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Browser statistics for mobile
by Juliusz Gonera 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Since our current Squid stats [1] don't look very accurate or precise, I decided to generate something myself based on the logs we have. I analyzed a week's worth of logs, from 2013-06-10 to 2013-06-16. I generated three sets of data: * minor: browsers grouped by their minor version, e.g. all Androids 4.2 go together, all Safaris 5.1, etc. * major: browsers grouped by their major version, e.g. all Androids 4 go together, all Safaris 5, etc. * vendor: browsers grouped by their name only, e.g. all Androids go together, all Safaris, etc. Each group has also an additional file with all the unknown user agents logged (they are logged as "Other" in the main files). Everything is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/840ftlrfygtou4m/browser-stats-mobile-20130610-201… Most of it looks like I expected, the market is shared mostly among mobile Safari and Android. What I hadn't expected is that Android 2.3 is still the most popular Android at 9.79%. That's a lot. I started thinking what we could do about this. After some googling I found lots of Android 2.x users frustrated by the fact that Chrome is not available for Android older than 4 and they're stuck with a crappy browser. I tried looking for an alternative and I found it rather quickly: Firefox. Mobile Firefox is a sad 0.26% of our users, even less than desktop Firefox (0.29%)! I tried installing it on the first Google Nexus and hey, maybe it's not superfast, but it's better than the stock Android 2.3 browser and supports both photo uploading and our new editor really well (stock Android 2.3 doesn't support uploads and the editor is... quite wonky). So, my suggestion is: let's show a banner or a call to action for Android 2.x users telling them about this and encouraging them to try Firefox. It's free open software and I think it's better than what stock Android 2.x browser is. What do you think? Wikimedia Foundation <3 Mozilla Foundation? ;) Unrecognized browsers are mostly bots with one notable exception, NativeHost, which is probably the Windows Phone app (I'm guessing [2]). [1] http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportClients.htm [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13306090/how-do-i-change-the-nativehost-… -- Juliusz

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We need to talk about AbuseFilter on mobile
by Jon Robson 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Between 31st July 2013 (00:00:00) and August 19th (@ 18:53:18)... 15089 of all mobile edits resulted in an error compared to 23455 successful edits (38544 edits in total)- that's a 39% error rate which is simply unacceptable. The breakdown of these errors is as follows. The most alarming is AbuseFilter - it is accounting for 72% of all editing errors, costing all of our projects a lot of edits. This is simply unacceptable and I'm not sure how we go about addressing this problem. I struggle to believe that 28% of all edits on mobile by registered users are abuse... ==AbuseFilter (10842, 72% of all errors)== abusefilter-warning-removal 4332 abusefilter-disallowed 2939 abusefilter-warning-13 723 abusefilter-warning-all-categories-removed 668 abusefilter-warning-ref-group-blanking 504 abusefilter-warning 388 abusefilter-warning-blanking 323 abusefilter-warning-rimozione-categorie 277 abusefilter-warning-removal-of-categories 182 abusefilter-warning-leeghalen 57 abusefilter-warning-uncat 55 abusefilter-warning-kategorilerinçıkarılması 43 abusefilter-warning-removing-information-template 41 abusefilter-warning-no-lead-section 35 abusefilter-warning-usuwanie-tekstu 34 Misbruikfilter-waarschuwing-categorie 29 abusefilter-warning-usuwanie-kategorii 17 abusefilter-warning-repeated-characters 17 abusefilter-warning-removal-cat 16 abusefilter-warning-kategorie 13 abusefilter-warning-17 12 abusefilter-blanking 10 abusefilter-warning-AFC 10 abusefilter-warning-vyprázdnění 8 abusefilter-warning-lowercase-letters 8 abusefilter-warning-shouting 6 abusefilter-warning-removal-of-templates 6 abusefilter-warning-email 6 abusefilter-blank 5 abusefilter-warning-large-nonenglish-addition 4 abusefilter-warning-short-new-article 4 abusefilter-warning-veryshortarticle 4 abusefilter-warning-nowiki 3 abusefilter-warning-používaná 3 abusefilter-warning-special-templates-removal 3 abusefilter-warning-largeaddition-notice 3 abusefilter-warning-nospaces 3 abusefilter-warning-talkblanking 3 abusefilter-warning-external-images 3 abusefilter-warning-8 3 abusefilter-warning-clear-page 2 abusefilter-warning-1 2 abusefilter-warning-badlang 2 abusefilter-warning-editpage 2 abusefilter-warning-clear-text 2 abusefilter-warning-deltemplate 2 abusefilter-warning-新規利用者による小さすぎる記事の作成 2 abusefilter-warning-40 2 abusefilter-warning-schuttingtaal 2 abusefilter-warning-autobiography 1 abusefilter-warning-testing 1 abusefilter-warning-53 1 abusefilter-warning-badredirect 1 abusefilter-warning-kwebbelen 1 abusefilter-warning-Wikificazione 1 abusefilter-warning-blankpage 1 abusefilter-warning-removing-templates-on-image-description 1 abusefilter-warning-titel 1 abusefilter-warning-9 1 abusefilter-warning-redirect 1 abusefilter-warning-short-article 1 abusefilter-warning-41 1 abusefilter-warning-38 1 abusefilter-blocked-display 1 abusefilter-warning-plain-text 1 abusefilter-warning-blankowanie-stron 1 abusefilter-warning-obrázek 1 abusefilter-warning-kapottelink 1 abusefilter-warning-他利用者ページの編集 1 abusefilter-warning-afbeelding 1 abusefilter-warning-zmizení 1 abusefilter-warning-43 1 abusefilter-warning-galleries-without-images 1 == Other errors == unsupported-captcha 1395 blocked 1379 editconflict 725 HTTP error 157 protectedpage 136 rvnosuchsection 114 badtoken 112 unknownerror 51 Anonymous token. 50 unknown 48 pagedeleted 25 hookaborted 15 emptypage 13 autoblocked 12 cascadeprotected 10 ratelimited 4 readonly 1

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero in Google search result
by Adam Baso 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hello All, We had shelved my patch, patch 64629 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/64629>, in hopes that an earlier patch, patch 61809<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/61809>(bug 35233 <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35233>), would resolve the issue naturally as Google re-indexed. But it appears Google has re-indexed and yet the .zero.wikipedia.org URLs are still present in Google's index, instead of the <language>.wikipedia.org URLs. I have thus resubmitted patch 64629 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/64629> for re-review. We will need to further discuss whether it is appropriate to have Google completely remove .zero.wikipedia.org links from their cache, or if perhaps we need to open a support thread with Google about canonical URLs. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Kul Wadhwa <kwadhwa(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Adam Baso (copied on this email) is working on it and a fix is ready. > He'll do some testing to make sure it's resolved. > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Looping Dan Foy in who's managing the Zero backlog. >> >> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:01 AM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote: >> > K. Peachey wrote: >> >>Can you please file this in bugzilla <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org>? >> > >> > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48856 >> > >> > >> > MZMcBride >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list >> > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> > > > > -- > Kul Wadhwa > Head of Mobile > Wikimedia Foundation >

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Zero showing up in search results?
by Maarten Dammers 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi guys, Today I noticed that a page on zero (http://nl.zero.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Deely) showed up in Google search results. I took a look at http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139066 and the page does include <link href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Deely" rel="canonical" />. Any idea what's going wrong here? Maarten

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Request for mobile apps
by Amir Ladsgroup 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hello, Google just removed sanctions against Iranian users for Apps (same as Apple) (I can't understand not downloading apps for Iranian people how make the government not to make Atomic bomb :D) but there is an issue It's necessary every developer mark Iran as a country available for download even though you chose "All Countries": http://cdn.img42.com/192246ab9c6650a318184ef2d005a91f.jpeg So please add Iran too Best -- Amir

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WLM app: create account?
by rupert THURNER 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

hi philip, would it be possible to add an account creation screen to the wlm mobile app? rupert.

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Fwd: WikiCommons iOS App
by Yuvi Panda 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Feedback from a friend who thought it was awesome :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alagu <allagappan(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:11 PM Subject: WikiCommons iOS App To: Yuvi <yuvipanda(a)gmail.com> Hey Yuvi, Just saw the latest version of Wikicommons iOS App. It looks wonderful. Much better than previous versions. I'm already using it to upload photos of Monuments http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_Lady_of_the_Immaculate_Conceptio… :) -- Alagu -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog

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Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM Android mobile app is back
by Maarten Dammers 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

FYI -------- Origineel bericht -------- Onderwerp: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WLM Android mobile app is back Datum: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:27:53 +0200 Van: Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl> Antwoord-naar: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition <wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Aan: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition <wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, Last year the Wikimedia Foundation developed a Android mobile app for Wiki Loves Monuments. After September it was abandoned. But the app is open source, so now it's back as a community supported app. I rebuild the backend server in toollabs and Yuvi did his magic mobile tricks. Yuvi also works for the WMF mobile team, but he did all of this in his spare time as a volunteer. You can download a test version of the app at https://tools.wmflabs.org/heritage/downloads/WLMMobile-debug.apk . It uploads to https://test.wikipedia.org so feel free to play around. Feedback is appreciated! For the people interested in helping with the development, see https://github.com/wikimedia/WLMMobile You can file bugs at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Wiki%20Loves%20Monumen… (for now component general, will ask for a mobile component) Maarten _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org

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MobileFrontend weekly report
by feedbackbot＠jonrobson.me.uk 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

22 outstanding patches awaiting review, 14 bugs closed and 21 new bugs from MobileFrontend Pcc (1): ########################################### >>Add an "expand all sections" option [-2] (Reviewed by Jdlrobson): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/74922 (36 days old) Kaldari (1): ########################################### >>Fixes a bug with the display of the fixed userinfo panel when the left-nav is open. It now behaves the same as the article content - squishing at large screen sizes and clipping on small screens. [-1] (Reviewed by JGonera): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/76659 (27 days old) Jdlrobson (15): ########################################### >>Bug 49647: Take away History.js dependency [-1] (Reviewed by JGonera): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/70953 (58 days old) >>Allow MFResourceLoaderModule to handle files [-1] (Reviewed by Krinkle): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/74684 (37 days old) >>Alpha: UserProfile special page (first pass) [-2] (Reviewed by MaxSem): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/76271 (29 days old) >>Hygiene: Use our own custom reset file [-1] (Reviewed by JGonera): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/79431 (9 days old) >>Beta: Fix user info box on diff view [-1] (Reviewed by Kaldari): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80312 (4 days old) >>Story 1073: Enable campaigns on mobile [+1] (Reviewed by Jdlrobson): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80503 (3 days old) >>Hygiene: Continue merging of Special:Nearby into generic component [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80685 (2 days old) >>Hygiene: Complete merging of special nearby code with nearby pages code [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80687 (2 days old) >>Hygiene: merge SpecialNearby with Nearby [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80686 (2 days old) >>Nearby bug fixes [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80684 (2 days old) >>Desktop: Load pagelist styles on nearby [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80673 (2 days old) >>Bug 53282: Don't rely on extend / fix the uploads page button [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80665 (2 days old) >>Log thank events from diff view [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80661 (2 days old) >>Bug 53103: Apply RTL styling for upload button [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80656 (2 days old) >>Bug 53102: Simple fix for text indent in older browsers on cancel button [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80653 (2 days old) MaxSem (4): ########################################### >>Create a thin base class for all our skins [-2] (Reviewed by Jdlrobson): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/69336 (68 days old) >>WIP: decouple heading formatting from MobileFormatter [-2] (Reviewed by Jdlrobson): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/70558 (61 days old) >>Uncomment token check in Special:MobileOptions [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80389 (3 days old) >>Deprecate $wgMFForceSecureLogin in favor of core setting [-2] (Reviewed by MaxSem): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80324 (3 days old) JGonera (1): ########################################### >>Introduce PageApi [0] n/a: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80133 (5 days old) *** New bugs: ########################################### [Bug 53053] Article scrolled to top when starting to edit https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53053 [Bug 53086] Mobile rendering improperly omits space after reference and before wikilink https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53086 [Bug 53308] Backwards browsing closes sub-categories https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53308 [Bug 53069] Obstacles to enabling MobileFrontend for anonymous users (tracking) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53069 [Bug 53073] Re-examine user experience of anonymous users who have been disabled from editing anonymously https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53073 [Bug 53076] Re-examine default setting of $wgMFAnonymousEditing in MobileFrontend extension https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53076 [Bug 53136] Elements that are collapsible on desktop are not on mobile https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53136 [Bug 53261] Edit tutorial persists after logging out https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53261 [Bug 53263] Edit section CTA behaviour weirdness https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53263 [Bug 53048] Text jumps while entering edit summary in Safari iOS 4.2.1 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53048 [Bug 53126] Cannot start talk topics on empty talk pages https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53126 [Bug 53138] Link to Special:NewMessages is showing up in Watchlist view (MediaWiki.org) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53138 [Bug 53179] Clicking "edit this page" doesn't work in mobile site https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53179 [Bug 53182] After creating a new article in mobile, editing interface is cached in wrong state https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53182 [Bug 53297] frontend link "mobile view" strips query from request https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53297 [Bug 53102] Flipped "Go back" text on RTL interfaces https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53102 [Bug 53188] Desktop nearby: Cannot middle click (ctrl+click) on DESKTOP nearby https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53188 [Bug 53103] Mobile "Upload" button needs RTL adjustment https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53103 [Bug 53125] Regression: Nearby preview broken https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53125 [Bug 53160] Desktop nearby: pagelist.css not loading on Nearby desktop version https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53160 [Bug 53282] 'Contribute an image' button on Special:Uploads not working - Class.extend seems unreliable https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53282 *** Closed bugs: ########################################### [Bug 49029] Cannot view old revisions of article on mobile (redirects to diff) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49029 [Bug 22660] Display the categories on the mobile site https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22660 [Bug 51639] Use of word "all" is confusing in watchlist design https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51639 [Bug 50952] Cannot get from talk page to article https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50952 [Bug 50967] MobileContext::getDesktopUrl() desn't really work for hosts like www.mediawiki.org <-> m.mediawiki.org https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50967 [Bug 51697] Template talk not working https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51697 [Bug 51924] Main page shows misleading last modified timestamp https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51924 [Bug 51977] Talk button appears after an edit https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51977 [Bug 52361] Edit Spinner and Edit's Continue Button on Opera Mobile Classic Funky https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52361 [Bug 53059] Editing: Confusing error message on Windows Phone https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53059 [Bug 53078] Underscore characters in watchlist confirmation toast message https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53078 [Bug 53104] Pages that 404 have a last modified stamp https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53104 [Bug 53237] Articles with issues no longer have issues https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53237 [Bug 52511] Mobile editing: brought me to Edit window of previous page https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52511 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Wikimedia Commons mobile photo uploader app updated on iOS and Android
by Brion Vibber 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and minor bug fixes on Android. This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have one out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's online developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI improvements and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte! We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there. Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on first login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come to Android in a future version. Downloads and release notes: * Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikimedia-commons/id630901780 * Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikimedia.commons * Android direct download: http://download.wikimedia.org/android/wikimedia-commons-1.0beta11.apk -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / bvibber @ wikimedia.org)

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