Re: [Wikitech-l] Alexa?

2015-07-27 Thread Dmitry Brant
Sorry for the delayed response. It looks like looking up facts from Wikipedia is already built into the Amazon Echo device (running Alexa). Check out this introduction video (skip to 3:10): https://youtu.be/ZxXWphy6Rs4 On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Adam Baso wrote: > Magnus, I'm going t

[Wikitech-l] Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread Adam Baso
Hi all, James Forrester, Florian, and I met Wednesday, 22-July-2015 to discuss the Editing roadmap, with the backdrop of editing modes available in mobile web and apps but both the mobile web and apps teams now being in the Reading department. Notes: * FY 2015-2016: active Editing development for

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Cross-Post: Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread Pine W
Adam, I'm happy to hear that VE is coming to mobile web. I'd like to know more about what the plans are for user testing of VE on mobile. Would that happen in late Q2 at the earliest, and how much emphasis will there be on user testing mobile VE while it's in beta? My prime interest is in making

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Cross-Post: Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread James Forrester
[Un-duplicate posting. Unless it's an announcement or critically-urgent, please don't ever do that.] On 27 July 2015 at 11:27, Pine W wrote: > I'm happy to hear that VE is coming to mobile web. > ​It's not "coming" (it's been available for tablet users for 18 months); it's being​ improved ​. Onc

Re: [Wikitech-l] [ Writing a MediaWiki extension for deployment ]

2015-07-27 Thread Paula
Hi, I've finished the extension for Mediawiki-Latch integration. Should I upload it somewhere to be reviewed? ​Thanks for your time . ​Cheers​ , Paula. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Paula wrote: > Perfect, > thanks! > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:51 PM, bawolff wrote: > >> Yes, you can a

Re: [Wikitech-l] [ Writing a MediaWiki extension for deployment ]

2015-07-27 Thread Thomas Mulhall
Hi yes please request that a repo be created for you here https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/New_repositories/Requests Once it is created by one of the admins you can upload to gerrit. On Monday, 27 July 2015, 20:25, Paula wrote: Hi, I've finished the extension for Mediawiki-Latch

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Cross-Post: Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread Pine W
James, Thanks. I have a follow up question regarding project management in general. When the length of time for development and testing are unbounded so that product quality is the principal goal, how do you forecast needs for human resources and financial resources? Thanks, Pine On Jul 27, 2015

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Cross-Post: Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread James Forrester
On 27 July 2015 at 14:44, Pine W wrote: > James, > > Thanks. > ​ > I have a follow up question regarding project management in general. When the length of time for development and testing are unbounded > so that product quality is the principal goal, how do you forecast needs > for human resourc

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Cross-Post: Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread Pine W
James, Thanks, that's an interesting answer. Lots of fields other than software struggle with similar issues. For example, I can't remember the last time a major aerospace manufacturer managed to design and build one of their flagship products on schedule, and major public transportation projects

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Cross-Post: Editing + Reading Meeting Notes

2015-07-27 Thread Brian Wolff
> If it wouldn't be a distraction from other priorities, I'm wondering if > project management could be the subject of a Tech Talk sometime. (Cc'ing > Rachel who I believe coordinates Tech Talks.) > > Thanks, > > Pine > You mean like "Kanban: An alternative to Scrum?" https://www.youtube.com/watch