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Chris Koerner https://mwstake.org/w/index.php?title=Blog_Post:3&diff=324&oldid=prev 2015-05-04T16:12:34Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{Blog Post |title=Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Team Reorganizes |tags=Wikimedia, Release Management, Release Engineering, MediaWiki, |author=Chris Koerner }} The Wikimedi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Blog Post<br /> |title=Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Team Reorganizes<br /> |tags=Wikimedia, Release Management, Release Engineering, MediaWiki,<br /> |author=Chris Koerner<br /> }}<br /> The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports the Wikimedia Movement - including MediaWiki - recently announced a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Engineering_reorganization_FAQ reorganization of their engineering team]. This is an interesting development and will hopefully have a positive impact on the development and release of future version of MediaWiki.<br /> <br /> [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Engineering_reorganization_FAQ The whole FAQ] is well worth the read and provides a great amount of transparency into their decision making process. A few notes of import. <br /> <br /> ==New Teams==<br /> <br /> There will be 6 teams focused around the following.<br /> *Community Tech<br /> *Editing<br /> *Reading<br /> *Search &amp; Discovery<br /> *Fundraising Tech<br /> *Infrastructure<br /> <br /> ==New CTO==<br /> <br /> The foundation is also creating a new Chief Technical Officer (CTO) role. In the past the foundation had a CTO who was focused on technical issues. <br /> <br /> <br /> This new CTO role will oversee the following functions. These functions are across all the teams. &lt;ref&gt;https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Engineering_reorganization_FAQ#Teams_vs._functions&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *Research<br /> *Architecture<br /> *Performance<br /> *Privacy<br /> *Security<br /> *User Experience (UX)<br /> <br /> <br /> For more information visit the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Engineering_reorganization_FAQ Wikimedia Foundation Engineering reorganization FAQ].</div>

Chris Koerner