Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-01-31

Topics from the past

• News about offsite date?
  • Yes: Vienna May 14-18 (but wait before booking travel)
• Suggestions for the Developer wishlist are welcome

Announcements, Information, Questions

• Dev Summit and all-hands organizers have asked for feedback via surveys
• We are starting the annual planning process
  • Brainstorming notes, please add your ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZzTHJOrqxU7-guCvPmjJ8tgZf7eY8C-Gg1xp0JHFLoU

Scrum of Scrums

Are we blocked?

• None

Are we blocking? (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/blocked-on-search/)

• Kartotherian/Node6: task T150354

Other dependencies (in either direction) which don’t need to be called out as “blocked” (e.g. are progressing smoothly, have no urgency, etc.)

• None

Discovery News

• See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates

Quick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed)

Discovery Roadmap FY2016/17: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ctlqdLA__0OxDuO7mJEIDLP-xt9a7E4jv4INMlZAHdQ

This status was last updated 2016-12-15. Completed/dropped goals are not shown.

FY 2016-17 Q3 (Jan-Mar) Key Results

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Q3_Goals#Discovery

• upgrading to Elasticsearch 5
  • Upgrade search cluster to Elasticsearch 5 In progress
  • Add real-time index updates to completion suggester In progress
• deploying new language analysers
  • Perform research spikes to find new analysers for different languages In progress
  • Test new analysers to see if they are improvements In progress
  • Deploy new analysers that are found to be an improvement
• cross-wiki searching
  • Have a working prototype in Labs  Done
  • Run at least 2 A/B tests on Persian, Italian, Catalan and Polish Wikipedias

FYI

• Feb 1: CREDIT showcase
  • Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
• Feb 20: Holiday
• May Discovery offsite Vienna May 14-18 (main planning will happen in Feb/Mar)
• TBD: Next All-Discovery retro (target late Feb)