This is priceless. Thank you Hay for leading the way :) and thanks to ev e ry one who made this happen.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:04 PM MusikAnimal <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > _______________________________________________ > 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/66GYUEPLT6BK6CDFGGBSWVPKOJ3DSK5J/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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