https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so...
Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout.
Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted.
HI Sumana ,
Op 17-1-2012 18:11, Sumana Harihareswara schreef:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so...
Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout.
Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted.
How is the api block implemented? What output is my bot going to get? Some details would be nice.
Maarten
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Maarten Dammers maarten@mdammers.nl wrote:
HI Sumana ,
Op 17-1-2012 18:11, Sumana Harihareswara schreef:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so...
Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout.
Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted.
How is the api block implemented? What output is my bot going to get? Some details would be nice.
Maarten
Probably set $wgEnableWriteAPI to false, if they do that when trying to perform the disabled actions you'll received an 'unrecognized action' error or something simiar.
Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js.
On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so...
Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout.
Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted.
Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Jeff Ferland jeff@storyinmemo.com wrote:
Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js.
From what I read consensus ended up as a full-block and not just a notice.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jeff Ferland jeff@storyinmemo.com wrote:
Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js.
Edits will be disabled for the 24 hour period. No exceptions unless there's an emergency.
Op 17-1-2012 21:42, Erik Moeller schreef:
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jeff Ferlandjeff@storyinmemo.com wrote:
Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js.
Edits will be disabled for the 24 hour period. No exceptions unless there's an emergency.
But how Erik? What message will the api throw when bots tries to read or to edit?
Maarten
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Maarten Dammers maarten@mdammers.nl wrote:
But how Erik? What message will the api throw when bots tries to read or to edit?
Via $wgGroupPermissions -- so I guess it'll throw a general permission error identical to what you'd get if you'd try to edit a page you don't have access to.
We're preparing a technical FAQ on Meta so we can vet this all for general consumption.
On 01/17/2012 01:01 PM, Erik Moeller wrote:
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Maarten Dammers maarten@mdammers.nl wrote:
But how Erik? What message will the api throw when bots tries to read or to edit?
Via $wgGroupPermissions -- so I guess it'll throw a general permission error identical to what you'd get if you'd try to edit a page you don't have access to.
We're preparing a technical FAQ on Meta so we can vet this all for general consumption.
The FAQ is up: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_SOPA_blackout/Technical_FA...
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