Technical Decision Forum Updates 26 July 2021[edit]

Process Updates[edit]

We now have two community representatives and we have one representative from Fandom.
The Forum is always looking for more representatives for rotation. If you are interested, please visit the community representation page for more information.

We currently have 8 active and 3 completed published proposals with their updates below.

We currently have 6 active, 9 on hold, 2 withdrew and 6 completed published proposals with their updates below.

IP Masking (T307617)
- Stage: Preparing to submit Problem Statement
- Status: Met with TDF Chairs
- Update: waiting for changes to the Problem Statement
Authentication Changes (T304600)
- Stage: Preparing to submit Problem Statement
- Status: Met with TDF Chairs
- Update: waiting for changes to the Problem Statement and changing ownership
Beta Cluster (T308283)
- Stage: Preparing to submit Problem Statement
- Status: Met with TDF Chairs
- Update: waiting for changes to the Problem Statement and changing ownership
Strategy for avoiding or excluding client side errors from gadgets and user scripts (T262493)
- Stage: Prototyping/Research
- Status: Received feedback and project owner is working on RACI and Decision Record.
Async MediaWiki Parser (T282585)
- Stage: Executive Review
- Status: waiting for executive feedback
Anonymous Contributors IP Masking (T283177)
- Stage: Prototyping/Research
- Status: Research and working on RACI and decision options for Decision Record.

On Hold

Front-End Build Step for Mediawiki Skins and Extensions (T279108)
- Stage: Decision Record
- Status: on hold until further notice

Code governance policy (T293365)
- Stage: Decision Record
- Status: on hold until transfer of ownership
Transitioning Responsibility for MediaWiki Releases (T293323)
- Stage: Research and Prototyping
- Status: on Hold by owner until further notice
SEO Impact and Major Changes to Serving Banners (T298733)
- Stage: Research and Prototyping
- Status: on Hold by owner until further notice

Third-party resources policy (T296847)
- Stage: Research and Prototyping
- Status: on Hold by owner until further notice
Mobile preview for wikipedia article edits (T295348)
- Stage: Research and Prototyping
- Status: on Hold by owner until further notice

Configuration Modes (T267928)
- Stage: Decision Statement Overview
- Status: on hold for now
Update process for Development Policies (T283277)
- Stage: Research
- Status: Looking into ownership of the policies to determine next steps.
Knowledge Store Data Model (T284258)
- Stage: Decision Statement Overview
- Status: on Hold because owner has left the Foundation

Withdraw from Process

Canonical Service Catalog (T285058)
- Stage: Decision Statement Overview
- Status: Withdrew from process by Desiree Abad
Sunset ApiFeatureUsage (T302638)
- Stage: Decision Statement Overview
- Status: Withdrew from process by owner: decision can be made within the team.

MediaWiki Event Carried State Transfer
- Stage: Decision Made
- Status: Published
Review Mechanism to Configure Individual MediaWiki Installations
- Stage: Decision Made
- Status: Published
Vector WVUI Integration
- Stage: Decision Made
- Status: Published
Maps 2.0 project
- Stage: Decision Made
- Status: Published
Structured Data across Wikimedia Architecture (SDAW)
- Stage: Decision made
- Status: Published
Build the new Vue.js search experience
- Stage: Decision made
- Status: Published