Wikimedia Engineering/Report/2014/May

Engineering metrics in May: Major news in May include:
 * unique committers contributed patchsets of code to MediaWiki.
 * The total number of unresolved commits went from around 1305 to about.
 * About shell requests were processed.

''Note: We're also providing a shorter, simpler and translatable version of this report that does not assume specialized technical knowledge.

Upcoming events
There are many opportunities for you to get involved and contribute to MediaWiki and technical activities to improve Wikimedia sites, both for coders and contributors with other talents.

For a more complete and up-to-date list, check out the Project:Calendar.

Work with us
Are you looking to work for Wikimedia? We have a lot of hiring coming up, and we really love talking to active community members about these roles.



Technical Operations
Datacenter RFP

 Wikimedia Labs Labs metrics in May:
 * Number of projects:
 * Number of instances:
 * Amount of RAM in use (in MBs):
 * Amount of allocated storage (in GBs):
 * Number of virtual CPUs in use:
 * Number of users:

Tampa data center

Mobile
Wikipedia Zero (partnerships)



Kiwix
The Kiwix project is funded and executed by Wikimedia CH.

Wikidata
The Wikidata project is funded and executed by Wikimedia Deutschland.



Future

 * The engineering management team continues to update the Deployments page weekly, providing up-to-date information on the upcoming deployments to Wikimedia sites, as well as the annual goals, listing ongoing and future Wikimedia engineering efforts.