Wikimedia Technology/Programs/FY17–18
Introduction[edit]
For the fiscal year FY 2017-18, the Wikimedia Technology department expects to work on a number of programs, as described in the draft annual plan. This page contains a list of those programs, with the associated program owner/leader (within Technology), team(s), and category.
The program categories are:
- Sustaining
- Foundational
- Community
- Technical Community
Program 1: Availability, performance, and maintenance[edit]
Overall owner/leader: Mark Bergsma
- Owner for Outcome 1: Mark Bergsma
- Owner for Outcome 2: Gilles Dubuc
- Owner for Outcome 3: Nuria Ruiz
- Owner for Outcome 4: Bryan Davis
- Owner for Outcomes 5 and 6: Greg Grossmeier
Teams: TechOps, WMCS, Performance, Analytics, Release Engineering, Services
Category: Sustaining
Program 2: MediaWiki[edit]
Owner/leader: Tim Starling
Teams: MediaWiki, TechOps
Category: Foundational
Program 3: Addressing technical debt[edit]
Owner/leader: Jean-Rene Branaa
Team(s): Release Engineering
Category: Sustaining
Program 4: Technical community building[edit]
Overall owner/leader: Bryan Davis
- Owner for Outcome 1: Bryan Davis
- Owner for Outcomes 2 and 4: Dario Taraborelli
- Owner for Outcome 3: Cindy Cicalese
- Owner for Outcome 5: Kevin Smith
Teams: WMCS, Research and Data, Design Research, Scoring Platform (ORES), MediaWiki, Analytics, Services
Category: Technical Community
Program 5. Scoring Platform (ORES)[edit]
Owner/leader: Aaron Halfaker
Team(s): Scoring Platform (ORES)
Category: Community
Program 6. Streamlined service delivery[edit]
Owner/leader: Mark Bergsma
Team(s): Technical Operations, Release Engineering, Services
Category: Foundational
Program 7. Smart tools for better data[edit]
Owner/leader: Nuria Ruiz
Team(s): Analytics, WMCS, Ops, Services
Category: Community
Program 8. Multi-datacenter support[edit]
Owner/leader: Gabriel Wicke
Team(s): TechOps, MediaWiki, Services, Performance
Category: Sustaining
Program 9. Growing Wikipedia across languages via recommendations[edit]
Owner/leader: Leila Zia
Team(s): Research, Editing, Reading, Services, Ops, Security
Category: Community
Program 10. Public cloud services & support[edit]
Owner/leader: Bryan Davis
Team(s): WMCS
Category: Technical Community
Program 11. Improving citations across Wikimedia projects[edit]
Owner/leader: Dario Taraborelli
Team(s): Research, Design Research
Category: Community
Program 12: Grow contributor diversity[edit]
Owner/leader: Leila Zia
Team(s): Research, Community Resources, Communications, Community Tech, Global Reach, Support & Safety
Category: Community
Note: When the draft annual plan was written, the Search Platform and Fundraising Tech teams were in Product. They were moved into Technology during the "tune-up" in June 2017.
Program 1: Make knowledge more easily discoverable[edit]
Owner/leader: Erika Bjune
Team(s): Audiences/Discovery, Search Platform, Community Liaisons, Wikimedia Deutschland
Category: Foundational
Program 7: Payment processor investigation and long-term strategy[edit]
Owner/leader: Katie Horn
Team(s): Advancement Management, Fundraising-tech
Category: Sustaining
Program 8: Donor retention[edit]
Owner/leader: Katie Horn
Team(s): Advancement Management, Fundraising-tech
Category: Sustaining
Community Health[edit]
Segment 3: Research on harassment[edit]
Owner/leader: Dario Taraborelli
Teams: Research, Design Research
Category: Technical Community
Privacy, Security, and Data Management[edit]
Segment 2: Technology[edit]
Owner/leader: Nuria Ruiz
Teams: Ops, Security, Analytics, Services
Category: Foundational
Structured Data on Commons[edit]
Segment 1: Database Integration[edit]
Owner/leader: Tim Starling
Teams: MediaWiki Team, Design Research, Performance
Category: Foundational
Segment 2: Search integration and exposure[edit]
Owner/leader: Erika Bjune
Teams: Search Platform
Category: Foundational
Segment 4: Programs[edit]
Owner/leader: Jonathan Morgan
Teams: Research
Category: ?