To be clear, based on what was said earlier, communities do *not* have to use this extension or have stable versions. It will be enabled on a per-site, consensus, bases.-Aaron Schulz> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:34:10 -0700> From: erik@wikimedia.org> To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikitech-l] Help us Test Stable Versions!> > Please translate this announcement into other languages and forward it> to other mailing lists and village pumps. (The translators list has> already been notified and will help with this process.)> > The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany have collaborated, with> financial support from Wikimedia France, to support development of a> new extension to our software> which makes it possible to flag versions of wiki articles as having> reached a certain quality. This new toolset could mark the beginning> of a new era for Wikipedia and its sister projects, giving readers> more transparency than ever about the quality of a given article. A> special note of thanks to Aaron Schulz, who has developed much of the> functionality as a volunteer -- we would not be where we are today> without him. The ongoing support and patience of Philipp Birken from> the German chapter was also critical.> > Before this functionality will be enabled on any Wikimedia project, it> needs to be tested thoroughly for usability, bugs, security and> performance. Test wikis have been set up in English and German> (because the German Wikimedia community has been driving the> development of this functionality from the beginning).> > http://en.labs.wikimedia.org/%3E > http://de.labs.wikimedia.org/%3E > These wikis contain a copy of the Wikibooks database. This copy is> completely separate from the "real" Wikibooks, so do not worry about> destroying anything of value. Please follow the instructions on the> Main Pages to participate. If you do not speak English or German, we> encourage you right now to> > - set up test wikis independently using the open source extension> available from http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs ,> or> > - change the user interface preference, and create pages in the> English test wiki in your language.> > This is due to our limited capacity to set up additional wikis. If you> feel you really, absolutely, strongly need a test wiki in your> language, please file a request through:> > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/%3E > Wikimedia communities will also have to decide what kind of> configuration to use for their project. Key questions to answer> include:> > - What quality attributes should there be?> > - Who should be permitted to flag changes as having been reviewed for> vandalism, or for other quality attributes?> > - Should the default view for unregistered users change to the "stable> version" on all pages, some pages, or no pages?> > The German Wikimedia community has implemented a particular> long-standing community proposal and will probably go live the soonest> with this configuration; other communities will still have to develop> consensus.> > == What's next? ==> > The test will run at least until April 10, 2008 before the extension> is implemented live on any wiki. This is to allow any serious problems> to be surfaced by the community. If there are no critical open issues> as of April 10, any language/project community will be permitted to> file a request through https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ to activate the> extension. This request will have to point to pages in the project> indicating a consensus to move forward. Detailed instructions to do so> will be posted on the test wikis.> > -- > Erik Möller> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation> > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate%3E > _______________________________________________> Wikitech-l mailing list> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _________________________________________________________________ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh...