Toolserver-l April 2012

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Interwiki bot MMP planning
by Toto Azéro 08 May '12

08 May '12

Hi all ! I'd like to remind everyone of you that *we* have to organize the MMP interwikit-bot *before* 15th May ! It just remains a couple of weeks now, so it's beginning to become an emergency… If nothing's done at that date, DaB said he would "kill and disable every longrunning interwiki-bot that [he] find[s]." (see http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2012-April/004913.html) MF-Warburg created https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Interwiki_bot_MMP_planning nearly two months ago, but only Luckas Blade, Merlissimo and I had completed it… So we are 3 interested persons at the moment, but all from wikipedia-projects (respectively from ptwiki, dewiki and frwiki), whereas DaB wanted one from a non-wikipedia-project… So two questions actually : 1) does the actual group (composed of Luckas Blade, Merlissimo and me) suit to you ? 2) is there anybody else interested in joining it ? Regards, — Toto Azéro

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SGE-Maintenance at Thursday and Friday
by DaB. 02 May '12

02 May '12

Hello all, I will give the SGE-update (see my mail from last time [1]) another try this week and so I hereby announce downtime of the SGE-system on Thursday between 19:00 and 23:00 UTC. If the update is not successful on Thursday I will give it another try at Friday between 19:00 and 23:00 UTC. During the downtime no SGE-process will start on any server, while processes/jobs that had started already will continue to run; jobs which are queued at the beginning of the maintenance-window will start after the window is done. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Sincerely, DaB. P.S: Just to be clear: There will be ONLY maintenance on the SGE, not on the databases like last time. [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2012-March/004802.html -- Userpage: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] — PGP: 2B255885

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Monthly report 2012-04
by DaB. 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

Hello all, since a few months a weekly report [1] about events in the german-speaking Wikipedia and the Wikimedia-organizations is send to a few mailing-lists; I think that this is a very good idea and so I will try to establish something similar for the TS too (on monthly base). For the soon-ending April I wrote a short report below and I think we can all together write a report for May on a wiki-page [2]. Sincerely, DaB. = Report for April 2012 = == s2 and s6 corrupt == It was discovered this month that the databases of s6 [A] and s2 [B] are defect and will need a re-import. A dump of s6 was already requested at 2. April at the WMF, but no response yet. A dump for s2 will be requested soon. *[A]; https://jira.toolserver.org/browse/MNT-1228 *[B]: https://jira.toolserver.org/browse/TS-1348 == s1 is back to normal == Both server for s1 (enwiki) are back to normal [A]. *[A]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-announce/2012- April/000484.html ==Interwiki-Bot-MMP-rule is in charge == On 2. April the new "No interwiki-bos outside the interwiki-bot-MMP"-rule became relevant [A]. Because no MMP was created to that timestamp yet, the date was moved to 15. Mai [B]. Toto Azéro started a thread about planing the MMP short time ago [C]. *[A]: https://wiki.toolserver.org/w/index.php?title=Rules&diff=6603&oldid=5988 *[B]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2012-April/004913.html *[C]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2012-April/004930.html == SGE-Update not successful == A second try to update the SGE to version 6.2u5p2 was not successful [A]. The import of the old config into the new system aborts every time. We need the update to include the new Linux-boxes. *[A]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2012-April/004924.html ==Reminder of hackathon == Sumana Harihareswara reminded us about the Berlin hackathon which will take place in Berlin (Germany) in the beginning of June [A]. *[A]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/toolserver-l/2012-April/004917.html ==Wikidata started == The working on Wikidata started on 1. April [A]. This is not a real topic for the TS at the moment, but I am sure that plenty of tools will be created as soon as the project is alive. *[A]: http://www.wikimedia.de/wiki/Pressemitteilungen/PM_3_12_Wikidata_EN ==DaB. added as TS-Announce-ML-admin == The WMF-techs added me as a admin for the Toolserver-announce-mailinglist so that I can add and remove people myself (before only River could do that). More people should be able to send important mails to that mailinglist in near future. Until next month, DaB. [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikide-l/2012-April/023264.html [2] https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Monthly_report -- Userpage: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] — PGP: 2B255885

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Family file
by محمد الجداوي 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

Hello. Although i update my pywikipedia file daily, the following phrase appears when i run my bot on cmd or toolserver: "WARNING: Family file wikipedia contains version number 1.19wmf1, but it should be 1.20wmf1" What does it mean and how can i solve it?

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Maintenance on Friday
by Marlen Caemmerer 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Hello, in parallel to DaBPunkts SGE update maintenance I will do some database host maintenance. hyacinth which holds s3, s4, s6 and s7 will be rebooted and afterwards more space will be added to cassia which holds s2 and s5. I will start my work at 8 pm UTC. Regards Marlen/nosy

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Rules clarifications
by MZMcBride 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Hi. I have two clarification requests regarding the Toolserver rules (<https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules>): 1. There's a new rule now in effect regarding interwiki bots.[1] How will this rule be enforced? 2. There's currently a rule requiring every bot user page to mention that the bot runs on the Toolserver.[2] I don't think this rule is followed very closely (I don't think any of my bots mention where they're hosted at the moment). I believe this rule originated due to a desire to avoid inadvertent autoblock damage on the Toolserver's IP addresses if a bad bot were blocked. But most wikis now whitelist the Toolserver's IP range using <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Autoblock_whitelist>. Is this rule still necessary and/or in effect? MZMcBride [1] Text: After 2. April 2012 the continuous running of langlink-bots (also named interwikibots) is only allowed for the Multi-Maintainer-Project "interwikibot". [2] Text: You have to add a line at the bot-userpage, that the bot runs at the toolserver.

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Toolserver having a bad day?
by DeltaQuad 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Ok, so i've checked status.toolserver.org and have found nothing going on but some stuff has been breaking at random points today. I've had a Cron job return: Subject: Cron <deltaquad@willow> cronsub IPBEBot $HOME/IPBE/IPBE.py /opt/local/bin/cronsub[44]: 9793 Killed I've had another return: Subject: Cron <deltaquad@willow> cronsub UAABot $HOME/UAA/UAA.py error: not enough memory to allocate 2404 bytes in init_packbuffer Unable to run job: Error reading answer list from qmaster. Exiting. And then on a MMP (yes this is a customized message): The x script has failed. The error message received was: <b>A database error occured when attempting to process your request: </b><br />Failed to connect to database server ! Please check the database to resolve this issue and ensure that private data is removed on schedule. Is it what we have running or is this a toolserver issue in general? and should I file a bug? (SysAdmins - Especially DaB. please don't take this as me being critical, I just wanna help if I can identify any problems and file a JIRA if needed ;) ) -- DeltaQuad English Wikipedia Administrator

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Re: [Toolserver-l] Blocking of hacking attacks IP addresses?
by wikipedia＠tiko.demon.co.uk 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

On a similar environment to the Toolserver that I've used in the past, I've had to log the start and end times of any non-trivial external vulnerability testing (i.e. running Netsparker against production servers). I'm guessing these were used to redact portions of the logs prior to security audits. Anything we should be doing here to make life easy for the admins? TB

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Please register for the Berlin hackathon - June 1-3, 2012
by Sumana Harihareswara 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon. It's 1-3 June and registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with hotel/hostel, just mention it in the registration form. https://wmberlin.eventbrite.com/ This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, and socialising, primarily talking about Gadgets, the switch to Lua, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs. Our goals for the event are to bring 100-150 people together, with lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come! Details: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Berlin_Hackathon_2012 Thanks to Wikimedia Germany for hosting and coordinating this event. (Venue still to be determined.) -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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Blocking of hacking attacks IP addresses?
by Danny B. 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

In my 404 log I often see various hacking and spamming attempts looking for known website weaknesses. I would like to propose to totally block such IP addresses from accessing Toolserver. What do you think about such approach? Kind regards Danny B.

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