2023:Program/Submissions/Past, Present and Future of Wikimedia Cloud Services (Toolforge and friends) - KCUP7S

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Title: Past, Present and Future of Wikimedia Cloud Services (Toolforge and friends)

Speakers:

Bryan Davis / BDavis (WMF) / bd808

Bryan Davis is Principal Software Engineer working at the Wikimedia Foundation. Bryan has worked professionally creating web websites and related technologies for nearly 30 years with the last 10 spent at the WMF. Since 2016 Bryan has focused on finding ways to celebrate and support technical volunteers in the Wikimedia movement. Profile picture: commons:File:Davis, Bryan Jan 2020.jpg

Arturo Borrero Gonzalez

Senior Site Reliability Engineer working on Wikimedia Cloud Services. Personal blog: https://ral-arturo.org/

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Type: Roundtable / open discussion

Track: Technology

Submission state: submitted

Duration: 90 minutes

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Presentation language: en


Abstract & description[edit source]

Abstract[edit source]

Wikimedia Cloud Services, like Toolforge, Cloud VPS or PAWS are an essential piece of how content is introduced, curated, patrolled, learned from and maintained in most wikis. During this session, a brief history of these services will be shared, along with an outline of current status. Then, an open conversation will be facilitated to discuss the future of such projects.

Description[edit source]

The Wikimedia Cloud Services project includes well known platforms like Toolforge, PAWS and Quarry and services like Cloud VPS and Wiki-replicas. For many community members, they are essential piece of how they interact with different wiki projects. And in fact, an increased number of edits to wiki projects are made by software (tools, bots, etc) that ase hosted in some of the Cloud Services platforms.

The goal of this session is to have an open discussion on the status of the services, starting with a brief summary of how we got here. In particular, we will celebrate the many changes that happened since 2019 (last in-person Wikimania) in the Wikimedia Cloud Services ecosystem, with main topics being Toolhub, Toolforge, PAWS, Quarry, Cloud VPS and friends.

The open debate will also cover how to better leverage current technologies and where the platforms should be moving next in terms of functionality.

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Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

Wikimedia Cloud Services spaces are collaborative in nature. How these tools are used by volunteers of the wikimedia movement now and in the future is at the center of the content of the session.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

The session is for an experienced audience

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

  • Tick Onsite in Singapore
  • Empty Remote online participation, livestreamed
  • Empty Remote from a satellite event
  • Tick Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
  • Empty Pre-recorded and available on demand


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