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== dated ==
== 2011-06-01 ==

<section begin=2011-06-01 />About 13 new [[developers]] were granted commit access in May, among which 6 [[Summer of Code 2011|Summer of Code]] students, and 2 Wikimedia Foundation employees. Volunteer development coordinator [[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] joined the review team, and will become the primary point of contact for commit access requests.<section end=2011-06-01 />

== 2011-07-01 ==

* '''[http://opensourcebridge.org Open Source Bridge conference]''' (June 21-25, Portland, Oregon, USA) — [[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] presented [http://opensourcebridge.org/2011/wiki/What%27s_New_in_MediaWiki_1.17_%26_How_You_Can_Help new features in MediaWiki 1.17] and gathered offers of volunteer help (especially around database support, testing, bug triage, and right-to-left support). She also gave [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/609 a talk about technology management], and recruited candidates for the Wikimedia Foundation's [[wmf:Job openings|current job openings]] ([http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2011/06/29/1 read more]).

<section begin=2011-07-01 />Volunteer development coordinator [[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] is now the primary point of contact for commit access requests. About 7 new [[developers]] were granted commit access in June, among which were 2 [[Summer of Code 2011|Summer of Code]] students, and 2 Wikimedia Foundation employees.<section end=2011-07-01 />

== 2011-07-25 ==

<section begin=2011-07-25 />About 11 developers were granted commit access in July, among which were 2 Wikimedia employees, and 4 Wikia employees. [[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] attended the [http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/ Community leadership summit] and OSCON in Portland, notably to reach out to potential new developers and testers for MediaWiki. <section end=2011-07-25 />

== 2011-08-31 ==

<section begin=2011-08-31/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] has been following up on contacts made at OSCON and Wikimania conferences. She has publicized the [[NOLA Hackathon]] and encouraged extension, gadget, script, tool, and template developers to attend. Additionally, she has been publicizing the work of the [[Future|parser and visual editor team]], encouraging code reviewers, and finding administrators and developers of other intensive MediaWiki installations to bring them into the larger MediaWiki ecology. In August, 9 developers were granted commit access: six volunteers and three Wikimedia Foundation employees.<section end=2011-08-31/>

== 2011-09-16 ==

<section begin=2011-09-16/>Continuing to follow up on [[User:Sumanah/TODO|items from my TODO list]]. Have gotten some response from the OCaml community to get our math code reviewed, and am getting interest from the Lucene community on improving our search extension.<section end=2011-09-16/>

== 2011-09-30 ==

<section begin=2011-09-30 />[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] reached out to the OCaml and Lucene communities to collaborate on math code and search respectively, and coordinated the testing of 1.18 by volunteers. She also worked on organizing upcoming coding events in [[NOLA Hackathon|New Orleans]], [[India Hackathon 2011|India]], [[Brighton Hackathon 2011|Brighton]] and [[Weekend of Code|online]].

Added 30 Nov: in September 2011, 6 developers received commit access, all of whom were volunteers.
<section end=2011-09-30 />

== 2011-10-31 ==

<section begin=2011-10-31 />[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to go through the backlog of commit access requests, and participated in a [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/55790/focus=55820 discussion on making it easier to get Subversion commit access]. In October, eleven people got commit access, of which six were volunteers and five were WMF staff or contractors. She began to organize a triage of database-related bugs to benefit MediaWiki developers and administrators who use RDBMSes other than MySQL, and encouraged volunteers who are interested in leading hackathons, teaching classes, or attended conferences to talk about MediaWiki. She also followed up with volunteers and potential new developers, notably from the [[NOLA Hackathon|New Orleans hackathon]] and [http://gsoc-wiki.osuosl.org/index.php/2011 Google Summer of Code mentors' summit].<section end=2011-10-31 />

== 2011-11-30 ==

<section begin=2011-11-30 />[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts from the New Orleans hackathon and the GSoC mentor summit; she also provided support in the #mediawiki [[IRC]] channel. She did a lot of outreach for the [[India Hackathon 2011]] and attended it to facilitate volunteer training and development, and worked on planning for the [[January 2012 San Francisco Hackathon]]. She administered the commit access review process and [[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2011-November/056405.html|communicated about improved process on wikitech-l]]. 12 developers received commit access in November, of whom 2 were Foundation staffers. Sumana and [[User:guillom|Guillaume Paumier]] started to consolidate [[Volunteer coordination and outreach/Training materials|training documentation]] to facilitate the onboarding of new developers.<section end=2011-11-30 />

== 2011-12-23 ==

<section begin=2011-12-23/>Sumana Harihareswara continued to help plan the Pune and San Francisco hackathons and mentor new contributors. Eleven developers got commit access, all from the non-staff MediaWiki community.<section end=2011-12-23/>

== 2011-12-31 ==

<section begin=2011-12-31/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community (especially for commit and patch review), and mentor new contributors. Eleven developers got commit access, all from the non-staff MediaWiki community. Sumana also prepared for the [[San Francisco Hackathon January 2012|January San Francisco hackathon]] and the [[Pune Hackathon Feb 2012|February Pune hackathon]], and recruited participants. Partly in preparation for these coding events, Sumana and [[User:guillom|Guillaume Paumier]] continued to consolidate [[Volunteer coordination and outreach/Training materials|training documentation]] to facilitate the onboarding of new developers.<section end=2011-12-31/>

== 2012-01-31 ==

<section begin=2012-01-31/>In preparation for the San Francisco hackathon, [[User:guillom|Guillaume Paumier]] rewrote ''[[How to become a MediaWiki hacker]]'' along the lines suggested by [[User:Yuvipanda|Yuvaraj Pandian]], and cleaned up the documentation about gadgets. [[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] focused on improving the API documentation, and wrote and edited tutorial references for [[San Francisco Hackathon January 2012/Mobile tutorial|building the Wikipedia Android application]], [[API/Tutorial|MediaWiki's web API]], and [[Gadget kitchen/Training|Gadgets]]. Nine developers got commit access, including seven volunteers. Sumana continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community (especially for commit and patch review), and mentor new contributors. Sumana also prepared for the [[Pune Hackathon Feb 2012|February Pune hackathon]] and the May hackathon organized by Wikimedia Germany, [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/58188 introduced] a [[:foundation:Friendly space policy|friendly space policy]] for WMF technical events, and recruited participants for upcoming events.<section end=2012-01-31/>

== 2012-02-29 ==

<section begin=2012-02-29/>Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community (especially for commit and patch review), and mentor new contributors. Sumana also prepared for the [[Berlin Hackathon 2012|June Berlin hackathon]] and the [[wm2012:Hackathon|Wikimania hackathon in July]] and recruited participants for upcoming events. 13 contributors got commit access.<section end=2012-02-29/>

== 2012-03-31 ==

<section begin=2012-03-31/>[[user:sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentored new contributors. Sumana also prepared for the [[Berlin Hackathon 2012|June Berlin hackathon]] and recruited participants for upcoming events. The [https://wmberlin.eventbrite.com/ Berlin hackathon registration page went up] and developers from the Wikimedia technical community can now register and request financial subsidy. One volunteer contributor got Subversion commit access, and more than eighty contributors got Git/Gerrit/Labsconsole accounts ([[Developer access|developer access]]).<section end=2012-03-31/>

== 2012-04-monthly ==

<section begin=2012-04-monthly/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] and other members of the [[Wikimedia_Platform_Engineering#Engineering_Community_Team|Engineering Community Team]] continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor new contributors. They granted [[Developer access|developer access]] and planned [[MediaWiki developer meetings|upcoming events]].<section end=2012-04-monthly/>

== 2012-05-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-05-monthly"/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor new contributors. She granted developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and planned upcoming events.<section end="2012-05-monthly"/>
== 2012-06-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-06-monthly"/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor new contributors. She granted developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and planned upcoming events. The Foundation is also hiring [http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oX4sWfw9&c=qSa9VfwQ a coordinator for volunteer testers] and [http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=ojQtWfwi&c=qSa9VfwQ an engineering outreach coordinator] to work on volunteer coordination and outreach.<section end="2012-06-monthly"/>
== 2012-08-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-08-monthly"/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. She granted [[Developer access]] and Gerrit project ownership requests, and worked on planning for the upcoming Bangalore outreach event. Hiring for a volunteer engineering coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach is almost finished. Community discussion topics included [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/288408 Git and Gerrit's difficulty], [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/292388 bug triages], [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/294412 new mailing lists], [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/293493 transparency and collaboration in feature design], [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/294921 MediaWiki releases] and [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/294904 a potential community organization], [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/294896 GSoC's effectiveness], [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/295459 code review], and [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/293908 appreciation for each other].<section end="2012-08-monthly"/>
== 2012-09-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-09-monthly"/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. She granted [[Developer access]] and [[Git/Gerrit project ownership|Gerrit project ownership requests]], and worked on planning for the upcoming [[Bangalore DevCamp November 2012|Bangalore outreach event]]. Hiring for a volunteer engineering coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach is almost finished.<section end="2012-09-monthly"/>
== 2012-10-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-10-monthly"/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] continued to follow up on contacts (such as those gained at October's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing), recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. She granted [[Developer access|developer access]] and [[Git/Gerrit project ownership|Gerrit project ownership requests]], and worked on getting more volunteer developers [[+2]] status in MediaWiki core: 8 volunteers now have MediaWiki core maintainership. Sumana also published a [[Berlin Hackathon 2012/Retrospective|retrospective of the 2012 Berlin Hackathon]] and updated the list of [[:Category:Extensions used on Wikimedia|MediaWiki extensions used on Wikimedia sites]] towards a better understanding of which parts of the codebase are maintained, and by whom. Hiring for a Volunteer Engineering Coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach is almost finished.<section end="2012-10-monthly"/>
== 2012-11-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-11-monthly"/>[[User:Sumanah|Sumana Harihareswara]] started sharing new volunteer coordination tasks with [[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]], the new technical contributor coordinator who started working with the Wikimedia foundation in November. They continued to follow up on contacts (such as those gained at October's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing), recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. The [[Meetings|weekly online tech chats]] continued on Thursdays. Sumana and others continued to grant [[Developer access|developer access]] and work on [[Git/Gerrit project ownership|Gerrit project ownership requests]].<section end="2012-11-monthly"/>
== 2012-12-11 ==

<section begin="2012-12-11"/>The [[Groups|MediaWiki Groups]] proposal becomes official after going through reviews announced at wikitech-l and mediawiki-l. The proposal has also been discussed with the [[meta:Affiliations Committee|Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]], who provided valuable feedback to integrate these groups with the [[meta:Wikimedia User Groups|Wikimedia User Groups]] initiative.<section end="2012-12-11"/>
== 2012-12-18 ==

<section begin="2012-12-18"/>First [[Groups|MediaWiki groups proposed]]: [[Groups/Proposals/Marketing|Marketing]], [[Groups/Proposals/Browser testing|Browser testing]], [[Groups/Proposals/Features testing|Features testing]], [[Groups/Proposals/Bug Squad|Bug Squad]], [[Groups/Proposals/San Francisco|San Francisco]] and [[Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad|Ahmedabad]]. Two proposals submitted to [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]]: [[Events/FOSDEM/2013 - Lightning - Qgil|How to hack on Wikipedia]] (lightning) and [[Events/FOSDEM/2013 - DevRoom - Qgil|MediaWiki project: Wikipedia's engine room]].<section end="2012-12-18"/>
== 2012-12-27 ==

<section begin="2012-12-27"/>First [[Groups|MediaWiki groups]] proposals submitted to the [[meta:Affiliations Committee|Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]]: [[Groups/Proposals/Promotion|Promotion]], [[Groups/Proposals/San Francisco|San Francisco]] and [[Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad|Ahmedabad]]. Process for requesting [[Groups#Local_vs_regional|mediawiki-REGION mailing lists]] created, based on the [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43353 request from the Indian community]. At least one proposal accepted at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]]: [[Events/FOSDEM/2013 - Lightning - Qgil|How to hack on Wikipedia]] (lightning). We have started working on a [[User:Qgil/Presentation template|template for MediaWiki presentations]].<section end="2012-12-27"/>
== 2012-12-monthly ==

<section begin="2012-12-monthly"/>[[Groups|MediaWiki Groups]] became official and the [[Groups/Proposals|first proposals]] are going through the approval process. As a side effect, a process for requesting regional [[Groups#Local vs regional|mediawiki-themed mailing lists]] has been created with [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-india mediawiki-india] as the first case. At least three Wikimedia-related talks have been accepted at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]].<section end="2012-12-monthly"/>

== 2013-01-08 ==

<section begin="2013-01-08"/>[[Community metrics/December 2012|Community metrics December report]] published with new [[Social media]] section. We agreed with [[User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)|Fabrice_Florin]] from the [[Editor Engagement]] team to organize a sprint for [[Echo/Testing]] on Jan 30. Details ready by next week. About [[Groups|MediaWiki Groups]], [[Groups/Proposals/Promotion|Promotion]] and [[Groups/Proposals/San Francisco|San Francisco]] are on its way for being approved by the [[m:Affiliations Committee|Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]], while the [[Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad|Ahmedabad]] proposal is affected by a strong opposition from Wikimedia India chapter towards any ''external'' user groups. The discussion continues between AffCom and Wikimedia India, with Quim involved as well.<section end="2013-01-08"/>
== 2013-01-17 ==

<section begin="2013-01-17"/>MediaWiki [[Groups]] for [[Groups/Promotion|Promotion]] and [[Groups/San_Francisco|San Francisco]] officially approved by the [[m:Affiliations Committee|Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]] . They are also the first [[m:WUG#Approved_user_groups|Wikimedia User Groups]] created! Our plans with [[Editor Engagement]] and [[Mobile]] keep being delayed and Quim proposed [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065758.html a different approach] combining regular, time-based [[QA]] and [[bug management]] activities. Heavy work done with Chris on the [[:Category:QA|top QA pages]] although [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065696.html some problems remain]. [[Template:MediaWiki_News]] is now manually synced with [[social media]], bringing fresh updates to the [[MediaWiki|mediawiki.org homepage]] and [[News]]. Quim took the lead organizing the [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/89239012/ Wikipedia Engineering Meetup] in San Francisco on Jan 17.<section end="2013-01-17"/>

== 2013-01-28 ==

<section begin="2013-01-28"/>[[File:How to hack on Wikipedia.pdf|thumb]] [[QA/Weekly goals|QA Weekly Goals]] proposed and approved as mechanism to organize weekly activities related to [[testing]] and [[bug management]]. [[VisualEditor/Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior]] and [[Bug_management/Triage#Next_meeting|Review 250 open bugs unchanged for more than one year]] are the first weekly activities, and more have been scheduled already. Quim is working on [[media:How to hack on Wikipedia.pdf|How to hack on Wikipedia]] slides for [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]]. In fact they are an intro to MediaWiki / Wikimedia tech contributions and are being designed to be reused by others in more events. We confirmed that [[meta:Grants:IEG|Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants]] are also open for technical projects.<section end="2013-01-28"/>

== 2013-01-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-01-monthly"/>The [[Groups|MediaWiki groups]] for [[Groups/Promotion|Promotion]] and [[Groups/San Francisco|San Francisco]] were officially approved by the [[m:Affiliations Committee|Wikimedia Affiliations Committee]], and are the first [[m:Wikimedia User Groups#Approved user groups|Wikimedia User Groups]] created. We helped the [[Editor Engagement]] team organize a sprint to [[Echo/Testing|test Echo]], but our plans to collaborate further with the Editor Engagement and [[Mobile]] teams were delayed; Quim Gil proposed [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065758.html a different approach] combining regular, time-based [[QA]] and [[bug management]] activities, in the form of [[QA/Weekly goals|QA weekly goals]]. Two such events ([[VisualEditor/Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior|non-Latin character testing in VisualEditor]] and [[Bug management/Triage#Next meeting|a review of old bugs]]) happened in January, and more are scheduled. Heavy work was done with Chris McMahon to improve the [[:Category:QA|top QA pages]], although [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065696.html some problems remain]. [[Template:MediaWiki News]] is now manually synced with [[social media]], bringing fresh updates to the [[MediaWiki|mediawiki.org homepage]] and [[News]] page. Quim also took the lead on organizing the [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/89239012/ Wikipedia Engineering Meetup] on January 17th. He prepared an [[:file:How to hack on Wikipedia.pdf|intro to MediaWiki & Wikimedia tech contributions]], which he tested at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]], designed to be reused by other presenters. Last, we confirmed that technical projects are eligible to [[meta:Grants:IEG|Individual Engagement Grants]].<section end="2013-01-monthly"/>
== 2013-02-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-02-monthly"/>* We have consolidated the [[QA/Weekly goals|QA Weekly goals]] as a way to orchestrate testing and bug management activities with the wider community. We run two [[QA/Features testing|Features testing]] activities ([[Article_feedback/Version_5/Feature_Requirements#Features_under_consideration|Article Feedback's new features]] and [[Mobile QA/Commons uploads|Wikipedia + Commons uploads]]) and two Bug Days (Article feedback and [[Bug management/Triage/20130219|Git/Gerrit]]). So far it has been useful to coordinate better testing activities across Wikimedia Foundation teams, but we still need better results engaging volunteers.
* The (newly elected) Affiliations Committee is working on finding an agreement with [[Groups/Proposals/Ahmedabad|MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad]] and Wikimedia India regarding whether it should be a chapter Special Interest Groups, a user group, or some other structure.
* Quim Gil went to FOSDEM; as a result, we have now a generic [[How to contribute/Presentation|"How to contribute" presentation and video]].
* We are helping the organization of the [[Amsterdam Hackathon 2013]] and also helped the Wikimedia Foundation decide what employees would get travel sponsorship to Amsterdam.<section end="2013-02-monthly"/>
== 2013-03-12 ==

<section begin="2013-03-12"/>* [[QA/Weekly goals|QA weekly goals]]: supporting and promoting [[Bug management/Triage/20130307|General MediaWiki reports Bug Triage]] and [[QA/Browser testing/Search features|Browser automation testing for Wikipedia Search]]. Fine tuning common structure for landing pages and promotion workflow.
* Essential [[Gerrit]] documentation [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36437 sorted out]. Many newcomers were complaining.
* Organization of [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/106078042/ Lua meets Wikipedia] meetup in San Francisco on March 14, with the collaboration of the [http://www.meetup.com/lua-devs/ Bay Area Lua Developers] meetup.<section end="2013-03-12"/>
== 2013-03-19 ==

<section begin="2013-03-19"/>* [[QA/Weekly goals|QA weekly goals]]: supporting and promoting [[QA/Browser testing/Search features|Browser automation testing for Wikipedia Search]] (see [[QA/Browser_testing/Search_features|Evaluation]]). (Re)defining factors for [[QA/Strategy#Measuring_success|measuring_success]] in QA activities.
* [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/ San Francisco meetups]: [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/106078042/ Lua meets Wikipedia] meetup with good content and interesting audience with questions in the room and remotely. Video streamed (youtube.com/watch?v=PrhzAtC8fCc - move to Commons PENDING). Preparing the next meetup: [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/109096132/ GSoC and other open source internship programs].
* Logistics and promotion of [[meta:IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours|Security for developers training session with Chris Steipp]].
* Proposal: [[User:Qgil/Contributors|Getting contributors involved]]. Drafting vision and scope of first phase while seeking a round of early feedback.
* Drafting [[meta:Wikimedia_Apps/proposal#Main_criteria|Main criteria to become an official Wikimedia mobile app]] and discussing with Mobile Programs & Engineering teams after several requests from individual contributors and Nokia.<section end="2013-03-19"/>
== 2013-03-26 ==

<section begin="2013-03-26"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] worked on:
* Starting to look at implementation details of the [[User:Qgil/Contributors|Contributors' community]] proposal, defining a first iteration and moving the rest to a [[User:Qgil/Contributors/Roadmap|roadmap]]. Details about the ''one site'' proposal were removed to concentrate that discussion at [[Technical communications/Dev wiki consolidation|Dev wiki consolidation]].
* Helping the [[Security for developers/Training|Security for developers training]] meeting and creating the wiki page.<section end="2013-03-26"/>
== 2013-03-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-03-monthly"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] focused on:
* Drafting [[Requests for comment/Wikitech contributors|Wikitech contributors]], a proposal to attract technical volunteers and connect them with interesting people and activities in a single site: [[wikitech:Main Page|wikitech.wikimedia.org]]. Helping define the proposal for [[Technical communications/Dev wiki consolidation|distribution of content between Wikitech and mediawiki.org]].
* (Re)defining factors for [[QA/Strategy#Measuring_success|measuring success]] in QA activities.
* [[QA/Weekly goals|QA weekly goals]]: supporting and promoting our first browser automation activity: [[QA/Browser testing/Search features|Browser automation testing for Wikipedia Search]]. Also [[Bug management/Triage/20130307|the general MediaWiki reports Bug Triage]] and [[Bug_management/Triage/20130318|the LiquidThreads Bug Triage]].
* [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/ San Francisco meetups]: organized [http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/106078042/ Lua meets Wikipedia] meetup.
* Helping the [[Security for developers/Training|Security for developers training]] meeting and creating a wiki page to be recycled for future editions.
* Drafting [[meta:Wikimedia_Apps/proposal#Main_criteria|criteria to become an official Wikimedia mobile app]] in sync with Mobile Programs & Engineering teams.<section end="2013-03-monthly"/>
== 2013-04-09 ==

<section begin="2013-04-09"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] focused on:
* Refactoring completely the radical proposal ''Wikitech contributors'' into the evolutive [[Project: New contributors]], after the feedback received.
* [[QA/Weekly_goals|QA weekly]]: Supporting [[Bug_management/Triage/20130402|Skin and page rendering bug triage]] and [http://weekendtesting.com/archives/2883 Weekend Testing Americas focuses in the new Account creation user experience]. We are improving.
* Confirmed our participation as guests in the next [http://www.balug.org/ Bay Area Linux User Group] evening.<section end="2013-04-09"/>
== 2013-04-16 ==

<section begin="2013-04-16"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] focused on:
* [[QA/Weekly_goals|QA Weekly]]: Supporting [[Bug_management/Triage/20130415|Bug Day for old, unanswered bugs]].
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-announce wikitech-announce] list recycled for tech contributors' calls for action.
* Starting a [http://www.doodle.com/minqnd6ngz9npfdv survey about best times for volunteering].
* Creating [[:Category:New contributors|Category:New contributors]] and adding essential pages.
* Assuming [[Meetings|Tech Talks]] organization responsibilities.
* Drafting [[Project_talk:New_contributors#English_Wikipedia_first_26213|English Wikipedia first]] approach for new contributors outreach.
* Studying the possibilities of the [[Project_talk:New_contributors#Greeters.3F_26090|Teahouse & Greeters]], [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/ee/2013-April/000370.html GettingStarted and GuidedTours] in mediawiki.org.<section end="2013-04-16"/>
== 2013-04-23 ==

<section begin="2013-04-23"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] focused on:
* Organizing [[Meetings/2013-04-18|3 tech projects receiving Wikimedia grants]] Tech Talk.
* Speaking at [http://balug.org Bay Area Linux User Group] with the help of Daniel Zahn, Rob Lanphier and Brian Wolff.
* Meeting [http://bitergia.com Bitergia] to discuss possibilities of collaboration in [[Community metrics]] automation.
* Pitching Wikimedia tech at [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit Linux Collaboration Summit] corridors. Found Carol Sander, browser testing specialist willing to help organizing activities in the Bay Area.
* First call with Umeå university about Wikimedia tech contributions. We agreed to start with [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2013-April/000464.html casual involvement in UX feedback and improvements] while considering other activities.
* Completing the [http://www.doodle.com/minqnd6ngz9npfdv survey about best times for volunteering] (33 answers).
* Started drafting [[Project:New contributors/Greeters|Greeters]] and invited 4 contributors to bootstrap the initiative (all accepted!).<section end="2013-04-23"/>
== 2013-04-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-04-monthly"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] refactored the radical ''Wikitech contributors'' proposal into the more gradual [[Project:New contributors]] based on the feedback received. He supported QA and bug management events, organized a tech talk for [[Meetings/2013-04-18|3 tech projects receiving Wikimedia grants]], and completed the [http://www.doodle.com/minqnd6ngz9npfdv survey about best times for volunteering] (which got 33 answers). He spoke at the [http://balug.org Bay Area Linux User Group] with Daniel Zahn, Rob Lanphier and Brian Wolff, and requested a proposal from [http://bitergia.com Bitergia] to automate the generation of [[Community metrics]].<section end="2013-04-monthly"/>
== 2013-05-21 ==

<section begin="2013-05-21"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] worked on a template for [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-announce landing page for wikitech-announce] that can be used in other Wikimedia mailing lists. Check the [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/65441/ discussion] and the [[User:Qgil/wikitech-announce|source code]]. He also created a landing page for [[Mentorship programs/Organizations|organizations]] willing to collaborate with Wikimedia co-organizing technical activities.<section end="2013-05-21"/>
== 2013-05-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-05-monthly"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] has been preparing a proposal to get automated [[community metrics]] based on [http://vizgrimoire.bitergia.org/ vizGrimoire] and provided by their maintainers, [http://bitergia.com/ Bitergia]. It is currently being discussed with [[User:Sharihareswara_(WMF)|Sumana Harihareswara]] and [[User:RobLa-WMF|Rob Lanphier]] for budget approval. Quim also worked on a user-friendly template for the landing page of the [[mail:wikitech-announce|wikitech-announce]] mailing list that can be used for other Wikimedia lists ([[User:Qgil/wikitech-announce|source code]]). He also created a landing page for [[Mentorship programs/Organizations|organizations]] willing to collaborate with Wikimedia to co-organize technical activities.<section end="2013-05-monthly"/>
== 2013-06-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-06-monthly"/>The decision of focusing on fewer activities better executed and based on demand seems to be working out, although it's too soon to confirm the trend. Browser test automation is the number one priority to recruit new contributors, and any help to succeed here is welcome. We created the [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/qa QA mailing list] as an umbrella to host people and discussions focusing on software quality assurance in all its aspects. We have more than 40 subscribers and an initial flow of activity. We had a successful first [http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/124334432/ Browser Test Automation Workshop], with 40 participants in San Francisco and a few more online; we will iterate on this model. We have also helped organizing a Tech Talk on [[Meetings/2013-06-27-midday|Attack vectors & MediaWiki and OWASP ZAP]], and the [[Meetings/2013-07-03|upcoming Solr-based Search]].

The project to get automated [[community metrics]] based on [http://vizgrimoire.bitergia.org/ vizGrimoire] and provided by [http://bitergia.com/ Bitergia] has been approved, and a first prototype can be seen at http://korma.wmflabs.org. The project starts effectively on July 1 and includes a one-year period of maintenance. We agreed with the [[Analytics]] team that they will assume the responsibility of this area during this period.<section end="2013-06-monthly"/>
== 2013-07-09 ==

<section begin="2013-07-09"/>[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] focused on the consolidation of http://korma.wmflabs.org, the new dashboard for automated [[community metrics]]. We have done good progress already in the first week of the project, but there is more to do with sources, data offered and user identities before we dare to call it "beta". Several bugs and enhancement requests have been filed on GitHub: see [https://github.com/Bitergia/mediawiki-dashboard/issues mediawiki-dashboard] and [https://github.com/VizGrimoire/VizGrimoireJS/issues VizGrimoireJS]. The next priority is to identify and aggregate the data of the top 30 contributors to git, bugzilla and mailing lists. We also must decide the key metrics we need in order to make decisions, e.g. average time to resolve on Gerrit changesets or bug reports.<section end="2013-07-09"/>
== 2013-07-16 ==

<section begin="2013-07-16"/>On [[Community metrics]], [[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] asked contributors to identify their data and we have got 71 responses so far. http://korma.wmflabs.org has reached a first stable stage: the basic metrics from Git, Bugzilla and mailing lists are being retrieved on a daily basis. From this point we will be implementing progressive enhancements. We have been planning and promoting the next [[Meetings/2013-07-18|Browser Testing Automation workshop with Cucumber]] (July 18) together with the QA team.<section end="2013-07-16"/>
== 2013-07-23 ==

<section begin="2013-07-23"/>The workshop [[Meetings/2013-07-18|Browser test automation with Cucumber and Selenium]] was successful, with 13 participants. It was the second of its kind, this time 100% online. You can watch the session at [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meetings/2013-07-18 here] (1h40). The experience was useful to agree on [[Vagrant|MediaWiki-Vagrant]] as default environment for automated testing and to highlight the [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=easy%2C%20&keywords_type=allwords&resolution=---&resolution=LATER&resolution=DUPLICATE&query_format=advanced&component=Quality%20Assurance&product=Wikimedia&list_id=219895 list of easy bugs] for new QA volunteers.

[[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] will introduce Wikimedia an our opportunities for technical contributors at the Volunteer Information Evening organized by the [http://www.ieee-scv-gold.org/ IEEE Santa Clara Valley] on August 26.<section end="2013-07-23"/>
== 2013-07-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-07-monthly"/>On [[Community metrics]], [[User:Qgil|Quim Gil]] focused on the consolidation of [http://korma.wmflabs.org korma.wmflabs.org], the new dashboard for automated community metrics. We have made good progress on this alpha, including basic metrics from Git, Bugzilla and mailing lists being retrieved on a daily basis, and have filed bugs and enhancement requests on GitHub ([https://github.com/Bitergia/mediawiki-dashboard/issues mediawiki-dashboard], [https://github.com/VizGrimoire/VizGrimoireJS/issues VizGrimoireJS]). We are deciding on the key metrics we need in order to make decisions, e.g. average time to resolve on Gerrit changesets or bug reports. We also planned and promoted a [[Meetings/2013-07-18|Browser Testing Automation workshop with Cucumber]] together with the QA team, with 13 people participating online. You can watch the session [[Meetings/2013-07-18|here]] (1h40). The experience was useful, as we agreed on [[Vagrant|MediaWiki-Vagrant]] as the default environment for automated testing and highlighted the [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=easy%2C%20&keywords_type=allwords&resolution=---&resolution=LATER&resolution=DUPLICATE&query_format=advanced&component=Quality%20Assurance&product=Wikimedia&list_id=219895 list of easy bugs]. Also, the Engineering Community team held its [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-July/070632.html quarterly review].<section end="2013-07-monthly"/>
== 2013-08-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-08-monthly"/>We had a team presentation at Wikimania: [http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Submissions/Transparency_and_collaboration_in_Wikimedia_engineering Transparency and collaboration in Wikimedia engineering], explaining how volunteers can make a difference. Following the work on [[Community metrics]], the [[Community_metrics#Key_performance_indicators|five key performance indicators]] (KPIs) were discussed and agreed upon. We are focusing on the first one: [[Community_metrics#Who_contributes_code|who contributes code]]. A list of [[wikitech:Key Wikimedia software projects|Key Wikimedia software projects]] has been created to define the scope of these KPIs. Recruiting automated browser testers keeps being our top priority. We are organizing the next workshop in San Francisco and online on September 18: [http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/137381022/ Epic fail: figuring out Selenium test results].<section end="2013-08-monthly"/>
== 2013-09-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-09-monthly"/>Together with [http://www.xwiki.org/ XWiki] and [https://tiki.org/ Tiki], we submitted a [[Events/FOSDEM#Devroom_proposal|Wiki devroom]] proposal for [http://fosdem.org FOSDEM], the biggest open source source conference in Europe. We are also preparing a proposal for a stand, lead by volunteers at the nascent Wikimedia Belgium chapter. The overall goal is to achieve a good MediaWiki & Wikimedia tech gathering in Brussels next February.

We are also supporting the organization of the [[Architecture guidelines/Meetings/Architecture Summit 2014|MediaWiki Architecture Summit]] in San Francisco on 23-24 January, 2014.<section end="2013-09-monthly"/>
== 2013-10-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-10-monthly"/>Our proposal for a [[Events/FOSDEM|Wiki devroom at FOSDEM]] was accepted and we launched the [https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/wikis-devroom/2013-October/000000.html Call for participation]. On [[Community metrics|tech community metrics]], we obtained first results of the [[Community_metrics#Who_contributes_code|''Community metrics: Who contributes code'']] key progress indicator. We facilitated the [[Meetings/2013-10-09|MediaWiki 1.22 Release Plan tech talk]] and the [http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/141845782/ Flow UX Workshop] meet-up. The list of participants of the [[Architecture Summit 2014]] was published. We also experimented with a monthly cycle of [[Engineering Community Team/Meetings|Engineering Community Team meetings]].<section end="2013-10-monthly"/>
== 2013-11-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-11-monthly"/>Erik Moeller's talk "The Wikipedia stack" was accepted for the main track session at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]]. The call for proposals for the [[Events/FOSDEM|Wikis devroom at FOSDEM]] was extended until December 15. Wikimedia applied for a stand.

A Request for Proposals for a [[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2013-November/073077.html|technical writer contractor]] was also sent. Last, we helped establishing a routine around [[Architecture meetings]].<section end="2013-11-monthly"/>
== 2013-12-monthly ==

<section begin="2013-12-monthly"/>We reached all our goals for submissions at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]] in Brussels (February 1−2): a fully scheduled [https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/wikis/ Wikis devroom], a main track session ([https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/the_wikipedia_stack/ The Wikipedia Stack]) by Erik Moeller, and the [[Events/FOSDEM#Wikimedia stand|Wikimedia stand]] coordinated by [[m:User:Dimi z|Dimitar Dimitrov]].

Our hiring process for a [[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2013-November/073077.html|technical writer contractor]] was unsuccessful. After screening dozens of candidates and interviewing several of them, our three final candidates declined for various reasons. Without time to hire a writer before the [[Architecture Summit 2014]], we decided to hold the search for now.<section end="2013-12-monthly"/>
== 2014-01-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-01-monthly"/>We helped organizing the [[Architecture Summit 2014]] in San Francisco (January 23−24) and we got everything ready for [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]] in Brussels (February 1−2). We continued working with the [[Community metrics|tech community metrics]] around two key performance indicators: [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/who_contributes_code.html who contributes code], and the [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/gerrit_review_queue.html Gerrit review queue].<section end="2014-01-monthly"/>
== 2014-02-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-02-monthly"/>Wikimedia completed its more ambitious participation in [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]] (Brussels) with mild success. The Wikis devroom (co-organized with the XWiki and Tiki projects), the Wikimedia stand, and ''The Wikipedia Stack'' main track session achieved their basic goals in terms of participation and quality, but at the same time we got many ideas to do better next year.

There was more progress on the [[Community metrics|tech community metrics]] front, and we now have interesting data gathered around our five key performance indicators: [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/who_contributes_code.html Who contributes code]; [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/gerrit_review_queue.html Gerrit review queue]; [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/code_contrib_new_gone.html Code contributors new and gone]; [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/bugzilla_response_time.html Bugzilla response time], and [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/top-contributors.html Top contributors].<section end="2014-02-monthly"/>
== 2014-03-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-03-monthly"/>The bulk of work to create [[Community metrics|community metrics]] around five Key Progress Indicators is completed, and now we are polishing help strings and usability details. The next step is to share the news with the community and start looking at bottlenecks and actions. Check:
* [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/who_contributes_code.html Who contributes code]
* [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/gerrit_review_queue.html Gerrit review queue]
* [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/code_contrib_new_gone.html Code contributors new and gone]
* [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/bugzilla_response_time.html Bugzilla response time]
* [http://korma.wmflabs.org/browser/top-contributors.html Top contributors]
A page about [[Upstream projects]] was drafted collaboratively in order to start mapping the key communities where we Wikimedia should be active, either as contributor / stakeholder, or promoting our own tools. We helped selecting participants sponsored to travel to the [[Zürich Hackathon 2014]] in May.<section end="2014-03-monthly"/>
== 2014-04-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-04-monthly"/>We restarted the Wikimedia Tech Talks with [[Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event|a light process for scheduling events]], and we help organizing [https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/cjo2nmv8jr79k85urg6dvfrvvl0 ''A preliminary look at Parsoid internals''] and [https://plus.google.com/events/cae6ng1m9o4mhdbpo10u5v05bvg ''Unit testing for MediaWiki projects'']. The [[Zürich_Hackathon_2014|Wikimedia Hackathon in Zürich]] is ready to roll on May 9−11, and we co-hosted an [https://plus.google.com/events/cj4okkse0n8ealb7mntrc4458a8 info session with Wikimedia Switzerland], the main organizers of the event.<section end="2014-04-monthly"/>
== 2014-05-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-05-monthly"/>The [[Zürich Hackathon 2014|Wikimedia Hackathon in Zürich]] was a success according to ad hoc feedback from the participants. A deeper review is expected to be published in July, after compiling the results of the survey. The main merit goes to Wikimedia CH for an efficient, warm, and flexible organization. We also announced a process to request the organization of [[Hackathons]]. We had an intense calendar of [[Project:Calendar/2014/05|events in May]], including a [https://plus.google.com/b/103470172168784626509/events/cokipb2senmmvkvdjif7aq55kac Tech Talk about Elasticsearch] and a meetup in San Francisco on [https://plus.google.com/events/ce6kihklfld2p10ep28p5ia7klg ''Making Wikipedia Fast''], organized successfully together with the Web Performance SF meetup.<section end="2014-05-monthly"/>
== 2014-06-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-06-monthly"/>Volunteers and staff are beginning to add or express interest in topics for the 2014 Wikimania Hackathon in London. The WMUK team is working hard to finalize venue logistics so that we can schedule talks and sessions in specific rooms. Everything is on track for a successful (and very large!) Hackathon. Tech Talks held in June: [https://plus.google.com/events/chpgv8usjd6dn38on07njjk28hg ''How, What, Why of WikiFont''] on June 12 and [[mediawikiwiki:Meetings/2014-06-19|''A Few Python Tips'']] on June 19. A new process has been set up for [[wikitech:Volunteer NDA|volunteers needing to sign an NDA]] in order to be granted special permissions in Wikimedia servers. On a similar note, we have started a project to implement a [http://fab.wmflabs.org/project/view/40/ Trusted User Tool] in Phabricator, in order to register editors of Wikimedia projects that have been granted special permissions after signing a community agreement.<section end="2014-06-monthly"/>
== 2014-07-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-07-monthly"/>We focused on the preparation of the [[wm2014:Hackathon|Wikimania Hackathon]], encouraging all registered participants to propose topics and sign up to interesting sessions. We also organized a [https://plus.google.com/events/c0fgci542f8cn58o606gng6avio Q&A session] with potential organizers of the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015. We organized two Tech Talks: [https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/c53ho5esd0luccd09a1c30rlrmg ''Hadoop and Beyond. An overview of Analytics infrastructure''] and [https://plus.google.com/events/cp5mjf6jrihevtdje8lmu5hvm1k ''HHVM in production: what that means for Wikimedia developers'']. More activities hosted in July can be found at [[Project:Calendar/2014/07]].<section end="2014-07-monthly"/>
== 2014-08-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-08-monthly"/>We ran the [[wm2014:Hackathon|Wikimania Hackathon]] in an unconference manner together with the Wikimania organizers. The event went well in a unique venue, and we are compiling a list of lessons learned to be applied in future events. Together with other former organizers of hackathons, we decided that the next Wikimedia Hackathon in Europe will be organized by Wikimedia France (details coming soon). Also at Wikimania, Quim Gil gave a talk about [https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Wikimedia_open_source_project_and_you The Wikimedia Open Source Project and You] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5tJdQCnGWQ&list=UURXe4cgJPTVHcDH6ZGwOT3A#t=3211 video] - [[:commons:File:The Wikimedia Open Source Project and You.pdf|slides]]).<section end="2014-08-monthly"/>
== 2014-10-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-10-monthly"/>October was a month full of events. We organized a Wikimedia Tech meetup in San Francisco about [http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/207856222/ Exploratory Testing for Complex Software; Lessons from Cloud Foundry], as well as two Tech Talks discussing [https://plus.google.com/events/ch8uuivq05nqejqlivrqni6v1n0 The Dashboarding Problem], and [https://plus.google.com/events/caiiagf75bvddr09nf4jbgccn30 Design Research in Product Development]. The preparations for the [[MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015]] continued, and we [[phab:T567|decided on all travel sponsorship requests]].<section end="2014-10-monthly"/>
== 2014-12-18 ==

<section begin="2014-12-18"/>In October we had a successful week long MediaWiki Core offsite in San Diego. Currently we are focusing most of our energy on planning for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 (Jan 26/27, 2015). We are also ramping up slowly on the French Hackathon in Lyon which will be taking place on May 23 - 25. Team offsides come up in January: Ops (1 day offsite), Team Practices (3 day offsite).
<section end="2014-12-18"/>
== 2014-12-monthly ==

<section begin="2014-12-monthly"/>In October we had a successful week long MediaWiki Core offsite in San Diego. Currently we are focusing most of our energy on planning for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 (Jan 26/27, 2015). We are also ramping up slowly on the French Hackathon in Lyon which will be taking place on May 23 - 25. Team offsides come up in January: Ops (1 day offsite), Team Practices (3 day offsite).
<section end="2014-12-monthly"/>
== 2014-11-01 ==

<section begin="2014-11-01"/>In October we had a successful week long MediaWiki Core offsite in San Diego. Currently we are focusing most of our energy on planning for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 (Jan 26/27, 2015). We are also ramping up slowly on the French Hackathon in Lyon which will be taking place on May 23 - 25. Team offsides come up in January: Ops (1 day offsite), Team Practices (3 day offsite).<section end="2014-11-01"/>

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Last update on: 2014-11-01

2011-06-01

About 13 new developers were granted commit access in May, among which 6 Summer of Code students, and 2 Wikimedia Foundation employees. Volunteer development coordinator Sumana Harihareswara joined the review team, and will become the primary point of contact for commit access requests.

2011-07-01

Volunteer development coordinator Sumana Harihareswara is now the primary point of contact for commit access requests. About 7 new developers were granted commit access in June, among which were 2 Summer of Code students, and 2 Wikimedia Foundation employees.

2011-07-25

About 11 developers were granted commit access in July, among which were 2 Wikimedia employees, and 4 Wikia employees. Sumana Harihareswara attended the Community leadership summit and OSCON in Portland, notably to reach out to potential new developers and testers for MediaWiki.

2011-08-31

Sumana Harihareswara has been following up on contacts made at OSCON and Wikimania conferences. She has publicized the NOLA Hackathon and encouraged extension, gadget, script, tool, and template developers to attend. Additionally, she has been publicizing the work of the parser and visual editor team, encouraging code reviewers, and finding administrators and developers of other intensive MediaWiki installations to bring them into the larger MediaWiki ecology. In August, 9 developers were granted commit access: six volunteers and three Wikimedia Foundation employees.

2011-09-16

Continuing to follow up on items from my TODO list. Have gotten some response from the OCaml community to get our math code reviewed, and am getting interest from the Lucene community on improving our search extension.

2011-09-30

Sumana Harihareswara reached out to the OCaml and Lucene communities to collaborate on math code and search respectively, and coordinated the testing of 1.18 by volunteers. She also worked on organizing upcoming coding events in New Orleans, India, Brighton and online.

Added 30 Nov: in September 2011, 6 developers received commit access, all of whom were volunteers.


2011-10-31

Sumana Harihareswara continued to go through the backlog of commit access requests, and participated in a discussion on making it easier to get Subversion commit access. In October, eleven people got commit access, of which six were volunteers and five were WMF staff or contractors. She began to organize a triage of database-related bugs to benefit MediaWiki developers and administrators who use RDBMSes other than MySQL, and encouraged volunteers who are interested in leading hackathons, teaching classes, or attended conferences to talk about MediaWiki. She also followed up with volunteers and potential new developers, notably from the New Orleans hackathon and Google Summer of Code mentors' summit.

2011-11-30

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts from the New Orleans hackathon and the GSoC mentor summit; she also provided support in the #mediawiki IRC channel. She did a lot of outreach for the India Hackathon 2011 and attended it to facilitate volunteer training and development, and worked on planning for the January 2012 San Francisco Hackathon. She administered the commit access review process and communicated about improved process on wikitech-l. 12 developers received commit access in November, of whom 2 were Foundation staffers. Sumana and Guillaume Paumier started to consolidate training documentation to facilitate the onboarding of new developers.

2011-12-23

Sumana Harihareswara continued to help plan the Pune and San Francisco hackathons and mentor new contributors. Eleven developers got commit access, all from the non-staff MediaWiki community.

2011-12-31

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community (especially for commit and patch review), and mentor new contributors. Eleven developers got commit access, all from the non-staff MediaWiki community. Sumana also prepared for the January San Francisco hackathon and the February Pune hackathon, and recruited participants. Partly in preparation for these coding events, Sumana and Guillaume Paumier continued to consolidate training documentation to facilitate the onboarding of new developers.

2012-01-31

In preparation for the San Francisco hackathon, Guillaume Paumier rewrote How to become a MediaWiki hacker along the lines suggested by Yuvaraj Pandian, and cleaned up the documentation about gadgets. Sumana Harihareswara focused on improving the API documentation, and wrote and edited tutorial references for building the Wikipedia Android application, MediaWiki's web API, and Gadgets. Nine developers got commit access, including seven volunteers. Sumana continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community (especially for commit and patch review), and mentor new contributors. Sumana also prepared for the February Pune hackathon and the May hackathon organized by Wikimedia Germany, introduced a friendly space policy for WMF technical events, and recruited participants for upcoming events.

2012-02-29

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community (especially for commit and patch review), and mentor new contributors. Sumana also prepared for the June Berlin hackathon and the Wikimania hackathon in July and recruited participants for upcoming events. 13 contributors got commit access.

2012-03-31

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts and recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentored new contributors. Sumana also prepared for the June Berlin hackathon and recruited participants for upcoming events. The Berlin hackathon registration page went up and developers from the Wikimedia technical community can now register and request financial subsidy. One volunteer contributor got Subversion commit access, and more than eighty contributors got Git/Gerrit/Labsconsole accounts (developer access).

2012-04-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara and other members of the Engineering Community Team continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor new contributors. They granted developer access and planned upcoming events.

2012-05-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor new contributors. She granted developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and planned upcoming events.

2012-06-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor new contributors. She granted developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and planned upcoming events. The Foundation is also hiring a coordinator for volunteer testers and an engineering outreach coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach.

2012-08-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. She granted Developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and worked on planning for the upcoming Bangalore outreach event. Hiring for a volunteer engineering coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach is almost finished. Community discussion topics included Git and Gerrit's difficulty, bug triages, new mailing lists, transparency and collaboration in feature design, MediaWiki releases and a potential community organization, GSoC's effectiveness, code review, and appreciation for each other.

2012-09-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts, recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. She granted Developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and worked on planning for the upcoming Bangalore outreach event. Hiring for a volunteer engineering coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach is almost finished.

2012-10-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara continued to follow up on contacts (such as those gained at October's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing), recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. She granted developer access and Gerrit project ownership requests, and worked on getting more volunteer developers +2 status in MediaWiki core: 8 volunteers now have MediaWiki core maintainership. Sumana also published a retrospective of the 2012 Berlin Hackathon and updated the list of MediaWiki extensions used on Wikimedia sites towards a better understanding of which parts of the codebase are maintained, and by whom. Hiring for a Volunteer Engineering Coordinator to work on volunteer coordination and outreach is almost finished.

2012-11-monthly

Sumana Harihareswara started sharing new volunteer coordination tasks with Quim Gil, the new technical contributor coordinator who started working with the Wikimedia foundation in November. They continued to follow up on contacts (such as those gained at October's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing), recruit new contributors to the Wikimedia tech community, and mentor newer contributors. The weekly online tech chats continued on Thursdays. Sumana and others continued to grant developer access and work on Gerrit project ownership requests.

2012-12-11

The MediaWiki Groups proposal becomes official after going through reviews announced at wikitech-l and mediawiki-l. The proposal has also been discussed with the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee, who provided valuable feedback to integrate these groups with the Wikimedia User Groups initiative.

2012-12-18

First MediaWiki groups proposed: Marketing, Browser testing, Features testing, Bug Squad, San Francisco and Ahmedabad. Two proposals submitted to FOSDEM: How to hack on Wikipedia (lightning) and MediaWiki project: Wikipedia's engine room.

2012-12-27

First MediaWiki groups proposals submitted to the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee: Promotion, San Francisco and Ahmedabad. Process for requesting mediawiki-REGION mailing lists created, based on the request from the Indian community. At least one proposal accepted at FOSDEM: How to hack on Wikipedia (lightning). We have started working on a template for MediaWiki presentations.

2012-12-monthly

MediaWiki Groups became official and the first proposals are going through the approval process. As a side effect, a process for requesting regional mediawiki-themed mailing lists has been created with mediawiki-india as the first case. At least three Wikimedia-related talks have been accepted at FOSDEM.

2013-01-08

Community metrics December report published with new Social media section. We agreed with Fabrice_Florin from the Editor Engagement team to organize a sprint for Echo/Testing on Jan 30. Details ready by next week. About MediaWiki Groups, Promotion and San Francisco are on its way for being approved by the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee, while the Ahmedabad proposal is affected by a strong opposition from Wikimedia India chapter towards any external user groups. The discussion continues between AffCom and Wikimedia India, with Quim involved as well.

2013-01-17

MediaWiki Groups for Promotion and San Francisco officially approved by the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee . They are also the first Wikimedia User Groups created! Our plans with Editor Engagement and Mobile keep being delayed and Quim proposed a different approach combining regular, time-based QA and bug management activities. Heavy work done with Chris on the top QA pages although some problems remain. Template:MediaWiki_News is now manually synced with social media, bringing fresh updates to the mediawiki.org homepage and News. Quim took the lead organizing the Wikipedia Engineering Meetup in San Francisco on Jan 17.

2013-01-28

QA Weekly Goals proposed and approved as mechanism to organize weekly activities related to testing and bug management. VisualEditor/Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior and Review 250 open bugs unchanged for more than one year are the first weekly activities, and more have been scheduled already. Quim is working on How to hack on Wikipedia slides for FOSDEM. In fact they are an intro to MediaWiki / Wikimedia tech contributions and are being designed to be reused by others in more events. We confirmed that Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants are also open for technical projects.

2013-01-monthly

The MediaWiki groups for Promotion and San Francisco were officially approved by the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee, and are the first Wikimedia User Groups created. We helped the Editor Engagement team organize a sprint to test Echo, but our plans to collaborate further with the Editor Engagement and Mobile teams were delayed; Quim Gil proposed a different approach combining regular, time-based QA and bug management activities, in the form of QA weekly goals. Two such events (non-Latin character testing in VisualEditor and a review of old bugs) happened in January, and more are scheduled. Heavy work was done with Chris McMahon to improve the top QA pages, although some problems remain. Template:MediaWiki News is now manually synced with social media, bringing fresh updates to the mediawiki.org homepage and News page. Quim also took the lead on organizing the Wikipedia Engineering Meetup on January 17th. He prepared an intro to MediaWiki & Wikimedia tech contributions, which he tested at FOSDEM, designed to be reused by other presenters. Last, we confirmed that technical projects are eligible to Individual Engagement Grants.

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2013-04-monthly

Quim Gil refactored the radical Wikitech contributors proposal into the more gradual Project:New contributors based on the feedback received. He supported QA and bug management events, organized a tech talk for 3 tech projects receiving Wikimedia grants, and completed the survey about best times for volunteering (which got 33 answers). He spoke at the Bay Area Linux User Group with Daniel Zahn, Rob Lanphier and Brian Wolff, and requested a proposal from Bitergia to automate the generation of Community metrics.

2013-05-21

Quim Gil worked on a template for landing page for wikitech-announce that can be used in other Wikimedia mailing lists. Check the discussion and the source code. He also created a landing page for organizations willing to collaborate with Wikimedia co-organizing technical activities.

2013-05-monthly

Quim Gil has been preparing a proposal to get automated community metrics based on vizGrimoire and provided by their maintainers, Bitergia. It is currently being discussed with Sumana Harihareswara and Rob Lanphier for budget approval. Quim also worked on a user-friendly template for the landing page of the wikitech-announce mailing list that can be used for other Wikimedia lists (source code). He also created a landing page for organizations willing to collaborate with Wikimedia to co-organize technical activities.

2013-06-monthly

The decision of focusing on fewer activities better executed and based on demand seems to be working out, although it's too soon to confirm the trend. Browser test automation is the number one priority to recruit new contributors, and any help to succeed here is welcome. We created the QA mailing list as an umbrella to host people and discussions focusing on software quality assurance in all its aspects. We have more than 40 subscribers and an initial flow of activity. We had a successful first Browser Test Automation Workshop, with 40 participants in San Francisco and a few more online; we will iterate on this model. We have also helped organizing a Tech Talk on Attack vectors & MediaWiki and OWASP ZAP, and the upcoming Solr-based Search.

The project to get automated community metrics based on vizGrimoire and provided by Bitergia has been approved, and a first prototype can be seen at http://korma.wmflabs.org. The project starts effectively on July 1 and includes a one-year period of maintenance. We agreed with the Analytics team that they will assume the responsibility of this area during this period.

2013-07-09

Quim Gil focused on the consolidation of http://korma.wmflabs.org, the new dashboard for automated community metrics. We have done good progress already in the first week of the project, but there is more to do with sources, data offered and user identities before we dare to call it "beta". Several bugs and enhancement requests have been filed on GitHub: see mediawiki-dashboard and VizGrimoireJS. The next priority is to identify and aggregate the data of the top 30 contributors to git, bugzilla and mailing lists. We also must decide the key metrics we need in order to make decisions, e.g. average time to resolve on Gerrit changesets or bug reports.

2013-07-16

On Community metrics, Quim Gil asked contributors to identify their data and we have got 71 responses so far. http://korma.wmflabs.org has reached a first stable stage: the basic metrics from Git, Bugzilla and mailing lists are being retrieved on a daily basis. From this point we will be implementing progressive enhancements. We have been planning and promoting the next Browser Testing Automation workshop with Cucumber (July 18) together with the QA team.

2013-07-23

The workshop Browser test automation with Cucumber and Selenium was successful, with 13 participants. It was the second of its kind, this time 100% online. You can watch the session at here (1h40). The experience was useful to agree on MediaWiki-Vagrant as default environment for automated testing and to highlight the list of easy bugs for new QA volunteers.

Quim Gil will introduce Wikimedia an our opportunities for technical contributors at the Volunteer Information Evening organized by the IEEE Santa Clara Valley on August 26.

2013-07-monthly

On Community metrics, Quim Gil focused on the consolidation of korma.wmflabs.org, the new dashboard for automated community metrics. We have made good progress on this alpha, including basic metrics from Git, Bugzilla and mailing lists being retrieved on a daily basis, and have filed bugs and enhancement requests on GitHub (mediawiki-dashboard, VizGrimoireJS). We are deciding on the key metrics we need in order to make decisions, e.g. average time to resolve on Gerrit changesets or bug reports. We also planned and promoted a Browser Testing Automation workshop with Cucumber together with the QA team, with 13 people participating online. You can watch the session here (1h40). The experience was useful, as we agreed on MediaWiki-Vagrant as the default environment for automated testing and highlighted the list of easy bugs. Also, the Engineering Community team held its quarterly review.

2013-08-monthly

We had a team presentation at Wikimania: Transparency and collaboration in Wikimedia engineering, explaining how volunteers can make a difference. Following the work on Community metrics, the five key performance indicators (KPIs) were discussed and agreed upon. We are focusing on the first one: who contributes code. A list of Key Wikimedia software projects has been created to define the scope of these KPIs. Recruiting automated browser testers keeps being our top priority. We are organizing the next workshop in San Francisco and online on September 18: Epic fail: figuring out Selenium test results.

2013-09-monthly

Together with XWiki and Tiki, we submitted a Wiki devroom proposal for FOSDEM, the biggest open source source conference in Europe. We are also preparing a proposal for a stand, lead by volunteers at the nascent Wikimedia Belgium chapter. The overall goal is to achieve a good MediaWiki & Wikimedia tech gathering in Brussels next February.

We are also supporting the organization of the MediaWiki Architecture Summit in San Francisco on 23-24 January, 2014.

2013-10-monthly

Our proposal for a Wiki devroom at FOSDEM was accepted and we launched the Call for participation. On tech community metrics, we obtained first results of the Community metrics: Who contributes code key progress indicator. We facilitated the MediaWiki 1.22 Release Plan tech talk and the Flow UX Workshop meet-up. The list of participants of the Architecture Summit 2014 was published. We also experimented with a monthly cycle of Engineering Community Team meetings.

2013-11-monthly

Erik Moeller's talk "The Wikipedia stack" was accepted for the main track session at FOSDEM. The call for proposals for the Wikis devroom at FOSDEM was extended until December 15. Wikimedia applied for a stand.

A Request for Proposals for a technical writer contractor was also sent. Last, we helped establishing a routine around Architecture meetings.

2013-12-monthly

We reached all our goals for submissions at FOSDEM in Brussels (February 1−2): a fully scheduled Wikis devroom, a main track session (The Wikipedia Stack) by Erik Moeller, and the Wikimedia stand coordinated by Dimitar Dimitrov.

Our hiring process for a technical writer contractor was unsuccessful. After screening dozens of candidates and interviewing several of them, our three final candidates declined for various reasons. Without time to hire a writer before the Architecture Summit 2014, we decided to hold the search for now.

2014-01-monthly

We helped organizing the Architecture Summit 2014 in San Francisco (January 23−24) and we got everything ready for FOSDEM in Brussels (February 1−2). We continued working with the tech community metrics around two key performance indicators: who contributes code, and the Gerrit review queue.

2014-02-monthly

Wikimedia completed its more ambitious participation in FOSDEM (Brussels) with mild success. The Wikis devroom (co-organized with the XWiki and Tiki projects), the Wikimedia stand, and The Wikipedia Stack main track session achieved their basic goals in terms of participation and quality, but at the same time we got many ideas to do better next year.

There was more progress on the tech community metrics front, and we now have interesting data gathered around our five key performance indicators: Who contributes code; Gerrit review queue; Code contributors new and gone; Bugzilla response time, and Top contributors.

2014-03-monthly

The bulk of work to create community metrics around five Key Progress Indicators is completed, and now we are polishing help strings and usability details. The next step is to share the news with the community and start looking at bottlenecks and actions. Check:

A page about Upstream projects was drafted collaboratively in order to start mapping the key communities where we Wikimedia should be active, either as contributor / stakeholder, or promoting our own tools. We helped selecting participants sponsored to travel to the Zürich Hackathon 2014 in May.

2014-04-monthly

We restarted the Wikimedia Tech Talks with a light process for scheduling events, and we help organizing A preliminary look at Parsoid internals and Unit testing for MediaWiki projects. The Wikimedia Hackathon in Zürich is ready to roll on May 9−11, and we co-hosted an info session with Wikimedia Switzerland, the main organizers of the event.

2014-05-monthly

The Wikimedia Hackathon in Zürich was a success according to ad hoc feedback from the participants. A deeper review is expected to be published in July, after compiling the results of the survey. The main merit goes to Wikimedia CH for an efficient, warm, and flexible organization. We also announced a process to request the organization of Hackathons. We had an intense calendar of events in May, including a Tech Talk about Elasticsearch and a meetup in San Francisco on Making Wikipedia Fast, organized successfully together with the Web Performance SF meetup.

2014-06-monthly

Volunteers and staff are beginning to add or express interest in topics for the 2014 Wikimania Hackathon in London. The WMUK team is working hard to finalize venue logistics so that we can schedule talks and sessions in specific rooms. Everything is on track for a successful (and very large!) Hackathon. Tech Talks held in June: How, What, Why of WikiFont on June 12 and A Few Python Tips on June 19. A new process has been set up for volunteers needing to sign an NDA in order to be granted special permissions in Wikimedia servers. On a similar note, we have started a project to implement a Trusted User Tool in Phabricator, in order to register editors of Wikimedia projects that have been granted special permissions after signing a community agreement.

2014-07-monthly

We focused on the preparation of the Wikimania Hackathon, encouraging all registered participants to propose topics and sign up to interesting sessions. We also organized a Q&A session with potential organizers of the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015. We organized two Tech Talks: Hadoop and Beyond. An overview of Analytics infrastructure and HHVM in production: what that means for Wikimedia developers. More activities hosted in July can be found at Project:Calendar/2014/07.

2014-08-monthly

We ran the Wikimania Hackathon in an unconference manner together with the Wikimania organizers. The event went well in a unique venue, and we are compiling a list of lessons learned to be applied in future events. Together with other former organizers of hackathons, we decided that the next Wikimedia Hackathon in Europe will be organized by Wikimedia France (details coming soon). Also at Wikimania, Quim Gil gave a talk about The Wikimedia Open Source Project and You (video - slides).

2014-10-monthly

October was a month full of events. We organized a Wikimedia Tech meetup in San Francisco about Exploratory Testing for Complex Software; Lessons from Cloud Foundry, as well as two Tech Talks discussing The Dashboarding Problem, and Design Research in Product Development. The preparations for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 continued, and we decided on all travel sponsorship requests.

2014-12-18

In October we had a successful week long MediaWiki Core offsite in San Diego. Currently we are focusing most of our energy on planning for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 (Jan 26/27, 2015). We are also ramping up slowly on the French Hackathon in Lyon which will be taking place on May 23 - 25. Team offsides come up in January: Ops (1 day offsite), Team Practices (3 day offsite).

2014-12-monthly

In October we had a successful week long MediaWiki Core offsite in San Diego. Currently we are focusing most of our energy on planning for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 (Jan 26/27, 2015). We are also ramping up slowly on the French Hackathon in Lyon which will be taking place on May 23 - 25. Team offsides come up in January: Ops (1 day offsite), Team Practices (3 day offsite).

2014-11-01

In October we had a successful week long MediaWiki Core offsite in San Diego. Currently we are focusing most of our energy on planning for the MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 (Jan 26/27, 2015). We are also ramping up slowly on the French Hackathon in Lyon which will be taking place on May 23 - 25. Team offsides come up in January: Ops (1 day offsite), Team Practices (3 day offsite).