Event:109: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Bryandamon (talk | contribs) (→) |
Bryandamon (talk | contribs) (→: More notes) |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
# '''What's new in MediaWiki''' (Cindy) discussed what's coming in MediaWiki based off the notes prepared by Gergo | # '''What's new in MediaWiki''' (Cindy) discussed what's coming in MediaWiki based off the [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2020-07 notes] prepared by Gergo | ||
#* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer (T248061) | #* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer (T248061) | ||
#* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS (T248343) | #* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS (T248343) | ||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
#** But apparently it will be replaced by GitLab next year: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab | #** But apparently it will be replaced by GitLab next year: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab | ||
#** GitLab is like a github, hosted elsewhere, e.g. WMF. It probably necessitates a switch from Jenkins to Argo. | #** GitLab is like a github, hosted elsewhere, e.g. WMF. It probably necessitates a switch from Jenkins to Argo. | ||
#* (Peter) Is it extraordinarily difficult to support IE? I'm surprised. In the fed govt many of us are supposed to use IE for some things and Edge has been unusable I'm told | |||
# '''MediaWiki Logo change proposal''' | # '''MediaWiki Logo change proposal''' | ||
#* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020 | #* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020 | ||
| Line 38: | Line 39: | ||
#** https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD | #** https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD | ||
#** https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming | #** https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming | ||
#* Law of Triviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality | |||
# '''Abstract Wikipedia''' | # '''Abstract Wikipedia''' | ||
#* Approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee and Denny Vrandečić is joining the Foundation | #* Approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee and Denny Vrandečić is joining the Foundation | ||
#* It looks like this will be a place to put Wikipedia pages that automatically translate into many languages. The pages will have some kind of sentences that refer to Wikidata items. | #* It looks like this will be a place to put Wikipedia pages that automatically translate into many languages. The pages will have some kind of sentences that refer to Wikidata items. | ||
#** https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/July_2020_announcement (Announcement) | |||
#** https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda (Info) | |||
#** https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04733 (White Paper) | |||
#** https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23714875 (Hacker News with some commentary) | |||
# '''Page Exchange''' | |||
#* (Ike) Explained the extension use and development | |||
#* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Page_Exchange | |||
#* (Cindy) Does PageExchange resolve https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177496? | |||
# '''MediaWiki blog''' | # '''MediaWiki blog''' | ||
#* MediaWiki blog will be at https://mediawiki.blog (password protected) | #* (Richard) MediaWiki blog will be at https://mediawiki.blog (password protected) | ||
#* Will need articles - focused on mediawiki development? not enterprise wikis it seems | #* Will need articles - focused on mediawiki development? not enterprise wikis it seems | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 5 July 2020
 Date (UTC):
|
3 July 2020 15:30:00 - 3 July 2020 16:30:00 |
|---|---|
| URL:
|
https://meet.google.com/mdd-ufhn-ksb |
| Etherpad:
|
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2020-07
|
Click for time zone conversion
Meeting agenda
- Wait for attendees & chat 5 min
- Wiki Quickie 5 min Bryan
- MediaWiki Blog Released 15 min Richard H
- https://mediawiki.blog
- Needs input: Authors, Corrections, Suggestions, etc.
- This month in MediaWiki 15 min Mark A. Hershberger
- Agenda Item XX min TBD
- Wiki Watercooler remaining Open Mic
Notes
- What's new in MediaWiki (Cindy) discussed what's coming in MediaWiki based off the notes prepared by Gergo
- 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer (T248061)
- Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS (T248343)
- SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec and a number of other hooks are being deprecated (T60137).
- Extensions can now provide alternative database backends (instead of the core MySQL, Postgres etc): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226857
- Gerrit updated to version 3. You can now create and edit patches via the web interface.
- But apparently it will be replaced by GitLab next year: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab
- GitLab is like a github, hosted elsewhere, e.g. WMF. It probably necessitates a switch from Jenkins to Argo.
- (Peter) Is it extraordinarily difficult to support IE? I'm surprised. In the fed govt many of us are supposed to use IE for some things and Edge has been unusable I'm told
- MediaWiki Logo change proposal
- Wikimedia re-branding
- Survey and open letter from community
- Law of Triviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality
- Abstract Wikipedia
- Approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee and Denny Vrandečić is joining the Foundation
- It looks like this will be a place to put Wikipedia pages that automatically translate into many languages. The pages will have some kind of sentences that refer to Wikidata items.
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/July_2020_announcement (Announcement)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda (Info)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04733 (White Paper)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23714875 (Hacker News with some commentary)
- Page Exchange
- (Ike) Explained the extension use and development
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Page_Exchange
- (Cindy) Does PageExchange resolve https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177496?
- MediaWiki blog
- (Richard) MediaWiki blog will be at https://mediawiki.blog (password protected)
- Will need articles - focused on mediawiki development? not enterprise wikis it seems
Action board
See this page for more information
| Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||