Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-03-07

= Topics from the past =
 * Firefox will (temporarily) lose support for hangouts March 7
 * https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/02/google-hangouts-temporary-issues-with-firefox.html

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Feel free to book your offsite/hackathon travel (see email)
 * [wikitech-l]: Google Summer of Code:
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017
 * [wmfall] Staff are encouraged to work remotely for 2 weeks, July 24-Aug 4
 * [engineering] Puppet manifests can be tested locally before using the puppet compiler or trying them in labs or a production canary
 * [Wikitech-l] Prague Pre-Hackathon May 12-14
 * mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Prehackathon_Prague
 * [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimaps User Group
 * Reminder: This coming Monday, March 13, is a WMF holiday
 * Reminder: Daylight Saving Time (aka “summer time”) starts March 12 in 98% of the US; March 26 in much of Europe
 * Many meetings are probably locked to SF time; if any times become especially awkward during the transition, feel free to request/propose different times
 * Political sidebar: “Why is daylight saving time still a thing???”
 * Should we invite Paul to these meetings?
 * General support. Kevin will consult w/Katie and will invite Paul unless we realize it wouldn't be appropriate
 * Updates on plans for maps/interactive team?
 * Dan is out; Katie has been out; Erika is continuing to try to resolve/get answers
 * Reminder: If you want to provide direct input regarding Product department conversations, let Stillwell know asap

= 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

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
 * Proposed release date March 13
 * Add real-time index updates to completion suggester
 * In progress: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154503
 * Expected to follow 1-2 weeks after ES 5 update
 * 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 expected after ES 5 release https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158682
 * cross-wiki searching
 * Run at least 2 A/B tests on Persian, Italian, Catalan and Polish Wikipedias
 * A/B/C test ended: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149806
 * Interactive
 * Stabilize the code...won’t necessarily end at the quarter boundary

= FYI =
 * Mar 12: US Daylight Saving Time starts
 * Mar 13: WMF Holiday(!)
 * Mar 16 Next All-Discovery retro
 * April 5: CREDIT showcase
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * 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)