Re: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

2017-02-09 Thread Asaf Bartov 
Here's the (3-hour) footage of the detailed Wikidata tutorial delivered
today:

on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Gentle_Introduction_to_Wikidata_for_Absolute_Beginners_(including_non-techies!).webm

on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA

the slides:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_-_A_Gentle_Introduction_for_Complete_Beginners_(WMF_February_2017).pdf

It covers what Wikidata is (00:00), how to contribute new data to Wikidata
(1:09:34), how to create an entirely new item on Wikidata (1:27:07), how to
embed data from Wikidata into pages on other wikis (1:52:54), tools like
the Wikidata Game (1:39:20), Article Placeholder (2:01:01), Reasonator
(2:54:15) and Mix-and-match (2:57:05), and how to query Wikidata (including
SPARQL examples) (starting 2:05:05).

Share and enjoy. :)

   A.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM Rachel Farrand 
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> Please join for the following talk:
>
> *Tech Talk**:* A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners
> [including non-techies!]
> *Presenter:* Asaf Bartov
> *Date:* February 09, 2017
> *Time: *19:00 UTC
> <
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+A+Gentle+Introduction+to+Wikidata+for+Absolute+Beginners+%5Bincluding+non-techies%21%5D+=20170209T19=1440=3
> >
> Link to live YouTube stream 
> *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office
>
> *Summary: *This talk will introduce you to the Wikimedia Movement's latest
> major wiki project: Wikidata. We will cover what Wikidata is, how to
> contribute, how to embed Wikidata into articles on other wikis, tools like
> the Wikidata Game, and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples).
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[Wikitech-l] Multilingual maps: how to pick each feature language?

2017-02-09 Thread Yuri Astrakhan 
TLDR: if browsing a map for French wiki, and a city only has a Russian and
Chinese name, which one should be shown? Should the city name have
different rules from a store or a street name? ...

I have been hacking to add unlimited multilingual support to Wikipedia
maps, and have language fallback question:  given a list of arbitrary
languages for each map feature, what is the best choice for a given
language?

I know Mediawiki has language fallbacks, but they are very simple (e.g. for
"ru", if "ru" is not there, try "en").

Some things to consider:
* Unlike Wikipedia, where readers go for "meaning", in maps we mostly need
"readability".
* Alphabets: Latin alphabet is probably the most universally understood,
followed by...? Per target language?
* Politics: places like Crimea tend to have both Russian and Ukrainian
names defined, but if drawing map in Ukrainian, and some feature has
Russian and English names, but not Ukrainian, should it be shown with the
Russian or Ukrainian name?
* When viewing a map of China in English, should Chinese (local) name be
shown together with the English name? Should it be shown for all types of
features (city name, street name, name of the church, ...?)

Thanks!
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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikivideo-l] Video transcode prioritization changes in progress

2017-02-09 Thread Brion Vibber 
Looks like the high-prio queue is back to normal, all is well. :) Please
continue uploading.

-- brion

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:02 PM, James Hare  wrote:

> Should people refrain from uploading videos at this time?
>
>
> On February 9, 2017 at 5:01:51 PM, Brion Vibber (bvib...@wikimedia.org)
> wrote:
>
> Quick update -- I tested some batch-reencoding of missing low-res files and
> have flooded the high-priority queue. :) Thanks for your patience as we get
> the balance right.
>
> I'll add a throttle to TimedMediaHandler's requeueTranscodes.php so I can
> "fire-and-forget" on the background jobs without disturbing things...
>
> -- brion
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Brion Vibber 
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, the video scaler queue change is now live: SD and low-resolution
> video
> > output runs on a new, high-priority queue, with HD video output and
> > transcodes of files over 15 minutes in length run on the old queue.
> >
> > Note that existing queued conversions will continue to run on the
> > low-priority queue until it runs out, but most new uploads from here out
> > will have web-ready output much faster.
> >
> > (Load on the servers may be unbalanced for a bit, and may require further
> > tweaking to best balance responsiveness and throughput, so we'll keep an
> > eye on the graphs.)
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Brion Vibber 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We're in progress of deploying a small change to the video scalers[1],
> >> which should improve availability of newly uploaded video and audio
> files.
> >>
> >> The queue will now be split in two, one which covers low-resolution
> >> conversions for relatively short files, and one which covers long files
> and
> >> high-resolution conversions. When there's a flood of large uploads,
> other
> >> new files should still go through the high-priority queue while the
> large
> >> uploads and HD conversions may back up on the low-priority queue.
> >>
> >> The queue-runner side is updated now (done during the 'puppet SWAT'
> >> deployment window), with the MediaWiki side ready to roll around 19:00
> UTC
> >> (11am Pacific time, regular SWAT deployment window).
> >>
> >> [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/336846/
> >>
> >> -- brion
> >>
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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikivideo-l] Video transcode prioritization changes in progress

2017-02-09 Thread James Hare 
Should people refrain from uploading videos at this time?


On February 9, 2017 at 5:01:51 PM, Brion Vibber (bvib...@wikimedia.org)
wrote:

Quick update -- I tested some batch-reencoding of missing low-res files and
have flooded the high-priority queue. :) Thanks for your patience as we get
the balance right.

I'll add a throttle to TimedMediaHandler's requeueTranscodes.php so I can
"fire-and-forget" on the background jobs without disturbing things...

-- brion

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Brion Vibber  wrote:

> Ok, the video scaler queue change is now live: SD and low-resolution video
> output runs on a new, high-priority queue, with HD video output and
> transcodes of files over 15 minutes in length run on the old queue.
>
> Note that existing queued conversions will continue to run on the
> low-priority queue until it runs out, but most new uploads from here out
> will have web-ready output much faster.
>
> (Load on the servers may be unbalanced for a bit, and may require further
> tweaking to best balance responsiveness and throughput, so we'll keep an
> eye on the graphs.)
>
> -- brion
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Brion Vibber 
> wrote:
>
>> We're in progress of deploying a small change to the video scalers[1],
>> which should improve availability of newly uploaded video and audio
files.
>>
>> The queue will now be split in two, one which covers low-resolution
>> conversions for relatively short files, and one which covers long files
and
>> high-resolution conversions. When there's a flood of large uploads, other
>> new files should still go through the high-priority queue while the large
>> uploads and HD conversions may back up on the low-priority queue.
>>
>> The queue-runner side is updated now (done during the 'puppet SWAT'
>> deployment window), with the MediaWiki side ready to roll around 19:00
UTC
>> (11am Pacific time, regular SWAT deployment window).
>>
>> [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/336846/
>>
>> -- brion
>>
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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikivideo-l] Video transcode prioritization changes in progress

2017-02-09 Thread Brion Vibber 
Quick update -- I tested some batch-reencoding of missing low-res files and
have flooded the high-priority queue. :) Thanks for your patience as we get
the balance right.

I'll add a throttle to TimedMediaHandler's requeueTranscodes.php so I can
"fire-and-forget" on the background jobs without disturbing things...

-- brion

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Brion Vibber  wrote:

> Ok, the video scaler queue change is now live: SD and low-resolution video
> output runs on a new, high-priority queue, with HD video output and
> transcodes of files over 15 minutes in length run on the old queue.
>
> Note that existing queued conversions will continue to run on the
> low-priority queue until it runs out, but most new uploads from here out
> will have web-ready output much faster.
>
> (Load on the servers may be unbalanced for a bit, and may require further
> tweaking to best balance responsiveness and throughput, so we'll keep an
> eye on the graphs.)
>
> -- brion
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Brion Vibber 
> wrote:
>
>> We're in progress of deploying a small change to the video scalers[1],
>> which should improve availability of newly uploaded video and audio files.
>>
>> The queue will now be split in two, one which covers low-resolution
>> conversions for relatively short files, and one which covers long files and
>> high-resolution conversions. When there's a flood of large uploads, other
>> new files should still go through the high-priority queue while the large
>> uploads and HD conversions may back up on the low-priority queue.
>>
>> The queue-runner side is updated now (done during the 'puppet SWAT'
>> deployment window), with the MediaWiki side ready to roll around 19:00 UTC
>> (11am Pacific time, regular SWAT deployment window).
>>
>> [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/336846/
>>
>> -- brion
>>
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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikivideo-l] Video transcode prioritization changes in progress

2017-02-09 Thread Brion Vibber 
Ok, the video scaler queue change is now live: SD and low-resolution video
output runs on a new, high-priority queue, with HD video output and
transcodes of files over 15 minutes in length run on the old queue.

Note that existing queued conversions will continue to run on the
low-priority queue until it runs out, but most new uploads from here out
will have web-ready output much faster.

(Load on the servers may be unbalanced for a bit, and may require further
tweaking to best balance responsiveness and throughput, so we'll keep an
eye on the graphs.)

-- brion


On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Brion Vibber  wrote:

> We're in progress of deploying a small change to the video scalers[1],
> which should improve availability of newly uploaded video and audio files.
>
> The queue will now be split in two, one which covers low-resolution
> conversions for relatively short files, and one which covers long files and
> high-resolution conversions. When there's a flood of large uploads, other
> new files should still go through the high-priority queue while the large
> uploads and HD conversions may back up on the low-priority queue.
>
> The queue-runner side is updated now (done during the 'puppet SWAT'
> deployment window), with the MediaWiki side ready to roll around 19:00 UTC
> (11am Pacific time, regular SWAT deployment window).
>
> [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/336846/
>
> -- brion
>
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Re: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

2017-02-09 Thread Rachel Farrand 
Reminder! This talk starts in 1 hour!

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Rachel Farrand 
wrote:

> Please join for the following talk:
>
> *Tech Talk**:* A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners
> [including non-techies!]
> *Presenter:* Asaf Bartov
> *Date:* February 09, 2017
> *Time: *19:00 UTC
> 
> Link to live YouTube stream 
> *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office
>
> *Summary: *This talk will introduce you to the Wikimedia Movement's
> latest major wiki project: Wikidata. We will cover what Wikidata is, how to
> contribute, how to embed Wikidata into articles on other wikis, tools like
> the Wikidata Game, and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples).
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[Wikitech-l] Video transcode prioritization changes in progress

2017-02-09 Thread Brion Vibber 
We're in progress of deploying a small change to the video scalers[1],
which should improve availability of newly uploaded video and audio files.

The queue will now be split in two, one which covers low-resolution
conversions for relatively short files, and one which covers long files and
high-resolution conversions. When there's a flood of large uploads, other
new files should still go through the high-priority queue while the large
uploads and HD conversions may back up on the low-priority queue.

The queue-runner side is updated now (done during the 'puppet SWAT'
deployment window), with the MediaWiki side ready to roll around 19:00 UTC
(11am Pacific time, regular SWAT deployment window).

[1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/336846/

-- brion
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Re: [Wikitech-l] Mediawiki core has reached to its 400th contributor

2017-02-09 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo) 
https://www.openhub.net/p/mediawiki tends to be more accurate (people at 
least can easily de-duplicate email addresses etc.) and says 700+.


Do help https://www.openhub.net/orgs/wikimedia by adding more 
repositories and claiming more email address/commit IDs for yourself. :)


Nemo

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