[05:33:06] In my opinion, people abusing them should be blocked rather than everyone else not getting to use them. [05:36:19] sure of course. the problem is that people restricted from sending messages (so not yet authenticated with the bot or otherwise approved) are still allowed to "react" until they are eventually banned. and it seems there's no way to later remove their reacts. banning and removing them doesn't effect their extant reacts. [05:37:47] surely react isn't the spammers first choice. it's just the low hanging fruit. and then happens to be unremovable. [05:39:04] I've been thinking about it and reluctant for a while. now finally got around to saying something. [06:46:36] The benefit of emoji reacts is that it allows someone to acknowledge a message without responding and polluting the chat. [10:26:23] yes this is covered under "I like them". :-) (re @Leaderboard: The benefit of emoji reacts is that it allows someone to acknowledge a message without responding and polluting the chat.) [13:17:57] anyone wanna order some sweets from Germany for the sweets table in Milan? :3 [13:22:53] @admin ban @AshleyBanks2001 scammer [13:23:27] It was already banned [13:26:06] don't ban the sweets table 😤 [13:26:36] :P (re @lucaswerkmeister: don't ban the sweets table 😤) [15:16:05] are there people in this group already in Milan (maybe from the organising team), that would be willing to buy me a pair of crutches (I would give details in DM) and I would of course pay them back when I arrive? [15:17:31] I know it's a weird demand but my favourite ever brand of crutches is actually Italian, and it feels silly to come to Milan and not get a back-up ^^' [15:20:58] (wow!) I'm not sure I can help directly, [15:20:59] but try to land a short email to segreteria@wikimedia.it (segreteria = "office") providing details of when you will arrive, and I bet after Monday somebody in WMIT could at least reply for this, activating local volunteers [15:21:00] In this way you are sure to communicate with somebody really local, not potential chat scammers (re @Harmonia: I know it's a weird demand but my favourite ever brand of crutches is actually Italian, and it feels silly to come to Milan and ...) [15:21:41] oh, right; I always forget there are scammers nowadays in our groups, since they became so big (re @bozzy: (wow!) I'm not sure I can help directly, [15:21:42] but try to land a short email to segreteria@wikimedia.it (segreteria = "office") provid...) [15:22:23] you sure it won't annoy the email team? They probably have a lot to organise still? [15:23:05] Don't worry. It's just 1 email. They will just say yes/no/maybe :3 I hope. [15:23:06] If possible, in that email feel free to send the link of the exact product to be bought online, since I guess it could be simpler [15:24:10] the full story is that I've used two pairs of these crutches for the last twenty years, both pairs having been bought in a random pharmacy in Milan (and my current pair getting to the end of their life) XD (re @bozzy: Don't worry. It's just 1 email. They will just say yes/no/maybe :3 I hope. [15:24:11] If possible, in that email feel free to send the link...) [15:45:26] oh and also, same as @lucaswerkmeister : do people have special requests for French sweets? [15:53:52] is this just to have someone go pick them up? or order online? anyway I'm happy to do an errand and I expect to be in Milan before you. (re @Harmonia: are there people in this group already in Milan (maybe from the organising team), that would be willing to buy me a pair of crut...) [15:54:27] but I won't speak Italian:-P [15:55:35] I'm not sure I can order them online, so it would be getting to a pharmacy, ask them if *they* can order it or have it in stock, and then I possibly can pick them up myself? I don't know how it works in Italy exactly. [15:55:36] But I want a specific model (I have reference pictures) (re @jeremy_b: is this just to have someone go pick them up? or order online? anyway I'm happy to do an errand and I expect to be in Milan befo...) [15:56:32] last time people called a pharmacy for me to get them and the pharmacist was laughing like "are you seriously calling from France to reserve basic crutches" and the answer is yes, absolutely, because these don't exist in France ^^' [15:59:31] but I'm only in Milan evening of the 30th - morning of the 4th, and if they don't have it in stock, that's probably too short for them to get them? So yeah, I would need someone to order for me to be sure it's there when I actually am in Milan [16:05:52] 👍 (re @Harmonia: I'm not sure I can order them online, so it would be getting to a pharmacy, ask them if *they* can order it or have it in stock,...) [21:32:22] Hi Harmonia, I am not currently in Milan, but I have friends there that may help. I will also be at the Hackathon from 30th April to 3rd May. In principle I think we can solve this. If you already know the pharmacy and the brand/model of crutches you need I think it is fairly easy. Feel free to drop me a message if you want. (re @Harmonia: but I'm only in [21:32:22] Milan evening of the 30t [21:32:23] h - morning of the 4th, and if they don't have it in stock, that's probably too short fo...) [22:45:14] Hi, I’ve been thinking about a small idea - semantic search on Wikimedia Commons using AI vision embeddings, so we could search images in natural language and get better results. For example: “photos of 19th century Indian temples during monsoon” Has anything like this been tried before? Would love to hear any pointers or learnings.. 🙂 [23:00:09] I think this would be super helpful for a suggested tags option-- there are so many images that could use tags (re @gopavasanth: Hi, I’ve been thinking about a small idea - semantic search on Wikimedia Commons using AI vision embeddings, so we could search ...)