Re: [Wikitech-l] Update on Discovery Projects

Hi Ryan, One question: Does "As needed, assist with individual language ​We don't have the technical resources to deploy mapframe to any additional wikis at this time. If a wiki wants to deploy mapframe on their site, they can do it on their own—similar to what Swedish Wikipedia accomplished.[1] If severe bugs occur, we'll try our best to get them fixed; such as maps aren't rendering from the tile servers. We just don't have the technical resources to do any minor bug fixes, feature requests or any new deployments right now. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161032 Thanks, Deb -- deb tankersley irc: debt Product Manager, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Ryan Kaldari &lt;rkaldari(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Thanks Deb! One question: Does "As needed, assist with individual language > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Deborah Tankersley < > dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > (With apologies for cross-posting...) > > > > You may have seen the recent communication [1 > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/June_2017_changes > >] > > about the product and tech tune-up which went live the week of June 5th, > > 2017. In that communication, we promised an update on the future of > > Discovery projects and we will talk about those in this email. > > > > The Discovery team structure has now changed, but the new teams will > still > > work together to complete the goals as listed in the draft annual > plan.[2] > > A summary of their anticipated work, as we finalize these changes, is > > below. We plan on doing a check-in at the end of the calendar year to see > > how our goals are progressing with the new smaller and separated team > > structure. > > > > Here is a list of the various projects under the Discovery umbrella, > along > > with the goals that they will be working on: > > > > Search Backend > > > > Improve search capabilities: > > > > - > > > > Implement ‘learning to rank’ [3] and other advanced machine learning > > methodologies > > - > > > > Improve support for languages using new analyzers > > - > > > > Maintain and expand power user search functionality > > > > Search Frontend > > > > Improve user interface of the search results page with new functionality: > > > > - > > > > Implement explore similar [4] > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_ > > Improvements/Testing#A.2FB_test:_Add_.27explore_similar. > > 27_pages_and_categories_for_search_results> > > - > > > > Update the completion suggester box [5] > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch/ > > CompletionSuggester> > > - > > > > Investigate the usage of a Wiktionary widget for English Wikipedia [6] > > > > Wikidata Query Service > > > > Expand and scale: > > > > - > > > > Improve ability to support power features on-wiki for readers > > - > > > > Improve full text search functionality > > - > > > > Implement SPARQL federation support > > > > Portal > > > > Create and implement automated language statistics and translation > updates > > for Wikipedia.org > > > > Analysis > > > > Provide in-depth analytics support: > > > > - > > > > Perform experimental design, data collection, and data analysis > > - > > > > Perform ad-hoc analyses of Discovery-domain data > > - > > > > Maintain and augment the Discovery Dashboards,[7] which allow the > teams > > to track their KPIs and other metrics > > > > Maps > > > > Map support: > > > > - > > > > Implement new map style > > - > > > > Increase frequency of OSM data replication > > - > > > > As needed, assist with individual language Wikipedia’s implementation > of > > mapframe [8] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps/how_to:_embedded_ > maps > > > > > > > Note: There is a possibility that we can do more with maps in the coming > > year; we are currently evaluating strategic, partnership, and resourcing > > options. > > > > Structured Data on Commons > > > > Extend structured data search on Commons, as part of the structured data > > grant [9] via: > > > > - > > > > Research and implement advanced search capabilities > > - > > > > Implement new elements, filters, relationships > > > > Graphs and Tabular Data on Commons > > > > We will be re-evaluating this functionality against other Commons > > initiatives such as the structured data grant. As with maps, we will > > provide updates when we know more. > > > > We are still working out all the details with the new team structure and > > there might be some turbulence; let us know if there are any concerns and > > we will do our best to answer them. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Deborah Tankersley, Product Manager, Discovery > > > > Erika Bjune, Engineering Manager, Search Platform > > > > Jon Katz, Reading Product Lead > > > > Toby Negrin, Interim Vice President of Product > > > > Victoria Coleman, Chief Technology Officer > > > > > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/ > June_2017_changes > > > > [2] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ > > Annual_Plan/2017-2018/Draft > > > > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_to_rank > > > > [4] > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_ > > Improvements/Testing#A.2FB_test:_Add_.27explore_similar. > > 27_pages_and_categories_for_search_results > > > > [5] > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch/ > CompletionSuggester > > > > [6] > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_ > > Improvements/Testing#A.2FB_test:_Add_Wiktionary_widget_ > > to_search_results_page > > > > [7] https://discovery.wmflabs.org/ > > > > [8] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps/how_to:_embedded_maps > > > > [9] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l