Community Tech/Retrospectives/2015-12-07

Action items from last time

 * Kaldari: Post retro notes
 * NOT DONE!
 * Niharika to do code review for Wikimania scholarship app stuff
 * Done.
 * Follow-up on translation needs with CE team: Johan
 * Getting a better strategy long-term is now one of my personal goals for Q3. (/Johan)
 * Report about Wikisource conference: Johan (and maybe Frances)
 * Done
 * Help Frances w Turnitin task if she's stuck: Kaldari
 * Will do tomorrow
 * Danny: Be more attentive to email
 * Probably done
 * Next week - plan when to show people the new GadgetManager
 * pushed back
 * better internet service for Kaldari
 * DONE

What has gone well?

 * Good progress on PageAssessment extension
 * Wishlist Survey going well -- starting to think about life after the survey ++
 * The wishlist survey has largerly been without drama over the last few weeks
 * Some translation help on the survey
 * Happy with my progress on PageAssessment extension + lot of help from kaldari
 * Work on Special:GadgetUsage seems about wrapped up
 * Me and Frances tried our 1:1 in my morning/her evening time, worked really well for me
 * Pretty good for me for now, we can keep experimenting
 * Finishing up citation bot, finally (unless a new maintainer appears)
 * Conversations with community on citation bot have generally been constructive

What could have gone better?

 * Thanksgiving week, most of the team off for a chunk of the sprint
 * Also Wikisource Conference
 * Not a lot of closed tickets this sprint (as of Mon), esp 8 and 13 point tasks (hopefully ActiveUsers will make the cut) +1
 * Turnitin/copyvios still going (stress/current state doesn't help me learn a new system)
 * Today was a little slow on productivity side - was hung up on which way to go regarding removing deleted p.fn from pages
 * Time zone difference slows getting feedback+1 ++++
 * We, as an organization, still don't have a good process for getting translations
 * No new citation bot maintainers :(

What else is on your mind?

 * Org stress/conflict/survey/leadership
 * Want to do more pair programming sessions with Frances/Kaldari +1 ++++

Deeper discussions

 * Time zone difference slows getting feedback+1 ++++
 * Want to do more pair programming sessions with Frances/Kaldari +1 ++++
 * Wishlist Survey going well -- starting to think about life after the survey ++

Action Items

 * Help Frances w Turnitin task: Kaldari
 * Kaldari + Danny: Next week - plan when to show people the new GadgetManager on BetaLabs -- once front-end code is done
 * Kaldari, Niharika, Frances: Look for timeslot(s) for pair programming sessions
 * Danny: schedule bug triage meeting Fri, survey assessment mtg Tues after voting ends