Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2016-04-19

= Topics from the past =
 * Hiring: Moving forward with analyst hire (it is posted). We also plan to hire an engineering manager (Tomasz will work on JD).

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Data center switchover test started today. Please keep an eye on any services you are responsible for.
 * Discovery stuff seems to be OK so far (just some minor issues)
 * Please check your info on the office contact list wiki page (general reminder)
 * FYI: Discussion about Mediawiki hash fragment router
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114007
 * Ongoing reminder: Submit items to the Weekly Status Updates!
 * Moiz will be leaving the foundation at the end of this month
 * Annual reviews kick off this week. Pick your peer reviewers!
 * Follow the guidance about including someone outside your normal circle
 * Keep track of who YOU agreed to review!
 * Quick survey: Portal team has completed its part. We got external signoff.

= Scrum of Scrums = Blocked Dependences which don’t need to be called out as “blocked” Blocking Discovery News
 * NOTHING!
 * NOTHING!
 * 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 retrospectives: Scheduled April 18-22
 * Next Showcase (“CREDIT”): Scheduled May 12 (Thursday)
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT