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MWStake meeting this Friday.
by Mark A. Hershberger 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

I moved the monthly #MWStake meeting to this Friday since I was unprepared last week. This week, I hope to discuss where we're at in the incorporation process, the annual report we have to prepare for the WMF and who we would like to send to the [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019 | Wikimedia Summit ] . Plus any other MediaWiki related issues. Please join us! Details [ https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Event:76 | from the wiki ] follow and we have a [ https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Calendar | calendar ] you can subscribe to be notified of future meetings. Date (UTC): 11/09/2018 14:30 UTC - 11/09/2018 15:30 UTC URL: [ https://bluejeans.com/659595738 | https://bluejeans.com/659595738 ] [ https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181109T1430 | Click for time zone conversion ] [ https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2018-11 | https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2018-11 ] Thanks! Mark. -- Mark A. Hershberger NicheWork LLC 717-271-1084

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Invitation for Input on MediaWiki Development
by Bryan Hilderbrand 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

Hi everyone, The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group (MWStake) [0] is gathering information from people and organizations who are using MediaWiki for non-Wikimedia projects. Please provide input at the link below [1] if you use or maintain a wiki powered by MediaWiki that is not part of a Wikimedia project: for example, a personal wiki, a wiki or wiki farm for an organization or company, a wiki for a community group, or a wiki hosting service. Please answer any questions you find relevant, additionally you may also review, comment, and endorse the responses from others. The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group will collate this information and provide it to the Wikimedia Foundation Platform Evolution Program team, which is gathering input from a variety of groups with an interest in MediaWiki. Your feedback will help frame the Platform Evolution discussions, seeking to answer open questions, explore governance models, and identify key MediaWiki features for future development. [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/TechConf_Inp… Best Regards, Bryan Hilderbrand

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#mwstake: Rough meeting minutes
by Mark A. Hershberger 02 Jun '18

02 Jun '18

The MediaWiki Stakeholders is a WMF-affiliated user group made up mostly of consultants and enterprise-level users of MediaWiki. We held our meetings monthly. We hold meetings on the first Friday of every month at 10:30EDT and our next meeting is on July 6th (https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Event:72). >From the etherpad at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2018-06, these are the contents of the etherpad that we use for keeping notes for yesterday's meeting (Friday, June 1): phab: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E892 last month: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2018-05 Report: Barcelona report Incorporation (Bryan, Frank) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lPT3D2gv3OeSQY8srCn9NYzyEt4KEURMy4lyZ62… I (Mark) checked about WMF giving funds to 503c6. I haven't yet (5/12) talked to anyone in grants, but when I applied for the MABS grant, it explicitly stated: Are you an incorporated organization able to provide local proof of nonprofit status within your country? (For-profit organizations are ineligible to receive grants through the PEG program.) This seems to indicate that a 503c6 is acceptable. Additionally, someone pointed out that WM User Groups like #mwstake are incorporated in various ways and their affiliation with the WMF is the important thing. As long as we are not for-profit (eliminating B-Corp possibility?) then it seems we're in the clear. Bryan is working on a mission statement. As Bryan said: "I'm glad to hear you guys talk about your ideas, and I'll consolidate...." EACH person attending should have the action item of writing a brief 500 words (or long if desired) statement of what they would like to see/gain from collaboration in MWStake (on User page of MWStake). It would be helpful of these brief statements address both Mission and Membership, which are both relevant to the selection of the type of incorporation or other organizational form. GOALS / MISSION ideas Who are we? What are we? Our Mission Statement: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Mission raise and distribute funds for development of projects/code that are neglected by WMF, but critical for 3rd parties raise and manage funds for conferences / marketing / documentation / or all the non-code activities associated with technology associations Remove single point of failure for collection of money All-volunteer / non-profit; but we want to more formally organize/manage volunteers (money for membership coordinator + membership management system (e.g. CiviCRM) + website management (MWStake.org) CiviCRM has a similar bug bounty program Perhaps we should collect our different conceptualizations of the mission or goals and reconcile them. Clearing house for trusted consultants (if orgs want to do a MediaWiki project, MWStake could be the "Angies's List" for MediaWiki consultants) - Greg (and I've never used Angie's List either) Create and run Training / Certification programs for MediaWiki consultants (grant funded by WMF?) which increases adoption Full Disclosure: Greg is actively working to grow eQuality-Technology as a worker-led cooperative to create a "Super Consulting Firm" for MediaWiki "Note": I think an organization requires a "board" that has regular recorded meetings. Add a layer of representation to other MediaWiki users Lex's comment on a body that acts like a company's support desk that can receive money and provides a service The group can help decide what are the "needed" features or missing pieces and if the group has money, pay developers to do this. There is already a "Mission" of MWStake: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Mission which can serve as a basis for further discussion Membership model (Markus, ??) Half of existing groups seem fairly unorganized Other half have a more formal policy incl sometimes approval for membership See membership section below. Examine WikiMed more .... MARKUS Main purpose of membership Make legitimate decisions Representation Any patreon followup? (Ginger, Chris) xMWCon (Lex) Riot/Matrix server <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193961> Waiting for the creation of the cloud There are response time issues WikiSpaces refugee effort (Gergő, Bryan) Bryan reached out to parent copany TES Bryan also said Yaron got WikiWorks listed as a place to go but no one has had success working with TES to seamlessly roll over their users. Possible maint script to do the conversion from WikiSpaces to MW: https://gist.github.com/ilhooq/65c1e2490fdb616413dfede8647f2691 Contribute: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispaces Greg has been connecting with some Wikispaces users from what I (Bryan) hear and has some experience with migration. EMW Mailing list (Mark) active now, not much traffic yet regularly post minutes of our meeting -> MARK == link to Etherpad? :-) Tech Working Group (from Strategy process) Nominations by June 8: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-May/090014.html We need to nominate representatives. The Wikimedia Technical Conference will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context as we go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for diverse stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need people who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually make decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects. Provide input on the future direction of MediaWiki's extension management system: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Extension_management_fe… As part of the MediaWiki Platform Team's goal to develop a roadmap for MediaWiki, we want to solicit input on the future direction of MediaWiki's extension management system. One of MediaWiki's greatest strengths is the diverse extension ecosystem. But navigating that ecosystem and managing those extensions can be difficult and cumbersome. If time, I'd like to briefly discuss the (archived) AWS extension. == Membership == Membership models * Sign up via official form ** pro: members mailing list ** pro: required for entities -> preparation ** pro: identification ** types: pdf or google doc ** no money (membership fees) involved in other groups ** examples *** WikiMed: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Membership *** WikiToLearn (create account on their platform): https://de.wikitolearn.org/Mitmachen *** Shared Knowledge: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Shared_Knowledge#Membership * Informal application ** examples *** WikiJournal: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group#WikiJournal_Council * Informal (sign with name) ** pro: low barrier ** con: unknown state of group ** examples *** Whose knowledge?: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Whose_Knowledge%3F *** Wiki Women: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_User_Group#Members *** Wikimedia LGBT: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT%2B/Participants/de * Informal (participate) ** examples *** Wikisource Community: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group#Becoming_a_… *** Wikibase Community (need invitation to join channels) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group#Joining_the_G… *** Tool developers (there are criteria, though): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Tool_Developers_Group#Membership_… Organisation * Informal (most) * Council ** examples *** WikiJournal: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group#WikiJournal_Council *** Wikisource Community will start incorporation when 100 active members are reached: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group#Governance *** Wikimedia LGBT: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT%2B/Participants/de * Incorporation ** examples *** WikiMed (Not for profit corporation, NY): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Membership#Administrative_… *** Shared Knowledge (Macedonia): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Shared_Knowledge/Constitution Bylaws * examples ** WikiJournal: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Bylaws ** Shared Knowledge: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Shared_Knowledge/Constitution

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Missing link: MediaWiki – a Culture of Sharing Your Knowledge
by Richard Heigl 16 May '18

16 May '18

Sorry, the link to the article got lost ☹ Here it is: https://www.univention.com/2018/05/mediawiki-a-culture-of-sharing-your-know… Richard Dr. Richard Heigl Strategieberatung / Strategy Advisory [cid:image001.png@01D3ED1F.337D5FE0]<http://hallowelt.com/> Hallo Welt! GmbH Postfach 11 02 09 93015 Regensburg Germany Tel. +49 (0) 941 - 66 0 80-0 Fax. +49 (0) 941 - 66 0 80-189 hallowelt.com<http://hallowelt.com/> heigl(a)hallowelt.com<mailto:heigl@hallowelt.com> Sitz: Regensburg Amtsgericht: Regensburg Handelsregister: HRB 10467 E.USt.Nr.: DE 253050833 Geschäftsführer: Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Dr. Richard Heigl, Radovan Kubani

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MediaWiki – a Culture of Sharing Your Knowledge
by Richard Heigl 16 May '18

16 May '18

Hi all, I wrote a guest article about MediaWiki for our technology partner Univention. I take up a term from Mark Hershberger and try to make clear, besides a general discussion of what an enterprise wiki is from my and BlueSpice product point of view, that MediaWiki offers a different and groundbreaking approach to knowledge. Please feel free to share, comment or criticize. ☺ Best regards! Richard Dr. Richard Heigl Strategieberatung / Strategy Advisory Hallo Welt! GmbH Postfach 11 02 09 93015 Regensburg Germany Tel. +49 (0) 941 - 66 0 80-0 Fax. +49 (0) 941 - 66 0 80-189 hallowelt.com<http://hallowelt.com/> heigl(a)hallowelt.com<mailto:heigl@hallowelt.com> Sitz: Regensburg Amtsgericht: Regensburg Handelsregister: HRB 10467 E.USt.Nr.: DE 253050833 Geschäftsführer: Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Dr. Richard Heigl, Radovan Kubani

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Our mailing list resurrection is a go!
by Ginger V. Hershberger 15 May '18

15 May '18

Hello all, As promised, MWStake is resurrecting the Enterprise MediaWiki listserv! We have the goal of fostering a thriving stream of information and communication on all things EMW related. To those of you newly added from a signup at the end of EMWCon 2018, welcome! Here are the notes from our most recent MWStake meeting: [ https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2018-05 | https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2018-05 ] Here is the MWStake main page with some upcoming events: [ https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Main_Page | https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Main_Page ] And here is the Riot channel you can join to talk to us: [ https://riot.im/app/#/room/#mwstake-general:matrix.org | https://riot.im/app/#/room/#mwstake-general:matrix.org ] Welcome, Ginger Hershberger MWStake NicheWork

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HTTPS handoff for subdirectory
by Gregory Rundlett 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

If my customer is example.com, with multiple applications and services routed to that domain e.g. /blog or login.example.com. One service that they are hosting is a MediaWiki instance at https://example.com*/wiki* (also using a single-sign-on infrastructure - but I don't think that matters much for this discussion about SSL and routing requests for top-level folders of the domain). For them to outsource the wiki hosting, and continue to have the wiki hosted at /wiki using an SSL certificate that they provide, what needs to be done? I'm assuming that if I have a static IP address xx.xx.xx.xx, and an SSL certificate for "wiki.example.com", that the customer can use DNS to make sure that wiki.example.com points to that IP. The customer can use their web-server to internally proxy requests for /wiki to wiki.example.com/wiki and to the end-user they would simply see https://example.com/wiki in their browser (preserving existing links and SEO built up at that path). Is this correct? And, what ways can latency and overhead be reduced so that their server can hand-off requests as efficiently as possible under a high load environment? Thanks, Greg Greg Rundlett *principal consultant* eQuality Technology *Let's work together* https://equality-tech.com follow us: https://twitter.com/eQualityTech like us: https://www.facebook.com/eQualityTechnology/ *Get a free wiki report*: https://freephile.org/wikireport/

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Can I be an admin of this list?
by Chris Koerner 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

Heya, I’m a member of the MediaWiki stakeholders group and we just hosted the third Enterprise MediaWiki conference. I’d like to start using this list more to help the community with communication. Would it be possible to help administer this list? Yours, Chris K.

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unsubscribe
by John Brekelbaum 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

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Houston EMWcon Spring 2018 Preannouncement
by Ginger V. Hershberger 12 Jul '17

12 Jul '17

Greetings to the MediaWiki community! MediaWiki Stakeholders (MWStake) is organizing an Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (EMWcon) for Spring of 2018 in Houston, Texas. MWStake is pre-announcing the conference and is also requesting your input so that we can pick a week that would be most ideal for hosting the event. The hope is to have the conference in March or April of 2018, with the start date on a Wednesday , continuing through Thursday and Friday . Based on the community feedback, MWStake will pick the week that will allow for the most impact for the most attendees. If you're interested in attending the conference, please choose a start date or dates that work best for you using the following link: [ https://doodle.com/poll/inh7ut84cn2rn3i9 | https://doodle.com/poll/inh7ut84cn2rn3i9 ] Please leave comments, suggestions, and your email if you'd like to be contacted further. Thank you, MWStakes

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