Thanks for flagging those issues, Vojtěch.
We do need to figure out all the implications of the deprecation of this software.
As one starting point, I've created an umbrella task to look at data retention for the MediaWiki extension on Phabricator and subscribed folks who replied in this thread. That could be a place to organize and create sub tasks that look into that issue more fully: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T186325
The other issue is feeling like you don't have an adequate replacement in the Programs and Events Dashboard. I would encourage folks to adopt the tool since the MediaWiki extension is not a viable option for the long term. The dashboard does have some base level support and maintenance, and you can give specific feedback on the Meta talk page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Programs_%26_Events_Dashboard
If you're completely new to the tool, there's even a training available here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/learning-and-evaluation/using...
It would be particularly useful to know what is lacking in your view. Put another way, what's keeping you from adopting the tool? At the moment, my colleagues in Community Programs and Community Tech are looking into conducting some user research since this need was one of the top wishes in the most recent Community Wishlist Survey. Please add any feedback to the Meta talk page or you can direct it to me via email and I will pass along.
Best, Tighe
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On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:58 AM, Shani Evenstein shani.even@gmail.com wrote:
Agreed.
Shani.
On 2 Feb 2018 09:43, "Sara Mörtsell" sara.mortsell@wikimedia.se wrote:
Hi all,
I'd really like to see the issues Vojtěch is raising addressed. I felt the announcement about shutting down the Education extension was leaving out important details about data retention for example.
Best, Sara
On 2 February 2018 at 08:24, Vojtěch Dostál vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
Hello.
I just read this: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/January_
2018/Education_
Extension_scheduled_shutdown
If WMF wants to shut something down, OK, but then it's WMF's
responsibility
to replace it adequately. In the article, I see no mention whatsoever
of :
- *data retention *- how will WMF do this so that no data on courses
and
enrolled students is lost? Please remember this is data manually
collected
by hundreds of volunteer teachers.
2)* providing a feasible alternative* - although Dashboard is very
helpful,
it doesn't really communicate with Wikipedia unless there is a bot transferring the data from Dashboard to userpages and coursepages on a respective wiki. Many people from our community actually prefer us using the Education extension because it displays information about students on-wiki. If Dashboard is to be the tool of choice for student courses,
it
should be much easier to set up a bot to transfer this data.
The Czech team is fairly big and professionalized and we could probably cope with (1) on our own and maybe (2), but it's 100 countries we're talking about here and I'd expect a more coordinated solution.
What do others think?
Vojtěch Dostál
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