Re: [Wikimedia-l] Coolest Tool Award 2020: Call for nominations!
Last reminder, there are only 2 days left (today and tomorrow) to submit your Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> nominations. Please recommend your favorite tools! Thanks! Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 1:15 PM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > Just a reminder that there are 10 days left to submit your Coolest Tool > Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> nominations. > Please recommend your favorite tools > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#What_is_a_tool?> by > October 14. > > Thanks! > > Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 8:05 PM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < > jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> We’re really happy to announce the second edition of the Coolest Tool >> Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award>! >> >> Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer >> developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global >> solutions and enhance the experience for Wikimedia communities. >> >> There are incredible many great tools out there. It’s time to celebrate >> this & to make the great work volunteer developers do more visible to >> everyone :-) >> >> The Coolest Tool Award ceremony will take place virtually this year, >> given the current circumstances around events and travel. We will provide >> more details soon about the specific logistics and dates. >> >> The award is organized & selected by the *Coolest Tool Academy 2020* >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2020>. >> We plan to recognize the greatest tools in a variety of categories, for >> examples you can look at last year’s categories >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award/2019>. >> >> As no one can possibly know all the cool tools out there, we’re looking >> for some help & inspiration: Please point us to the tools that you think >> are great - out of any reason you can think of! >> >> Please use this form: >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5ZmXXamn9sRsagEiiZcUZDn1Ga0sF3XmdPf0OjZWtILZvdQ/viewform >> to recommend tools *by October 14, 2020*. You can nominate as many tools >> as you want by filling out the form multiple times. >> >> This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may >> subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and >> data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: >> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award_2020_Survey_Privacy_Statement >> >> Thank you very much for your ideas & recommendation(s)! >> >> We will continue to spread the word over the next 1-2 days, but if you >> get the chance, please feel welcome to share this information with others >> too! >> >> Thanks :-) >> Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 >> >> -- >> Joaquin Oltra Hernandez >> Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation >> > > > -- > Joaquin Oltra Hernandez > Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation > -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Coolest Tool Award 2020: Call for nominations!
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that there are 10 days left to submit your Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> nominations. Please recommend your favorite tools <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#What_is_a_tool?> by October 14. Thanks! Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 8:05 PM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > We’re really happy to announce the second edition of the Coolest Tool > Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award>! > > Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer > developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global > solutions and enhance the experience for Wikimedia communities. > > There are incredible many great tools out there. It’s time to celebrate > this & to make the great work volunteer developers do more visible to > everyone :-) > > The Coolest Tool Award ceremony will take place virtually this year, given > the current circumstances around events and travel. We will provide more > details soon about the specific logistics and dates. > > The award is organized & selected by the *Coolest Tool Academy 2020* > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2020>. > We plan to recognize the greatest tools in a variety of categories, for > examples you can look at last year’s categories > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award/2019>. > > As no one can possibly know all the cool tools out there, we’re looking > for some help & inspiration: Please point us to the tools that you think > are great - out of any reason you can think of! > > Please use this form: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5ZmXXamn9sRsagEiiZcUZDn1Ga0sF3XmdPf0OjZWtILZvdQ/viewform > to recommend tools *by October 14, 2020*. You can nominate as many tools > as you want by filling out the form multiple times. > > This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject > it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, > see the survey privacy statement: > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award_2020_Survey_Privacy_Statement > > Thank you very much for your ideas & recommendation(s)! > > We will continue to spread the word over the next 1-2 days, but if you get > the chance, please feel welcome to share this information with others too! > > Thanks :-) > Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 > > -- > Joaquin Oltra Hernandez > Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation > -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Coolest Tool Award 2020: Call for nominations!
Dear all, We’re really happy to announce the second edition of the Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award>! Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global solutions and enhance the experience for Wikimedia communities. There are incredible many great tools out there. It’s time to celebrate this & to make the great work volunteer developers do more visible to everyone :-) The Coolest Tool Award ceremony will take place virtually this year, given the current circumstances around events and travel. We will provide more details soon about the specific logistics and dates. The award is organized & selected by the *Coolest Tool Academy 2020* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2020>. We plan to recognize the greatest tools in a variety of categories, for examples you can look at last year’s categories <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award/2019>. As no one can possibly know all the cool tools out there, we’re looking for some help & inspiration: Please point us to the tools that you think are great - out of any reason you can think of! Please use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5ZmXXamn9sRsagEiiZcUZDn1Ga0sF3XmdPf0OjZWtILZvdQ/viewform to recommend tools *by October 14, 2020*. You can nominate as many tools as you want by filling out the form multiple times. This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award_2020_Survey_Privacy_Statement Thank you very much for your ideas & recommendation(s)! We will continue to spread the word over the next 1-2 days, but if you get the chance, please feel welcome to share this information with others too! Thanks :-) Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Save the date! Coolest Tool Award 2020: December 11th, 17:00 UTC
Hi Everyone! The second edition of the Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> will happen online on Friday 11 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC[^1]. The awarded tools will be showcased in a virtual event, with broadcasted video and chat channels for socializing. We will send more details soon. Save the date, and join us celebrating the great work volunteer developers do for the Wikimedia communities. We hope to see you there! Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 [^1]: 17:00 UTC is 9:00 PST, 18:00 CEST, 22:30 IST. More timezones in timeanddate.com <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date! Coolest Tool Award 2020: December 11th, 17:00 UTC
Hi Everyone! A reminder that the Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> event will happen online this Friday 11 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC[^1]. Here is more information about the venue: - The event will be live streamed on Youtube in the MediaWiki <https://www.youtube.com/user/watchmediawiki> channel - The following venues can be used for socializing: - Youtube live stream chat (MediaWiki <https://www.youtube.com/user/watchmediawiki>) - Twitter #CoolestToolAward <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CoolestToolAward=live> - #wmhack Telegram group <https://t.me/wmhack> / IRC #wmhackconnect <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wmhack> See you on Friday! Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 [^1]: 17:00 UTC is 9:00 PT, 18:00 CET, 22:30 IST. More timezones in timeanddate.com <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 6:01 PM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > The second edition of the Coolest Tool Award > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> will happen online > on Friday 11 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC[^1]. > > The awarded tools will be showcased in a virtual event, with broadcasted > video and chat channels for socializing. We will send more details soon. > > Save the date, and join us celebrating the great work volunteer developers > do for the Wikimedia communities. > > We hope to see you there! > Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 > > [^1]: 17:00 UTC is 9:00 PST, 18:00 CEST, 22:30 IST. More timezones in > timeanddate.com > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> > -- > Joaquin Oltra Hernandez > Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation > -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date! Coolest Tool Award 2020: December 11th, 17:00 UTC
Hi all! Final reminder, the Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> event will happen tomorrow (22 hours from now). You can save the Coolest Tool Award 2020 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYM4k_LD_9w> Youtube link, and if you want a notification reminder subscribe to the MediaWiki channel and click the bell. For chatting, feel free to use the livestream chat in the Youtube video, Twitter #CoolestToolAward <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CoolestToolAward=live>, or #wmhack Telegram group <https://t.me/wmhack> / Freenode IRC #wmhack <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wmhack>. See you tomorrow! Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 5:23 PM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > A reminder that the Coolest Tool Award > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> event will happen > online this Friday 11 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC[^1]. > > Here is more information about the venue: > >- > >The event will be live streamed on Youtube in the MediaWiki ><https://www.youtube.com/user/watchmediawiki> channel >- > >The following venues can be used for socializing: >- > > Youtube live stream chat (MediaWiki > <https://www.youtube.com/user/watchmediawiki>) > - > > Twitter #CoolestToolAward > <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CoolestToolAward=live> > - > > #wmhack Telegram group <https://t.me/wmhack> / IRC #wmhackconnect > <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wmhack> > > See you on Friday! > > Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 > > [^1]: 17:00 UTC is 9:00 PT, 18:00 CET, 22:30 IST. More timezones in > timeanddate.com > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 6:01 PM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < > jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone! >> >> The second edition of the Coolest Tool Award >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> will happen online >> on Friday 11 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC[^1]. >> >> The awarded tools will be showcased in a virtual event, with broadcasted >> video and chat channels for socializing. We will send more details soon. >> >> Save the date, and join us celebrating the great work volunteer >> developers do for the Wikimedia communities. >> >> We hope to see you there! >> Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 >> >> [^1]: 17:00 UTC is 9:00 PST, 18:00 CEST, 22:30 IST. More timezones in >> timeanddate.com >> <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> >> -- >> Joaquin Oltra Hernandez >> Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation >> > > > -- > Joaquin Oltra Hernandez > Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation > -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Cloud] [Cloud-announce] New Wikireplicas available, timeline update, and Quarry migration
Hi, These changes are not arbitrary, they are a necessity to keep the replicas functioning. With the growth experienced in the last years (commons, wikidata) the current technology used by Wikireplicas is not feasible. I’ve outlined more technical details in a cloud mailing list response: [1] We have been keeping track of all the code posted that uses cross-wiki joins, and are planning to analyze more from logs. [2] was made to figure out common use cases and possibilities to enable them. If you need help evaluating how you will be affected or migrating your code please reach out in the #wikimedia-cloud IRC channel, cl...@lists.wikimedia.org mailing list or make a task in Phabricator #Data-Services [3]. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/cloud/2021-March/001436.html [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215858 [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2874/ On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 12:15 AM Daniel Schwen wrote: > This is the next step after disallowing user databases on replicas. It > broke some of my tools but I recently rewrote them to move joining logic > into my application. I also replicate small amounts of data (e.g. page > titles for a subset of pages) into my user db for joins. > I found it quite off-putting at first. Volunteers are effectively forced > to do substantial amounts of extra work after creating tools that "work > perfectly fine". > But I can understand the need to provide more scalable infrastructure with > the ever growing projects. > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 3:46 PM Yetkin Sakal via Cloud < > cl...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> I completely agree with Maarten. It would be a step backward to stop >> supporting cross-database joins on wiki replicas. This is a breaking change >> and should not be applied unless a feasible solution to the problem is >> found. >> On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 8:17:39 PM GMT+3, Maarten Dammers < >> maar...@mdammers.nl> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Joaquin, >> >> Completely nothing was done with the community input about not being able >> to do cross wiki joins anymore [1]. In the past the WMF would do something >> with community input. I guess the new strategy is to just give the >> appearance of community input to legitimize a decision. Nice way to >> alienate the volunteers. >> >> Maarten >> >> [1] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/cloud/2020-November/thread.html#1309 >> On 12-03-2021 19:16, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez wrote: >> >> TLDR: >> - Instead of `*.db.svc.eqiad.wmflabs` use `*.db.svc.wikimedia.cloud` to >> use the new replicas >> - Quarry will migrate March 23 to use the new cluster >> - In a ~month (April 15) the old cluster will start retiring. See >> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Wiki_Replicas_2020_Redesign#Timeline >> for more details >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm happy to announce that the new replicas cluster is available for use >> after a few weeks open for testing. >> >> To use the new cluster, you will only need to change the hostname when >> connecting to the databases. Instead of `*.db.svc.eqiad.wmflabs` you can >> use `*.db.svc.wikimedia.cloud`. See: >> >> - >> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Wiki_Replicas_2020_Redesign#New_host_names >> - >> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Wiki_Replicas_2020_Redesign#How_can_I_test_the_new_replicas_before_the_switchover? >> - https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Database >> >> >> This brings us to the timeline updates: >> >> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Wiki_Replicas_2020_Redesign#Timeline >> >> - March 2021 >> - Announce new cluster domains for all users - March 12 >> - Migrate Quarry to use the new cluster - March 23 >> - April 2021 >> - PAWS migration - Estimated first week of April >> - Migrate the old cluster to utilize new replication hosts. Replication >> may stop. - April 15 >> - Redirect old hostnames to the new cluster - April 28 >> >> Quarry is ready so it will transition first to use the new replicas. This >> will happen on March 23, at which point we will deploy the changes and >> update the docs. We are publishing a note on Tech news but if there are >> other venues where this information would be useful please help us spread >> the word. >> >> PAWS is in the process of being migrated. We estimate it could be ready >> to use the new cluster at the beginning of April, and will publish more >> details as soon as we know. >> >> On April 15 the old cluster will be moved under the new replication >> hosts, at which point there m
