Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-02-28

= Topics from the past =
 * Annual planning is underway
 * Dan shared a first draft of goals with Discovery


 * Firefox might lose support for hangouts at the end of this month
 * If hangouts don't work for you in firefox tomorrow, switch browsers

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Any debrief from Collab Jam?
 * Went well. We shared our plans with a lot of people
 * We heard about a few possible collaborations with other teams
 * Some concern about a lot of undocumented conversations
 * Developer Wishlist voting results: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Wishlist/2017/results
 * Discovery-relevant? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Wishlist/2017/Tools_(Phabricator,_Gerrit,_etc.)#Re-evaluate_how_we_implement_phabricator.27s_search_engine
 * If you have requests for new/upgrades to server hardware over the next 18 months, talk to GL and Katie right away
 * Logstash needs new hardware--not clear what responsibility Discovery might have for it
 * Katie is slammed with planning this week, so might move meetings around
 * If you have ideas or concerns about how Discovery or Product are structured or functioning, share them with Katie or your manager or Kevin so they can get included in the ongoing conversations

= Scrum of Scrums = Are we blocked? Are we blocking? (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/blocked-on-search/ ) Other dependencies (in either direction) which don’t need to be called out as “blocked” (e.g. are progressing smoothly, have no urgency, etc.)
 * None
 * None
 * Kartotherian (maps) and Node6: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150354
 * iOS team is evaluating Mapbox & maps.wikimedia.org as tileserver

Discovery News

 * See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates

= Quick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed) = Discovery Roadmap FY2016/17: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ctlqdLA__0OxDuO7mJEIDLP-xt9a7E4jv4INMlZAHdQ

This status was last updated 2017-02-21. Completed/dropped goals are not shown.

FY 2016-17 Q3 (Jan-Mar) Key Results
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Q3_Goals#Discovery
 * upgrading to Elasticsearch 5
 * Upgrade search cluster to Elasticsearch 5
 * In progress: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154501
 * Add real-time index updates to completion suggester
 * In progress: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154503
 * deploying new language analysers
 * Perform research spikes to find new analysers for different languages
 * Polish is done; Chinese is done https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158202
 * Test new analysers to see if they are improvements
 * Polish is done; Chinese underway https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158203
 * Deploy new analysers that are found to be an improvement
 * Deployment of Polish is planned https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158682
 * cross-wiki searching
 * Have a working prototype in Labs
 * Done
 * Run at least 2 A/B tests on Persian, Italian, Catalan and Polish Wikipedias
 * A/B/C test ended; being analyzed: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149806

= FYI =
 * Mar 1: CREDIT showcase
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * Mar 12: US Daylight Saving Time starts
 * Mar 13: WMF Holiday(!)
 * Mar 16 Next All-Discovery retro
 * April 14: WMF Holiday(!)
 * May 14-18: Discovery offsite in Vienna (right before the hackathon)
 * May 19-21: Hackathon in Vienna (right after the offsite)