Wikitech-ambassadors January 2015

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Wikimedia engineering report, November 2014
by Guillaume Paumier 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in November 2014 is now available: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/November -- Guillaume Paumier

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Tech newsletter (2015, week 05)
by Guillaume Paumier 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

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Tech newsletter (2015, week 04)
by Guillaume Paumier 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/04 . Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next. More information on how to contribute is available athttps:// meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute . You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ————————————————————————————— Other languages: čeština <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/cs> • ‎English • ‎español <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/es> • ‎suomi <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/fi> • ‎français <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/fr> • ‎עברית <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/he> • ‎italiano <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/it> • ‎日本語 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/ja> • ‎polski <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/pl> • ‎português <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/pt> • ‎සිංහල <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/si> • ‎українська <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/uk> • ‎Tiếng Việt <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/vi> • ‎中文 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/04/zh> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/04> are available. *Recent changes* - You can download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia>. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.[1] <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/15/immersive-mobile-experience/> [2] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2015-January/008483.html> - Programs and bots still can't read information <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/File_metadata_cleanup_dr…> about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mrmetadata/by_size.html>. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:File_metadata_cleanup_drive/How_to_fix…> to help you. *Problems* - All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T86142> *Software changes this week* - There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [4] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-January/001…> *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by tech ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Ambassadors> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/04> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> •Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.* -- Guillaume Paumier

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Cleaning up the ! template
by Ricordisamoa 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Hi guys, some time ago the '!' parser function was added in MediaWiki to replace the homonym template. However, the latter still exists on lots of WMF wikis. I've come up with a rough tool <https://tools.wmflabs.org/cleanup/excl-template.php> to help identifying the wikis on which it's still on use and the ones on which it can be safely deleted. I've already made the server purge the link cache for almost all of them. But please don't use bots to nominate all those for speedy deletion, only handle wikis you're familiar with ;-) And don't forget to get the documentation page deleted too!

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(Reduced) Deployment schedule for the next two weeks (weeks of Jan 19th and 26th)
by Greg Grossmeier 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

The next two weeks will hopefully be quiet, deployment-wise. This is due to two weeks of in-person events that will take the majority of the attention of WMF and community engineers. == Week of January 19th == Summary: * No MediaWiki train deploy due to WMF All Hands ** WMF All Hands is all day Wed and Thurs * No deploys Mon/Wed/Thurs/Fri * SWAT/etc on Tues OK == Week of January 26th == Summary: * No MediaWiki train deploy due to MediaWiki Dev Summit ** MediaWiki Dev Summit is Mon and Tues all day * SWAT all week as normal * No other deploys Mon/Tuesday Thanks and as always, questions and comments welcome, Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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Tech newsletter (2015, week 03)
by Guillaume Paumier 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Hi, The latest tech newsletter is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/03 . Below is the English version. You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you can add it to the next newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next. More information on how to contribute is available athttps:// meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute . You can also contact me directly. As always, feedback (on- or off-list) is appreciated and encouraged. ————————————————————————————— Other languages: български <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/bg> • ‎ čeština <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/cs> • ‎English • ‎español <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/es> • ‎suomi <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/fi> • ‎français <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/fr> • ‎עברית <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/he> • ‎italiano <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/it> • ‎日本語 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/ja> • ‎Lëtzebuergesch <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/lb> • ‎polski <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/pl> • ‎português <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/pt> • ‎українська <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/uk> • ‎中文 <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2015/03/zh> Latest *tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/03> are available. *Recent software changes* - Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T83123> - You can now use the {{!}} magic word <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words> instead of Template:! <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:!>. Many wikis <https://tools.wmflabs.org/cleanup/excl-template.php> used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [2] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-December/00…> *Software changes this week* - The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf14>) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap>). - A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [3] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76916> - The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78234> - The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73746> [6] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73077> [7] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73078> - The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [8] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T40831> *Future changes* - You can sign up <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6R04ammTX8uoJFP> to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [9] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-January/001…> *Tech news <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News> prepared by tech ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Ambassadors> and posted by bot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki_message_d…> • Contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute> • Translate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2015/03> • Get help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech> • Give feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News> •Subscribe or unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambass…>.* -- Guillaume Paumier

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Roadmap and deployment highlights - week of January 12th
by Greg Grossmeier 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the WMF Engineering Roadmap and Deployment update. The full log of planned deployments next week can be found at: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#Week_of_January_12th> A quick list of notable items... == All Week == * HHVM will be rolled out to the "jobrunner" servers == Monday == * Enable "In other projects" feature as default for French Wikipedia ** <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85971> ** This was a Beta Feature on French Wikipedia (and still is on the vast majority of wikis) * Soft launch of the Wikimania Scholarships App for 2015 application cycle == Tuesday == * MediaWiki deploy ** group1 to 1.25wmf14: All non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, and a few other sites) ** <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/wmf14> == Wednesday == * MediaWiki deploy ** group2 to 1.25wmf14 (all Wikipedias) ** group0 to 1.25wmf15 (test/test2/testwikidata/mediawiki) Thanks and as always, questions and comments welcome, Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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VisualEditor office hour for February
by Erica Litrenta 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Hi everybody, and apologies for cross-posting. I'd like to announce that the next office hour for VisualEditor is in February, Thursday 19th at 1900 UTC [0]. James Forrester will be available to answer any questions about recent improvements and to provide details about ongoing and planned work. It is also a pleasant occasion to share your experience; the team always looks forward to hearing from you. Previous logs and other information, including how to participate, can be found at Meta [1]. Hope to see you in #wikimedia-office then. Best, Elitre (WMF) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_(Product) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Newsletter [0] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&d… [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours

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User Research - sign-up to help out
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation's Design Research team,[1] Abbey Ripstra and Daisy Chen, are looking for people to participate in research about editing. They want to talk with both experienced editors and new editors to better understand what you do, how you do it, what is difficult and what works well with editing tools. Currently, they're doing some hour-long research interviews over Google Hangouts. In the future, there will be other types of research programs, probably including a card sorting task to determine how editing tools and tasks could be organized to suit you best. If you would like to hear about opportunities to participate in user-based research, please sign up here: https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6R04ammTX8uoJFP This is a small survey to fill out so the research team knows a little bit about your experience level and how to contact you to invite you to research. You can always opt out again, and signing up does not obligate you to participate. Please pass this along. Thank you! [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Research -- Nick Wilson (Quiddity) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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VisualEditor design change going live today/tomorrow (was: Tech newsletter (2014, week 52))
by James Forrester 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Changing the subject to narrow the subject: On 22 December 2014 at 09:01, Guillaume Paumier <gpaumier(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > - A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it > now <https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test?veaction=edit> on test > wikis. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78054> > > This is a reminder that this will roll out today (for non-Wikipedias) and tomorrow (for Wikipedias) as part of the normal cycle. If you find any issues, please file a ticket in Phabricator, e-mail me or poke me on IRC. Yours, -- James D. Forrester Product Manager, Editing Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforrester(a)wikimedia.org | @jdforrester

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