Wikitech-l January 2019

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Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Michael Schönitzer 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting **today (Wednesday) 4-5 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Question can be asked in English, German & Persian. The Technical Advice IRC Meeting is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! Michi (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew) -- Michael F. Schönitzer Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissens der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Request for comment: Themes in core
by Isarra Yos 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

For those who weren't aware, Jack Phoenix and I have drafted a Request for Comment[1] and related initial patch[2] proposing to merge the logic from the Theme extension[3] into MediaWiki core. From the RfC: This will provide built-in functionality that skins can implement in a simple and consistent manner, enabling user- or site-selection of css variations of a given skin, such as a dark version or a layout with more colours. The RfC itself covers in detail the distinction between skins and themes as well as several use cases and issues surrounding the current situation, but the key point here is thus: with this functionality, we will be able to not just more easily implement night[4], winter, and accessibility[5] modes in skins such as Vector and Timeless, but also much more consistently, and in a manner that can then be developed to better and more consistently use the variables defined by the skins even outside of the themes themselves. Currently, the Theme functionality is limited to the extension itself and a few skins that replicate key parts with varying amounts of fidelity, which not only results in a bit of a mess in terms of code fragmentation, but also limits what we can do with the skins themselves due to the added dependency. We would like to fix this, and thus invite everyone interested to review our proposal and please, comment if you have concerns or see any issues. -I See: [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Themes_in_core [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/465451/ [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Theme [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Reading/Nigh… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Reading/Acce…

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Rough Project idea (suggestion)
by K. Kaushik Reddy 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hi developers, This is Kaushik Reddy. I am currently working on few data science tools, naming few pandas, seaborn, Matplotlib,NumPy etc with python. Can I propose projects for wikimedia dealing with data science? If you people agree to have projects in data science, I would like to propose few within 3 days. Will be waiting for your response. Regards, Kaushik.

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My views on the proposed projects for GSoC '19
by K. Kaushik Reddy 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Hi people, This is Kaushik again. I have gone through the proposed GSoC'19 project ideas, they are all good. https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2019 But , I am looking for something which can be done with python. I also think the above projects can be done with python befriended with java script.( Just suggesting, no offense). I am really optimistic that wikimedia would propose some projects dealing with Data science or python for GSoC'19. I actually have many ideas regarding the above mentioned topics. I would bring them in a good form and would like to propose before you people soon. with regards, Kaushik.

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Builds failing on wmf-quibble-core-vendor-mysql-hhvm-docker job
by Derick Alangi 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Hi everyone, Recently, builds are failing on wmf-quibble-core-vendor-mysql-hhvm-docker job. Seems this is affecting all patches and started hours ago. For example; - https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/job/wmf-quibble-core-vendor-mysql-hhvm… Per this: https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/job/wmf-quibble-core-vendor-mysql-hhvm…, last successful build was 22hrs ago (as at now) meaning this as been happening for a while, any help please? Thanks! *--* *Derick*

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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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