Is there a plan to launch it in other languages? I committed a patch that defines it as an extension used by Wikimedia in translatewiki,[1] but I'll be even happier to know for sure that there is a plan to launch it not only for English.
[1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/199917/ -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2015-03-25 1:01 GMT+02:00 Jon Robson <[email protected]>: > A heads up about a new extension (Gather [1]) being deployed to the > cluster on Thursday [2]. We are aiming to deploy to testwiki on Thursday > 26th March and English Wikipedia on Monday 30th March. > > We're not expecting this to cause any problems since traffic is limited to > the mobile beta mode of the site which accounts for 1/70th of mobile > traffic and approximately only 500 of those users are logged in (and this > feature is primarily for logged in users). > > The extension makes use of the API, firing an API query request when > 1) the special page is loaded (available to all users including anons). > The special page is only linked to within the beta site (in the main menu) > for logged in users so all traffic. However traffic is expected from social > networks and links from wiki pages. > 2) when the watchstar is clicked by a logged BETA user > > I'm not expecting any problems with this deployment, but in worse case > scenario since this is an experimental feature and we can disable the > extension in the unlikely event that we hit any issues. > > Please let me know if you have any further questions and please complain > to me if notice any issues. > We've announced this on en:vp [3]. For anything non-ops related feel free > to engage in the conversation there. > > Thanks! > Jon R, mobile web team > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gather > [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91341 > [3] > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Extension:Gather_launching_on_beta > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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