Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Analysis retrospective 2017-04-18

Format

 * Glad/Sad/Mad: http://retrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Glad,_Sad,_Mad
 * Note that "mad" and "sad" don't have to mean literally angry or saddened. They can be used in a playful way as well.

Previous action items

 * (none)

What has happened since the last retro (2017-03-03)
(Pasted in from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates )
 * updated the portal dashboard to now show sister project clickthroughs (task T152617) and app links (task T154634)
 * updated external traffic dashboard to add note about internally referred traffic being mis-categorized (task T154722)
 * created a new dashboard to display the usage stats for Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) end point (SPARQL and LDF) usage (task T156300)
 * Finished up the analysis of the first A/B test for the sister project search results (task T156300)
 * Fixed an issue with the retrieval scripts not using correct data on the portal dashboard (task T162178)
 * Removed regex in ZRR breakdown by type on the Search dashboard (task T161876)
 * Finishing up second A/B test for the sister project search results
 * Product/tech "tune-up" (tuna)
 * Added the option to view relative traffic on external traffic dashboard
 * Almost done with language-project breakdown of various metrics on Search dashboard
 * Added the option to view non-bot traffic on external traffic dashboard

What has made you mad?

 * The tuna [MP +1][CX +1]

What has made you sad?

 * Possibly getting split [CX +1]
 * Having to figure out who goes where (“who gets to live with mom, who gets to live with dad”)
 * Unsure if dewiki and itwiki folks are less likely to clickthrough sister project snippets if they’re clearly laid out on the page. Did we provide enough information to them? [MP +1, it’s just such a weird result]

What has made you glad?

 * Some people outside Discovery have reached out with sympathies, which is appreciated
 * Learned a lot about puppet from Mr G [MP +1]
 * Help with the Quarterly Check-in slides!
 * People fighting over who gets to keep Mikhail and Chelsy because they’re both awesome [MP :D][CX: :)]

What has made you plaid? (aka whatever didn't fit in one of the other categories)

 * Mikhail & Chelsy meeting for brunch [CX YAY!]

What is some tiny thing we could try that might be an improvement (in any area--people, tools, processes)

 * We should have ice cream days for our meetings. Ice cream of your own making (or buying)! (It’s the small things, Kevin! :P ) [KH: We did this in fundraising for a while. +1][CX +1][MP +1]

Discussion
Org Tuna [Note: "Tuna" was an internal nickname for the "tune-up" that was announced in June 2017]
 * DT: Curious about any progress on analyst assignments
 * DG: Toby is on vacation. We didn’t just have 2 analysts due to volume, but also due to the timeliness of getting reports. Additional project would exacerbate the problem. Toby encouraged me to send an email with my thoughts.
 * MP: VC also seemed positive in her response.
 * DG: Didn’t specifically say that Chelsy should move to Technology. Hoped to get people to agree to the concepts, not nitpick the details.
 * DT: Is the idea that both will help with the goals in the annual plan? Or only if one or both stay in frontend or backend?
 * DG: Probably only one(s) that stay in frontend/backend. With an offer of “consultation” from the other. I pointed out that we have “report review” similar to code review.
 * KS: Will you (DG) move to editing on May 8, unless something changes?
 * DG: Unclear.
 * KH: The original thinking of the move to editing was that it would be done in a non-disruptive way. Not clear if they are thinking it would be best to rip the bandage.
 * DG: Could split Discovery, or could split and move Dan to editing. Editing doesn’t need me this moment. I mentioned this to Toby. He understood but didn’t say what the plan is.
 * ??: Any news on TPG?
 * KS: We’re having a big meeting tomorrow, and hope to get some answers.

Action items

 * DT: Can try to get culture-specific testers
 * KS: Ice cream day