[00:09:49] <larry_>	 hello. Anyone know how to install visual editor into mediawiki installed by bitnami?   <-  not very competent in linux mint
[00:11:15] <bawolff>	 !visualeditor
[00:11:15] <wm-bot>	 VisualEditor is a project to create a simple editor for MediaWiki that would make it far simpler for people to contribute to Wikimedia projects. See also https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor and #mediawiki-visualeditor channel.
[00:11:23] <bawolff>	 oh that wasn't super helpful
[00:11:28] <bawolff>	 visual editor is a PITA to install
[00:12:13] <larry_>	 I noticed none of the instructions fit
[00:14:00] <larry_>	 Course. I am not stuck on visual editor, but I do prefer wysiwyg environments
[12:17:53] <cdavid>	 Hi
[12:18:45] <cdavid>	 Why not accept the bitcoins, to help you ?
[12:44:32] <petan>	 cdavid: we do
[12:45:07] <petan>	 https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give#bitcoin
[13:05:50] <cdavid>	 Why not accept the bitcoins, to help you ?ok, thks
[13:06:25] <cdavid>	 sorry for the copy / paste
[13:06:30] <cdavid>	 ok, thks
[13:50:45] <Seddon>	 I'm looking for a tool where you can input a number of colors and you can view what each of those colors looks like with a certain type of color blindness
[13:50:55] <Seddon>	 in browser
[13:51:09] <Seddon>	 not an add on or extension or anything
[14:15:56] <Reedy>	 Seddon: dispenser had a tool for doing something (though,not exactly) like that
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[16:17:23] <Seddon>	 Reedy, do you know what is github is?
[16:17:36] <Seddon>	 his*
[16:29:19] <Reedy>	 Seddon: I'd be surprised if they're on github tbh
[18:26:03] <ElleW>	 Is this a place to ask questions for troubleshooting mediawiki?
[18:27:40] <MatmaRex>	 yes
[18:29:43] <ElleW>	 I'm trying to edit a page and I keep getting an error that says "It appears that your browser does not support Unicode.  It is required to edit pages, so your edit was not saved."  Thanks in advance for any assistance anyone can provide
[18:33:49] <MatmaRex>	 can you give more details? what wiki and what page? and how are you editing it (using which editor)?
[18:34:07] <MatmaRex>	 (and what browser? just in case)
[18:35:36] <ElleW>	 I am using Firefox. It is a wiki that I have created and I created a templae and page forms using the page schema app.
[18:36:46] <ElleW>	 *extension (not app)
[18:38:21] <ElleW>	 I'm thinking it might be an issue in my server.  But before I blow it out and start all over I wanted to exhaust all troubleshooting options
[18:39:09] <MatmaRex>	 ElleW: hmm, perhaps the extension is not compatible with the latest MediaWiki? the check for Unicode support is done by including an extra hidden field in the submitted data when editing pages. if the extension does not included that field, you'll get this error
[18:39:31] <MatmaRex>	 (or alternatively, it should be using the API where this is not a problem)
[18:40:14] <MaxSem>	 ElleW, what MW version?
[18:40:59] <ElleW>	 that sounds promising.  I've never had this issue on older versions.
[18:41:12] <ElleW>	 MW 1.31-Alpha.  Was using 1.26 previously
[18:41:22] <MatmaRex>	 (we used to have a blacklist of browsers instead of that check until recently)
[18:42:41] <MaxSem>	 does this error happen when you edit pages without PageSchemas?
[18:43:14] <ElleW>	 And now that I am looking up the mediawiki page it looks like the latest release is 1.29.1. I am not sure how I am getting the 1.31 dev version
[18:43:33] <ElleW>	 MaxSem, no.  I can edit just fine without it.
[18:43:59] <MaxSem>	 aha, so it's an extension-specific issue
[18:46:06] <MaxSem>	 don't see its author around - maybe you want to create a bug for that?
[18:47:48] <ElleW>	 MatamaRex and MaxSem thank you so much for your assistance.  I think it is because I am running on the development alpha version instead of the latest stable version.  I am going to pull down 1.29 and test it on that.  If that works I will submit the bug for the alpha version.  
[18:48:22] <MaxSem>	 this was backported to 1.30
[21:03:55] <Dispenser>	 Could an admin block and nuke https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Amadeu_Libra_II
[21:04:14] <Dispenser>	 Wikipedia Zero Abuse, using site as file sharing host
[21:08:56] <Skizzerz>	 Dispenser: they were given a talk page warning by the looks of it; if they continue, they will be blocked
[21:09:33] <Skizzerz>	 (Vulpix took care of it)
[21:09:53] <Dispenser>	 Skizzerz: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Users_suspected_of_abusing_Wikipedia_Zero
[21:10:13] <Vulpix>	 lol user categorization
[21:10:45] <Dispenser>	 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129845
[21:11:08] <Vulpix>	 Restricted Task
[21:11:17] <Vulpix>	 T129845
[21:11:33] <Dispenser>	 Basically they upload files to WMF site, distribute links on Facebook with Zero rated music downloads
[21:11:52] <paladox>	 lol
[21:13:13] <Dispenser>	 Effect of Commons banning newbies from upload audio/video https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Proposals#Implementation_results
[21:15:02] <Dispenser>	 WP0 abuse has been a ban on sight for several wikis
[21:15:07] <paladox>	 Dispenser i guess they have nothing better to do other then spam
[21:15:08] <paladox>	 and try to spread illegal things
[21:15:13] <paladox>	 phab has had the same thing
[21:15:18] <paladox>	 phab = phabricator
[21:15:59] <paladox>	 i wonder why so many from wp0 spam
[21:16:33] <Dispenser>	 Simple, Free data downloads.  Build a Facebook following with that.
[21:16:58] <paladox>	 lol
[21:17:25] <Skizzerz>	 if we ban them, they can just make another account and continue that way. I don't see why asking nicely to stop shouldn't be step 1, but that's just me *shrug*
[21:17:36] <Dispenser>	 https://www.facebook.com/Dezaine-Music-1863685167199418/posts
[21:17:57] <paladox>	 time to make advanced bots :)
[21:18:05] <paladox>	 that thinks one step furhtur
[21:18:07] <paladox>	 and lears
[21:18:09] <paladox>	 like ai
[21:18:14] <paladox>	 lears = learns
[21:18:14] <paladox>	 :)
[21:18:16] <Dispenser>	 It resets the autoconfirm counter for uploading
[21:18:39] <Dispenser>	  /join ##wikimedia-commons-newbie-av to see my IRC bot
[21:19:00] <Skizzerz>	 in any event, you'd likely want global blocks instead of per-wiki blocks
[21:19:35] <Dispenser>	 The stewards are doing that as time permits
[21:19:39] <paladox>	 carn't wmf ask facebook to remove the links?
[21:19:46] <Vulpix>	 inb4 they discover other WMF wikis with uploads enabled
[21:20:34] <Dekkzter>	 Skizzerz, not asking for mor help, just to say, was same issues with 2 other cps aswell,, going with another subdomain now :P
[21:33:13] <Dispenser>	 Skizzerz, I linked the category since it contains 5,000+ users.  And they have use 7 month old sleepers too.
[22:02:00] <MaxSem>	 Dispenser, looking at that account's cross wiki activity, these types should probably be immediately reported to stewards for global locking
[23:52:57] <Dispenser>	 How do I setup a tracking bug for issues concerning Firefox's High Contrast mode? (e.g. Icons missing from media player, lines not showing up, etc.)