Contents
- 1 iOS request
- 2 Edit-a-thon invite
- 3 Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons
- 4 Name preference
- 5 New England Wikimedians summer events!
- 6 New England Wikimedians summer events!
- 7 sa.wikipedia.org problem
- 8 Announcing: NRHP Fall Photo Contest!
- 9 A kitten for you!
- 10 January 2015
- 11 Laconia, NH Federal Building
- 12 Disambiguation link notification for March 22
- 13 Conflict of Interest guideline
- 14 Disambiguation link notification for July 18
- 15 This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA
- 16 ArbCom elections are now open!
- 17 Unvisited broken?
iOS request
At our meeting on Saturday, we discussed photo documentation of buildings. Since there was very positive feedback for doing this, would you be interested in writing the Unvisited app for iOS? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:46, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
- Yes I would. I've gotten a lot of requests for an iphone/ipad version. I've got a development environment all set up for ios, and have done a couple of simple apps. The toughest thing about ios, is that apple has to approve the app. Faolin42 (talk) 01:23, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
- Is there anything that we need to do in terms help, or will it just take time? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- Just time, as far as the coding goes. I'm guessing it'll take about a month to have a beta version available for iOS devices. But a couple of things that might help are... 1) Suggestions for a better name for the App, if anyone thinks it's necessary. I have mixed feelings about the name 'Unvisited'. Nice in a way, but misleading. 2) Suggestions on how the user interface could be improved. 3) Suggestions on missing features (if any). For 2 and 3, someone would need to use the Android version. No guarantee I would take the suggestions, but they would be nice to have. I've implemented about half the suggestions I've gotten so far. Faolin42 (talk) 23:33, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- At first, I thought, "Oh, the Places to Go," but then I realized that wouldn't fit. Maybe "Go to It!" or, "On the Go," would be good starts, since they imply the purpose of the app, and are short enough to fit. Lpgeffen might also be interested in this, as he is a photographer who came to our last meeting. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:32, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Not only a photographer but a software engineer and professional beta tester. Please keep me informed! Paul (User:Lpgeffen) (talk) 02:17, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- At first, I thought, "Oh, the Places to Go," but then I realized that wouldn't fit. Maybe "Go to It!" or, "On the Go," would be good starts, since they imply the purpose of the app, and are short enough to fit. Lpgeffen might also be interested in this, as he is a photographer who came to our last meeting. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:32, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Just time, as far as the coding goes. I'm guessing it'll take about a month to have a beta version available for iOS devices. But a couple of things that might help are... 1) Suggestions for a better name for the App, if anyone thinks it's necessary. I have mixed feelings about the name 'Unvisited'. Nice in a way, but misleading. 2) Suggestions on how the user interface could be improved. 3) Suggestions on missing features (if any). For 2 and 3, someone would need to use the Android version. No guarantee I would take the suggestions, but they would be nice to have. I've implemented about half the suggestions I've gotten so far. Faolin42 (talk) 23:33, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- Is there anything that we need to do in terms help, or will it just take time? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Do you happen to have an update on iOS development? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:06, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'm actively working on it (a little bit at a time). Today I was working on the layout part so it would automatically adjust for different devices and orientations. In keeping with Apple's design philosophy, it'll be stripped down to the essentials. Not as many settings/help screens/bells and whistles as the Android version. I think I'll stick with the name Unvisited. I like the name in German "Nicht Besucht". Or the Italian "Deserto". I'm pretty sure I can make a version available for beta testing next week. I'll try to post some screen shots this weekend. Faolin42 (talk) 00:18, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, that's great! I know I would love to do a photo documentation session this summer with the Boston folk if possible, so having this would certainly make things easier. Also, if you're going to be down on the Cape before July 4th, Harwich High School is scheduled to be demolished shortly after that date, so if I don't get a photo of it before then, it might not be a bad idea to target this in a sweep. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:58, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
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- Wow, those look great, and I cannot wait to use that in the future! If it is ready, I will be going to Berlin tomorrow, so I would love to use the beta app if it is available then. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:30, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
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- The odds are slim, but we could give it a shot. How long will you be in Berlin, and will you have a Mac with you or access to a Mac? The standard Apple ad-hoc testing depends on the testers having a Mac in addition to the iPad/iPhone. Anyway, the first thing I would need is your iPad/iPhone device name and device id (Also known as UDID or identifier) On my iPad the device name is "John's iPad" and the id is a 40 digit hex number. If you have a Mac you can connect the iPad/iPhone to, the instructions are at apple.com/MaintainingProfiles in the section titled "Locating iOS Device IDs Using iTunes". You can email the info to faolin42@ymail.com. Faolin42 (talk) 18:57, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
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- It would probably be good to know your iOs version. That's on the same screen as the device name and id. For instance my version is 7.1. Faolin42 (talk) Faolin42 (talk) 21:15, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'll be here until Monday, but I do not have a Mac to connect right now. I am sure others do at the conference, so I would have no problem doing that later today. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:34, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
- I think I've figured out how to deliver a beta version. Once I get your iPhone/iPad name and id, I can add it to the testing profile, and email you an Unvisited.ipa file to install from the Mac to your iPad/iPhone. But don't go out of your way to do it. I generated trips in Berlin from the Android version (see User:Faolin42/Berlin), and there's not that many places in en:wp that need to be photographed. There's probably a lot more back home. Faolin42 (talk) 20:08, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'll be here until Monday, but I do not have a Mac to connect right now. I am sure others do at the conference, so I would have no problem doing that later today. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:34, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
- It would probably be good to know your iOs version. That's on the same screen as the device name and id. For instance my version is 7.1. Faolin42 (talk) Faolin42 (talk) 21:15, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
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Edit-a-thon invite
Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons
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Name preference
I'm adding some names to images, e.g. File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group B) 27.JPG
It occurred to me that some people might prefer their real name, some might prefer their user name. Do you have a preference?
Can you recall the name of the person on the right? I know I heard it, but I did not retain it.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:32, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
- I actually prefer my real name, John Phelan. On the right was User:Slowking4 according to the conference schedule. Faolin42 (talk) 16:40, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
- And thanks for doing this, by the way! Faolin42 (talk) 16:44, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
- Updated, thanks.--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:54, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
New England Wikimedians summer events!
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sa.wikipedia.org problem
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Announcing: NRHP Fall Photo Contest!
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Laconia, NH Federal Building
Hello. I'm sorry to bother you on your talk page, but I was wondering if you might have any photos of the interior of the Federal Building in Laconia, N.H. Specifically, I'm looking for a photo of the mural(s) painted by Philip Guston and Musa McKim as part of a Section of Fine Arts initiative in 1941. Thanks very much in advance for your time!-RHM22 (talk) 03:56, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
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Unvisited broken?
Hi there!
I tried preparing a few walking trips in advance of a visit to Ukraine, but no suggestions were returned, and the app said it was retrying the query a number of times.
That seems to me like an API compatibility problem. Could it be Unvisited was not updated following one of the breaking changes to the API?
I'd have happily looked into the code and offered a patch myself, but I don't see a link to the source code.
Any help appreciated, and thanks for Unvisited! I love it! Asaf (WMF) (talk) 20:26, 16 May 2016 (UTC) Asaf (WMF) (talk) 20:26, 16 May 2016 (UTC)