[Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout. Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted. -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
HI Sumana , Op 17-1-2012 18:11, Sumana Harihareswara schreef: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout. Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted. How is the api block implemented? What output is my bot going to get? Some details would be nice. Maarten ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Maarten Dammers maar...@mdammers.nl wrote: HI Sumana , Op 17-1-2012 18:11, Sumana Harihareswara schreef: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout. Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted. How is the api block implemented? What output is my bot going to get? Some details would be nice. Maarten Probably set $wgEnableWriteAPI to false, if they do that when trying to perform the disabled actions you'll received an 'unrecognized action' error or something simiar. ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js. On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout. Please forward and publicize so people who use and run bots are alerted. -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Jeff Ferland j...@storyinmemo.com wrote: Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js. From what I read consensus ended up as a full-block and not just a notice. ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jeff Ferland j...@storyinmemo.com wrote: Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js. Edits will be disabled for the 24 hour period. No exceptions unless there's an emergency. -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
Op 17-1-2012 21:42, Erik Moeller schreef: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jeff Ferlandj...@storyinmemo.com wrote: Are we turning off all edits? Last I understood from Ryan Kaldari on Wikitech-L there would be a site notice that covered everything up, but the enterprising among us could hide the layer / block the js. Edits will be disabled for the 24 hour period. No exceptions unless there's an emergency. But how Erik? What message will the api throw when bots tries to read or to edit? Maarten ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Maarten Dammers maar...@mdammers.nl wrote: But how Erik? What message will the api throw when bots tries to read or to edit? Via $wgGroupPermissions -- so I guess it'll throw a general permission error identical to what you'd get if you'd try to edit a page you don't have access to. We're preparing a technical FAQ on Meta so we can vet this all for general consumption. -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
Re: [Toolserver-l] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
On 01/17/2012 01:01 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Maarten Dammers maar...@mdammers.nl wrote: But how Erik? What message will the api throw when bots tries to read or to edit? Via $wgGroupPermissions -- so I guess it'll throw a general permission error identical to what you'd get if you'd try to edit a page you don't have access to. We're preparing a technical FAQ on Meta so we can vet this all for general consumption. The FAQ is up: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_SOPA_blackout/Technical_FAQ -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
