[Foundation-l] Help us Test Stable Versions!

[effe iets anders]

Hi Erik,

this is great news. As you might know, nlwikipedia is using "mark as
patrolled" already for a long time, which is a little based on the same
principle (marking revisions) but then mainly targeted to fight vandalism
effectively. Is it possible to have both extensions (stable versions
revision and mark as patrolled) activated at the same time? If so, it might
be an idea to set up one wiki with both activated? (just an idea), as I
expect nlwikipedia would prefer that. Thanks.

Best regards,

Lodewijk

2008/3/21, Erik Moeller <erik op wikimedia.org>:
>
> 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/
>
> http://de.labs.wikimedia.org/
>
> 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/
>
> 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
>
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