Wikimedia Engineering/Report/2014/October

Major news in October include:
 * https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/17/protecting-users-against-poodle-by-removing-ssl-3-0-support/
 * https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/23/do-you-know-whats-around-you-let-wikipedia-tell-you/
 * https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/27/structured-commons-project-launches-in-berlin/

Engineering metrics in October:
 * 150 unique committers contributed patchsets of code to MediaWiki.
 * About 27 shell requests were processed.

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.

* Senior Software Engineer - Services
 * Software Engineer - Maps & Geo - Mobile
 * Software Engineer - Mobile - iOS
 * Release Engineer
 * Technical Writer
 * Full Stack Developer - Analytics
 * Research Analyst
 * Agile Coach/ScrumMaster - Team Practices Group
 * Operations Security Engineer
 * Technical Project Manager
 * UX Senior Designer
 * UX Senior Design Researcher
 * UX User Research Recruiter
 * UX Visual Design Fellowship
 * Mobile Partnerships Regional Manager
 * Project Coordinator - Engineering

Announcements

 * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/analytics/2014-October/002555.html
 * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2014-October/000993.html
 * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-October/078945.html
 * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-October/078957.html
 * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-October/079202.html

Technical Operations
Dallas data center

Tampa data center

Labs metrics in October:
 * Number of projects: 145
 * Number of instances: 413
 * Amount of RAM in use (in MBs): 1,992,192
 * Amount of allocated storage (in GBs): 20,395
 * Number of virtual CPUs in use: 975
 * Number of users: 4,109

 Wikimedia Labs

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.