Wikitech-l November 2016

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Shared localized maps data demo
by Yuri Astrakhan 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

I would like to show one of the projects that Interactive team has been hacking on: localizable maps data (GeoJSON), stored on Commons, and usable from multiple wikis. I hope we can get it polished and enabled in production soon enough - so far, lab's beta cluster only: https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Maplink-page

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Congratulations to {4} Outreachy'13 selects from Wikimedia
by Tony Thomas 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Hello all, Happy to announce that we have *four* selections for Outreachy'13 this time for the December-March round! You can find the timeline for the event here - https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/DecemberMarch#Schedule Listing down the projects: 1. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147727 - Provide cumulative statistics for all programs a user has participated in - Sejal Khatri. Mentors: Ragesoss, Capt_Swing 2. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148074 - Create Python library to serialize Wikimedia Quiz format, GIFT quiz format, etc - Anna Liao. Mentors: John Mark Vandenberg, Marielle Volz 3. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148287- 5 subprojects with the Reading Department at Wikimedia - Zareen Farooqui. Mentors: Tilman Bayer, Jon Katz 4. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147953 - Hacking: Wiki Radio - Neslihan. Mentors: Nirzar, Adam Baso Congratulations to all students and mentors invovled. This time too, we had to turn down couple of strong applications due to strict outreachy norms on academic and other commitments. We welcome to try again for the 2017 Google Summer of Code and Outreachy as well, and continue at a volunteer capacity. Announcement Link: https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/DecemberMarch#Wikimedia Thanks, Tony Thomas <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:01tonythomas> Home <http://www.thomastony.me> | Blog <https://tttwrites.wordpress.com/> | ThinkFOSS <http://www.thinkfoss.com>

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2016W45 ArchCom-RFC meeting: official thumb API
by Daniel Kinzler 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Hi all! Today at the ArchoCom-RFC meeting [E355], we will talk about defining an official thumbnail API [T66214]. At last week's ArchCom meeting, Gabriel said that at least the first part of this RFC (without the hashing bit) is good for an IRC meeting. So let's see how for we can get today. Gabriel, can you say something regarding the status of the RFC, and the desired outcome of today's meeting? Thanks! The meeting will be at the usual time (Wednesday 21 UTC, 14 PDT, 23 CET) and place (#wikimedia-office). For an overview of ArchCOm activity, see [ArchComStatus]. -- Daniel PS: my appologies for initially linking to the wrong RFC in [E355]. [E355]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E355> [T66214]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66214> [ArchComStatus]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ArchComStatus> -- Daniel Kinzler Senior Software Developer Wikimedia Deutschland Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.

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1.28 release blocker bugs that welcome help
by Andre Klapper 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

MediaWiki 1.28.0 is around the corner [1] & some bug reports are marked as "need to get fixed for 1.28" [2] but do not yet have patches. Your attention, help, and code is welcome: I984b80815633a8 (Stub out DatabaseBase::getSearchEngine()) introduces breaking change without deprecation https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147683 Unnecessary words "Creating Category" appear when editing a category page https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149510 Error: 42P01 ERROR: table "unittest_user_groups" does not exist https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149454 WikiPage::getLastPurgeTimestamp() returning an array https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150191 Thanks in advance! andre [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-October/086859.html [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/B3w1whqqIxJj/#R -- Andre Klapper | Wikimedia Bugwrangler http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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Phabricator access
by Denny Vrandečić 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Phabricator still has my wikimedia.de Email-Address and tries to confirm it's me by sending an Email to that address. Is there a way to reset the email? (The weird thing is that I seem to receive those Emails on my regular gmail account, but for logging in it still requires that I verify the wikimedia.de address? I am a bit confused)

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [MediaWiki-l] SecurePoll project needs your help
by Greg Grossmeier 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Looping in wikitech-l as well. <quote name="Huji Lee" date="2016-11-07" time="12:28:09 -0500"> > Dear all, > > SecurePoll is an important extension for the WMF community, yet not a whole > lot of attention has been given to it over the years. I recently became the > owner of the project, and would like to remind you that with the EN WP > ARBCOM elections coming up, it would be great if you could help the > SecurePoll project in the following ways: > > 1) Review patches: we have a few outstanding patches that address key > issues with SecurPoll. They await reviews, especially by those holding +2 > rights. Please spare a moment and review them. > > 2) Submit patches: we have quiet a few open tasks for which no patch has > been submitted. Please spare a moment on this as well. > > For your convenience, here are patches awaiting review [1] and here are > open tasks awaiting a patch. [2] > > Sincerely, > > Huji > > [1] > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/project:mediawiki/extensions/SecurePoll+… > [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/xlYokZ6kvoMd/ > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Release Team Manager A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Engaging student devs with another outreach event like GSoC, GCI
by Yaron Koren 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Hi, I hit across this idea in the recent GSoC Mentors summit, and in the > discussion with Srishti and Sumit on the reducing usability and scope of > GSoC/Outreachy projects[1] among the years. > *The problem* > Students show up one or two weeks before GSoC or Outreachy, and propose a > solution to existing ideas, and often end up completing it and leaving the > project. Due to this, there is a decline in student-proposed ideas as well, > given 1-2 weeks is not enough to understand Wikimedia from any direction. I didn't really understand this. You seem to be talking about some or all of the following issues: 1) Fewer students doing projects for the Wikimedia Foundation as part of the Google Summer of Code and, I guess, Outreachy, than in previous years - 2013 being the high point. 2) Students doing projects that are less useful than in previous years. 3) Students not staying with the Wikimedia/MediaWiki after the conclusion of their project. 4) Students doing projects proposed by existing MediaWiki developers, rather than projects they proposed themselves. I see these as four unrelated issues, and actually I see only two of them as real issues: #2 I don't think is true (though I'm not sure if that's what you meant by "usability"), while #4 I don't see as an issue at all. Personally, I think only projects proposed by potential mentors should be considered at all, and that the documentation should state that clearly. I'm not aware of any GSoC projects where the student came up with the idea on their own and then executed on it successfully - with the exception of projects where the student is an established MediaWiki developer who happens to currently be in college, but that's obviously a special case. It's just not reasonable to expect that someone from outside the WMF/MediaWiki community would be able to come up with a project that (a) makes sense, (b) fits within the current development roadmap, and (c) is of the right scope for a GSoC/Outreachy project. More generally, I don't think there's anything less rewarding about doing a project that someone else came up with. In software development, as in most things, the difficult part - and the most rewarding part - is the execution, not the original idea. (There are various inspirational quotes to this effect.) That leaves #1 and #3 - fewer students participating, fewer students staying on afterwards. I think #1 is just a function of fewer potential mentors getting involved. Retaining students, on the other hand, is a real problem. I can think of various ways to try to improve this, though creating a new outreach/funding program seems extreme - it would take a lot of work, and you would presumably run into the same problem of a limited number of mentors. If there's money to pay for these kinds of things, why not just put more money into, say, hiring more developers from out of the GSoC pool? It's one idea. -Yaron -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com

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2016 Community Wishlist Survey
by Danny Horn 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Hi everyone, The second annual Community Wishlist Survey starts today, and you're invited to post proposals for projects that you'd like WMF's Community Tech team to work on: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey The Community Tech team builds features and makes changes that active Wikimedia contributors want, and the Wishlist Survey sets the team's agenda for the year. The Wishlist Survey starts with a two-week proposal period, when contributors from all Wikimedia projects are invited to post, discuss and improve propsals. After that, there's a two-week voting period, when everyone can post support-votes on the proposals that they think are worthwhile. We end up with a ranked list of wishes, measured by the participants' enthusiasm for each idea. Community Tech is responsible for addressing the top 10 wishes on the list, as well as some top wishes from smaller groups and projects that are doing important work, but don't have the numbers to get their proposal into the top 10. The Wishlist is also used by volunteer developers and other teams, who want to find projects to work on that the community really wants. So I hope that everybody comes and participates; it's an opportunity to set the agenda for a Wikimedia Foundation product team. We would also ask that you help us spread the word. Please do post on your wikis and tell others this is happening, and that if they don't feel comfortable writing in English, proposals are welcome in any language. Danny Horn Wikimedia Foundation Senior Product Manager, Community Tech

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Wikimedia takes part in Google Code-in. Which small tasks do you plan to mentor?
by Andre Klapper 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Wikimedia is among the 17 organizations in Google Code-in (GCI) 2016! GCI starts on November 28th. It's a contest for 13-17 year old students working on small tasks and a great opportunity to let new contributors make progress and help with smaller tasks on your To-Do list! What we want you to do: BECOME A MENTOR: 1. Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2016 and add yourself to the mentor's table. 2. Get an invitation email to register on the contest site. PROVIDE SMALL TASKS: * Do your docs on your wiki need some improvements? * Does your template or gadget code needs some updates? * Do you have small and self-contained bugs you'd love to get fixed? * Does your UI have small design issues? * Do your old bugs welcome some testing? We want your tasks in the following areas: code, outreach/research, documentation/training, quality assurance, user interface/design. 1. Create a Phabricator task (which would take you 2-3h to complete) or pick an existing Phabricator task you'd mentor. 2. Add the "Google-Code-In-2016" project tag. 3. Add a comment "I will mentor this in #GCI2016". Looking for task ideas? Check the "easy" tasks in Phabricator: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Annoying_little_bugs offers links. Make sure to cover expectations and deliverables in your task. And once the contest starts on Nov 28, be ready to answer and review contributions quickly. Any questions? Just ask, we're happy to help. Thank you for your help broadening our contributor base! andre -- Andre Klapper | Wikimedia Bugwrangler http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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Reminder: Deployments are set to SF-time, which just "fell bacK" from DST
by Greg Grossmeier 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

As of last night the US is no longer on Daylight Savings Time. This means that for those who are not lined up with United States DST timings your perception of when deployments happen will change. As always, the canonical location of when deployments are lives at: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Release Team Manager A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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