[Wikimedia-l] making tech journalism easier to read

whip up a script to check whether some text has words from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Glossary and the other site glossaries in it, unless someone has a better idea. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation [0] I just tried rewriting a couple sentences from my

[Wikimedia-l] "Somebody Will"

Cynics, skip this message! http://www.sassafrassmusic.com/songs/sci-fi-fantasy-fandom/somebody-will/ I came across this sentimental song about "a world of encouragement and productivity, in which everyone is encouraged to create, support and work toward ideals" and it reminded me of our shared mi

[Wikimedia-l] quarterly review notes from Engineering Community Team

goals for the next year here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2013-14_Goals#Wikimedia_Technical_Community Thank you. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing li

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Happy Sysadmin Appreciation Day!

p://tools.wmflabs.org/ [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_cluster [6] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing lis

[Wikimedia-l] Software projects a chapter could take on

posed but might lack definition, consensus or mentors. And I see Erik has replied in another message so I should read that before I continue. :) -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:17:57 +0200, Michał Buczyński wrote: > Hi, >

[Wikimedia-l] HTTPS for logged-in users delayed. New date: August 28

This is a forward from the wikitech-ambassadors list. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/HTTPS is now updated with the new date. Original Message Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fwd: HTTPS for logged in users delayed. New date: August 28 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:30:51 -0700 From:

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time

Thanks to Mark Holmquist for maintaining http://etherpad.wmflabs.org for the past long while. It is going down in 2 weeks, so please retrieve your text. I recommend that you: * go into your browser history * search it for etherpad.wmflabs.org * go to each of those pads and copy-and-paste the cont

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time

, and frequently do backups, and always archive documents to a wiki after a session ends. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation On 08/23/2013 04:16 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Thanks to Mark Holmquist for maintaining http://etherpad.wmflabs.org for &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

with_Wikipedia > > g Thanks to everyone who's been offering ideas and thoughts in this thread! Could we move to maps-l (cc'd)? https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l I recently posted to maps-l about plans for the OSM tileserver that Wikimedia is going to hos

[Wikimedia-l] software projects for chapters, thematic orgs, and others

ture WMIT tech initiatives successful? Mentorship from more experienced IT project managers? Frequent check-ins to find dropped tasks faster? Paid contractors for engineering or administration? I'm just giving ideas - maybe you have an idea of what you would do, if you could do this over again. (

[Wikimedia-l] Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two days - backup time

Reminder: etherpad.wmflabs.org will end in two days. -Sumana On 08/23/2013 01:20 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > And just as a reminder: etherpad.wikimedia.org is not a production-level > service, and therefore any data within an etherpad > should be considered both public and able to

[Wikimedia-l] What makes a good small (tech) project

ttps://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Previous_Participants -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation P.S. After this email, I'm unsubscribing from the wikimedia-l list as I prepare for my sabbatical, which starts this weekend - more info at http://li

[Wikimedia-l] Event coordinators: how to create many accounts from 1 IP address

mporary removal of that restriction. The Foundation's Maggie Dennis has written a quick HOWTO: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_request_lift_of_an_IP_cap and so please feel free to link to it in your outreach HOWTOs, event planning checklists, and so on. Thanks, Maggie! --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Event coordinators: how to create many accounts from 1 IP address

Thanks to everyone who helped work on this documentation. I really appreciate it. Please distribute https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation and, within it, link to the relevant "becoming an account creator" pages on particular wikis. Thanks. -- Sumana Harihareswara E

[Wikimedia-l] Engineering community contacts for the next few weeks

i.org/wiki/Developer_access/Subversion [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Review_queue [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Platform_Engineering#Engineering_Community_Team [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Tech-related lists you might not know about

ation wikitech-ambassadors analytics wikitext-l -- the new Visual Editor & parser wikidata-l -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscri

[Wikimedia-l] Run a local tech training event - I can help you start

don't limit yourself to these ideas -- wherever you are and whatever you want to concentrate on, I'm happy to answer questions about this or to point you to opportunities and possible sponsorship in your area. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Wikimedia/mapping event in Europe early next year?

that if you can't have the event happen in March or early April, you will possibly cause some participants to *choose* between the mapping event and the late May WMNL hackathon, because they can't take the time to travel to both so close together. https://www.med

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No access to the Uzbek Wikipedia in Uzbekistan

cussion over to https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43466 ("when serving Uzbek Wikipedia, make HTTPS canonical"). I've asked a bug wrangler to contact Ops about it as well. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No access to the Uzbek Wikipedia in Uzbekistan

On 12/27/2012 03:08 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > So in my opinion we can move discussion over to > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43466 ("when serving > Uzbek Wikipedia, make HTTPS canonical"). I've asked a bug wrangler to > contact Ops about i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

net-closed-book . -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Thanks for reports

ne, I learn something that helps me do my job better. I know that each one takes time to put together and I appreciate your work. Thank you. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's support of OTRS

this year, that would be great to help me chase this down. :-) I am glad that people have been bringing this up and pushing for a better toolset and experience for our volunteers. Hope I can help. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's support of OTRS

On 02/21/2013 07:07 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > I'm looking at <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/22622> -- "Upgrade > Wikimedia OTRS installation from 2.4.x CVS to the latest version > (3.2.1)" -- and I see that Wikimedia Foundation's Rob Halsell has been &

[Wikimedia-l] volunteers who don't know about opportunities

w well our publicity about these things is penetrating our volunteer communities, and I don't know what level of penetration I would be satisfied with. I suspect that others have better answers regarding what we've tried, what works, and what we're doing next, and I'd love to hear them. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia engineering February 2013 report

/Wikimedia_Deutschland/en> .* In February the first phase of Wikidata (language links) was deployed on the English-language Wikipedia. Additionally the first parts of phase 2 (infoboxes) went life on wikidata.org. It is now possible to add statements. For an example see d:159 <https://www.wikidata.

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF engineering report for March

hat summary. I think that might be a better fit for this particular audience. Let me know what you think. As always, feedback is appreciated about the usefulness of the report and its summary, and on how to improve them. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation

[Wikimedia-l] Chapter software tools work welcome at Berlin hackathon in June

in hackathon in June <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Berlin_Hackathon_2012>. The organizers (including me) would appreciate it if interested participants would register by May 1st so we can plan properly. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

procedural guide: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Writing_an_extension_for_deployment so if you could help me in alerting the extension's author to those comments, that would be great. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Release of educational videos under creative commons (Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 97, Issue 73)

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Review_queue .) -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation On 04/24/2012 12:17 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: > Where's the latest thread on the Timed Media Handler progress? > > I am meeting with MIT Open CourseWare tomo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

are still valid: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:WikiProject_Bug_Squad Thank you! Thanks. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l