Principal software engineer at the WMF.
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- Nov 18 2024, 5:48 PM (82 w, 23 h)
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Today
Today
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T426085: Update Vector menu component to allow for easier stying of menu items as Low priority.
Jdlrobson-WMF updated subscribers of T428348: Expand Reading List feature to other non-main namespaces.
@Sneha what are your thoughts on this?
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T428314: Maintenance script should clean up non consenting users as Medium priority.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T423666: [spike] Understand email aliases.
In CiviCRM: Roughly 0.07% of emails for contacts modified in the last year contain a +
Jdlrobson-WMF added a project to T429326: TIF image fails to load after clicking on thumbnail: Reader Growth Team.
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T429040: Remove intermediate "Watching/Unwatching" states from watchstar Interaction.
Jdlrobson-WMF set the point value for T428519: Increase size of bookmark icon to use standard Codex button icon size to 3.
Jdlrobson-WMF edited projects for T195935: Article Preview Popups trigger on keypress when link is ctrlclicked, added: Reader Growth Team; removed good first task.
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T428611: Block quotes have way too much margin in Minerva.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T424561: Data QA for Logged out Account Creation (Reading List) CTA Experiment.
Hmm I tried simulating the IP block and the success path. I am seeing the account_created event.
I tethered my phone and ran mw.testKitchen.overrideExperimentGroup('account-creation-reading-list-cta', 'treatment'); in console.
After several clicks I found a page with the bookmark icon (I am assured this won;t happen for the actual experiment T428992: Remove the override cookie
Yesterday
Yesterday
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T407908: Headings inaccessible for assistive tech on mobile.
I don't think we need to fix the old parser. We can wait for Parsoid to become the default parser (it is already the case on English Wikipedia).
Jdlrobson-WMF raised the priority of T428780: PopulateProjectsFromSiteMatrix is not populating any missing projects from Low to Medium.
Sorry mistagged. I think this is a candidate for next sprint?
Jdlrobson-WMF changed the point value for T428780: PopulateProjectsFromSiteMatrix is not populating any missing projects from 2 to 3.
Jdlrobson-WMF set the point value for T428780: PopulateProjectsFromSiteMatrix is not populating any missing projects to 2.
Jdlrobson-WMF updated subscribers of T396797: [Feature Idea] Generate reading list suggestions based on music listening history.
I wonder if there are any partnerships we could do. Could be a good email campaign to drive account creation @HFan-WMF @AKanji-WMF ?
e.g. we launch an app that connects to Spotify and then generates a reading list that you can then save to Wikipedia?
Jdlrobson-WMF edited projects for T427940: Responsive CSS shrinks thumbs in tables based on table column, not based on window width, added: Local-Wiki-Template-And-Gadget-Issues; removed Accessibility, Reader Experience Team, Vector 2022, Regression.
This is not Vector 2022 specific. I can replicate the behaviour on Monobook,Timeless and Minerva.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Jon_(WMF)/sandbox
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T429268: Prepare web manifest in mobile web for reading list experiments as Medium priority.
Jdlrobson-WMF edited projects for T429097: Focal point for page images, added: PageImages; removed Page-Previews.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a project to T429071: Page preview doesn't ever disappear after Ctrl+clicking search result: Reader Growth Team.
Is this a duplicate of T195935: Article Preview Popups trigger on keypress when link is ctrlclicked ?
Jdlrobson-WMF lowered the priority of T358192: [Bug] Page issues icon disappearing on click from Medium to Low.
Jdlrobson-WMF edited projects for T358192: [Bug] Page issues icon disappearing on click, added: Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 22 [Q4 Jun 2 - Jun 15]); removed Patch-For-Review, Reader Experience Team.
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T51501: Gadget preferences should indicate whether a gadget is enabled by default.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T426358: Adapt all skins to use modern menu system for footer generation.
Monobook was missing from the requirements so I added it. I suggest we merge phase 2 tomorrow (and wait an additional week for Vector 2022 and Minerva given they are our flagship skins and have the most traffic)
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T426358: Adapt all skins to use modern menu system for footer generation.
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T428780: PopulateProjectsFromSiteMatrix is not populating any missing projects as Low priority.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T428632: "Desktop site" toggle on mobile browsers keeps the Minerva skin.
my understanding is that if you use the link in the footer it confuses the browser mode. Might relate to T407023: Inconsistent behavior when using desktop view on mobile device
Jdlrobson-WMF edited projects for T428632: "Desktop site" toggle on mobile browsers keeps the Minerva skin, added: MediaWiki-Platform-Team; removed Reader Experience Team.
Jdlrobson-WMF moved T294188: The icon for "Move" is far from intuitive from Incoming to Backlog on the Reader Experience Team board.
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T428077: Add dry-run option to populateProjectsFromSiteMatrix.php script in ReadingLists as Medium priority.
Jdlrobson-WMF moved T428348: Expand Reading List feature to other non-main namespaces from Incoming to Needs refinement on the Reader Experience Team board.
Fri, Jun 12
Fri, Jun 12
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T427226: [QA] Show both Watch and Save functionality above article on Desktop.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T384806: Expose thumbnail width setting as CSS variable .
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T425138: Fix the gap between hamburger menu and WP 25 wikipedia logo.
Sorry yes typo! Fixing now. The left margin is the problem here from what I can see.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T421524: Images with an original size less than 400px are scaled up by large thumbnail preference.
Jdlrobson-WMF changed the status of T425138: Fix the gap between hamburger menu and WP 25 wikipedia logo from Open to Stalled.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T428689: QA task for broken rotor fix on mobile.
This is now live on all wikis.
Jdlrobson-WMF closed T425448: Donor badge experiment: Instrument taps on donor badge, a subtask of T424069: [EPIC] WE 3.5.5 Donor badge experiment, as Resolved.
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T428800: Donor badge experiment [QA]: Instrumentation verification as High priority.
Jdlrobson-WMF closed T425459: Donor badge experiment: Setup donor badge, a subtask of T424069: [EPIC] WE 3.5.5 Donor badge experiment, as Resolved.
Jdlrobson-WMF lowered the priority of T345046: There should be a skin-independent way of accessing the login and signup links from Medium to Low.
Jdlrobson-WMF added a comment to T416594: Watchlist tabs don't have semantically specific IDs or classes.
Hey @Vidya_sri_ganesh are you still working on this ticket or should we free this up for someone else to work on?
All menu items should be available as data now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain?useskin=json
Jdlrobson-WMF raised the priority of T423357: [1.47] Remove deprecated skin functions removed before 1.46 from Low to Medium.
Jdlrobson-WMF raised the priority of T416651: Remove backwards compatibility for SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal modification of namespaces menu from Low to Medium.
Jdlrobson-WMF triaged T424596: Firefox 115esr doesn't support thumbnail sizes or upright parameter as Medium priority.
Fri, Jun 12, 4:40 PM · MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.8; 2026-06-23), Content-Transform-Team (Work In Progress), Browser-Support-Firefox, Patch-For-Review, Readers Essential Work (WE6.3.4 Fix bugs within the reading experience across platforms for Parsoid Read Views), MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.26; 2026-04-28), MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture
Jdlrobson-WMF moved T424596: Firefox 115esr doesn't support thumbnail sizes or upright parameter from Backlog to SkinModule styles on the MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture board.
Fri, Jun 12, 4:40 PM · MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.8; 2026-06-23), Content-Transform-Team (Work In Progress), Browser-Support-Firefox, Patch-For-Review, Readers Essential Work (WE6.3.4 Fix bugs within the reading experience across platforms for Parsoid Read Views), MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.26; 2026-04-28), MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T426358: Adapt all skins to use modern menu system for footer generation.
Thu, Jun 11
Thu, Jun 11
Jdlrobson-WMF updated the task description for T426789: Limit reading lists to pages from the current project.
Jdlrobson-WMF closed T427956: Donor badge experiment: Prefix remaining CSS classes, a subtask of T425450: Donor badge experiment: Bug bash, as Resolved.
Jdlrobson-WMF closed T426780: Donor badge experiment: send page visit and exposure events, a subtask of T424069: [EPIC] WE 3.5.5 Donor badge experiment, as Resolved.
Jdlrobson-WMF closed T426780: Donor badge experiment: send page visit and exposure events as Resolved.