Wikitech-l May 2013

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Re: [Wikitech-l] showing videos and images in modal viewers within articles
by billinghurst 30 May '13

30 May '13

> (On a side note, the TMH behavior should be improved to actually play the video > immediately, not require a second click to play in modal view.) Please NO, if there has to be anything please make it an preference that users can toggle, but have the default as OFF. There is more than Wikipedia here; there are some of us who don't want to be playing videos that others have selected for us. Regards, Billinghurst

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Loading MediaWiki from some script
by Jeroen De Dauw 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hey, I'd like to load MediaWiki from some PHP script and have not been able to find a way to do this so far. After someone suggested trying to do this as a maintenance script, I tried http://pastebin.com/scKFxF2J That however does not work as there is a check in doMaintenance.php (shouldExecute) that makes sure initialization is only done when no function calls are present in the call stack. My script is getting called by some other library and thus there will clearly be function calls in the call stack when doMaintenance.php is included. Is it even possible to load MediaWiki in such a case? And what is this restriction in shouldExecute good for? Cheers -- Jeroen De Dauw http://www.bn2vs.com Don't panic. Don't be evil. --

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Possible projects for Individual Engagement Grants
by Quim Gil 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, our list of Possible Projects has been updated reflecting the situation after the GSoC / OPW announcements: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Triagin… Although not directly related, this list might be a good source of inspiration for developers considering applying to Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG At least for the featured projects you know that there is community interest and maintainers buy-in. The second IEG round will start officially on August 1. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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Bugzilla Weekly Report
by reporter 29 May '13

29 May '13

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MediaWiki 1.21.1 released
by Mark A. Hershberger 29 May '13

29 May '13

I'm happy to announce the availability of MediaWiki 1.21.1 -- a maintenance release in the 1.21 series. == What's new? == * An incorrect version number was used for 1.21.0. 1.21.1 has the correct number. * A problem with the Oracle SQL table creation was fixed. * (PdfHandler extension) Fix warning if pdfinfo fails but pdftext succeeds. Full release notes: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.1.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.20.0), without interface text: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.1.patch.gz Interface text changes: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.1.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-core-1.21.1.tar.gz.s… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.1.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.1.patch.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.1.patch.gz… Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html -- http://hexmode.com/ Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. -- G.K. Chesterson

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2013.05 release‏
by Amir E. Aharoni 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hallo, I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki language extension bundle 2013.05 * https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2013.05.tar… * sha256sum: 9aea5b1dac2b38e44284373c849241fc694c78caff1d3ca3b4e6e72d66f2ab12 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. Amir E. Aharoni == Babel == Only localization updates. == cldr == CLDR was updated to version 23.1. == CleanChanges == Only localization updates. == LocalisationUpdate == No changes. == Translate == The new translation editor in Translate is now considered stable. The last month saw mostly polishing and bug fixes, changes in internals of the extension and terminology was made more consistent. Other notable bug fixes: * Warnings are loaded for outdated messages before user starts typing, because being outdated is an issue in itself. * Statsbar at the bottom floating bar of Special:Translate is updated when changing group. * Links of tabs at the top of Special:Translate are now kept in sync when changing message group or language * Custom icon (x) for clearing the searchboxsearch box clear icon was removed. Some browsers add this icon automatically, while others do not. * The tooltips for message groups in the group selector were removed. They contained unparsed wiki markup, which could be confusing. * Message documentation can be added even if the translations are restricted to only certain languages. * Icons for status markers and review actions for right-to-left languages were added. * In some rare cases the language name could be incorrectly displayed when selected from the language selector at Special:Translate, because the text direction attribute was not updated properly. == UniversalLanguageSelector == The last month saw significant changes in the Universal Language Selector extension: many bugs were fixed and some design changes were introduced. The default location of the language selectors is in the personal toolbar. For projects like Wikipedia, with interlanguage links, separating interwiki links from user interface language could cause confusion for users. It is now also possible to use a cog icon in the area for interlanguage links using $wgULSPosition = 'interlanguage' in LocalSettings.php, though this feature is still experimental. Notable bug fixes: * Major bugs in the input methods functionality for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 were fixed. * IME selector positioning is now more consistent: always under the input box, and matching the direction. * Anonymous users cannot change the user interface language if $wgULSAnonCanChangeLanguage is set to false. This may help avoid cache pollution in certain MediaWiki setups, while input methods and web fonts still remain available. * A link to open the ULS was added near the language selector on Special:Preferences. * The positioning of the ULS windows was cleaned up so that the appear in more predictable places on the screen. * ULS triggers are not displayed to users who disabled JavaScript or if the site has fatal JavaScript errors. * The checkbox that enables and disables webfonts was removed. The feature is now always on. * Any untranslatable elements have been made translatable. Please contribute to translations at https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-jquery-uls and https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-universallanguageselec…. * Fonts for the Syriac alphabet and support for the 'syc' language code were added. * Completely disabling input method tools and reenabling immediately was made easier. * The bubble for restoring the previous language is not displayed to anonymous users if they can't change the language. * jquery.i18n files can be loaded from the same domain to fix an issue with old Microsoft Internet Explorer versions. This is only relevant if resources are served from a different domain. A known issue is bug 48898 - the "Apply settings" button doesn't close the Input settings panel after enabling or disabling the settings. The settings are saved, but the button doesn't work correctly. Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48898 Thank you, -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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WikiApiary reporting MediaWiki Git releases in use
by Jamie Thingelstad 29 May '13

29 May '13

I've started grabbing a bunch of additional site info in WikiApiary and recently put this query together that I thought people on this list might find interesting. It specifically looks at MediaWiki sites that are reporting a git-hash in site info and then shows what is being used most: http://wikiapiary.com/wiki/MediaWiki_Git_versions Jamie Thingelstad jamie(a)thingelstad.com mobile: 612-810-3699 find me on AIM Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

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New template to help automate your wiki's main page
by Sumana Harihareswara 29 May '13

29 May '13

"Tamil Wikipedia has gained an important tool - automated front page maintenance. The code for this was written using Lua by Surya Prakash under the guidance of Yuvipanda. If other wiki projects want to make use of this, it is available at http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Main_page. Please get in touch with Surya if you need any help." It looks like people could use this template on a main page to display a featured article, a user, changes from the current month, and so on. (I ran the Tamil documentation through Google Translate and didn't understand everything; an English translation would be welcome, as would a TODO list for future options to add.) Surya Prakash is at suryaceg{{(a)}}gmail.com. Thanks to Surya, Yuvi, and the organizers of the Chennai event! Thanks, Sumana --- Forwarded email --- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:41:24 +0530 From: Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle(a)gmail.com> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Dwaraka Nath <dtsdwarak(a)gmail.com>, Surya Prakash <suryaceg(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Wikimeetup 6 Message-ID: <CAMiPj9n20d6bziDW8fxHimYY+5zqVOGF8Ev_rb2Jsx1Xb-rzrg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, The event went very well. About 70-80 people from various open source / open content communities attended the sessions over two days. Apart from the usual benefits, Tamil Wikipedia has gained an important tool - automated front page maintenance. The code for this was written using Lua by Surya Prakash under the guidance of Yuvipanda. If other wiki projects want to make use of this, it is available at http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Main_page. Please get in touch with Surya if you need any help. A special shout out to Dwarak and team of Mozilla India, for making this excellent event happen. We hope to have more such open weekend events in Chennai regularly. Reports, slides, pictures and thoughts are available at the following links 1) http://ta.wikipedia.org/s/2u3b 2) https://www.facebook.com/events/152064334973643/155602711286472 3) https://picasaweb.google.com/102002010785949271518/OpenWeeekendsDay1 4) http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtsdwarak/sets/72157633728520541/ 5) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sk8abb4irbcy2xx/GbCMxHE5p regards Bala Jeyaraman On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > Chennai Wikimeetup 6 is happening on 26 May 2013. Besides the usual intro > session on Wikipedia, there will be intro sessions on Wikidata, > Translatewiki, Bots in Wikimedia projects and a photography tutorial.[1][2] > The meetup is a part of the two day "Open Weekends" event organised by > Mozilla India and supported by Indian Linux Users Group and Wikmedia > India.[3] The Wikimedia part will be concentrated on Sunday (26 May). > > *Venue*: Railsfactory, Sedin Technologies Private Limited, # 38/39, 3rd > Floor, White's Road, Royapettah, Chennai (Near Sathyam cinemas) > *Time*: 26 May, 10 AM - 1 PM > *Facebook page*: https://www.facebook.com/events/152064334973643/?ref=25 > > If you are planning to attend please do consider filling up the sign up > sheet - > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uDJLNWY2ZFKvrTc20QdzzeVogj5mAc8KB4aUKrz3qq… easing up the security process at the venue) > > regards > Bala Jeyaraman > Executive Council Member > Wikimedia India > > ==Refs== > [1] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Open_Weekends > [2] http://ta.wikipedia.org/s/2u3b > [3] https://reps.mozilla.org/e/open-weekends/ >

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Updated license for PHPStorm for MediaWiki developers?
by Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi Sam, possibly others that "maintain" the free license for PHPStorm for MediaWiki developers. PHPStorm is telling me that the license will expire in 19 days. I was wondering if anyone was planning to request a license renewal and make it available to me and others that use PHPStorm for MediaWiki development. Can has new license? Cheers! -- Siebrand Mazeland Product Manager Language Engineering Wikimedia Foundation M: +31 6 50 69 1239 Skype: siebrand Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Getting started with code review: suggestions from OpenStack
by Ori Livneh 29 May '13

29 May '13

If you've thought about contributing or reviewing code, but aren't sure where to start, there's a good blog post from a GNOME OPW intern that I'd like to recommend. It was written for OpenStack, but the advice is applicable to MediaWiki contributors too, since the two foundations have common tooling and practices related to code management and review. Reviewing an OpenStack Patch http://anteaya.info/blog/2013/03/21/reviewing-an-openstack-patch/ There is, of course, excellent content on MediaWiki.org on this topic, but this is a nice reinforcement.

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