Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-01-31

= Topics from the past =
 * News about offsite date?
 * Yes: Vienna May 14-18 (but wait before booking travel)
 * Suggestions for the Developer wishlist are welcome

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Dev Summit and all-hands organizers have asked for feedback via surveys
 * We are starting the annual planning process
 * Brainstorming notes, please add your ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZzTHJOrqxU7-guCvPmjJ8tgZf7eY8C-Gg1xp0JHFLoU

= Scrum of Scrums = Are we blocked? Are we blocking? ( https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/blocked-on-search/ ) 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
 * Kartotherian/Node6:
 * None

Discovery News

 * See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates

= Quick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed) = Discovery Roadmap FY2016/17: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ctlqdLA__0OxDuO7mJEIDLP-xt9a7E4jv4INMlZAHdQ

This status was last updated 2016-12-15. Completed/dropped goals are not shown.

FY 2016-17 Q3 (Jan-Mar) Key Results
https://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 =
 * Feb 1: CREDIT showcase
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * Feb 20: Holiday
 * May Discovery offsite Vienna May 14-18 (main planning will happen in Feb/Mar)
 * TBD: Next All-Discovery retro (target late Feb)