MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group

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 * col-1-head      = About
 * col-1-text      = The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group (MWStake) is a MediaWiki user group consisting of MediaWiki developers, system administrators, users, consultants, and hosting providers who cooperate in order to improve the software and advocate the needs of MediaWiki users outside the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and its projects.

The group was recognized by the Affiliations Committee on November 11, 2014 and renewed in January 2016.

It also runs an interesting blog at mediawikiexperts.blog covering all things MediaWiki.

Current Projects



 * – Relaunch of LDAP extension
 * Maintenance of
 * Collecting community input for MediaWiki Development

More info
Our official web presence is mwstake.org, of course a MediaWiki, with some enhancements.

Events, Positions and Presentations

 * Enterprise MediaWiki Conference Spring 2019 in San Francisco
 * Enterprise MediaWiki Conference Spring 2018 in Houston
 * - ( Track )
 * Wikimedia Conference 2016: [ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YTc2W_EVXhwTzZCT6EZc5rma3PM9jm0dcFDz1rvZ6cA/edit#slide=id.p Lightning Talk about MediaWiki Survey at Wikimedia Conference 2016]
 * Wikimedia Conference 2016: [ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YTc2W_EVXhwTzZCT6EZc5rma3PM9jm0dcFDz1rvZ6cA/edit#slide=id.p Lightning Talk about MediaWiki Survey at Wikimedia Conference 2016]

Reports and Presentations
Surveys


 * MediaWiki Usage Report 2015

User Group Reports




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It's June! Here is a round-up of notable news and events from around the MediaWiki word. Additions, corrections, and feedback welcome.  By Chris Koerner on 04 June 2018 17:20 (EDT)  We're a little past due, but here's the MediaWiki Stakeholders' News Roundup for March 2018. Edits and additions are welcome.  By Chris Koerner on 06 March 2018 16:55 (EDT)  Hello! Here's another incomplete round up of activities involving MediaWiki and the surrounding community. Edits and additions are welcome. .  By Chris Koerner on 15 November 2017 09:20 (EDT)  There has been a flurry of activity in the last few months and I wanted to take a moment to highlight a few events, happenings, and releases for MediaWiki users.  By Chris Koerner on 16 August 2017 14:39 (EDT)  It's been a few months since we last had a MediaWiki Stakeholders' news roundup. In no particular order are a few items that MediaWiki folks might find interesting.  By Chris Koerner on 12 June 2017 16:58 (EDT)  This was a long cherished plan for the MediaWiki Stakeholders: curate a track at a MediaWiki Hackathon which entirely focuses on MediaWiki sites and their maintainers.  By Markus Glaser on 24 May 2017 02:47 (EDT)  Here's another quick round of updates from across the MediaWiki world.  By Chris Koerner on 21 March 2017 11:41 (EDT) 
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Contact
Speakers


 * Markus Glaser (Germany)
 * Mark A. Hershberger (Pennsylvania, US)

Communication

 * Official MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group channels of communication:
 * general MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group discussion (Element)
 * MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group events (Matrix.org)
 * use and development of extensions by MediaWiki stakeholders (Element)
 * projects:
 * showcase wiki (Element)
 * NASA's meza installer (Element)
 * creating a unified MediaWiki installer (Element)
 * [ https://matrix.to/#/#mwdeployment:matrix.org Project MediaWiki Manager (Element)] & GitHub
 * non-MediaWiki-related discussion (Element)
 * Other MediaWiki channels of communication:
 * mediawiki-l (mailing list)
 * MediaWiki on Discord
 * Information about MWStake channels of communication

Meetings

 * Monthly online meetings: listed under Upcoming Events at [ https://mwstake.org mwstake.org]

Follow us

 * Sign up for the group chat in Phabricator: #mwstake. Group page
 * Twitter: @mwstake_group (Contact: Cindy Cicalese)
 * Web: Official website

Tasks
See our [ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-stakeholders-group/ Phabricator board]


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