I would really appreciate this as well -- the workflow stuff was AFAIK originally supposed to be part of Flow, so from the perspective of someone not intimately familiar with the current ongoings of the project it's all a bit confusing to say it's being moved to maintenance mode but the team will be working on workflows instead of on Flow...
A good user communication system to replace classic talk-page-style hacks is probably the single most important technical project the WMF can be working on -- it touches literally everything else. -- brion On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would it be possible to request a lightning talk about the reasoning behind > the decision to put Flow into maintenance mode, and about the plans for the > Collaboration team's work post-Flow? > > Pine > On Sep 9, 2015 11:36 AM, "Rachel Farrand" <rfarr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > lightning talks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk> on Sep > 22! > > ~ More logistic details/signups found in the email below ~ > > > > Please sign up if you would like to do a quick 10 min talk this month. > > > > These talks will continue every month until there is no longer interest. > > > > A youtube stream will be sent out to this list just before the talks > start > > so you can follow along, you can ask questions on IRC, and the talks will > > also be recorded so that you can watch them whenever you like. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Kevin Leduc <ke...@wikimedia.org> > > Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:33 PM > > Subject: [Engineering] September Lightning Talks > > To: "Staff (All)" <wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Engineering list < > > engineer...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > September's Lightning Talks are in two weeks and we are looking for more > > volunteers to present. Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ > WMF & > > in the Community to showcase a Quarterly Goal achieved, significant > > milestone, release, or anything of significance to the rest of the > > foundation and the movement as a whole. These talks will be open to our > > communities. > > > > > > Each presentation will be 10 minutes or less, the formal part should be > not > > be longer than 5 minutes and the remainder can be used for questions. We > > need at least three people to sign-up to be speakers on the wiki page > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks> by September 15 or else > > the talks will be postponed to the next month. > > > > Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your > > lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk. > > > > Third Round of Lightning Talks: > > > > When: Tuesday September 22, 1800 UTC > > < > > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lightning+Talks+-+August&iso=20150922T18&p1=1440&ah=1 > > >, > > 11am PDT > > > > Where: 5th Floor > > > > Remotees: On-Air google hangout will be provided just before the meeting > > > > IRC: #wikimedia-tech > > > > Sign up for a 10 minute slot here: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks > > > > > > Thanks! > > Kevin Leduc, Rachel Farrand, Megan Neisler > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Engineering mailing list > > engineer...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/engineering > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
