Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK July report

2012-08-14 Thread Stevie Benton
Hello again, Just a quick reminder that if you have anything for July's report, now would be the time to add your content. The report as it stands is here and I'll be looking to close it by the end of the week. Thank you, Stevie On 7 August 201

[Wikimediauk-l] What will be the shape of the WikiConference 2013?

2012-08-14 Thread Daria Cybulska
Dear All, The date of the 2013 WikiConference is now pinned down as *Saturday 8 June*. However, the rest of the event is very open at the moment, and your input would be great - particularly your wish list of possible external speakers to make the event more varied, and a non-London location sugge

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

2012-08-14 Thread Michael Peel
On 12 Aug 2012, at 17:04, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 12 August 2012 16:38, Thehelpfulone wrote: >> On 7 August 2012 14:54, Andy Mabbett wrote: >>> >>> P.S. I've added a whitelist request: >>> >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist&pe=1&#maketheshift.us

[Wikimediauk-l] I'm giving talk in Hamburg, Thursday 23rd August

2012-08-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
Do pop along if you're nearby: http://kultwerkwest.de/content/volunteering-wikimedia-why-work-free-evening-andy-mabbett-pigsonthewing -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

2012-08-14 Thread Richard Symonds
Global blacklist... Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Aug 14, 2012 7:50 PM, "Michael Peel" wrote: > > On 12 Aug 2012, at 17:04, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > > On 12 August 2012 16:38, Thehelpfulone > wrote: > >> On 7 August 2012 14:54, Andy Mabbett wrote: > >>> > >>> P.S. I've added a whitelist req

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

2012-08-14 Thread Michael Peel
Local blacklist. Fixed thanks to the amazing Rock Drum. :-) Mike On 14 Aug 2012, at 20:07, Richard Symonds wrote: > Global blacklist... > > Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK > > On Aug 14, 2012 7:50 PM, "Michael Peel" wrote: > > On 12 Aug 2012, at 17:04, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > > On 12 Augus

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

2012-08-14 Thread Thehelpfulone
As Richard mentioned, it's on the Global blacklist at Meta-Wiki, so you would need to add that link manually to the local whitelist of each wiki that you wish to use the link. The whole domain was added quite a while ago because it was being used for presumably abusive URL shorteners from what I