Hi all, it was great to talk to some of you yesterday at the London meetup, and especially the discussion around trying to better organise those Wikimedians who are also software developers. I think we all agree that some of the tools people have created to edit and improve Wikipedia, Commons etc are really useful, but that they aren't very accessible or user friendly. I think we could make a useful impact if we could organise developers to put their heads together to work on improving and extending the vast array of tools that exist already. To this end, I've started a Slack channel for Wikimedia developers to discuss how we might move forward with the idea. If you would like to be added to the channel to discuss with other Wikimedia developers how to take the idea forward and share what you might already be working on, please reply with your interest and let me know your email address so I can send you an invite to the channel, wikidevsuk.slack.com .

All the best,

John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK