Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Ok then can we not make the default version the https one like say google does. This will not be a permanent solution, I'm afraid. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Ok then can we not make the default version the https one like say google does. This will not be a permanent solution, I'm afraid. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Debanjan* - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
What if the malware specifically look for wikipedia browsing? From the user point of view it can easily fool us thinking that it is not appearing on any other sites but wikipedia. On May 7, 2012 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Ok then can we not make the default version the https one like say google does. This will not be a permanent solution, I'm afraid. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Debanjan* - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.comwrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. I don't think the enwp community will agree to acknowledge the malware by putting up a worldwide banner. Most of our users don't face this problem, and the only problem devices are those which have been compromised. The only effective resolution would be when Google and MS agree to patch this up. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipatrika]: A quick update
Dear all, A quick update on Wikipatrika. Here's the current draft of the next issue http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2012-05/Community_News As you can see, most of the sections have been updated with information on events, meetups and Wikipedia news of our various language communities. This time, we've also added an interview of a community member (Bpositive's report on INCOTM) and an external interview (interview with a GLAM Director) to make Patrika more informative and interesting. Quite a few of you may already have contributed to this draft. The pages for as, bn, gu, hi, en, kn, ne, or, sa, te and ta have already been translated from the respective languages. There is also a Commons tab where we can add information on various photo walks. The reason why I'm sharing this update is for everyone else to add material that may have been left out or any other details. Do remember that we are planning to release this on May 10th so please do add your edits / sections by May 9th. Also, going forward, we hope to coordinate the issue on the Wikipatrika mailing list. So, I invite all those interested to join the Wikipatrika mailing list here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-newsletter Regards Noopur -- Noopur Raval ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Introduction - Arun
Congrats Arun. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Sundar and Logic, I was hoping to send a more informal intro here :) To give you guys more details, I will be working with the foundation l10n engineering team[1] four days a week as a user experience designer. During my 6 month contract, I will be required to look into usability issues and design a more user friendly interface for language tools, which are currently not very simple to use for a complete newbie. The Goal: Lower the entry barrier for non-english speakers to start using and contributing to wikimedia projects. Since work for the foundation is essentially public work and has an impact on all of us, everyone is requested to keep track of our progress and give feedback on our outputs to make it better. I'm still trying to figure out what the best communication medium with everyone is, I think these lists are too noisy and is ignored by a good bunch of people (including me). If anyone has better ideas on what would be an appropriate channel to get feedback on our outputs, please suggest. You can track our work and progress in the following ways: 1) Current sprint progress and tasks [2] 2) Monthly updates and milestones [3] 2) Sprint demos every 2nd tuesday at 2030 IST (Next: May 15) [4] 3) Localisation team IRC office hours every 3rd wednesday of the month [5] Logic is a regular at these events, and it would be great to see more faces turn up and see the work behind the scenes to make wikipedia better. Its also a great opportunity for those wanting to get involved in mediawiki development to interact with some awesome coders and help you get started. For my work, I will be needing a small group of indic language wikipedians who are not familiar with English to get feedback on designs. I'm going to rely on Logic for helping me out on this, if you can read this mail and you know someone else, you can let srikanth know. I'll collect the names from him later (thanks srikanth :)) I will probably not be posting anything technical here again. I think the best is to have a wiki page and keep discussions/feedback there. I will announce that system shortly. Cheers, Arun [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Localization_team [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization_tools/status [3] https://mingle.corp.wikimedia.org/projects/internationalization/cards?favorite_id=183view=Task+Status+by+Owner(login: guest / guest) [4] https://wikimedia.webex.com/ https://wikimedia.webex.com/ [5] http://webchat.freenode.net/ (chennel: wikimedia-office) PS: a reminder about the upcoming hackathon in Bangalore that Yuvi and Logic are putting together on May 19. There's tons of coll stuff you can do, and its open to everyone. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bangalore_Hackathon_May_2012 On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.comwrote: Congrats Arun! :-) Regards, Sundar That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted. - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture -- *From:* Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com *To:* Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:25 PM *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Introduction - Arun Congrats Arun! (Not that he needs introduction on this list) -- Forwarded message -- From: *Arun Ganesh* arun.plane...@gmail.com Date: Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:46 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Introduction - Arun To: wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org, wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce myself to the community and the WMF team, I'm Arun Ganesh (user:planemad)[1a] from Bangalore, India and have joined as contractor for the foundation's L10n team[1b] as an Interaction designer along with Pau to improve the user experience of language tools and features. I have been a longtime contributer to both commons[2] and the openstreetmap[3] project and got involved with foundation work during the Mumbai and Pune hackathons recently[4][5][6] where I proposed some of the first ideas for the Universal Language Selector widget with Brandon, with which we want to make language selection for anyone easy peasy. Apart from that, I love cartography and maps [7], which would explain my map contributions and the occasional headline for wikipedia [8], use only public transport[9] and traveling with my pocket camera[10]. Its feels great to have this opportunity to work more seriously on a project which has been an important part of my life. I'm new here, I wont claim to know much, but I hope to make a difference in whichever way possible. I also look forward to interacting more closely and learning from the rest of the
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
The ads don't show up on https, ONLY on http. It doesn't matter which browser you use, IE or Chrome. I use IE, Opera and I see no ads, but several cyber cafes I use have these ads EVEN on Firefox, and Chrome. Inkfruit, probably doesn't have anything to do with this, I suggest you all take a good look at a content provider called 'Conduit' who is the culprit behind these. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. I don't think the enwp community will agree to acknowledge the malware by putting up a worldwide banner. Most of our users don't face this problem, and the only problem devices are those which have been compromised. The only effective resolution would be when Google and MS agree to patch this up. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
Hi, Next time when anyone gets such ad, please take a screenshot and also view the source of the page and save it. That source will help find the source of the ads. HTH -Sudhanwa On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: The ads don't show up on https, ONLY on http. It doesn't matter which browser you use, IE or Chrome. I use IE, Opera and I see no ads, but several cyber cafes I use have these ads EVEN on Firefox, and Chrome. Inkfruit, probably doesn't have anything to do with this, I suggest you all take a good look at a content provider called 'Conduit' who is the culprit behind these. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. I don't think the enwp community will agree to acknowledge the malware by putting up a worldwide banner. Most of our users don't face this problem, and the only problem devices are those which have been compromised. The only effective resolution would be when Google and MS agree to patch this up. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
I've been trying to get a copy of that source for months, so please send it my way as well. :) ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Next time when anyone gets such ad, please take a screenshot and also view the source of the page and save it. That source will help find the source of the ads. HTH -Sudhanwa On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: The ads don't show up on https, ONLY on http. It doesn't matter which browser you use, IE or Chrome. I use IE, Opera and I see no ads, but several cyber cafes I use have these ads EVEN on Firefox, and Chrome. Inkfruit, probably doesn't have anything to do with this, I suggest you all take a good look at a content provider called 'Conduit' who is the culprit behind these. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. I don't think the enwp community will agree to acknowledge the malware by putting up a worldwide banner. Most of our users don't face this problem, and the only problem devices are those which have been compromised. The only effective resolution would be when Google and MS agree to patch this up. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
I believe Aditya sent one when this thing first cropped up on this list. From: phili...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 11:03:02 -0700 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia? I've been trying to get a copy of that source for months, so please send it my way as well. :)___Philippe BeaudetteDirector, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Next time when anyone gets such ad, please take a screenshot and also view the source of the page and save it. That source will help find the source of the ads. HTH -Sudhanwa On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: The ads don't show up on https, ONLY on http. It doesn't matter which browser you use, IE or Chrome. I use IE, Opera and I see no ads, but several cyber cafes I use have these ads EVEN on Firefox, and Chrome. Inkfruit, probably doesn't have anything to do with this, I suggest you all take a good look at a content provider called 'Conduit' who is the culprit behind these. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess and inform others. Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that Wikipedia has started ads. I don't think the enwp community will agree to acknowledge the malware by putting up a worldwide banner. Most of our users don't face this problem, and the only problem devices are those which have been compromised. The only effective resolution would be when Google and MS agree to patch this up. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
