[Wikitech-l] Draft: Best practices for software design

[Daniel Kinzler]

Hi all!

Please comment on the draft of a best practices guideline for software design:
.

I have been thinking of writing down some of my (personal, so far) golden rules
that have emerged in my work on MediaWiki over the years. So here it is. My plan
is to gather some feedback, then turn this into an RFC, and hopefully have some
future version adopted as an official guideline.

Please let me know about things you agree with, or disagree with, and stuff you
find just odd or cryptic.

Thanks!

-- 
Daniel Kinzler
Principal Software Engineer, Core Platform
Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikitech-l] Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—April 3rd

[Trey Jones]

The Search Platform Team
 usually holds
office hours the first Wednesday of each month. Come ask us anything about
Wikimedia search!


Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting.


Details for our next meeting (note that we're on daylight savings time, so
the time has shifted relative to GMT):

Date: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

Time: 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-9:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 17:00-18:00 CEST

Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours

Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vyc-jvgq-dww


*N.B.:* Google Meet System Requirements



Hope to talk to you in a week!

Trey Jones
Sr. Software Engineer, Search Platform
Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Tech Talks 2019] Ouch, I have an OOUI: Using OOUI without pain, March 27, 2019 at 18:00 UTC.

[Sarah R]

Hi Everyone,

This will begin in about 30 Minutes.

Hope to see you there!

Kindly,

Sarah R.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 7:41 AM Sarah R  wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Just a reminder that this tech talk will take place tomorrow, *March 27,
> 2019 at 18:00 UTC. * I will also send an announcement right before we
> begin. Hope to see you there!
>
> If you are interested in giving a Tech Talk in the future or suggesting a
> topic you would like to learn more about please let me know!
>
> Kindly,
>
> Sarah R.
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 9:33 AM Sarah R  wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Get ready, because it is time for *Wikimedia Tech Talks 2019* Episode 2!
>> This month's talk will take place *March 27, 2019 at 18:00 UTC. *
>>
>> *Topic*
>> Ouch, I have an OOUI: Using OOUI without pain
>>
>> *Speaker*
>> Moriel Schottlender
>>
>>
>> *Summary*
>> OOUI is the interface widget library we are using for UI in the Wikimedia
>> projects. The library is meant to allow implementers to create useful
>> interfaces that automatically answer internationalized needs that are
>> unique to the global nature of our projects. Right-to-left support,
>> supporting old browsers, accessibility, etc, are things that OOUI is doing
>> in the background for you.
>>
>> This tech talk will present OOUI’s history, basic and advanced usage, and
>> demonstrate how to create great interfaces without (much) pain within our
>> wiki ecosystem.
>>
>> YouTube stream for viewers: 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_CUN2o4faw
>>
>> During the live talk, you are invited to join the discussion on IRC at
>> #wikimedia-office
>>
>> You can watch past Tech Talks here:
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tech_talks
>>
>> If you are interested in giving your own tech talk, you can learn more
>> here:
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Tech_talks
>>
>> As always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions!
>>
>>
>> Kindly,
>>
>>
>> Sarah R. Rodlund
>> Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy
>> 
>> srodl...@wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>
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Re: [Wikitech-l] Sunsetting Wikimetrics

[Marcel Ruiz Forns]

Hi Yongmin,

indeed, only Wikimetrics list is going to be closed.
Wikitech-l remains the same.
Thank you for spotting this mistake, and sorry for the confusion!

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:10 PM Yongmin H. via Wikitech-l <
wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Use of 'this' was confusing since I read it like 'what??? Wikitech-l
> is closing?' to me. (I'm only subscribed to wikitech-l)
>
> So... since I don't think wikitech-l is closing anytime in the near
> future, the wikimetrics one is the one being closed, just in case anyone is
> confused like me xD.
>
> --
> Yongmin
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>
> 2019. 3. 27. 03:20, Marcel Ruiz Forns  작성:
>
> > This is done now.
> > http://metrics.wmflabs.org points now to the Event Metrics tool.
> >
> > In short we will close this mailing list.
> > For more information or questions, please use this Phabricator task
> > .
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 8:01 PM Marcel Ruiz Forns 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> Wikimetrics  development has been frozen
> >> since 2017, and we Analytics consider it's time to sunset this tool. Its
> >> last day of operation will be March 24th, 2019.
> >>
> >> If you're a Wikimetrics user, please consider working with Event Metrics
> >> , a newer tool that, like
> Wikimetrics,
> >> allows to gather statistics on cohorts of wiki users. It has been
> running
> >> for one year now, has great documentation
> >> , and is supported by
> the Community
> >> Tech  team.
> >>
> >> For more information, you can read this Phabricator task
> >> .
> >> Please, post any questions or comments in there.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> *Marcel Ruiz Forns** (he/him)*
> >> Analytics Developer @ Wikimedia Foundation
> >>
> >
> >
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*Marcel Ruiz Forns** (he/him)*
Analytics Developer @ Wikimedia Foundation
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