Wikitech-l March 2014

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Bug 62233 - PHP Warnings [localhost] after updating to HEAD version: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in /includes/WebResponse.php on line 38
by Thomas Gries 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

RE: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62233 There's a problem is somewhere in the core which causes warnings. Can anyone confirm who runs a recent core version younger than 2014-02-28 ? Logfiles in my recently upgraded (git pull) installations are filling up with warnings "Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in /includes/WebResponse.php on line 38" (No. My PHP files do not have spooky blank lines.) With "bisect" I determined that the problem appears to be introduced by a certain commit and seems to be caused by the ***MERGE*** of9e66a63af83427a01d66795ac64b793ff4473218 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#q,9e66a63af83427a01d66795ac64b793ff4473218,…> commit830eb262fe76ef3ad49f91daad5e152af8ce9bc4 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#q,830eb262fe76ef3ad49f91daad5e152af8ce9bc4,…> ==> NOT OKAY (triggers warning) Merge: 25466a0 9e66a63 Author: jenkins-bot Date: Fri Feb 28 02:19:02 2014 +0000 Merge "Use inContentLanguage for dropdown messages in HTMLFormField" commit9e66a63af83427a01d66795ac64b793ff4473218 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#q,9e66a63af83427a01d66795ac64b793ff4473218,…> ==> OKAY (does not trigger warnings) Author: Marius Date: Fri Feb 28 03:12:10 2014 +0100 Use inContentLanguage for dropdown messages in HTMLFormField to restore b/c for now. Bug: 61942 Change-Id:I2741ef940d83eeb564e89e20378fb4004cfe5b83 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#q,I2741ef940d83eeb564e89e20378fb4004cfe5b83…> Therefore I think, that the problem is caused by something messed up in this diff: http://git.wikimedia.org/compare/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/830eb262fe76ef3ad49f9… I kindly ask anyone who can to help to look into that problem.

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GSoc Project related assistance
by Rohit Dua 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Hi to all I have selected a mentor-ship project*<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Google… <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Google…>>*named Google Books > Internet Archive > Commons upload cycle. I have proposed a rough proposal (after discussing the steps with mentors/community). *Link to proposal: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:8ohit.dua/GSoC_proposal_2014 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:8ohit.dua/GSoC_proposal_2014>* It would be great if we could get the community's valuable *suggestions/ feedback* for the proposal/project. Thanks a lot. Rohit Dua (8ohit.dua) Delhi, India

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GSoC 2014: Annotation tool for feeding wikidata
by Amanpreet Singh 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Hi! I am glad to know that mediawiki is selected as one of the mentoring organization for GSoC 2014, Cheers to Quim and all. I have selected a mentorship project from Project list<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects> named Annotation Tool that extracts information from the books and feed them on wikidata<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Annota…> in February start. I have been in contact with the mentors ( Cristian Consonni<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CristianCantoro> , Andrea Zanni <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aubrey>) since then and we have proposed a rough proposal based on our discussions and thoughts. Further information about the project has been provided on the Proposal page. Link for proposal page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Apsdehal We need community's valuable suggestions to improve the proposal, add possible features, and views on the project so that this project can be success. Thanks a lot. -- apsdehal Amanpreet Singh, IIT Roorkee

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[Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour today at 1700 UTC on #wikimedia-office
by Runa Bhattacharjee 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Hello, A quick reminder that the Language Engineering IRC office hour is happening later today at 1700 UTC on #wikimedia-office. Besides project updates, we have 30 mins open for discussions about the internationalization and localization projects in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and Outreach Program for Women (OPW). Please see below for event details, agenda and local time. Thanks Runa Event Details: ========== # Date: March 12, 2014 (Wednesday) # Time: 1700-1800 UTC, 1000-1100 PDT (Check local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140312T1700) # IRC channel: #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net Agenda: ====== 1. Ongoing Projects - Content Translation tool 2. GSoC and OPW - open house for Language Engineering projects 3. Q & A ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Runa Bhattacharjee <rbhattacharjee(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:09 PM Subject: Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on March 12, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC To: MediaWiki internationalisation <mediawiki-i18n(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org [x-posted] Hello, The Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be hosting the monthly IRC office hour on March 12, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC/ 1000 PDT on #wikimedia-office. In this edition, we will be talking about our ongoing projects, like the Content Translation tool[1]. Also, we would like to extend this invitation specially to the students who are looking forward to participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2014 and Outreach Program for Women (OPW) - Round 8, for the Language Engineering projects[2] under Wikimedia. We will be happy to answer your questions about our work and projects. Please see below for the event details and check for local time at your location. Questions can also be sent to me before the event. See you all at the IRC office hour! Thanks Runa [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Intern… Event Details: ========== # Date: March 12, 2014 # Time: 1700-1800 UTC, 1000-1100 PDT (Check local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140312T1700) # IRC channel: #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net Agenda: ====== 1. Ongoing Projects - Content Translation tool 2. GSoC and OPW - open house for Language Engineering projects 3. Q & A -- Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation -- Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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Fwd: Wikidata Outreach project for FOSS Outreach Program for Women
by Dinu Sandaru 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Hi, I am Dinu Kumarasiri an undergraduate at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa. I am Interested in Wikidata Outreach project for the FOSS outreach Program for Women. Following is the link to the proposal of my outreach campaign. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vkj8d9q8WiVe2GZ2wkcIwVOLdDr3KaGjxa0V3mI… I hope to do this campaign in two categories ; improving documentation and social media campaign. A detailed plan of the outreach campaign can be found in the given link. Media wiki page for the project proposal is given below: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project_Eclipse_:_Wikidata_Outreach_Project I hope to hear some feedback on this and any improvements i can make. Thanks in advance!! -- Dinu Kumarasiri*,* *Undergraduate,* *Department of Computer Science and Engineering,* *University of Moratuwa* -- Dinu Kumarasiri*,* *Undergraduate,* *Department of Computer Science and Engineering,* *University of Moratuwa*

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WAP is finally deprecated
by Max Semenik 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

After a lot of analysis, discussions and preparations, today we announce that WAP/WML support has been removed from MobileFrontend. Our sites were running HTML only for a couple weeks now, so since we received no complaints, we pulled the trigger. Final deprectation might take a couple more weeks, but we're already beyond the point of no return. I would like to thak everyone who participated in this effort! This wasn't an easy decision, however the share of WAP has fallen tremendously and we can find better use for engineering resources we would have needed to maintain WAP support functional. -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Zurich Hackathon: Creating a map namespace
by Derk-Jan Hartman 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

On 8 mrt. 2014, at 21:48, Russell Nelson <russnelson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Derk-Jan Hartman <d.j.hartman+wmf_ml(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > This is thinking way too simple. Would it be nice to be able to do this ? Sure, but we already have dynamic maps. WikiMiniAtlas, the german OSM map. Those even have area highlights these days. Can they be better ? sure, is that something difficult, is it really needed ? No not really x2. Wikipedians are much more focused on making static maps usually. > > Refutation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interurban_and_streetcar_railways_in_Syracuse,… > That map is utter crap, completely unusable for any kind of mobile usage, even if it were georeferenced. > > > Is it possible / useful to generate thematic renderings of OSM tiles? Sure, and they look really good, for example here: http://www.itoworld.com/map/15 > > My feeling is that Wikipedia has desperately needed a map generator, whether static or dynamic, for at least five years now. Yet something always comes between Wikipedia and OSM for some reason. I think it's because people keep saying that that's too easy! We need to do something better, something more complicated, something that's a real challenge. Well, if it's so simple, why doesn't every page with coordinates have a map?? Obviously, it's NOT that simple. I see I failed to make my point. Its indeed NOT simple. We keep thinking that it's simple: 'build some technology and people will come' but models like that have proven to fail quite often (especially on en.wp). You need to find the user stories, find the building blocks and see where you get the most return for your money/effort. If you want something to succeed, you need a very concerted effort that leads to integration and acceptance. Not just one thing: Let's build the map. You need a line of careful steps with goals and metrics, reflection and evaluation. One of those steps might be to "build the map", but it's definitely not the only one. DJ

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FOSS OPW round 7 sets a new benchmark
by Quim Gil 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Yesterday we were so busy with the beginning of GSoC and FOSS OPW round 8 that I didn't have time to post about the end of OPW round 7: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FOSS_Outreach_Program_for_Women/Round_7 Quite silently, the six teams participating in this round have set a new benchmark for future mentoring programs. All of them have delivered functional features that are as published / merged / deployed as it is advisable in a complex community project like ours. All of them had slight changes of plans, require more testing and fine-tuning... but this is the usual situation of any free software project four months after its inception. Check the results: Anu's upload wizard with OSM support http://uploadwizard-osm.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard Diwanshi's Wikipedia API courses in Codecademy http://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-vj9nh/0/1 http://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-yd3lp/0/1 Brena's prototype of mediawiki.org's redesigned homepage https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/Homepage_redesign/Preview Be's clean up of Parsoid's round-trip testing UI is merged https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:bebirchall%2540gmail.com,n,z Maria's clean up of Parsoid's tracing/debugging/logging is merged https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:maria.pacana%2540gmail.com,n,z Niharika's compact language links is part of this week's deploymeent train as Beta feature https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/Design/Interlang… Not coincidentally, these interns have also excelled in regular reporting, combining in most cases weekly reports with sporadic blog posts. Check the table at the OPW wiki page. Of course a fair part of the merit goes to the mentors, most of them first-timers. We still must wrap up the projects and recollect the new lessons learned. One area where we still want to improve is in the continuity of these contributors, now as regular volunteers. For this, the role of the mentors and other experienced contributors is key. Please approach the not-interns-anymore, and propose them new tasks or new areas to contribute to. In addition to this, Sumana has been discussed with each of them possible opportunities within Wikimedia. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE SIX TEAMS! Thank you for the work you have done, and we hope to see you around, jumping on new tasks. As always, ideas and criticism are welcome. How can we do better in the next round of mentoring programs, starting now? -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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Guidance for the Project Idea for GSOC 2014
by Devender 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Hi, I am a 4th year student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology( IIT), Kharagpur, India. I am good at programming in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Java, C, C++ and Python. I have done all the important courses including Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Information Retrieval, Natural language processing, Advanced Graph theory. I am very enthusiast to work with Wikimedia in GSOC 2014. I have an idea which I believe can help improve Wikipedia content: I want to implement a ranking system of the editors(especially 3rd party editors) of the Wikipedia through which viewers can differentiate between the content of the page. This ranking system will increase the content reliability. We can implement : 1. An extension which take all the editors information-- a. How many times editor has edited this particular page, b. The number of pages he edited and editor's reputation( i.e number and type of badge) We can get this information from the "view history tab and then user info from the user page" and generate a reliability score by using (i.e Data clustering <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis>) for every line/paragraph of the content for all Wikipedia page. After installing this extension, user right click on any line to see the reliability score, all editor info and history in concise form. 2. Make the different color of the line/paragraph if the content of the line/paragraph is very new and its reliability score is less. Please let me if I should go with this idea. If not, guide me how to start working on different idea. Thanks and Regards Devender (Linkedin Profile<http://in.linkedin.com/pub/devender-bindal/27/70b/133/> ) 4th Year Student Dual Degree(B.Tech+M.Tech) Computer Science and Engineering IIT Kharagpur Phone +91-8967224480 Alternate Email *devender(a)cse.iitkgp.ernet.in <devender(a)cse.iitkgp.ernet.in>*

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Welcome Chase Pettet to the Wikimedia Operations Team
by Mark Bergsma 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

I'm very pleased to announce that Chase Pettet is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as Operations Engineer. Chase comes to us from DeviantArt, where he was responsible for their general server management infrastructure, monitoring and networking, as well as supporting the development team(s). Within Wikimedia Operations he will have similar responsibilities, working on Operations infrastructure projects and supporting other Engineering teams with their Operations needs. Chase will be working remotely from his home in Missouri. He started with us yesterday. Please join me in welcoming Chase! — Mark Bergsma <mark(a)wikimedia.org> Lead Operations Architect Director of Technical Operations Wikimedia Foundation

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