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Re: ClueBot
Hi and thanks for help me. In es.WP is different. To run a bot we do some test edits (about 50) and then we ask the authorization at es:WP:BOT/A but if you want me to ask the community for its opinion I will ask it. Regards, - Sebastien Van Der Valt –seb– Talk... 17:59, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 November 2011
- News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
- WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India
- Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
The Signpost: 21 November 2011
- Discussion report: Much ado about censorship
- WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections
- Technology report: Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class
The Signpost: 28 November 2011
- News and notes: Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
- In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
- Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Bugle
- Featured content: The best of the week
ClueBot NG stopped working
Header says it all. →Στc. 23:50, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Replying to that- I saw your note on AN. Can it be moved to Toolserver? Can it go onto Amazon EC2 or elsewhere? tedder (talk) 23:59, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
- The new Wikimedia Labs environment is also an option. We're starting to run the first bots there [1]. Please get in touch with Ryan Lane (
rlane at wikimedia dot org) CC-ing me (erik at wikimedia dot org) if you're interested in using a labs instance for ClueBot.--Eloquence* 19:31, 5 December 2011 (UTC)- Hi Erik, I will get back to you on this one after I have had a chance to discuss this with Cobi. Many thanks - Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 00:52, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hey Rich, I saw your post about ClueBot's server - that sucks especially given that they would've been paid in the next day or so!!! Anyway I'd be interested in helping out with the false positives.
- I'm just wondering though, if the bot isn't fully taught, does that mean it'll need to get re-approved to comply with bot standards and stats etc?
- I did wonder at first if it was possible to get original ClueBot running again until CBNG fully recovers but I suppose that's a daft idea lol--5 albert square (talk) 20:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 December 2011
- News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
- In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
- Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
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- Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!
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IP claiming to be you
This IP (79.78.25.154) claimed to be you on his/her user talkpage, even putting a soft redirect on it. I'm just checking if that is true, or is it an impersonator? Shuipzv3 (talk) 10:33, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
- It's real, thanks for your concern - Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 11:35, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
- Oh OK, thank you. Shuipzv3 (talk) 20:46, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 12 December 2011
- Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
- News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community
- In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
- WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
- Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment
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- News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?
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- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- There is now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [2][3]
- Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [4][5][6][7]
- More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [8]
- The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [9]
Problems
- Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [10]
- Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [11][12]
- UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [13]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
- The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [14]
- You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [15]
- Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [16]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on September 23 at 17:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can register to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 in San Francisco 4–6 January 2016. Gadget, template, bot, and tool developers are welcome as well. Call for participation and travel sponsorship requests are open until 2 October.
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