPage
Please help spread this in your community, if it's affected.
//Johan Jönsson
--
_______________________________________________
Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list
Wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
--
Quim Gil
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
Sob sob, this is getting boring... I have changed another setting.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Johanna Strodt <johanna.strodt(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 1:04 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Coming soon to all wikis: beta feature
FileExporter
To: <wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
// sorry for cross-posting
The FileExporter will soon be released as a beta feature to all wikis. The
planned deployment date is January 16.
Some background: Files from local wikis should be transferred to Wikimedia
Commons if their license allows it. This way, they can be used by all
wikis. But if you wanted to import a local file to Commons in the past, you
couldn’t properly transfer its file and page history. It was a wish from a
survey of the German-speaking communities to find a solution to this
problem.
Now, the FileExporter makes it possible to import a file from a local wiki
to Wikimedia Commons, while keeping its history intact. A first version has
already been a beta feature on a few first wikis since June 2018. [1] Since
then, bugs were fixed and features were added.
If you’re interested in importing local files, please give the feature a
try. Even though it’s a beta feature, you can use it for real file
imports. Please
note that in order to get started, you need to
1.
activate the beta feature “FileExporter” on your wiki [2], and
2.
make sure your wiki has a proper configuration file. Configuration files
are maintained by each wiki's community. They define, among other
things, whether a file can be exported. Exports from wikis without a
configuration file are blocked. Find more more information in the
documentation. [3]
We’re looking forward to your feedback on the central feedback page! [4] A
big thanks to everyone who gave feedback so far.
If you wish to learn more about the project, have a look at the page of the
wish. [5]
For the Technical Wishes team,
Johanna
[1] deployment plan:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons…
[2] go to Preferences > Beta features, e.g.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeat…
[3] documentation on configuration files:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons…
[4] central feedback page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:FileImporter
[5] project page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons
Johanna Strodt Project Manager Community Communications Technical Wishlist,
Wikimedia Deutschland
_______________________________________________
Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list
Wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
--
Quim Gil
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF