i created two tasks in phabricator for it, hope that is ok like this: * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106266 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106267
i did not find the correct project though? best, rupert On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 11:02 PM, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: > hi dan, > > many thanks for the quick reaction! i need to make a correction as > well, i was redirected to > https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit > which was opened with the android chrome browser, so not the wikipedia > app. i did not find any support in the mobile skin to do basic edits, > e.g. add a link with reference, and sign. it is the first contact > function for many people. i am sorry that this made me explode as it > is still not fixed despite it was hinted from numerous persons > multiple times, for quite some time. > > i tried the app as well now, but i did not find any application > support for "signature" or "link" ? so i have to know the syntax and > type it? > > best, > rupert > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Rupert, >> >> I was the product owner >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Team/Roles_and_responsibilities#Product_owner> >> for the Wikipedia app from before it launch until April last year, so I can >> answer your question. Editing is supported on the native mobile apps, and >> has been since their launch last year (June 2014 for Android, July 2014 for >> iOS). The reason it did not work for you in this case is because of a >> formatting error in the wikitext of that specific page. I fixed the problem >> in the wikitext >> <https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit&diff=143559219&oldid=143559146>, >> and successfully added my signature as a test >> <https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit&diff=prev&oldid=143559243> >> (which >> I then reverted since I don't want to interfere in the discussion). You >> should be able to add your signature now. (I skipped over the exact details >> of what the issue was, let me know if you want hear them) >> >> As an aside, I would note that the way you communicated this question was >> suboptimal and unnecessarily combative. The title of your email is >> provocative, and makes unnecessary, exaggerated, and incorrect >> implications. It would be nice if you avoided doing this in the future, as >> people will be more willing to involve themselves in a discussion if they >> do not feel like they are being attacked. >> >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> On 28 June 2015 at 03:44, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> now we are approaching 400 days of lila tretikov at the helm of the >>> wikimedia foundation, and 60 million us dollars spent, i was not able >>> to sign a simple wikipedia page via the mobile app. i think something >>> is going seriously wrong here :( >>> >>> what was the use case? the european union wants to harmonize the >>> freedom of panorama: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama#European_Union. the >>> german wikipedia had a wikipedia banner to sign a petition, and also >>> wrote mails about it. which i thought is a nice idea. i am reading >>> mails on the phone following links to wikipedia, i tried it this time >>> as well, and i was not able to accomplish the most simple task of >>> contribution - to add my signature at the bottom of a list. earlier in >>> the year i already tried to add a link and i could not do it - but i >>> admit that is a much more difficult task in the mobile app. >>> >>> the german links: >>> * sign here: >>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit >>> * >>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Initiative_f%C3%BCr_die_Panoramafreiheit >>> >>> just as a side note, up to know this page collected close to 4'000 >>> signatures. >>> >>> best, >>> rupert >>> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
