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VisualEditor fortnightly update - 2012-09-17 (MW 1.20wmf12)
by James Forrester 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

All, This fortnight's update for VisualEditor[0] - I'm skipping the one for Parsoid based on your feedback, but it is available here[1]: The VisualEditor was updated as part of the wider MediaWiki 1.20wmf12 branch deployment[2] on Monday 17 September. The last two weeks included the annual Wikimedia Engineering all-tech meeting and the Wikimedia Foundation all-staff meeting, so this iteration was in effect shorter than others. The team have continued to spend most of the coding time over the two weeks since 1.20wmf11 working on how the code integrates together. This work will provide cleaner interfaces between components of the VisualEditor, so new developers can re-use and extend VisualEditor to support new 'node types' like categories or tables when we work on these later. Beyond the API work, there have been a few minor changes to the user interface made this iteration. Firstly, the link inspector now checks for invalid titles like "Foo{}bar" (bug 33094 [3]), and long titles in the suggestions box are replaced with ellipses in the middle rather than the end so they can be distinguished (bug 39591[4]). The save dialog's length down-counter has been labelled to indicate it counts the number of bytes rather than characters, as that is what the database holds (bug 40035[5]); longer-term, we may wish to find a better way to show this to users. Finally, we fixed a bug where the table of contents was restored wrongly if a user edited and then cancelled without saving (bug 39753[6]). A complete list of individual code commits is available in the 1.20/wmf12 changelog[7], and all Bugzilla bugs closed in this period on Bugzilla's list[8]. [0] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/status#2012-09-17_.28MW_1.20wmf… [1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/status#2012-09-17 [2] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.20/wmf12 [3] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33094 [4] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39591 [5] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40035 [6] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39753 [7] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.20/wmf12#VisualEditor [8] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status… Yours, -- James D. Forrester Product Manager for Visual Editor and Flagged Revisions Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforrester(a)wikimedia.org | @jdforrester | +1 415-839-6885 x6844

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Invitation for Localisation team development demo 2012-09-18 15:00 UTC
by Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

You are invited to the Localisation team development demo on Tuesday 18 September 2012 at 15:00 UTC (other time zones: 08:00 PDT, 17:00 CEST, 20:30 IST). This meeting will take 40 minutes at most. In this meeting the Localisation team will present its deliverables from sprint 24[1]. After about 20 minutes of presentation, the remainder of the meeting is available for discussion. We hope you can attend, and please invite any friends or colleagues that may be interested! This meeting will be held using WebEx. Please ensure that you log in a few minutes before the meeting starts, so that you have time to install any required plug-ins or software. Connection details and a quick link to add this meeting to your calendar can be found below the signature. Slides and the video of our previous sprint demo are also available[2,3]. [1] https://mingle.corp.wikimedia.org/projects/internationalization/cards/1073 [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Localisation_team_Sprint_… [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Localisation_team_Sprint_… -- Siebrand Mazeland Product Manager Localisation Wikimedia Foundation M: +31 6 50 69 1239 Skype: siebrand Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ------------------------------------------------------- To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://wikimedia.webex.com/wikimedia/j.php?ED=184973487&UID=1305095792&RT=… 2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 3. No password is required 4. Click "Join". To view in other time zones, please click the link: https://wikimedia.webex.com/wikimedia/j.php?ED=184973487&UID=1305095792&ORT… To add this meeting to your calendar program, click this link: https://wikimedia.webex.com/wikimedia/j.php?ED=184973487&UID=1305095792&ICS…

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Reverting English Wikipedia to 1.20wmf10
by Rob Lanphier 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Hi everyone, We've reverted MediaWiki from 1.20wmf11 to 1.20wmf10 in order to fix a problem with watchlists failing: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40103 The root cause of this problem is a compatibility issue with jQuery 1.7.2. We can't yet cleanly upgrade to jQuery 1.8. There are pending changes that might make this possible. We may also try reverting all wikis to 1.20wmf10, and then moving forward with 1.20wmf12 on Monday. Still all TBD. Rob

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Updates: Analytics, internationalisation/localization, ArticleFeedback, Page Curation, and Lua
by Sumana Harihareswara 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

We just posted our monthly report about engineering activity: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/04/engineering-august-2012-report/ You might specifically be interested in these recent pieces of news: * The localisation team's plan on language teams -- they are requesting comments: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization_tools/… * WMF aims to activate the Article Feedback tool to 100% of English Wikipedia by the end of October 2012, with other wiki projects starting later this year. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback * We're working towards a full release of Page Curation on the English Wikipedia at the end of September 2012. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Curation This should help new page patrollers. * There's a roadmap for improvements to tools for admins: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Admin_tools_development/Roadmap And a few more items of interest: * Changes in our analytics system to improve the accuracy of the active editors metric https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/08/31/improving-the-accuracy-of-the-active-… * What our new analytics team is doing (the new monthly report card and a data services platform to help us answer questions about our community): https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/25/meet-the-analytics-team/ * Progress by the i18n team on the Universal Language Selector & Milkshake, and WebFonts https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/08/24/webfonts-in-uls-translation-rally/ I also ran into a little bit of confusion yesterday regarding Scribunto, the MediaWiki extension that will allow people to create templates in Lua instead of wikitext. People thought it was about to be deployed on lots of wikis. It's still way early in development, and will not be enabled on most Wikimedia wikis anytime soon. Right now I'm clarifying the information on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lua_scripting -- please feel free to reply and tell me what sort of information you'll be wanting. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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HTML5 coming to Wikimedia sites 17 September; please check scripts
by Sumana Harihareswara 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Forwarding from wikitech-l. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Wikitech-l] HTML5, it's a coming (again)! Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 23:06:15 +0100 From: Sam Reed <reedy(a)wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> It's been a long time coming (for the nth time..), but we're scheduling a deployment of HTML5 across the Wikimedia cluster [1]. This is set for Monday 17th September at 18:00-20:00 UTC [2]. The intention is to set $wgHtml5 [3] to true everywhere. It's been running on MediaWiki.org and our 2 test wikis for quite a while, and other sites like translatewiki.net with no issues. The intention is to leave it enabled unless it causes major problems. If you're running an application that screen scrapes, shame on you; you've had enough notice to get it fixed! ;) Now is the time to fix up your scripts and programs (where necessary), tell your friends! Sam [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27478 [2] http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Software_deployments#Week_of_Sept_17 [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgHtml5 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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VisualEditor fortnightly update - 2012-09-03 (MW 1.20wmf11)
by James Forrester 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

All, This fortnight's update for VisualEditor[0] - I'm skipping Parsoid based on feedback, but it is available here[1]: The VisualEditor was updated as part of the wider MediaWiki 1.20wmf11 branch deployment[2] on Monday 3 September. The team have spent most of the two weeks since 1.20wmf10 working on how the code integrates together, providing clean interfaces between them so new developers can re-use and extend VisualEditor to support new 'node types' like categories or tables when we work on these later. That said, there have been a number of bug fixes, including better support for RTL languages as part of our work with our Internationalisation colleagues[3], supporting the use of VisualEditor with the Monobook skin (38154[4]) and making sure we don't appear to support browsers that won't work with VisualEditor (38857[5]). We now support the editing of old revisions through the tool rather than just the latest one (37821[6]), and have updated the code to work with a changed way in which the Parsoid service now operates as it is developed. A complete list of individual code commits is available in the 1.20/wmf11 changelog[7], and all Bugzilla bugs closed in this period on Bugzilla's list[8]. [0] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/status#2012-09-03_.28MW_1.20wmf… [1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/status#2012-09-03_.28MW_1.20wmf11.29 [2] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.20/wmf11 [3] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Internationalization_and_Localizat… [4] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38154 [5] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38857 [6] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37821 [7] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.20/wmf11#VisualEditor [8] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status… Yours, -- James D. Forrester Product Manager for Visual Editor and Flagged Revisions Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforrester(a)wikimedia.org | @jdforrester | +1 415-839-6885 x6844

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] upgrades to search cluster
by Jeremy Baron 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Youngmeister <py(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] upgrades to search cluster To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi All, I have moved all search traffic to hosts now running ubuntu 12.04 (precise). This should be a no-op, as the search software itself has not changed, and all automated tests looked good, but I wanted to make you all aware as I neither the time nor languages skills to manually test every language. If you notice any irregularities, please let me know! --peter

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VisualEditor/Parsoid fortnightly update - 2012-08-20 (MW 1.20wmf10)
by James Forrester 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hello, I am the Wikimedia Foundation's Product Manager for the VisualEditor[0] project (and others). I am conscious that the VisualEditor will be a major change that is coming down the tracks, and that I need to do more to make sure that all our communities (through you) know what is happening (and make sure they have as much opportunity to tell us when we're wrong, as well as help guide the priorities for development and improvement). Right now (and for the past few months), both the core of MediaWiki and all the extensions on Wikimedia's cluster are updated on the live site every fortnight in a new branch. Though VisualEditor is currently only deployed to mediawiki.org[1], in time (when it's ready) we'll be making it available on all other Wikimedia wikis. I have started to write up the technical "changelog" as a status update, giving some (hopefully ;-)) more useful, human-readable "release notes". I thought it might be useful to copy them below, both for the VisualEditor tool and the new Parsoid service that is separate but vital for VisualEditor to work. However, I am worried that posting these here every two weeks might be a bit spammy, so I'd love feedback not just on the content (for which the best venue is the central feedback page[2]) but also as to whether you would value me doing this every fortnight (or perhaps less regularly?), or if there are better, or additional fora that might be suited to getting this information for users on the Wikimedia projects. VisualEditor[3] The VisualEditor was updated as part of the wider on Monday 20 August MediaWiki 1.20wmf10 branch deployment[4]. The most visible new item in the two weeks since 1.20wmf9 is the much-improved link inspector. This now guides users to create a link to a suggested existing article, a redlink or an external link, and replaces the previous basic functionality that did not suggest links or inform you if the target of your link existed. We have also improved the save dialogue, streamlining the interaction based on feedback from the design team. There have also been a number of bug fixes, such as preserving spaces before and after the content in headings and other forms (so that "<nowiki>== Foo ==</nowiki>" doesn't have spacing either side of it in the editor display, but doesn't strip them either -- bug 37935 [5]), using browsers' native deletion mechanisms which helps with support for short-cuts and internationalisation (bug 38461 [6]), and handling of "alien nodes" (pieces of content that the editor does not know how to edit yet) so that they do not break the rest of the editor when included. However, most of the changes have been improvements to the code architecture to allow it to be re-used and extended to support new 'node types' like categories or tables when we work on these later. A complete list of individual code commits is available in the 1.20/wmf10 changelog[7], and all Bugzilla bugs closed in this period on Bugzilla's list[8]. Parsoid[9] The Parsoid team[A] worked on the final tasks in the JavaScript prototype, in preparation for the C++ port. The port will allow an efficient integration with PHP and Lua, improve performance and allow the parallelization of the parser in the longer term in preparation for production use. An important milestone we reached is the implementation and verification of the template DOM range encapsulation algorithm, which now identifies all template-affected parts of the DOM for round-tripping and protection in the VisualEditor[0]. We are currently implementing template round-tripping based on this. Other new features include oldid support so that previous versions of pages can be edited, rather than just the current one, and more complete error reporting in the web service. Wikitext escaping in the serializer is much improved, and now also handles interactions across multiple DOM nodes. An ongoing task has been improving test coverage to enable us to refactor code with more confidence and also help test the correctness of the C++ port. Most details of the C++ port were researched. A basic build system including the selected libraries was set up, and design work on the basic data structures has started, ahead of full porting which we expect to start next iteration. The full list of Parsoid bugs closed in the last two weeks is available in Bugzilla[B]. Hope this is helpful! As I said, feedback gratefully received. [0] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor [1] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor:Welcome [2] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Feedback [3] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/status#2012-08-20_.28MW_1.20wmf10.29 [4] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.20/wmf10 [5] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37935 [6] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38461 [7] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.20/wmf10#VisualEditor [8] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status… [9] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/status#2012-08-20_.28MW_1.20wmf10.29 [A] - https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid [B] - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=140016&chfieldto=2012-08… James. -- James D. Forrester Product Manager for Visual Editor and Flagged Revisions Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforrester(a)wikimedia.org | @jdforrester | +1 415-839-6885 x6844

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Change to media storage system coming on Thursday
by Guillaume Paumier 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Greetings, As you may have read in our recent engineering reports, the Wikimedia Foundation's engineering team is concluding its transition from NFS to Swift as the default media storage system for all media files. [Technical details: Files are currently uploaded to both Swift and NFS, and read from NFS. Starting on Thursday (if all goes according to plan), files will be read from Swift instead. This change notably includes Apache configuration changes.] This consists mostly of behind-the-scenes work on the set of servers that host all images, videos, sounds and other media files on Wikimedia sites (more details below) If all goes well, this change should be transparent to all users. However, in the event of a problem, it is likely that you'll notice the issue. Please let your local communities know about the change so that they're not surprised if they encounter issues. Please also help us consolidate reports of persistent issues: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SwiftMedia/Issues As a sidenote, I'd like to encourage you to take a look at this new initiative to recruit more tech ambassadors: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Ambassadors I'd love to get your feedback (ideally on the talk page) about the proposal, and how to make it better. Thanks, -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Curiosidades e información
by Sergio Vinuesa 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

buenas noches aquí en Hispania. No sé a quien me dirijo, pero un saludo; el motivo de mi subscripción a esta pagina es porque creo que tengo intuiciones para poder aprovechar y crear la bellísima maquina para crear y aprovechar de una forma estable y segura la energía sol-fusión... pero tengo muchas dudas e ideas que me colma esta mente inquieta ; por ingeniar esa maravillosa energía sin ningún daño para este planeta que tanto queremos que nos dure... Me gustaría dirigirme si es posible a un catedrático en ingeniería nuclear de la nueva generación de inventores y exponer mis dudas y filosofar y diagnosticar todo lo que se a probado e intentado en el tema. Si tenéis curiosidad por mis intuiciones en este tema y queréis darme unas lecciones de Máster y solventar mis dudas, no tardaremos mas de 3 semanas en saber si valgo la pena o simplemente lo veis poco solvente... Mercí por los minutos que tardéis en leer mi imaginación. un saludo. cordialmente, Sergio Vinuesa Mesas

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