Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-02-07
Topics from the past
edit- Dev Summit and all-hands organizers have asked for feedback via surveys (see email)
- We are starting the annual planning process
- Brainstorming notes, please add your ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZzTHJOrqxU7-guCvPmjJ8tgZf7eY8C-Gg1xp0JHFLoU (The first draft is due by 22nd February)
Announcements, Information, Questions
edit- I canceled 2 meetings on Feb 20, since it is a holiday (Search standup and Interactive standup/planning)
- Reminder to contribute to (or start) a discussion at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Discovery/Experimentation_Time
- Kevin will research why he put this back on the agenda
- Apologies for the false-start in scheduling the next all-Discovery retrospective
- Registering for Hackathon is open
- Assume Thursday "arrival" at the hackathon
- Dan will figure out how to arrange for visas
- Everyone in Discovery is approved to go, so please register
- Developer Wishlist voting now open
- Wikicite (currently scheduled directly after Hackathon)
- Should anyone from Discovery go?
- If you want to go, or think someone should go, talk to your manager
- Should anyone from Discovery go?
- Update about Collab Jam (Feb 22-24)
- For annual planning, WMF deptartments will gather to share/discuss/plan cross-department dependencies
- Focus is product managers/budget owners
Dan will be on vacation:
- Wed 22nd - Thu 23rd Feb
- Mon 27th Feb - Thu 2nd Mar
- Mon 6th Mar - Fri 10th Mar
Scrum of Scrums
editAre we blocked?
- None
Are we blocking? (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/blocked-on-search/)
- Kartotherian (maps) and Node6: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150354
Other dependencies (in either direction) which don’t need to be called out as “blocked” (e.g. are progressing smoothly, have no urgency, etc.)
- None
Discovery News
editQuick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed)
editDiscovery Roadmap FY2016/17: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ctlqdLA__0OxDuO7mJEIDLP-xt9a7E4jv4INMlZAHdQ
This status was last updated 2017-01-31. Completed/dropped goals are not shown.
FY 2016-17 Q3 (Jan-Mar) Key Results
edithttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Q3_Goals#Discovery
- upgrading to Elasticsearch 5
- Upgrade search cluster to Elasticsearch 5
- Add real-time index updates to completion suggester
- deploying new language analysers
- Perform research spikes to find new analysers for different languages
- Test new analysers to see if they are improvements
- Deploy new analysers that are found to be an improvement
- cross-wiki searching
- Have a working prototype in Labs
- Run at least 2 A/B tests on Persian, Italian, Catalan and Polish Wikipedias
FYI
edit- Feb 20: Holiday
- Mar 1: CREDIT showcase
- Mar 13: Next All-Discovery retro
- May 14-18: Discovery offsite in Vienna (right before the hackathon)
- May 19-21: Hackathon in Vienna