Wikitech-l December 2013

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Please use sitenotice when a new version of software is deployed
by Alex Brollo 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Users are very confused and worried any time a new version of wiki software is launched and tested, and some major or minor bug comes invariably out. A clear message using central sitenotice, with links to doc pages listing the changes at different levels of detail and to their talk pages to discuss them and to alert for bugs, is mandatory IMHO. Tech news are largely insufficient; evidence of work in progress should be clearly visible into all pages of interested projects. It's a basic matter of Wikilove. Alex

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$wgDBmysql5
by Tyler Romeo 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

As the subject implies, there is a variable named $wgDBmysql5. I am inclined to believe that the purpose of this variable is to use features only available in MySQL 5.0 or later. The specific implementation affects the encoding in the database. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDBmysql5 Right now MediaWiki installation requirements say you need MySQL 5.0.2 or later. So my question is: is this configuration variable still necessary, or should it be deprecated? *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science

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Fwd: Proposal for biweekly Labs showcase
by Diederik van Liere 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

Bumping my proposal. I am particularly looking forward from responses from community members. Have an awesome New Year's Eve! Best, Diederik Heya, I just posted an initial proposal to start running a biweekly showcase to feature all the cool things that are happening on Labs. Please have a look at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Showcase, express your interest and chime in on the Talk page to help get this off the ground. Best, Diederik

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Gerrit command line tool
by Jon Robson 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

I was getting very bored of the tedious job of working out what to code review and then how to pull it down so I made a tool in the MobileFrontend repository which lets me do all this from the comfort of the command line [1]. With the script (and a couple of python installs as referenced in the command line) you simply run: > make gerrit and it prints a list of options http://imgur.com/e5JBnQI Simply type the number of the commit you want to review and it will pull it down for you. The list of reviews is ordered by the following mechanism (could be tweaked): * Patches closest to being merged appear at top e.g. +1s at top, -2s at bottom * If patches are of equal code review score, the old ones get preference as that only seems fair. It currently doesn't allow you to do reviews from the command line but that would be a pretty awesome addition. Let me know your thoughts. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103884/

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2013.12 release
by Kartik Mistry 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Hello, Happy New Year to all! I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2013.12. This bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.21.3 and MediaWiki 1.22.0 releases. * Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2013.12.tar… * sha256sum: 2ef19e31d685dd0d6e50088ec8bbb1cd3e74c694096dfa333efb61dcfee9c3c0 Quick links: * Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB * Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n * Report bugs to: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org * Talk with us at: #mediawiki-i18n @ Freenode Release notes for each extension are below. -- Kartik Mistry == Babel, CLDR and LocalisationUpdates == * Only localization updates. == CleanChanges == * Bug 58439: Fix Monobook skin by removing extra <nowiki></div></nowiki> creating invalid HTML. * Localization updates. == Translate == === Noteworthy changes === * Translator Sandbox: ** Translator Sandbox is a feature to simplify the sign-up process for new translators. It can be enabled using "$wgTranslateUseSandbox = true;", but it will only be useful in conjunction with the TwnMainPage, which is not included in MLEB (at least yet). ** Stash and translator approval pages are now usable. ** When a user is accepted, a bare-bones user page with a Babel box is created. * TUX editor: ** Bug 53748: Message group related calls were made two order of magnitudes faster, making Special:Translate's group selector, workflow state selector etc. fast enough even on wikis with hundreds or thousands groups. ** Add useful shortcuts to TUX editor. All buttons to insert/replace text (insertables and then translation aids in order; "discard changes" is skipped) are numbered from 1 up and can be accessed with both alt+<num> and arrow up and down. ** Update the statusbar at the bottom of the TUX message tables when saving or proofreading. * Added support to MediaWiki localisation format from PHP files to JSON files. This is part of the Localization Format RFC ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Localisation_format ). ** Add support for JSON in mediawiki-defines.txt, allowing the handling of MediaWiki extension that us the new format. Documentation about the updates in MessageGroup configuration can be found at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Group_configuration… ** Fixed JsonFFS for properly importing and exporting Authors. ** targetPattern in group configuration is now optional. ** Migrate the Translate extension itself to JSON based i18n files from PHP files. This change is transparent to all users of extension. * Support xliff 1.1 files in addition to xliff 1.2 as well, but without validation. === Breaking changes === Special:FirstSteps has been removed from Translate. If you want the feature, you'll have to download it separately. == UniversalLanguageSelector == === Noteworthy changes === * Language selector now opens an order of magnitude faster (see https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.uls/pull/122 for details). * Initial support for webfonts in MobileFrontend: ** Currently, support for webfonts in MobileFrontend is disabled by default. It can be enabled by setting $wgULSMobileWebfontsEnabled = true; in LocalSettings.php file. Note that, even then it will only be enabled for users who has opted in for the mobile beta mode. === Fonts === * Bug 57767: Enable Amiri font for Soranî language. * Bug 58381, 58382: Add Lateef and Scheherazade fonts for Soranî and Farsi languages. * Update Autonym font to version 20131205: ** Fixed Autonym for Old Slavonic. ** Fixed glyphs for the Glagolitic script. ** Removed Reserved Font Name (RFN) and documentation updates. -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

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Google Code-in starting NOW (important!)
by Quim Gil 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Hi, Google Code-in is about to start: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2013 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In We have currently 72 tasks published and 13 mentors. We are still looking for more mentors and tasks. If you are interested, contact me. This is the first time Wikimedia participates in this program and the only certain prediction at this point is that we all will learn a lot. We have been warned that especially the first two weeks will be quite messy, with many impatient newcomers landing in our community channels and asking for help / feedback / review. Please be kind with them. Things will eventually settle down, partially because our documentation will be better, partially because the students interested in Wikimedia will be familiar with the basics and will know where/how to ask. Ideally https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In should contain answers and links to answers for the frequently asked questions. Try to answer GCI students with links to the appropriate pages, and try to assure that such links are available at our GCI wiki page. Thank you for your patience. I have no doubt that your direct or indirect help will pay off with better documentation for all kinds of newcomers interested in many areas of contribution. /me goes to prepare a hot beverage. It is going to be fun. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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FW: Mass file undeletion tools?
by Tuszynski, Jaroslaw W. 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

Lately someone deleted 70 pages from the middle of several thousand page Russian encyclopedia used by Wikisource. Everything was done by the book: since the uploader forgot to add a license and did not fixed the issue when notified. However deletion was done without checking the licenses in the other pages from the book. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lozman#Copyright_status:_Fi le:.D0.A0.D1.83.D1.81.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.B8.D0.B9_.D1.8D.D0.BD.D1.86.D0.B8.D 0.BA.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.BF.D0.B5.D0.B4.D0.B8.D1.87.D0.B5.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.B8.D 0.B9_.D1.81.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.B2.D0.B0.D1.80.D1.8C_.D0.91.D0.B5.D1.80.D0.B5 .D0.B7.D0.B8.D0.BD.D0.B0_4.2_001.jpg <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lozman#Copyright_status:_F ile:.D0.A0.D1.83.D1.81.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.B8.D0.B9_.D1.8D.D0.BD.D1.86.D0.B8. D0.BA.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.BF.D0.B5.D0.B4.D0.B8.D1.87.D0.B5.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.B8. D0.B9_.D1.81.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.B2.D0.B0.D1.80.D1.8C_.D0.91.D0.B5.D1.80.D0.B 5.D0.B7.D0.B8.D0.BD.> . I am ready to undelete the pages, but run into the problem that apparently there is no mass undeletion tool for cases like that. Is there a faster method than doing it by hand? Jarek T. (user:jarekt <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jarekt> )

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Deprecation notice for etherpad-old.wikimedia.org
by Alexandros Kosiaris 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

Hello, As many of you might be aware, etherpad.wikimedia.org has been migrated a couple of months ago from the old and no longer supported etherpad software to the new, actively supported, etherpad-lite software. The move also involved the migration of pads from the old software to the new, a process which was quite successful, albeit not without glitches. Since then the old installation has been kept around under http://etherpad-old.wikimedia.org in a read-only state in order to facilitate people to access pads that, for whatever reason, may not have made it to the new installation unscathed (or at all). This service will be discontinued and taken offline on Monday, 30 December 2013. That grants 30+ days to people to copy out any necessary pads. With that in mind, the operations team would like to remind everyone that etherpad.wikimedia.org was never intended to be a permanent storage for pads. Preservation of a pad is up to the people interested in preserving that pad in another format. Regards, -- Alexandros Kosiaris <akosiaris(a)wikimedia.org>

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Bugzilla Weekly Report
by reporter 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

MediaWiki Bugzilla Report for December 23, 2013 - December 30, 2013 Status changes this week Reports changed/set to UNCONFIRMED: 1 Reports changed/set to NEW : 20 Reports changed/set to ASSIGNED : 22 Reports changed/set to REOPENED : 7 Reports changed/set to PATCH_TO_RE: 71 Reports changed/set to RESOLVED : 214 Reports changed/set to VERIFIED : 0 Total reports still open : 13464 Total bugs still open : 7830 Total non-lowest prio. bugs still open: 7617 Total enhancements still open : 5634 Reports created this week: 231 Resolutions for the week: Reports marked FIXED : 157 Reports marked DUPLICATE : 18 Reports marked INVALID : 7 Reports marked WORKSFORME: 15 Reports marked WONTFIX : 15 Specific Product/Component Resolutions & User Metrics Created reports per component Tool Labs tools tsreports 50 VisualEditor Editing Tools 19 Pywikibot General 15 MediaWiki extensions Flow 11 Tool Labs tools Matthewrbowker's tools 9 Created reports per product Tool Labs tools 60 MediaWiki extensions 57 MediaWiki 28 Wikimedia 26 VisualEditor 25 Top 5 bug report closers wmf.bugconverter [AT] gmail.co55 jrobson [AT] wikimedia.org 24 yaron57 [AT] gmail.com 19 matma.rex [AT] gmail.com 14 valhallasw [AT] arctus.nl 10 Most urgent open issues Product | Component | BugID | Priority | LastChange | Assignee | Summary -------------------------------------------------------------- Analytics | Tech communit | 57038 | Highest | 2013-12-23 | acs[AT]bitergia.com | Metrics about contributors with +2 pe MediaWiki | JavaScript | 52659 | Highest | 2013-12-16 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | [Regression]: mediawiki.notification: MediaWiki ext | CentralAuth | 54195 | Highest | 2013-12-29 | csteipp[AT]wikimedia | CentralAuth not caching Special:Centr MediaWiki ext | Collection | 58151 | Highest | 2013-12-17 | mwalker[AT]wikimedia | Collection exports everything to PDF MediaWiki ext | Diff | 58274 | Highest | 2013-12-10 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | Implement an order-aware MapDiffer MediaWiki ext | Echo | 53569 | Highest | 2013-12-18 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | [Regression] Echo: Sending 2 e-mails MediaWiki ext | Flow | 58016 | Highest | 2013-12-23 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | Flow: Suppression redacts the wrong u MediaWiki ext | MassMessage | 57464 | Highest | 2013-12-29 | legoktm.wikipedia[AT | MassMessage thinks namespaces that do MediaWiki ext | MultimediaVie | 57842 | Highest | 2013-12-24 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | "Learn more on Wikimedia Commons" sho MediaWiki ext | WikidataRepo | 52385 | Highest | 2013-12-04 | wikidata-bugs[AT]lis | Query by one property and one value ( MediaWiki ext | WikidataRepo | 58166 | Highest | 2013-12-09 | wikidata-bugs[AT]lis | label/description uniqueness constrai MediaWiki ext | WikidataRepo | 57918 | Highest | 2013-12-10 | wikidata-bugs[AT]lis | show diffs for sorting changes MediaWiki ext | WikidataRepo | 58850 | Highest | 2013-12-22 | wikidata-bugs[AT]lis | wbmergeitems isn't merging claims pro MediaWiki ext | WikidataRepo | 58394 | Highest | 2013-12-26 | wikidata-bugs[AT]lis | "specified index out of bounds" issue MediaWiki ext | WikiEditor | 57489 | Highest | 2013-12-29 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | document.selection replaced by window VisualEditor | Editing Tools | 50768 | Highest | 2013-12-16 | rmoen[AT]wikimedia.o | VisualEditor: Better reference UI for VisualEditor | Editing Tools | 57683 | Immediate | 2013-12-27 | roan.kattouw[AT]gmai | VisualEditor: Reference is not gettin VisualEditor | MediaWiki int | 48429 | Highest | 2013-11-01 | krinklemail[AT]gmail | VisualEditor: Support editing of sect Wikimedia | Apache config | 31369 | Highest | 2013-12-10 | tstarling[AT]wikimed | Non-canonical HTTPS URLs quietly redi Wikimedia | Fundraising: | 58373 | Highest | 2013-12-18 | wikibugs-l[AT]lists. | Opting out of the annual fundraising Wikimedia Lab | Infrastructur | 48501 | Highest | 2013-12-20 | greg[AT]wikimedia.or | beta: Get SSL certificates for *.{pro Wikimedia Lab | tools | 54690 | Highest | 2013-12-29 | marc[AT]uberbox.org | Tools-exec instances are not running

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Clustering of RFC's for the Architecture Summit
by Diederik van Liere 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

Heya, We are making good progress with creating clusters to group RFC for the upcoming Architectural Summit. Some clusters are still too big, in particular the following clusters can/should be split in smaller clusters of 3-4 RFC's each. * General Mediawiki Functionality * Backend code modularity frameworks * Installation * SOA * UI/UX: styling Please have a look at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/RFC_clusters and help us finalize the clustering! Thanks! Best, D

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