Is there any progress on finding a mailing list that likes to be guinnea
pig (a.k.a. innovation leader) and try it out? I don't think it has to be
an alternative for this particular mailing list in this phase, any mailing
list of some size would do.
Lodewijk
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Erik Bernhardson <ebernhardson(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
> The instance looks to be in a 'SHUTOFF' state, this has happened before (to
> other instances) for a variety of reasons, such as a vm moving between
> hosts and something goes wrong. There arn't any labs admins around right
> now, i'll have one look tomorrow morning and turn it back on.
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Àlex Hinojo <alexhinojo(a)gmail.com
wrote:
>
> > +1 502 to me also
> >
> > 2016-02-08 6:48 GMT+01:00 Chris Schilling <cschilling(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> >
> > > Hey Ad,
> > >
> > > I'm getting a 502 Bad Gateway error when trying to access
> > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/. Not sure if this is a general error
> > with
> > > wmflabs or something specific to Discourse.
> > >
> > > - Jethro
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Ad Huikeshoven <ad(a)wikimedia.nl>
wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello readers of wikimedia-l,
> > > >
> > > > One of the outcomes of the 'better thankspam' thread was to
> experiment
> > > with
> > > > a pilot installationg of Discourse. This has been set up at
> > > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ by Erik Bernhardson.
> > > > In the past weeks a couple of dozen of people have signed in and have
> > > been
> > > > taking a look around. In a recent thread on wikimedia-l Fæ posted
> > results
> > > > of SQL queries of number of users thanked and number of users
> thanking
> > on
> > > > different wikis.
> > > > On Discourse users can like (by clicking a heart) for individual
> posts.
> > > > Number of hearts received and number of hearts given are by default
> and
> > > > automatically counted by Discourse, and these numbers are public, see
> > > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/users?period=yearly.
> > > >
> > > > For the Wikimedia Discourse installation to be a succesful pilot it
> has
> > > to
> > > > be a real alternative for the wikimedia-l mailing list. Users want to
> > > read
> > > > posts in their mail, and want to be able to reply to posts by mail,
> > > without
> > > > having to visit the site. Users who have signed up at
> > > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ will receive new posts by default in
> > > their
> > > > mailbox. Mail preferences can be individually set. Wikimedia
> Discourse
> > > > users can reply by mail to posts received by mail. Members of
> Wikimedia
> > > > Discourse can mail new posts. Please let me know if anything is
> missing
> > > at
> > > > Wikimedia Discourse that the current wikimedia-l mailing list does
> > have.
> > > > Sign up for an account at
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ to discover
> > the
> > > > extras Discourse offers. Wikimedia Discourse users can earn barnstars
> > for
> > > > example, isn't that nice?
> > > >
> > > > Please note that by subscribing to the wikimedia-l mailing list your
> > > > mailing list subscription isn't linked to any account at any
> Wikimedia
> > > > wiki, neither is your mail address. For the wikimedia-l mailing list
> > you
> > > > will have to provide a mail address and after confirmation mailman
> will
> > > > mail you a password. If you want to sign up at
> > > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ you will have to provide a mail
> address
> > > and
> > > > pick a password yourself. Currently their is no link between
> > > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ accounts and any account at any
> > Wikimedia
> > > > wiki, nor is their link with mail addresses, just like it as with the
> > > > wikimedia-l mailing list. A phabricator ticket requesting SSO or
> Oauth
> > > 1.0
> > > > or Oauth 2.0 can be found at
>
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124691
> > .
> > > > Currently there are no resources available for writing an Oauth 1.0
> > > plugin
> > > > for Wikimedia Discourse, neither are there resources available for
> > moving
> > > > MediaWiki authentification from Oauth 1.0 to Oauth 2.0. As said, SSO
> or
> > > > Oauth is a 'nice to have' and doesn't have to block a
succesful
> pilot.
> > > >
> > > > Secure communication is a must. The Discourse installation is now
> > > > configured to default to use SSL, so you will always see https://.
> > > >
> > > > Here is a short list of places where the Discourse installation can
> be
> > > > discussed:
> > > > *
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discourse
> > > > *
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discourse
> > > > *
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124690
> > > > and of course at the wikimedia-l mailing list and at
> > > >
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Ad Huikeshoven
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