Wikitech-l January 2022

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Missing Section Headings
by Marc Riddell 13 Sep '24

13 Sep '24

Hello, I have been a WP editor since 2006. I hope you can help me. For some reason I no longer have Section Heading titles showing in the Articles. This is true of all Headings including the one that carries the Article subject's name. When there is a Table of Contents, it appears fine and, when I click on a particular Section, it goes to that Section, but all that is there is a straight line separating the Sections. There is also no button to edit a Section. If I edit the page and remove the "== ==" markers from the Section Titles, the Title then shows up, but not as a Section Heading. Also, I don't have any Date separators on my Want List. This started 2 days ago. Any thoughts? Thanks, Marc Riddell [[User:Michael David]]

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How to make commits from mirrored Wikimedia repos show up on your GitHub profile
by Bartosz Dziewoński 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

I know it has been annoying a couple of people other than me, so now that I've learned how to make it work I'll share the knowledge here. tl;dr: Star the repositories. No, seriously. (And yes, you need to star each extension repo separately.) (Is there a place on mw.org to put this tidbit on?) ------- Forwarded message ------- From: "Brian Levine" <support(a)github.com> (GitHub Staff) To: matma.rex(a)gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: Commits in mirrored repositories not showing up on my profile Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 06:47:19 +0200 Hi Bartosz In order to link your commits to your GitHub account, you need to have some association with the repository other than authoring the commit. Usually, having push access gives you that connection. In this case, you don't have push permission, so we don't link you to the commit. The easy solution here is for you to star the repository. If you star it - along with the other repositories that are giving you this problem - we'll see that you're connected to the repository and you'll get contribution credit for those commits. Cheers Brian -- Matma Rex

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Research FAQ gets a facelift
by Dario Taraborelli 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

We just released a new version of Research:FAQ on Meta [1], significantly expanded and updated, to make our processes at WMF more transparent and to meet an explicit FDC request to clarify the role and responsibilities of individual teams involved in research across the organization. The previous version – written from the perspective of the (now inactive) Research:Committee, and mostly obsolete since the release of WMF's open access policy [2] – can still be found here [3]. Comments and bold edits to the new version of the document are welcome. For any question or concern, you can drop me a line or ping my username on-wiki. Thanks, Dario [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:FAQ [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Open_access_policy [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research:FAQ&oldid=15176953 *Dario Taraborelli *Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter>

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bluejeans
by Jeremy Baron 23 Feb '23

23 Feb '23

Hi, On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:36 PM, David Strine <dstrine(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > We will be holding this brownbag in 25 minutes. The Bluejeans link has > changed: > > https://bluejeans.com/396234560 I'm not familiar with bluejeans and maybe have missed a transition because I wasn't paying enough attention. is this some kind of experiment? have all meetings transitioned to this service? anyway, my immediate question at the moment is how do you join without sharing your microphone and camera? am I correct thinking that this is an entirely proprietary stack that's neither gratis nor libre and has no on-premise (not cloud) hosting option? are we paying for this? -Jeremy

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Unsubscribe from mail list
by Arpit Maheshwari 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

This is a request to please kindly unsubscribe me from your mailing list

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List related to repositories which haven't mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer
by Zoran Dori 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hello, can someone to update list https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P10500 which contains repositories which haven't mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer. I found in list that much repositories are empty, and repositories which aren't available on Gerrit. So, can someone please update this list of repositories (in mediawiki/extensions) which haven't mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer, but at least, contains one PHP file. or to provide me command with which I can update list when I want, so I don't need to request it every time. Best regards, Zoran. P. S.: Happy weekend! :)

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Repository ownership of the Lingo extension
by Zoran Dori 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hi everyone, I want to notify you that I have, on behalf of the WikiTeq company, made a task https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298277 for requesting repository ownership for the Lingo extension. In case that you have any kind of questions, please let me know. :) Best regards, Zoran

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Best practices for extensions
by Krinkle 15 Mar '22

15 Mar '22

TLDR: Tech leads please review Best practices for extensions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_extensions> on mediawiki.org. Hi all, You may be familiar with the Best practices for extensions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_extensions> page on mediawiki.org. It has been marked as a draft since 2017. I'd like to polish this page and get it to a state where it would be uncontroversial to label it as "Development guideline <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development_guidelines>". This would not make it a hard policy. Neither does it imply that it covers all practices in all situations. Rather, it would mean that the items that are there now are indeed a part of our current best practices. We would keep it alive through bold <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold> edits and talk page conversations, similar to our Coding conventions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions/PHP> and other such guidelines that we maintain peer to peer and through consensus. The reason I've not simply labelled it as such already is because before today I found the document to be out of sync with our actual practices. I have made a number of changes with descriptive edit summaries to bring it in sync with what I percieve to be our best practices; based on how myself and other maintainers perform code review at large, and how we review new extensions prior to deployment. All are welcome to fix mistakes, raise questions/concerns on the talk page, on this thread. You're also welcome to message me directly anytime if you prefer. If you consider yourself familiar with our practices and/or lead and mentor other engineers, please take a minute to review the page and consider whether the items reflect your current understanding and judgement. -- Timo Tijhof, Principal Engineer, Wikimedia Performance Team.

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Call for projects and mentors for Google Summer of Code 2022 and Outreachy Round 24 is ongoing!
by Srishti Sethi 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Hello everyone, TLDR; Wikimedia will soon be applying as a mentoring organization to Google Summer of Code 2022 <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com> [1] and Outreachy Round 24 <https://www.outreachy.org/> [2]. We are currently working on a list of interesting project ideas to include in the application. If you have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation, outreach, research) projects, share them here: < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299453> [3]. *Timeline* As a mentor, you will engage potential candidates in the application period for both programs between March and April. You will help candidates make small contributions to your project and answer any project-related queries during this time. You will work more closely with the accepted candidates during the coding period between May and August. *New changes are coming to GSoC* GSoC has exciting changes this year, including: * Eligibility criteria redefined–the program is now open to all open-source newcomers 18 years and older. It will no longer be solely focused on university students or recent graduates. * Multiple sizes of projects supported–ranging from ~175 to ~350 hr long. * Increased flexibility in project timing–project deadline can be extended to up to 22 weeks. *Tips for proposing projects* * Follow this task description template when you propose a project in Phabricator: < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects> [4]. Add #Google- Summer-of-Code (2022) or #Outreachy (Round 24) tag. * Project should require an experienced developer ~15 days and a newcomer ~3 months to complete. * Each project should have at least two mentors, and one of them should hold a technical background. * Ideally, the project has no tight deadlines, a moderate learning curve, and fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core infrastructure. Projects addressing the needs of a language community are most welcome! * If you don't have an idea in mind and would like to pick one from an existing list, check out these projects: < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/> [4] * To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of mentors, visit our resources on MediaWiki.org: < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors> [5], < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors> [6]. Cheers, Srishti [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com [2] https://www.outreachy.org/ [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299453 [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/ [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Mentors *Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Talk to the Search Platform Team—February 2nd, 2022
by Trey Jones 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

The Search Platform Team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds an open meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. Come talk to us about anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service, Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.! Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting. Details for our next meeting: Date: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST / 17:00-18:00 CET & WAT Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi Join by phone: https://tel.meet/vgj-bbeb-uyi?pin=8118110806927 Hope to talk to you next week! —Trey Trey Jones Staff Computational Linguist, Search Platform Wikimedia Foundation UTC–5 / EST

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