Project:MediaWiki Farmers user group

The MediaWiki Farmers user group is an approved user group of developers who work on wiki farms. Our mission is to improve and standarize the way MediaWiki wiki farms are setup and run.

There is currently no documentation on how to set up a farm, and every single one does it differently. The biggest wiki farm, the Wikimedia Foundation, has an incredibly complex setup which is not repeatable by other people wishing to start a farm. Our group will benefit MediaWiki farms by improving documentation of the Wikimedia setup, in order for other developers to replicate it locally, lowering the barrier for new developers to hack on MediaWiki and Wikimedia code.

We plan on engaging in active code review, development of new features, and providing support for other wiki farms.

Members
Feel free to add your name below, and mention any wiki farm association you might have!


 * 1) Legoktm (talk) - Uncyclomedia
 * 2) Lcawte (talk) - ShoutWiki / Brickimedia
 * 3) Addshore (talk) - Orain
 * 4) Jack Phoenix (Contact) — ShoutWiki
 * 5)  Krenair  (talk &bull; contribs)
 * 6) Bawolff (talk)
 * 7) -— Isarra ༆ - Uncyclomedia, ShoutWiki
 * 8) —Emufarmers(T
 * 9) Reedy (talk) - Wikimedia
 * 10)  Nasir Khan Saikat  •  talk
 * 11) UltrasonicNXT (talk) - Brickimedia
 * 12)  Skiz  zerz  - Uncyclomedia, StrategyWiki
 * 13) Brandon CS Sanders, wiki.wiki

Meetings

 * MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015 session: T87240. Minutes at Project:MediaWiki Farmers user group/01-26-15
 * post-summit IRC meeting, specifics and time TBD.

Projects

 * Current projects being worked on:
 * Implement a sane configuration management system
 * Global gadgets
 * Better support for shared user tables


 * Possible future projects include:
 * Documentation for slave databases
 * Create a bundle of "Global"-type extensions with easy documentation to set up
 * Better anti-spam solutions on a farm scale
 * Global templates and Lua modules
 * Better upgrade process for farms
 * Improve documentation for Pywikibot for wiki farms