[Translators-l] New translation editor + Fwd: summary of WMF engineering in March: Visual editor, notifications, mobile, & more

Tue Apr 9 17:32:09 UTC 2013

Huzzah!  Now that is something worth celebrating.
On Apr 9, 2013 10:14 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Translations needed!
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/**index.php?title=Special:**
> Translate&group=page-**Wikimedia+engineering+report%**
> 2F2013%2FMarch%2Fsummary&task=**view<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Wikimedia+engineering+report%2F2013%2FMarch%2Fsummary&task=view>
> >
> After you translate it, you may also want to link it from the wikis in
> that language.
>
> Among the news: the new translation interface was enabled by default last
> wednesday. <https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2013/03/25/redesigning-the-**
> translation-experience-an-**overview/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/redesigning-the-translation-experience-an-overview/>
> >
> There are some bugs being worked on, but more reports of specific problems
> or things you're unhappy with are very welcome, see <
> https://translatewiki.net/**wiki/Thread:Support/So_called_<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/So_called_>
> **"new"_interface_completely_**unusable/reply_(7)>.
> Bugzilla is quickest way to get a response, but translatewiki.net is also
> quite safe, see that thread. :)
>
> Nemo
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Oggetto: [Wikitech-ambassadors] summary of WMF engineering in March:
> Visual editor, notifications, mobile, & more
> Data: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:53:13 -0400
> Hi,
>
> The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in March 2013 is
> now available. Thanks to Guillaume Paumier and Tilman Bayer and the
> engineers who helped me put this together.
>
> Wiki version:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_**report/2013/March<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March>
> Blog version:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2013/04/04/engineering-march-**2013-report/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/04/engineering-march-2013-report/>
>
> We're also providing a shorter, simpler and translatable version of this
> report that does not assume specialized technical knowledge.  It's
> onwiki at
> https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_**
> report/2013/March/summary<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March/summary>
> and I thought you might like to have it in an email.
>
> As always, feedback is appreciated about the usefulness of the report
> and its summary, and on how to improve them.
>
> --
> Sumana Harihareswara
> Engineering Community Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> *This content is prepared for inclusion in the March 2013 Wikimedia
> Foundation
> report<https://meta.wikimedia.**org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_**
> Report,_March_2013<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Report,_March_2013>
> >.
> It is a shorter and simpler version of the full (and English-only)
> Wikimedia engineering report for March
> 2013<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Wikimedia_**
> engineering_report/2013/March<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March>
> >**that
> does not assume specialized technical knowledge.*
>
>
> VisualEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/VisualEditor<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor>
> >
>
> *(Accessible introduction to what the Visual Editor
> is<https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2012/12/07/inventing-as-we-go-**
> building-a-visual-editor-for-**mediawiki/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/07/inventing-as-we-go-building-a-visual-editor-for-mediawiki/>
> >)*
>
> In March, part of the team worked on infrastructure for the major new
> features that they'll be adding in the coming months. We aim for
> VisualEditor to be the default way all users edit our sites by July
> 2013, so it needs to let everyone edit the majority of content without
> needing to use the usual "wikitext" editor. This will mean adding
> support for references, (at least) basic templates, categories and
> images, each of which is a very large piece of work. This month the team
> primarily worked on draft designs and initial code to ensure users can
> edit categories and templates.
>
> The Visual Editor team undertook its first ever "Quarterly
> Review<https://meta.wikimedia.**org/wiki/Metrics_and_**
> activities_meetings/Quarterly_**reviews<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews>
> >",
> whose
> slides<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/File:VisualEditor-**
> Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_**quarterly_review_deck.pdf<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor-Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_quarterly_review_deck.pdf>
> >**detail
> these designs, the work done to date and expectations for the near
> future. The alpha version of VisualEditor on mediawiki.org and the
> English Wikipedia was updated twice, adding better input and selection
> support, fixing a number of bugs, and restructuring the back-end so that
> the new features will be simpler to create.
>
> The Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Parsoid<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid>>
> team (who are
> creating the parsing program <https://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Parsing<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing>
> >
> that translates plain wikitext into HTML annotated for easy editing, and
> *vice-versa*) continued writing specifications, fixing bugs, and
> improving how Parsoid deals with different human languages, newlines and
> whitespace, and transclusion. And late in March, C. Scott Ananian joined
> us as a contractor. Welcome!
>
>
> Editor engagement <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/New_editor_engagement<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_editor_engagement>
> >
>
> In March, the editor engagement features team worked on three projects:
> Notifications <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29>
> >**,
> Article Feedback
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Article_feedback/Version_**5<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5>>
> and Flow
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Flow<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow>
> >.
>
> For Notifications
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29>
> >**(formerly
> called 'Echo'), we developed a range of new features, including:
> the
> 'thanks<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Echo/Feature_**
> requirements#Thank_you_**notification<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#Thank_you_notification>
> >'
> and 'user
> rights<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Echo/Feature_**
> requirements#User_rights<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#User_rights>
> >'
> notifications, as well as HTML email
> notifications<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/**
> Feature_requirements#HTML_**email_digests<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#HTML_email_digests>
> >.
> We also started to collect our first
> metrics<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Echo/Metrics<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Metrics>>and
> prepared a
> socialization plan for our upcoming release on the English
> Wikipedia later this month. You are welcome to test our work-in-progress
> here on MediaWiki.org <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Echo/Testing<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Testing>
> >.
>
> For Article
> Feedback<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_**feedback/Version_5<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5>>,
> we
> deployed a new version of the tool on the and, for evaluation by their
> communities. Final features include 'discuss on talk
> page<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Article_feedback/**
> Version_5/Feature_**Requirements#Discuss_on_talk_**page<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5/Feature_Requirements#Discuss_on_talk_page>
> >'
> and
> 'auto-archive<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_**
> feedback/Version_5/Feature_**Requirements#Auto-archive_**comments<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5/Feature_Requirements#Auto-archive_comments>
> >'.
> The tool was temporarily turned off on the English Wikipedia, where we
> expect to re-deploy it on an opt-in basis as soon as practical, as
> described on this talk
> page<https://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_**
> Feedback_Tool/Version_5#New_**version_of_Article_Feedback<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_Feedback_Tool/Version_5#New_version_of_Article_Feedback>
> >.
>
> Design work continued on Flow <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Flow<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow>>,
> the
> upcoming user-to-user discussion system. We continued creating a
> 'Portal' that will engage discussion about Flow at three locations
> (mediawiki.org<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/FlowPortal<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FlowPortal>
> >**,
> meta, and the English Wikipedia), and performing
> research<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_**Portal/Research<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal/Research>
> >.
>
> The Editor Engagement
> Experiments<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_**
> Engagement_Experiments<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_Engagement_Experiments>
> >team
> largely placed other projects – such as guided tours
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Guided_tours<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Guided_tours>
> >,
> EventLogging<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/**EventLogging<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EventLogging>
> >,
> and others – on hold to focus on two key initiatives: the "Getting
> Started<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Extension:**GettingStarted<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted>
> >"
> process for onboarding new
> Wikipedians<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_**new_Wikipedians<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians>
> >,
> and on making the redesign of account creation and
> login<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Account_creation_**user_experience<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Account_creation_user_experience>
> >a
> permanent, internationalized part of MediaWiki core.
>
> For the Getting Started project, the team launched a new version on
> English Wikipedia, which included a new landing page with additional
> types of tasks suggested for brand new editors to try. The list of tasks
> is now generated by a basic recommender
> system<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Onboarding_new_**
> Wikipedians/Recommender_system<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians/Recommender_system>
> **>built
> by Ori Livneh, which gathers, filters, and delivered a fresh list of
> tasks automatically for every editor. This new backend paves the way for
> releasing the "getting started" feature on other projects, after we've
> completed data analysis and testing to understand which kinds of tasks
> are ideal for first time editors. Additionally, Matt Flaschen
> collaborated with the Editor Engagement Features team to build
> notifications<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo>>to
> welcome new editors
> and invite them to contribute via the Getting Started.
>
> For the account creation and login work, S Page, Munaf Assaf, and the
> rest of the team rebuilt our design to work with MediaWiki core, and
> solicited reviews from outside the team. We currently plan to launch
> both interface redesigns on an opt-in basis in April, to have editors
> test the localization and other functional aspects of the forms via a
> URL parameter, before we enable them as default.
>
>
>  Mobile <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_**engineering<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering>
> >
>
> We have a stable version of the mobile-optimized website, which everyone
> on a smartphone uses by default, and we have a beta version that
> logged-in Wikimedia users can opt to use to see features we're still
> building. When functionality is polished enough, we promote it from the
> beta site to the stable site. In March, we added the ability to easily
> upload<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/11/putting-**
> commons-contributions-in-your-**hand-mobile-app-uploads/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/putting-commons-contributions-in-your-hand-mobile-app-uploads/>
> >a
> lead
> image<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/28/add-an-image-**
> to-this-article-uploads-now-**live-on-mobile-wikipedia/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/28/add-an-image-to-this-article-uploads-now-live-on-mobile-wikipedia/>
> >to
> articles that lack one in the stable version of the mobile site. We
> also helped users by giving them a temporary fix to an issue we
> discovered that made logging in hard or impossible for some users of
> newer mobile web browsers; that problem had prevented a number of users
> from being able to upload photos via the mobile site. We are now well on
> our way to reach our goal of 1000 unique uploaders/month by the end of
> June 2013. Check out the mobile app dashboard
> <http://mobile-reportcard.**wmflabs.org/<http://mobile-reportcard.wmflabs.org/>>
> to see mobile contributions via
> the website and via apps.
>
> Also: we've added thumbnails of lead images from articles in the mobile
> watchlist view, as well as a "last modified" timestamp on articles in
> the stable version of the mobile site. We are currently focusing on some
> performance enhancements for the mobile site. In April we will graduate
> the "uploads dashboard" feature from beta to stable, will further refine
> our photo upload features, and will let beta site users see and use a
> feature to identify articles on subjects near your current location.
>
> The Mobile team that makes dedicated Wikimedia mobile apps have created
> an initial version of the Commons photo uploader app for Android; it is
> available for download in Google Play. The iOS version is still in beta,
> but should be available in the Apple app store next month.
>
> In March, Wikipedia Zero
> (explanation<https://**wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/**Mobile_partnerships<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships>
> >)
> added new telecom partners (such as Axiata Group
> Berhad<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/19/axiata-**
> wikipedia-zero-partnership/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/axiata-wikipedia-zero-partnership/>
> >),
> fixed some technical problems, and helped teach new staff how we do
> things. We also won an SXSW Interactive "Activism" award for Wikipedia
> Zero<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-**
> wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-**activism-award/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-activism-award/>
> >
> .
>
> Max Semenik, Arthur Richards and Faidon Liambotis held an OpenStreetMaps
> mini-hackathon at Open Source Days 2013 in
> Copenhagen<https://www.**mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/**
> Wikimedia_Mapping_Event_2013<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/Wikimedia_Mapping_Event_2013>
> >.
> During the event, they agreed on an implementation strategy for a future
> WMF mapping cluster. The cluster would serve OSM "tiles" and thus help
> integrate OSM functionality better into Wikimedia sites, and help with
> our mobile apps which already make use of OSM data.
>
>
>  Other useful engineering news
>
>    - Lua
> scripting<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-**
> templates-faster-more-**flexible-pages/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/>
> >has
> launched on all WMF wikis, making templates faster and making pages more
> flexible. You can read that post to understand what to do on your wiki
> to take advantage of this, and you can also read about the implications
> for Wikimedia's
> future<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/14/what-lua-**
> scripting-means-wikimedia-**open-source/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/>
> >.
>    - We redesigned the Translate
> interface<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/**
> redesigning-the-translation-**experience-an-overview/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/redesigning-the-translation-experience-an-overview/>
> >and
> made other
> progress<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-**
> release-of-the-mediawiki-**language-extension-bundle-and-**other-updates/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-release-of-the-mediawiki-language-extension-bundle-and-other-updates/>
> >on
> translation and language-related tools.
>    - We have fresh, friendly instructions on reporting a technical
> problem<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/18/how-**
> to-create-a-good-first-bug-**report/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/18/how-to-create-a-good-first-bug-report/>
> >and
> invite you to help prioritize problems to
> fix<https://blog.wikimedia.**org/2013/03/19/help-wikimedia-**
> squash-software-bugs/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/help-wikimedia-squash-software-bugs/>
> >.
>    - Our designers are collaborating with the Noun
> Project<https://blog.**wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-**
> noun-project-and-the-**wikimedia-foundation-host-an-**
> iconathon-to-create-an-**encyclopedia-collection-of-**free-icons/<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-noun-project-and-the-wikimedia-foundation-host-an-iconathon-to-create-an-encyclopedia-collection-of-free-icons/>
> >towards
> creating an "Encyclopedia Collection" of free icons.
>    - Our Operations group (the systems administrators who keep our
> servers running) has started a twice-monthly meeting with other
> engineering teams, to keep communication flowing about requirements and
> possible upcoming problems or server needs.
>    - The User Metrics API
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/User_Metrics<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_Metrics>>launched;
> it's a service
> that allows researchers to perform cohort analysis
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Cohort_study<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_study>>
> on various data sets,
> making it easier to measure the effects of programs and platform
> experiments among discrete sets of users. The Analytics
> group<https://www.mediawiki.**org/wiki/Analytics<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics>>,
> which works on
> software to make statistics about Wikimedia available, is currently
> working on improving the web-based user interface, to make it available
> for use outside of Wikimedia Foundation staff in the coming months.
>
>
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