Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-02-27/Technology report


 * Another excellent report, and explains those episodes of problems with thumbnails I experienced recently. Sleep deprivation doesn't seem to impair your writing! MathewTownsend (talk) 01:28, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, we should really make some sort of global user rename. Requesting on each wiki individually is really not feasible for people who contribute to many wikis. As for technical feasability (of global renaming) - rename ops are already fairly expensive, but they're done with job queue. I can't imagine it would be inherently unfeasible to add something to the job queue to any wiki edited (that is at most something like 600 wikis, probably significantly less in most cases). Bawolff (talk) 02:36, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I should probably clarify. I wrote the Short URL tool as part of Redwerks rather than in my spare time like the other stuff I've done. The authorship should probably be Redwerks or something like "Redwerks' developer Daniel Friesen" rather than credited directly to me. Dantman (talk) 05:58, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've change the authorship to Redwerks, but for posterity we have your comments here so everyone will know it was actually you :) - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 11:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've edited the report to correct the enwiki deployment date: it's February 29th (starting around 23:00 UTC), not March 2nd. I asked RobLa in person (his desk is next to mine) and he confirmed this. --Catrope (talk) 18:12, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, when did it change? - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 18:33, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, recently I see. - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 18:35, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Anyhow, thanks as ever for the correction :) - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 18:40, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting read, as always. Building on what Bawolff said, having a SUL would be fantastic for facilitating global renames. I'm currently in the process of changing my usernames across my ancient accounts. Doing them in the right order, remembering which links to "prove" I'm the owner on different sites, waiting for them to be done so I can finally unify them... necessary but confusing! As Bawolff said, an SUL wouldn't imply a unified job queue (right?), and would allow the transition to be staggered when resources permit. I suppose though this could lead to confusion when users notice some sites change when others haven't yet... though nothing like the current level of difficulty with changing names! In any event, reading up on this issue and being in the thick of it right now (so to speak) has given me a greater appreciation for what the Wikimedia team are facing. --RubenSchade (talk) 13:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)