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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/) [Ian Dunn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/)
11:28 pm _on_ November 23, 2015      

# 󠀁[Planning for the 2015 Summit](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/11/23/planning-for-the-2015-summit/)󠁿

Hey everyone, the Summit is next week, and there are a few things we need to decide
on before we get there.

## Wednesday – Unconference Discussions

The first day is unconference-style conversations. We need to think about **what
topics we’d like to discuss**, and [post them to the forums](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/community-summit/topic-discussion/).

There’s a few there already:

 * [Commercial Open Source Plugin Contributions](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/forums/topic/wordcamp-org-tools-and-features/)
 * [Redesign of WPTV](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/forums/topic/redesign-of-wordpress-tv/)
 * [Using Technology to Make WordCamp Organizing Better](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/forums/topic/wordcamp-org-tools-and-features/)

Those are mostly about vision and policy, though, rather than technical implementation.
Are there things that are **more specific to MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers
to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal
WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.** that we could discussion
on Wednesday? Ideas to improve our workflow and tools? Ways to get more contributors
involved, and to make the process easier for them? Are there any projects that are
stalled and could use a discussion to jumpstart them? etc. Please [post your ideas to the forums](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/community-summit/topic-discussion/)
and +1 the ones you think should be discussed.

## Thursday – Work Day

The second day is for working on projects. We need to create an agenda so that we
don’t waste time at the Summit, and also figure out what kind of space we’ll need
at the venue.

### Agenda

We’ve got two large blocks of time to divide up and fill however we want: 9:15 am–
12:00 pm, and 1:30 pm – 4:40 pm.

**What projects do you want to work on? **How much time should be devoted to them?

I’m guessing not everyone will want/need to work on each project, so we can have
multiple smaller groups working simultaneously if we want.

### Spaces

There’ll be lots of open space where teams will be working most of the time, but
there are also a few small, private rooms that we can reserve slots for, if we think
we’ll need them.

**Does anyone think we’ll need a small private room?** If so, for how many people
and for how long?

 

CC’ing everyone who marked Meta on their Summit registration…

[@drewapicture](https://profiles.wordpress.org/drewapicture/), [@otto42](https://profiles.wordpress.org/otto42/),
[@nacin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/), [@atimmer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/atimmer/),
[@chriscct7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chriscct7/), [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/),
[@pento](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pento/), [@jenmylo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo/),
[@joedolson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joedolson/), [@johnjamesjacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/),
[@jorbin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorbin/), [@ryelle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryelle/),
[@kovshenin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kovshenin/), [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/),
[@BrashRebel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brashrebel/), [@clorith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/),
[@markjaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/), [@coffee2code](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/),
[@stephdau](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephdau/), @samuelsidler

 

 

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/) [Ian Dunn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/)
7:47 pm _on_ November 17, 2015     
Tags: Code Review, [security ( 2 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/security/),
[wordcamp.org ( 11 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/wordcamp-org/)   

# 󠀁[Security Audit for WordCamp Remote CSS Plugin](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/11/17/security-audit-for-wordcamp-remote-css-plugin/)󠁿

**UPDATE:_ _**The pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group
of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality
or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in
the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can 
be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. [has been deployed](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2015/11/24/remote-css-plugin-launched-on-wordcamp-org/),
so please disclose any vulnerabilities privately, either [on Hacker1](https://hackerone.com/automattic),
or by pinging me privately on [Slack](https://chat.wordpress.org).

---

The [WordCamp Remote CSS](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2015/06/16/editing-wordcamp-css-locally-with-git/)
plugin is ready to deployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment
to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors., but before I 
do that, I want to get some extra eyes on a few potential attack vectors.

The plugin lets organizers develop their CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading 
style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. with 
any tools/environments/platforms they want (rather than in a browser with Jetpack’s
CSS editor), and then the plugin will download a copy of the CSS file from a remote
server, sanitize it, cache it locally, and enqueue it as an extra stylesheet.

You can [browse the source on GitHub](https://github.com/iandunn/wordcamp-remote-css).(
It’ll be moved to the MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings
of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like
WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. repo before it’s deployedDeploy Launching code
from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's 
available to visitors..)

These are what I see as the weakest points, and why I think they’re safe:

 * [validate_remote_css_url()](https://github.com/iandunn/wordcamp-remote-css/blob/b7c0f3a3c5b9423edef5fdc1c202740be2b522bc/app/user-interface.php#L185)–
   This makes sure the file we’re about to download meets our expectations. If this
   allowed any URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet,
   such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org, it’d be open to SSRF attacks. To avoid
   that, only specific platforms (like GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers
   online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and
   modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories
   require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’
   where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed
   before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/))
   are supported. Additionally, only URLs with a _.css_ extension are allowed.
 * [output_cached_css()](https://github.com/iandunn/wordcamp-remote-css/blob/b7c0f3a3c5b9423edef5fdc1c202740be2b522bc/app/output-cached-css.php#L93)–
   This outputs the user’s CSS on the front-end, after it’s been sanitized. There’s
   no escaping, because it’s CSS, but it’s already been sanitized. The correct content-
   type headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people
   will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page
   is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion
   about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different
   on different screen sizes. is sent, to prevent browsers from interpreting it 
   as HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup
   language that is used in the development of web pages and websites.. I guess 
   if the database is compromised, the content could be manipulated, but if that
   happens then there’s probably a hundred different things the attacker could do,
   so I don’t think there’s really anything to do in that case.
 * [webhook_handler()](https://github.com/iandunn/wordcamp-remote-css/blob/b7c0f3a3c5b9423edef5fdc1c202740be2b522bc/app/webhook-handler.php#L11)–
   This listens for notifications from webhooks that a repository has been updated,
   and refreshes the cache. It doesn’t require any authentication, because the worst
   an attacker could do would be to force us to unnecessarily refresh the cache.
   To avoid too many requests, though, it is rate-limited.

Does anyone see anything I’ve missed there, or anywhere else?

If you’d like to test it live, you’ll need to cherry pick [2955-jetpack](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/pull/2955).

 

cc [@kovshenin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kovshenin/)

[#code-review](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/code-review/), [#security](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/security/),
[#wordcamp-org](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/wordcamp-org/)

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) [Samuel Sidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/)
3:46 pm _on_ November 17, 2015     
Tags: [forums ( 18 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/),
[i18n ( 17 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/i18n/), [l10n ( 12 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/l10n/),
[meeting notes ( 10 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meeting-notes/), meta-
language-packs, [plugins ( 13 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugins/), 
[translations ( 7 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/translations/)   

# 󠀁[Weekly i18n Chat Notes – November 17, 2015](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/11/17/weekly-i18n-chat-notes-november-17-2015/)󠁿

Howdy again! We’ve actually been meeting the last couple of weeks but someone (aka:
me) has been bad about posting meeting notes. If you’re interested in helping with
internationalization efforts on WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where
WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download
the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location
for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/),
join us on **Tuesdays at 12:00 UTC** (note the time change for DST).

Here’s a few things that happened in the i18n world over the last couple of weeks:

 * Translate: A bunch of things have happened!
    - [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) swooped in with some
      updates to the project overview for plugins. [Here’s an example.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce)
      But I’ll save you a click: all four sub-projects are now represented on the
      page in a layout similar to the stats page. We hope to expand that page with
      other features in the future.
    - Speaking of stats, [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/) updated the
      Waiting column on the [stats page](https://translate.wordpress.org/stats) 
      to list waiting strings from _all_ projects. Numbers grew substantially for
      many locales.
    - Every time a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group
      of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality
      or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written
      in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These
      can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
      or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. gets imported into translate.
      wordpress.org, the status is now displayed in the [#meta-language-packs](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta-language-packs/)
      channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/).
      The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/).
      Plugins that are already in translate.wordpress.org get re-imported every 
      time there’s a commit in their SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated
      SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control
      system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical
      versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal
      is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions
      System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally
      managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. repository. In the future,
      initial plugin imports will also be shown in this channel.
    - The above item was the last major step to enabling at-will plugin imports 
      into translate.wordpress.org. [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/)
      has fixed a various bugs in the scripts and will be testing the feature (secretly)
      soon, to see if it will scale. Once he’s comfortable, it’ll roll out to a 
      broader audience and eventually get announced to all plugin authors.
    - One of the ways we can ensure it will scale is by setting up a job system 
      and running all of our jobs through that. [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/)
      has worked up some initial code for that, which we’re waiting on systems to
      deployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production
      web server, so that it's available to visitors..
    - But that’s not all! A filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks
      [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
      They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are
      the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an
      isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global
      variables and output. UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout
      of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less
      about what they are doing. is now available for larger groups of projects (
      like plugins and themes). You can see it [for themes here](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/ro/default/wp-themes).
    - Additionally, Dion fixed the issue where themes with `\r\n` in there strings
      were appearing incorrectly.
 * Forums: More forum plugins are being ported! [@nullbyte](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nullbyte/)
   has signed up for a few plugins and [the table has been updated](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/05/15/wp-org-forums-plugins-audit/).

Finally, at today’s chat we talked about [#1388](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1388),
[#1044](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1044), and [#1162](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1162),
as well as related GlotPress tickets [#100](https://glotpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/100)
and [#494](https://glotpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/494). Specifically, what 
is the best way to alert translators and translation editors of projects that strings
are ready and available to translate?

There are a number of things we can do here, but for now the best course of action
is adding a list of contributors/PTEs to the plugin overview (that’s [#1388](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1388)
for those following along). Adding this is a good first step towards future solutions.

While that’s being developed, it’s worth considering the best UXUX UX is an acronym
for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ 
and less about how they do it. for notifying/contacting translators. The propose
GlotPress method is notifications and a notification center, however our use case
might be different than the norm – or perhaps we should work with the GlotPress 
developers on the ideal solution if our use case is normal.

Lots to think about and discuss with the polyglots teamPolyglots Team Polyglots 
Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes,
documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/)
and propose to plugin/theme authors.

[#forums](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/), [#i18n](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/i18n/),
[#l10n](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/l10n/), [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meeting-notes/),
[#plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugins/), [#translations](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/translations/)

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephdau/) [Stephane Daury (stephdau)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephdau/)
8:29 pm _on_ November 16, 2015     
Tags: login   

# 󠀁[Centralizing logins across WordPress.org](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/11/16/centralizing-logins-across-wordpress-org/)󠁿

Your WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created
and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress
core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations
and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) account lets 
you do a lot of things: you can ask questions in [the support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/),
file a ticket on [core trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org), save favorite [themes](https://wordpress.org/themes/)
and [plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/favorites/), update [your public WordPress.org profile](https://profiles.wordpress.org/profile/),
and more (some of those links only work if you’re logged in). This is pretty nice,
but all those different sites also mean having a lot of disparate login interfaces…
So, in the spirit of providing a more unified authentication experience, we’ll soon
be centralizing those logins into one place: [login.wordpress.org](https://login.wordpress.org).

The metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us,
this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and
Make WordPress. team has launched [login.wordpress.org](https://login.wordpress.org)
as a place where you can login today and, if everything looks good, I’ll be working
over the next couple of weeks on redirecting logins across WordPress.org to this
site. The theme is currently not much to look at, a placeholder of sort as most 
will only interact with the [login form](https://login.wordpress.org/wp-login.php).
It is, on the other hand, all [open source](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-login),
and tickets can be files against its [own component](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=login.wordpress.org).

If you have any questions at all, please comment below.

[#login](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/login/)

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/) [Ian Dunn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/)
8:46 pm _on_ October 16, 2015     
Tags: [wordpress-meta-environment ( 5 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/wordpress-meta-environment/)

# 󠀁[New Home for the Meta Environment](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/10/16/new-home-for-the-meta-environment/)󠁿

We’ve moved the MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a 
group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp
Central and Make WordPress. Environment from github.com/iandunn/wordpress-meta-environment
to [github.com/wordpress/meta-environment](https://github.com/wordpress/meta-environment).
Links to the old repository will redirect to the new one.

The goal of the Environment is to make it easy to contribute to the Meta team by
giving you a local development environment that’s already setup with the official
websites, so you don’t have to manually piece them together.

If you’ve been wanting to working on a patch for something, please check it out 
🙂

 

[#wordpress-meta-environment](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/wordpress-meta-environment/)

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) [Samuel Sidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/)
4:19 pm _on_ September 22, 2015     
Tags: [forums ( 18 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/),
[i18n ( 17 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/i18n/), [l10n ( 12 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/l10n/),
[meeting notes ( 10 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meeting-notes/), [plugins ( 13 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugins/),
[stats ( 4 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/stats/), [theme directory ( 17 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/theme-directory/),
[translations ( 7 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/translations/), [wordcamp.org ( 11 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/wordcamp-org/)

# 󠀁[Weekly i18n Chat Notes – September 22, 2015](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/09/22/weekly-i18n-chat-notes-september-22-2015/)󠁿

Earlier today a handful of us gathered to talk about life, the universe, and things
that may or may not relate to the metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside
workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites
like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. team and i18n. Here’s a bit of what we
talked about:

 * **Plugins:** Last week imported our first set of plugins into translate.wordpress.
   orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared
   by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core,
   plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations
   and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)! Hurrah! Huzzah!
   🎤⬇️ And because we were feeling good about it, we also sent out emails to the
   second batch of pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group
   of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality
   or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written
   in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These
   can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
   or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. authors (~200 plugins). That 
   import will start today or tomorrow and we’ll send out emails for the next import
   soon.
 * **Translate:** The stats page got some love with the addition of the Waiting 
   column ([see #1202](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1202)) and some improvements
   to the design ([see #1238](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1238)).
 * **Theme Directory:** [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) started
   work on the Translations section by adding a link to translate any theme to the
   page. Check out the [Twenty Sixteen theme page](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentysixteen/)
   for an example.
 * **WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering
   everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress
   community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout
   the year and share the joy. [Learn more](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/).:**
   Set things up so the WordCamp theme can be translated ([see #1076](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1076)),
   pending deployment by the WordCamp team.
 * **Forums:** There was a mention that the Italian forums are not working. [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/)
   will investigate. Additionally, we’ve had a couple of requests for new forums.
   We think it’s okay to add new ones for testing purposes. For example, an RTL 
   forum would be appropriate.

For the next week, we’re planning to work on the following:

 * Import and language pack status of plugins sent to a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative
   Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community
   has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
   channel.
 * Sorting / FilterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
   They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are 
   the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
   manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables
   and output. UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page
   the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what 
   they are doing. finished up (or whatever we call it).
 * Streamline the process of adding per-project translation editors (see [#1237](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1237)
   which requires [#1240](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1240)).
 * Work on updated design for project pages in Translate.
 * Possibly: More Theme Directory translation section additions.
 * Possibly: Rosetta headers fixed up ([see #1201](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1201)).
 * Possibly: Job system started.

See y’all next Tuesday at 11:00 UTC!

[#forums](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/), [#i18n](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/i18n/),
[#l10n](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/l10n/), [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meeting-notes/),
[#plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugins/), [#stats](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/stats/),
[#theme-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/theme-directory/), [#translations](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/translations/),
[#wordcamp-org](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/wordcamp-org/)

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6:01 pm _on_ September 15, 2015     
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# 󠀁[Weekly i18n Chat Notes – September 15, 2015](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/09/15/weekly-i18n-chat-notes-september-15-2015/)󠁿

We met today, like normal, at 11:00 UTC and discussed the following things:

 * **Translate:** Warnings on translate.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community
   site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you
   can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as
   the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)
   are now being sent to [#polyglots-warnings](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/polyglots-warnings/)
   for more transparency and to catch bad actors. (The channel name may change to
   [#polyglots-notices](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/polyglots-notices/) 
   to cover other usages.) Additionally, the “Waiting” tab now shows the full project
   name instead of just the sub-project name; e.g., “Plugins – Akismet – Development(
   trunk)” instead of “Development (trunk)” which was less descriptive.
 * **Plugins:** Last week, emails went out to the first batch of plugins. We are
   ready to begin the import into translate.wordpress.org.
 * **Forums:** [@clorith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/) has taken on 
   a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions
   that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add
   new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the
   PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be
   free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
   or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.! We love new contributors. 🙂

There was no update last week (on this blog) but we also improved the design of 
the [stats page](https://translate.wordpress.org/stats).

Over the next week, we intend to do the following:

 * Plugin import, starting today.
 * Import and language pack status of plugins sent to a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative
   Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community
   has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
   channel.
 * Emails for next plugin import batch will go out.
 * Sorting / FilterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
   They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are 
   the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
   manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables
   and output. UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page
   the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what 
   they are doing. finished up (or whatever we call it).
 * Possibly: Rosetta headers fixed up.
 * Possibly: Jobs system started.

See y’all next week!

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[#l10n](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/l10n/), [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meeting-notes/),
[#plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugins/), [#stats](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/stats/),
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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) [Samuel Sidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/)
5:07 pm _on_ September 7, 2015     
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# 󠀁[Weekly i18n Chat Notes – September 1, 2015](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/09/07/weekly-i18n-chat-notes-september-1-2015/)󠁿

Howdy! We have our weekly i18n chat tomorrow at 11:00 UTC. Please join us.

Last week, we discussed the following things:

 * **Translate:** A [stats dashboard](https://translate.wordpress.org/stats) has
   been created. We’ll track the most important projects on this dashboard. We still
   need to [add a couple of features](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1202)
   for admins. A bit of time was spent on ways to improve the dashboard and, if 
   you attend tomorrow, you’ll discover that a number of changes were made.
 * **MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For 
   us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central
   and Make WordPress. Environment:** Not a normal topic for us, but a [pull request](https://github.com/iandunn/wordpress-meta-environment/pull/26)
   exists that adds translate.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where
   WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download
   the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central
   location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)
   to the meta environment so developing for it will be easier.

What’s up for the next week’s worth of work? Maybe some of the things [mentioned here](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/meta-i18n/p1441106660000359).

At the end of the chat we mentioned that we’re on track to start importing plugins
in ~2 weeks. Since I’m posting this about a week late, that means next week we plan
to begin the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of 
functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality
or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in
the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can 
be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. import.

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[#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meeting-notes/), [#plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugins/),
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12:32 pm _on_ August 31, 2015     
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# 󠀁[Weekly i18n Chat Notes – August 25, 2015](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/08/31/weekly-i18n-chat-notes-august-25-2015/)󠁿

As a reminder, we have a chat **tomorrow at 11:00 UTC**. The update below is from
last week’s chat

It’s been a while since we last met! I think WordPress 4.3 somewhat distracted us.
🙂 Here’s what’s happened in the last three weeks:

 * **Forums:** Progress has been made on porting bbPressbbPress Free, open source
   software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. [https://bbpress.org](https://bbpress.org)
   1.x plugins! So far, [@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/) has migrated
   two plugins to bbPress 2.x. If you’re interested in helping out, be sure to put
   your name [in the “Migrate?” column](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/05/15/wp-org-forums-plugins-audit/)
   of the table. (Need access? Just pingPing The act of sending a very small amount
   of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response
   from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack
   users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something
   along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” me.)
 * **Translate:** A “Waiting” tab now exists and both it and the themes tab is now
   sorted by [the order previously discussed](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/08/07/translation-project-sorting-filtering/).
   Filters are still coming (pending design), but we’re well on our way. Additionally,
   themes are now in sync with the directory and fully caught up. That means if 
   a theme is approved in the directory, it is automatically imported into translate.
   wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created
   and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress
   core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations
   and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/).

And upcoming:

 * Sort orders (and filters) in translate.wordpress.org.
 * Properly log warnings in translate.wordpress.org to a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative
   Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community
   has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
   channel so we can keep an eye on them.
 * Fixes to `\r` in translations.
 * [Rosetta header changes.](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1201)
 * An [i18n dashboard](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1202) to keep track
   of major products.
 * Automation of Rosetta deploys (pending logging mentioned above).
 * Job / queue system for imports and language pack generation (with systems).

About a month ago, I made a [list of next steps](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/07/21/weekly-i18n-chat-notes-july-21-2015/)
before importing plugins to translate.wordpress.org and we’ve done them all, but
run into a few other things needed (as listed above). That said, I think we’re very
close to the point where we can import plugins. Of the items above, only the job
system is necessary, due to the number of commits plugins receive. More to come 
on [make/plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/).

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) [Samuel Sidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/)
10:01 pm _on_ August 7, 2015     
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# 󠀁[Translation Project Sorting / Filtering](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/08/07/translation-project-sorting-filtering/)󠁿

As a follow up for [my earlier post on translation project sorting](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/07/20/translation-project-sorting-ideas/)
and compiling the comments/thoughts therein, I think we should start with the following
things, in order by priority for implementing them.

 1. **Waiting Tab:** It’s clear that translation editors need a tab just for waiting
    strings. This tab should be _default_ for translation editors unless there are 
    no waiting strings, in which case WordPress should be the default tab. If a user
    is only a translation editor for one project, it will show here. If a user is a
    translation editor for many projects, all will show here using the default priority
    sorting (see #2). If a user is not a translation editor for any project, they should
    not have a waiting tab.
 2. **Default Priority:** With every tab, we need to establish a default priority, 
    however the themes and plugins tabs will need it most. I propose the following 
    default priority: **Favorites**, **strings remaining** (“0” goes to the bottom,“
    1” to the top), and **by popularity**. That means that your favorites will display
    at the top of the list, unless they have been fully translated. Further, if 10 
    plugins have two untranslated strings, all 10 will appear at the top of the plugins
    tab, in order by popularity, but below your favorites. Once a project is completely
    translated, it moves to the very bottom of the list, regardless of favorite status.
 3. **Filters:** Within each tab, we need to ability to filterFilter Filters are one
    of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
    They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the
    counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
    manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and
    output. by the following things:
 4.  a. Favorites
     b. Popularity within the directory
     c. Strings remaining (toggle between most/least; perhaps a “completed” option as 
        well)
     d. Percentage complete (toggle between highest/lowest; perhaps a “completed” option)
     e. Waiting strings present in project
     f. Fuzzy/warning strings present in project
 5. **Future Filters:** In the future, we should consider the following filters:
 6.  a. Waiting age, especially on “Waiting” tab (aka, projects with strings that have
        been waiting for two weeks will appear before projects with strings that have 
        been waiting two days)
     b. Release date for themes/plugins (aka, most recently updated first)
     c. Hide/show fully translated projects

How does that sound to everyone?

P.S. I’m out for next Tuesday’s weekly chat, but feel free to meet without me!

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