[Wikitech-l] Feature request.

2014-08-04 Thread Nkansah Rexford
Hi all, I'm Rexford, and just posting here for the first time. Please inform if this place isn't the right area to suggest features. I was encouraged to request features here. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Its about edit conflict on Wikipedia and other projects. It happens when I get into an

[Wikitech-l] MediaWiki for the third party community: get involved!

2014-08-04 Thread Markus Glaser
Hello everyone, the Wiki Release Team invites you to get involved in a much needed effort to build a separate entity that cares about the third party use of MediaWiki.  We ask for your involvement and participation because, as a community, we need to drive MediaWiki! Be a part of something

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Mediawiki-enterprise] MediaWiki for the third party community: get involved!

2014-08-04 Thread Isarra Yos
Hi, What would be the purpose of this organisation and separate community, exactly? Has there been any demonstrated need or even want for such an organisation amongst the community it would proportedly serve? I ask in particular because as a third-party sysadmin myself, it's hard enough

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Mediawiki-enterprise] MediaWiki for the third party community: get involved!

2014-08-04 Thread Derric Atzrott
This reply is as I understand the situation to be. If anyone else can provide a bit more insight into things, or correct me where I am wrong, I would be grateful. Hi, What would be the purpose of this organisation and separate community, exactly? Has there been any demonstrated need or

Re: [Wikitech-l] Policy on browser support

2014-08-04 Thread Derric Atzrott
I would like to make a case for moving more browsers into the grade C category. Yes please. As a project that must live the test of time I think we should be focusing our energy on building for future browsers. Our main goal is to provide people knowledge which can be done without

Re: [Wikitech-l] Feature request.

2014-08-04 Thread rupert THURNER
that would be a hullarious feature! which is btw available in some other opensoure and proprietory wikis. rupert Am 04.08.2014 11:47 schrieb Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com: Hi all, I'm Rexford, and just posting here for the first time. Please inform if this place isn't the right

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Mediawiki-enterprise] MediaWiki for the third party community: get involved!

2014-08-04 Thread Isarra Yos
Aye, these are valid points, and there are very real issues with what we have (and don't have) currently. But why do we need a separate organisation to address them? Why can they not be addressed at home, on mw.org? Why hasn't any of this consolidation happened already, before adding another

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Mediawiki-enterprise] MediaWiki for the third party community: get involved!

2014-08-04 Thread Brion Vibber
I believe the point is to actively work on *doing* the third party support. This does not require an Organization or Community *unrelated* to all of us here talking on this list, but does require people with particular common interests to communicate and act together for their common benefit. As

Re: [Wikitech-l] Feature request.

2014-08-04 Thread Pine W
Hi Rexford, This is one of many places where feature requests can be made. Thanks for your interest. The last I heard is that tools are in development that will make it easier to edit content simultaneously. I am asking Quim to provide us an update. Pine On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:02 AM,

[Wikitech-l] Snuggle, Huggle, and VandalSniper

2014-08-04 Thread Pine W
I just saw a reference to VandalSniper for the first time [1]. Would there be any use looking at it for ideas or code that would benefit Snuggle or Huggle? I believe that Snuggle and Huggle are in active development while VandalSniper has stalled, but VandalSniper reminds me of Snuggle. Pine [1]