Wikimedia Discovery/Completion suggester rollout plan

This page documents the rollout plan for the completion suggester on Wikimedia wikis.

Thursday 3rd March

• [Chris] Let folks know it’s coming to production (VP Tech, mailing) (Monday or Tuesday ideally)  Done sample announcement: [1]

Friday 4th March

• [Ed] Dan, Sam, Ed talk about a blog post for the completion suggester  Done Ed is working on a blog post

Thursday 10th March

• [Erik/David/Guillaume] turn on on a bunch of smaller wikis (may be pushed back to Monday 14th if translations of messages can’t happen)  Done all looks good!

Monday 14th March

• [Chris] Message out to bigger wikis letting them know it's coming  Done sample announcement: [2]

Wednesday 16th March

• [Erik/David/Guillaume] turn on on bigger wikis, thus completing the rollout. Some in morning, rest in afternoon.  Done all done!

Thursday 17th March

• [Ed/Sam] publish blog post on Wikimedia blog  Done https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/17/completion-suggester-find-what-you-need/

Tuesday 22nd March

• [Sam] Possibly pitches to media? To do