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.
Recent Posts
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.
Propose sessions and projects for Wikimedia Hackathon 2022!
It’s time to start proposing sessions and projects for hacking at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2022!
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.
Toolforge Jobs Framework
By Arturo Borrero González, Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Cloud Services Team This post continues the discussion of Toolforge updates as…
Toolforge GridEngine Debian 10 Buster migration
In accordance with our operating system upgrade policy, we should migrate our servers to Debian Buster.
Toolforge and Grid Engine
By Arturo Borrero González, Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Cloud Services Team One of the most important and successful products provided…
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.
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.
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.