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Modernizing our tech stack for serving maps at Wikipedia

Mediawiki allows editors to contribute with geospatial content. Learn more about the internals of the map technology we use and the improvements introduced.
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Posted on: May 6, 2022 Last updated on: May 6, 2022 Comments: 0 Yiannis Giannelos

What it takes to parse MediaWiki page titles… in Rust

MediaWiki page titles are the primary identifiers for all wiki content – learn how they are validated, normalized and parsed and what it took to do so in Rust.
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Posted on: April 26, 2022 Last updated on: April 27, 2022 Comments: 0 Kunal Mehta
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Propose sessions and projects for Wikimedia Hackathon 2022!

It’s time to start proposing sessions and projects for hacking at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2022!
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Posted on: April 13, 2022 Last updated on: April 13, 2022 Comments: 0 Tricia Burmeister
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Wikimedia Hackathon 2022: save the date and apply for grants and scholarships now!

The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on May 20-22, 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world.
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Posted on: March 18, 2022 Last updated on: March 18, 2022 Comments: 1 Tricia Burmeister

Toolforge Jobs Framework

By Arturo Borrero González, Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Cloud Services Team This post continues the discussion of Toolforge updates as…
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Posted on: March 18, 2022 Last updated on: March 16, 2022 Comments: 0 Arturo Borrero Gonzalez

Toolforge GridEngine Debian 10 Buster migration

In accordance with our operating system upgrade policy, we should migrate our servers to Debian Buster.
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Posted on: March 16, 2022 Last updated on: March 16, 2022 Comments: 0 Arturo Borrero Gonzalez

Toolforge and Grid Engine

By Arturo Borrero González, Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Cloud Services Team One of the most important and successful products provided…
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Posted on: March 14, 2022 Last updated on: March 14, 2022 Comments: 0 Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
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Pawing around with PAWS: recent updates to Wikimedia Cloud Services’ Jupyter notebooks instance

Learn more about recent updates to PAWS: A Web Service, Wikimedia Cloud Services’ Jupyter notebooks instance.
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Posted on: December 6, 2021 Last updated on: December 6, 2021 Comments: 0 Chico Venancio and WMCS Team

Wikipedia and Apps: A Love Story

Wikimedia Foundation’s apps are an essential piece to meet our “this is for everyone” design principle. Wikimedia apps are designed with the philosophy of mobile first in mind.
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Posted on: December 3, 2021 Last updated on: December 3, 2021 Comments: 0 Robin Schönbächler, Carolyn Li-Madeo, Sudhanshu Gautam and Volker Eckl
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How we learned to stop worrying and loved the (event) flow

This is part one of a three part series on the Wikidata Query Service.
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Posted on: November 10, 2021 Last updated on: November 10, 2021 Comments: 0 Zbyszko Papierski
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