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Oct 9 2015

GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Adding NEW languages or NEW scripts to an existing language is something
that has always been done after consideration by the language committee.
For languages that are known to exist in ISO-639-3 there is approval to add
them after a request.
Thanks,

GerardM
Oct 9 2015, 4:26 AM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Oct 8 2015

GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
It is what we do in Wikipedia. It is the standard.

Oct 8 2015, 1:24 PM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
When you compare a choice made and having to detect a script I am shocked
that it is only 10 times more difficult. We do not need to store in both
Latin script and Cyrillic. We should use the MediaWiki convention and store
in Cyrillic. That is an architectural difference with any other language.
WE SHOULD NEVER STORE BOTH.

Oct 8 2015, 10:39 AM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
Detecting a script is easy... It is within a certain block of characters
and that makes it a particular script. Not hard at all. This is script
detection not language detection.
Thanks,

Gerard
Oct 8 2015, 9:58 AM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
For monolingual text we should never transliterate.

Oct 8 2015, 6:23 AM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Oct 7 2015

GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
We should NOT apply automatic transliteration between them for display.
THAT IS THE POINT. So we do not have this.
Thanks,

GerardM
Oct 7 2015, 1:01 PM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
It is simple. When a text is in Serbian, it can be in the Latin or the
Cyrillic script. When a text is only to be shown in one language, it should
also be exclusively in one script.
Thanks,

GerardM
Oct 7 2015, 10:33 AM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Oct 6 2015

GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
They are known. It is just that the software presents them in a way that is
controlled programatically. The purpose here is to show a language in a
particular script ALL the time.
Thanks,

GerardM
Oct 6 2015, 6:02 PM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Jul 18 2015

GerardM added a comment to T89719: Default article links should be language neutral.

In Wikidata there is not one source language. There are as many items where there is no label in English. Yes, we need more labels in many more languages but we do not need to consider Wikidata as being English.
Thanks,

GerardM
Jul 18 2015, 12:58 PM · Patch-Needs-Improvement, I18n, WikimediaMessages

May 2 2015

GerardM renamed T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language from Show available transliterations for entity labels in the top area of entity pages to Support multiple scripts for one language.
May 2 2015, 2:34 PM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM reopened T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language as "Open".
May 2 2015, 1:11 PM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM added a comment to T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.

Hoi,
That is not the preferred solution. It is relevant to have BOTH scripts
available, Having only one is not good enough.
Thanks,

GerardM
May 2 2015, 1:08 PM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM created T97882: [Story] Support multiple scripts for one language.
May 2 2015, 5:57 AM · Story, ValueView, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Apr 14 2015

GerardM added a comment to T94835: #Babel no longer functions in Wikidata.

I found that the language ase-0 makes the babel Functionality fail

Apr 14 2015, 4:48 PM · Wikidata-Sprint-2015-04-07, Regression, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Apr 11 2015

GerardM reopened T95805: Page views of Reasonator are missing as "Open".
Apr 11 2015, 7:09 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge
GerardM updated subscribers of T95805: Page views of Reasonator are missing.
Apr 11 2015, 7:07 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge
GerardM created T95805: Page views of Reasonator are missing.
Apr 11 2015, 7:06 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge

Apr 2 2015

GerardM added a comment to T94835: #Babel no longer functions in Wikidata.

Windows 7 FF and Chrome

Apr 2 2015, 2:57 PM · Wikidata-Sprint-2015-04-07, Regression, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata
GerardM created T94835: #Babel no longer functions in Wikidata.
Apr 2 2015, 2:34 PM · Wikidata-Sprint-2015-04-07, Regression, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Mar 31 2015

GerardM added a comment to T93880: [Task] Add support for nod (Northern Thai) to Wikidata.

Northern Thai is eligible.. It is not automatically added to Wikidata as a language. Given that it is eligible, it can be added. It needs to be restricted to one script.

Mar 31 2015, 8:49 AM · Wikidata-Sprint-2015-09-15, Wikidata

Mar 5 2015

GerardM added a comment to T89583: wdq.wmflabs.org does not update (data week old).

Hoi,
Work has been done to make it better.. This morning it worked for some time
for me.

Mar 5 2015, 10:19 AM · Wikidata, Cloud-Services

Mar 4 2015

GerardM committed rPWBO08909948b14a: The finnish wiktionary is now undercase. The file was changed for me; I….
The finnish wiktionary is now undercase. The file was changed for me; I…
Mar 4 2015, 8:44 AM

Feb 22 2015

GerardM added a comment to T90384: Restart webservice for /magnustools/.

There is a difference between the webservice being up and rht functionality being up. The webservice was up but that is only half the story.
Thanks,

GerardM
Feb 22 2015, 7:35 PM · Cloud-Services, Tools, Toolforge

Jan 13 2015

GerardM added a comment to T78247: OAuth sometimes fails on AutoList2.

Hoi,
The oAuth problem is alive and well. While running tasks using AutoList2 it
regularly happens that the message appears that there is no oAuth
authentication. Typically restarting will have the process run again from
the point where it stopped.

Jan 13 2015, 9:23 AM · Tools

Dec 28 2014

GerardM added a comment to T85403: Cannot edit items that are not locked.

Hoi,
At the time it did not work for anyone.. Now it does..
Thanks,

GerardM
Dec 28 2014, 12:04 PM · Wikidata, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository
GerardM added a comment to T85403: Cannot edit items that are not locked.

I was not able to edit and this was corroborated on IRC
Thanks,

Gerard
Dec 28 2014, 10:11 AM · Wikidata, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository
GerardM created T85403: Cannot edit items that are not locked.
Dec 28 2014, 8:43 AM · Wikidata, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository

Dec 15 2014

GerardM added a comment to T76930: SQL server is not responding .. responsive.

Hoi,
I create a ticket when this happens. Typically it is something that is
wrong at that time... I suffer from it and it does not go away with
rebooting my system or clearing the cache.

Dec 15 2014, 6:32 PM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge

Dec 11 2014

GerardM created T78247: OAuth sometimes fails on AutoList2.
Dec 11 2014, 7:22 AM · Tools

Dec 8 2014

GerardM created T77904: I cannot edit or add statements.
Dec 8 2014, 8:21 PM · MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, Wikidata

Dec 6 2014

GerardM created T76930: SQL server is not responding .. responsive.
Dec 6 2014, 4:17 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge

Dec 4 2014

GerardM committed rUSERINFO68fe106ba0d5: Introduction to self, first commit.
Introduction to self, first commit
Dec 4 2014, 7:22 PM
GerardM added a comment to T76692: Labs is extremely slow ... it does work.

Quote from Magnus .. "WDQ keeps crashing because the MySQL server on Labs keeps disconnecting since tonight. Trying to hack around the infrastructure, again."

Dec 4 2014, 10:44 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge
GerardM updated the task description for T76692: Labs is extremely slow ... it does work.
Dec 4 2014, 7:13 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge
GerardM created T76692: Labs is extremely slow ... it does work.
Dec 4 2014, 7:04 AM · Cloud-Services, Toolforge