Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

[Philippe Beaudette]

I couldn’t agree more. This is beautifully executed.

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 9:10 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Nicely done!  A model on so many levels.  Let's learn from this and find
> ways to speed and templatize this style and approach.  
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:03 PM Liam Wyatt 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has
>> been working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our
>> movement for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the
>> high-volume commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say
>> that in a remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of
>> the issues: technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have
>> something worthy of showing to the community, and we are asking for your
>> feedback. Allow me to introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project
>> – formerly codenamed “okapi”.
>>
>> While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current
>> movement strategy process, its recommendations identify an enterprise API
>> as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our
>> movement” and “Improve User Experience.”[0] That is, to simultaneously
>> create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and
>> improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many
>> readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent
>> attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s
>> culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive
>> contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access
>> for Wikimedia volunteers who need it.
>>
>> The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have
>> written a lot of documentation to get your feedback about our progress and
>> where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’
>> in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last
>> several months by approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many
>> corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations
>> who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction, pointing out
>> weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in
>> our drafts. Thank you to everyone who has shared your time and expertise to
>> help prepare this new initiative.
>>
>> A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on
>> Meta:
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay
>>
>> Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ, operating principles,
>> and technical documentation on MediaWiki.org. You can read these at [1] [2]
>> and [3] respectively. Much of this documentation is already available in
>> French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
>>
>> The Wikimedia Enterprise team is particularly interested in your feedback
>> on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure
>> it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described
>> above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example:
>> Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the
>> technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the
>> “FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the
>> financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed?
>>
>> Meet the team and Ask Us Anything:
>>
>> The central place to provide written feedback about the project in
>> general is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise
>>
>> On this Friday (March 19)  we will be hosting two “Office hours”
>> conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions:
>>
>>-
>>
>>13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732
>>-
>>
>>22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note:
>>this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania)
>>
>> Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical
>> platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future.
>>
>> We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21)
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network,
>> and also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
>>
>> Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an
>> existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g.  an
>> affiliate’s members’ meeting).
>>
>>
>> On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team,
>>
>> Peace, Love & Metadata
>> -- Liam Wyatt [Wittylama], Wikimedia Enterprise project community liaison.
>>
>> [0]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations
>>
>> [1] 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

[Samuel Klein]

Nicely done!  A model on so many levels.  Let's learn from this and find
ways to speed and templatize this style and approach.  

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:03 PM Liam Wyatt 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has
> been working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our
> movement for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the
> high-volume commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say
> that in a remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of
> the issues: technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have
> something worthy of showing to the community, and we are asking for your
> feedback. Allow me to introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project
> – formerly codenamed “okapi”.
>
> While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current
> movement strategy process, its recommendations identify an enterprise API
> as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our
> movement” and “Improve User Experience.”[0] That is, to simultaneously
> create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and
> improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many
> readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent
> attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s
> culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive
> contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access
> for Wikimedia volunteers who need it.
>
> The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have
> written a lot of documentation to get your feedback about our progress and
> where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’
> in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last
> several months by approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many
> corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations
> who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction, pointing out
> weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in
> our drafts. Thank you to everyone who has shared your time and expertise to
> help prepare this new initiative.
>
> A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on
> Meta:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay
>
> Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ, operating principles, and
> technical documentation on MediaWiki.org. You can read these at [1] [2] and
> [3] respectively. Much of this documentation is already available in
> French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
>
> The Wikimedia Enterprise team is particularly interested in your feedback
> on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure
> it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described
> above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example:
> Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the
> technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the
> “FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the
> financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed?
>
> Meet the team and Ask Us Anything:
>
> The central place to provide written feedback about the project in general
> is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise
>
> On this Friday (March 19)  we will be hosting two “Office hours”
> conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions:
>
>-
>
>13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732
>-
>
>22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note:
>this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania)
>
> Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical
> platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future.
>
> We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21)
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network,
> and also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
>
> Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an
> existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g.  an
> affiliate’s members’ meeting).
>
>
> On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team,
>
> Peace, Love & Metadata
> -- Liam Wyatt [Wittylama], Wikimedia Enterprise project community liaison.
>
> [0]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles
>
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
>
> *Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]*
> WikiCite 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hi,

Le mar. 16 mars 2021 à 13:51, Chris Keating  a
écrit :

> Thanks Liam!
>
> Great to see such clear and thorough documentation of what this project is
> about, why we're doing it, and why it's being done in this particular way.
>

Indeed! Obviously, I'm biased, but I appreciate the level of documentation
provided, which makes it easier to have an informed and in-depth discussion
(although it's a lot to translate!).

>From the Strategic Direction in 2017 (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017 ), to the
WMF revenue strategy in 2018 (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2018_Revenue_strategy/Summary ), to the
working group on Revenue Streams in 2019 (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Iteration_1/Revenue_Streams/1
), to the final recommendations in 2020 (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Increase_the_Sustainability_of_Our_Movement
), and now to this, it's certainly been a long journey, but it's great to
see this coming to life. Taking this idea and shepherding it towards
implementation while respecting the ethos of the movement is not an easy
feat, and the team really seems to take this to heart, which is a good sign.

-- 
Guillaume Paumier
(he/him)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

[Chris Keating]

Thanks Liam!

Great to see such clear and thorough documentation of what this project is
about, why we're doing it, and why it's being done in this particular way.

Regards,

Chris / The Land

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 4:03 PM Liam Wyatt  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has
> been working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our
> movement for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the
> high-volume commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say
> that in a remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of
> the issues: technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have
> something worthy of showing to the community, and we are asking for your
> feedback. Allow me to introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project
> – formerly codenamed “okapi”.
>
> While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current
> movement strategy process, its recommendations identify an enterprise API
> as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our
> movement” and “Improve User Experience.”[0] That is, to simultaneously
> create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and
> improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many
> readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent
> attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s
> culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive
> contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access
> for Wikimedia volunteers who need it.
>
> The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have
> written a lot of documentation to get your feedback about our progress and
> where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’
> in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last
> several months by approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many
> corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations
> who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction, pointing out
> weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in
> our drafts. Thank you to everyone who has shared your time and expertise to
> help prepare this new initiative.
>
> A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on
> Meta:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay
>
> Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ, operating principles, and
> technical documentation on MediaWiki.org. You can read these at [1] [2] and
> [3] respectively. Much of this documentation is already available in
> French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
>
> The Wikimedia Enterprise team is particularly interested in your feedback
> on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure
> it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described
> above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example:
> Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the
> technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the
> “FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the
> financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed?
>
> Meet the team and Ask Us Anything:
>
> The central place to provide written feedback about the project in general
> is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise
>
> On this Friday (March 19)  we will be hosting two “Office hours”
> conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions:
>
>-
>
>13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732
>-
>
>22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note:
>this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania)
>
> Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical
> platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future.
>
> We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21)
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network,
> and also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
>
> Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an
> existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g.  an
> affiliate’s members’ meeting).
>
>
> On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team,
>
> Peace, Love & Metadata
> -- Liam Wyatt [Wittylama], Wikimedia Enterprise project community liaison.
>
> [0]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles
>
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
>
> *Liam 

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

[Liam Wyatt]

Dear all,

Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has been
working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our movement
for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the high-volume
commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say that in a
remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of the issues:
technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have something worthy of
showing to the community, and we are asking for your feedback. Allow me to
introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project – formerly codenamed
“okapi”.

While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current
movement strategy process, its recommendations identify an enterprise API
as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our
movement” and “Improve User Experience.”[0] That is, to simultaneously
create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and
improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many
readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent
attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s
culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive
contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access
for Wikimedia volunteers who need it.

The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have
written a lot of documentation to get your feedback about our progress and
where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’
in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last
several months by approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many
corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations
who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction, pointing out
weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in
our drafts. Thank you to everyone who has shared your time and expertise to
help prepare this new initiative.

A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on
Meta:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay

Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ, operating principles, and
technical documentation on MediaWiki.org. You can read these at [1] [2] and
[3] respectively. Much of this documentation is already available in
French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

The Wikimedia Enterprise team is particularly interested in your feedback
on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure
it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described
above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example:
Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the
technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the
“FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the
financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed?

Meet the team and Ask Us Anything:

The central place to provide written feedback about the project in general
is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise

On this Friday (March 19)  we will be hosting two “Office hours”
conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions:

   -

   13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732
   -

   22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note:
   this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania)

Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical
platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future.

We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network, and
also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics

Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an
existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g.  an
affiliate’s members’ meeting).


On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team,

Peace, Love & Metadata
-- Liam Wyatt [Wittylama], Wikimedia Enterprise project community liaison.

[0]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles

[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise

*Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]*
WikiCite  Program Manager & Wikimedia
Enterprise  Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation
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