Wikimedia Developer Summit/2017/All Session Notes

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Monday, January 9th – session notes

 * 09:30 am – 10:05 am (17:30 – 18:05 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Opening, Welcome!
 * 10:05 am – 11:05 am (18:05 – 19:05 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png WikiDev'17 Keynote by Ward Cunningham: Has our success made it hard to see your own contribution?
 * Break
 * 11:20 am – 12:30 pm (19:20 – 20:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Community Wishlist Survey top 10 ideas and Q&A
 * 11:20 am – 12:30 pm (19:20 – 20:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png The future of the Wikidata Query Service
 * 11:20 am – 12:30 pm (19:20 – 20:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Google Doc YouTube icon.png Newcomer-friendly edit-review tools: help imagine what that looks like]
 * 11:20 am – 12:30 pm (19:20 – 20:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Working with the fancy old MediaWiki API
 * Lunch
 * 01:30 pm – 02:40 pm (21:30 – 22:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Wikitext 2.0 Session at Wikidev'17
 * 01:30 pm – 02:40 pm (21:30 – 22:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Labsdbs for WMF tools and contributors: get more data, faster
 * 01:30 pm – 02:40 pm (21:30 – 22:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Online Reader Engagement & Proto-Editor Onboarding
 * 01:30 pm – 02:40 pm (21:30 – 22:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Tools for curating and organizing editing work: what has been done and where to go next
 * 01:30 pm – 02:40 pm (21:30 – 22:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Better recommending of tasks suitable for new technical contributors
 * Break
 * 02:50 pm – 04:00 pm (22:50 – 00:00 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Media, Visualizations, and Layout at Wikidev'17
 * 02:50 pm – 04:00 pm (22:50 – 00:00 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Asynchronous processing in production: one queue to rule them all
 * 02:50 pm – 04:00 pm (22:50 – 00:00 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Hacking Session: Learn to make new notification types
 * 02:50 pm – 04:00 pm (22:50 – 00:00 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Developer Wishlist
 * 02:50 pm – 04:00 pm (22:50 – 00:00 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Google Doc ReviewStream: improving edit-review tools through a better data feed
 * Afternoon Snack Break
 * 04:20 pm – 05:30 pm (00:20 – 01:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Platforms are Products too!
 * 04:20 pm – 05:30 pm (00:20 – 01:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Bringing "Enterprise MediaWiki" to the Wikimedia Foundation
 * 04:20 pm – 05:30 pm (00:20 – 01:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png FC: Shadow namespaces a/k/a Cross-wiki templates, translatable, reusable, manageable
 * 04:20 pm – 05:30 pm (00:20 – 01:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Support global preferences

Tuesday, January 10th – session notes

 * 09:30 am – 10:40 am (17:30 – 18:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Wikimedia Foundation Technology and Product Q&A (view proposed questions)
 * Break
 * 11:00 am – 12:10 pm (19:00 – 20:10 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png What should an AI do you for you? Building an AI Wishlist
 * 11:00 am – 12:10 pm (19:00 – 20:10 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Integrating MediaWiki (and other services) with dynamic configuration
 * Lunch
 * 01:10 pm – 02:20 pm (21:10 – 22:20 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Better code review processes for reviewers
 * 01:10 pm – 02:20 pm (21:10 – 22:20 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Algorithmic dangers and transparency -- Best practices
 * Break
 * 02:30 pm – 03:40 pm (22:30 – 23:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png Scaling the MediaWiki database schema
 * 02:30 pm – 03:40 pm (22:30 – 23:40 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Developing community norms for vital bots and tools
 * Break
 * 04:00 pm – 05:10 pm (00:00 – 01:10 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png First Tech Debt Bash
 * 04:00 pm – 05:10 pm (00:00 – 01:10 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png Etherpad Wikimedia favicon.png YouTube icon.png Actions to grow the diversity of our technical community

Wednesday, January 11th – session notes

 * 10:30 am – 12:30 pm (18:30 – 20:30 UTC): Get Stuff Done
 * Lunch
 * 01:30 pm – 04:30 pm (21:30 – 00:30 UTC): Get Stuff Done
 * 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm (00:30 – 01:30 UTC): Favicon-Phabricator-WM.png YouTube icon.png Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 Closing

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