Followup: As previously mentioned, the public conversation "office hours" for the Wikimedia Enterprise API project's *2022 Financial report & product update, *was held yesterday.
For those who were interested but unable to attend, a recording of this 1h40m meeting - including timecodes for all questions/topics discussed - is now available on on Commons and embedded in the project's talkpage: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise#February_2023_Community_conversation_focusing_on_the_finance_report Thank you to all who participated. * Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]* Senior Program Manager for *Enterprise,* *Campaigns, & WikiCite* Wikimedia Foundation On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 at 14:21, Liam Wyatt <lwy...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello Sam, thank you for the kind words. > > And also thank you to Chris and Martin for yours. > > > With regards to the “optimizations” mentioned in the product update: usage > change over the course of 2022 wasn’t really the motivating factor here > (given it’s only been one year so we’re fully expecting fluctuations), It’s > more about trying to increase the system’s efficiency and limit areas where > things could break at scale - in preparation for future demand. There has > been some increase in costs over the 2022 calendar year, as shown in the > finance report’s bar-graph and associated paragraph, but that was primarily > due to staffing changes, not hosting costs. > > Our initial system architecture focused heavily on Wikipedia database > dumps and now we’re focusing on expanding the “realtime” data feeds. We > decided to rebuild the architecture to look more like an event-based > system, to work alongside exported-data products, instead of adding on more > services on top of the dump generation. > > As mentioned in the product update, for those interested in this topic > there are quarterly summaries of the technical work on the project’s > MediaWiki page: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise#Updates But, if you’d > like to talk through the implementation details and the thinking behind it, > then the best format is a real-time conversation. I encourage you to come > to the “office hours” public meeting this Friday - etails at the top of the > project page on Meta. Even if you can’t make it to that, we’ll make sure to > discuss the product update and I’ll be uploading the recording afterwards > to Commons, with a timecoded summary of the conversation. > > Sincerely, > > Liam > > > On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 at 23:29, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chris - My thoughts exactly. A satisfying report: useful, informative, >> densely linked. >> >> TLDR: revenue at 2% of the WMF total; projected to be cashflow positive >> this year. >> 9 FTEs, up-to-date landing page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>, even headshot >> photos for a majority of the team. >> (And a subtle reminder that we should consider doing something awesome >> with a community-led merch store!) >> >> Liam - for the product update, I'm curious how hosting costs + usage have >> changed over the year (and implications for what we learn to optimize) >> >> SJ >> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:16 AM Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Liam! That looks admirably clear and very thorough - would be >>> great to see this level of detail and transparency in other aspects of the >>> WMF's work >>> >>> Chris/ The Land >>> >>> On Tue, 7 Feb 2023, 14:35 Liam Wyatt, <lwy...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> Following the initial announcement and project launch in 2021, and >>>> press release about first customers in 2022, the Wikimedia Enterprise team >>>> has today published the *first financial report* and a summary of a >>>> forthcoming *product update*. >>>> >>>> This has been published today on the Diff blog, here: >>>> >>>> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/07/wikimedia-enterprise-financial-report-product-update/ >>>> [also available in German >>>> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/de/2023/02/07/wikimedia-enterprise-finanzbericht-und-produktupdates/> >>>> ] >>>> >>>> One of the principles >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles> of >>>> the Wikimedia Enterprise project has been “the publication of overall >>>> revenue and expenses, differentiated from those of the Wikimedia Foundation >>>> in general, at least annually”. We are therefore proud to present the >>>> inaugural edition of the Wikimedia Enterprise financial report – covering >>>> the calendar-year 2022, its first year of operations. >>>> >>>> The update also includes a description of some of the API features that >>>> have been under development. While the primary use-case is companies which >>>> consistently require very high-speed updates of very large amounts of >>>> Wikimedia content, it is important to note that there are several >>>> free-access methods. >>>> >>>> If you have written questions or comments about the update, please >>>> share them on the project’s talkpage >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise> on Meta. >>>> As described in the blogpost, we consider this report covering the 2022 >>>> calendar year to be a “beta” version. We are actively seeking feedback >>>> about how its structure, content, and explanations can be improved for the >>>> next edition in late 2023, which will cover the 2022-23 fiscal year. >>>> >>>> >>>> If you prefer real-time conversation: A public meeting will be hosted >>>> by the Enterprise team this Friday, February 10 @1900 UTC to discuss this >>>> announcement - details on the project homepage >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>. >>>> >>>> If you have any other questions please consult the FAQ >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ>. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> * Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]* >>>> >>>> Senior Program Manager >>>> for *Enterprise,* *Campaigns, & WikiCite* >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/DVYUXJMRGYUKRZI6VRUVW2JKPU27QDF3/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/MDW4LVJFKC2KVHTMMNMUN6ZV3FKRM6H7/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW2DEBSZE5736AXUSEQEE37UL5FTWMRW/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > >
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