[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages

Lunar lunar at torproject.org
Tue Aug 5 15:20:13 UTC 2014 

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=== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/31 ===
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version 43
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-08-05T14:37:05+00:00

   formatting

--- version 42
+++ version 43
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
 Only a few trusted volunteers receive and review these reports. Nusenu
 started a discussion on tor-talk [XXX] advocating for more transparency.
-Nusenu argues that an open list would “likely get more confirm/can't
+Nusenu argues that an open list would “likely get more confirm/can’t
 confirm feedback for a given badexit candidate”, and that it would allow
 worried users to act faster than operators of directory authorities.
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 
 The Tails team is looking for testers to solve a possible incompatiblity
 in one of the recommended installation procedures. If you have a running Tails
-system, a spare USB stick and some time, please help [XXX]. Don't miss
+system, a spare USB stick and some time, please help [XXX]. Don’t miss
 the recommended command-line options [XXX]!
 
  [XXX]: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/2014-July/000059.html
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@
 -------------------------------------------
 
 Tor Launcher is the Tor controller shipped with Tor Browser written in
-JavaScript. Starting with Firefox 14 the "nsILocalFile" interface has
-been deprecated and replaced with the "nsIFile" interface [XXX]. What we
-should do is replace all instances of "nsILocalFile" with "nsIFile" and
+JavaScript. Starting with Firefox 14 the “nsILocalFile” interface has
+been deprecated and replaced with the “nsIFile” interface [XXX]. What we
+should do is replace all instances of “nsILocalFile” with “nsIFile” and
 see if anything else needs fixing to make Tor Launcher still work as
 expected. If you know a little bit about Firefox extensions and want to
 give this a try, clone the repository [XXX], make the necessary changes,
-run "make package", and tell us whether something broke in interesting
+run “make package”, and tell us whether something broke in interesting
 ways.
 
  [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/10573

version 42
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-08-05T14:28:28+00:00

   I'll do it

--- version 41
+++ version 42
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ''57th issue of Tor Weekly News. Covering what's happening from July 29th, 2014 to August 5th, 2014. To be released on August 6th, 2014.''
 
-'''Editor:'''
+'''Editor:''' Lunar
 
 '''Subject:''' Tor Weekly News — August 6th, 2014
 

version 41
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-08-05T14:28:09+00:00

   fix links

--- version 40
+++ version 41
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 provides another way to prevent accidentally opening hyperlinks in a non-Tor
 browser.
 
-[XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12763
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/12763
 
 News from Tor StackExchange
 ---------------------------
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@
 run "make package", and tell us whether something broke in interesting
 ways.
 
-[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10573
-[XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-launcher.git
+ [XXX]: https://bugs.torproject.org/10573
+ [XXX]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-launcher.git
 
 Upcoming events
 ---------------

version 40
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-08-05T14:23:38+00:00

   pick an easy task

--- version 39
+++ version 40
@@ -232,9 +232,18 @@
 Easy development tasks to get involved with
 -------------------------------------------
 
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]: 
+Tor Launcher is the Tor controller shipped with Tor Browser written in
+JavaScript. Starting with Firefox 14 the "nsILocalFile" interface has
+been deprecated and replaced with the "nsIFile" interface [XXX]. What we
+should do is replace all instances of "nsILocalFile" with "nsIFile" and
+see if anything else needs fixing to make Tor Launcher still work as
+expected. If you know a little bit about Firefox extensions and want to
+give this a try, clone the repository [XXX], make the necessary changes,
+run "make package", and tell us whether something broke in interesting
+ways.
+
+[XXX] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10573
+[XXX] https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-launcher.git
 
 Upcoming events
 ---------------

version 39
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-08-05T14:16:29+00:00

   write about the EFF blog posts

--- version 38
+++ version 39
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@
 [XXX] http://freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/usenix11-telex.pdf
 [XXX] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1312.5739.pdf
 
+The Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote two blog posts to show why Tor
+is important for universities and how universities can help the Tor network.
+The first part [XXX] explains why Tor matters, gives several examples of
+universities already contributing to the Tor network, and outlines a few
+reasons for hosting new Tor nodes. The second part [XXX] gives actual tips
+on where to start, and how to do it best.
+
+ [XXX]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/tor-campus-part-i-its-been-done-and-should-happen-again
+ [XXX]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/tor-campus-part-ii-icebreakers-and-risk-mitigation-strategies
+
 Tor help desk roundup
 ---------------------
 
@@ -258,5 +268,3 @@
   [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/news-team
 }}}
 Possible items:
-
- * https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/tor-campus-part-i-its-been-done-and-should-happen-again and https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/tor-campus-part-ii-icebreakers-and-risk-mitigation-strategies

version 38
Author: lunar
Date:   2014-08-05T13:57:20+00:00

   let's wait until asn has some more data plotted

--- version 37
+++ version 38
@@ -259,5 +259,4 @@
 }}}
 Possible items:
 
- * Proposal 236 and the guardiness of a guard https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007269.html
  * https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/tor-campus-part-i-its-been-done-and-should-happen-again and https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/tor-campus-part-ii-icebreakers-and-risk-mitigation-strategies



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