MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/TechConf Input

The Program Committee for the Wikimedia Technical Conference is gathering input from a variety of groups with an interest in MediaWiki. This input will be used to design the program for the conference. The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group is assisting the Program Committee by coordinating responses from people and organizations who are using MediaWiki for non-Wikimedia projects.

If you use or maintain a wiki powered by MediaWiki - a personal wiki, a wiki or wiki farm for an organization or company, a wiki for a community group, a wiki hosting service - that is not part of a Wikimedia project, please provide input below. Your feedback will help drive the Wikimedia Technical Conference and frame the discussions, finding answers to open questions, exploring governance models, and identifying key MediaWiki features for future development. The output from the Wikimedia Technical Conference will for the basis of the Platform Evolution Program which will directly drive the future development of MediaWiki. Thank you!

Please answer the questions below. You may provide multiple answers to each question. For each question, use the input box to create a new section, outlining your response:


 * In the input box put a short headline for your response. Pressing the button will then take you to a form to enter your full response.
 * Try to keep your response general, rather than focusing on one specific implementation, where possible.
 * If there are any relevant wiki pages, Phabricator tickets, mailing list discussions, etc., please link them as well.

In addition to answer the questions, please endorse responses entered by others. This will help us prioritize the responses. Underneath each response will be a section for endorsements (and any brief comments) and another for longer comments.

= Conference topics =
 * What are the most important topics that should be discussed at the Wikimedia Technical Conference?

= Open questions =
 * What open questions would you like to be resolved during the Wikimedia Technical Conference?

= Challenges =
 * What tasks are currently difficult for you to perform? What features are difficult to implement? What is missing or insufficient that makes it difficult: software, documentation, integration, support, something else?

= Future =
 * What features, capabilities, or use cases do you need to support in your wikis in the future that are currently missing? Try to focus on use cases rather than any specific implementation when possible. How soon do you need each and how critical is it to you?

= Use =
 * Bonus question: what do you use your wiki(s) for?