Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-02-07

= Topics from the past =
 * Dev Summit and all-hands organizers have asked for feedback via surveys (see email)
 * We are starting the annual planning process
 * Brainstorming notes, please add your ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZzTHJOrqxU7-guCvPmjJ8tgZf7eY8C-Gg1xp0JHFLoU  (The first draft is due by 22nd February)

= Announcements, Information, Questions = Dan will be on vacation:
 * I canceled 2 meetings on Feb 20, since it is a holiday (Search standup and Interactive standup/planning)
 * Reminder to contribute to (or start) a discussion at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Discovery/Experimentation_Time
 * Kevin will research why he put this back on the agenda
 * Apologies for the false-start in scheduling the next all-Discovery retrospective
 * Registering for Hackathon is open
 * Assume Thursday "arrival" at the hackathon
 * Dan will figure out how to arrange for visas
 * Everyone in Discovery is approved to go, so please register
 * Developer Wishlist voting now open
 * Wikicite (currently scheduled directly after Hackathon)
 * Should anyone from Discovery go?
 * If you want to go, or think someone should go, talk to your manager
 * Update about Collab Jam (Feb 22-24)
 * For annual planning, WMF deptartments will gather to share/discuss/plan cross-department dependencies
 * Focus is product managers/budget owners
 * Wed 22nd - Thu 23rd Feb
 * Mon 27th Feb - Thu 2nd Mar
 * Mon 6th Mar - Fri 10th Mar

= 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
 * Kartotherian (maps) and Node6: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150354
 * None

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 2017-01-31. 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
 * Add real-time index updates to completion suggester
 * deploying new language analysers
 * Perform research spikes to find new analysers for different languages
 * Test new analysers to see if they are improvements
 * Deploy new analysers that are found to be an improvement
 * cross-wiki searching
 * Have a working prototype in Labs
 * Run at least 2 A/B tests on Persian, Italian, Catalan and Polish Wikipedias

= FYI =
 * Feb 20: Holiday
 * Mar 1: CREDIT showcase
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * Mar 13: Next All-Discovery retro
 * May 14-18: Discovery offsite in Vienna (right before the hackathon)
 * May 19-21: Hackathon in Vienna