Topics from the past

Hiring: Moving forward with analyst hire (it is posted). We also plan to hire an engineering manager (Tomasz will work on JD).

Announcements, Information, Questions

Data center switchover test started today. Please keep an eye on any services you are responsible for.
- Discovery stuff seems to be OK so far (just some minor issues)
Please check your info on the office contact list wiki page (general reminder)
FYI: Discussion about Mediawiki hash fragment router
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114007
Ongoing reminder: Submit items to the Weekly Status Updates!
Moiz will be leaving the foundation at the end of this month
Annual reviews kick off this week. Pick your peer reviewers!
- Follow the guidance about including someone outside your normal circle
- Keep track of who YOU agreed to review!
Quick survey: Portal team has completed its part. We got external signoff.

Blocked

Dependences which don’t need to be called out as “blocked”

Blocking

Discovery News

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2015-16_Q4_Goals#Discovery
Search
- Run TextCat A/B test
- (Maybe push TextCat to production)
- Update Elastic Search
- Add real-time index updates to completion suggester
WDQS
- Add geocoordinate functionality
Maps/Interactive
- Wikivoyage sites switch to Kartographer
- Create use case page for maps
Portal
- Run at least 3 A/B tests
- Graduate at least 1 successful A/B test

Next Discovery retrospectives: Scheduled April 18-22
Next Showcase (“CREDIT”): Scheduled May 12 (Thursday)
- Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT