User talk:Sharihareswara (WMF)

Need help
This is Priyanka Nag from Pune, India.I was interested in participating in the Outreach Program for Women Internship organized by GNOME. Since I am more interested in documentation, I chose to work on " Documenting noteworthy local templates, gadgets and styles in various projects". Since you were one of the signed-in mentors, I thought you could probably help me deciding what could be a good contribution to the project before the application is filled in. Priyanka Nag (talk)
 * Hi, Priyanka! For this particular project I suggest you contact Amir Aharoni, who is interested in mentoring that project.  Thanks! Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 15:29, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello
My name is Ketaki,from Pune (India). I came across the outreach program for Women.

However I do not have an engineering background, but I am really interested in the same.

I have completed my Masters(MBA) in management (Human resource & International Business) How do I apply???

Ketaki Pole (talk) 13:24, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, Ketaki Pole. Please read the Intro tasks section of the Outreach Program for Women page. Once you have decided on a project, talk to a mentor to get a small task, and complete it. This practical step will be the most important piece of your application. Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 13:33, 16 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I did go through the projects but all of them require programming and designing/ Software knowledge. I ain't Technical person.

Ketaki Pole (talk) 13:44, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Ketaki Pole, I don't think you read that page very thoroughly. Please look again, especially at the Communications tasks. Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 13:46, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Re Images in the wrong place
Sorry, I used the Commonist tool in the wrong place. Are you able to delete my images please? --Marcok (talk) 20:49, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --Marcok (talk) 20:56, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Grace Hopper event
I have work obligations that day, so I don't think I can attend. Stop by DC and visit! Djembayz (talk) 02:31, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Your user page
Hi Sumana! I've updated your user page to use the new User info template, both on this wiki and at Foundation wiki. If you don't like anything, feel free to edit or revert, it is your user page after all. ;-) The  Helpful  One  21:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested note
Hello and thank you for all of your assistance!

You requested that I leave you a note here, so I figured I would just link to the relevant discussions:
 * User talk:Cmcmahon(WMF)
 * [//deployment.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Global_requests#Set_.24wgAbuseFilterIsCentral_on_deployment.wikimedia Request on beta]
 * Related but distinct proposal for a similar feature to be enabled on the "live" Wikimedia sites (this is why I want it enabled on beta, to test it)

You also asked me to look at, but I still can't figure out what it is supposed to mean. (I'm such a newbie). Once again, thank you for all your help. πr2 (t • c) 04:13, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

FYI Bug 42170 Ref: Upcoming software changes: mr.wikipedia has overlays issues
Hi, Please do have a look at the same.
 * Ref: Upcoming software changes - please report any problems
 * Editing articles on mr.wikipedia has overlays issues for anon users, makes text unreadable
 * Please refer Bug Bug 42170 at bugzila

Greeting and Best wishes

Thanks and Regards

Mahitgar (talk) 17:23, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I've asked Andre Klapper to help you. Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 20:01, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

A thank-you test.
Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 04:26, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Extension shepherding
ashighlighting is not published anywhere. http://ascend4.org/index.php?title=Special:Version - Amgine (talk) 20:08, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * There is Extension:ASHighlight.--Qgil (talk) 20:55, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Developer access
Hi! I want to ask why I failed to log in the Developer access. I have asked for a new password and it gave me a new password, but when I log in, it said: There was either an authentication database error or you are not allowed to update your external account. Chihonglee (talk) 11:56, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know! Please ask in our chat channel for instant help. Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 02:05, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Updating Developers/Maintainers
[//www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Git/Gerrit_project_ownership&curid=83703&diff=625443&oldid=625403 Here] you said to update the page about our addition and whatnot, but none of the extensions in question are such that might be considered 'key' or deployed by the WMF. Is there a more relevant place to list such things, or is this the sort of thing nobody cares about anyway? -— Isarra ༆ 08:19, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Git/Gerrit access
Hi Sumana, sorry if you're busy, but did you notice my reply Thread:Extension talk:Score/Need help?/reply (6)? Thank you very much for all your effort!--GrafZahl (talk) 10:30, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Question on IP access of registered editors
Hi. Please help with my doubts regarding the privacy issues in accessing the IP addresses of registered Wiki editors from the revision history of a page. Such a need may arise in the implementation of my IEG proposal. I have 2 doubts: Though I have tried to address the privacy concerns here, your inputs on these will be valuable. Thanks.
 * 1) If the tool is developed as a MediaWiki gadget, will it have access to the IPs of editors through MediaWiki APIs?
 * 2) If it is developed as a standalone application, is there a way of accessing the IPs of page editors without violating any privacy terms?

Basil. 17:20, February 16, 2013 (UTC)

March Grants News
  Eight projects have been awarded grants in this pilot round of the Individual Engagement Grants program. You can read more about them in our blog post. Many thanks to everyone who participated in this round! We look forward to seeing even more of your ideas and input in preparation for round 2, which begins on August 1st. Grants News is brought to you by the Wikimedia Grantmaking Team. You can change your subscription to this update on the list.

Wikivoyage at wmflabs
Hi Sumana, I opened a request for help at wmflabs. Not sure it will get noticed. Basically, I'd like someone to install Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector on the wmflabs en.Wikivoyage test wiki for me and give me admin flag so that I can configure the extension. Maybe set up test versions of all the other language versions of Wikivoyage, too, or at least one other so I can test switching between it and en.Wikivoyage using the extension. I'm hoping to figure out a configuration that will let us use that extension as a way to switch among the 13 language versions of Wikivoyage. Could you give me help there, or let me know who can help me get this set up? Thanks! --Rogerhc (talk) 23:14, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

National guard
Let me know if I can be of any help contacting historian offices for your article on Sheryl E. Gordon.--TParis (talk) 16:08, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

W3Schools
Please do not promote W3Schools; they are perhaps the worst place in the world to learn PHP, as they provide tutorials and example code with significant security vulnerabilities, among many other issues. See, e.g., this example. Note that W3Schools is not affiliated with the W3C, it is a Norwegian company dedicated mostly to selling "certificates" of dubious veracity.--CoJaBo (talk) 16:19, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * In response to Talk:How to become a MediaWiki hacker—

Come celebrate IdeaLab’s (re)Launch!
 We’ve redesigned the Grants:IdeaLab to make awesome collaborators and shiny new ideas easier to find. You’re invited to the (re)Launch party!

Come visit  and create a  profile, share or join an  idea , and  tell us what you think  about the updates!

Hope to see you there! Sbouterse (WMF) (talk) 18:52, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Reaching out to FLOSS projects
Hi. Re: this edit, there are a few pages on Meta-Wiki that seem to have been overlooked, most notably FLOSS-Exchange. :-) I crudely updated the goals page, but that whole blurb needs a rewrite. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:46, 12 July 2013 (UTC)