Multimedia/Standup notes/2017/November

Matthias
Holiday today - no update

Chris

 * Recovering from back-to-back offsites
 * Feedback from legal language about weapons and patented objects has been archived
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2017/10#Input_requested_on_3D_object_file_upload_process
 * I'll draft an announcment to Commons about enabling 3D (one last, "Hey, this is coming!" post)
 * I'm out Thrus and Friday, but will try and get something done today.

Pam

 * Catching up on talks from WikidataCon 2017

Ramsey

 * Following up on 3D upload tasks with Matthias - current issue affects scenario with uploading multiple files
 * Will sync up with Pam for a possible UI design tweak for the above issue
 * Will ping legal for a URL that points to the official 3D file license language on Foundation Wiki
 * Follow-up with #NEWPALMYRA for the 3D file they want to use to honor Bassel.

Matthias

 * 3D UploadWizard legal thingies
 * Take a look at Cormac's SVG patch

Anthony

 * Looking at QA column to find things to do

Pam

 * Finish watching Wikidatacon lightning talks
 * Doing design team related stuff (give comments on handbook)
 * Waiting for Ramsey email about 3D flow

Ramsey

 * Chat with Kaldari re: MP3 (they may be able to take that over)
 * Responded to Matthias UW/3D/legal questions
 * Look at phabricator
 * Meetings, emails, ...

Chris

 * Drafting update to Commons on 3D coming soon
 * Draft wIll be here as I work on it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF)/3D_announcement

Matthias

 * 3D/legal/UW patch
 * Reviewing SVG patch
 * Next: 3D patches (lightning, shadows & camera rotation issue)

Ramsey

 * SDoC: looking into request to make categories structured
 * 3D 3rd party working on Commons-compatible models - they have a few questions
 * Will miss next 2 standups

Anthony

 * Needs things to look at

Pam

 * Commons - upload stuff, search stuff

Matthias
(will not be here during standup)
 * Code review & QA
 * Will work on 3D next (add top bar to patent dialog & work on shadow & camera angle for object rendering)

Ramsey
(meeting conflict, won't be attending this standup)
 * Preparing slides for presentation at Google LA next week
 * Looking into the current state of documentation for the Commons API
 * Still trying to resolve debate surrounding structured categories

Matthias

 * Reviewed PD-Art patch...
 * ... which uncovered another small issue with a warning being displayed when selecting current day - fixed that
 * Mark: can you review that: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/389970/
 * Added top bar with filename for patent dialog - patch is ready for review (just missing a link to legal text)

Cormac
A/V issues

Max

 * Catching up on things
 * Looks at board & backlog

Pam

 * Research Monumental (upload tool)

Matthias

 * Messing around with 3D cameras - more of that tomorrow
 * Will look some more at SVG patch

Max

 * Setting up for retro

Ramsey

 * Meeting with Katherine and Product team
 * Tasks: SDoC Team is kind of battling with the idea of Structured Categories, concerned this will grow out of control
 * Google LA prezzo
 * Getting ready for 3D launch, Legal chats, Comms, CE, etc
 * Met with Anthony on QA

Pam

 * Yesterday researching Monumental, speci map UIs

Mark

 * Lo, I am returnèd
 * Today: Email backlogs, etc.
 * Hopefully get another shot at the MediaInfo patch, Daniel Kinzler gave me good insights into things

Cormac

 * Looking at PDF issue (setting up Swift to dig deeper)

2017-11-13

 * Planning meeting today!

Mark

 * All caught up, feeling good
 * Going to finish up MediaInfo patch (finally)

Matthias

 * 3D patches (patent in UW, camera rotation, default object position & shadows) awaiting review
 * Will apply these same changes to 3d2png soon, but first
 * CR SVG patch

Max

 * Planning meeting today - sorry missed a few

Ramsey

 * Google LA - fundraising presentation, image search, MP3 stuff

Pam

 * Design review of UW starting today
 * Heuristics
 * Starting evaluation

Amanda

 * Mostly non-MM work right now
 * Structured data blog post
 * HR-y work
 * Financial things
 * Community wishlist comments re: SDoC

Cormac

 * Swift backend running locally - may be able to reproduce bug now - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178849

Mark

 * MediaInfo work nearly done yesterday - have some blockers on WMDE, will ping them about it

Matthias

 * Reviewing SVG patch
 * Vagrant issues

Ramsey

 * Fundraiser presentation
 * SDoC - prepping for IRC office hours
 * Reviewing next quarter plans
 * Following up with 3D partners

Cormac

 * PDF - managed to reproduce bug with Swift

Matthias

 * Merged SVG patch
 * Applied 3D changes to 3d2png as well
 * Got lots of (mostly 3D-related) patches that need review

Amanda

 * Conversation with GLAM for SDoC
 * Need help from Ramsey & Pam for user stories
 * Reviewing documents for Sandra (IRC office hours etc)
 * Dealing with restricted grant stuff
 * Needs MCR work to keep moving/get done

Cormac

 * Figured out PDF bug
 * QA
 * Trying to upload some files

Mark

 * Chatted with WMDE about FOURTH APPROACH to MediaInfo work. sigh
 * Will do some CR today and wait for WMDE resolution.

Pam

 * Design review of UW
 * Dig into inspiration for multilingual fields

Ramsey

 * Review things for MP3
 * Communication with 3rd parties to build tool for MP3
 * Did presentation
 * Discussions about SDoC & Google Image Search
 * Going through backlog
 * Will create ticket for Pam to do research into UW & integrating multilingual captions

Mark

 * Did some CR yesterday in between meetingpocalypse
 * Today: ??? maybe more CR, maybe some errands in between things
 * Tomorrow: Finishing up some book-learnin' for management stuff

Matthias

 * Lot of patches got merged, yay
 * Fixed shadows in 3d2png
 * Added plural support in patent dialog patch

Ramsey

 * Done with fundraiser stuff
 * Work on Phab tickets
 * Product strategy stuff

Max

 * Nothing MM

Pam

 * UW design review

Chris

 * Getting the 3D announcment translated for the non-English Commons Village Pumps
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF)/3D_announcement
 * Feedback thus far has been positive, if not minimal.
 * Folks want more 3D formats!
 * Does Multimedia have a plan for addressing Community Tech Wishlist proposals? A: Yes :)
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_and_Commons

Cormac

 * Got & responded to feedback on PDF issue
 * QA'd tickets
 * Volunteer day tomorrow

Mark

 * n.b. - vacation Wednesday, flying to Las Vegas (plus Thursday and Friday as usual)
 * No updates on MediaInfo
 * Will do CR then find a task to claim...

Matthias

 * Nothing

Max

 * Nothing MM
 * Dive into Phlogiston, come up with some reports
 * Backlog grooming today

Cormac

 * Submitted patches for PDF

Ramsey

 * Meetings
 * IRC office hours tomorrow at 9:00
 * Non-technical 3D stuff, working with some projects
 * Contact 3rd party about MP3 review tool
 * Monitoring community wishlist items

Mark

 * Finishing up a CR run-through
 * Getting ready to leave the state tomorrow - will be AFK starting tonight and totally incommunicado tomorrow around noon SF time
 * Should be available Thursday/Friday for urgent things, just in case

Matthias

 * Checking out Wikibase

Amanda

 * SDoC IRC office hours
 * Talking to Cindy about MCR code review
 * Talking to Ramsey about making decisions for roadmap
 * Send grant report update email

Anthony

 * Going through Phab tickets
 * [?] Do we need/want a "PM signoff" column in Phab?
 * [!] Once it hits "QA", it has already been PM-approved
 * Worked out multimedia QA strategy

Ramsey

 * Meetings, lot of them
 * SDoC IRC office hours
 * Create project page for scan the world
 * Check Phab tickets

Cormac

 * Investigating missing pages for some files

Cormac

 * Took a look at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174757 - pretty sure it's a config issue, but I don't seem to have permissions to see how the bug reporter has configured his campaigns. Any ideas from the rest of the team?
 * Think I have taken the missing pages for files issue as far as I can - wrote it up in the comments and un-assigned it from myself
 * looked into wikibase a little, will search for a do-able bug in wikidata :)

Matthias

 * Checking out Wikibase

Ramsey

 * Working on Reading roadmap
 * Digging into Phab tickets

Matthias

 * Checking out Wikibase

Mark

 * Returning from vacation means lots of backlog checking!
 * Bit of CR, bit of email, bit of Phabricator
 * Few meetings today as well - check-in stuff mostly
 * Assuming all of that gets done, I can jump back in to MediaInfo/Wikibase familiarity/wandering

Chris

 * Posted an update on the MP3 user group being enabled today on Commons
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#MP3_uploaders_user_group_created

Cormac

 * bug fixing!
 * mostly responding to code review comments
 * more of the same tomorrow

Ramsey

 * working on triaging/addressing Phab tickets, both old and new
 * demoing 3D upload for the Monthly Product meeting
 * meeting/discussing with Amanda and Sandra about Structured Data stuff
 * will chat with relevant parties about potential blockers on MediaInfo

Matthias

 * Code review

Cormac

 * more bugfixing
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178849 got merged
 * investigating https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176010 atm
 * might tackle https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180691 next

Matthias

 * Built 3d2png-deploy
 * Took over FormatMetadata undefined index (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178130)
 * More CR
 * Need review: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/390274/, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/393730/ & https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/383959/

Mark

 * Didn't make it through my backlog yesterday - continuing
 * Then, on to prototyping/playing with Wikibase and MediaInfo stuff

Ramsey

 * Meetings!
 * Updating documentation, user stories!
 * Phab work!
 * QA!

Amanda

 * Ping about admin rights on structured labs instance
 * Meetings!
 * MW platform: CR help

Matthias

 * CR
 * Filed a new ticket & provided clarification on another around bad duplicate upload handling
 * Back to Wikidata

Mark

 * Backlog: Complete
 * Today, lots of meetings and not much else...
 * Hopefully some time to play with a prototype in MediaInfo-land

Cormac

 * Trying to get shell access
 * CR

Ramsey

 * Meetings
 * Polish up SDoC & MM workboards

Matthias

 * Submitted patch to increase UW upload limit for certain groups
 * Playing around with Wikidata/MediaInfo

Mark

 * Meetings sapped most of yesterday
 * Today: Actually working on MediaInfo stuff to some extent
 * Tomorrow: Finishing some management reading

Cormac

 * Local duplicate thing that Matthias raised

Ramsey

 * Linked up with Grace & Amanda about RACI/DACI to create chart about roles
 * Continued Phabricator cleanup
 * Done 3D testing, will give some feedback
 * Catch up with Pam
 * MP3 update: Kaldari's handling it - should be coming soon

Max

 * No updates

Amanda

 * Talking with advancement & fincance about grant reports & financial projections
 * Helping Ann with cross-departmental program review & improvement for next annual planning cycle

Pam

 * Catch up on email
 * Arrange to see 3D demo