MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/Annual Report 2023
Focus Areas
editIn 2023, we focused mainly on these areas:
- Continuation and improvement of MediaWiki user experience. We are striving to keep user experience of MediaWiki as consistent and integrated as possible for self-installed MediaWiki instances (see output).
- Outreach to relevant stakeholders. We have continued our efforts to reach out to MediaWiki maintainers by co-organizing conferences.
- Exchange of experience among stakeholders, i.e. primarily people running MediaWiki as their platform. This was done in regular online meetings and through our discussion platform on Element.
- Stabilization and continuity of MediaWiki experience. We actively maintain a number of MediaWiki extensions (see output).
Output
edit- We co-organized EMWCon 2023 and SMWCon 2023.
- We maintain a number of MediaWiki extensions: see this list
- We maintain WikiApiary, a list of MediaWiki instances run by 3rd parties.
Exchange of Experience
editReal Life Meetings
edit- There were informal meetups at various MediaWiki related conferences.
Online Meetings
edit- 12 regular telcos (video calls), all documented. Average attendance: 10 participants, with a range of 5-20 participants.
- Ongoing chat discussions on Element - Several rooms for different topics. Activity in these rooms has again considerably increased compared to last year. This is now a well frequented medium for exchange and requests for help.
Outreach
editReal Life
editIn 2023, we actively participated in various MediaWiki and Open Source conferences, among others with these topics:
- EMWCon Spring 2023: Sponsorship opportunities for Semantic MediaWiki
- SMWCon Fall 2023: Natural language interaction with a wiki, AI assistants for organizations, SMW community & survey, Small but useful MediaWiki extensions
Online
editParticipation in discussions on 3rd party relevant topics
- Discussions in Phabricator
Financials and internals
edit- Our financial report can be found here . Note: This report is best effort and not externally audited.
- We have a functional board with monthly meetings (all documented)
- End of 2023, we had 16 voting and 6 corporate members.