This is the weekly update for the week starting 05 December. As always,
feedback and questions are welcome.
==Highlights==
* Load tests for cross-project searching were completed successfully. [0]
We are now testing how many results are produced for typical queries as a
first step towards figuring out how relevant the results are. [1]
* Released tabular and map data namespaces to Commons, after reviewing
implementation, consulting legal, enabling shared geojson data storage, and
adding metrics tracking. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
=== Search ===
* We've put together a draft proposal for how to deal with the interaction
of all the possible additional search options—suggestions, quote-stripping,
"wrong keyboard", language ID, etc.—to have a more co-ordinated
conversation about all this. Comments on the talk page there are welcome.
[10]
* Load tests for cross-project searching were completed successfully. [11]
We are now testing how many results are produced for typical queries as a
first step towards figuring out how relevant the results are. [12]
* Upgraded to Java 8 in preparation for upgrading ElasticSearch next
quarter. [13]
* Performed some refactoring to improve interwiki searching. [14]
* Improved handling of characters containing diacritics or accents. [15]
[16]
* Added support for minimum query length to detect the language of the
query. When a minimum length is eventually chosen, this will solve edge
cases where some very short queries and queries consisting just of numbers
could produce unexpected results. [17]
* Fixed an edge case where third-party users of CirrusSearch could get an
exception when building a completion suggester index. [18]
=== Analysis ===
* Fixed an error with installing R package Boom (& bsts) on stat1002 (but
can on stat1003) [19]
=== Portal ===
* Add node 6 compatibility to Portal build tasks [20]
=== Interactive ===
* Enhance Report Updater to be able to send data to graphite [21]
* Increase user sampling rate [22]
* Investigate ClearTables [23]
* Bug fixed: Closing maps by going back doesn't always work [24]
* Updated and adapted Tabular Data to match published formats [25]
* Updated Legal wording update for tabular and map data release [26]
* Added information on how to change error message [27]
* Updated the logging for Kartotherian from info to warn [28]
== Other Noteworthy Stuff ==
* Published Wikimedia Discovery's narrative and roadmap for FY 2016/17
(July 2016 - June 2017) [29]
[0]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149740
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151935
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148745
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tabular_Data
[4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Map_Data
[5]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:JsonConfig/Tabular
[6]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134426
[7]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152553
[8]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137930
[9]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152661
[10]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:TJones_(WMF)/Notes/So_Many_Search_Optio…
[11]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149740
[12]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151935
[13]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151325
[14]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141033
[15]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137830
[16]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146402
[17]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149318
[18]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150799
[19]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147682:
[20]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150190
[21]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150187
[22]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152174
[23]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141964
[24]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151915
[25]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152184
[26]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152553
[27]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152554
[28]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148116
[29]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Discovery_narrative_FY_2016-17.pdf
----
The full update, and archive of past updates, can be found on
MediaWiki.org:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates
Interested in getting involved? See tasks marked as Easy or Volunteer
needed in Phabricator.
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/qW51XhCCd8.7/#R
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/5KEPuEJh9TPS/#R
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison - Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation