Bugs item #1894566, was opened at 2008-02-15 18:43 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by valhallasw You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=1894566...
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: interwiki Group: None Status: Closed Resolution: Accepted Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Aviator (tarmiziaffandi) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Add ms to use revised interwiki sorting order
Initial Comment: We at mswiki have agreed to use the "revised sorting order" for interwiki links.
I have attached a patch.
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Comment By: Merlijn S. van Deen (valhallasw)
Date: 2008-03-08 21:51
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We should probably have such config options on the wiki instead of in the bots' config files.
Blocking bots if the bots have not been updated after two weeks is not too unreasonable; we are just too slow in applying patches and this is not an unreasonable request (like the bs on some small wiki that only wanted interwikis of the 10 largest wikis or sth).
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Comment By: Aviator (tarmiziaffandi) Date: 2008-03-08 19:48
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Hmm. Sorry folks if you feel so offended. I feel more offended as I submitted this patch abouth half a month ago and got no attention. Furthermore, I did a massive repair a while ago for the entire mswiki site using standardize_interwiki.py and have found out that you guys reverting them back using interwiki.py. Looks like this is the only way to set things right, once and for all. Again, sorry. I did not mean to offend anyone.
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Comment By: Rotem Liss (rotemliss) Date: 2008-03-08 19:20
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Blocking bot operators is a pretty bad way to have the interwiki updated. I hope this doesn't happen again. Anyway, applied patch in r5113.
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Comment By: siebrand (siebrand) Date: 2008-03-08 19:01
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Interesting way to deal with bot operators. I was quite offended to be told that I was blocked because the sorting order was to be fixed and my bot would be blocked until then. Now I am very much not inclined to commit this patch.
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Comment By: NicDumZ — Nicolas Dumazet (nicdumz) Date: 2008-03-08 13:46
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Actually, ms: has decided to block on sight any bots not using the revised interwiki sorting order for ms:(see http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discussion_Utilisateur:EDUCA33E&am...)
That patch should be given more attention :)
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Comment By: Aviator (tarmiziaffandi) Date: 2008-02-15 18:48
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Forget to mention this one: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_sorting_order
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