In case any folks on this list aren't aware, the following announcement relating to the disbanding of the Community Tech team was made at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_20,_2026:_Community_Tech_becomes_a_program:
> May 20, 2026: Community Tech becomes a program > > Hello all, my name is Suman > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SCherukuwada_(WMF)> and I'm the Deputy > Chief Product & Technology Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm writing > to share with all of you that we've decided to do some internal restructuring > about how WMF responds to and supports wishes. After noticing that having a > centralized team was leading to frequent bottlenecks and delays as CommTech > staff coordinated with other teams, we've decided to shift Community Tech > into a program that multiple teams are officially responsible for supporting. > This is a model that has proven success already > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#The_work_we_did_in_the_last_month>, > but it will involve disbanding the Community Tech team and the roles of five > engineers and one manager. We still have dedicated staff managing the > wishlist intake and triage process and will continue the same financial > support for this work, just under a different structure. > > Moving forward, the wishlist will continue to work on wishes from across > languages and wikis, and complements many of the other channels where we > regularly hear ideas and feedback from volunteers (talk pages, Village Pumps, > chat platforms, calls, conferences, etc.) Our latest community update > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_13,_2026:_Latest_updates_from_the_Community_Tech_team> > offers a detailed update about our progress over the last month, including > completing a wish for tagging and tracking which pages users need to edit and > adding new languages to “Who Wrote That” and the P&E Dashboard. In the coming > weeks and months, we hope you all will continue to see an uptick in the speed > and number of wishes we are able to address over time via our monthly > statistics > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#Some_statistics>. There are discussions about this announcement occurring at (at least) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishlist#May_20_update & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#WMF_Community_Tech_team_has_been_disbanded,_engineers_laid_off. --a smart kitten
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