Huzzah! Now that is something worth celebrating. On Apr 9, 2013 10:14 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Translations needed! > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/**index.php?title=Special:** > Translate&group=page-**Wikimedia+engineering+report%** > 2F2013%2FMarch%2Fsummary&task=**view<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Wikimedia+engineering+report%2F2013%2FMarch%2Fsummary&task=view> > > > After you translate it, you may also want to link it from the wikis in > that language. > > Among the news: the new translation interface was enabled by default last > wednesday. <https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2013/03/25/redesigning-the-** > translation-experience-an-**overview/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/redesigning-the-translation-experience-an-overview/> > > > There are some bugs being worked on, but more reports of specific problems > or things you're unhappy with are very welcome, see < > https://translatewiki.net/**wiki/Thread:Support/So_called_<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/So_called_> > **"new"_interface_completely_**unusable/reply_(7)>. > Bugzilla is quickest way to get a response, but translatewiki.net is also > quite safe, see that thread. :) > > Nemo > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Oggetto: [Wikitech-ambassadors] summary of WMF engineering in March: > Visual editor, notifications, mobile, & more > Data: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:53:13 -0400 > Hi, > > The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in March 2013 is > now available. Thanks to Guillaume Paumier and Tilman Bayer and the > engineers who helped me put this together. > > Wiki version: > https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_**report/2013/March<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March> > Blog version: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2013/04/04/engineering-march-**2013-report/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/04/engineering-march-2013-report/> > > We're also providing a shorter, simpler and translatable version of this > report that does not assume specialized technical knowledge. It's > onwiki at > https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_** > report/2013/March/summary<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March/summary> > and I thought you might like to have it in an email. > > As always, feedback is appreciated about the usefulness of the report > and its summary, and on how to improve them. > > -- > Sumana Harihareswara > Engineering Community Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > > *This content is prepared for inclusion in the March 2013 Wikimedia > Foundation > report<https://meta.wikimedia.**org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_** > Report,_March_2013<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Report,_March_2013> > >. > It is a shorter and simpler version of the full (and English-only) > Wikimedia engineering report for March > 2013<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Wikimedia_** > engineering_report/2013/March<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March> > >**that > does not assume specialized technical knowledge.* > > > VisualEditor > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/VisualEditor<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor> > > > > *(Accessible introduction to what the Visual Editor > is<https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2012/12/07/inventing-as-we-go-** > building-a-visual-editor-for-**mediawiki/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/07/inventing-as-we-go-building-a-visual-editor-for-mediawiki/> > >)* > > In March, part of the team worked on infrastructure for the major new > features that they'll be adding in the coming months. We aim for > VisualEditor to be the default way all users edit our sites by July > 2013, so it needs to let everyone edit the majority of content without > needing to use the usual "wikitext" editor. This will mean adding > support for references, (at least) basic templates, categories and > images, each of which is a very large piece of work. This month the team > primarily worked on draft designs and initial code to ensure users can > edit categories and templates. > > The Visual Editor team undertook its first ever "Quarterly > Review<https://meta.wikimedia.**org/wiki/Metrics_and_** > activities_meetings/Quarterly_**reviews<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews> > >", > whose > slides<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/File:VisualEditor-** > Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_**quarterly_review_deck.pdf<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor-Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_quarterly_review_deck.pdf> > >**detail > these designs, the work done to date and expectations for the near > future. The alpha version of VisualEditor on mediawiki.org and the > English Wikipedia was updated twice, adding better input and selection > support, fixing a number of bugs, and restructuring the back-end so that > the new features will be simpler to create. > > The Parsoid > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Parsoid<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid>> > team (who are > creating the parsing program > <https://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Parsing<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing> > > > that translates plain wikitext into HTML annotated for easy editing, and > *vice-versa*) continued writing specifications, fixing bugs, and > improving how Parsoid deals with different human languages, newlines and > whitespace, and transclusion. And late in March, C. Scott Ananian joined > us as a contractor. Welcome! > > > Editor engagement > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/New_editor_engagement<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_editor_engagement> > > > > In March, the editor engagement features team worked on three projects: > Notifications > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29> > >**, > Article Feedback > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Article_feedback/Version_**5<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5>> > and Flow > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Flow<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow> > >. > > For Notifications > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29> > >**(formerly > called 'Echo'), we developed a range of new features, including: > the > 'thanks<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Echo/Feature_** > requirements#Thank_you_**notification<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#Thank_you_notification> > >' > and 'user > rights<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Echo/Feature_** > requirements#User_rights<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#User_rights> > >' > notifications, as well as HTML email > notifications<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/** > Feature_requirements#HTML_**email_digests<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#HTML_email_digests> > >. > We also started to collect our first > metrics<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Echo/Metrics<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Metrics>>and > prepared a > socialization plan for our upcoming release on the English > Wikipedia later this month. You are welcome to test our work-in-progress > here on MediaWiki.org > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Echo/Testing<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Testing> > >. > > For Article > Feedback<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_**feedback/Version_5<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5>>, > we > deployed a new version of the tool on the and, for evaluation by their > communities. Final features include 'discuss on talk > page<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Article_feedback/** > Version_5/Feature_**Requirements#Discuss_on_talk_**page<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5/Feature_Requirements#Discuss_on_talk_page> > >' > and > 'auto-archive<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_** > feedback/Version_5/Feature_**Requirements#Auto-archive_**comments<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5/Feature_Requirements#Auto-archive_comments> > >'. > The tool was temporarily turned off on the English Wikipedia, where we > expect to re-deploy it on an opt-in basis as soon as practical, as > described on this talk > page<https://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_** > Feedback_Tool/Version_5#New_**version_of_Article_Feedback<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_Feedback_Tool/Version_5#New_version_of_Article_Feedback> > >. > > Design work continued on Flow > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Flow<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow>>, > the > upcoming user-to-user discussion system. We continued creating a > 'Portal' that will engage discussion about Flow at three locations > (mediawiki.org<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/FlowPortal<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FlowPortal> > >**, > meta, and the English Wikipedia), and performing > research<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_**Portal/Research<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal/Research> > >. > > The Editor Engagement > Experiments<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_** > Engagement_Experiments<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_Engagement_Experiments> > >team > largely placed other projects – such as guided tours > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Guided_tours<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Guided_tours> > >, > EventLogging<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/**EventLogging<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EventLogging> > >, > and others – on hold to focus on two key initiatives: the "Getting > Started<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Extension:**GettingStarted<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted> > >" > process for onboarding new > Wikipedians<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_**new_Wikipedians<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians> > >, > and on making the redesign of account creation and > login<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Account_creation_**user_experience<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Account_creation_user_experience> > >a > permanent, internationalized part of MediaWiki core. > > For the Getting Started project, the team launched a new version on > English Wikipedia, which included a new landing page with additional > types of tasks suggested for brand new editors to try. The list of tasks > is now generated by a basic recommender > system<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Onboarding_new_** > Wikipedians/Recommender_system<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians/Recommender_system> > **>built > by Ori Livneh, which gathers, filters, and delivered a fresh list of > tasks automatically for every editor. This new backend paves the way for > releasing the "getting started" feature on other projects, after we've > completed data analysis and testing to understand which kinds of tasks > are ideal for first time editors. Additionally, Matt Flaschen > collaborated with the Editor Engagement Features team to build > notifications<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo>>to > welcome new editors > and invite them to contribute via the Getting Started. > > For the account creation and login work, S Page, Munaf Assaf, and the > rest of the team rebuilt our design to work with MediaWiki core, and > solicited reviews from outside the team. We currently plan to launch > both interface redesigns on an opt-in basis in April, to have editors > test the localization and other functional aspects of the forms via a > URL parameter, before we enable them as default. > > > Mobile > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_**engineering<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering> > > > > We have a stable version of the mobile-optimized website, which everyone > on a smartphone uses by default, and we have a beta version that > logged-in Wikimedia users can opt to use to see features we're still > building. When functionality is polished enough, we promote it from the > beta site to the stable site. In March, we added the ability to easily > upload<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/11/putting-** > commons-contributions-in-your-**hand-mobile-app-uploads/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/putting-commons-contributions-in-your-hand-mobile-app-uploads/> > >a > lead > image<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/28/add-an-image-** > to-this-article-uploads-now-**live-on-mobile-wikipedia/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/28/add-an-image-to-this-article-uploads-now-live-on-mobile-wikipedia/> > >to > articles that lack one in the stable version of the mobile site. We > also helped users by giving them a temporary fix to an issue we > discovered that made logging in hard or impossible for some users of > newer mobile web browsers; that problem had prevented a number of users > from being able to upload photos via the mobile site. We are now well on > our way to reach our goal of 1000 unique uploaders/month by the end of > June 2013. Check out the mobile app dashboard > <http://mobile-reportcard.**wmflabs.org/<http://mobile-reportcard.wmflabs.org/>> > to see mobile contributions via > the website and via apps. > > Also: we've added thumbnails of lead images from articles in the mobile > watchlist view, as well as a "last modified" timestamp on articles in > the stable version of the mobile site. We are currently focusing on some > performance enhancements for the mobile site. In April we will graduate > the "uploads dashboard" feature from beta to stable, will further refine > our photo upload features, and will let beta site users see and use a > feature to identify articles on subjects near your current location. > > The Mobile team that makes dedicated Wikimedia mobile apps have created > an initial version of the Commons photo uploader app for Android; it is > available for download in Google Play. The iOS version is still in beta, > but should be available in the Apple app store next month. > > In March, Wikipedia Zero > (explanation<https://**wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/**Mobile_partnerships<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships> > >) > added new telecom partners (such as Axiata Group > Berhad<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/19/axiata-** > wikipedia-zero-partnership/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/axiata-wikipedia-zero-partnership/> > >), > fixed some technical problems, and helped teach new staff how we do > things. We also won an SXSW Interactive "Activism" award for Wikipedia > Zero<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-** > wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-**activism-award/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-activism-award/> > > > . > > Max Semenik, Arthur Richards and Faidon Liambotis held an OpenStreetMaps > mini-hackathon at Open Source Days 2013 in > Copenhagen<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/** > Wikimedia_Mapping_Event_2013<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/Wikimedia_Mapping_Event_2013> > >. > During the event, they agreed on an implementation strategy for a future > WMF mapping cluster. The cluster would serve OSM "tiles" and thus help > integrate OSM functionality better into Wikimedia sites, and help with > our mobile apps which already make use of OSM data. > > > Other useful engineering news > > - Lua > scripting<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-** > templates-faster-more-**flexible-pages/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/> > >has > launched on all WMF wikis, making templates faster and making pages more > flexible. You can read that post to understand what to do on your wiki > to take advantage of this, and you can also read about the implications > for Wikimedia's > future<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/14/what-lua-** > scripting-means-wikimedia-**open-source/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/> > >. > - We redesigned the Translate > interface<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/** > redesigning-the-translation-**experience-an-overview/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/redesigning-the-translation-experience-an-overview/> > >and > made other > progress<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-** > release-of-the-mediawiki-**language-extension-bundle-and-**other-updates/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-release-of-the-mediawiki-language-extension-bundle-and-other-updates/> > >on > translation and language-related tools. > - We have fresh, friendly instructions on reporting a technical > problem<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/18/how-** > to-create-a-good-first-bug-**report/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/18/how-to-create-a-good-first-bug-report/> > >and > invite you to help prioritize problems to > fix<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/19/help-wikimedia-** > squash-software-bugs/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/help-wikimedia-squash-software-bugs/> > >. > - Our designers are collaborating with the Noun > Project<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-** > noun-project-and-the-**wikimedia-foundation-host-an-** > iconathon-to-create-an-**encyclopedia-collection-of-**free-icons/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-noun-project-and-the-wikimedia-foundation-host-an-iconathon-to-create-an-encyclopedia-collection-of-free-icons/> > >towards > creating an "Encyclopedia Collection" of free icons. > - Our Operations group (the systems administrators who keep our > servers running) has started a twice-monthly meeting with other > engineering teams, to keep communication flowing about requirements and > possible upcoming problems or server needs. > - The User Metrics API > <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/User_Metrics<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_Metrics>>launched; > it's a service > that allows researchers to perform cohort analysis > <https://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Cohort_study<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_study>> > on various data sets, > making it easier to measure the effects of programs and platform > experiments among discrete sets of users. The Analytics > group<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Analytics<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics>>, > which works on > software to make statistics about Wikimedia available, is currently > working on improving the web-based user interface, to make it available > for use outside of Wikimedia Foundation staff in the coming months. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > Wikitech-ambassadors@lists.**wikimedia.org<[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-**ambassadors<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/translators-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l> >
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