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The Developer-Advocacy team ceased to exist in June 2023.

The Developer Advocacy team supported developers. We encouraged them to contribute to our free and open source projects as a way to achieve their own goals.

We were part of the Technical Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Recent Activity

May 20 2024

Aklapper added a subtask for T248034: Decrease issues created many years ago with no recent activity (aka stale tickets): T365366: Herald rules based on age.
May 20 2024, 2:44 PM · Developer-Advocacy, PM, Phabricator
Aklapper added a subtask for T252522: (Semi)automatically close Phabricator tickets with status "stalled" after a while: T365366: Herald rules based on age.
May 20 2024, 2:44 PM · Developer-Advocacy, Epic, Phabricator

Apr 29 2024

Pppery removed a project from T22153: Implement global gadgets (WMF-wide): MediaWiki-extensions-Interwiki.
Apr 29 2024, 5:07 AM · Gadgets-2.0, Developer-Advocacy, Epic, MediaWiki-extensions-Gadgets

Mar 14 2024

sgrabarczuk closed T115853: Every WMF engineering team should have a "Contact" section on its public wiki page as Resolved.

It's reported on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Movement_Communications/Meta-Wiki_presence

Mar 14 2024, 10:46 PM · User-AKlapper, CommRel-Documentation, Documentation, Developer-Advocacy

Mar 7 2024

Jdlrobson added a project to T171577: Develop a long term vision for community managed scripts and gadgets: User-Jdlrobson.
Mar 7 2024, 7:58 PM · User-Jdlrobson, Developer-Outreach, Epic, Developer-Advocacy, JavaScript

Feb 28 2024

Theklan updated the task description for T293405: Build a "Main Page" skeleton/template that projects can copy and reuse.
Feb 28 2024, 4:37 PM · Developer-Advocacy, WMF-General-or-Unknown
Theklan added a comment to T293405: Build a "Main Page" skeleton/template that projects can copy and reuse.

The problem is not only on design, is also on usability. The WMF "redesigned" pages, but they forgot the mos tvisited one and didn't make any proposal. If the Main page is our main entry point, we should think on what kind of contents should be there, and some of them may be modular and dynamic, so out of the possibilities of the community, becuase they ask for a deep coding that currently is not available.

Feb 28 2024, 4:32 PM · Developer-Advocacy, WMF-General-or-Unknown
Ericliu1912 added a comment to T293405: Build a "Main Page" skeleton/template that projects can copy and reuse.

Maybe the (global) community can try to host some sort of "competition" to propose better design of Homepages?

Feb 28 2024, 12:10 PM · Developer-Advocacy, WMF-General-or-Unknown

Feb 21 2024

dcaro closed T63824: Document how to install Python modules in a tool's home directory/virtual environment, a subtask of T101659: Run a documentation sprint for Cloud VPS and Toolforge, as Resolved.
Feb 21 2024, 4:02 PM · Developer-Wishlist (2017), Developer-Advocacy, Documentation, Toolforge

Feb 20 2024

Maintenance_bot added a project to T100503: Close wikitech-announce mailing list: SRE.
Feb 20 2024, 8:31 AM · SRE, ECT-June-2015, Developer-Advocacy, Wikimedia-Mailing-lists
JJMC89 moved T100503: Close wikitech-announce mailing list from Backlog to List maintenance on the Wikimedia-Mailing-lists board.
Feb 20 2024, 8:21 AM · SRE, ECT-June-2015, Developer-Advocacy, Wikimedia-Mailing-lists

Feb 6 2024

Kristbaum added a comment to T186061: Evaluate Matrix / Element as the recommended chat system for Wikimedia.

Would it be possible for the foundation to become a member of the foundation? It's seems cheap, and would be an appropriate next step after the trials with element.io?

Feb 6 2024, 5:11 PM · Matrix, User-Tgr, Developer-Advocacy

Jan 24 2024

dcaro closed T134493: Create a "my first PHP webservice" tutorial for Toolforge, a subtask of T101659: Run a documentation sprint for Cloud VPS and Toolforge, as Resolved.
Jan 24 2024, 2:52 PM · Developer-Wishlist (2017), Developer-Advocacy, Documentation, Toolforge
dcaro closed T134494: Create a "my first Python webservice" tutorial for Toolforge, a subtask of T101659: Run a documentation sprint for Cloud VPS and Toolforge, as Resolved.
Jan 24 2024, 2:42 PM · Developer-Wishlist (2017), Developer-Advocacy, Documentation, Toolforge

Jan 2 2024

Aklapper closed T326562: [January 2024] Publish some Phabricator (and/or Gerrit) end-of-year stats for 2023 to wikitech-l@ as Resolved.
Jan 2 2024, 8:32 AM · Release-Engineering-Team, Developer-Advocacy
Aklapper claimed T326562: [January 2024] Publish some Phabricator (and/or Gerrit) end-of-year stats for 2023 to wikitech-l@.
Jan 2 2024, 7:59 AM · Release-Engineering-Team, Developer-Advocacy

Jan 1 2024

Aklapper changed the status of T326562: [January 2024] Publish some Phabricator (and/or Gerrit) end-of-year stats for 2023 to wikitech-l@ from Stalled to Open.
Jan 1 2024, 3:27 PM · Release-Engineering-Team, Developer-Advocacy

Dec 12 2023

komla closed T334818: Implement 2022 Feedback/Comments for 2023 Cloud Survey as Resolved.
Dec 12 2023, 4:51 PM · cloud-services-team, Developer-Advocacy
komla added a comment to T334818: Implement 2022 Feedback/Comments for 2023 Cloud Survey.

Thanks!

Dec 12 2023, 4:51 PM · cloud-services-team, Developer-Advocacy

Dec 9 2023

Aklapper added a comment to T334818: Implement 2022 Feedback/Comments for 2023 Cloud Survey.

@komla: Hi, the Due Date set for this open task passed a while ago.
Could you please either update or reset the Due Date (by clicking Edit Task), or set the status of this task to resolved in case this task is done? Thanks!

Dec 9 2023, 11:16 PM · cloud-services-team, Developer-Advocacy

Dec 3 2023

Base added a comment to T293405: Build a "Main Page" skeleton/template that projects can copy and reuse.

As far as I'm aware, there's no precedent for Wikimedia staff to design or implement content pages to be used on the wikis

Dec 3 2023, 2:11 PM · Developer-Advocacy, WMF-General-or-Unknown
Theklan added a comment to T293405: Build a "Main Page" skeleton/template that projects can copy and reuse.

Hello @ovasileva. Do we have any news about this? Two fiscal years have gone, and I'm still waiting for the first answer.

Dec 3 2023, 2:02 PM · Developer-Advocacy, WMF-General-or-Unknown

Oct 5 2023

TBurmeister closed T304380: Clarify RelEng support for WMF Community Resources Team on software-related grant applications as Declined.

Since Technical Engagement no longer exists as a team / department, marking this as Declined.

Oct 5 2023, 7:07 PM · Release-Engineering-Team (Priority Backlog 📥)

Sep 5 2023

TBurmeister closed T344636: Revise Wikitech Main_Page, a subtask of T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports, as Resolved.
Sep 5 2023, 8:08 PM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic

Aug 22 2023

Aklapper removed a project from T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports: Community-Tech-Tool-Labs.

(wikitech.wikimedia.org is a subproject of Cloud-Services so behavior is intended (guess it was made a subproject by using that broken script, see T342275))

Aug 22 2023, 9:50 AM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic
Qgil edited projects for T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports, added: wikitech.wikimedia.org; removed Cloud-Services.

(Sorry for the noise. Phabricator is lying. I'm not touching projects, only trying to remove myself silently.) 😅

Aug 22 2023, 8:24 AM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic
Qgil removed a project from T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports: Cloud-Services.
Aug 22 2023, 8:22 AM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic
Qgil edited projects for T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports, added: Cloud-Services; removed wikitech.wikimedia.org.
Aug 22 2023, 8:22 AM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic
Aklapper updated subscribers of T304380: Clarify RelEng support for WMF Community Resources Team on software-related grant applications.

this is now a task for July-Sept, as discussed during quarterly planning.

For the records, apart from 1 meeting to discuss things a bit, this task never happened as part of some quarterly "planning" in WMF.

Aug 22 2023, 6:45 AM · Release-Engineering-Team (Priority Backlog ����)
Aklapper added a project to T171577: Develop a long term vision for community managed scripts and gadgets: Developer-Outreach.

Oh wait, maybe maybe Developer-Outreach

Aug 22 2023, 6:19 AM · User-Jdlrobson, Developer-Outreach, Epic, Developer-Advocacy, JavaScript
Aklapper added a comment to T171577: Develop a long term vision for community managed scripts and gadgets.

For the records, after the Developer-Advocacy got dissolved I'm not aware of any WMF team for which this would be in scope

Aug 22 2023, 6:18 AM · User-Jdlrobson, Developer-Outreach, Epic, Developer-Advocacy, JavaScript
Aklapper added a project to T189496: Investigate workflow to identify recently active new volunteer technical contributors (to potentially invite to upcoming Hackathons / developer events): Developer-Outreach.
Aug 22 2023, 6:17 AM · Developer-Outreach, International-Developer-Events, Developer-Advocacy
Aklapper added a project to T212873: Document Scholarship Process in Hackathon Handbook: Developer-Outreach.
Aug 22 2023, 6:17 AM · Developer-Outreach, Developer-Advocacy, International-Developer-Events
Aklapper added a project to T213201: Add visa invitation template to hackathon handbook: Developer-Outreach.
Aug 22 2023, 6:17 AM · Developer-Outreach, Developer-Advocacy, International-Developer-Events
Aklapper added a project to T223943: Clarify policy on underage attendees at developer events (and related requirements): Developer-Outreach.
Aug 22 2023, 6:17 AM · Developer-Outreach, Developer-Advocacy, International-Developer-Events
Aklapper added a project to T235116: Update FSP / CoC section of hackathon handbook: Developer-Outreach.
Aug 22 2023, 6:17 AM · Developer-Outreach, Developer-Advocacy, International-Developer-Events
Aklapper closed T325934: Port "List of most used gadgets" Python script to query via MW Action API as Declined.

shrug - still makes sense but no idea which WMF team this would fall under

Aug 22 2023, 6:15 AM · Technical-Debt, Developer-Advocacy
Aklapper added a project to T334612: Investigate possibility of combining Tech News and Technical Community Newsletter: Developer-Outreach.
Aug 22 2023, 6:12 AM · Developer-Outreach, Developer-Advocacy, Goal
Aklapper archived Developer-Advocacy.
Aug 22 2023, 6:08 AM
Aklapper removed hashtags from Developer-Advocacy: #engineering-community, #devrel, #devad.
Aug 22 2023, 6:08 AM

Aug 21 2023

TBurmeister added a subtask for T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports: T344636: Revise Wikitech Main_Page.
Aug 21 2023, 6:30 PM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic
Restricted Application added a comment to T123425: [EPIC] Make wikitech more friendly for the multiple audiences it supports.

The Cloud-Services project tag is not intended to have any tasks. Please check the list on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/832/ and replace it with a more specific project tag to this task. Thanks!

Aug 21 2023, 6:28 PM · wikitech.wikimedia.org, Developer-Advocacy, Epic

Aug 14 2023

Aklapper changed the subtype of T121049: Track the GadgetUsage statistics over time from "Task" to "Feature Request".
Aug 14 2023, 2:38 PM · Developer-Advocacy, MediaWiki-extensions-Gadgets
Aklapper changed the subtype of T245737: Make an integrated automated tool that facilitates transitioning of templates and modules from one wiki to another from "Task" to "Feature Request".
Aug 14 2023, 2:34 PM · Technical-Tool-Request, Developer-Advocacy, MediaWiki-Templates
Aklapper added a project to T164222: Create a tool to audit onwiki gadget code: Technical-Tool-Request.
Aug 14 2023, 2:28 PM · Technical-Tool-Request, Better Use Of Data, Developer-Advocacy, MediaWiki-extensions-Gadgets

Aug 3 2023

Frostly created T343444: Reintroduce the Google Season of Docs program.
Aug 3 2023, 12:26 PM · Tech-Docs-Team
srishakatux closed T321844: Do outreach to grow the list of new- and volunteer-contributor-friendly projects as Declined.

This task was supposed to be part of the Developer-Advocacy team's efforts. The group no longer exists. If the need arises again to grow the list of projects at Wikimedia-Developer-Portal, the Tech-Docs-Team who owns the portal might be the right team to reach out to.

Aug 3 2023, 12:16 AM · Developer-Advocacy
srishakatux closed T312164: Review projects listed on mw:New_Developers (2023), a subtask of T321844: Do outreach to grow the list of new- and volunteer-contributor-friendly projects, as Declined.
Aug 3 2023, 12:11 AM · Developer-Advocacy

Jul 28 2023

dr0ptp4kt closed T117383: Communicate how to contact Reading team, a subtask of T115853: Every WMF engineering team should have a "Contact" section on its public wiki page, as Invalid.
Jul 28 2023, 3:42 PM · User-AKlapper, CommRel-Documentation, Documentation, Developer-Advocacy

Jul 15 2023

AlexisJazz added a comment to T121049: Track the GadgetUsage statistics over time.

@nskaggs I agree, I designed GUS2wiki to allow multiple people to run it. (it detects if the page has been updated recently and skips it in that case) I also agree about a human as the primary runner being problematic, but whatcha gonna do.

Jul 15 2023, 1:37 AM · Developer-Advocacy, MediaWiki-extensions-Gadgets