Wikitech-l January 2019

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Help us determine appealing body for Code of conduct resolutions
by Amir Sarabadani 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Hello, Per CoC[1], the appealing processes follows like this: "Only resolutions (such as bans) that last more than one week may be appealed by people who were sanctioned. Reported victims can always appeal. To appeal a decision of the Committee, the reported offender or reported victim may contact the Technical Collaboration team's Community Health group at techconductappeals(a)wikimedia.org and they will review the case. Until an appeal is resolved, the prior resolution remains fully in effect. " The problem is that "Community Health group" doesn't exist anymore[2] [3], Technical collaboration team is also reorganized, leaving us in a situation that we don't have an appeal body anymore. All people in the old group are still active so if they receive an appeal, they can handle it but this is not sustainable. Hereby we need to determine an appealing body. Please comment on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Uay0vz6no8ayac3m about this matter. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Cases [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Relations/Community_health [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199086 Best -- Amir

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PolyGerrit theme has been updated for gerrit.wikimedia.org
by Paladox 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Hi, i am pleased to say that gerrit.wikimedia.org PolyGerrit theme has been updated to match timeless (blue/red/green) instead of the plain grey. this is what it looks like: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/F28019595 in 2.15 and in 2.16: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/F28019604 Thanks to thcipriani who played with my original change and made it look much much better (awesome), addressing feedback from Volker E. Also thanks to Luca from upstream which came up with a original theme for GerritHub which my change is based on!

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TechCom Radar 2019-01-23
by Kate Chapman 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Hi All, Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting: * Hosted IRC Discussion on Gerrit Privilege Policy Changes <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling_(WMF)/Draft_Gerrit_privile…> TechCom does not have the authority to make this change, but is formulating a recommend to be made to the CTO. * Minutes: <https://tools.wmflabs.org/meetbot/wikimedia-office/2019/wikimedia-office.20…> * Log: <https://tools.wmflabs.org/meetbot/wikimedia-office/2019/wikimedia-office.20…> * Reviewed RFC: Store WikibaseQualityConstraint check data in persistent storage <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214362> * Looking for feedback on RfC: Standards for external services in the Wikimedia infrastructure. h<ttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208524> prior to Last Call * Discussed latest updates to Introduce a new namespace for collaborative judgements about wiki entities <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200297#4893110> * No IRC Meeting next week, 31 January * No Internal TechCom next week, 31 January You can also find our meeting minutes at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes> See also the TechCom RFC board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/>. If you prefer you can subscribe to our newsletter here <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:TechCom_Radar> Thanks, Kate -- Kate Chapman Senior Program Manager, Core Platform Wikimedia Foundation kchapman(a)wikimedia.org

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Security Notification: Malware creating fake Wikipedia donation banner
by John Bennett 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Hello, In order to keep the community informed of threats against Wikimedia projects and users, the Wikimedia Security team has some information to share. Malware installed via pirated contented downloaded from sites such as the Pirate Bay can cause web browsers compromised by the malware to create a fake donation banner for Wikipedia users. While the actual malware is not installed or distributed via Wikipedia, unaware visitors may be confused or tricked by it's activities. The malware seeks to trick visitors to Wikipedia by looking like a legitimate Wikipedia banner asking for donations. Once the user clicks on the banner, they are then taken to a portal that leads them to transfer money to a fraudulent bitcoin account that is not controlled by the Foundation. The current version of this malware is only infecting Microsoft Windows users at the time of this notification. To date, the number of people affected is small. The fraudulent accounts have taken approximately $700 from infected users. However, we strongly encourage all users to use and update their antivirus software. Additional details and a screenshot of the fake donation banner on can be found at Bleepingcomputer.com. [0] [0] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-movie-file-infects-pc-t… Thanks, John Bennett

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Security Notification: Malware creating fake Wikipedia donation banner
by Adam Wight 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Horrifying! Is there anything we can do from our side, e.g. include some Javascript which can detect and disable the malware banner? [[mw:Adamw]] On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:11 AM Paulo Santos Perneta < paulosperneta(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I seem to recall some OTRS tickets recently sent warning about it. Should > they be forward to any address in particular, in case they keep coming in? > > Paulo > > John Bennett <jbennett(a)wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia quinta, 24/01/2019 > à(s) 14:02: > > > Hello, > > > > In order to keep the community informed of threats against Wikimedia > > projects and users, the Wikimedia Security team has some information to > > share. > > > > Malware installed via pirated contented downloaded from sites such as the > > Pirate Bay can cause web browsers compromised by the malware to create a > > fake donation banner for Wikipedia users. While the actual malware is not > > installed or distributed via Wikipedia, unaware visitors may be confused > or > > tricked by it's activities. > > > > The malware seeks to trick visitors to Wikipedia by looking like a > > legitimate Wikipedia banner asking for donations. Once the user clicks on > > the banner, they are then taken to a portal that leads them to transfer > > money to a fraudulent bitcoin account that is not controlled by the > > Foundation. > > > > The current version of this malware is only infecting Microsoft Windows > > users at the time of this notification. To date, the number of people > > affected is small. The fraudulent accounts have taken approximately $700 > > from infected users. However, we strongly encourage all users to use and > > update their antivirus software. > > > > > > Additional details and a screenshot of the fake donation banner on can be > > found at Bleepingcomputer.com. [0] > > > > [0] > > > > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-movie-file-infects-pc-t… > > > > Thanks, > > > > John Bennett > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Change in autocomplete behavior on wikitech and mw.org
by Erik Bernhardson 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

The default autocomplete profile has been changed to include sub phrase matching. Essentially this means the autocomplete matching can start at various points within the page title, rather than only at the very start. This has shown to be particularly useful on sites with long or nested page titles like mw.org and wikitech. This is only the default, if you don't enjoy the new behaviour it can be changed back to the default profile (or other, stricter profiles) from the Special:Preferences Search tab. Related ticket: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212788 Erik B.

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Query
by K. Kaushik Reddy 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hi everyone, It's been a long time, I'm back to work after a long holiday. I have one question to ask. I have different usernames for Gerrit account and Phabricator account . Will that create any trouble while contributing the code? Best, K. Kaushik Reddy.

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Thank you Tuesday
by Kunal Mehta 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi, It's still Tuesday in my timezone, so here's this week's thread. Noticed something neat or cool that someone did? Or is someone just being awesome in general? Say thanks! * Thanks to Krinkle and Krenair for cleaning up user JavaScript across Wikimedia wikis. * Thanks to MusikAnimal for figuring out why signatures are typed using four tiles (~~~~)[1]. * Thanks to Jjanes for helping to maintain Postgres support in MediaWiki . * And thanks to Quiddity for always staying positive. :-) [1] https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1083507467802365952 - -- Legoktm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE2MtZ8F27ngU4xIGd8QX4EBsFJpsFAlxIHNkACgkQ8QX4EBsF JpuDaQ//RLA/RsSGjU4sAKjJXNcE5d2Z+vUJCsHqjAYYC4K7xgdBQwYrIn0fXjUd spuvRuJ7mi2kefDMEFQDX9r8odONzoyq0yyCaaq1+h6BCSVLcxSq/F1Pxuj7hZrz lyjrtnVL39k13zGHHDzyVzQIig0ng91G2a5CuGrit8xaE25R1KGMgonWiWshn/B7 JOx2UYB0KHzBjfu388Jk9CgmuNiTVo2w5bfp1W+T0xmGpWoaodTCU3aUrRASjqeQ A7OqUm6vRHvKrQ65iZuW14S28+OsQzJJWbd9+kjWDvnyf2oLzfgsxnzINvY0dWjC d8FJcWjDyK3FKGI0FDLxaRiohFJlmajsvYhH9kuD1JuuxztYE/Qws5HkvhBD+FIw oS0g6D/7avFhAC19ar0eH25VRvav1hr4cr63WXkdUUuaXF4pgEcgIv3ARmm1YF5g 8EsZS4UevBVv8TiNZOKjW1XJgMzFzkXdKuZdTfHWv2sZgdr5Wo4mo8WqEjJJJMcN 2vHUi/gSPz7PI1RGmve4JkFKHq/vThma53U8n5k9tfAKynhfqObo5vL7vXet8hZ/ eoN/58ruo/5Vat/4lxpQSV5ck1XxOXcPPYJUlhqUdOKNmTenqZYGxkk9uxjh3OOB uiyE7emG89yC4wXqkosSTURCzsbiNqzdTQ1AS9cb3hE9nLlgQfQ= =msV9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Gerrit now automatically adds reviewers
by Greg Grossmeier 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hello, Yesterday we (the Release Engineering team) enabled a Gerrit plugin that will automatically add reviewers to your changes based on who previously has committed changes to the file. For more, please read the blog post at: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/139/gerrit_now_automatica… NOTE: There are a couple requests from us open upstream to improve the plugin[0], we'll incorporate those improvements when they are released. On behalf of the rest of the Release Engineering Team[1], Greg [0] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101131#4890023 [1] As well as Paladox, a Wikimedia volunteer with strong ties to upstream Gerrit. -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Release Team Manager A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2019.01 release
by Kartik Mistry 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2019.01. This bundle is The bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.31 and 1.32 or above and requires PHP 5.5.9 or above. Next MLEB is expected to be released in 3 months. If there are major changes or important bug fixes, we will do intermediate release. Please give us your feedback at [[Talk:MLEB|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB]]. * Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2019.01.tar… * sha256sum: 39f2e946e360ac868744dc8e6f62cb5723447415bd11bcbb4911eb0f3674360c * Signature: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2019.01.tar… 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://phabricator.wikimedia.org * Talk with us at #mediawiki-i18n @ freenode Release notes for each extension are below. -- Kartik Mistry == Babel == === Highlights === * Maintenance and localization updates only. == cldr == === Highlights === * Maintenance updates only. == CleanChanges == === Highlights === * Maintenance and localization updates only. == LocalisationUpdate == === Noteworthy changes === * Maintenance updates only. == Translate == === Noteworthy changes === * $wgTranslateCC is deprecated now. It should be replaced by TranslatePostInitGroups hook. (T212836) * Updated MicrosoftWebService to new API. (T46679) * Added proofreading to (Language|MessageGroup)Stats. The statistics table also has updated styling. (T41279) * Fast proofreading is now possible with CTRL+Enter in the proofreading mode. * Skipping messages Special:Translate's page mode no longer sometimes marks the translation proofread. (T206748) * Translatable subpages are no longer moved when moving parent. This used to break those pages. Now they must be moved manually. (T114592) * Message group stats updating was broken in multiple ways. Please report if you still observe stale statistics. (T134252, T208521) == UniversalLanguageSelector == === Noteworthy changes === * Maintenance updates only. ==== Input Methods ==== * Added Tilde layouts for Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. * Added Ewe layout. * Fixed Fon tilde input method. * Added a transliteration layout for the Ho language in the Warang Citi alphabet. * Enable the Palochka layout for Ingush. * Fixed the Blin / Tigre / Tigrinya GeezIM layouts. * Fixed the Santali Ol Chiki InScript 2 layout. -- Kartik Mistry | કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી kartikm.wordpress.com

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