Hi all,
Part of one of my promises at WM2014 was to better communicate components of our actions at enWS to the broader community.
We have submitted bugs for ...
1. Turning webfonts back on for enWS.https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69655 Initially the request for fraktur fonts alone, so we could do blackletter. However when having a conversation with WMF's Languages and Internationalisation team they encouraged me to just request for a reinstatement of the complete webfonts package. This has now had the patch awaiting for review. This actually replicates what heWS has already done, so it is not exactly trail-blazing.
One outcome that I have semi-committed to do is to create a help page for some of the fonts that are not full language fonts, but are able to be generated with this reinstalled process. At this stage it would have to live on enWS (due to enablement), however, if there was a local conversation at OLDWIKISOURCE for a similar function, it would make more sense to host it there. Hint! hint! to that community, and really should have all those fonts.
2. General interwiki language link to oldwikisource is required https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32189 This is the bug to get the mul: interlanguage prefix functioning. It is blocked by another change that is waiting for review, and I am told to nag Reedy, and/or others to progress it, which I am doing. Others may wish to keep a lookout for those mentioned in the bug and see if they can get their attention in IRC if they seem them active.
3. Increasing search weighting on namespaces other than main namespacehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69771 We have found that authors in our author namespace rank pretty low in a search compared to their works, so we have asked that we increase the weighting for our Author: ns (ns:102). I made comment in the bugzilla that this may be of interest to other WSes. To note that I have previously discussed this with Nik at WM2014, and reported at our WS meeting that I would be lodging this bugzilla. {{done}}
4. Refining typeahead search results for subpages at English Wikisourcehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69658 For our biographical works where they are subpages we want to find them when typing, not necessarily after a search. Another that was discussed at WM2014, again which may have broader interest. {{done}}
5. Exploring tweaking of English Wikisource header templates for better search results https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69772 Question to Nik to see if we can use some of our 'metadata' in templates, eg. microformat, or other bits, in smarter ways in CirrusSearch. Again discussed at WM2014, and how asked to progress questions.
Regards, Billinghurst
PS. I still have other homework to submit, and as I get through the backlog of tasks, it will get done. Just prioritising at the moment.
Thank you Billinghurst, your work is priceless.
Aubrey
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Wiki Billinghurst < billinghurstwiki@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Part of one of my promises at WM2014 was to better communicate components of our actions at enWS to the broader community.
We have submitted bugs for ...
- Turning webfonts back on for enWS.https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69655
Initially the request for fraktur fonts alone, so we could do blackletter. However when having a conversation with WMF's Languages and Internationalisation team they encouraged me to just request for a reinstatement of the complete webfonts package. This has now had the patch awaiting for review. This actually replicates what heWS has already done, so it is not exactly trail-blazing.
One outcome that I have semi-committed to do is to create a help page for some of the fonts that are not full language fonts, but are able to be generated with this reinstalled process. At this stage it would have to live on enWS (due to enablement), however, if there was a local conversation at OLDWIKISOURCE for a similar function, it would make more sense to host it there. Hint! hint! to that community, and really should have all those fonts.
- General interwiki language link to oldwikisource is required https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32189
This is the bug to get the mul: interlanguage prefix functioning. It is blocked by another change that is waiting for review, and I am told to nag Reedy, and/or others to progress it, which I am doing. Others may wish to keep a lookout for those mentioned in the bug and see if they can get their attention in IRC if they seem them active.
- Increasing search weighting on namespaces other than main namespacehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69771
We have found that authors in our author namespace rank pretty low in a search compared to their works, so we have asked that we increase the weighting for our Author: ns (ns:102). I made comment in the bugzilla that this may be of interest to other WSes. To note that I have previously discussed this with Nik at WM2014, and reported at our WS meeting that I would be lodging this bugzilla. {{done}}
- Refining typeahead search results for subpages at English Wikisourcehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69658
For our biographical works where they are subpages we want to find them when typing, not necessarily after a search. Another that was discussed at WM2014, again which may have broader interest. {{done}}
- Exploring tweaking of English Wikisource header templates for better
search results https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69772 Question to Nik to see if we can use some of our 'metadata' in templates, eg. microformat, or other bits, in smarter ways in CirrusSearch. Again discussed at WM2014, and how asked to progress questions.
Regards, Billinghurst
PS. I still have other homework to submit, and as I get through the backlog of tasks, it will get done. Just prioritising at the moment.
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