Is there any progress on finding a mailing list that likes to be guinnea pig (a.k.a. innovation leader) and try it out? I don't think it has to be an alternative for this particular mailing list in this phase, any mailing list of some size would do.
Lodewijk On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Erik Bernhardson <[email protected] > wrote: > The instance looks to be in a 'SHUTOFF' state, this has happened before (to > other instances) for a variety of reasons, such as a vm moving between > hosts and something goes wrong. There arn't any labs admins around right > now, i'll have one look tomorrow morning and turn it back on. > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Àlex Hinojo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 502 to me also > > > > 2016-02-08 6:48 GMT+01:00 Chris Schilling <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hey Ad, > > > > > > I'm getting a 502 Bad Gateway error when trying to access > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/. Not sure if this is a general error > > with > > > wmflabs or something specific to Discourse. > > > > > > - Jethro > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Ad Huikeshoven <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello readers of wikimedia-l, > > > > > > > > One of the outcomes of the 'better thankspam' thread was to > experiment > > > with > > > > a pilot installationg of Discourse. This has been set up at > > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ by Erik Bernhardson. > > > > In the past weeks a couple of dozen of people have signed in and have > > > been > > > > taking a look around. In a recent thread on wikimedia-l Fæ posted > > results > > > > of SQL queries of number of users thanked and number of users > thanking > > on > > > > different wikis. > > > > On Discourse users can like (by clicking a heart) for individual > posts. > > > > Number of hearts received and number of hearts given are by default > and > > > > automatically counted by Discourse, and these numbers are public, see > > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/users?period=yearly. > > > > > > > > For the Wikimedia Discourse installation to be a succesful pilot it > has > > > to > > > > be a real alternative for the wikimedia-l mailing list. Users want to > > > read > > > > posts in their mail, and want to be able to reply to posts by mail, > > > without > > > > having to visit the site. Users who have signed up at > > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ will receive new posts by default in > > > their > > > > mailbox. Mail preferences can be individually set. Wikimedia > Discourse > > > > users can reply by mail to posts received by mail. Members of > Wikimedia > > > > Discourse can mail new posts. Please let me know if anything is > missing > > > at > > > > Wikimedia Discourse that the current wikimedia-l mailing list does > > have. > > > > Sign up for an account at https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ to discover > > the > > > > extras Discourse offers. Wikimedia Discourse users can earn barnstars > > for > > > > example, isn't that nice? > > > > > > > > Please note that by subscribing to the wikimedia-l mailing list your > > > > mailing list subscription isn't linked to any account at any > Wikimedia > > > > wiki, neither is your mail address. For the wikimedia-l mailing list > > you > > > > will have to provide a mail address and after confirmation mailman > will > > > > mail you a password. If you want to sign up at > > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ you will have to provide a mail > address > > > and > > > > pick a password yourself. Currently their is no link between > > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ accounts and any account at any > > Wikimedia > > > > wiki, nor is their link with mail addresses, just like it as with the > > > > wikimedia-l mailing list. A phabricator ticket requesting SSO or > Oauth > > > 1.0 > > > > or Oauth 2.0 can be found at > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124691 > > . > > > > Currently there are no resources available for writing an Oauth 1.0 > > > plugin > > > > for Wikimedia Discourse, neither are there resources available for > > moving > > > > MediaWiki authentification from Oauth 1.0 to Oauth 2.0. As said, SSO > or > > > > Oauth is a 'nice to have' and doesn't have to block a succesful > pilot. > > > > > > > > Secure communication is a must. The Discourse installation is now > > > > configured to default to use SSL, so you will always see https://. > > > > > > > > Here is a short list of places where the Discourse installation can > be > > > > discussed: > > > > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discourse > > > > * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discourse > > > > * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124690 > > > > and of course at the wikimedia-l mailing list and at > > > > https://discourse.wmflabs.org/. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Ad Huikeshoven > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Chris "Jethro" Schilling > > > I JethroBT (WMF) < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> > > > Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation > > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Àlex Hinojo / Kippelboy > > Programme Manager / Director de projectes > > Amical Wikimedia > > www.wikimedia.cat > > @kippelboy / @Kippelboy_cat / @AmicalWikimedia > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
