Wikitech-l January 2019

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] [foundation-optional] A difficult goodbye
by Info WorldUniversity 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

Thank you for your contributions to Wikimedia and the Wikimedia movement, Victoria, Regards, Scott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scott_WorldUnivAndSch On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:31 PM Traci Sigmon <tsigmon(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > That sounds like an incredible opportunity, Victoria. It was great working > with you here and hope to cross paths again! > > Traci > > > Traci Sigmon (she/her) > Senior Recruiter > Wikimedia Foundation > > Join Us: WorkWithUs > Connect with me on LinkedIn > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment and you can help continue to > make it a reality: https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > On Jan 10, 2019, at 6:29 PM, Victoria Coleman <vcoleman(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > I have some difficult news to share. > > > > A few months ago and completely out of the blue, an opportunity came up > for me to exercise the full spectrum of my skills as the CEO of an early > stage mission oriented startup. It has been a mighty struggle between my > commitment to my team, the Foundation and the movement and this > opportunity to bring all my skills to bear and build something from the > ground up to do good in the world. I will not lie to you - it has not been > easy. But ultimately I decided that I have to give it a go and I accepted > the offer. I plan on starting there on Feb 4th so my last day at the > Foundation will be Feb 1st. > > > > These past two years have been amongst the most enjoyable in my > professional career. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the movement and what > fuels it and I’ve been incredibly privileged to work with a Tech team like > no other. We have together strengthened the technical infrastructure of the > movement and while much work remains to be done we have a much stronger > team in place to take the mission to the next level. And I have personally > made friendships that will last a lifetime. > > > > The organization I will be moving to is Atlas AI, a public benefit > corporation supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. I will be leading an > exceptional team of AI and earth system science experts striving for > improvements in human well being through data driven insights. Our focus > areas are drawn from the UN’s sustainable development goals of no poverty > and zero hunger with emphasis on Sub Saharan Africa. > > > > I leave behind a Technology department that I am certain is well on the > way to achieving our vision to create the infrastructure for the free > knowledge movement. I am also pleased that during my tenure, we have built > leaders who are equipped to take on this challenge. > > > > Erika Bjune will be serving as interim CTO. Erika joined us a little > over two years ago and she has distinguished herself as one of the finest > people leaders I have ever worked with. Both she and Katherine will have my > ongoing support — I will stay on in a consulting role to Erika on > organizational matters and for the mid term planning work we have ahead of > us in the remainder of the fiscal year. I know that I am leaving the Tech > team in good hands until a permanent CTO is hired. > > > > I want to close this difficult message with my heartfelt thanks to all > of you for letting me be part of this incredible movement. Being a > Wikimedian is a great privilege. I wanted you to know that I’m not walking > away from something; I am walking towards something that is very > important to me and the world. I will miss you all. Deeply. Truly. And a > lot! > > > > > > Victoria > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Foundation Optional" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to foundation-optional+unsubscribe(a)wikimedia.org. > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- -- - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch - World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - http://scottmacleod.com - CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

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Announcing MediaWiki 1.32.0
by Mukunda Modell 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

I'm pleased to announce the release of MediaWiki version 1.32.0. Release notes are updated and archives have been uploaded to releases.wikimedia.org. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this release, especially thanks to those who tested out the release candidates and provided feedback, as well as the developers who worked hard to get several important fixes merged in time for the 1.32 final. To see what's changed in 1.32, see the release notes[1]. Below you will find download links which lead directly the source for this release, either with or without bundled extensions. ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.0.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-core-1.32.0.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.32.0-rc.2): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.0.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-core-1.32.0.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.0.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.0.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html Release Notes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.32

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[Google Summer of Code 2019 / Outreachy Round 18] Call for projects and mentors!
by Derick Alangi 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Hello everyone, We are now recruiting projects to promote in Google Summer of Code 2019 and Outreachy Round 18! Both these programs have a similar timeline for the summer round. Accepted candidates will work with mentors from May to August 2019. Through both these programs, we bring new contributors to Wikimedia technical projects. Browse through Outreach programs <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_programs> to learn more. Earlier we promote the projects, better it works out for everyone. Students get enough time to prepare their application, organization administrators to do ample outreach and mentors to find a strong candidate for their project. If you are interested in mentoring a project, create a task on Phabricator and tag it with #outreach-programs-projects <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/> and #Google-Summer-of-Code (2019) or #Outreachy (Round 18). You can also choose to mentor for projects already on outreach-program-projects <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/> workboard. Remember, every project must have two mentors. Learn more about the roles and responsibilities of a mentor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors>. To get some idea of the nature of projects, see the completed Google Summer of Code and Outreachy projects from last year <https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/08/27/google-summer-of-code-outreachy-…>. Help us spread the word about Wikimedia's participation in these programs and looking forward to your participation! :) --- *Cheers,* *Derick, Pratyush and Srishti (Wikimedia org admins)*

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[CfP] DBpedia meetup @ XML Prague
by Sebastian Hellmann 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Dear all, We are happy to announce that the upcoming DBpedia meetup will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. During the XML conference Prague, Feb 7-9, the DBpedia Community will get together on February 7, 2019. Tell us what cool things you do with DBpedia. If you would like to give a talk at the DBpedia meetup, please get in contact with the DBpedia Association via dbpedia(a)infai.org. Highlights - Intro: DBpedia: Global and Unified Access to Knowledge (Graphs) - DBpedia Databus presentation - DBpedia Showcase Session Quick Facts - Web URL: https://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/Prague2019 - When: February 7th, 2019 - Where: University of Economics, nam. W. Churchilla 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic Schedule - Please check the schedule for the upcoming DBpedia meetup here: https://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/Prague2019 Tickets - Attending the DBpedia Community meetup costs €40. DBpedia members get free admission, please contact your nearest DBpedia chapter or the DBpedia Association for a promotion code. - You need to buy a ticket. Please check all details here: http://www.xmlprague.cz/conference-registration/ Sponsors and Acknowledgments - XML conference Prague (http://www.xmlprague.cz/) - Institute for Applied Informatics (http://infai.org/en/AboutInfAI) - OpenLink Software (http://www.openlinksw.com/) Organisation - Milan Dojčinovski, AKSW/KILT - Tomáš Kliegr, KIZI/University of Economics, Prague - Julia Holze, DBpedia Association - Sebastian Hellmann, AKSW/KILT, DBpedia Association We are looking forward to meeting you in Prague!

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Industry news: GitHub policy change for free private repos with up to 3 collaborators
by Pine W 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

Industry news that I think may interest some Wikimedians, particularly students and developers of small projects where privacy of code is a concern, but keep in mind that GitHub is now owned by Microsoft: https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/ Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—January 9th
by Trey Jones 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

The Search Platform Team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds office hours the first Wednesday of each month—but since this month that would have been Jan 2nd, we’ve delayed for a week. Come ask us anything about Wikimedia search! We’re particularly interested in: * Opportunities for collaboration—internally or externally to the Wikimedia Foundation * Challenges you have with on-wiki search, in any of the languages we support But we're happy to talk about anything search-related. Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting. Details for our next meeting: Date: Wednesday, December 9th, 2018 Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-9:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST / 17:00-18:00 CET Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vyc-jvgq-dww *N.B.:* Google Meet System Requirements <https://support.google.com/meet/answer/7317473> —Trey Trey Jones Sr. Software Engineer, Search Platform Wikimedia Foundation

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Jenkins is broken on master mediawiki core and extensions
by Amir Sarabadani 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

Hello, Due to an issue in stylelint library, all patches now fail on npm tests. The reason is one of dependencies of stylelint is broken so there is not much we can do until the new release gets picked up by npm registry. Sorry for any inconvenience, and for more information see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213249 Best -- Amir Sarabadani Software Engineer Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://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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Thank you Tuesday
by Derick N. Alangi 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Hello Everyone, I'm starting today's "Thank you Tuesday" thread with a big Merry Christmas to all Wikimedia Developers. Wikimedia Developers are just awesome and they have a way of doing with things (Computers + MediaWiki = Wikipedia). I want to thank all developers in the movement that have helped me become better at my contributions to MediaWiki and other related Wikimedia projects. A short list below; Legoktm, Reedy, Pmiazga, Jdlrobson, Thiemo_WMDE, Bawolff, Jdforrester, Krinkle, Matmarex, Volker_E, Sklaporte, Hoo, Lydia_WMDE, Nikerabbit, Aklapper, Xqt, Framawiki, QuimGil, Apergos, Amire80, BryanDavis and MaxSem + the *entire* Wikimedia developer community. See, the list is so long as over time, I've worked with developers that have in one way or another shaped my way of doing things in the Wikimedia movement. The list above is just a short list and I want to take today to thank all of them for their awesomeness and for helping people get better at writing code in Wikimedia. You are all awesome and I love you all! Enjoy your Christmas / Holidays <3. Who do you want to thank on this special day? *--* *Derick*

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Changes to the Block paradigm
by Moriel Schottlender 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Greetings, Have you written code that deals with or depends on user blocks? Read on. = TL;DR: = The new “Partial Blocks” feature has fundamentally changed the way MediaWiki considers what “block” means; any code that handles blocks should consider whether the questions it is asking are still valid or should adjust its expectations. Please read for more details. = Preamble = A couple of months ago, as part of the Anti Harassment Tools team’s continued work on improving the general experience of our users and providing more robust tools to administrators, an RFC to enable “Partial Blocks[1]” has passed and has been implemented in MediaWiki, affecting the way blocking users operates. While the actual feature, enabling the blocking of users for specific pages and namespaces, will be slowly rolled out as part of our rollout and testing plans, the change has resulted in a complete change of paradigm for what “block” means throughout our code. = Change of paradigm = Until recently, Block was fairly straight forward; whether a block was done on an IP range or a specific user, the question the code would ask is “is the user blocked from this action” and the answer will be a boolean yes or no, depending on whether the user was blocked from the wiki and whether the action was a blockable action. With the new Partial Blocks feature, that question is now more elaborate. We are giving admins and wikis in general much more robust options when deciding to block IPs or users. “Sitewide” block is no longer the only option. Now, a user can be blocked from editing a specific page, and soon from a specific namespace. There are also blocks that prevent a specific action, such as uploading files or creating new pages. This means that the question “is the user blocked” is no longer accurate. In most cases, the question should be “is the user blocked from the action on this page”, because users may receive a block that is not sitewide, but from a specific page or set of pages. = What we worked on = The Anti Harassment Tools team has been working diligently on making sure that the new blocking behavior does not produce obvious regressions in production, and does not add to any still existing inconsistencies. In cases where we identified a clear mismatch, we’ve tried to either fix it outright or alert the code owners to adjust. If we have missed any iteration or use-case, please open a Phabricator ticket and add the ‘anti-harassment’[2] tag to it. If the use-case is sensitive or identifies a current loop-hole in the way blocks work, please make it a security ticket and alert us and the relevant team immediately. = General steps forward = While the team is following up on making the code clear and robust and fixing what we’ve identified as paradigm-changes to deal with, there are still many instances where the changes required to the code are not straight-forward or clear. Some extensions ask whether a user is blocked and may need to change the way that the product’s “business logic” behaves. These are cases where we cannot make the decision for the codebase. We encourage you to look at your product and consider adjusting if necessary. = General guidance = We’ve identified some areas that may help code owners adjust their products to properly take advantage of the new feature and adjust to the new paradigm change. This list is not exhaustive, but may help you spot areas in your code that can easily be changed: * User::isBlocked() has changed its meaning, and its use cases should be re-examined depending on what your code intends to check. For the most part, if there’s a Title object available, User::isBlockedFrom() is a good option. Otherwise, consider using User::getBlock() and Block::isSitewide() * Block::prevents( ‘edit’ ) is an operation that doesn’t make sense anymore, because a block on the ‘edit’ action now depends on context (the title). * Determining whether a block prevents a user from editing their own user talk page has changed. For a sitewide block, if the $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit config is false, then the block prevents the user editing their user talk page, but if it is true, then whether they can edit their user talk page depends on the ipb_allow_usertalk flag on the block. For a partial block to a page or pages, these flags are not taken into account: if the user’s talk page is specified as a blocked page, then they cannot edit their user talk page; if it is not, then they can edit it. Block::prevents( ‘editownuserpage’ ) should therefore not be checked for a partial page block[3]. We plan to deprecate that parameter officially, please consider if this affects your code. * Please check that any classes that extend Action or FormSpecialPage return the correct value for requiresUnblock(). To summarize, in general, the meaning of asking whether a block exists has changed, and any code piece that needs this information should adjust itself to account for partial blocks, depending on its goals. Thank you, Moriel, on behalf of the Anti Harassment Tools Team References: [1] Partial blocks: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative/Per-user_page,_… [2] Anti Harassment tools board: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/2660/ [3] For a discussion of this, see: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210475 -- Moriel Schottlender (she/her) Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead Community Tech and Anti Harassment Tools @mooeypoo (IRC / Phabricator)

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Wikimedia Hackathon 2019: Registration Open!
by Rachel Farrand 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

On behalf of Wikimedia Czech Republic and the Wikimedia Foundation Community Relations team we are please to announce that registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend> is now open for both scholarships and regular attendees! The hackathon will be held at the Czech National Library of Technology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Library_of_Technology> in Prague, CZ between 17-19 May 2019. We have identified three focus areas <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Program> for the event which we will continue to refine and clarify over the next months. We welcome your suggestions and collaboration on additional focus areas or larger projects and as usual welcome participants who plan to work on or learn about any project that they like related to any area of Wikimedia Technology. If you have any questions or comments please contact: *hackathon(a)wikimedia.cz <hackathon(a)wikimedia.cz>* Otherwise, please continue to follow our program and organizational developments on Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 on Mediawiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019>. Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists! -- Rachel Farrand Events Program Manager Technical Collaboration Team Wikimedia Foundation

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