Re: [Wikitech-l] learning Ops infrastructure (was: Re: 404 errors)

2014-06-04 Thread ENWP Pine
Livneh and Aaron Schulz, recently - see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PqJuZ1_B6w (I don't know when the video is going up on Commons). -- Sumana Harihareswara Senior Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation On 05/30/2014 06:30 PM, ENWP Pine wrote: Ori, thanks for following up. I

[Wikitech-l] Search results on English Wikipedia not updating

2014-06-03 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi, It appears that suggested search results are not being updated on English Wikipedia. The article [[Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014]] doesn't appear in suggested search results when I type Veterans Health Administration, and when I searched earlier today VA scandal in

[Wikitech-l] Tech questions for outreach presentation

2014-06-01 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi all, I'm developing a presentation that's intended to introduce Wikimedia's universe to other organizations that may have an interest in partnering with us. I estimate the presentation in its full length to be about 1.5 hours, suitable for a Wikimedia Academy. I will shorten the

[Wikitech-l] New tabs for images

2014-06-01 Thread ENWP Pine
So here I am working late night / early morning trying to get the Signpost published, and I see something new at the top of image pages on English Wikipedia such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata.png We now have View on Wikimedia Commons and Add local description tabs. Cool! Can

[Wikitech-l] FW: [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Round 1 2014 Individual Engagement Grantees

2014-06-01 Thread ENWP Pine
Forwarding for the benefit of those not on other lists. Individual Engagement Grants have been announced for topics relevant to mobile tech, research, and editor engagement. Congrats to grantees and I hope we see them on these lists. Consider applying in the next round, and visit IdeaLab to

Re: [Wikitech-l] Tech questions for outreach presentation

2014-06-01 Thread ENWP Pine
Thanks to those who responded. I will try to be in touch off-list sometime in the next 1-2 weeks as time allows. Pine ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] 404 errors

2014-05-30 Thread ENWP Pine
+sjtw6ccj14mb8o-te...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:34 PM, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm getting some 404 errors consistently when trying to load some English Wikipedia articles. Other pages load ok. Did something break? TL

[Wikitech-l] 404 errors

2014-05-29 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi, I'm getting some 404 errors consistently when trying to load some English Wikipedia articles. Other pages load ok. Did something break? Pine ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] 404 errors

2014-05-29 Thread ENWP Pine
-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm getting these errors too. Judging by the chatter in #wikimedia-operations, this is being actively looked in to. Dan On 29 May 2014 13:34, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm getting some 404 errors consistently when trying to load

Re: [Wikitech-l] Thank you to anonymous users

2014-05-22 Thread ENWP Pine
Strainu, I can't recall what decisions were made about showing full IPv6 addresses, but I believe IPv6 can be much more revealing than IPv4, so any thanks or warning messages will be more targeted if we show full IPv6 addresses and the host networks don't take privacy measures.

[Wikitech-l] Technical leadership in Wikimedia

2014-05-19 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi all, your thoughts would be appreciated on this. It would be great to get some input from tech-focused contributors. I started the thread only on Wikimedia-l to keep the discussion consolidated in one place. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-May/071811.html Thanks,

[Wikitech-l] Student software dev projects for Wikimedia

2014-05-19 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi, a few of us had an offline discussion about getting university professors to encourage their students to publish code that they develop for classes based on MediaWiki and Wikimedia projects. What I heard is that professors are using MW and Wikimedia projects as environments for student devs

[Wikitech-l] Pictures from a developer's life

2013-03-03 Thread ENWP Pine
Forwarding a link from the EE list for the enjoyment of workaholics and volunteers who check their email on weekends. If you get this email while you're working paid time, please wait until you're on free time. (: http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life Cheers, Pine

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikitech-l Digest, Vol 116, Issue 12

2013-03-03 Thread ENWP Pine
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:40:55 -0800 From: Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Pictures from a developer's life Message-ID: kh0900$qqd$1...@ger.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Le 03/03/13 09:39, ENWP Pine a écrit

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Foundation named Knight News Challenge winner

2013-01-17 Thread ENWP Pine
This is great news. Congratulations to those who worked on this grant proposal. I'm always glad to hear that progress continues to be made at making Wikimedia content more accessible and/or editable on mobile. Pine

[Wikitech-l] Big data benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices)

2013-01-01 Thread ENWP Pine
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:37:52 -0500 From: Matthew Flaschen mflasc...@wikimedia.org To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Big data benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices) Message-ID:

[Wikitech-l] Big data benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices)

2012-12-29 Thread ENWP Pine
I'm sending this to Wikimedia-l, Wikitech-l, and Research-l in case other people in the Wikimedia movement or staff are interested in big data as it relates to Wikimedia. I hope that those who are interested in discussions about WMF editor engagement efforts, WMF fundraising, or WMF HR

[Wikitech-l] MediaWiki interface for touchscreens

2012-10-28 Thread ENWP Pine
After reading the guide to Windows 8 and watching the video at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57541463/where-do-i-click-again-a-guide-to-windows-8/, I’m wondering if we’re doing anything to optimize the MediaWiki interface for touchscreens. Is there any work underway in this area? I hope