For query.wikidata.org there's a ticket you can subscribe to: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112715 For others, this will be rolled out gradually to make sure we don't disrupt the infrastructure.
Best On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:56 PM Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lovely jubbly. Thanks! > > Will buttons to the shortener be deployed to each WMF wiki and > query.wikidata.org ? > > Deryck > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019, 15:18 Amir Sarabadani, <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey, >> This is live now, you can use it in >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UrlShortener >> >> Best >> >> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 2:14 PM Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> >> wrote: >> >>> *(apologies for crost-posting - feel free to share this announcement in >>> your communities)* >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Having a service providing short links exclusively for the Wikimedia >>> projects is a community request that came up regularly on Phabricator >>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44085> or in community discussions >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Reading/Create_URL_Shortener_extension_for_Wikimedia_wikis>. >>> >>> >>> After a common work of developers from the Wikimedia Foundation and >>> Wikimedia Germany, we are now able to provide such a feature, it will be >>> enabled on April 11th on Meta. >>> *What is the URL Shortener doing?* >>> >>> The Wikimedia URL Shortener is a feature that allows you to create short >>> URLs for any page on projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, in order >>> to reuse them elsewhere, for example on social networks or on wikis. >>> >>> The feature can be accessed from Meta wiki on the special page >>> m:Special:URLShortener >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:URLShortener> (will be enabled >>> on April 11th). On this page, you will be able to enter any web address >>> from a service hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, to generate a short URL, >>> and to copy it and reuse it anywhere. >>> >>> The format of the URL is w.wiki/ followed by a string of letters and >>> numbers. You can already test an example: w.wiki/3 redirects to >>> wikimedia.org. >>> *What are the limitations and security measures?* >>> >>> In order to assure the security of the links, and to avoid shortlinks >>> pointing to external or dangerous websites, the URL shortener is restricted >>> to services hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. This includes for example: >>> all Wikimedia projects, Meta, Mediawiki, the Wikidata Query Service, >>> Phabricator. (see the full list here >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_URL_Shortener>) >>> >>> In order to avoid abuse of the tool, there is a rate limit: logged-in >>> users can create up to 50 links every 2 minutes, and the IPs are limited to >>> 10 creations per 2 minutes. >>> *Where will this feature be available?* >>> >>> In order to enforce the rate limit described above, the page >>> Special:URLShortener will only be enabled on Meta. You can of course create >>> links or redirects to this page from your home wiki. >>> >>> The next step we’re working on is to integrate the feature directly in >>> the interface of the Wikidata Query Service, where bit.ly is currently >>> used to generate short links for the results of the queries. For now, you >>> will have to copy and paste the link of your query in the Meta page. >>> *Documentation and requests* >>> >>> - If you have any question or requests, feel free to leave a comment >>> under this Phabricator task >>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44085> >>> - The user documentation is available here >>> >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_URL_Shortener>: >>> please help us to translate it in your language! >>> - See also the technical documentation of the extension >>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UrlShortener> >>> >>> Thanks a lot to all the developers and volunteers who helped moving >>> forward with this feature, and making it available today for everyone in >>> the Wikimedia projects! >>> -- >>> Léa Lacroix >>> Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >>> Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 >>> 10963 Berlin >>> www.wikimedia.de >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. >>> >>> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >>> unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt >>> für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> >> >> -- >> Amir >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list >> Wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > Wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > -- Amir
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