On 02/05/2014 01:29 AM, Jon Robson wrote:
> On a side note:
> I really think we should give more priority to enabling new page
> creation on enwiki to help those sort of experiences before continuing
> down this path of encouraging new editors. People could start drafts,
> start pages with photos. This seems like a really useful focus of time.
Yes, we should talk about how drafts (see
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_article_creation and
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Draft_namespace) will work on mobile.
Matt Flaschen
Quim is this something that could be completed this calendar
year? Would it need to be in the next Annual Plan?
Pine
> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 21:39:40 -0800
> From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
> To: ee(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [EE] Newsletters
> Message-ID: <52D37C1C.2000905(a)wikimedia.org>
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>
> Hi,
>
> On 01/06/2014 09:00 AM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > On 01/04/2014 01:35 AM, ENWP Pine wrote:
> >> Happy new year, EE.
> >>
> >> How is the Newsletter extension coming along? The most recent discussion
> >> on the talk page appears to be from September.
> >
> > I don't think anyone is currently working on this. Siebrand and Quim
> > started https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Newsletter , but there
> > has only been one commit.
>
> When MassMessage appeared I thought it could be worth trying to find a
> way to extend it satisfying the needs of newsletter publishers and
> subscribers. For instance, see
>
> Bug 57935 - Handling MassMessage subscription through user preferences
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57935
>
> Bug 57937 - Option to subscribe new users to MassMessage by default
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57937
>
> Bug 57473 - MassMessage should support using a category as an input list
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57473
>
> However, according to Legoktm this might be a too long shot.
>
> Another possibility (probably the right one, but afaik nobody is working
> in this direction) is to have a pure Echo plugin with an interface to
> handle subscriptions, channels, and a couple of roles.
>
> I still think Wikimedia and the MediaWiki community will benefit a lot
> from this feature...
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
>
>
Usually try not to cross-post, but this is as an FYI. If you're a Wikipedia
whose home wiki isn't English, please help us translate if you can, and
keep an eye out for further announcements about exact deployment dates etc.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:03 PM
Subject: Localization and launch of GettingStarted extension outside
English Wikipedia
To: Coordination of technology deployments across languages/projects <
wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
This is just an advance notice that we're getting much closer to being able
to launch GettingStarted,[1] a tool for suggesting tasks to new editors
after they sign up,[2] on non-English Wikipedias.
In the next 24 hours or so, most of our major user-facing changes will be
merged and ready to localize. About 10-15 languages are 80% or better on
translatewiki already, so many are close. The more the better!
Our current plan is to launch initially on all Wikipedias where
localization is complete (or close to it, 90% or better is ideal). That
will likely happen soon after our current iteration of work ends on
February 5th, though I will keep people posted.
Please let me know if you have any questions,
1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted
2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians
--
Steven Walling,
Product Manager
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
--
Steven Walling,
Product Manager
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Hello,
We had a thought here on the WMSE office. Today on svwp (and perhaps all
other wikis?) if you create an article from a redlink you get into wikitext
edit mode immediatly. How about doing an A/B test for new editors (or even
IP-users) and assign &veaction=edit instead on redlinks for a sample and
compare how many actually complete the article creation.
Or has this test already been made? If so, where can I find results?
*Jan Ainali*
CEO, Wikimedia Sverige <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida>
+46 - 729 - 67 29 48
Greetings!
The Wikimedia Foundation's multimedia team seeks your guidance on a proposal to support the MP4 video format. As you know, this digital video standard is used widely around the world to record, edit and watch videos on mobile phones, desktop computers and home video devices. It is also known as H.264/MPEG-4 or AVC. (1)
Supporting the MP4 format would make it much easier for our users to view and contribute video on Wikimedia projects -- and video files could be offered in dual formats on our sites, so we could continue to support current open formats (WebM and Ogg Theora).
However, MP4 is a patent-encumbered format, and using a proprietary format would be a departure from our current practice of only supporting open formats on our sites -- even though the licenses appear to have acceptable legal terms, with only a small fee required.
We would appreciate your guidance on whether or not we should support MP4 on our sites. The Request for Comments presents views both in favor and against MP4 support, based on opinions we’ve heard in our discussions with community and team members.
What do you think? We would be grateful for your comments here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/MP4_Video
All users are welcome to participate, whether you are active on Commons, Wikipedia, other Wikimedia project -- or any site that uses content from our free media repository.
We look forward to a constructive discussion with you and other community members, so we can make a more informed decision together about this important question.
All the best,
Fabrice Florin
Product Manager, Multimedia
Wikimedia Foundation
Multimedia Team Hub:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia
(1) About MP4:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4
_______________________________
Fabrice Florin
Product Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
This is just a quick announcement that today we enabled the Guided Tours
extension on the following Wikipedias: fawiki (Persian), astwiki
(Asturian), and ruwiki (Russian).
I'll also be posting to those wikis directly but wanted to send out a note
here.
--
Steven Walling,
Product Manager
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Hello everyone
A pool just ended on French Wikipedia, about Notifications. The main
question was : do you like Notifications?
96,92% say yes! (And no one was against :-)
The favorite feature is the username notification. To notify someone is now
very common.
We also try to see which future options are expected. The favorites ones
are cross-wiki notifications & notifications when a page they created is
under a deletion request
More details, in French:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Sondage/Avis_sur_Notifications
All the best
Benoît
Happy new year, EE.
How is the Newsletter extension coming along? The most recent discussion on the talk page appears to be from September.
Thanks,
Pine
>
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>
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:01:07 -0700
> From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
> To: ee(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [EE] Newsletters
> Message-ID: <5239F873.9050904(a)wikimedia.org>
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>
> On 09/17/2013 12:40 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > On 09/17/2013 01:19 PM, Quim Gil wrote:
> >> Do you think that the amount and complexity of work of
> >>
> >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Newsletter
> >>
> >> fits with an internship or an Individual Engagement Grant project (3
> >> months of one person approx)
> >
> > Hard to say. It depends on:
> >
> > * how well architected it is
> > * how integrated it is into Echo and Flow (of course, before the project
> > is funded, it would be good to check on how it relates to their current
> > roadmap, but it may be it makes sense for planning to adopt Flow late)
> > * how much of the wishlist is considered hard requirements
> > * last, but not least, how experienced the developer is with the MW
> > codebase and Wikimedia community
> >
> > If they have at least some experience with the MW code base and
> > Wikimedia community, they can probably delivery something useful in
> > three months. How it fits into a bigger roadmap is another story.
>
> Ok, so we seem to have these sequential questions:
>
> 1. Do the Echo / Flow / Core Features / Growth teams think that a
> Newsletters extension is compatible with their plans or is there a
> reason to block it?
>
> 2. Is there someone willing to mentor or provide technical guidance for
> this project?
>
> 3. Can this project be sliced in a way that an internship / IEG project
> could deliver a solid first version?
>
> Let's find the answer to 1 first.
>
> PS: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43840 seems to be a
> good report related to this discussion. Otherwise I will create one.
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:23:09 -0700
> From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
> To: Editor Engagement <ee(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [EE] Newsletters
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>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > 1. Do the Echo / Flow / Core Features / Growth teams think that a
> > Newsletters extension is compatible with their plans or is there a reason
> > to block it?
>
>
> The only reason to block this is if it did not deliver newsletters in a way
> compatible with Echo and Flow. Otherwise it's a great idea, much desired by
> the community in a variety of use cases (WikiProjects, Tech News, etc.). I
> say go for it.
>
>
> --
> Steven Walling
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/
>
Happy new year, everyone!
Many thanks to all of you who contributed to our multimedia programs last year! Now that we have a new multimedia team at WMF, we look forward to making some good progress together this year.
To kick off the new year, here is a proposed multimedia vision for 2016, which was prepared by our multimedia and design teams, with guidance from community members:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/01/09/multimedia-vision-2016/
This possible scenario is intended for discussion purposes, to help us visualize how we could improve our user experience over the next three years. We hope that it will spark useful community feedback on some of the goals we are considering.
This vision proposes new ways to engage users through multimedia, and to spark media collaborations that can bring lasting value to our sites and culture.
After you’ve viewed the video, we would be grateful if you could let us know what you think here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Multimedia_Features/Vision_…
We are looking for feedback from all users who benefit from Commons, even if your work takes place on other sites. This vision explores ways to integrate Wikimedia Commons more closely with Wikipedia and other MediaWiki projects, to help you contribute more easily to our free media repository -- wherever you are.
In coming weeks, we will start more focused discussions on some key features outlined in this presentation. If you would like to join those conversations and keep up with our work, we invite you to subscribe to our multimedia mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia
We look forward to more great collaborations in the new year!
All the best,
Fabrice
on behalf of the Multimedia team
_______________________________
Fabrice Florin
Product Manager, Multimedia
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia Profile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Multimedia Project Hub:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia