Wikimedia Discovery/Completion suggester rollout plan

This page documents the rollout plan for the completion suggester on Wikimedia wikis.

Thursday 3rd March

 * [Chris] Let folks know it’s coming to production (VP Tech, mailing) (Monday or Tuesday ideally) ✅  sample announcement:

Friday 4th March

 * [Ed] Dan, Sam, Ed talk about a blog post for the completion suggester ✅ Ed is working on a blog post

Thursday 10th March

 * [Erik/David/Guillaume] turn on on a bunch of smaller wikis (may be pushed back to Monday 14th if translations of messages can’t happen) ✅ all looks good!

Monday 14th March

 * [Chris] Message out to bigger wikis letting them know it's coming ✅ sample announcement:

Wednesday 16th March

 * [Erik/David/Guillaume] turn on on bigger wikis, thus completing the rollout. Some in morning, rest in afternoon. ✅ all done!

Thursday 17th March

 * [Ed/Sam] publish blog post on Wikimedia blog ✅ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/17/completion-suggester-find-what-you-need/

Tuesday 22nd March

 * [Sam] Possibly pitches to media?