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Recent Activity

Sun, Mar 10

Koavf added a comment to T359764: Rename account TheAafi to Aafi on Phabricator.

If you use your Wikimedia credentials via OAuth, just see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_rename_policy

Sun, Mar 10, 10:35 AM · Phabricator

Jan 22 2024

Koavf updated the task description for T355495: Listing editor seems to have failed on en.voy for a couple of days.
Jan 22 2024, 2:02 AM · MediaWiki-extensions-Listings
Koavf created T355495: Listing editor seems to have failed on en.voy for a couple of days.
Jan 22 2024, 1:58 AM · MediaWiki-extensions-Listings

Jan 21 2024

Ruby awarded T257719: Add support for AVIF: allow uploading AVIF files to Wikimedia servers a Like token.
Jan 21 2024, 7:06 PM · Thumbor, Wikimedia-Site-requests

Dec 31 2023

Koavf added a comment to T271968: Upload wizard should automatically update public domain year in mwe-upwiz-license-pd-old-70-1923 and mwe-upwiz-license-pd-us.

Yeah, there are definitely different calendars in use around the world, often in tandem with Gregorian, but we don't use any of those for timing when things enter the public domain due to the WMF and its servers being based in the United States.

Dec 31 2023, 5:13 PM · User-Frostly, Commons, UploadWizard
Koavf added a comment to T271968: Upload wizard should automatically update public domain year in mwe-upwiz-license-pd-old-70-1923 and mwe-upwiz-license-pd-us.

Pardon me for being so dumb here, but are you talking about words or just the number like "1929"?

Dec 31 2023, 6:28 AM · User-Frostly, Commons, UploadWizard
Koavf created T354127: Update UploadWizard's "1928" messages for so-old-they're-PD-in-the-US to 1929, now that it's 2024.
Dec 31 2023, 3:35 AM · UploadWizard

Dec 9 2023

Koavf added a comment to T353092: Eternal Golden Dawn.

This is not a forum for proposing new projects. If you have a new proposal, go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects

Dec 9 2023, 7:23 AM · Wiki-Setup (Create)

Oct 15 2023

Koavf created T348932: Add Wikifunctions to the Incubator landing page.
Oct 15 2023, 6:04 PM · MW-1.42-notes (1.42.0-wmf.1; 2023-10-17), MediaWiki-extensions-WikimediaIncubator

Sep 18 2023

Koavf added a comment to T305363: Provide a way to exclude certain content types from uncategorised templates list.

For what it's worth, this would be valuable to projects like Wikidata and Wikifunctions, where the page model of the vast majority of content is not wikitext, thus making many SpecialPages unusable (e.g. UncategorizedPages on Wikidata).

Sep 18 2023, 12:46 PM · MediaWiki-Templates, MediaWiki-General, MediaWiki-Special-pages, MediaWiki-Categories, TemplateStyles

Aug 21 2023

Koavf added a comment to T344636: Revise Wikitech Main_Page.

I'm inclined to say that "more pretty pictures with less text" is superior to "a couple of pretty pictures with some text-dense boxes" so I am inclined to keep the front page more like how it is currently. But that's a weak preference, not a clear must-have. It would be nice if we had some kind of UX testing to confirm "Users can get the information that they need with [Design X] faster than with [Design Y]" or somesuch, but I realize that takes time and money. Maybe a microgrant from the WMF is in order?

Aug 21 2023, 7:08 PM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, cloud-services-team, Tech-Docs-Team, Documentation

Aug 16 2023

Koavf created T344375: Requesting Content Administrator access for Koavf.
Aug 16 2023, 5:46 PM · User-bd808, wikitech.wikimedia.org

Aug 1 2023

Koavf removed projects from T343271: Only sell ecologically-appropriate materials in the WMF shop: MediaWiki-Comment-store, Wikipedia-Store-Theme.
Aug 1 2023, 8:11 PM · Wikimedia-Shop
Koavf created T343271: Only sell ecologically-appropriate materials in the WMF shop.
Aug 1 2023, 8:10 PM · Wikimedia-Shop
Koavf added a comment to T337586: add wikimedia.social to WMF DNS (was: Update DNS records for mastodon.wikimedia.org).

Came here from the post on en.wp's Signpost and I have looked over comments here. Is there a way to make an HTTP redirect from "https://mastodon.wikimedia.org/" to "https://wikimedia.social/"? Furthermore, it seems like "https://wikimedia.social/" should be some kind of landing page for any and all social media profiles and a Mastodon instance would be best at "https://mastodon.wikimedia.social/", but I suspect that ship has sailed.

Aug 1 2023, 4:19 AM · Patch-For-Review, Traffic, DNS

Jul 28 2023

Koavf updated the task description for T343005: Enable Wikidata support for Wikifunctions.
Jul 28 2023, 3:17 PM · Wikidata
Koavf added a project to T343005: Enable Wikidata support for Wikifunctions: Wikidata.
Jul 28 2023, 3:14 PM · Wikidata
Koavf created T343005: Enable Wikidata support for Wikifunctions.
Jul 28 2023, 3:13 PM · Wikidata

Mar 14 2023

Koavf added a comment to T332084: Create SiriusXM wiki.

This is not the place to propose a new project: this is the place where we could assign responsibilities once there is a consensus to make a new project. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects to propose a new project.

Mar 14 2023, 8:51 PM · Wiki-Setup (Create), User-Urbanecm

Feb 21 2023

Koavf added a comment to T330240: The Free World Encyclopedia.

Both should be closed. Funwormguy1245, this is not a bug.

Feb 21 2023, 10:40 PM · Trash
Koavf added a comment to T330241: The Free World Encyclopedia.

Both should be closed. Funwormguy1245, this is not a bug.

Feb 21 2023, 10:39 PM · Trash

Dec 31 2022

Koavf created T326045: Update UploadWizard's "1927" messages for so-old-they're-PD-in-the-US to 1928, now that it's 2023.
Dec 31 2022, 7:20 PM · MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.17; 2023-01-02), UploadWizard

Aug 22 2022

Koavf added a comment to T231897: Connect Wikispore to Wikidata.

If you'll see above c. 2020-03-03, this is mostly a matter of doing things like storing interwiki links and making Wikidata-powered infoboxes, not having locally stored databases at Wikispore.

Aug 22 2022, 8:01 AM · Wikispore

Aug 10 2022

Koavf added a comment to T314934: Create Mineralpedia wiki.

Was this project approved on Meta?

Aug 10 2022, 1:21 PM · User-Urbanecm, Wiki-Setup (Create)

Jun 18 2022

Koavf added a comment to T310945: Create Stock car racing wiki.

Is this a proposal for a new project? If so, that goes on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects

Jun 18 2022, 6:58 PM · Trash

Jun 8 2022

Koavf renamed T310110: Alter how section editing works to allow `section=Personal_life` to edit the section called "Personal life" etc., rather than just `section=3` from Please change how section editing works on en.wq to allow for to Please change how section editing works on en.wq to allow for section attributes with names as well as numbers.
Jun 8 2022, 12:58 AM · MediaWiki-Page-editing
Koavf created T310110: Alter how section editing works to allow `section=Personal_life` to edit the section called "Personal life" etc., rather than just `section=3`.
Jun 8 2022, 12:58 AM · MediaWiki-Page-editing

Dec 31 2021

Koavf added a comment to T271968: Upload wizard should automatically update public domain year in mwe-upwiz-license-pd-old-70-1923 and mwe-upwiz-license-pd-us.

Made the following because this hasn't been resolved yet: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298406

Dec 31 2021, 7:06 AM · User-Frostly, Commons, UploadWizard
Koavf created T298406: Update UploadWizard's "1926" messages for so-old-they're-PD-in-the-US to 1927, now that it's 2022.
Dec 31 2021, 7:05 AM · MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.16; 2022-01-03), UploadWizard, Commons

Oct 30 2021

Koavf added a subtask for T278104: Unable to upload to Commons: uploadstash-file-not-found: Key "187kyl5ozj74.xtav8j.51508.djvu" not found in stash: T294689: Please move file from en.wp to commons.
Oct 30 2021, 4:50 PM · SRE-swift-storage, User-Inductiveload
Koavf added a subtask for T292954: [epic] large file uploads to commons: T294689: Please move file from en.wp to commons.
Oct 30 2021, 4:50 PM · Epic, MediaWiki-Uploading
Koavf added parent tasks for T294689: Please move file from en.wp to commons: T278104: Unable to upload to Commons: uploadstash-file-not-found: Key "187kyl5ozj74.xtav8j.51508.djvu" not found in stash, T292954: [epic] large file uploads to commons.
Oct 30 2021, 4:50 PM · Commons
Koavf created T294689: Please move file from en.wp to commons.
Oct 30 2021, 4:49 PM · Commons
Koavf added a comment to T292954: [epic] large file uploads to commons.

Just noting that I had a lot of trouble uploading a large file: y2commons didn't work, ChunkedUpload didn't work, publishing from my stash didn't work (a half-dozen times), and one last try at ChunkedUpload/stash failed so badly that the special page for my stash wouldn't load. I have no clue what is up. Another user helped me by uploading the file to en.wp but it needs to be ported over to Commons and overwrite the malformed version there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_Pakman_talks_to_Rebel_Wisdom_about_politics_and_media.webm

Oct 30 2021, 1:02 AM · Epic, MediaWiki-Uploading

Feb 11 2021

Koavf added a comment to T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.

This conversation reminds me of discussing the "Export to Excel" button in upstream Phab code in the past - basically https://secure.phabricator.com/T5908#72402.

Feb 11 2021, 1:11 PM · Community-Tech, WS Export
Koavf added a comment to T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.

Absent specific proposals for better wording

I gave a proposal.

Indeed. But it was [not] specific

Feb 11 2021, 1:10 PM · Community-Tech, WS Export
Koavf added a comment to T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.

Absent specific proposals for better wording

Feb 11 2021, 12:44 PM · Community-Tech, WS Export
Koavf added a comment to T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.

But it is for Kindles. We want to make things as easy as possible for those who just want to download. I reckon just leave it.

There are many devices from many manufacturers that can process this content. Instead of giving an advertisement for a Big Tech abuser, just make it generic. If you have one of their proprietary jails, you know which file types it uses.

Please leave your prejudices at the door.

Feb 11 2021, 12:44 PM · Community-Tech, WS Export
Koavf added a comment to T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.

But it is for Kindles. We want to make things as easy as possible for those who just want to download. I reckon just leave it.

Feb 11 2021, 12:26 PM · Community-Tech, WS Export
Koavf added a comment to T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.

Hi, what is this about specifically? (Please describe what you expect and what happens instead and be specific to avoid misunderstandings.)
./i18n/en.json: "format-mobi": "MOBI (for Kindles)" ? Something else? Thanks. :)

Feb 11 2021, 12:25 PM · Community-Tech, WS Export
Koavf created T274495: Genericize language on the Wikisource download button to remove specific models of tablet.
Feb 11 2021, 9:51 AM · Community-Tech, WS Export

Jan 14 2021

Koavf added a comment to T271766: Update UploadWizard's "1925" messages for so-old-they're-PD-in-the-US to 1926, now that it's 2021.

Oh, and thanks, J!

Jan 14 2021, 8:23 AM · MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.26; 2021-01-12), UploadWizard, Commons
Koavf added a comment to T271766: Update UploadWizard's "1925" messages for so-old-they're-PD-in-the-US to 1926, now that it's 2021.

Do I need to remake this ticket every December 31 or will it auto-update? I'm willing to make a calendar reminder for myself.

Jan 14 2021, 8:22 AM · MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.26; 2021-01-12), UploadWizard, Commons

Jan 11 2021

Koavf created T271766: Update UploadWizard's "1925" messages for so-old-they're-PD-in-the-US to 1926, now that it's 2021.
Jan 11 2021, 11:34 PM · MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.26; 2021-01-12), UploadWizard, Commons

Dec 11 2020

Koavf created T269911: Have a perfect score on Charity Navigator.
Dec 11 2020, 5:06 AM · WMF-Communications

Sep 15 2020

Koavf renamed T262880: Wikispore down with fatal error from Wikispore down with fatal erro to Wikispore down with fatal error.
Sep 15 2020, 1:04 AM · Wikispore
Koavf updated the task description for T262880: Wikispore down with fatal error.
Sep 15 2020, 1:03 AM · Wikispore
Koavf created T262880: Wikispore down with fatal error.
Sep 15 2020, 1:02 AM · Wikispore

Sep 5 2020

Koavf created T262123: SUL will not log me in to some WMF projects.
Sep 5 2020, 9:11 AM · MediaWiki-User-login-and-signup

Aug 5 2020

Koavf added a comment to T166138: Please add Petit Formal Script to the UniversalLanguageSelector.

What third-party website? Can MediaWiki servers not locally host fonts?

Aug 5 2020, 10:35 AM · All-and-every-Wikisource, Privacy Engineering, UniversalLanguageSelector
Koavf added a comment to T166138: Please add Petit Formal Script to the UniversalLanguageSelector.

Let me add to the chorus here: the default on many systems is Comic Sans which is far from ideal. Is this more difficult than simply editing the local MediaWiki.css?

Aug 5 2020, 9:42 AM · All-and-every-Wikisource, Privacy Engineering, UniversalLanguageSelector

Jul 22 2020

Koavf added a comment to T258556: Install Extension:DeleteBatch on mul.ws.

Wow, I didn't realize that this has been sitting around for 6.5 years but it hasn't been deployed to any WMF wiki yet... Hm.

Jul 22 2020, 6:48 AM · Wikimedia-Extension-setup
Koavf created T258556: Install Extension:DeleteBatch on mul.ws.
Jul 22 2020, 6:28 AM · Wikimedia-Extension-setup

Jul 21 2020

Koavf added a comment to T257672: Create Wikisource Ligurian.

<del>"Import from Incubator" is checked but there are many files that are not ported over from mul.ws and that will fundamentally break the scans. (That's in addition to user pages, templates, modules, etc.)</del>

Jul 21 2020, 12:03 AM · MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.1; 2020-07-21), MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.41; 2020-07-14), Patch-For-Review, User-RhinosF1, User-Urbanecm, Wiki-Setup (Create)

Jul 11 2020

Koavf renamed T257652: Add support for AVIF: serve AVIF thumbnails where possible from Add support for AVIF, serve AVIF thumbnails where possible to Add support for AVIF: serve AVIF thumbnails where possible.
Jul 11 2020, 6:23 AM · Thumbor, Commons, MediaWiki-File-management
Koavf created T257719: Add support for AVIF: allow uploading AVIF files to Wikimedia servers.
Jul 11 2020, 6:23 AM · Thumbor, Wikimedia-Site-requests
Koavf created T257718: Add support for AVIF: allow uploading AVIF files in MediaWiki by default.
Jul 11 2020, 6:22 AM · Commons, MediaWiki-File-management, MediaWiki-Uploading

Jul 10 2020

Koavf added a comment to T257652: Add support for AVIF: serve AVIF thumbnails where possible.

Generating thumbnails and serving up content in MediaWiki as AVIF images. My goal is to be able to use AVIF images in the exact same way as JPEG and PNG.

Jul 10 2020, 8:24 PM · Thumbor, Commons, MediaWiki-File-management
Koavf created T257652: Add support for AVIF: serve AVIF thumbnails where possible.
Jul 10 2020, 7:54 AM · Thumbor, Commons, MediaWiki-File-management

Jun 29 2020

Koavf added a comment to T254646: Reconsidering how we name things.

I did read it. My point is that I only read it *after* someone pointed out its scope. The vague title does not make it clear what the bug is actually *about* which I would think on first blush was a totally different issue related to the rebranding controversy. Hence, I am asking if someone can make a more descriptive title that actually gives a hint as to what the content is of this bug in particular.

Jun 29 2020, 1:48 AM · MW-1.39-notes (1.39.0-wmf.21; 2022-07-18), MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.12; 2021-12-06), MW-1.37-notes (1.37.0-wmf.23; 2021-09-13), User-brennen, MediaWiki-extensions-General, WMF-General-or-Unknown, MediaWiki-General, Patch-For-Review, Voice & Tone

Jun 28 2020

Koavf added a comment to T254646: Reconsidering how we name things.

I made a duplicate of this task because I searched for titles about "blacklist" or race and didn't find this. Can we get a more descriptive name for this bug? On first glance, I would think this was about the 2030 rebranding if anything.

There's plenty of tasks with "blacklist" in the title...

Jun 28 2020, 10:11 PM · MW-1.39-notes (1.39.0-wmf.21; 2022-07-18), MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.12; 2021-12-06), MW-1.37-notes (1.37.0-wmf.23; 2021-09-13), User-brennen, MediaWiki-extensions-General, WMF-General-or-Unknown, MediaWiki-General, Patch-For-Review, Voice & Tone
Koavf added a comment to T254646: Reconsidering how we name things.

I made a duplicate of this task because I searched for titles about "blacklist" or race and didn't find this. Can we get a more descriptive name for this bug? On first glance, I would think this was about the 2030 rebranding if anything.

Jun 28 2020, 9:25 PM · MW-1.39-notes (1.39.0-wmf.21; 2022-07-18), MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.12; 2021-12-06), MW-1.37-notes (1.37.0-wmf.23; 2021-09-13), User-brennen, MediaWiki-extensions-General, WMF-General-or-Unknown, MediaWiki-General, Patch-For-Review, Voice & Tone
Koavf created T256564: Replace racially-related, race-associated, or otherwise potentially racially insensitive terms to neutral ones.
Jun 28 2020, 9:52 AM

Jun 22 2020

Koavf added a comment to T10327: Language::formatNum() should prefix negative values with − (minus sign U+2212).

Agreed: minus should be used, not hyphen-minus. I was just clarifying for others who can't obviously tell which figure is in the infobox.

Jun 22 2020, 6:05 AM · User-notice-archive, MediaWiki-Internationalization, MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.20; 2020-12-01), MediaWiki-User-Interface
Koavf added a comment to T10327: Language::formatNum() should prefix negative values with − (minus sign U+2212).

To be clear, the infobox Doc just mentioned uses < - >, which is the hyphen-minus character: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen-minus rather than < − >, the minus sign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_and_minus_signs#Minus_sign

Jun 22 2020, 5:58 AM · User-notice-archive, MediaWiki-Internationalization, MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.20; 2020-12-01), MediaWiki-User-Interface

May 24 2020

Koavf updated the task description for T253462: Allow aspects of edits or logs to be revdeled while other aspects are suppressed.
May 24 2020, 8:23 AM · Platform Engineering, User-DannyS712, User-Huji, MediaWiki-Revision-deletion

May 23 2020

Koavf added a project to T253462: Allow aspects of edits or logs to be revdeled while other aspects are suppressed: MediaWiki-Revision-deletion.
May 23 2020, 9:47 PM · Platform Engineering, User-DannyS712, User-Huji, MediaWiki-Revision-deletion
Koavf created T253462: Allow aspects of edits or logs to be revdeled while other aspects are suppressed.
May 23 2020, 9:47 PM · Platform Engineering, User-DannyS712, User-Huji, MediaWiki-Revision-deletion

Apr 12 2020

Koavf lowered the priority of T250025: Slow response times and 504 Gateway timeouts accross all wiki projects from Unbreak Now! to Low.
Apr 12 2020, 5:43 AM · Wikimedia-Incident, SRE
Koavf added a comment to T250025: Slow response times and 504 Gateway timeouts accross all wiki projects.

Appears resolved. Can others help document at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20200412-eqiad_down

Apr 12 2020, 5:43 AM · Wikimedia-Incident, SRE

Apr 7 2020

Koavf added a comment to T249565: Wikidata's wb_items_per_site table has suddenly disappeared, creating DBQueryErrors on page views.

Is this why Wikidata-related modules and links in the toolbox are not working at en.wp?

Apr 7 2020, 3:45 AM · User-notice-archive, User-Addshore, MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.27; 2020-04-07), Wikimedia-Incident, User-Ladsgroup, Wikidata-Campsite (Wikidata-Campsite-Iteration-∞ (On Hold)), MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, DBA, Wikidata, Wikimedia-production-error, User-DannyS712

Apr 6 2020

Koavf created T249566: Database errors on several WMF projects "Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError".
Apr 6 2020, 11:07 PM

Mar 8 2020

Koavf added a comment to T247203: Move all code hosting from GitHub to FSF Forge.

Please clarify which specific code hosting you mean when writing "Move all code hosting from GitHub". Or how this relates to Wikimedia Gerrit / Git.

Mar 8 2020, 5:27 PM · Wikimedia-GitHub
Koavf created T247203: Move all code hosting from GitHub to FSF Forge.
Mar 8 2020, 5:00 PM · Wikimedia-GitHub

Mar 3 2020

Koavf added a comment to T231897: Connect Wikispore to Wikidata.

To be clear, this request would allow us to still have standard running text MediaWiki pages on Wikispore and not convert it into a Wikidata-style database, correct?

Mar 3 2020, 12:56 AM · Wikispore
Koavf added a comment to T243345: Email on Wikispore.

Additional functionality that is related: confirming email does not work (the site claims that it sends a confirmation but it doesn't) and consequently getting email updates from one's watchlist.

Mar 3 2020, 12:55 AM · Wikispore

Mar 2 2020

Koavf added a comment to T243599: MWMultiVersion.php Fatal error: no version entry for `#` (was: special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki and several other projects).

This is not urgent/break now but it's pretty important for maintenance on several wikis and has evidently been broken for four or five months.

Mar 2 2020, 9:45 PM · User-Urbanecm, Platform Engineering, serviceops-radar, SRE, Wikimedia-maintenance-script-run
Koavf raised the priority of T243599: MWMultiVersion.php Fatal error: no version entry for `#` (was: special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki and several other projects) from Medium to High.
Mar 2 2020, 9:44 PM · User-Urbanecm, Platform Engineering, serviceops-radar, SRE, Wikimedia-maintenance-script-run

Feb 13 2020

Koavf added a comment to T243599: MWMultiVersion.php Fatal error: no version entry for `#` (was: special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki and several other projects).
Feb 13 2020, 10:03 PM · User-Urbanecm, Platform Engineering, serviceops-radar, SRE, Wikimedia-maintenance-script-run
Koavf added a comment to T243599: MWMultiVersion.php Fatal error: no version entry for `#` (was: special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki and several other projects).

I can confirm that this is impacting many projects. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages and https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages haven't been updated since 2019-11-25 and the latter two claim that they will be updated every two weeks or so (en.wp has a huge warning that it's rarely updated).

Feb 13 2020, 9:42 PM · User-Urbanecm, Platform Engineering, serviceops-radar, SRE, Wikimedia-maintenance-script-run
Koavf renamed T243599: MWMultiVersion.php Fatal error: no version entry for `#` (was: special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki and several other projects) from special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki. to special pages has not been updated since November 2019 in jawiki and several other projects.
Feb 13 2020, 9:40 PM · User-Urbanecm, Platform Engineering, serviceops-radar, SRE, Wikimedia-maintenance-script-run

Feb 7 2020

Koavf added a comment to T244474: Expansion depth exceeded routinely in Wikispecies.

I don't want the error.

Feb 7 2020, 1:23 PM · MediaWiki-Templates

Feb 6 2020

Koavf created T244474: Expansion depth exceeded routinely in Wikispecies.
Feb 6 2020, 11:29 AM · MediaWiki-Templates

Jan 25 2020

Koavf added a comment to T231908: Integrate Wikispore with SUL.

I have an account to rename there as well. I hope that SUL can resolve this.

Jan 25 2020, 11:33 AM · Wikispore

Dec 21 2019

Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

Why is something that is so straightforward and so critical take so long?

Dec 21 2019, 8:27 PM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools

Dec 19 2019

Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

I do use it but by having be an opt-in gadget rather than the standard, we run the risk of losing editors, as mentioned above.

Dec 19 2019, 5:41 PM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools
Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

@Koavf It's not that simple. Hit me up on my enWS user talk page if you want the nitty gritty details. The short version is that Phe's OCR gadget (which is what this task is about, and which is what I assume you mean by the "default") is based on Tesseract, but that's not where the problem is: it's somewhere in the custom code Phe has written to provide the interface to Tesseract or its interaction with the server infrastructure on Toolforge.

Dec 19 2019, 10:21 AM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools
Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

Fixing problems like this and maintaining tools is difficult. In this particular case, there is a very straightforward quick fix, which is to use Tesseract's OCR tool and replace the default one. It works very well and is not broken. I'm not sure if the developers are busy or are trying to make the perfect the enemy of the good or what but a really easy way to resolve this in (what I assume as someone who is not a Wikimedia developer) five minutes is to drag and drop Tesseract's tool into some folder on some server and overwrite the standard OCR that no longer works. Long-term solutions are good, the development team's time and expertise are precious, and protracted bugs that just end up with a lot of talking about talking don't help anyone, so this seems like the best solution but I'm willing to admit my own ignorance if someone can come up with a better solution.

Dec 19 2019, 7:17 AM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools

Dec 18 2019

Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

Aklapper had already pointed above a MediaWiki.org link which explains how the Phabricator priority system work: mw:Phabricator/Project_management#Setting_task_priorities.

Phabricator is a tool which allows developers to organize openly their work. They do not have to manage community here. You probably may engage discussions on Meta or on your wiki village pump, eventually pinging a Community Liaisons member to express your priority wishes.

Dec 18 2019, 12:24 AM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools

Dec 17 2019

Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

At the risk of sounding condescending, this *is* fundamental to Wikisource. While some sources are digital-native, the majority of what Wikisource is is transcription of print sources and that is impossible without the ProofreadPage which relies on an OCR scan to reduce easily between 30 and 90% of the workload, depending on the source. Again, if what you need is a quick fix to descalate this, just make the Tesseract OCR scan the actual tool in Wikisource and we can sort out the details of a best practice later. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

Dec 17 2019, 11:54 PM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools
Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

This does not meet the criteria for UBN. Please do not abuse the prioity system.

Dec 17 2019, 8:27 PM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools

Nov 24 2019

Koavf added a comment to T239010: Add Extension:InterwikiExtracts to outreach.

Correct: we need both standard modules and templates included without having to remake them or import every revision over and over again, plus we want to include some content in form of actual pages from other wikis like Meta.

Nov 24 2019, 11:31 PM · MediaWiki-extensions-InterwikiExtracts, Wikimedia-Extension-setup
Koavf added a comment to T239010: Add Extension:InterwikiExtracts to outreach.

Yes, I meant outreach.wikimedia.org.

Nov 24 2019, 7:40 PM · MediaWiki-extensions-InterwikiExtracts, Wikimedia-Extension-setup
Koavf created T239010: Add Extension:InterwikiExtracts to outreach.
Nov 24 2019, 7:51 AM · MediaWiki-extensions-InterwikiExtracts, Wikimedia-Extension-setup

Nov 20 2019

Koavf added a comment to T238803: Retire fixcopyright.wikimedia.org.

I object to deletion: as long as we still own the domain names (that is, "we" being the WMF, not us personally), URIs should stay active and point to something meaningful. The only thing we ever should have outright deleted was the Siberian Wikipedia.

Nov 20 2019, 11:06 PM · Projects-Cleanup, fixcopyright.wikimedia.org, Wiki-Setup (Delete / Redirect), SRE

Oct 14 2019

Koavf added a watcher for WikiJournals: Koavf.
Oct 14 2019, 1:54 AM

Oct 8 2019

Koavf added a comment to T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text..

I escalated the priority: this is fundamental to how Wikisource operates. If we want to replace this with Tesseract as a solution, that's fine--just do so for all users.

Oct 8 2019, 8:05 PM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools
Koavf triaged T228594: [phetools] Wikisource OCR deletes old contents of a page, but does not generate new text. as Unbreak Now! priority.
Oct 8 2019, 8:05 PM · Upstream, All-and-every-Wikisource, Tools

Oct 7 2019

Koavf added a comment to T234768: Create Balinese Wikipedia.

Agreed. Not sure whom I can personally thank for this after waiting so long for (e.g.) nap.ws but thanks to whomever it is that is doing all this valuable work.

Oct 7 2019, 7:16 PM · MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.2; 2019-10-15), User-Ladsgroup, Wiki-Setup (Create), User-Urbanecm

Oct 6 2019

Koavf added a comment to T234715: DynamicPageList (Wikimedia) no longer integrates properly with flagged revisions.

I escalated the status--this is pretty vital to how ru.wn functions.

Oct 6 2019, 12:33 PM · MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.1; 2019-10-08), DynamicPageList (Wikimedia), MediaWiki-extensions-FlaggedRevs