Hi All,
I hope this email finds you well. We are thrilled to announce the
successful conclusion of the Outreachy Round 27 Internship program! Over
the past few months, our interns have showcased immense dedication,
enthusiasm, and talent, contributing significantly to our community's
growth and development.
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our mentors [Sage Ross,
Amine Hassou, Anmol Wassan, Parthiv Menon, Satdeep Gill, Sam Wilson, Mike
Raish, Andi Inácio, Éder Porto, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Sailesh Patnaik, Nat
Hernández Clavijo, Luca Martinelli, Éder Porto, Mike Peel, Alberto Leoncio]
who played a pivotal role in guiding and nurturing our interns throughout
their journey. Your invaluable support, expertise, and mentorship have
undoubtedly helped shape the future of these budding professionals. Your
commitment to their development and success is truly commendable.
We encourage each of you to take a moment to read about our interns'
amazing journey. Their experiences, achievements, and insights are not just
inspiring but also show how mentorship and hands-on learning can truly make
a difference.
You can find more about their journey and accomplishments in the following
links:
-
Outreachy 27 Mediawiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_27
-
Outreachy 27 Internship Report: From Interns to Innovators: The Impact
of Outreachy Round 27 Internship Program
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/04/01/from-interns-to-innovators-the-impact…>
[1]
-
Reimagining Wikimedia’s Socio Technical Infrastructure: Contributions
from Brazil, Nigeria, and Uganda in Outreachy Round 27
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/03/06/reimagining-wikimedias-sociotechnical…>
[2]
Once again, thank you to our mentors for your unwavering support, and
congratulations to our interns on reaching this significant milestone. We
look forward to witnessing your continued growth and success.
If you're interested in becoming a part of our Outreach Programs, be sure
to subscribe to Wikitech-I mailing list
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/>
[3] and Technical Community Newsletter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:Technical_Community_Newsletter>
[4] to stay updated on upcoming internship & mentorship opportunities and
other exciting initiatives.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Org Admins (Onyinyechi Onifade & Sheila Wangari)
[1]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/04/01/from-interns-to-innovators-the-impact…
[2]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/03/06/reimagining-wikimedias-sociotechnical…
[3]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/
[4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:Technical_Community_Newsletter
Hi there,
The 1.42.0-wmf.25 version of MediaWiki is blocked at group0 due to:
- Error: Typed property MediaWiki\Rest\RequestBase::$parsedBody must not
be accessed before initialization: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361577
Thank you for your help resolving this issue!
-- Your humble train toiler
--
Jaime Nuche
Software Engineer III
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi Community Metrics team,
This is your automatic monthly Phabricator statistics mail.
Accounts created in (2024-03): 505
Active Maniphest users (any activity) in (2024-03): 1215
Task authors in (2024-03): 632
Users who have closed tasks in (2024-03): 312
Projects which had at least one task moved from one column to another on
their workboard in (2024-03): 317
Tasks created in (2024-03): 2634
Tasks closed in (2024-03): 2532
Open and stalled tasks in total: 53852
* Only open tasks in total: 52838
* Only stalled tasks in total: 1014
Median age in days of open tasks by priority:
Unbreak now: 47
Needs Triage: 982
High: 1297
Normal: 2029
Low: 2578
Lowest: 3042
(How long tasks have been open, not how long they have had that priority)
To see the names of the most active task authors:
* Go to https://wikimedia.biterg.io/
* Choose "Phabricator > Overview" from the top bar
* Adjust the time frame in the upper right corner to your needs
* See the author names in the "Submitters" panel
TODO: Numbers which refer to closed tasks might not be correct, as
described in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T1003 .
Yours sincerely,
Fab Rick Aytor
(via community_metrics.sh on phab1004 at Mon 01 Apr 2024 12:00:17 AM UTC)
I would like to nominate Siddharth for CR+2 (the right to approve and merge
changes in MediaWiki core and extensions). He has done excellent work in
core and various extensions, most notably Gadgets and the related core
infrastructure.
Please voice support or concerns on
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T360442
Hello friends,
In code review, it was suggested I get wider consensus for my proposed
changes, so I would like to invite your feedback on the following Extension
SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi ticket:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361407
Summary: I propose adding parser tags <sh> for <syntaxhighlight>, and <shi>
for <syntaxhighlight inline>. Reason: These are much shorter to type.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Novem Linguae
Hi all,
On Thursday we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all
supported branches of MediaWiki.
The new releases will be:
- 1.39.7
- 1.40.3
- 1.41.1
This will resolve two security issues in MediaWiki core, along with bug
fixes included for maintenance reasons. This includes various patches for
PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 support.
This release may or may not be made with a CVE number formally attached,
due to the recent delays in receiving them from MITRE.
We will make the fixes available in the respective release branches and
master in git. Tarballs will be available for the above mentioned point
releases as well.
A summary of some of the security fixes that have gone into non-bundled
MediaWiki extensions will also follow later.
As a reminder, MediaWiki 1.35 became end of life (EOL) in December 2023.
It is strongly recommended to upgrade to either 1.39 (the next LTS after
1.35), which will be supported until November 2025, 1.40, which will be
supported until June 2024, or 1.41, which will be supported until December
2024.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
Hey everyone,
Product and technology development at the Wikimedia Foundation is guided by
the annual plan, which sets the focus for the Foundation – what are the
central areas we are trying to address?
We have now posted the Product & Technology draft key results for next
fiscal year on Meta. They aim to explain what outcomes we are working
towards:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025/…
The objectives and draft key results are divided into different sections,
and the ones most relevant to this list are "WE5" and "WE6" (Wiki
Experiences #5 and #6). They are about evolving the MediaWiki platform to
better meet Wikipedia's core needs and to give technical staff and
volunteer developers the tools they need to effectively support the
Wikimedia projects.
To give a couple of examples, here we have key results like
"By Q2, introduce a sustainability scoring system for the Toolforge
platform across a variety of technical and social factors. By Q4, improve
one of its key technical factors by 50%"
or
"Identify by Q2 and complete by Q4 one or more interventions to evolve the
MediaWiki ecosystem’s programming interfaces to empower decoupled, simpler
and more sustainable feature development"
Out of context, they might not say much, but there are more explanations on
the Meta page. We welcome any feedback on the draft:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-…
(The Wikimedia Foundation fiscal year runs from July through June, so this
covers July 2024 through June 2025.)
Best,
*Johan Jönsson*Manager, Product Ambassadors
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>