Re: [Wikitech-l] can't get git-review to work

te-packages (from git-review) > Requirement already up-to-date: requests>=1.1 in > /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from git-review) > > If I run "/usr/bin/easy_install --version": > distribute 0.6.14 > > I couldn't find any solution on Google or in our git-revi

Re: [Wikitech-l] "Try the free Wikipedia app" banners

of the app are the most popular and useful. Additionally, we'd like to know the drop-off counts. We want to do it in a controlled environment where we understand the patterns as they exist fairly well. We'll run this experiment for X days, and we know that there will be biases on W, Y,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Collaboration team reprioritization

> On Sep 3, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Ricordisamoa <ricordisa...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > > I appreciate the acknowledgement of failure. I don't think that's what was said at all. You may wish to re-read all of this. --- Brandon Harris :: bhar...@gaijin.com :: made of steel w

Re: [Wikitech-l] "Try the free Wikipedia app" banners

because many will simply say "screw this if you're serving me interstitials". This was a bad idea. It remains a bad idea. It looks bad on the movement. --- Brandon Harris :: bhar...@gaijin.com :: made of steel wool and whiskey

Re: [Wikitech-l] ignore feature for mediawiki?

://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bikeshedding a good name for the api.php API

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Winter, v. 0.6

On Jul 14, 2014, at 3:55 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I *love* how typing into the search bar gives you related articles. How are you doing that? Through the magic of the new search API. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge

Re: [Wikitech-l] Winter, v. 0.6

but because of the size the email needs to go through moderation. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] Winter, v. 0.6

of the very faint text, I can't be certain what's supposed to be above the title; however, what is there looks to all be crowded over to the right of the screen above the large amount of whitespace. I'll try to grab a screenshot and send it in. Risker/Anne On 14 July 2014 01:03, Brandon Harris

[Wikitech-l] Winter, v. 0.6

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Larger thumbnails for MediaWiki / Wikimedia wikis?

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Why is Cologne Blue still in core?

prefer Monobook. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gerrit Commit Wars

. This is a fairly limited view. The functionality was *broken*. It failed to work in the way it was expected to work. That’s what “broken” means. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gerrit Commit Wars

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Action Script API client library?

that we do have a library for? JS? Java? Thanks, Strainu ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support

Re: [Wikitech-l] InstantClick

, this could well mean they're paying for things loaded in the background - things that they may never even touch. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Homepage Redesign

A) it's a good exercise to learn with; B) it's good practice to make them for all projects, regardless of size, I only to help solidify one's thinking. We should do LESS designing in code, not more. Snt frm my iPhne On Dec 16, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Isarra Yos zhoris...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Design] Should MediaWiki CSS prefer non-free fonts?

and Neue is slightly redundant. Is there are reason we don't cut Helvetica regular from the list? --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

Re: [Wikitech-l] Should MediaWiki CSS prefer non-free fonts?

++ While I see the value in specifying font stacks that are arguably “prettier” I also don’t think it’s worth giving up our principles for it. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] New Version of the Flow Prototype Released

not a product (yet), so there's no place in BZ to file bugs (yet). I assume any bugs or feedback could be provided in this thread though :) -Chad On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.org wrote: This isn't a product, so there isn't a place for bugs. And I am

Re: [Wikitech-l] New Version of the Flow Prototype Released

to replace them with some text :) -- Matma Rex ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http

[Wikitech-l] New Version of the Flow Prototype Released

for topics and posts * Read posts are now open by default (experimental) * Killed several features not in the minimum viable product. * Fake-up a VisualEditor toolbar in textareas (non-functional) --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation

Re: [Wikitech-l] New Version of the Flow Prototype Released

, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.orgwrote: A new version of the Flow Prototype has been released. This version has ''many'' changes, not the least of which

[Wikitech-l] Announcing the Flow Portal(s)

to having conversations via Google hangouts and/or Skype as need be. I am always around on irc (freenode, username jorm) and am willing to answer any questions you may have. -b. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http

Re: [Wikitech-l] whatcanidoforwikipedia.org

://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] whatcanidoforwikipedia.org

On Apr 7, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: Brandon has done landing pages before (SOPA anyone?) I keep forgetting that happened. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki

Re: [Wikitech-l] whatcanidoforwikipedia.org

categories seem to make sense to me. Full copy for the secondary bullets needs 'ritin'. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

[Wikitech-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Iconathon 2013

/The_Noun_Project_Iconathon Please stop by one of these pages and share your thoughts and ideas. [1] http://www.thenounproject.com --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC Project Update (ConventionExtension)

On Aug 26, 2012, at 11:04 AM, John Du Hart compwhi...@gmail.com wrote: This is a disgusting way to store data. I don't think we need to talk to each other like this. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] Can we make an acceptable behavior policy? (was: Re: Mailman archives broken?)

. This communication style typically causes the exact opposite response from what you apparently want to have happen. I can't speak for others, but when someone talks to *me* this way, I start tuning them out. Honey = flies. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support

Re: [Wikitech-l] OpenID on Labs projects (was: Re: EtherEditor testing, round 3: Minor stress test)

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Responsive web design

this. :) Athena's timeline is murky. We are still very much in the design iteration phase as far as layout and interaction goes. However, the Agora project - a Foundation-specific style guide - is pretty far along and should be completed soon. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation

Re: [Wikitech-l] bot activity in #mediawiki on freenode

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Revoking +2 (Re: who can merge into core/master?)

On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:23 AM, Dmitriy Sintsov wrote: Shrek ears?? Why people have to be humiliated? Why don't just: 1. temporary reduce the salary 2. permanently reduce the salary 3. fire ? I'm not sure that your solution is less of a humiliation, my friend. --- Brandon Harris

Re: [Wikitech-l] Changing the MediaWiki logo?

On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Chad wrote: I think a contest may indeed be in order then :) Clearly more unicorns are required. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] reasons for api json callback restrictions

On May 16, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Terry Chay wrote: BTW, our (current) security policy isn't technically complete. The following exploits are currently able to be done in XSSI: Terry scares the crap out of me sometimes. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support

Re: [Wikitech-l] my SkinTemplateBuildNavUrlsNav_urlsAfterPermalink no longer works when logged out

'][]='JidanniLessSkinMess'; Note the single quote I dropped in right before BaseTemplateToolbox, that removes the syntax error. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki 1.20wmf1 deployed to test2 mediawiki.org

Concur. Good job, Trevor! --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Steven Walling wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Mono monom...@gmail.com wrote: Love

Re: [Wikitech-l] diff colors

? - d. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] Text browser users won't see your important site notice

Wikipedia is not like everyone else.. We were specifically told NOT to use 503 errors, because they index us different than the rest of the Internet. Snt frm my iPhne On Jan 18, 2012, at 3:32 PM, OQ overlo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikitech-l] Email notification sender

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Mass changes to bugs by Jan Kucera (Kozuch)

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Diff colors - a disaster waiting to happen

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Diff colors - a disaster waiting to happen

into a drama - over something I don't really care that much about anyways. This was an open bug. I was asked to address it. I did. That's the end of the story. -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

[Wikitech-l] Reminder: WMF Features Team office hours

after we've had a chance to give our statuses, but after that, feel free to ask about anything. And if no one else shows up, I'll at least have a whole IRC channel to myself. -b. -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla Weekly Report

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[Wikitech-l] Feature Team IRC Meeting

, but after that, feel free to ask about anything. And if no one else shows up, I'll at least have a whole IRC channel to myself. -b. -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Wikitech-l] Who actually reads @wikimediatech ?

more useful if we reduced the amount of semi-random information we post there. So, I'm basically proposing to repurpose the @wikimediatech accounts for this. Thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea? You don't care? -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http

Re: [Wikitech-l] Who actually reads @wikimediatech ?

@wikimediatech for the human stuff. -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikitech-l] Who actually reads @wikimediatech ?

them. -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Help us document MediaWiki's history

This is my new favorite URL, ever. On 9/13/11 10:33 PM, Tim Starling wrote: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/10844 Just think how different the world might have been ;) ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

Re: [Wikitech-l] RFC: Modifying diff colors due to color blindness issues

Underlines and overlines. I would like to see an experimental version with those. On 7/27/11 10:38 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: I always thought the French diff interface was much more pleasant than the default one. I like Krinkle's version as well. They could both stand to bump up the

Re: [Wikitech-l] RFC: Modifying diff colors due to color blindness issues

On a related tangent to this, actually: I have, in the past, provided users with a color blindness preference. I'm not a big fan of preferences overall (too much clutter) but a visually-impaired/color blind one is a preference I'd not fight and would even welcome.

Re: [Wikitech-l] RFC: Modifying diff colors due to color blindness issues

On 7/27/11 3:49 PM, Maciej Jaros wrote: I like the first red green (without the border), but if at it there should probably be more distinction between the grey, red and green colours. I was working on a picture on Commons some time ago after being poked by a colour blind person and found

Re: [Wikitech-l] Welcoming Ian Baker

I don't think it is necessary for you to be such a downbeat. On 7/8/11 9:35 PM, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: Fire Performer? Aerial Acrobatics? Ho hum. Another boring hiring announcement. Why can't they write them like http://www.dreamhost.com/newsletter/0711.html#a1 ?

[Wikitech-l] DOMAS THE GIANT HAS A POSSE

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of more regular code deployments

On 6/1/11 8:50 PM, MZMcBride wrote: To me, the solution seems a lot more obvious than it does to others, a point that I'm still struggling with in my head. Your solution, as you've described it in the past, comprises people do code review or orf wit' dere heads. I know of

Re: [Wikitech-l] facebook like box in mediawiki

On 4/18/11 10:32 PM, Raul Kern wrote: So it's better to find other hosting provider for chapters web site? I don't have an answer for this other than to say using Facebook 'like' buttons is absolutely a violation of the WMF privacy policy so they cannot be used on WMF wikis.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Call for UI bugs

Just to be sure with this, we're not talking about justifying paragraphs by default? Users must set this preference? The reason I ask is that paragraph justification is a rather massive no-no when it comes to usability regarding readers with dyslexia and some types of visual

[Wikitech-l] RFC: MediaWiki Style Guide (Forms)

One of my goals for the year at the Foundation is Development of a MediaWiki Style Guide. To that end, I have completed the first draft of one section, focused on Forms and Form elements. This project has multiple goals: * To create consistency across various

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommendation to revert global login checkbox from CentralAuth login form

Funnily, I have been designing one over the past two or three days. Different reasons, though. On 2/17/11 4:08 AM, Ilmari Karonen wrote: On 02/17/2011 06:46 AM, MZMcBride wrote: If there's a way to improve the general login workflow (AJAX, CORS, whatever), I'd like to see that

Re: [Wikitech-l] Simple Search Simplification

I agree. I think that the search box needs to be distinct and obvious as a control; this change blends it into the background too much. Since search is one of our most important features, it should stand out and be easier to target visually, not less. On 2/14/11 6:27 PM,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Gender preference

Awesome! Thanks! On 2/9/11 2:18 PM, DaB. wrote: Hello, Am Mittwoch 09 Februar 2011, 22:38:20 schrieb Brandon Harris: Is it possible to get a single aggregate report, just so that we have a little data to work with on the gender gap list? sure. I asked the toolserver-database

Re: [Wikitech-l] Need some input

On 1/5/11 5:48 PM, George Herbert wrote: [[Project:Don't feed the sharks]] Candygram. /thread ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] New installer is here

I am on ALL of these things, actually. I have fixes for most of them pending. On 10/26/10 10:41 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: 2010/10/26 Chadinnocentkil...@gmail.com: Good afternoon, In r75437, r75438[0][1] I moved the old installer to old-index.php and moved the new to index.php. At

Re: [Wikitech-l] Collaboration between staff and volunteers: a two-way street

On 10/15/10 3:07 PM, Trevor Parscal wrote: There is no crisis here, there's only a bunch of passionate people working to make things better - and I personally am thankful that we all care enough to talk about this. If the community was really dieing, this thread would have been one post

Re: [Wikitech-l] Collaboration between staff and volunteers: a two-way street

On 10/15/10 8:25 PM, Alex wrote: That discussion was more than a month ago. What progress has been made since then? * Several new people were added to the code reviewers list. * Brion Vibber was contracted to provide code review office hours. That looks like action

Re: [Wikitech-l] Pending Changes UI issues

On 10/9/2010 6:15 PM, David Goodman wrote: Still, it is more consultation than was had for some previous changes, but, when you propose tshowing the unreviewed pages only to reviewers. do you mean I. Not letting anyone see an unreviewed edit unless they have reviewer status or, II.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugmeister opening at Wikimedia Foundation

On 10/8/10 4:30 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: PS there is no stream running nearby that can be used to clean out the stables I love that there are people on this list who knows about the 12 labors. And yes, I think that the Stables is the best metaphor for what awaits.