Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread Asheesh Laroia
Excerpts from wangfeng wangfeng's message of Tue Aug 07 20:49:12 -0400 2012: > Thank you! Your work will great help to me. To me, too. I will stop working on my program that scrapes the web interface to create accounts, then! https://github.com/paulproteus/create-wiki-account -- Asheesh. __

[Wikitech-l] WYSIWYG and preview

2012-08-07 Thread Adm
hello, I have configured (and patched) richeditor in my mediawiki 1.19.1: require_once("$IP/extensions/WYSIWYG/WYSIWYG.php"); $wgGroupPermissions['*']['wysiwyg'] = TRUE; $wgDefaultUserOptions['riched_use_toggle'] = 1; $wgDefaultUserOptions['riched_start_disabled'] = 1; $wgDefaultUserOptions['rich

[Wikitech-l] IRC office hours with the Localisation team 2012-08-15 16:30 UTC

2012-08-07 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan (WMF)
Hello everyone, You're invited to the IRC office hours with the Localisation team[1] at the Wikimedia Foundation. Date: 2012-08-15 Time: 16.30 UTC Venue: #wikimedia-office Agenda: 1. Universal Language Selector update. 2. Language teams. 3. Q & A For more logistical info and time conversion lin

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread wangfeng wangfeng
Thank you! Your work will great help to me. 2012/8/7 Tyler Romeo > Awesome. In that case I'll put it on my project list. Depending on how free > I am, I should have something in the next week or two. > > *--* > *Tyler Romeo* > Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 > Major in Computer Sc

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to distribute a Mediawiki project?

2012-08-07 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
On 08/06/2012 08:03 PM, Tomás Vírseda wrote: > Anyway I think it is useful and I'd like to share this project in > Internet. Which is the best strategy? > I know that I can export all my pages into a file. But is there > any idea/extensions about this issue? I'm interested in anything you find out

Re: [Wikitech-l] Free software license for (global) gadgets

2012-08-07 Thread Helder .
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Liangent wrote: > Also Lua modules? Good point! Helder ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Free software license for (global) gadgets

2012-08-07 Thread Liangent
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Raylton P. Sousa wrote: > I'm also interested in a reply > > 2012/8/6 Helder . > >> Hi! >> >> According to some pages on mediawiki.org[1][2], it seems that wiki is >> going to be >> a central repository for gadgets which will be shared with WMF projects >> (and oth

Re: [Wikitech-l] Free software license for (global) gadgets

2012-08-07 Thread Raylton P. Sousa
I'm also interested in a reply 2012/8/6 Helder . > Hi! > > According to some pages on mediawiki.org[1][2], it seems that wiki is > going to be > a central repository for gadgets which will be shared with WMF projects > (and other projects using MediaWiki). > > I would like to know if there is an

Re: [Wikitech-l] About outreach and tech events (as suggested by Sumana!)

2012-08-07 Thread Chris McMahon
> > > The goal would be to lure experienced TDD devs in by focusing the event on > testing, make them work with the community during a weekend on the code > base, existing test, writing tests, etc. and mentor others along the > way. (I'm still convinced that giving it a cool, flashy, name doesn't h

Re: [Wikitech-l] About outreach and tech events (as suggested by Sumana!)

2012-08-07 Thread Julien Dorra
Hi Al, Bawolff, Lydia, Marcin, and thanks for your feedbacks and exchanges! I was away for a few days, so I'll try to summarize what's have been said and what it makes me think about tech outreach at wikipedia. Bawolff said: > it just seems that often outreach focuses on people outside the > Wik

Re: [Wikitech-l] Invitation for Localisation team development demonstration 2012-08-07 15:00 UTC

2012-08-07 Thread Siebrand Mazeland (WMF)
Someone managed to cancel our demo in WebEx. Apologies. The demo link is https://wikimedia.webex.com/wikimedia/j.php?ED=182512652&UID=1294182757&RT=MiMyMg%3D%3D The demo will start in 5 minutes or less. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) wrote: > You are invited to the Loca

[Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread bawolff
> Mhm. I like the idea of function supersession. Basically, I just don't > think we should call a function deprecated unless it actually is indeed > deprecated, i.e., no longer used anywhere in the core. Theoretically, a > function that is deprecated in the core should not show any warnings > whats

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread Tyler Romeo
Awesome. In that case I'll put it on my project list. Depending on how free I am, I should have something in the next week or two. *--* *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:04

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread Yuvi Panda
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: > Hmm, if there is actually any interest, I might try and work on the account > registration API. I'm sure there's plenty of interest! From what I know, at least Mobile Team is interested in them (enabling account creation in apps). -- Yuvi Pan

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Tyler Romeo
Mhm. I like the idea of function supersession. Basically, I just don't think we should call a function deprecated unless it actually is indeed deprecated, i.e., no longer used anywhere in the core. Theoretically, a function that is deprecated in the core should not show any warnings whatsoever when

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Derric Atzrott
>I don't think this is a very good idea at all. The real problem has to do with >the definition of a deprecated feature. If a feature has been deprecated, then >it should no longer be used (at least not in the core). > >Inventing soft deprecation for features that have been superseded but have yet

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread Tyler Romeo
Hmm, if there is actually any interest, I might try and work on the account registration API. *--* *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:29 AM, wangfeng wangfeng < wangfeng.v1.1

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Tyler Romeo
I don't think this is a very good idea at all. The real problem has to do with the definition of a deprecated feature. If a feature has been deprecated, then it should no longer be used (at least not in the core). Inventing soft deprecation for features that have been superseded but have yet to be

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Helder .
Indeed: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/249632 Helder On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Krinkle wrote: > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> This is something I've come across several times before when deprecating >> functions: people want dif

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, Didn't we solve this already by being able to pass a version to > wfDeprecation() and allowing users to set $wgDeprecationReleaseLimit to > hide/show from whatever cut-off point they desire? > This seems to coarse - people still get mad when adding a wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.20' ), even

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Krinkle
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > Hey, > > This is something I've come across several times before when deprecating > functions: people want different behaviour with regard to the warnings they > get. Typically what people want can be split into two groups: > > Didn't we sol

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Derric Atzrott
>Hey, > >This is something I've come across several times before when deprecating >functions: people want different behaviour with regard to the warnings they get. >Typically what people want can be split into two groups: > >Weak deprecation: The function is documented as being deprecated but no >w

[Wikitech-l] Searching in mediawiki instance with solr?

2012-08-07 Thread Uwe Baumbach
Hi, is there any special advice for searching in mediawiki instances using solr? The only thing I found http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SolrStore seemed to be quit special for SMW? We already run solr for other projects and it would be nice to include our wiki http://genwiki.genealogy

[Wikitech-l] Deprecation levels

2012-08-07 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, This is something I've come across several times before when deprecating functions: people want different behaviour with regard to the warnings they get. Typically what people want can be split into two groups: Weak deprecation: The function is documented as being deprecated but no wfDepreca

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread wangfeng wangfeng
Thank you . I will consider it. 2012/8/7 Christopher Wilson > It seems like it would make more sense to just use a central > authentication system to support both the Wiki and the other services. > There are extensions and plugins for LDAP and other authentication > methods. > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to create account by API?

2012-08-07 Thread Christopher Wilson
It seems like it would make more sense to just use a central authentication system to support both the Wiki and the other services. There are extensions and plugins for LDAP and other authentication methods. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:58 PM, wangfeng wangfeng wrote: > Thank you. > So do you mean t