Wikitech-l January 2014

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Is file location and file size aviable to templates
by Tuszynski, Jaroslaw W. 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

I was working lately on a template on commons related to automatic overlay KML creation (see [1] for KML use on Commons). Two of the items I need but do not know how to access are full file dimensions in pixels and the url to the raw image (like [2]). I think with Lua, I can use HTML Parser [3] to parse the file page, but there must be a simpler way to access those. Jarek T. (user:jarekt <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jarekt> ) [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Geocoding/Overlay [2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Covington%2C_Indiana _map_from_1876_atlas.jpg [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:HTMLParser

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Captcha filter list
by George Herbert 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Just got a report and screenshot that a new user got this string for their captcha on en.wikipedia "nigerblew" http://snag.gy/JpSUR.jpg Though several people are pointing out that Niger is a country, I think it's reasonable to try and avoid things close to the two-g version of that word; nobody's denigrated by avoiding possibly offensive if misinterpreted words. I recall there's a filter list?... -- -george william herbert george.herbert(a)gmail.com

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Deployment highlights - week of January 6, 2013
by Greg Grossmeier 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

As usual, the full calendar is available at: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments == All week == * Sometime during the week there will be an upgrade to the test infrastructure managed by Jenkins, specifically an upgrade of Zuul (to the gearman based version). See: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50664 The time this is done will be based on the developers availability and impact on other developers' work, probably sometime in the morning UTC (ie: when much of the US is still asleep). This should have no user visible impact. == Monday == * Search - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search ** wikibooks and dewiki will have the new search as a secondary (opt-in via URL parameter) search backend, thus starting the indexing of those sites ** French (fr), Spanish (es), Russian (ru), and Portuguese (pt) wikis will have the new search as an opt-in BetaFeature. ** wikivoyages, frwikisource, wikidata, itwiki will have the new search as the primary search for all users. == Tuesday == * MediaWiki deploy window, currently following the 1.23 schedule ** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap#Schedule_for_the_depl… ** group1 to 1.23wmf9: All non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, and a few other sites) == Wednesday == * Search ** This list of small miscellaneous wikis will have the new search as a secondary (opt-in via URL parameter) search backend, thus starting the indexing of those sites. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104765/5/cirrus.dblist ** notable members of that list: arbcom wikis, boardwiki, donatewiki, officewiki, otrswiki, stewardwiki, and the rest of the wikimania wikis. == Thursday == * MediaWiki deploy window, currently following the 1.23 schedule) ** group2 to 1.23wmf9 (all Wikipedias) ** group0 to 1.23wmf10 (test/test2/testwikidata/mediawiki) Best, Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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Kategória:Pages with script errors
by Bináris 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Hi, where can I translate Category:Pages with script errors? This is an automatical category. -- Bináris

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File sources and spam blacklist
by Tuszynski, Jaroslaw W. 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Over the years while editing on Commons, I run several times into lock down pages that can't be edited. The issue is that after the page was created the website listed as the image source was added to the list of blocked sites by the spam filter as blacklisted external site. As a result unless someone delete valid source the image cannot be categorized or altered in any way. See for example https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masopust_dr%C5%BE%C3%ADme_14.jpg . There were several discussions about it on Commons and I filed a bug report https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55794 . But still the common practice is to somehow disable the link like in https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AMasopust_dr%C5%BE %C3%ADme_07.jpg&diff=107220155&oldid=102671143 Is there a better way to deal with such files? Jarek T. (user:jarekt <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jarekt> )

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Straw poll to determine program for Architecture Summit
by Diederik van Liere 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Hi everyone, Best wishes for 2014! I hope on your list of resolutions for the New Year is to participate in the straw poll for the Architecture Summit -- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/Straw_poll Quick refresher: we have created clusters of related RFC's ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/RFC_clusters) for the upcoming Architecture Summit. We are pretty happy with the clustering and so now we want to hear from you what you think are the most important clusters that should definitely be included in the program. The poll will close Thursday, January 8th. If you have any questions then please let me know! Best, Diederik

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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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