Re: [Wikitech-l] Categories without interwiki

2013-09-22 Thread Risker
that any one will be a perfect match for another. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Improving anti-vandalism tools (twinkle, huggle etc) - suspicious edits queue

2013-09-27 Thread Risker
reviews as possible done. I can't tell you how many times I used to get edit-conflicted by people using review tools when I used to manually review (and fix) recent changes. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] Can we help Tor users make legitimate edits?

2013-09-27 Thread Risker
projects they have to accept edits from IPs and ranges they've had extremely poor experience with. AGF is not a suicide pact. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Improving anti-vandalism tools (twinkle, huggle etc) - suspicious edits queue

2013-09-27 Thread Risker
On 28 September 2013 00:54, Petr Bena benap...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I think a few different concepts are being muddled here. Flagged revisions (and its variant, pending changes, on enwiki) is applied to individual articles

Re: [Wikitech-l] 2013 Datacenter RFP - open for submissions

2013-10-21 Thread Risker
. Risker On 21 October 2013 08:32, Dan Garry dga...@wikimedia.org wrote: I may just be spouting nonsense, but I've heard a few separate people mention to me that Iceland is an increasingly attractive place for hosting, as they're in the Schengen area (making it easy to get

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Design] Are external link icons useful

2013-11-03 Thread Risker
projects, but I think sometimes in trying to beautify the site, we forget the underlying purpose of some of our practices. Risker On 29 October 2013 13:51, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote: + wikitech On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) smazel...@wikimedia.org wrote

Re: [Wikitech-l] Visual Editor is trashing every article on French Wiki

2013-11-04 Thread Risker
Likely related to this bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50296 It is also happening on English Wikipedia, according to the VE feedback page. Risker On 4 November 2013 15:40, Dan Garry dga...@wikimedia.org wrote: I'm not involved in the VisualEditor development, but I've

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikipedia Issue

2013-11-15 Thread Risker
later. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Applying nofollow only to external links added in revisions that are still unpatrolled

2013-11-18 Thread Risker
I also agree. Perhaps more importantly, I don't see any actual argument for *not* using nofollow. We're not here to drive pagerank for other websites, and our doing so can be harmful to those sites, or to the article subject. Risker On 18 November 2013 09:44, Arcane 21 arc...@live.com wrote

Re: [Wikitech-l] Applying nofollow only to external links added in revisions that are still unpatrolled

2013-11-18 Thread Risker
suspect if the Google fellow said anything like this, it was that they might ignore nofollow on Wikimedia wikis, but I'm pretty certain that he didn't say Mediawiki wikis. There are thousands and thousands of them out there that have been completely abandoned to spam. Risker

Re: [Wikitech-l] Please use sitenotice when a new version of software is deployed

2013-12-05 Thread Risker
of communication processes, and giving consideration to a quick and straightforward process to reach information that can be done directly from any WMF wiki, would be a really significant outreach to the primary users. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

Re: [Wikitech-l] Jake requests enabling access and edit access to Wikipedia via TOR

2013-12-30 Thread Risker
), and they can edit. It is the social and policy-based processes that prevent Tor users from using Tor to edit. I happen to agree with those processes (having cleaned up major messes from unblocked Tor nodes on enwiki), but it's not a technical problem, really. Risker

Re: [Wikitech-l] Jake requests enabling access and edit access to Wikipedia via TOR

2013-12-30 Thread Risker
On 30 December 2013 18:59, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I disagree fundamentally with your position here. It's technically possible for Tor editors to edit; all we have to do is unblock Tor nodes (or for them

Re: [Wikitech-l] Tor exemption process (was: Re: Jake requests enabling access and edit access to Wikipedia via TOR)

2014-01-17 Thread Risker
, and thinks this will be a workaround that will prevent him/her from being blocked this time. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Tor exemption process (was: Re: Jake requests enabling access and edit access to Wikipedia via TOR)

2014-01-17 Thread Risker
for blocking or limiting access. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] February '14 appreciation thread

2014-02-12 Thread Risker
up to making big differences. A line of code here, an improvement there, a side discussion with someone to suggest a different path...all I can say is that if I am noticing it, I'm pretty sure a lot of other people are too. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l

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

2014-03-11 Thread Risker
: it's the clear favourite of the most active users, it's still faster after years of improving Vector, and it handles a lot of accessibility issues much better than Vector (particularly for the visually impaired, according to those editors I know who have to deal with this). Risker/Anne

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

2014-03-11 Thread Risker
to Monobook. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Security precaution - Resetting all user sessions today

2014-04-08 Thread Risker
Thanks for the heads-up, Greg. However, I'm finding that I am being repeatedly logged out...it's happened every other edit I've made tonight, which is a real pain. Will report on IRC as well. Risker/Anne On 8 April 2014 16:57, Greg Grossmeier g...@wikimedia.org wrote: FYI to this audience

Re: [Wikitech-l] Free fonts and Windows users

2014-04-08 Thread Risker
projects are growing much faster than the older, Latin-script sites. They're our future. They have to be in the mix. Best, Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Free fonts and Windows users

2014-04-09 Thread Risker
such a major update because of usability and readibility issues, there's a major problem here. Just because they aren't English Wikipedia doesn't mean their issues are minor, and they have the disadvantage of a language barrier to make their problems known. Risker/Anne On 9 April 2014 03:01, Steven

Re: [Wikitech-l] Free fonts and Windows users

2014-04-09 Thread Risker
, either type of visitor to Wikimedia sites is more or less important when it comes to listening to feedback. Even if Nathan was right, sometimes it's hard for us to balance the two. What I said in reply to Risker is that I don't think there saying the change is a failure is fair or true, based

Re: [Wikitech-l] Another Wikipedia design concept

2014-04-15 Thread Risker
I thought it looked like one of those pesky commercial travel sites; it might be the subject matter, but it just looked so void of content that I was convinced it was trying to sell me something. Risker On 15 April 2014 10:47, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: Well, it does

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Welcome Danny Horn!

2014-04-25 Thread Risker
Welcome, Danny! Is there a specific product that Danny will be managing? Risker/Anne On 25 April 2014 10:58, Howie Fung hf...@wikimedia.org wrote: Everyone, I am pleased to announce that Danny Horn is joining the Product Development team as Product Manager. His first day was Monday April

Re: [Wikitech-l] LiquidThreads - how do we kill it?

2014-06-07 Thread Risker
. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] LiquidThreads - how do we kill it?

2014-06-09 Thread Risker
to content quality reviews to RFA to any other process that isn't actually creation or editing of content is going to be perceived as anything but the WMF sticking its nose into areas that are none of its business. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

Re: [Wikitech-l] new terms of use/paid contributions - do they apply to mediawiki

2014-06-16 Thread Risker
I do urge you to start such a discussion, bawolff. It would seem to me that a one- or two-week RFC should be sufficient to opt out contributions to MediaWiki. I'd be happy to support, even though it's more likely that I'll star in the next James Bond film than ever write a line of code. Risker

Re: [Wikitech-l] new terms of use/paid contributions - do they apply to mediawiki

2014-06-16 Thread Risker
. Part of the issue faced by developers is the fact that there is really no viable method by which to label their contributions as paid. Doesn't mean the TOU doesn't apply. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] new terms of use/paid contributions - do they apply to mediawiki

2014-06-16 Thread Risker
Thank you, Luis. I have drafted a request for comment on mediawiki.org [1], but it can probably use some review to ensure I have included the correct list of related projects. Risker/Anne [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Alternate_disclosure_policy On 16 June 2014 18:25

Re: [Wikitech-l] Browser tests for core

2014-06-24 Thread Risker
, or there would have been a bigger problem. Testwiki is for testand if you must test on enwiki, do it in userspace. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Anonymous editors IP addresses

2014-07-11 Thread Risker
for just a minute...it's essential information for having any chance at all of identifying multiple accounts or pattern editing; however, the tables used by checkusers are non-public so Checkusers continuing to have access to IP data should not be an issue. Risker/Anne On 11 July 2014 10:25, Tyler

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

2014-07-14 Thread Risker
to grab a screenshot and send it in. Risker/Anne On 14 July 2014 01:03, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.org wrote: I have uploaded a new version of the Winter framework/prototype, v. 0.6. http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/ This version has

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

2014-07-15 Thread Risker
Just to note, I've sent the screenshot directly to Brandon; I also forwarded a copy to this list but because of the size the email needs to go through moderation. Risker/Anne On 14 July 2014 08:55, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Brandon for letting us know about this. Since

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

2014-07-15 Thread Risker
it there; the problem isn't really the format, it's the quality and relative importance of the information. Risker On 14 July 2014 16:06, Trevor Parscal tpars...@wikimedia.org wrote: I want to suggest that we give Brandon a lot of slack here, and be as supportive as possible. This is a prototype of a design

Re: [Wikitech-l] Email for London Hackathon Participants

2014-07-15 Thread Risker
distractions :) Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Not logged in page

2014-07-15 Thread Risker
, but then they'd want to be sent back to the watchlist. Risker/Anne On 15 July 2014 14:49, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/146515 -- Tyler Romeo 0x405D34A7C86B42DF From: Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com Reply: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] logging out on one device logs user out everywhere

2014-07-15 Thread Risker
. Or alternately have a log out on this device/log out everywhere option. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] logging out on one device logs user out everywhere

2014-07-21 Thread Risker
from the library wi-fi); it would be a pain to have to keep updating preferences everytime one of those situations occurs. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Spam filter rules on the Wiki Loves Monuments Mailing list not working

2014-08-01 Thread Risker
right now so can't give you any links.) Hope that helps. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] News about stolen Internet credentials; reducing Wikimedia reliance on usernames and passwords

2014-08-07 Thread Risker
As someone with one of those high risk accounts, one time passwords would be more likely to make me drop those permissions. Any administrator has a high risk account given the opportunities that they have. Risker/Anne On 7 August 2014 07:59, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: I think we

Re: [Wikitech-l] News about stolen Internet credentials; reducing Wikimedia reliance on usernames and passwords

2014-08-07 Thread Risker
On 7 August 2014 10:49, Chad innocentkil...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: As someone with one of those high risk accounts, one time passwords would be more likely to make me drop those permissions. Any administrator has a high risk

Re: [Wikitech-l] News about stolen Internet credentials; reducing Wikimedia reliance on usernames and passwords

2014-08-07 Thread Risker
ID sends a second password as a text to a mobile) and means having more expensive technology) or using technology like dongles that cannot be sent to users in certain countries. I stick to my strong passwords and also subscribe to the xkcd password theory.[1] Risker/Anne [1] https

Re: [Wikitech-l] Alpha version of the VisualEditor now available on the English Wikipedia

2012-12-12 Thread Risker
various functions, identify issues, and report them. Making it as easy as possible for them to do so will produce the best response. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Can we help Tor users make legitimate edits?

2013-01-04 Thread Risker
of a legitimate concern about that editor's behaviour. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Engineering] Completed ! Re: More Update on Ashburn data center switchover / migration – target date is week of 1/22/13

2013-01-22 Thread Risker
Well done, very pleased to see that the careful planning paid off so well. I raise a glass in honour of those who worked so hard to make this an almost invisible operation. Risker On 22 January 2013 19:04, Tomasz Finc tf...@wikimedia.org wrote: So seamless. Well done! --tomasz On Tue, Jan

Re: [Wikitech-l] New IEG Proposal: Revision History Visualizer and Improvement Suggester using Geo-Spatial Technologies

2013-02-16 Thread Risker
), and there are huge regions where IP data cannot be considered at all accurate: for example, most of the Middle East. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] New unified SSL certificate deployed

2013-03-12 Thread Risker
for the English Wikipedia Arbcom wiki tonight. But thanks for working on this. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] New unified SSL certificate deployed

2013-03-12 Thread Risker
the subdomain's cert changed. Risker/Anne On 13 March 2013 00:30, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote: You mean: https://arbcom.en.wikipedia.org ? Our certificates have never covered that. That's a sub-sub domain, and our certs only cover single subdomains. We really need to rename all of our sub-sub

Re: [Wikitech-l] New unified SSL certificate deployed

2013-03-12 Thread Risker
On 13 March 2013 00:50, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that's the wiki I mean. And I can see your point about all those sub-subdomains; there must be a stack of them. The domain name was changed fairly recently

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment highlights - week of April 8th

2013-04-05 Thread Risker
. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment highlights - week of April 8th

2013-04-05 Thread Risker
On 5 April 2013 22:24, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 April 2013 19:07, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de wrote: On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:00 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Sorry, I

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment highlights - week of April 8th

2013-04-07 Thread Risker
this software now. That's what test wikis are for, and what voluntary project participation is for. Best, Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Socializing changes

2013-04-07 Thread Risker
more cohesive, less diverse projects for their ability to come to well-discussed, well-reasoned decisions in a timely way. I think there are lessons out there for English Wikipedia to learn. Risker/Anne On 6 April 2013 12:47, Eran Rosenthal eranro...@gmail.com wrote: In hewiki we had

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment highlights - week of April 8th

2013-04-08 Thread Risker
On 8 April 2013 09:20, Brad Jorsch bjor...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Apr 8, 2013 12:11 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: As I've indicated very early in this thread, Phase 2 affects an area of English Wikipedia that is already under considerable dispute (i.e., infoboxes); requests

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment highlights - week of April 8th

2013-04-08 Thread Risker
On 8 April 2013 12:51, Brad Jorsch bjor...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I do not think it is particularly obvious outside of our project the way that Wikidata is being weaponized as the reason for attempting to force changes

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment highlights - week of April 8th

2013-04-09 Thread Risker
On 9 April 2013 12:15, Denny Vrandečić denny.vrande...@wikimedia.de wrote: Risker, I find myself unconvinced by your argumentation as I perceive it as inconsistent. On the one hand, you suggest that before we enable the option to access data from Wikidata using either Lua or a parser

Re: [Wikitech-l] FlaggedRevs/PendingChanges in only specific pages (e.g. Biographies of living persons)

2013-04-26 Thread Risker
off-list if you think this would be helpful in making a decision. Meanwhile, the main participants of this list can probably answer more of the technical questions. Best, Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] Feasibility question: Posting mailing list notifications to a wiki page

2013-05-09 Thread Risker
in plain language without jargon. Get someone with limited techie vocabulary and understanding to copy edit your communication. These are useful, and fairly standard, communication processes. Here's hoping that a good solution can be found, for everyone's sake. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikitech-l] Strange Visual Editor Diff

2013-07-17 Thread Risker
. There are already several bugzillas related to the nowiki tags, as well as to table editing, so the community liaisons patrolling that page might be able to quickly link the new bugzilla to existing ones. Risker [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback

Re: [Wikitech-l] Why isn't hotcat an extension?

2013-07-17 Thread Risker
that close to the top priority, particularly as categorization is almost exclusively done by experienced editors. I note that someone commented below about WikiLove. While it's a nice extension, it's also had to be disabled on multiple occasions on enwiki for various problems. Risker

Re: [Wikitech-l] Long term strategy for math on wikipedia

2013-07-18 Thread Risker
of feedback. There is also some related discussion on the Flow portal.[1] It might be an idea to pull all of this information together. Risker [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Flow_Portaloffset=20130718154450lqt_mustshow=30657#Maths_30340

Re: [Wikitech-l] Why isn't hotcat an extension?

2013-07-18 Thread Risker
pages, as well, particularly as we add sister projects to the mix. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-22 Thread Risker
(exceptions to project consensus)[1] has been invoked in regard to this. Therefore the correct place to appeal the decision is with the community of Wikimedia developers and (maybe) WMF staff, and one of the most effective ways of getting the eyes of both groups is to launch and comment on Bugzillas. Risker

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-23 Thread Risker
this when you have more than enough issues to fix. Risker [1]http://ee-dashboard.wmflabs.org/datasources On 23 July 2013 00:01, David Cuenca dacu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm glad that Tim is bringing some facts and numbers that back up what the community is demanding. To do otherwise

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-23 Thread Risker
on the investment in these other projects until you have this one right. For all the disagreements there may be, I don't think anyone really wants to believe that you'd rather 90% of experienced editors leave than have to change your vision. Risker On 23 July 2013 02:35, Erik Moeller e

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-23 Thread Risker
the issue. Maybe a new A/B test is merited after some time. You pretty much had one chance at A/B testing, and it's done now. You can't repeat the tests as long as VE is the default editor. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-23 Thread Risker
Why do you think those nowiki tags were added by the editors? Risker On 23 July 2013 15:32, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: In the interest of gathering slightly larger statistics, I manually reviewed 200 VE entries on recent changes. I am classifying these as * Good edit * Test

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-25 Thread Risker
deployment. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Remove 'visualeditor-enable' from $wgHiddenPrefs

2013-07-25 Thread Risker
will be the default editor. There is nothing that I could find that said that the existing preference would be disabled. Risker [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2012-13_Goals [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/status

Re: [Wikitech-l] How's the SSL thing going?

2013-07-31 Thread Risker
Just one question from a relatively non-technical person: What falls off the map if everything is done using SSL? Is this the protocol that would make it essentially impossible to read/edit Wikipedia using a normal internet connection from China? Risker On 31 July 2013 15:12, Magnus Manske

Re: [Wikitech-l] GMail sending lots of WIkimedia mail to spam again

2013-08-05 Thread Risker
I can tell, it is affecting EVERY lists.wikimedia.org mailing list, with the possible exception of the checkuser mailing list. I do not know what is different about that one. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-19 Thread Risker
? (I'm guessing it might be some special user permission similar to IP-block exemption, but that may just be my non-technicalese speaking.) Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-19 Thread Risker
On 19 August 2013 21:09, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 August 2013 20:35, Chad innocentkil...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: Quick question

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-19 Thread Risker
On 19 August 2013 21:31, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 August 2013 21:09, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 August 2013 20:35

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-19 Thread Risker
On 19 August 2013 23:07, Chris Steipp cste...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Well, see. The problem is that the home projects for these editors are not Farsi or Chinese, they are English or German or Commons or Meta (and a few

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-20 Thread Risker
in and to move across multiple projects, and doing so should not be considered an *enhancement*, it should be considered a required feature of the new process. (It may not be a blocker, but I'd hope to see this fixed before the end of the month.) Risker

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-20 Thread Risker
on Commons or Meta is a significant problem. It's bad enough when that is caused by external forces outside of WMF control; it's disturbing when it is being caused by WMF itself. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Commons mobile photo uploader app updated on iOS and Android

2013-08-20 Thread Risker
on this. I recently attended an edit-a-thon at the Royal Ontario Museum, and pointed the attendees (and ROM staff/interns) to this app - they were extremely enthusiastic, and I have a feeling we've already seen some images from them. Risker ___ Wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-20 Thread Risker
primary mission. For that, you need to actively persuade the community in general that this is necessary, and possibly even the Board of Trustees. Risker [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-20 Thread Risker
On 21 August 2013 00:08, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 08/20/2013 11:05 PM, Risker wrote: Perhaps then you might want to re-familiarize yourself with the WMF's policy on political advocacy I'm sorry Risker, but you've got this backwards. Making a long-overdue /minimal/ fix

Re: [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-20 Thread Risker
average margins of error. It would be interesting to see how the numbers stabilize over time. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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

2013-08-22 Thread Risker
who have been working on this. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
have difficulty using HTTPS, and I have already initiated an offline discussion with Chris and others at the WMF about this. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
On 23 August 2013 17:10, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 08/23/2013 04:35 PM, Risker wrote: I'd like to see what can be developed, however, to support Checkusers/Oversighters/Stewards who have difficulty using HTTPS Pretty much by definition the accounts holding those bits

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
On 23 August 2013 18:13, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: As I said, Marc, there's already an offline discussion happening looking for ways to effectively manage this without outright banning editors from those

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
On 23 August 2013 18:35, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 August 2013 23:31, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: There are other options. The question is whether or not they can be made to work in the MediaWiki/WMF circumstances. If you looked at the data collected to see where

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
, I can't support allowing unbridled Tor editing on at least that project. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
about security issues and solutions would necessarily take place on this mailing list, or even on a public mailing list. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki's Login Security

2013-08-23 Thread Risker
On 23 August 2013 19:55, Rob Lanphier ro...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: No it doesn't change the security consideration. What changes is the recognition that the problem may actually be bigger than initially thought. Everyone

Re: [Wikitech-l] Developers link in the footer of all Wikimedia wikis

2013-08-27 Thread Risker
, the entire footer section looks awful (strange line breaks, words running together). This is a formatting rather than content issue, so tweaking can be done without affecting content. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikitech-l] Visual watchlist

2012-05-13 Thread Risker
. Looking forward to seeing the end result! Risker/Anne [1] non-permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Watchlist_-_bold_letter_article_titles.21 ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] The bugtracker problem, again

2012-05-14 Thread Risker
team if an unexpected change is made, so finding a better way to resolve these issues would be mutually beneficial. Risker/Anne On 14 May 2012 12:07, Martijn Hoekstra martijnhoeks...@gmail.com wrote: Thats actually quite an interesting thought, and it could well be true, even if it is the opposite

Re: [Wikitech-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Risker
into pages in user space on a single project, when this is a global change? Risker/Anne On 7 June 2012 13:49, Derk-Jan Hartman d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com wrote: Once figured out, might be a good idea to add them to: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jonathan_de_Boyne_Pollard

Re: [Wikitech-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-08 Thread Risker
On 8 June 2012 04:08, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/6/7 Risker risker...@gmail.com: The first IPv6 edit to English Wikipedia required suppression, I have been advised, so I think there are some valid concerns about the implications this change will have on vandalism management

Re: [Wikitech-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-08 Thread Risker
On 8 June 2012 07:33, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 June 2012 11:49, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I have never said that moving to IPv6 is a bad idea. What I am complaining about is the dismissive attitude taken toward the volunteers that are stuck cleaning up

Re: [Wikitech-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-08 Thread Risker
-produced tools are or are not functioning well. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] IE7 tax

2012-06-14 Thread Risker
they figured out how to add Firefox accessibility to the VPN, I had to keep IE7 on one of my home computers for those occasions when I work off-site. Risker ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikitech-l] Captcha for non-English speakers II

2012-07-31 Thread Risker
is becoming overwhelming. This issue has been reported separately, and there may be a different fix, but this is a pretty big deal as a few hundred volunteer hours a month are going into the despamming effort. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Captcha for non-English speakers II

2012-08-01 Thread Risker
On 31 July 2012 22:25, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Risker wrote: Putting on my checkuser hat for a moment - yes, please please look at finding a different CAPTCHA process - the cross-wiki spamming by bots that are able to break the CAPTCHA is becoming overwhelming. This issue has

Re: [Wikitech-l] Lua deployed to www.mediawiki.org

2012-08-22 Thread Risker
to significantly affect multiple facets of the user experience. It has the potential to be a very big win for everyone - developers, editors, and even readers. Risker/Anne ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

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