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Aug 21 2017

lewiscawte created 2018 Major Operations.
Aug 21 2017, 10:22 PM
lewiscawte closed T216: Setup LetsEncrypt for tools/chirp sites as Resolved.

StaffWiki now done.

Aug 21 2017, 9:34 PM · Restricted Project
lewiscawte triaged T216: Setup LetsEncrypt for tools/chirp sites as Unbreak Now! priority.
Aug 21 2017, 8:10 PM · Restricted Project
lewiscawte added a comment to T216: Setup LetsEncrypt for tools/chirp sites.

Certificates expired for *.shoutwiki.com.

Aug 21 2017, 8:03 PM · Restricted Project

Jul 18 2017

SamanthaNguyen removed a member for AdFree: Xauroflaux.
Jul 18 2017, 2:13 AM
SamanthaNguyen removed a watcher for AdFree: Xauroflaux.
Jul 18 2017, 2:12 AM

Jul 7 2017

CJC claimed T122: Create the "Wiki details" page.
Jul 7 2017, 6:59 PM · Unknown Object (Project)
lewiscawte added a comment to T131: Sort HTTPS and make it available to everyone.

So I'm going to target this for February 2018... it'll give us a bit of prep time after LetsEncrypt launches wildcard certificates in January.

Jul 7 2017, 2:02 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte closed T220: add Wikibase extension to veri.shoutwiki.com as Wontfix.

I'm going to go as far as to say I can't see us supporting this extension any time in the next 12 months. I'm almost tempted to go further, but who knows. A few months ago, I would have said the same thing about Echo.

Jul 7 2017, 2:01 PM · Extension Wishlist
almor created T220: add Wikibase extension to veri.shoutwiki.com.
Jul 7 2017, 2:17 AM · Extension Wishlist
SamanthaNguyen created Theme.
Jul 7 2017, 12:36 AM
SamanthaNguyen closed T208: Login issues as Resolved.
Jul 7 2017, 12:27 AM

Jul 6 2017

jack closed T219: Add file extensions to greatballcontraption.com LocalSetting.php as Resolved.

Firstly, is this the right place to make this request?

Yup, this works. Alternatively you can also email us, either via Special:Contact or directly (support@shoutwiki.com) for private matters.

Jul 6 2017, 7:08 AM · Phabricator
ALittleSlow created T219: Add file extensions to greatballcontraption.com LocalSetting.php.
Jul 6 2017, 4:53 AM · Phabricator

Jul 5 2017

lewiscawte added a comment to T74: Provide a better No Such Wiki page.

So the idea, other than just providing the deletion log if a wiki was deleted, is to provide something along the lines of the old Wikia home page with image links to related and big wikis.

Jul 5 2017, 3:44 AM · Design, Major Code, NoSuchWiki
lewiscawte added a comment to T73: Always pass a requested wiki to NSW.

So NoSuchWiki no longer uses HTTP_REFERER as browsers don't set this often enough for this to be reliable.

Jul 5 2017, 3:33 AM · NoSuchWiki

Jun 24 2017

SamanthaNguyen added a comment to T217: Consider adding NewUserMessage to our extension request whitelist.

Turns out there's another message too, which is Notification-header-welcome, which says {{GENDER:$2|Welcome}} to {{SITENAME}}, $1! We're glad {{GENDER:$2|you're}} here.

Jun 24 2017, 11:28 PM · Restricted Project

Jun 22 2017

SamanthaNguyen added a comment to T217: Consider adding NewUserMessage to our extension request whitelist.

Well, just in case if this means anything, Echo supports a notification for edits made for the very first time. It doesn't require us having to manually delete it on our side. The message is located at notification-header-thank-you-1-edit, so it's technically customisable. Here's a screenshot:

Jun 22 2017, 6:49 AM · Restricted Project
SamanthaNguyen added a comment to T67: Redesign the Homepage.
  • After reading through this task, it looks like no one mentioned whether or not we want a wiki-editable main page or a splash page (like Brickimedia's old splash page). Splash page gives more freedom but obviously more, long-term maintenance work. What do others think we should have? I think we can try out both, since it won't hurt to try either.
  • Colors: We can create our color palette by using some the colors that the Aurora skin has, with modifications as needed - consistency is important. (Although, I'll be honest here, I don't particularly like the black as the primary color since it's such a strong color and thus distracts away from the most important thing, which is content. This is something for another discussion though).
  • Languages: Although i18n is a nice-to-have, at least in my view this is sorta low-priority compared to the rest.
  • Pictures: From what I've seen, there seems to be quite a bit of wikis that don't have their own logo, so doing this would be sort of a problem.
  • {{FEATUREDUSER}}, {{FEATUREDARTICLE}}, and {{WIKINEWS}}, and {{FEATUREDLOGO}} by @mgagemorgan: While that idea as a concept is cool, this entirely depends on us picking something out of a list to decide what should be featured (or we can use the API to pick something randomly, although I imagine that could potentially be an expensive query? Personally, I don't know much about performance + SQL).
    • As for wiki News: Is it the same type of news we have on our page? That shouldn't be that much of a problem. What's something that users are interested in? (If we're referring to cross-wiki news, well, that's obviously a lot more work, and requires a team of good, dedicated writers who are able to keep up with the communities on this platform, which there's a lot of; something we currently don't have).
  • Piwik stuff: I'm not familiar with the API, but if it's of interest, then here's a link: https://developer.piwik.org/api-reference/reporting-api
  • Sidebar idea: Maybe, that sounds interesting. This would be the place for secondary information - stuff that's not as important as other info. Now, what do we consider secondary information?
  • Tiles idea by @Bouncepaw: So this is possible with pure CSS actually, using the flex box model. Although, it's somewhat complicated (but of course, still possible). Check https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/ on how it works. Another thing to point out though is it's compatibility across browsers: It's completely unsupported for IE9 and only partial support for IE10 and IE11 + luckily it's supported in Edge though. Check http://caniuse.com/#feat=flexbox for the full details. This doesn't match MediaWiki's browser compatibility matrix, which is what we generally try to be consistent with. So realistically speaking, we'd probably have to use JS and possibly pick an existing library.
Jun 22 2017, 1:16 AM · Unknown Object (Project)

Jun 21 2017

jack added a comment to T217: Consider adding NewUserMessage to our extension request whitelist.

On the other hand, this extension is used on (select) WMF wikis, such as Wikimedia Commons, so it's code-reviewed and guaranteed to be compatible with recent versions of MW.
However, we have a very similar extension -- HAWelcome -- already, which supports SocialProfile, which NewUserMessage doesn't. (See also T68)

Jun 21 2017, 1:59 PM · Restricted Project
SamanthaNguyen added a comment to T207: Echo support for Aurora.

Fixed in rSHWK4226

Jun 21 2017, 2:57 AM · Aurora
SamanthaNguyen closed T207: Echo support for Aurora as Resolved.

Fixed in rSHWK4226

Jun 21 2017, 2:57 AM · Aurora
SamanthaNguyen closed T207: Echo support for Aurora, a subtask of T182: Globally deploy Echo, as Resolved.
Jun 21 2017, 2:57 AM · Extension Wishlist, 2017 Major Operations

Jun 20 2017

SamanthaNguyen created T217: Consider adding NewUserMessage to our extension request whitelist.
Jun 20 2017, 11:15 PM · Restricted Project

Jun 17 2017

SamanthaNguyen added a member for Skins: SamanthaNguyen.
Jun 17 2017, 2:03 AM

Jun 16 2017

lewiscawte claimed T201: Add TemplateSandbox to our extension request whitelist.

Looks very useful. Might try and get this out soon.

Jun 16 2017, 9:01 AM · Extension Wishlist
lewiscawte updated the task description for T201: Add TemplateSandbox to our extension request whitelist.
Jun 16 2017, 9:00 AM · Extension Wishlist

Jun 15 2017

SamanthaNguyen updated the image for Documentation from F4749: fa-briefcase-yellow.png to F4752: profile.
Jun 15 2017, 5:57 AM
SamanthaNguyen created Documentation.
Jun 15 2017, 5:57 AM

Jun 13 2017

SamanthaNguyen updated the image for Mobile from F964: profile to F4542: profile.
Jun 13 2017, 6:59 PM
SamanthaNguyen updated the image for Accessibility from F977: profile to F4539: profile.
Jun 13 2017, 6:53 PM

Jun 12 2017

lewiscawte created T216: Setup LetsEncrypt for tools/chirp sites.
Jun 12 2017, 4:42 PM · Restricted Project

Jun 11 2017

CJC added a comment to T65: Decide on what settings and extensions are eligible for inclusion.

For me, I think that it should come down to this:

  • Any and all userrights/user groups that do not disclose private information and/or pose security risks
Jun 11 2017, 9:08 PM · Restricted Project
SamanthaNguyen renamed T215: Rewrite CreateWiki's backend from CreateWiki's performance isn't as good as it should be to Rewrite CreateWiki's backend.
Jun 11 2017, 5:51 PM · Technical Debt, JavaScript, Performance, CreateWiki
lewiscawte added a comment to T215: Rewrite CreateWiki's backend.

Isn't there already a task to rewrite CreateWiki's backend?

Jun 11 2017, 5:30 PM · Technical Debt, JavaScript, Performance, CreateWiki
lewiscawte closed T213: About protocol problems when using ShoutWiki as Wontfix.

The fix is to stop using HTTPS. I know, it sucks, but it's unsupported for a very good reason at the moment, and it'll stop working when our current certificate expires in about two months time.

Jun 11 2017, 5:28 PM · Mobile
SamanthaNguyen created T215: Rewrite CreateWiki's backend.
Jun 11 2017, 4:48 PM · Technical Debt, JavaScript, Performance, CreateWiki
SamanthaNguyen removed a parent task for T214: Decide which extensions we want to allow the end-user to pick for installing: T55: Rewrite CreateWiki Frontend.
Jun 11 2017, 3:55 PM · Technical Debt, Design, Major Code, CreateWiki
SamanthaNguyen removed a subtask for T55: Rewrite CreateWiki Frontend: T214: Decide which extensions we want to allow the end-user to pick for installing.
Jun 11 2017, 3:55 PM · Technical Debt, Design, Major Code, CreateWiki
SamanthaNguyen created T214: Decide which extensions we want to allow the end-user to pick for installing.
Jun 11 2017, 3:33 PM · Technical Debt, Design, Major Code, CreateWiki
Utolee90 created T213: About protocol problems when using ShoutWiki.
Jun 11 2017, 2:36 PM · Mobile

Jun 8 2017

SamanthaNguyen added a project to T138: Add more content to starter.shoutwiki.com: Starter ShoutWiki.
Jun 8 2017, 11:17 PM · Starter ShoutWiki
SamanthaNguyen created Starter ShoutWiki.
Jun 8 2017, 11:15 PM
jack added a comment to T211: Allow stewards to add/remove other stewards.

The steward group was historically created (on ShoutWiki) as a way "to deal w/ rouge admins", to quote what Pinky wrote on GlobalSettings.php many, many moons ago. As such, I'm not sure about this request. Yes, this is a request we hear more often than once a year or so, but I think we can continue dealing with these requests on a case-by-case basis and focus on getting AdminPanel into shape so that admins (etc.) are able to change the wiki's default skin, theme and such stuff without having to contact staff. That seems more beneficial for all parties IMO.

Jun 8 2017, 11:29 AM · Restricted Project
lewiscawte updated subscribers of T211: Allow stewards to add/remove other stewards.

This is actually a good request we hear quite a lot.

Jun 8 2017, 1:14 AM · Restricted Project
lewiscawte added a comment to T210: Security risk with EditAccount and LookupUser.

@lewiscawte I'm more concerned about EditAccount, which poses stronger risks.

Jun 8 2017, 1:02 AM · Unknown Object (Project), LookupUser
lewiscawte closed T209: Change configuration for my wiki as Invalid.

Within certain parameters, yes. Email support@shoutwiki.com. This isn't a bug, and it is a widely known fact.

Jun 8 2017, 12:49 AM · Support
lewiscawte added a comment to T69: AdBlockDetector.

Oh, really? I was under the impression we get CPM as well as CPC bids on our ad units. But then again, what do I know? I'm only the person with the access to the data.

Unless I'm mistaken, ShoutWiki gains revenue from hosting the ads. Individual users blocking them on their personal devices (there are dozens of free content blockers out there) shouldn't affect anything

Jun 8 2017, 12:48 AM · Advertising
Xauroflaux triaged T212: Allow administrators to add/remove rollback rights as Normal priority.
Jun 8 2017, 12:46 AM
Xauroflaux created T212: Allow administrators to add/remove rollback rights.
Jun 8 2017, 12:46 AM
Xauroflaux triaged T211: Allow stewards to add/remove other stewards as Normal priority.
Jun 8 2017, 12:45 AM · Restricted Project
Xauroflaux created T211: Allow stewards to add/remove other stewards.
Jun 8 2017, 12:45 AM · Restricted Project
Xauroflaux updated subscribers of T209: Change configuration for my wiki.
Jun 8 2017, 12:42 AM · Support
lewiscawte added a comment to T94: Remove unused extensions.

Which wiki does configure work with? ShoutWiki Hub only? I'm surprised that it even works at all in its curernt state, given the fact that the documentation page says it's incompatible with MediaWiki 1.28

Jun 8 2017, 12:40 AM · Restricted Project, Unknown Object (Project), Technical Debt
Xauroflaux added a comment to T69: AdBlockDetector.

Oh, really? I was under the impression we get CPM as well as CPC bids on our ad units. But then again, what do I know? I'm only the person with the access to the data.

Jun 8 2017, 12:40 AM · Advertising
lewiscawte added a comment to T69: AdBlockDetector.

Oh, really? I was under the impression we get CPM as well as CPC bids on our ad units. But then again, what do I know? I'm only the person with the access to the data.

Jun 8 2017, 12:38 AM · Advertising
Xauroflaux added a comment to T210: Security risk with EditAccount and LookupUser.

@lewiscawte I'm more concerned about EditAccount, which poses stronger risks.

Jun 8 2017, 12:37 AM · Unknown Object (Project), LookupUser
lewiscawte closed T210: Security risk with EditAccount and LookupUser as Invalid.

Yes, there are security and/or privacy issues. The applicable part here being "privacy issues". Which is why only staff can use these tools to enable us to do our jobs. We take privacy seriously, and these tools are not used unless it is necessary. LookupUser was originally written by one of the key MediaWiki developers, who is currently employed by the Wikimedia Foundation, so will have been written with security and privacy concerns in mind.

Jun 8 2017, 12:35 AM · Unknown Object (Project), LookupUser
Xauroflaux added a watcher for AdFree: Xauroflaux.
Jun 8 2017, 12:33 AM
Xauroflaux added a member for AdFree: Xauroflaux.
Jun 8 2017, 12:33 AM
Xauroflaux updated subscribers of T210: Security risk with EditAccount and LookupUser.
Jun 8 2017, 12:32 AM · Unknown Object (Project), LookupUser
Xauroflaux added a comment to T69: AdBlockDetector.

Ad blockers should not be banned or discouraged in any way. Users should be allowed to block the ads on their personal devices - ShoutWiki doesn't loose any revenue from this.

Jun 8 2017, 12:32 AM · Advertising
Xauroflaux awarded T69: AdBlockDetector a Dislike token.
Jun 8 2017, 12:31 AM · Advertising
Xauroflaux added a comment to T94: Remove unused extensions.

Which wiki does configure work with? ShoutWiki Hub only? I'm surprised that it even works at all in its curernt state, given the fact that the documentation page says it's incompatible with MediaWiki 1.28

Jun 8 2017, 12:30 AM · Restricted Project, Unknown Object (Project), Technical Debt
Xauroflaux added a comment to T65: Decide on what settings and extensions are eligible for inclusion.

For me, I think that it should come down to this:

Jun 8 2017, 12:29 AM · Unknown Object (Project)
lewiscawte added a comment to T94: Remove unused extensions.

There's a reason a number of extensions in the repository are unused. For Configure it's a case of "works okay for one wiki, not 8800+."

Jun 8 2017, 12:24 AM · Restricted Project, Unknown Object (Project), Technical Debt
Xauroflaux added a comment to T65: Decide on what settings and extensions are eligible for inclusion.
In T65#2171, @DeltaQuad wrote:

This is important for wiki creators/founders

Jun 8 2017, 12:24 AM · Unknown Object (Project)
Xauroflaux added a comment to T94: Remove unused extensions.

I'd like to see Configure and FlaggedRevs in use

Jun 8 2017, 12:22 AM · Restricted Project, Unknown Object (Project), Technical Debt
Xauroflaux triaged T210: Security risk with EditAccount and LookupUser as Unbreak Now! priority.
Jun 8 2017, 12:21 AM · Unknown Object (Project), LookupUser
Xauroflaux created T210: Security risk with EditAccount and LookupUser.
Jun 8 2017, 12:21 AM · Unknown Object (Project), LookupUser
Xauroflaux triaged T209: Change configuration for my wiki as Normal priority.
Jun 8 2017, 12:19 AM · Support
Xauroflaux created T209: Change configuration for my wiki.
Jun 8 2017, 12:19 AM · Support
SamanthaNguyen placed T48: Add the globally enabled skins to CreateWiki up for grabs.
Jun 8 2017, 12:05 AM · CreateWiki, Skins
SamanthaNguyen placed T65: Decide on what settings and extensions are eligible for inclusion up for grabs.
Jun 8 2017, 12:05 AM · Unknown Object (Project)
SamanthaNguyen placed T49: Enable Metrolook globally up for grabs.
Jun 8 2017, 12:05 AM · Skins
SamanthaNguyen placed T69: AdBlockDetector up for grabs.
Jun 8 2017, 12:04 AM · Advertising
SamanthaNguyen placed T127: Steward checking tool up for grabs.
Jun 8 2017, 12:03 AM · Support
SamanthaNguyen claimed T207: Echo support for Aurora.
Jun 8 2017, 12:00 AM · Aurora

Jun 7 2017

radar added a comment to T208: Login issues.

It's most probably all Layer 8. Resolve at your own leisure please. I would delete it, but can't and don't wanna set state to something wrong otherwise :)

Jun 7 2017, 1:27 AM

Jun 6 2017

radar added a comment to T208: Login issues.

And sorry again, I did not see the support-email in the text on the mainpage. And there I could also click on Contact. I don't know, I got a permission denied before, but that depended maybe on the context of the page I was on. So sorry gain, I will try the support email.

Jun 6 2017, 8:26 PM
radar added a comment to T208: Login issues.

To add to the confusion, if I try to use http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Special:PasswordReset with the desired username and the alternative I tried, it tells me there are no such users.

Jun 6 2017, 8:12 PM
radar added a comment to T208: Login issues.

But I still have an issue it seems. I tried to reset via email-address. But with the address I wanted to register I get no answer from the bot. But I don;t understand why I then not are able to register an account with that same address. I tried with two usernames.

Jun 6 2017, 8:07 PM
radar added a comment to T208: Login issues.

I'm very sorry, I somehow missed http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Special:PasswordReset

Jun 6 2017, 8:00 PM
radar updated the task description for T208: Login issues.
Jun 6 2017, 7:52 PM
radar created T208: Login issues.
Jun 6 2017, 7:48 PM

Jun 3 2017

lewiscawte placed T207: Echo support for Aurora up for grabs.
Jun 3 2017, 9:11 PM · Aurora
lewiscawte added a project to T207: Echo support for Aurora: Aurora.
Jun 3 2017, 9:08 PM · Aurora
lewiscawte created T207: Echo support for Aurora.
Jun 3 2017, 8:21 PM · Aurora
lewiscawte closed T194: Consider enabling Thanks extension globally as Resolved.
Jun 3 2017, 8:18 PM · Restricted Project
lewiscawte closed T194: Consider enabling Thanks extension globally, a subtask of T182: Globally deploy Echo, as Resolved.
Jun 3 2017, 8:18 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2017 Major Operations

Jun 2 2017

Imposter-CJC95 awarded T194: Consider enabling Thanks extension globally a Like token.
Jun 2 2017, 6:26 PM · Restricted Project
Imposter-CJC95 awarded T182: Globally deploy Echo a Heartbreak token.
Jun 2 2017, 6:26 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2017 Major Operations
Imposter-CJC95 closed T182: Globally deploy Echo as Resolved.
Jun 2 2017, 6:26 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2017 Major Operations

Jun 1 2017

MattFitzpatrick awarded T182: Globally deploy Echo a Party Time token.
Jun 1 2017, 8:57 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2017 Major Operations
MattFitzpatrick added a comment to T182: Globally deploy Echo.

Ah ha, this explains the database downtime. Hope all goes well. Welcome to the neighborhood, Brickipedians!

Jun 1 2017, 8:56 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2017 Major Operations
lewiscawte created T206: Faster global operations scripts.
Jun 1 2017, 8:12 PM · Restricted Project

May 18 2017

MattFitzpatrick added a comment to T174: 160x600 skyscraper ads overflows 120x600 iframe.

The outermost div#column-google is now 160px wide, but some of the intermediate nested elements remain 120px.

May 18 2017, 11:54 PM · Lcawte w/c 25th May 20, Advertising, Skins

May 5 2017

Utolee90 added a comment to T191: Issues about Vector Skin - dropdown menus are covered by right ads..

I found similar issues in other skins.

May 5 2017, 4:35 PM · Advertising, Skins

May 1 2017

SamanthaNguyen closed T205: Refactor form on Special:LookupUser to use HTMLForm as Invalid.

Oops, moved upstream instead: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164231

May 1 2017, 10:47 PM · Technical Debt, LookupUser
SamanthaNguyen added a project to T205: Refactor form on Special:LookupUser to use HTMLForm: Technical Debt.
May 1 2017, 10:42 PM · Technical Debt, LookupUser