Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2016-04-12

= Topics from the past =
 * Move from trebuchet to scap--is Discovery affected?
 * Kartotherian  (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129150)
 * Graphoid (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120102)
 * WDQS (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129144)
 * Analytics (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129149)
 * Q3 goals are assumed to be closed out one way or the other

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Hiring: Moving forward with analyst backfill hire (it is posted). We also plan to hire an engineering manager (Tomasz will work on JD).
 * Condolences to our WMF coworker who had a recent loss.
 * Quarterly review happened; went well
 * Ongoing reminder: Submit items to the Weekly Status Updates!

= Scrum of Scrums = Blocked Dependences which don’t need to be called out as “blocked” Blocking Discovery News
 * Nothing
 * Quick Surveys: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119149
 * Working with Reading to get the code in place; legal will review final text before it goes live
 * SVG sanitizer security review (graphs)
 * in progress https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125382
 * Hardware:
 * Maps Backend hardware: We have quotes
 * Maps varnish: We expect to reuse existing hardware
 * Elastic hardware: ordered and on the way
 * Relevance forge? in progress, Guillaume need to ping Rob -> quote sent
 * Are we blocking?  https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/blocked-on-search/
 * See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates

= Quick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed) =

Q4 Key Results

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2015-16_Q4_Goals#Discovery
 * Search
 * Run TextCat A/B test
 * (Maybe push TextCat to production)
 * Update Elastic Search
 * Add real-time index updates to completion suggester
 * WDQS
 * Add geocoordinate functionality
 * Maps/Interactive
 * Wikivoyage sites switch to Kartographer
 * Create use case page for maps
 * Portal
 * Run at least 3 A/B tests
 * Graduate at least 1 successful A/B test

= FYI =
 * Next Discovery retrospective(s): TBD (roughly April 20-30)
 * Next Showcase (“CREDIT”): Scheduled May 12 (Thursday)
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT