Wikitech-l March 2020

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MOSS launches COVID-19 Solutions Fund
by Jonathan Morgan 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

FYI: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/03/31/moss-launches-covid-19-solutions-f… >From the announcement: *"Mozilla is announcing today the creation of a COVID-19 Solutions Fund as part of the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS). Through this fund, we will provide awards of up to $50,000 each to open source technology projects which are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. * *The MOSS Program, created in 2015, broadens access, increases security, and empowers users by providing catalytic funding to open source technologists. We have already seen inspiring examples of open source technology being used to increase the capacity of the world’s healthcare systems to cope with this crisis. For example, just a few days ago, the University of Florida Center for Safety, Simulation, and Advanced Learning Technologies released an open source ventilator <https://simulation.health.ufl.edu/technology-development/open-source-ventil…>. We believe there are many more life-saving open source technologies in the world.* *As part of the COVID-19 Solutions Fund, we will accept applications that are hardware (e.g., an open source ventilator), software (e.g., a platform that connects hospitals with people who have 3D printers who can print parts for that open source ventilator), as well as software that solves for secondary effects of COVID-19 (e.g., a browser plugin that combats COVID related misinformation)."* -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> (Uses He/Him) *Please note that I do not expect a response from you on evenings or weekends*

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Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—April 1st, 2020
by Trey Jones 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

The Search Platform Team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds office hours the first Wednesday of each month. Come talk to us about anything related to Wikimedia search! Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting. Details for our next meeting: Date: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 Time: 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 17:00-18:00 CEST Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vyc-jvgq-dww Join by phone in the US: +1 786-701-6904 PIN: 262 122 849# Hope to talk to you tomorrow! Trey Jones Sr. Software Engineer, Search Platform Wikimedia Foundation UTC-4 / EDT

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TechCom Radar 2020-03-25
by Kate Chapman 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Hi All, Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting: Discussed from Committee inbox: * <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248061> Remove IE 8 and Android 2.0+ from basic support (Volker). * <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T71301> Remove "viewmywatchlist" user right from anonymous users Discussed and triaged RFCs: * <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248294> Separate permission for creating a page with a custom content model 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 (she/her/hers) Director of Architecture, Architecture Team Wikimedia Foundation kchapman(a)wikimedia.org

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related to proposal
by MUHAMMAD BURHAN ALI . 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

how to select project, i am a little bit confused. I have knowledge of html/css/bootstrap/php/wordpress.

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New Wikimedia Technical Blog
by Sarah R 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Hi all, We just launched [[WM:Techblog]] <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/>, a new place to share stories from the Wikimedia technical community with the world. Yay! We created this venue to provide a central place for people to share stories about the technical work that they do— like: - How to run a top ten website that is all Open Source? - How do we make our codebase more modular and future-proof? - How do we come together to work on technical projects? - How to develop a product for many different languages? - How do new tools and bots help run Wikimedia projects? - What can we learn from data science and research? - And, much more… Check out these posts for examples: Computational knowledge: Wikidata, Wikidata query Service, and women who are mayors! <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/03/24/computational-knowledge-wikidata-…> By Trey Jones Parsoid in PHP, or There and Back Again <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/03/24/parsoid-in-php-or-there-and-back-…>, By S.Subramanya Sastry and C.Scott Ananian Wikimedia projects have many intersections with the larger Open Source community. It’s our hope that the technical blog will create more visibility and conversations and provide information to a wider audience of people who are interested in our work. If you are interested in writing a blog post, read the editorial guidelines <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_technical_blog_editorial_guidelines> to learn about what would make a good story and how to get published! We manage the process of reviewing and publishing posts here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/Technical-blog-posts Thanks to everyone who contributed to making the blog possible. There were many! For the WM Techblog team, Sarah R. Rodlund Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy> srodlund(a)wikimedia.org

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[Wikimedia Technical Talks] Understanding Wikimedia Maps and its challenges, 25 March 2020 at 6 PM UTC
by Sarah R 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

Hello Everyone, It's time for Wikimedia Tech Talks 2020 Episode 2! This talk will take place on *25 March 2020 at 6 PM UTC*. *Title: *Understanding Wikimedia Maps and its challenges *Speaker:* Mateus Santos, Software Engineer *Summary: *The WMF Product Infrastructure Team has been maintaining the Wikimedia Maps service for the last year and a half with help from SRE. This talk will share the challenges and work of creating a better development environment to enhance productivity, solve technical debt and keep up with platform modernization. The link to the Youtube Livestream can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LH-pYdi9Ks During the live talk, you are invited to join the discussion on IRC at #wikimedia-office You can watch past Tech Talks here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tech_talks If you are interested in giving your own tech talk, you can learn more here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Te… Note: This is a public talk. Feel free to distribute through appropriate email and social channels! Kindly, Sarah R. Rodlund Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy> srodlund(a)wikimedia.org

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Delay in MediaWIki 1.35 Release and Branch Cut
by Cindy Cicalese 27 Mar '20

27 Mar '20

Due to the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to temporarily push back the release of MediaWiki 1.35. Especially since MediaWiki 1.35 is a long term support (LTS) release, we want to take the time to give the release appropriate resources and attention. We will not be cutting the REL1_35 branch on April 7 as we had previously announced. We will be making another announcement no later than Friday, May 29 giving an update on when we will be cutting the REL1_35 branch and moving towards the release of MediaWiki 1.35. We appreciate your patience in these difficult times. Wishing you health, Cindy ______________________________ Cindy Cicalese Product Manager, MediaWiki Platform Wikimedia Foundation

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MediaWiki Extensions and Skins Security Release Supplement (1.31.7/1.33.3/1.34.1)
by Scott Bassett 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

Greetings- With the security/maintenance release of MediaWiki 1.31.7/1.33.3/1.34.1 [0], we would also like to provide this supplementary announcement of MediaWiki extensions and skins with now-public Phabricator tasks, security patches and backports [1]: == MobileFrontend == + (T240502, No CVE) - List known raw html messages <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I301aee4093fe2b0e8f6dfe5422226bb80af1de2> == WikibaseMediaInfo == + (T240773, CVE-2020-6163) - Escape labels in HTML output <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/If47903f11645e52d56a875be4c03de47400cef0> == Widgets == + (T245850, CVE-2020-9382) - Title::newFromText() is not safe for user input <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I953e060bc6994ffdba9f380c98173f53f8ca1ea8> == GlobalBlocking == + (T229731, CVE-2020-10534) - Apply most specific global block <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9cc5fb2c08c78bbd797a5fc6d89f4577c8cc118> The Wikimedia Security Team recommends updating these extensions and/or skins to the current master branch or relevant, supported release branch [2] as soon as possible. Some of the referenced Phabricator tasks above _may_ still be private. Unfortunately, when security issues are reported, sometimes sensitive information is exposed and since Phabricator is historical, we cannot make these tasks public without exposing this sensitive information. If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding this update, please feel free to contact security(a)wikimedia.org or file a security task within Phabricator [3]. [0] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-March/093243.html [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240400 [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reporting_security_bugs -- Scott Bassett sbassett(a)wikimedia.org

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First prototypes of possible technical improvements of templates
by Michael Schönitzer 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

Hi, In the german Technical Wishes survey 2019, the subject area "Working more easily with templates" was chosen as the main focus. This means that the Technical Wishes team of Wikimedia Deutschland will be working on this topic for two years and tackle various problems in it. Since then, research into which improvements could be implemented has been conducted. Over the coming weeks, a series of ideas for possible projects will be published regularly on the project page. Everyone is invited to evaluate and comment on them. For a balanced picture, feedback is sought from Wikimedians with different levels of experience, working methods and fields of work. Based on this feedback, the Technical Wishes team will consider whether to implement the ideas, revise them, or discard them in favor of others. Depending on the outcome of this prototyping phase, there might be another round of new ideas to provide feedback on later in the year. Important: Since we want to present new prototypes regularly in the coming weeks and we don't want to flood users' inboxes, we ask all interested people to watch the project page. Cheers, Michael for the team technical Wishes @ Wikimedia Deutschland -- *M. F. Schönitzer* Community Communication 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 Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! 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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Security and maintenance release: 1.31.7 / 1.33.3 / 1.34.1
by Sam Reed 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

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