On 12 April 2011 12:02, David Gerard wrote:
>
> I just tried editing an article on en:wp on my shiny new BlackBerry
> 9300. (Which can browse Wikipedia just fine.) It was ridiculously
> annoying and I'm not sure I'd bother fixing typos I spotted in casual
> reading.
>
> (At least Vector worked in
On 12 April 2011 21:17, Quim Gil wrote:
> About tricky UIs, they can be improved for mobile use. Please take the
> time filing feature requests and your proposals at
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
I strongly suspect this is in the class of problem which is not going
to achieve good solutions
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 20:02 +0100, ext David Gerard wrote:
> On 12 April 2011 19:46, Quim Gil wrote:
>
> > In fact Wikimedia content is also popular among mobile users (directly
> > or through apps), but what about mobile contributions?
>
>
> I just tried editing an article on en:wp on my shiny
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:02 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 12 April 2011 19:46, Quim Gil wrote:
>
> > In fact Wikimedia content is also popular among mobile users (directly
> > or through apps), but what about mobile contributions?
>
> I just tried editing an article on en:wp on my shiny new Blac
> I just tried editing an article on en:wp on my shiny new BlackBerry
> 9300. (Which can browse Wikipedia just fine.) It was ridiculously
> annoying and I'm not sure I'd bother fixing typos I spotted in casual
> reading.
>
> (At least Vector worked in that version of the BlackBerry browser ...)
>
I tried it about half a dozen times on my HTC desire. The user experience is
truly dreadful, and I'm not trying it again.
Op 12 apr. 2011 21:02 schreef "David Gerard" het
volgende:
> On 12 April 2011 19:46, Quim Gil wrote:
>
>> In fact Wikimedia content is also popular among mobile users (directl
On 12 April 2011 19:46, Quim Gil wrote:
> In fact Wikimedia content is also popular among mobile users (directly
> or through apps), but what about mobile contributions?
I just tried editing an article on en:wp on my shiny new BlackBerry
9300. (Which can browse Wikipedia just fine.) It was ridi
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 10:36 -0700, ext Sue Gardner wrote:
> We do all see the world from where we sit, and we interact with the
> people we already know ... so, experienced editors will be more
> exposed to the kinds of concerns shared by other experienced editors,
> and those concerns will instinc
> You can see it in this Google spreadsheet here:
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq_nhKkb7L-OdG5uWlJLT25TZkZ3MzdSeUNqZnZqY2c&hl=en&authkey=CP3O_PgO
> -- it's publicly viewable but not editable.
Brilliant! One point though, every item on that list has a meta solution
of better informat
On 9 April 2011 20:21, Andrew Garrett wrote:
> I don't mean to minimise the importance of keeping our established
> users happy and free from harassment, but I want to caution against
> the biases that we will undoubtedly have in considering our focus.
>
> Anecdotally, we tend to hear a lot more
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 18:29, Aryeh Gregor
wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Milos Rancic wrote:
>> As admin (but not Toolserver admin), the sense of rules similar to "
>> excuses such as 'the rules didn't say I can't do this' will be
>> ignored." is obvious to me and it means "don't ma
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> As admin (but not Toolserver admin), the sense of rules similar to "
> excuses such as 'the rules didn't say I can't do this' will be
> ignored." is obvious to me and it means "don't make troubles". Having
> a redirect to a Wikipedia page is
On 04/12/2011 04:45 PM, Jason donovan wrote:
> I'm sorry but I don't see the wisdom in antagonizing someone for bringing a
> legitimate concern to this list. It might not be the right place and he did
> copy the message to toolserver-l but telling him "to stop using
> toolserver...if you have probl
Re the argument that we should trumpet ourselves as, or even be be
concerned as to whether we are the 5th largest site on the Internet.
Our remit is to make the world's knowledge freely available to all,
and the Internet is by far the most important medium we use to do
that. If fewer people were u
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 15:53, Aryeh Gregor
> wrote:
> > You're mistaken. The toolserver has strict rules:
> >
> > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules
> >
> > Using toolserver access in a manner that does not further the
> > toolserver's
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 15:53, Aryeh Gregor
wrote:
> You're mistaken. The toolserver has strict rules:
>
> https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules
>
> Using toolserver access in a manner that does not further the
> toolserver's goals (or, indeed, hinders them) is a misappropriation of
> donated re
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> You can stop using http://toolserver.org/~kalan/arb10/ if you have
> problems with profanity on user's main personal page.
>
> Server admins usually prefer not to do anything in relation to personal
> files if it is not a security problem and
On 04/12/2011 02:51 PM, Shadow His wrote:
> http://toolserver.org/~kalan is redirected to Russian Wikipedia article «Хуй
> (значения)». This is very incorrect redirect («Хуй» («Khuy») in Russian mean
> obscene word, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_(Russian_profanity) ) and
> in fact a vanda
Hello.
http://toolserver.org/~kalan is redirected to Russian Wikipedia article «Хуй
(значения)». This is very incorrect redirect («Хуй» («Khuy») in Russian mean
obscene word, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_(Russian_profanity) ) and in
fact a vandalism: this toolserver account contains sta
MZMcBride, 12/04/2011 02:32:
>> If WMF websites happened to be overtaken by Ask.com or some other
>> website, it would be good to be forced to change the habit of how we
>> describe them.
>
> If you use more generic language, the likelihood of needing to update that
> language later decreases.
Yes
News and notes: Editor retention; Malayalam loves Wikimedia; Wikimedia
reports; brief news
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-04-11/News_and_notes
In the news: What if experts just want to get their links into
Wikipedia?; brief news
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi
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