MediaWiki Developer Summit 2016
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Mark Hershberger and Cindy Cicalese with be meeting with WMF staff after the MediaWiki Developer Summit in January, 2016 (see this).
Suggested topics of discussion are (initial suggestions by Mark; please edit/contribute):
people
- Hire developers dedicated to non-WMF uses of MediaWiki.
- Give the developer relations team a broader scope so that developers who contribute to MediaWiki with non-WMF uses in mind are engaged on a regular basis.
- Talk to users who've set up sizable private wikis and find out what they're needs are.
direction
- Make sure there is a solid upgrade path and road map for the software so that MW is treated as an actual piece of software that can be used for a variety of purposes other than the WMF's needs..
- Ensure dependable APIs for developers of extensions that aren't used by the WMF.
- Clearly communicate deprecations (e.g. the page view counter) and provide reasonable fallbacks.