A long time coming! The interface looks amazing and seems very well thought out. It's nice to have an official, single go-to for all things tools, user scripts, gadgets, etc. Huge thanks and kudos to everyone involved!
~ MA On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:37 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Brigit, for this hub, it is great to have it! I have tried and > can't find any way to look for tools that are not nominated as "Coolest > Tool Award" besides looking for name. Is there a way for searching by > categories? > > Thanks > Galder > ------------------------------ > *From:* Birgit Müller <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 4:58 PM > *To:* wikitech-l <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected]>; > Wikimedia Cloud Services general discussion and support < > [email protected]>; [email protected] < > [email protected]>; [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Toolhub 1.0 is launched! Discover software tools > used at Wikimedia > > > Hi All, > > We are happy to announce the launch of Toolhub > <https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/> – a community-authored catalogue that > aims to make software tools > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub#What_is_a_%22tool%22?> used in > the Wikimedia movement discoverable to everyone. > > Community developed tools – including web applications, bots, gadgets, > user scripts, lua modules, and more – play a significant role in the > Wikimedia projects. These software applications address a wide range of use > cases including finding bad faith edits and other content curation, bulk > editing, collecting statistical information, creating special citations, > and much more. About ⅓ of all edits are made by bots and tools. In > addition, semi-automated edits are helped by user scripts, gadgets, and > other editing assistance tools that run from the user's local computer or > directly inside the wikis. There are thousands of tools available, but how > can you find them? > > With Toolhub, you can document and find tools > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub>, promote their use in your wiki > community, and help improve them by contributing data. You can create and > share lists of tools relevant to your work - for example, for GLAM tools, > or for wiki projects such as Women in Red. > > This first release provides a core set of functionalities > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Roadmap>, and contains an > initial data set of about 1500 tools. Most of the initial tools in the > catalog are imported from the same data files developers have created for > Hay's > Directory <https://hay.toolforge.org/directory/> which has been a major > inspiration for Toolhub. > > Toolhub serves developers and users of tools alike. It is part of our > efforts to improve the infrastructure and services for technical > contributors, captured under one of Technology’s top level objectives in > the FY 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 annual plans: Tech Community Building > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technology/Annual_Plans/ERF_OKR:_Tech_Community_Building>. > We hope to continue conversations with developers and users of tools, plan > to improve Toolhub, and to further expand the functionality. > > A collaborative system and open developer platform > > Toolhub is built as an API driven platform that makes it possible to > extend and remix the catalogue, and to make collecting and reusing > information about tools as open and collaborative as we can. Everything > that can be done interactively with the Toolhub website can also be done > remotely through the API. We would love to hear from technical > contributors interested in using the Toolhub API > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub#API-use> to build new tools > that make new ways to add or consume information from Toolhub's catalog. > > Our decision record > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Decision_record> and weekly > progress reports > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Progress_reports> on Meta > provide more insights in technical implementation details and decisions > made throughout the development process. The Toolhub/About page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/About> provides information on > project origin, research, use cases, data model, and roadmap. This recording > from a lightning talk at ‘21 Wikimania > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hNm7bKjDo> gives an overview of the > main aspects in 10 minutes. > > Thank you <3 > > This project wouldn’t have been possible without the support, knowledge, > ideas and prior work of many. One of the nicest side-effects of a release > is that it’s a great opportunity to thank folks for their time and > contributions :-) > > > - > > Husky <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Husky>, whose Hay's > Directory <https://hay.toolforge.org/directory/> provided the > foundation for the data model used by Toolhub and inspired some of its > features. > - > > Harej <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Harej>, for his invaluable > contributions in the early stages of the Toolhub project. > - > > Our 'advisory board' - Giuseppe > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:GLavagetto_(WMF)> (SRE), Risker > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Risker> (editor, admin), Reedy > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Reedy_(WMF)> (Security), Keegan > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan_(WMF)> (Community > Relations), and Eran > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9F> (volunteer > developer & RTL expert) for providing their perspectives on key questions > throughout the development process. > - > > Giuseppe, Kunal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm>, Manuel > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MArostegui_(WMF)>, Effie > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EMouzeli_(WMF)>, Cole > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CWhite_(WMF)> and Emanuele > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ERocca_(WMF)> from SRE and > Majavah <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Majavah> for their help on > finding and resolving deployment issues. > - > > Dan <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dzduvall> and Jeena > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:JHuneidi_(WMF)> from Release > Engineering for help with build tooling. > - > > Guillaume <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:GLederrey_(WMF)> and > the rest of the Search Platform team for supporting our search index needs. > - > > Manuel for supporting our database needs. > - > > Niklas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nlaxstrom-WMF> and the > whole translatewiki.net community for help with localization and > internationalization. > - > > Rita <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RHo_(WMF)>, Olga > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:OTichonova_(WMF)>, Alex > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AHollender_(WMF)>, and Matthew > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MWilliams_(WMF)> from the Product > Design <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design> team for their feedback > on the Toolhub user interface. > - > > Scott <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SBassett_(WMF)> from the > Security team for our security readiness review. > - > > Amire <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amire80>, Kunal, Eran, > Reedy, and Dan for contributing code to the project. > - > > Ricordisamoa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ricordisamoa>, Quim > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF>, and the people > participating in conversations on wikitech-l > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/KQ2KX4QW23TSIHS2NV4SXQKYK7J5A4JL/#6FSJO32PAHWBJZYMAB46WAZPZIP3H6FJ> > for T115650 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115650> which inspired > this whole project. > - > > Finally, a huge thanks to all the folks who gave input and feedback on > the talk page, in Phabricator, and at sessions - this is really > appreciated! > > > We hope that this new resource will be fun to explore, inspire you with > new ideas, and ultimately be useful for your work. > > Feedback, bug reports, ideas and questions are more than welcome on the talk > page of the project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub>, or in > Phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/3224/>. Bryan > (tech lead) & Seve (our new Product Manager) will be there to chat with > interested folks and help with any questions. We are looking forward to > evolving this project step-by-step and jointly with everyone! > > Birgit – on behalf of Technical Engagement & our Toolhub project team > > > -- > Birgit Müller (she/her) > Director of Technical Engagement > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QE34C36XKORBQW5UHE6SXSYXJUGOZY6X/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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