[Wikitech-l] [Train] 1.37.0-wmf.4 status update (blocked at group0 again)

[Brennen Bearnes]

Hi all,

The 1.37.0-wmf.4[0] train is currently blocked at group0 by the 
following issue:


* Query time out in ApiQueryLogEvents query
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T282193

As ever, you can follow train progress on Freenode's 
#wikimedia-operations as well as on the blocker task[0].


Regards,

-- Your bedraggled train crew

[0]. 
[1]. 



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[Wikitech-l] Reconsidering of eligibility criteria for technical contributions in elections

[Jay prakash]

Hello all,

As the 2021 WMF Board elections have been announced, I have proposed to
reconsider the eligibility criteria for “developers” and technical
contributors, as the previous criteria do not make sense any longer and
exclude several groups of contributors.

A discussion has been started at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281977
and
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Reconsideration_of_eligibility_criteria_for_technical_contributions_in_election
.

Please share your thoughts and feedback.

Regards

Jay Prakash (he/him)
Volunteer Developer, Wikimedia
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[Wikitech-l] Developer Portal content draft: A future central place which links key technical documents

[Andre Klapper]

: Your feedback is wanted on 
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy/Developer_Portal/Content_Draft

Hi everyone,

last year[1] the Developer Advocacy team started to work on a single,
central entry point for developers and tech-minded people for
Wikimedia's technical documentation[2].

A central entry point ("developer portal") would cover common technical
use cases to allow existing and future technical contributors and
developers to find the information they need.
Each use case links to its most relevant documentation (i.e. to pages
on wikitech or mediawiki.org).

This is part of a larger initiative to implement an organization
strategy for key technical documents: Understand challenges about
finding and maintaining docs, identify key docs, and investigate ways
to improve our workflows around documentation.

So far we:

 * Researched and reviewed existing documentation venues and pages
 * Reviewed developer/documentation portals in the broader industry
 * Interviewed several engineering teams around technical documentation
   workflows, audiences, and key technical docs (the key themes from
   these conversations are available, see the link above)
 * Created an initial draft for the structure and content of the single
   entry point 

Now we would like to improve this initial content draft with your help.

1) Please take a look at the initial draft at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy/Developer_Portal/Content_Draft

2) Then, please help improve it by sharing your thoughts and feedback
until *May 25th* at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy/Developer_Portal/Content_Draft/Feedback

Note that this is only a draft how to structure content. 
It is not a design or layout proposal and it is not an implementation.
For additional future work, see also the Phabricator workboard[3].

Next steps include:

 * A session at the remote Hackathon (May 22-23; [4])
 * Incorporate content improvements, based on your feedback
 * Check the documents linked from the single entry point proposal for
   accuracy
 * Investigate requirements for the technical implementation
 * Investigate improvements of processes around technical documentation
   (structure, locations, navigation, stewardship, etc).

If you want to learn more about the project, please see 
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy/Developer_Portal

Thanks to everybody who has provided their valuable input to get to
this stage, and thanks in advance to everyone who will!

Cheers,
andre

[1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-August/093773.html
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy/Developer_Portal
[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-developer-portal/
[4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021

-- 
Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate
https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/


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Re: [Wikitech-l] Hackathon program: call for proposals open until May 9th

[Léa Lacroix]

Hello all,

A quick reminder: if you want to present something on the main program
track of the Wikimedia hackathon, you can do it until May 9th end of the
day. More details here.


We already have several cool proposals
 and we are looking
forward to seeing more!

On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 11:39, Léa Lacroix  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The Wikimedia hackathon
>  is coming up in
> a few weeks, on May 22-23! We’re very excited to gather online with you all
> and hack together.
>
> On top of the informal hacking, we would like to build a light, community
> powered program, with sessions and discussions about the technical
> environment in the Wikimedia movement. We will have two different “tracks”,
> each of them having its own setup:
>
>
>1.
>
>The main track, a livestream of sessions that will be recorded and
>available for replay, hopefully using a fully open source set up. This will
>be great for presentations, talks and demos.
>2.
>
>The open rooms: two Jitsi rooms will be available to schedule your
>sessions. This is perfect for informal discussions, Q and workshops.
>
>
> If you’re interested in running a session in the hackathon’s program, it’s
> easy: please create a task on the Phabricator board
> , using this
> template
> ,
> that will give you all the required information. The coordination team will
> come back to you to help you prepare and schedule your session.
>
> You will also find the different formats that we are offering:
> presentation, discussion, workshop or lightning talk. All topics are
> welcome, as long as they are connected to the technical environment of the
> Wikimedia projects. We are particularly interested in sessions that are
> useful for newcomers, and connected to the main topics of this year’s
> hackathon: open source tools for events, documentation and finding
> co-maintainers.
>
> Because we will need some time to schedule the proposed sessions and to
> make technical tests with the speakers, please note that the deadline to
> submit a session for the main track is May 9th. For the open rooms, you
> will have a bit more time, until May 19th.
>
> You will find more information and details about the call for proposals on
> the how-to page
> . If you
> have any questions, feel free to ask on the discussion page
> . If you
> want to brainstorm ideas or find a co-speaker for your session, feel free
> to ask the crowd on 

[Wikitech-l] Call for Election Volunteers - WMF Board of Trustees

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi all,


Would you like to get more people taking part in the Wikimedia Foundation’s
Board of Trustees election?

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees announced the plan for the 2021
Board elections
.
That plan includes outreach and communication support for the Board
elections. The Board election facilitators will:

   - Inform communities of the trustee selection process
   - Invite communities to engage in voting
   - Encourage people representing emerging Wikimedia communities to run as
   candidates

Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. It was better in
communities with volunteer election support. Some of those communities
reached over 20% voter turnout. We know we can get more voters to help
assess and promote the best candidates, but to do that, we need your help.

We are looking for volunteers to serve as Election Volunteers. Election
Volunteers should have a good understanding of their communities. The
facilitation team sees Election Volunteers as doing the following:

   - Promote the election in their communities’ channels
   - Organize discussions about the election in their communities
   - Translate messages for their communities

*Who are the Election Volunteers to connect your community with this
movement effort? Is it you? Or someone you know?* *Check out more details
about Election Volunteers*

and
add your name next to the community you will support in this table

 or get in contact with a facilitator
.
We aim to have at least one Election Volunteer for Wiki-projects in the top
30 for eligible voters. Even better if there are two or more sharing the
work.


Best,

Krishna Chaitanya
Communications Facilitator, Board Governance
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