 | MWStake General | 136 Members |
| MediaWIki Stakeholders' Group general discussion https://commonmark.org/help/ | 29 Servers |
| MWStake General | 136 Members |
| MediaWIki Stakeholders' Group general discussion https://commonmark.org/help/ | 29 Servers |
| Sender | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2021 | ||
 rundg | Anecdotally I can say that I /think/ I tried using it once and it seemed broken so I never got far with it. | 20:29:39 |
| rundg | (that was at least a couple years ago) | 20:30:25 |
 cicalese | Thanks for the feedback! | 21:14:20 |
 revansx | In reply to @freephile:matrix.orgI tested it (wgSharedDB) with MEZA 2 years ago and it worked, but I didn't like it and re-build my site without it. Sadly I don't think I can ever use cross-wiki notification unless I somehow convert back to wgSharedDB. that sucks | 22:41:16 |
| 23 Jan 2021 | ||
 tgr | cicalese: I thought it was used pretty widely? Wikimedia wikis use CentralAuth and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CentralAuth explicitly recommends people to use $wgSharedDB instead. (Also this is the first time I hear it's deprecated - whoever did it apparently haven't bothered to update the wiki page.) | 02:11:30 |
| cicalese | @tgr I was surprised, too, since I thought there were people using it, which is why I asked. Upon further discussion, there is no intention to deprecate it at this point. | 02:30:26 |
| tgr | To be fair, it is a big hack, and something like RenameUser will make it explode in your face. But having SSO is a very reasonable user expectation and I don't think there is a better approach today. Hopefully we'll find the resources some day to make a sane CentralAuth replacement - there would be plenty of first-party reasons to do it. | 03:04:46 |
| cicalese | Absolutely. | 03:07:18 |
| cicalese | I'll add that having a shared user table or CentralAuth are not necessary for many of the frequent commenters in this group because they use PluggableAuth (or other authentication extension) that uses an external identity provider to give a shared username across wikis in their wiki farms. This does not give users the same user id across wikis, but that is mostly irrelevant to them. | 15:23:53 |
 hexmode |  Download image.png | 18:56:18 |
| hexmode | Grant Ingersoll (above) is WMF and has some thoughts on ElasticSearch | 18:57:02 |
| hexmode | https://twitter.com/gsingers/status/1352630254632800257 | 18:57:20 |
| hexmode | Best bit so far: "[Elasticsearch] want[s] all the upside w/ none of the risk." | 19:00:52 |
| hexmode | * Grant Ingersoll (above) is WMF (and former Lucidworks CTO) and has some thoughts on ElasticSearch. | 19:03:36 |
| 24 Jan 2021 | ||
| tgr | In reply to @cicalese:matrix.orgShared tables give you central email management, which external login might not. Not a huge deal but nice. | 01:47:37 |
| tgr | As for user ID, any functionality were identical IDs accross wikis might be useful should use CentralIDLookup which does work with external identity providers. | 01:48:31 |
| revansx | I don’t know why cross-site notifications isn’t more of a thing. That’s the only reason I’d want to have shared tables. | 05:17:18 |
| 26 Jan 2021 | ||
| revansx | can anyone recommend someone to hire who is skilled at troubleshooting and configuring parsoid and VE of MW 1.34? | 18:33:39 |
| revansx | * can anyone recommend someone to hire (hourly) who is skilled at troubleshooting and configuring parsoid and VE of MW 1.34? | 18:34:47 |
| revansx | * can anyone recommend someone to hire (hourly) who is skilled at troubleshooting and configuring parsoid and VE on MW 1.34? | 18:35:14 |
| cicalese | A new Technical Decision Forum is replacing TechCom and is seeking participation from non-Wikimedia developers with +2 rights to participate: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Decision_Making_Process/Draft_Proposal_Community_Representation. See the full announcement at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-January/094198.html. | 19:12:30 |
| revansx | In reply to @revansx:matrix.orgI believe I have resolved my wiki site issues today, but if anyone knows of a way to better solicit emergency support, please let me know of a link I can bookmark | 21:08:00 |
| revansx | In reply to @revansx:matrix.org* I believe I have resolved my wiki site issues today, but if anyone knows of a way to better solicit emergency support in the future, please let me know of a link I can bookmark | 21:08:18 |
| rundg | I wish the MediaWiki developer community was more focussed. It is so decentralized. | 23:05:30 |
| rundg | My company (Pegasystems) is interested in hiring MediaWiki talent, but it's very hard to find. | 23:06:15 |
 Bryan Hilderbrand | From those who have a presence in this community, here's some examples of some companies that cou help with this request:
(my apologies for anyone I omitted) | 23:14:32 |
| Bryan Hilderbrand | * From those who have a presence in this community, here's some examples of some companies that could help with this request: * WikiWorks * WikiTeq * NicheWork * Hallo Welt! * Wikibase Solutions * Professional.wiki (my apologies for anyone I omitted) | 23:14:51 |
 Charly | freephile: You have already hired the best.. What seems to be the problem ? | 23:21:56 |
| rundg | They want moar! lol | 23:23:44 |
| Charly | more.. On a monday they wants XXXX onTuesday the got XXX. They want more moar? | 23:24:55 |