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Jan 27 2018

lewiscawte moved T176: Use VIPS for image scaling & deploy the VipsScaler MediaWiki extension from Backlog to Extensions on the 2018 Major Operations board.
Jan 27 2018, 6:54 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte moved T181: Deploy TimedMediaHandler from Backlog to Extensions on the 2018 Major Operations board.
Jan 27 2018, 6:54 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte moved T132: Move SSL Termination to Vertex from Backlog to Servers on the 2018 Major Operations board.
Jan 27 2018, 6:54 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte moved T131: Sort HTTPS and make it available to everyone from Backlog to Servers on the 2018 Major Operations board.
Jan 27 2018, 6:54 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project

Jan 26 2018

lewiscawte archived 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:03 PM
lewiscawte edited projects for T140: Rewrite our VCL for Varnish 5.0, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:03 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte edited projects for T141: Ensure custom logs get rotated, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:03 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte edited projects for T142: Enable VisualEditor, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:03 PM · 2018 Major Operations
lewiscawte edited projects for T170: Remove DeleteWiki backups on a regular basis, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:02 PM · Lcawte w/c 25th May 20, 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project, CreateWiki
lewiscawte edited projects for T165: Get nagged at for out of date things., added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:02 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Major Code, Restricted Project
lewiscawte edited projects for T176: Use VIPS for image scaling & deploy the VipsScaler MediaWiki extension, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:02 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte edited projects for T181: Deploy TimedMediaHandler, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Jan 26 2018, 11:02 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte closed T231: Recurring Error 502s as Invalid.

You won't see an identified cause or steps towards a solution because you're not a member of staff. It is a known issue and is being worked on.

Jan 26 2018, 10:46 PM · Restricted Project

Jan 21 2018

gbarnick added a comment to T231: Recurring Error 502s.

Last reported 7 November 2017 here by 3 users.

Jan 21 2018, 9:31 PM · Restricted Project
gbarnick created T231: Recurring Error 502s.
Jan 21 2018, 9:11 PM · Restricted Project

Jan 10 2018

SamanthaNguyen closed T230: [ResourceLoader] Remove deprecated 'position' annotations from ResourceLoader module definitions in skins and extensions as Resolved.
Jan 10 2018, 3:38 AM · Technical Debt, JavaScript, CSS

Jan 6 2018

SamanthaNguyen created T230: [ResourceLoader] Remove deprecated 'position' annotations from ResourceLoader module definitions in skins and extensions.
Jan 6 2018, 10:50 PM · Technical Debt, JavaScript, CSS

Oct 25 2017

lewiscawte added a comment to T228: Track Import Requests.

Produced a fairly basic special page prototype. Job needs fleshing out and form needs validation.

Oct 25 2017, 6:19 PM · Major Code, Extension Wishlist
lewiscawte claimed T228: Track Import Requests.

@jack Any thoughts?

Oct 25 2017, 5:24 PM · Major Code, Extension Wishlist
lewiscawte created T228: Track Import Requests.
Oct 25 2017, 5:24 PM · Major Code, Extension Wishlist

Oct 21 2017

SamanthaNguyen closed T65: Decide on what settings and extensions are eligible for inclusion as Resolved.

For what we're concerned of, this has been basically resolved on the internal wiki - this can also be dynamically determined by checking if the configuration is public or private. Also see {T227} (private task)

Oct 21 2017, 4:14 AM · Unknown Object (Project)

Oct 20 2017

lewiscawte triaged T215: Rewrite CreateWiki's backend as High priority.
Oct 20 2017, 9:12 AM · Technical Debt, JavaScript, Performance, CreateWiki

Sep 23 2017

SamanthaNguyen closed T223: Rename my account as Wontfix.

Unfortunately we don't support renaming accounts, and probably won't for a while. Global renaming is only a feature in MediaWiki that exists as a sub-extension of CentralAuth, but we don't use CentralAuth for supporting our global user base, as it's designed specifically for Wikimedia's infrastructure (meaning it has Wikimedia-specific code).

Sep 23 2017, 5:37 PM
KatMakroFan-AOTCP69 created T223: Rename my account.
Sep 23 2017, 3:32 PM

Sep 19 2017

jack closed T222: ShoutWiki Support site not working as Invalid.

https://support.shoutwiki.com/ works for me, and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com agrees with me on that.

Sep 19 2017, 11:29 AM

Sep 18 2017

Catalan triaged T222: ShoutWiki Support site not working as Unbreak Now! priority.

Can confirm that this is happening.

Sep 18 2017, 11:17 AM
LegoFan4000 lowered the priority of T222: ShoutWiki Support site not working from Unbreak Now! to Needs Triage.

Can confirm that this is happening.

Sep 18 2017, 1:37 AM

Sep 13 2017

Catalan triaged T222: ShoutWiki Support site not working as Unbreak Now! priority.
Sep 13 2017, 1:13 PM
Catalan created T222: ShoutWiki Support site not working.
Sep 13 2017, 1:13 PM

Sep 10 2017

SamanthaNguyen closed T217: Consider adding NewUserMessage to our extension request whitelist as Invalid.

I've only seen one request so far interested, so I'm going to decline this. The better route would be to look into merging parts of HAWelcome into NewUserMessage first, as mentioned by @jack above. Not very important though. If more requests pop up, then maybee

Sep 10 2017, 10:14 PM · Restricted Project
SamanthaNguyen closed T114: EasyTimeline not displaying text as Invalid.

Closing. This isn't our issue (we don't develop for EasyTimeline); anyone interested in having that issue fixed should look at upstream (instead of here) where the actual development and issue tracking is located.

Sep 10 2017, 8:53 PM
SamanthaNguyen closed T114: EasyTimeline not displaying text, a subtask of T90: Upgrade MediaWiki to 1.28, as Invalid.
Sep 10 2017, 8:53 PM

Aug 29 2017

SamanthaNguyen created T221: Consider adding OATHAuth to extension request whitelist.
Aug 29 2017, 5:19 AM · Extension Wishlist

Aug 27 2017

SamanthaNguyen removed a member for Calendar: SamanthaNguyen.
Aug 27 2017, 3:44 AM
SamanthaNguyen removed a watcher for Calendar: SamanthaNguyen.
Aug 27 2017, 3:44 AM
SamanthaNguyen closed T102: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Navigation as Invalid.

See T87#3212.

Aug 27 2017, 3:44 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T105: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Datepicker as Invalid.

See T87#3212.

Aug 27 2017, 3:43 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T105: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Datepicker, a subtask of T87: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension (tasklist), as Invalid.
Aug 27 2017, 3:43 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T104: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: HTML & CSS as Invalid.

See T87#3212.

Aug 27 2017, 3:42 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T104: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: HTML & CSS, a subtask of T87: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension (tasklist), as Invalid.
Aug 27 2017, 3:42 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T103: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Design, a subtask of T87: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension (tasklist), as Invalid.
Aug 27 2017, 3:42 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T103: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Design as Invalid.

See T87#3212.

Aug 27 2017, 3:42 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T101: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: User control and feedback, a subtask of T87: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension (tasklist), as Invalid.
Aug 27 2017, 3:41 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T101: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: User control and feedback as Invalid.

See T87#3212.

Aug 27 2017, 3:41 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T100: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Readability as Invalid.

See T87#3212.

Aug 27 2017, 3:41 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T100: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension: Readability, a subtask of T87: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension (tasklist), as Invalid.
Aug 27 2017, 3:41 AM · Calendar
SamanthaNguyen closed T87: Refactor ShoutWiki Calendar extension (tasklist) as Invalid.

Closing, as simply not interested anymore and most likely not going to invest this in any time soon.

Aug 27 2017, 3:40 AM · Calendar

Aug 21 2017

lewiscawte closed T113: Imported pages not appear in auto-suggest [lenen] as Invalid.
Aug 21 2017, 10:26 PM
lewiscawte added a project to T131: Sort HTTPS and make it available to everyone: 2018 Major Operations.
Aug 21 2017, 10:24 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte added a comment to T176: Use VIPS for image scaling & deploy the VipsScaler MediaWiki extension.

Currently being used on Brickipedia with no issues. Hope to roll out globally soon.

Aug 21 2017, 10:23 PM · Extension Wishlist, 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
lewiscawte edited projects for T132: Move SSL Termination to Vertex, added: 2018 Major Operations; removed 2017 Major Operations.
Aug 21 2017, 10:22 PM · 2018 Major Operations, Restricted Project
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 · Restricted 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 · Restricted 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