WikiSquad/Meeting/02 01 2015

WikiSquad meeting
Workgroup	WikiSquad
Date	Fri 2 January 2015
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Venue	Café Altérez-vous
Address	Place des Brabançons 6a 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
City
Attendees	Manu, HgO, Damiens, Vincent L, Fred M, tierce
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Pad

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Minutes

As a reminder, here is the list of projects from GA reporting :

• Upgrade MediaWiki to version 1.25+
  • The 1.25.0 stable release is expected to come out on Wednesday, May 27th 2015
  • Install it on a test server (Lab) ?
• Visual editor
• Calendar :
  • @see http://wiki.gentilsvirus.org for an example of integration
  • ? later use the same application than http://www.agendadulibre.org/
  • ? connection with openstreetmap
• Finalise bilingual templates
  • Wiki as a training tool : the "Pirate School"
  • Wiki as an information tool
  • Improve http://wiki.pirateparty.be/index.php/Template:Bilingual for the statutes ?
• Improve templates and forms

The Wiki is one of the main support tools for the Pirates. The Wiki is a knowledge management and structuring tool. It's the main source of information. Inspiration to be taken from Wikipedia and Gentils Virus (http://wiki.gentilsvirus.org ).

Infrastructure

? hackathon on Jan. 16th 2014 8pm

Needed features

at least 2 more copies of the server : one for failover and one for development lab.

Issue

(need to discuss this with the IT squad)

• bilingual wiki is an issue. We need a portal with one site for each language at least at the interface/design level
• server infrastructure
• database backup
• access rights on the server : who has the access rights ?
• stats about database and files + "inventaires"

Question

audience of the wiki ? Who uses the Wiki (vs FB for example) ?

Evolution

• interwiki (gentil virus, pp australia, p2p foundation... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_links ), semantic wiki @see Australian pirates : http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki + Brazilian pirates http://wiki.partidopirata.org
• drupal+wiki seems to be a common solution : http://pirateparty.org.au
• calendar @see gentil virus

Goals

• RESILIENCE :
  • Dump of the Wiki (Database + Files) in case of issues + The "Lab" before January 16th
  • manual then automatic backup procedure (project for the hackathon ?)
• SERVICE FOR PIRATES :
  • Interactions with BXL and Namur Crews about the usage of the wiki and the tools they need
  • set priorities according to the real needs of the Pirates
  • help the Community Squad to buil a Wiki page to help the crews
  • help the GA squad to put the updated statutes on the Wiki
• OPTIMISATION :
  • Add new features to make the usage of the wiki easier/clearer : calendar, templates, forms, categories...
• TRAINING/PROMOTION :
  • Organize Workshops to help Pirates to use the Wiki
  • Update help pages
• MAINTENANCE :
  • Upgrade after the release of MediaWiki 1.25 (June or July 2015) + Visual editor
• SPREADING/NETWORKING :
  • contact WikiMedia foundation, Gentils Virus, Australian and Brazilian Pirates
  • implements Intewiki links