Keegan (WMF)

Special:GlobalRenameRequest

Congratulations on the finlization of the finalisation.

Could we now start using Special:GlobalRenameUser Special:GlobalRenameRequest for regular business; and should it perhaps be renamed from "Unification rename request" to just "Global rename request" and note somewhere that the rename may also be performed by global renamers? (someone pointed me to the mw: page) –xeno^talk 16:27, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

@Xeno: Sure? It's completely up the community. GlobalRenameRequest was built with the idea that it could be used in place of local systems on whatever project chooses to do so, apart from SUL finalization. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:30, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Great; we've started directing users there for straightforward requests. If you could take a look at phabricator:T96957, I think it's better for the user experience if they receive a reason for rejection. Thanks! –xeno^talk 20:37, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Likely so, the rejection reason. Legoktm just got back from vacation, he'll likely look into it when he gets caught up and has the time. If he's too busy I'll poke at someone else. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:44, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks again. [oh, I meant special:GlobalRenameRequest, but I think you got that] –xeno^talk 20:46, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Recreations

I am seeing a lot of these accounts re-created. We might hope that they are being re-created by the owner of the SUL. IS there a way to check that this is happening? The accounts I checked were unattached on the SUL page. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:19, 28 April 2015 (UTC).

@Rich Farmbrough: Could you please provide me with some examples to better help me understand what you're seeing? Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:04, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Example User:Quod User:Richardkw and User:FBI~commonswiki. Since I previously looked these accounts have become "attached" so presumably there is no issue. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:12, 28 April 2015 (UTC).

Ah yes. User:Maintenance script is running to finish up some remaining unattached accounts that were skipped due to redirects. Good eye, thanks. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:15, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Actually, it was likely the JobQueue running behind. Everything is good, though. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Missing rename logs

During the initial months of the GlobalRename facility the logs weren't being (desirably) replicated to the local rename log when the user account existed on that project.

Is it possible to fill these logs into the local record, or would that be more trouble than it's worth? –xeno^talk 15:45, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

@Xeno: It's likely more trouble than it's worth, but @Legoktm: would know better than I. I'll hold off filing a task to see what he thinks. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:09, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

xTools down; database being recovered, Nik Everett overload

Keegan, I was trying to fill in a form for AAAS access. My statistics are in xTools, but it's been down. I think this is due to database problems. "No revisions found" While searching, I was alarmed to read that Nik Everett has been working day & night to debug this.

Since we are all human, we cannot drive ourselves to exhaustion & worse without destroying ourselves. Please convey my concerns to Nik Everett that he get some rest. Then he needs to stay on a sane schedule. This is a management issue.

I would be happy to email Lila if you think it would help to preserve the people behind the encyclopedia.

Please feel free to forward this message of my concern. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 23:19, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ancheta Wis: How very thoughtful, thank you for expressing your concern. I'll pass this along. Happy editing to you, and thanks again for being a caring human :) Keegan (talk) 03:03, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Username changed

Hello Keegan,
For years, I had the same username, Elagatis, in the English and the French wikis. In April, you changed my French username in Elagatis~frwiki. Can you please restore my previous French username ? Regards – Elagatis (talk) 09:57, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

@Elagatis: Hi there. Right now there is not a way to merge the two accounts together. However, as you might have seen, your account still works on the French Wikipedia. For now you can redirect your ~frwiki name to the right one, but we cannot put the contributions together. I hope that will be possible in the future, but for now trying to do so breaks things. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 00:29, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Contacting the WMF Legal department

I am contacting you because you are listed as a Community Liaison.

I am putting together a proposal at User:Guy Macon/Proposals/CAPTCHA (part of a series of proposals at User:Guy Macon/Proposals).

In my opinion, the next logical step is to inform someone at the WMF legal department. My problem is that there does not appear to be any noticeboard associated with the WMF legal department and every member of the WMF legal department appears to have a user talk page that cannot be edited.

I am unwilling to use email or post to a mailing list because I want everything involved with my proposals to be open and accessible through the history of the page where the discussion occurred. Can you suggest a way that I can contact legal regarding this matter? -Guy Macon (talk) 17:37, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Guy, thanks for your message! You have received a reply on Chris's talk page. With kind regards, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 16:33, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Concerns about lack of community collaboration for MediaSearch

Hi Keegan—the page at mw:Help:MediaSearch, the new search tool on Commons, currently offers no way for the community to provide feedback, and multiple threads at the talk page, including ones where you have been pinged, have so far been met with silence. Has the WMF sought any input at all from the community on this? Do you care what we think? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:57, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

The appropriate place to leave feedback is at the talk page on Commons. Feedback was solicited there for over a year while developing the tool, working extensively with the Commons community. I haven't responded for two reasons, I was off work combined with I no longer support this project. I've notified the appropriate people about the Help page. On a personal level, I'm quite disappointed that the project principle of assuming good faith didn't take place in this message to me. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 19:40, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

I'm glad to see that there is a forum. Regarding AGF, the initial ping to you was five months ago. I demonstrated good faith by assuming you may have just missed it and trying again, and then waiting more than a week for a reply. It occurred to me that you might no longer be on the project, but in that case, I would've expected someone on the team to have noticed given that it's their own page, or you could've easily replied and noted so without making me follow up here at your talk page. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:19, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

We might disagree on the philosophy. To me, assuming good faith is, "Someone did not respond to my ping. Perhaps they're busy or something's up, I'll ask them directly." Assuming bad faith is, "Someone did not respond to my ping. They must not care, I'll ask them about that directly." One approach is collaborative, the other is confrontational. I prefer the former, it's how the project got to where it is now. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 22:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)