Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Analysis retrospective 2017-04-18

Format[edit]

Glad/Sad/Mad: http://retrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Glad,_Sad,_Mad
Note that "mad" and "sad" don't have to mean literally angry or saddened. They can be used in a playful way as well.

updated the portal dashboard to now show sister project clickthroughs (task T152617) and app links (task T154634)
updated external traffic dashboard to add note about internally referred traffic being mis-categorized (task T154722)
created a new dashboard to display the usage stats for Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) end point (SPARQL and LDF) usage (task T156300)
Finished up the analysis of the first A/B test for the sister project search results (task T156300)
Fixed an issue with the retrieval scripts not using correct data on the portal dashboard (task T162178)
Removed regex in ZRR breakdown by type on the Search dashboard (task T161876)
Finishing up second A/B test for the sister project search results
Product/tech "tune-up" (tuna)
Added the option to view relative traffic on external traffic dashboard
Almost done with language-project breakdown of various metrics on Search dashboard
Added the option to view non-bot traffic on external traffic dashboard

Possibly getting split [CX +1]
- Having to figure out who goes where (“who gets to live with mom, who gets to live with dad”)
Unsure if dewiki and itwiki folks are less likely to clickthrough sister project snippets if they’re clearly laid out on the page. Did we provide enough information to them? [MP +1, it’s just such a weird result]

Some people outside Discovery have reached out with sympathies, which is appreciated
Learned a lot about puppet from Mr G [MP +1]
Help with the Quarterly Check-in slides!
People fighting over who gets to keep Mikhail and Chelsy because they’re both awesome [MP :D][CX: :)]

We should have ice cream days for our meetings. Ice cream of your own making (or buying)! (It’s the small things, Kevin! :P ) [KH: We did this in fundraising for a while. +1][CX +1][MP +1]

Org Tuna [Note: "Tuna" was an internal nickname for the "tune-up" that was announced in June 2017]

DT: Curious about any progress on analyst assignments
DG: Toby is on vacation. We didn’t just have 2 analysts due to volume, but also due to the timeliness of getting reports. Additional project would exacerbate the problem. Toby encouraged me to send an email with my thoughts.
MP: VC also seemed positive in her response.
DG: Didn’t specifically say that Chelsy should move to Technology. Hoped to get people to agree to the concepts, not nitpick the details.
DT: Is the idea that both will help with the goals in the annual plan? Or only if one or both stay in frontend or backend?
DG: Probably only one(s) that stay in frontend/backend. With an offer of “consultation” from the other. I pointed out that we have “report review” similar to code review.
KS: Will you (DG) move to editing on May 8, unless something changes?
DG: Unclear.
KH: The original thinking of the move to editing was that it would be done in a non-disruptive way. Not clear if they are thinking it would be best to rip the bandage.
DG: Could split Discovery, or could split and move Dan to editing. Editing doesn’t need me this moment. I mentioned this to Toby. He understood but didn’t say what the plan is.
??: Any news on TPG?
KS: We’re having a big meeting tomorrow, and hope to get some answers.