Wikitech-l November 2023

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Guidance on getting started with open source contributions
by Harsh Thakkar 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

Respected sir/madam, I am Harsh from India, I am currently in my 2nd year of college. I have good command in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I am new to open source contributions and it seems very overwhelming right now. Can you please guide me how to get started with open source contributions or can you assign me any beginner friendly issues based on these technologies? Thanks in advance.

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Coming soon: Reference Previews
by Johanna Strodt 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

*//apologies for cross-posting//* Hello everyone. A feature called Reference Previews <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> will soon be available on all wikis that are using the Popups extension, precisely on all Wikipedias and some Wikivoyages. Deployment is planned for November 21 (not on Nov 22, as announced on village pumps last week). *What are Reference Previews?* It’s possible that you have already seen Reference Previews, as they have been a beta feature on many wikis since 2019 and a default feature on some since 2021. Reference Previews are little popups for references. Such popups have existed on wikis as local gadgets for many years. Now there is a central solution, available globally, and consistent with the PagePreviews feature <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews>. *How do they work?* These popups will be visible to everyone, including readers. If you don’t want to see them, you can opt out <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#Opt…>. If you are using the gadgets <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets> Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews unless you disable the gadget. Wikis with Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups as a default gadget can decide to make these gadgets no longer a default, in order to show Reference Previews as a default instead. *Reference types* It’s worth noting that this new feature allows you to show the type of reference in the popup. This type can be specified via CSS classes <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reference_Previews#How_to_assign_a_refe…>, either individually for each reference, or – preferably – by adding the classes directly to the relevant citation templates. *Links* Interface texts for this feature can be translated here <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-popups?group=ext-popups>. If you’re curious, please have a look at the project page with more information <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> (in English), or the translated help page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reference_Previews>. Feedback is, as always, welcome on this talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> . With regards from Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team Johanna Strodt -- Johanna Strodt Project Manager Community Communications for the Technical Wishes project *Community Communications Lead*

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sign up for the first language community meeting on November 17th, 16:00 UTC!
by Srishti Sethi 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Hi all! This is a reminder that the language community meeting is coming up this Friday, November 17th, from 16:00 to 17:00 (UTC). Feel free to add any technical updates or challenges related to your project that you would like to share during the meeting to the agenda document. Learn more details: < https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/… > Cheers, Srishti *Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 2:47 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter < ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the invitation , for the technical issues around > kinyarwanda wiki , I have to attend alongside my fellow kinyarwanda > contributors > > derrick > > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 00:32 Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> The first language community meeting is coming up in a few weeks - >> November 17th, 16:00 UTC. >> >> If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page: < >> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/…> >> [1]. >> >> We would like to invite all of you who are involved in creating content >> or managing technical aspects across different language communities. This >> will be a participant-driven meeting, where we collectively discuss >> specific technical issues related to our language wikis and work together >> to find possible solutions. This could involve anything from fixing a >> broken template on the Kurdish wiki to brainstorming ideas for growing >> content on the Tulu Wiktionary, currently in the Wikimedia Incubator, or >> celebrating the creation of Fon Wikipedia, to using MinT for content >> translation. >> >> You can view the meeting structure and add ideas for discussion to the >> notes document here: < >> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-november-2023> >> [2] >> >> If you need interpretation support from English to another language, >> please let us know by sending an email to ssethi(a)wikimedia.org. >> >> Looking forward to your participation! >> >> Cheers, >> Srishti & Jon >> >> [1] >> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/… >> >> [2] >> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-november-2023 >> >> *Srishti Sethi* >> Senior Developer Advocate >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >

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Invitation to open source program, DWOC at NIT TRICHY
by Vaishnavi Maheshwari 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Dear Wikimedia I am writing to extend an invitation to your organization to participate in our Open Source Program DELTA WINTER OF CODE, NIT TRICHY. DWOC - Where Winter meets Coding! aims to foster collaboration and innovation among students and professionals in the open source community. During the program, your organization will have the opportunity to share your expertise and projects with our students, and our students will have the chance to learn from your experiences and work on real-world open source projects. Winter is the season of coding excellence, and DWOC invites organizations worldwide to join our transformative coding journey. Embrace the magic of collaboration and innovation as we foster the next generation of developers in a global community. Calling All Organizations! Passionate about mentoring? Apply now! DWOC is open for organization applications. Be part of the winter coding magic. Apply here https://dwoc.io/ <https://dwoc.io/> Please let us know if your organization is interested in participating [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 11/16/23, 03:11:41 PM

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ALT+V for Visual Editor
by Martin Domdey 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Hello! Can you say me please how can I opt out the switch to Visual Editor by ALT+V ? Thank you Martin ...

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Inquiry Regarding Opportunities to contribute
by Vaishnavi Maheshwari 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

Hi WIKIMEDIA, I'm writing to express my interest in contributing to your organization. I'm impressed by the work that you do and would like to know how I can get started. Can you please provide me with more information about how to become a contributor joining your team? What are the requirements that I need to meet? Are there any steps I need to take to get started? Thank you in advance for considering my request. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Vaishnavi Maheshwari [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 11/15/23, 04:03:33 PM

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End of year deployment freeze 2023 🥶
by Tyler Cipriani 13 Nov '23

13 Nov '23

Hi all! This year we're planning to *freeze backport and train deployments Fri, Dec 22nd to Mon, Jan 1st.* November holidays, a Developer Experience Offsite, and the normal December freeze means there are only *4 more deployment trains this year for MediaWiki*: - 13 Nov - wmf/1.42.0-wmf.5 (this week) - 20 Nov - No Train (Thanksgiving on Thu 23 Nov) - 27 Nov - wmf/1.42.0-wmf.7 - 03 Dec - No Train (Developer Experience offsite) - 11 Dec - wmf/1.42.0-wmf.9 - 18 Dec - wmf/1.42.0-wmf.10 - 25 Dec - No Train (Deployment Freeze) - 01 Jan - wmf/1.42.0-wmf.12 All this information is on the yearly deployment calendar[0]. We freeze deployments every year for the end-of-December holidays and the busy fundraising season[1][2][3][4][5]. Thanks! Tyler Cipriani (he/him) Engineering Manager, Release Engineering Wikimedia Foundation [0]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar> [1]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Archive/2018/12> [2]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Archive/2019/12> [3]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Archive/2020/12> [4]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Archive/2021/12> [5]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Archive/2022/12>

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Wikimedia Research Fund Update
by Kinneret Gordon 12 Nov '23

12 Nov '23

Hi all, We are excited to announce the launch of this year's *Wikimedia Research Fund *with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper understanding of the projects, decision making, and building new technologies. If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming one, you can apply for research funds (USD 2K-50K) until December 15, 2023. While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are welcome, we particularly encourage research studies on medium to small size languages and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and projects. You can even propose to repeat a past study in a given language in another language! More info at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_&_Techno…> . **Apply by December 15, 2023* and/or spread the word!* If you have questions, please reach out to us at research_fund(a) wikimedia.org, Meta-Wiki [1], here, or schedule 1:1 consultations with us. Click here <https://calendar.app.google/uJkivKnmgR7piwvr9> to schedule a session with Kinneret Gordon <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KGordon_(WMF)> or here <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/selfsched?sstoken=UUs2OFM0bEFMYzJt…> to schedule a session with Leila Zia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LZia_(WMF)>. Best, Kinneret Gordon on behalf of the Research Fund Organizing Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start -- Kinneret Gordon Lead Research Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Fwd: Enabling canary events for all MediaWiki event streams
by Andrew Otto 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

tl;dr Ignore this email if you do not use MediaWiki event streams. On Monday December 11 2023, all MediaWiki related event streams will have artificial canary events <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event_Platform/EventStreams#Canary_Even…> injected into them. If you use any of these streams, you should discard these canary events. *Add code to your consumers that discards events where* meta.domain == "canary". Canary Events At WMF, we use artificial 'canary' AKA 'heartbeat' events <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event_Platform/Stream_Configuration#can…> to differentiate between a broken event stream and an empty event stream. Canary events should be produced at least once an hour. If there are no events in a stream for an hour, then something is likely broken with that stream. These artificial canary events can be identified by the fact that their meta.domain field is set to "canary". If you use any of the streams listed below, you will need to add code that discards any events where meta.domain == "canary". Back in 2020, we began producing canary events into all new streams, but we never got around to enabling these for streams that already existed. We needed to ensure that all consumers of these streams filtered out the canary events. We're just finally getting around to enabling canary events for all streams. We will enable canary event production <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266798> for the following streams on Monday, December 11th, 2023: - mediawiki.recentchange - mediawiki.page-create - mediawiki.page-delete - mediawiki.page-links-change - mediawiki.page-move - mediawiki.page-properties-change - mediawiki.page-restrictions-change - mediawiki.page-suppress - mediawiki.page-undelete - mediawiki.revision-create - mediawiki.revision-visibility-change - mediawiki.user-blocks-change - mediawiki.centralnotice.campaign-change - mediawiki.centralnotice.campaign-create - mediawiki.centralnotice.campaign-delete If you consume any of these streams, either external to WMF networks using EventStreams, or internally using Kafka, please ensure that your consumer logic discards events where meta.domain == "canary" before this date. (Note that not all of these streams are exposed publicly at stream.wikimedia.org <https://stream.wikimedia.org/?doc#/streams>.) Thank you, -Andrew Otto & the WMF Data Engineering team <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_Engineering> References - T266798 - Enable canary events for all MediaWiki streams <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266798> - T251609 - Automate ingestion and refinement into Hive of event data from Kafka using stream configs and canary/heartbeat events <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251609>

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1.42.0-wmf.4 train is blocked
by Jaime Nuche 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Hi there, The 1.42.0-wmf.4 version of MediaWiki is blocked at group0. The new version can proceed no further until the following is resolved: - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T350726: [PageImages] SelectQueryBuilder::fetchFieldValues expects the query to have only one field Thank you for your help resolving this issue! -- Your humble train toiler -- Jaime Nuche Software Engineer III Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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