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Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastRichard Heigl and Markus Glaser 🕑 2 hours 6 minutes Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser (pictured, left to right) are two of the three founders and heads of the German consulting Hallo Welt!, along with Anja Ebersbach. Hallo Welt! is best known for producing the MediaWiki-based software BlueSpice. Links for some of the topics discussed: BlueSpice BlueSpice 5.0 announcement, April 2025 BlueSpice release history BlueSpice Docker installation guide Cognitive Process Designer MediaWiki extension Checklists MediaWiki extension Checklist (or BlueSpiceChecklist) MediaWiki extension AboutBlueSpice MediaWiki extension CollabPads MediaWiki extension "Warum Barrierefreiheit so viel kostet" ("Why accessibility costs so much"), July 2025 article in Linux Magazin tha...2025-07-162h 06Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMarijn van Wezel🕑 55 minutes Marijn van Wezel is a part-time developer at the MediaWiki consulting company Wikibase Solutions. He is also working on a master's degree in computer science at Radboud University Nijmegen. Links for some of the topics discussed: Marijn's user page on mediawiki.org Wikibase Solutions WSSlots MediaWiki extension CookieConsent MediaWiki extension CookieWarning MediaWiki extension WikiGuard MediaWiki extension ArrayFunctions MediaWiki extension "Making your wiki Parsoid-compatible with ArrayFunctions" (talk by Marijn van Wezel and Jimmy van Delft at MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop Spring 2025) WSSpaces MediaWiki extension MWUnit MediaWiki extension 2025-07-0154 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastEdward Chernenko🕑 50 minutes Edward Chernenko is a software developer, with extensive experience in MediaWiki development and consulting. He is also the administrator of Absurdopedia, a Russian-language humor wiki that is part of the loosely-affiliated Uncyclopedia family. Links for some of the topics discussed: Абсурдопедия (Absurdopedia) Uncyclopedia Edward Chernenko user page on mediawiki.org Moderation MediaWiki extension AWS MediaWiki extension CreatePageUw MediaWiki extension 2025-06-0349 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 29🕑 31 minutes (Star-studded) highlights from five recent episodes! Trevor Parscal says the Wikimedia Foundation has become political, Selena Deckelmann sheds light on her management approach, Jonathan Lee complains about Fandom's tactics, Denny Vrandečić disputes the idea that Abstract Wikipedia could replace regular Wikipedia, Ward Cunningham recounts coming up with the name "wiki", and more!2025-05-2230 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastLuca Mauri🕑 1 hour 21 minutes Luca Mauri is an IT manager who in his free time runs the Italian-language Star Trek wiki WikiTrek - which in turn gets much of its data from another wiki, DataTrek, which runs on MediaWiki in conjunction with Wikibase. Links for some of the topics discussed: Luca Mauri homepage WikiTrek DataTrek "Star Trek" article on English Wikipedia PageToGitHub MediaWiki extension RecentActivity MediaWiki extension Wiki2Ban MediaWiki extension 2025-05-061h 14Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastEpisode 181: Cindy Cicalese🕑 1 hour 21 minutes Cindy Cicalese is a principal engineer for the Developer Experience Group at the Wikimedia Foundation - but not for long, because she is leaving soon to go work at the startup Selfii, as their MediaWiki architect. Although not before serving as the general chair for the upcoming MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop (May 14-16 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA!). Links for some of the topics discussed: MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop Spring 2025 Selfii PluggableAuth MediaWiki extension 2025-04-251h 20Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastDenny Vrandečić🕑 2 hours 6 minutes Denny Vrandečić is the Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as a visiting professor at King's College London. He is the is main creator of the Wikimedia sites Wikidata and Wikifunctions and co-creator of the MediaWiki extension Semantic MediaWiki; he also leads the project to create the so-called "Abstract Wikipedia". This is his second time on the podcast. Links for some of the topics discussed: SPINACH ("SPARQL-based Information NAvigation for CHallenging real-world questions on Wikidata") Wikidata Walkabout Wikifunctions "Sketching a path to Abstract Wikipedia", Wikifunctions update, December 2024 Abstr...2025-04-082h 06Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWard Cunningham🕑 1 hour 25 minutes Ward Cunningham is the inventor of wikis (although he prefers to use the mass noun "wiki"), which started with his website WikiWikiWeb in 1995; by an incredible coincidence, this episode is being released on the exact 30th anniversary of the launch of WikiWikiWeb. Ward is also a computer science pioneer, and was heavily involved in the development of design patterns and agile programming. Since 2011, he has headed the development of the software Federated Wiki, originally known as Smallest Federated Wiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: Ward Cunningham Wikipedia article c2.com - Cu...2025-03-251h 25Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJonathan Lee🕑 1 hour 39 minutes Jonathan Lee is the director of the MediaWiki-based wiki hosting company Weird Gloop. Links for some of the topics discussed: Weird Gloop "Why we're helping more wikis move away from Fandom" (October 2024 blog post) The RuneScape wiki OSRS ("Old School RuneScape") Wiki Fandom RuneScape Grand Market tutorial video from 2017 "How to Make an Old Fashioned" (Mahalo.com instructional video from 2010) 2025-03-111h 39Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastYaron Koren🕑 37 minutes It's a BTB Digest episode! Bertrand Gorge lists his favorite extensions, Stephen Harrison contrasts himself with the characters in his novel, Richard Knipel justifies the Wikimedia Movement Charter, Tom Arrow (and others) consider the current state of Wikibase, Brian Wolff defends his old boss at the WMF, and more!2025-02-2536 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastSelena Deckelmann🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Selena Deckelmann has been the Chief Product and Technology Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation since 2022. Before that, she worked for around 10 years at the Mozilla Foundation, eventually reaching the position of Senior Vice President, Firefox. Links for some of the topics discussed: Mozilla Foundation Wikipedia article Media knowledge beyond Wikipedia: Response from the Selena Deckelmann, CPTO at the Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Commons talk page discussion) "Wikipedia’s value in the age of generative AI" (July 2023 blog post by Selena) Abstract Wikipedia project page on Meta-Wiki 2025-02-111h 10Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastTrevor Parscal🕑 1 hour 27 minutes Former Wikimedia Foundation developer Trevor Parscal returns to the podcast to talk about the happy (to many) news that Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a double life sentence for having created and run the "dark web" website Silk Road, was just released from prison. We also talk about the state of U.S. politics in general, and what it means for the tech world - and for Wikipedia. Links for some of the topics discussed: Ross Ulbricht Wikipedia article "More Speech and Fewer Mistakes" (Meta blog post, January 2025) "What is ‘debanking’ and why are...2025-01-281h 26Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBrian Wolff🕑 1 hour 15 minutes Brian Wolff returns for a third episode! The security expert and longtime MediaWiki developer talks about his latest development projects, and Wikimedia goings-on, past and present. Links for some of the topics discussed: "New Calculator template brings interactivity at last" (Wikipedia Signpost article by Brian Wolff, January 2025) Calculator template on English-language Wikipedia BMI calculator on "Body mass index" article "John Travoltage" online electricity simulator "NPR boss Katherine Maher opposed ‘free and open’ approach at Wikipedia: ‘White male Westernized construct’" (New York Post article, April 2024) "Katherine Maher’s Color Revolution" (City Journal article, April 2024) W...2025-01-151h 15Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAdam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde🕑 1 hour 42 minutes Adam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde (pictured, left to right) show up together for the final episode of 2024! Adam (username Addshore) returns for his second appearance; he has since left Wikimedia Deutschland and now works at Lightbug. Tom and Ollie remain at Wikimedia Deutschland, both working on Wikibase development, with a focus on Wikibase Cloud and the Wikibase API, respectively. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Deutschland Lightbug "Alcohol preferences in Europe" Wikipedia article Wikibase Cloud "Visualizing Wikibase connections, using wikibase.world" (October 2024 blog post by Adam) Wikimedia API por...2024-12-311h 42Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastRichard Knipel🕑 1 hour 19 minutes Richard Knipel (username Pharos) returns, for a special holiday-esque episode! He talks about recent developments with Wikispore, the Wikimedia Movement Charter, and Wikimedia New York City; and then we listen to some freely-licensed music from Wikimedia Commons. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Movement Charter Wikispore "Grant project for Wikinews" proposal "World AIDS Day 2024 is marked around the world" (Wikinews article mostly written by Richard) "Wikicurious" Wikimedia NYC events WikiConference North America 2025 New Years Eve Cosmic Turtle Drop + Public Domain Film Festival (December 31, 2024) The music: Movement I ("Modéré") from the S...2024-12-171h 18Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastYaron Koren🕑 26 minutes It's another BTB Digest, with clips from five recent episodes! Brent Laabs recounts the abortive renaming of Miraheze, Alex Stinson considers the uniqueness of different language Wikipedias, Paul Cereghino notes the challenges of finding wiki editors in the government, Valerio Bozzolan argues for putting conference videos on PeerTube, Asaf Bartov warns about "weaponized AI" on Wikipedia, and more.2024-12-0325 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastStephen Harrison🕑 1 hour Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including dozens of articles for the online magazine Slate as part of his Source Notes column. He is the author of the 2024 novel The Editors, which is about a group of editors of the fictional user-editable online encyclopedia "Infopendium" who are drawn together by dramatic events. Links for some of the topics discussed: Stephen Harrison website Source Notes blog/newsletter Stephen Harrison's list of Wikipedia-related articles More comprehensive list Reddit /r/pics subreddit (my apologies for casting aspersions - it...2024-11-191h 00Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBertrand Gorge🕑 1 hour 9 minutes Bertrand Gorge is the co-founder of Triple Performance, a (currently) French-language-only wiki that holds resources for farmers. He also co-runs the company Neayi, which manages Triple Performance. Links for some of the topics discussed: Triple Performance Neayi "Rotations en grandes cultures" (Triple Performance article about crop rotation) Neayi GitHub account Triple Performance Google Spreadsheets add-on Triple Performance Docker image 2024-11-051h 08Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAsaf Bartov🕑 1 hour 10 minutes Asaf Bartov is the lead program officer for the Emerging Wikimedia Communities project of the Community Development Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He also runs Project Ben-Yehuda, which has been putting Hebrew-language texts online since 1999, and the Nemala project, which publishes Hebrew translations of Ukrainian-language works. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Wikimania 2019 - Asaf Bartov" (episode of the podcast Scuola di Pensiero) Project Ben-Yehuda Nemala initiative WMF Community Development Team WikiLearn Wikimania 2023 program "Defending our wikis against weaponized generative AI" (talk by Asaf at Wikimania CEE Meeting 2024) 2024-10-231h 09Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastValerio Bozzolan🕑 1 hour 42 minutes Valerio Bozzolan is a software developer and Linux administrator, as well as the president of the Italian Linux Society, the founder and head of Wikimedians for Software Freedom, a member of the volunteer technical commission of Wikimedia Italy, and an open source consultant for Wikimedia Switzerland. Links for some of the topics discussed: Istituto tecnico industriale statale Amedeo Avogadro (Italian Wikipedia article) Chiedi il rimborso del sistemo (in)operativo! ("Ask for a refund for the (non-)operating system!") PeerTube Wikimedians for software freedom "2021:Present and future" page "2022:Present and future" page FLOSS-Exchange lis...2024-10-081h 41Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastPaul Cereghino🕑 1 hour 7 minutes Paul Cereghino is a restoration ecologist for the U.S. federal government, where he also supports the development and adminstration of the Salish Sea Restoration wiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: Salish Sea Restoration wiki Salish Sea Wikipedia article "Do you love seafood? Here's how to eat it responsibly" (NPR article, September 2024) "I Want To Eat Fish Responsibly. But The Seafood Guides Are So Confusing!" (NPR article, March 2017) List of all restoration efforts 2024-09-251h 06Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastYaron Koren🕑 23 minutes It's another BTB Digest, with highlights from five recent episodes. Jeffrey Wang discusses competing for European users, Taavi Väänänen describes the RealMe extension, Megan Cutrofello defends video game wikis with "spoilers", Moritz Schubotz analyzes MediaWiki as a math publishing tool, Viktor Schelling reminisces on the early days of a consulting company, and more!2024-09-1123 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAlex Stinson🕑 2 hours Alex Stinson is Lead Program Strategist for the Campaigns Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team WikiProjects Campaign PetScan List-Building Tool Research on Language-Agnostic Topic Classification Esperanza (2005-2006 project on Wikipedia) CampaignEvents MediaWiki extension Programs & Events Dashboard description Programs & Events Dashboard 2024-08-271h 59Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBrent Laabs🕑 1 hour 35 minutes Brent Laabs (user name Labster) is chair of the board and acting president of the WikiTide Foundation, the nonprofit foundation that runs the wiki farm Miraheze. Links for some of the topics discussed: Miraheze WikiTide Foundation Between the Brackets Episode 31: John Lewis All The Tropes wiki Miraheze-WikiTide merger FAQ Requests for Comment/Reorganization of Miraheze (December 2023) Requests for Comment/Miraheze's name and branding (April 2024) WikiForge DynamicPageList3 MediaWiki extension Miraheze finance page Miraheze donation page 2024-08-141h 35Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastViktor Schelling🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Viktor Schelling is the Senior Principal MediaWiki Developer at Pegasystems. Links for some of the topics discussed: Pegasystems Wikipedia article Wikibase Solutions FlexForm MediaWiki extension Open CSP 2024-05-071h 02Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMoritz Schubotz🕑 1 hour 28 minutes Dr. Moritz Schubotz (developer username Physikerwelt) is head of research at the mathematics department at FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. He is the author or co-author of the MediaWiki extensions Math and MathSearch, and the Mathoid application, among others. Links for some of the topics discussed: Dr. Moritz Schubotz CV and publications Math MediaWiki extension MathSearch MediaWiki extension MathML Wikipedia article MathJax Wikipedia article Mathoid The MaRDI (Mathematical Research Data Initiative) Portal (Wikibase instance) zbMATH Open Wikimedia Community User Group Math 2024-04-251h 27Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMegan Cutrofello🕑 1 hour 43 minutes Megan Cutrofello, better known as River, returns to the podcast. She is a freelance wiki developer who has worked with Gamepedia, Fandom and wiki.gg, among others. Links for some of the topics discussed: wiki.gg "What's going on with gaming communities moving from Fandom to Wiki.gg?" (2023 Reddit thread) River Writes blog The Sea of Thieves Wiki DRUID (Data Representation Ultra Infobox Design) infoboxes 2024-04-091h 42Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 25🕑 21 minutes It's a BTB Digest episode! Hear clips from five recent episodes. Steve Schneider describes his remarkably AI-centered approach to teaching, Birgit Müller boasts about her team's success in improving code review, Srishti Sethi considers the usefulness of developer outreach programs, Alan Ang lists the steps in getting a knowledge base onto Wikidata, Guillaume Coulombe compares MediaWiki expertise to martial arts, and more!2024-03-2621 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastYaron Koren🕑 38 minutes Taavi Väänänen is a site reliability engineer in the Wikimedia Cloud Services team at the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2022, when he was still just a volunteer contributor, he was named Tech Contributor of the Year by Jimmy Wales. Links for some of the topics discussed: Taavi Väänänen homepage Wikimedia Toolforge CentralAuth MediaWiki extension RealMe MediaWiki extension "Fediverse" Wikipedia article 2024-03-1237 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJeffrey Wang🕑 1 hour 28 minutes Jeffrey Wang returns to the podcast to talk about his new-ish job at Microsoft, his much older job as head of MyWikis, the upcoming MediaWiki conference, AI, and various other things. Some of the topics discussed: MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference 2024 MyWikis MyWikis Europe "Why People Don't Like Fandom Wikis" (2022 blog post) "Microsoft Azure is a ~$56 billion business" (Runtime article) "MediaWiki @ Microsoft" (talk by Jeffrey at EMWCon Spring 2023) Canasta GitHub Copilot 2024-02-271h 28Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastGuillaume Coulombe🕑 1 hour 9 minutes Guillaume Coulombe is the head of Procédurable, a process consulting company with a focus on open source software and open data, and an even more specific focus on MediaWiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: Procédurable Arbre-Évolution Coop "Understanding wiki collaboration in Quebec healthcare organizations" (2012 paper by Régis Barondeau) Wiki maraîcher "Autoconstruction" (DIY) portal Fab Labs Québec Le violon de Jos Collection of songs 2024-02-131h 08Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAlan Ang and Kris Litson🕑 1 hour 13 minutes Alan Ang and Kris Litson (pictured, left to right) are both employees at Wikimedia Deutschland, the German Wikimedia chapter: Alan is a partner manager for Wikidata, while Kris is head of software communications. The two are both involved in evangelism for both Wikidata and its backend software, Wikibase. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikidata Wikibase "Linked open data" on Wikipedia Wikidata REST API Wikibase Cloud Wikimedia Deutschland data partnerships (includes contact email address) List of some current partners Wikidata entries tagged as "big city" Wikidata Mismatch Finder 2024-01-301h 12Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastSrishti Sethi🕑 52 minutes Srishti Sethi (also known as SrishAkaTux) is a developer advocate in the Language Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Prior to the mass reorganization at the Wikimedia Foundation in summer 2023, she was part of the Technical Engagement team. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia outreach programs Outreach programs success stories "Introducing Wishathon for Wikimedia’s Community Wishlist!" (December 2023 blog post) March 2024 online Wishathon event Language Team Phabricator workboard Wikimedia MinT (Machine in Translation) service "MinT: Supporting underserved languages with open machine translation" (June 2023 blog post) 2024-01-1651 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 24🕑 23 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Highlights from five recent episodes. Bryan Hilderbrand considers the future of scientific publishing, Jan Ainali thinks about solutions for Wikidata's messiness, Tricia Burmeister recounts the challenges of changing a wiki's front page, Ilias Sarantopoulos praises the new Lift Wing software, Alissa Stern explains how her wiki became a communications hub for the people of Bali, and more!2024-01-0222 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWilliam Beutler🕑 1 hour 8 minutes It's not quite a holiday episode, but it is an end-of-year wrapup, featuring William Beutler, strategic marketing consultant and author of the blog The Wikipedian, which went on hiatus in 2020 and is now thankfully back. William shares some of the stories that he's working on for his "Top 10 Wikipedia Stories of 2023" feature (his first year-in-review in three years!), and we reminisce on the past year, in both the Wikimedia universe and the tech world in general.2023-12-191h 07Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBirgit Müller🕑 55 minutes Birgit Müller is the Director of Product for MediaWiki and Developer Experiences at the Wikimedia Foundation. Before that, she was Director of Technical Engagement. From 2014 to 2019, she worked at Wikimedia Deutschland. Links for some of the topics discussed: Birgit's user page on mediawiki.org MediaWiki Product Insights Monthly MediaWiki Insights reports November 2023 report - includes statistics about review time improvements 2023-12-0654 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastSteve Schneider🕑 1 hour 52 minutes Steve Schneider is a professor of information design at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). He currently teaches a class, Digital Media and Information in Society, whose coursework is managed via Wikiversity and Wiki Edu, and also involves the use of ChatGPT by both teacher and students. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Mid-semester rookie report: Starting a wikiversity project & teaching a class with wikiedu assignments" (WikiConference North America 2023 talk) Digital Media and Information in Society course on Wikiversity Wiki Edu assignments for Digital Media and Information in...2023-11-211h 51Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAlissa Stern🕑 1 hour 5 minutes Alissa Stern founded the organization BASAbali (later renamed BASAibu) in 2011, and the BASAbali Wiki in 2014. The BASAbali Wiki was originally intended to serve only as a dictionary for the Balinese language, but it has since grown to become a general communication hub for the Balinese community. Links for some of the topics discussed: BASAbali Wiki BASAsulsel Wiki BASAibu Indonesian Superhero Luh Ayu Balinese-language Wikipedia "BASAbali Wiki Recognized by US Consulate" (February 2023 blog post, Bali Discovery) 2023-11-081h 04Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastIlias Sarantopoulos 🕑 1 hour 4 minutes Ilias Sarantopoulos is a Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been at the WMF since 2022. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Foundation Machine Learning team WMF machine learning modernization plan WMF machine learning model cards "Wikipedia's Moment of Truth" (The New York Times Magazine article, July 2023) Meta's No Language Left Behind (NLLB) project Model Drift & Decay 2023-10-241h 03Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastTricia Burmeister🕑 1 hour 23 minutes Tricia Burmeister is a senior technical writer at the Wikimedia Foundation, and part of the (relatively new) WMF Technical Documentation Team. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team Wikitech wiki main page restructuring diff Phabricator ticket that relates to this change MediaWiki Product Insights page Toolhub MintyDocs MediaWiki extension Documentation > Toolkit Documentation > Patterns > Landing page Huggle documentation page Wikifunctions site 2023-09-261h 22Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 23 🕑 21 minutes Clips from five recent episodes! Danielle Batson thinks about the future of genealogy, Ike Hecht considers the effect of AI on software, Tom Harriman describes the contents of Nuclepedia, Rita Ho praises the Content Translation tool, Allan Lim talks about becoming an amateur archaelogist, and more!2023-09-1320 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJan Ainali 🕑 60 minutes Jan Ainali is a codebase steward for the Foundation for Public Code. On the side, he's an all-around Wikimedia editor, enthusiast and evangelist, with a special focus on Wikidata. He co-founded the Wikimedia Sverige chapter, co-created the Wikidata-based online resource Govdirectory, and co-hosts the (mostly Swedish-language) podcast WikipediaPodden, and that's not even everything! Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Sverige WikipediaPodden Wikipedia Weekly live Wikidata editing playlist Foundation for Public Code Govdirectory Semantic Web Wikipedia article (with Tim Berners-Lee quote) Wikimedians for Sustainable Development OpenRefine Foundation for Public Code's Sta...2023-08-2959 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBryan Hilderbrand 🕑 1 hour 16 minutes Bryan Hilderbrand, MediaWiki consultant of TeGnosis and WikiWorks fame, is back on the podcast to talk about weighty matters like the future of science, the nature of truth, and whether periods need one or two spaces after them. Links for some of the topics discussed: SMWCon Spring 2023 Abstract Wikipedia > Google.org Fellows evaluation answer > Scribunto "What is Wikiask?" (WikiConference North America 2022 talk) Twitter/X Note ranking algorithm "No, California wildfires aren’t caused by space lasers, and experts want people to stop asking about it" (2021 San Francisco Chronicle article) Mike Hughes...2023-08-151h 15Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAllan Lim 🕑 1 hour 14 minutes Allan Lim is the founder of the wiki Beyond Angkor, which maps the locations of temples and other sites from the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia and surrounding countries. Links for some of the topics discussed: Beyond Angkor Beyond Angkor Facebook group Khmer Empire Wikipedia article Douglas Latchford Wikipedia article "Unveiling the ancient Khmer world: Beyond Angkor mapping out over 13K SEA temples" (June 2023 article in The Phnom Penh Post) 2023-08-011h 13Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastRita Ho 🕑 1 hour 12 minutes Rita Ho is the senior groups design manager at the Wikimedia Foundation. She was formerly a member of the Growth Team, and is still actively involved in growth-related projects. Links for some of the topics discussed: Growth team - feature summary (slideshow) Graph of active editors over time for the English-language Wikipedia Suggested edits feature Growth team newsletter #26 (May 2023; includes analysis of Suggested edits) Content translation tool Article creation for new editors Translation task for homepage project GrowthExperiments MediaWiki extension Welcome survey project 2023-07-181h 11Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastTom Harriman 🕑 1 hour 17 minutes Tom Harriman is a senior learning project manager at the technical training center of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He runs the NRC's wiki, Nuclepedia. Links for some of the topics discussed: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wikipedia article "Nuclepedia: Sharing Knowledge One Page At A Time" (EMWCon Spring 2020 talk, YouTube) Moodle Wikipedia article 2023-07-041h 16Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 22 🕑23 minutes It's a BTB Digest episode! Anton Krom thinks back to abandoning SharePoint in favor of MediaWiki, Bryan Hilderbrand finds a role for wikis in a world of AI, Ed Sanders reminisces on the early days of VisualEditor, Sanjay Thiyagarajan explains going without sleep at hackathons, and Sam Wilson describes the Phonos extension.2023-06-2122 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastIke Hecht 🕑 1 hour 15 minutes Ike Hecht, founder of the consulting company WikiTeq, is back to talk about weighty matters like AI, religion, and the singularity. Plus some pre-singularity thoughts on project management software and marketing. Links for some of the topics discussed: ELIZA Wikipedia article "Other Than In Computers, Civilization Basically Stopped Progressing In The 1960s" (2012 Business Insider article) Technological singularity Wikipedia article Zero to One Wikipedia article Blue Ocean Strategy Wikipedia article 2023-06-061h 15Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastDanielle Batson 🕑 58 minutes Danielle Batson is the wiki community manager for the non-profit organization FamilySearch, which is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Links for some of the topics discussed: FamilySearch FamilySearch Wikipedia article FamilySearch Research Wiki Family History Research Wiki Wikipedia article GoogleTranslator MediaWiki extension Replace Text MediaWiki extension Free online genealogy consultation from FamilySearch 2023-05-2357 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastSam Wilson 🕑 1 hour 18 minutes Sam Wilson is a senior software engineer in the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation. This is his second time on Between the Brackets. Links for some of the topics discussed: Community Tech team Phonos MediaWiki extension WikiEditor Realtime Preview feature UnlinkedWikibase extension UnlinkedWikibase 1-indexed array bug Wikispore Module:ExtensionJson on mediawiki.org "State of Canasta" - EMWCon 2023 talk by Jeffrey Wang 2023-04-251h 17Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastSanjay Thiyagarajan🕑 1 hour 2 minutes Sanjay Thiyagarajan (username: Techwizzie) is a full-stack developer at JP Morgan Chase who has also done a significant amount of MediaWiki extension development as an intern and consultant at WikiWorks, my MediaWiki consulting company. Links for some of the topics discussed: Sanjay's mediawiki.org user page GoogleDocCreator MediaWiki extension RegularTooltips extension PagePermissions extension WatchAnalytics extension AWS Graviton Hackathon project gallery GenieNet 2023-04-111h 01Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastEd Sanders 🕑 1 hour 23 minutes Ed Sanders is a Principal Software Engineer, as well as the tech lead, in the Editing Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been involved with developing the VisualEditor extension since 2013. He has also helped with developing other applications, like the DiscussionTools extension. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Foundation Editing Team VisualEditor VisualEditor on mobile Edit check project DiscussionTools Convenient Discussions JavaScript tool reply-link JavaScript tool Patch demo 2023-03-281h 23Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 21 🕑 22 minutes Have you missed any recent episodes? Well, here are some clips for you. Hear Eric Gardner defending Vue.js, Nathan Brewer praising computer scientists of the past, Simon Stier considering the complexities of nested data structures, Ariel Gutman advocating for one language for WikiFunctions, Waldir Pimenta recounting his adventures in translation, and more! 2023-03-1422 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBryan Hilderbrand 🕑 1 hour 42 minutes WikiWorks/TeGnosis consultant Bryan Hilderbrand returns to the podcast, to talk about the upcoming Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (April 19-21 in Austin, Texas), and various other topics. Links for some of the topics discussed: EMWCon Spring 2023 ChatGPT Wikipedia article WolframAlpha Wikipedia article Deep Thinking, 2017 book by Garry Kasparov EPIC 2014 (2004 video) Wikipedia article Abstract Wikipedia project page "The 20th anniversary of the rediscovery of calculus" (2014 blog post) Morton Effect (PDF file) WikiJournal User Group 2023-02-281h 41
The EcomXFactor Podcast: Ecommerce, Funnels & CROHow To Market To Senior Consumers? | Roy Koren & Yaron BeenRoy Koren is the Co-founder & CEO of SeniorMarket. Roy is an Aging and AgeTech marketing consultant that helps organizations and businesses with building strategies and marketing initiatives that target seniors. Topics Covered: -Why senior consumers? -The Aging Revolution - a new era in humankind: numbers, statistics, and forecasts -The aging population is diverse with many subgroups, aging's new image & terminology -Why are young grandmothers considered 'Super consumers'? - What are the post-Covid19 implications regarding marketing to seniors? And much more... For...2023-02-2748 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAnton Krom 🕑 1 hour 17 minutes Anton Krom is a longtime MediaWiki administrator and consultant. Links for some of the topics discussed: WikiTeq Wikiask Canasta Anton on Upwork 2023-02-141h 17Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWaldir Pimenta🕑 1 hour 44 minutes Waldir Pimenta is the co-founder of Wikimedia Portugal, and an active translator of core MediaWiki and extensions. He has also been involved in developing various Wikimedia-related tools. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Portugal Timeline of founding Cape Verdean Creole ("kea") translation statistics Unicode CLDR Project "Geeks and Nerds" xkcd comic tldr pages application Community roles document Indeed's FOSS Contributor Fund guidebook Emma Irwin and [Microsoft's] FOSS Fund Program (Sustain OSS podcast) GitHub Accelerator GiveDirectly Wikipedia article The Giving Pledge Wikipedia article Open Collective Foundation Toolforge abandoned tool policy Wikimate Medi...2023-01-311h 43Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAriel Gutman 🕑 1 hour 31 minutes Ariel Gutman is a senior software engineer at Google, as well as a linguist. From May to October 2022, he was one of a group of Fellows, supported by Google.org, who assisted in the design and development of Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia. Several months after that, he co-authored an "evaluation" that was somewhat critical of the project. Links for some of the topics discussed: Attributive constructions in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic, Ariel Gutman, 2018 Google.org fellowship announcement, April 2022 Demo of a Scribunto-based templatic NLG system (video) Rendering of curated Abstract Content Source dat...2023-01-171h 31Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastSimon Stier 🕑 1 hour 28 minutes Simon Stier is a researcher at Fraunhofer ISC in Germany, as well as a freelance software developer and consultant. He is the developer of the MediaWiki- and Semantic MediaWiki-based Open Semantic Lab platform. Links for some of the topics discussed: Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) Open Semantic Lab on GitHub "Robotic sense of touch enabled by dielectric elastomer sensors and machine learning" (video about research project), YouTube OpenSemanticLab MediaWiki extension "OpenSemanticLab - SMW for Science and R&D" talk by Simon at SMWCon 2022, YouTube Multi-Content Revisions in MediaWiki JSON Edi...2023-01-031h 27Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 20 🕑 22 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Hear highlights from five recent episodes. Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson discuss some tradeoffs in data structuring, Cindy Cicalese shares developments in authentication, Marc Laporte promotes the use of structured data (in Tiki), Jacqueline Wong describes the difficulties in running a video game wiki, William Beutler ponders whether people should donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, and more!2022-12-2021 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast2022 holiday special 🕑 48 minutes It's the 2022 holiday special! Featuring an all-star guest panel (Daisy Chen, Richard Knipel, Trevor Parscal and Denny Vrandečić) weighing in on the current Wikimedia sound logo competition. Hear their informed opinions! And if that wasn't enough, you can then listen to Lex Sulzer reminisce about jumping into snowy lakes.2022-12-0647 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastNathan Brewer 🕑 36 minutes Nathan Brewer is the archival and digital content manager at the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) History Center. He manages the IEEE's Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: IEEE Wikipedia article Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) ETHW Innovation Map ETHW Timeline IEEE Milestones Wiki List of IEEE Milestones Public Demonstration of Online Systems and Personal Computing, 1968 ("Mother of All Demos") Milestones selfies 2022-11-2236 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastEric Gardner 🕑 1 hour 8 minutes Eric Gardner is a senior software engineer on the Design Systems team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been heavily involved in the introduction of the Vue.js library into MediaWiki, and the creation of the related Codex library. Links for some of the topics discussed: Eric Gardner WMF page Eric's homepage WMF Design Systems Team Jekyll Wikipedia article 11ty (Eleventy) JS library RFC: Adopt a modern JavaScript framework for use with MediaWiki (2019) "Second-guessing the modern web" (Tom MacWright blog post) "Islands Architecture" (Jason Miller blog post) Astro web framework Wik...2022-11-081h 08Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWilliam Beutler🕑 1 hour 24 minutes William Beutler is the founder and president of the creative agency Beutler Ink, which, among other services, assists clients with their presence on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Previously, he ran the longtime blog The Wikipedian, and he has co-hosted several film podcasts. Links for some of the topics discussed: Beutler Ink William Beutler's personal Wikipedia account William's paid editing Wikipedia account Enter the Void podcast Primer episode Upstream Color episode The Wikipedian blog "Year in Review" category "Montgomerology" category "Wikipedia has Cancer" (essay by Guy Macon) Wikipedia and the Communications Professional: A primer "com...2022-10-251h 23Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJacqueline Wong 🕑 55 minutes Jacqueline Wong is a software developer who, in her free time, helps to host and maintain various video game-related wikis. Links for some of the topics discussed: Another Eden Wiki Another Eden Wiki:Discussion on Potential Fork "The online ad market is in decline and it’s dragging down tech giants with it" (CNN article, July 2022) Tears of Themis Wiki Dragalia Lost Wiki Mr. Love Wiki NIWA - Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance 2022-10-1154 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMarc Laporte 🕑 1 hour 5 minutes Marc Laporte is a longtime administrator of the Tiki application, the open source project also known as TikiWiki and Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. He also runs the related WikiSuite project, and the consulting company EvoluData. Links for some of the topics discussed: Marc Laporte homepage Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tiki Admin Group Tiki Trackers WikiSuite EvoluData 2022-09-271h 05Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 19🕑 26 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Clips from five recent episodes. Matthew Westerby explains the challenges of storing dates, Lionel Scheepmans extols Wikiversity, Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman ponder the future of Wikipedia in a mechanized world, Brian Wolff shares his thoughts on Asana, and Jake Orlowitz recounts the highs and (somewhat) lows of working on The Wikipedia Adventure.2022-09-1325 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastCindy Cicalese 🕑 1 hour 9 minutes Cindy Cicalese is a principal engineer for the Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as the general chair for the upcoming Semantic MediaWiki Conference, to be held October 26-28 in Breda, the Netherlands. She was the first-ever guest on this program, and now she's back for an all-new conversation. Links for some of the topics discussed: SMWCon Fall 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Platform Engineering Team PluggableAuth extension "Adding Multiple Identity Providers to PluggableAuth" initiative MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group WMF Inclusive Product Development initiative MediaWiki Cli (command-line interface) Keycloak Wikipedia article Net...2022-08-301h 09Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastLawrence McCray and Dave Anderson🕑 53 minutes Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson (left to right) are the founder and lead developer, respectively, of the site Protoball, a wiki about the prehistory and early history of baseball. Links for some of the topics discussed: Protoball "Doubleday myth" Wikipedia article List of Diggers Enhanced search page 2022-08-1652 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJake Orlowitz 🕑 1 hour 22 minutes Jake Orlowitz is the lead of the management consulting company WikiBlueprint. Before founding WikiBlueprint, he worked at the Wikimedia Foundation, where his projects included The Wikipedia Library and The Wikipedia Adventure. He has been open about his former struggles with mental health, and Wikipedia's role in helping him overcome them. He can be reached at jorlowitzATgmailDOTcom. Links for some of the topics discussed: Jake Orlowitz homepage "How Wikipedia Drove Professors Crazy, Made Me Sane, and Almost Saved the Internet" (Jake's chapter of Wikipedia@20, 2019) Welcome to the Circle: the Mental Health Boo...2022-08-021h 22Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBrian Wolff 🕑 1 hour 7 minutes Brian Wolff is back on the program - he was a longtime member of the Security team at the Wikimedia Foundation, then worked at Asana, and is now temporarily unemployed. He is still thankfully involved with MediaWiki as a volunteer developer. Links for some of the topics discussed: Asana Wikipedia article Abstract Wikipedia Wikipedia article Filecoin Wikipedia article "Blockchain: A game changer for audit processes" (Deloitte article) Vector 2022 MediaWiki skin Code review statistics for core MediaWiki 2022-07-191h 06Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAdam Baso and Julia Kieserman 🕑 1 hour 14 minutes Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman are both developers in the Abstract Wikipedia group at the Wikimedia Foundation; Adam is the director of engineering, while Julia is a senior software engineer. Links for some of the topics discussed: Abstract Wikipedia page on Meta-Wiki Wikifunctions Wikipedia article WikiLambda MediaWiki extension Not Wikilambda - Wikifunctions test site Abstract Wikipedia natural language generation proposal by Ariel Gutman July 2021 mailing list post by Dan Brickley about Cyc, the Semantic Web and Wikidata 2022-07-051h 13Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 18 🕑 30 minutes It's another BTB Digest episode! Mike Cariaso explains why you should use SQLite, Tyler Cipriani talks about teaching deployment to volunteers, Dror Snir-Haim compares translation options, Alex Hollender defends sticky headers, Kunal Mehta criticizes Bitcoin miners, and more!2022-06-2129 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastLionel Scheepmans 🕑 1 hour 38 minutes Lionel Scheepmans is a co-founder of the Wikimedia Belgium chapter, an open source and open knowledge activist, and a PhD student at the University of Louvain. He is also currently running for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Links for some of the topics discussed: Lionel Scheepmans page on Meta-Wiki Imagine un monde ("Imagine a world") - Lionel's PhD thesis PDF version Lionel's 2022 WMF elections candidacy page Rainbow Gathering Wikipedia article Universal basic income Wikipedia article 2022-06-071h 37Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMatthew Westerby 🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Matthew Westerby is the Robert H. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate for Digital Projects at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, a national art museum of the United States. He has been heavily involved in the creation of the wiki History of Early American Landscape Design. Links for some of the topics discussed: History of Early American Landscape Design National Gallery of Art Wikipedia article Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Keywords in American Landscape Design by Therese O'Malley HEALD Ima...2022-05-241h 11Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastKunal Mehta 🕑 57 minutes Kunal Mehta is back for a second appearance! Last time he was here, he was working for the Wikimedia Foundation; but now he is a Senior Software Engineer at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. (Though he is still a volunteer MediaWiki developer.) Links for some of the topics discussed: Freedom of the Press Foundation Freedom of the Press Foundation > Kunal Mehta Freedom of the Press Foundation > Erik Moeller SecureDrop Wikipedia article XKCD "free speech" comic Mastodon Wikipedia article "Edward Snowden NFT sells for more than $5.4 million" (The Verge 2021 article) The NFT...2022-05-1057 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastAlex Hollender 🕑 2 hours 18 minutes Alex Hollender is a product designer on the Reading Web team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been with the WMF since 2018. Links for some of the topics discussed: Create Build Destroy (fashion label) AltSchool Wikipedia article VideoWiki (now-archived MediaWiki extension) Desktop Improvements project Desktop Improvements talk page (comments welcome!) Vector 2022 skin "Blue whale" article on Vector skin upcoming features demo site The Humane Interface (UI book by Jef Raskin) Proposal for changing logo of MediaWiki, 2020/Round 1 Sharon Park Wikipedia Identity System (2019) 2022-04-262h 18Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastDror Snir-Haim 🕑 1 hour 20 minutes Dror Snir-Haim, or Dror Snir, also known as FreedomFighterSparrow, is the main developer of Kol-Zchut, a wiki (run by a nonprofit organization of the same name) dedicated to enumerating the rights and entitlements of citizens of Israel. Links for some of the topics discussed: Kol Zchut (כל-זכות) English-language site Arabic-language site Kolbotek Wikipedia article Kol Zchut Cargo tables Kol Zchut GitHub repository ArticleRanking MediaWiki extension 2022-04-121h 19Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 17🕑 29 minutes Clips from five recent episodes: Marshall Miller talks about gamification of Wikipedia editing, Jared Olson describes the U.S. Space Force wiki, Wolfgang Fahl mentions the three Cambridges, Florian Schmidt praises weekly software upgrades, Jay Prakash wishes for more hackathons, and more!2022-03-2928 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastTyler Cipriani 🕑 1 hour 13 minutes Tyler Cipriani is the engineering manager for release engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has worked at the WMF since 2015. Links for some of the topics discussed: Public Domain Day 2022 "How we deploy code" (2021 blog post by Tyler) Trainsperiment week "Diving Into Our Deployment Data: Deploy trainbows; not painbows" (2021 blog post by Tyler) Release engineering yak shaving Deployment training GitLab page on mediawiki.org Gerrit to GitLab Phorge (Phabricator fork) "Job Interviews By Zombies" (2022 blog post by Tyler) Release Engineering job opening Tyler Cipriani > Brewing 2022-03-151h 12Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMike Cariaso 🕑 1 hour 33 minutes Mike Cariaso is back, as the first-ever repeat guest on Between the Brackets! Mike is the co-creator (with Greg Lennon) of the wiki SNPedia, and the associated software Promethease, which matches an individual human genome sequence against the data in SNPedia. In 2019, Mike and Greg sold SNPedia and Promethease to the Israeli genealogy company MyHeritage. Links for some of the topics discussed: SNPedia SNPedia Wikipedia article "MyHeritage Acquires Promethease and SNPedia" (2019 press release) Cost per human genome graph MediaWiki SQLite support Rust (programming language) Wikipedia article Raku (programming language) Wikipedia art...2022-03-011h 32Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJay Prakash 🕑 1 hour 24 minutes Jay Prakash is the co-founder of both the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group and Indic-TechCom. At the 2021 Wikimania, he was named one of five Wikimedians of the Year, in the category of "Tech Innovator". He is also a college student and part-time MediaWiki consultant. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Meet Jay Prakash: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 Tech Innovator winner" (Wikimedia Foundation blog post) Jay's 2019 Google Summer of Code project CountDownClock MediaWiki extension Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group Indic-TechCom Indic-OCR "Uplifting the multimedia stack" (wikitech-l mailing list thread) 2022-02-151h 24Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastFlorian Schmidt🕑 1 hour 53 minutes Florian Schmidt has been a volunteer MediaWiki developer since 2014, and has run the wiki Android Wiki since 2012. Links for some of the topics discussed: MobileFrontend extension Android Wiki English-language version Android operating system Wikipedia article AcceleratedMobilePages extension CookieWarning extension 2022-02-011h 52Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWolfgang Fahl 🕑 1 hour 35 minutes Wolfgang Fahl is the director and founder of the software training and consulting company BITPlan, and a research assistant at RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule) in Germany. Links for some of the topics discussed: BITPlan BITPlan Wiki SMWCon list of attendees Test-driven development ConfIDent Openresearch ConferenceCorpus project WikiCFP geograpy Cynefin framework Blazegraph wikidata-taxonomy tool SPARQL Gremlin query language 2022-01-181h 34Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 16 🕑 30 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Clips from Between the Brackets episodes from last year, including: Igor Absorto talking about open source development, Bill Pirkle explaining the WMF's API Platform initiative; Ziko van Dijk defining "wiki"; Bryan Hilderbrand learning lessons from Dilbert; and Jonathan Wilson praising the benefits of DIY.2022-01-0429 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJared Olson 🕑 1 hour 1 minute Jared Olson is a senior consultant at the military consulting firm DSoft, who is currently working with the United States Space Force. Before that he worked for NASA. Links for some of the topics discussed: DSoft U.S. Space Force Wikipedia article Platform One, Air Force "USSF Tactical Doctrine Wiki" (YouTube video), EMWCon Spring 2021 Meza 2021-12-211h 01Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast2021 Holiday Special 🕑 38 minutes It's the holiday special! End-of-the-year recap, seasonal public domain music, and we discover the true meaning of Christmas.2021-12-0738 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastYaron Koren 🕑 2 hours 2 minutes After 100 episodes, it's finally my turn to be on the show! I (Yaron) am a MediaWiki - and more specifically "Enterprise MediaWiki" - developer, consultant, author, evangelist and of course podcaster. My interviewer, Ike Hecht, is a fellow MediaWiki consultant and developer who was himself on episode 79. Links for some of the topics discussed: WikiWorks Discourse DB Working with MediaWiki SMWCon EMWCon Docker Cargo Semantic Drilldown Miga "'Data is data' and the future of data browsing" (SMWCon Spring 2013 talk) Approved Revs 2021-11-232h 01Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastMarshall Miller and Ankan Ghosh Dastider 🕑 1 hour 13 minutes Marshall Miller is the product manager for the Growth team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Ankan Ghosh Dastider is a community ambassador with the Growth team for the Bengali-language Wikipedia. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia Foundation Growth team Growth features Metrics for usage and impact of Growth features Growth team talk page (comments welcome) ORES 2021-11-091h 12Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastJonathan Wilson🕑 1 hour 25 minutes Jonathan Wilson is a British solicitor who runs the wiki Mental Health Law Online. Links for some of the topics discussed: Mental Health Law Online MHLO Cargo tables BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) BAILII Case Law Search MHLO CPD scheme MHLO Forum 2021-10-261h 24Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBryan Hilderbrand 🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Bryan Hilderbrand runs the wiki consulting company TeGnosis, and is also a project manager for the wiki consulting company WikiWorks. Before becoming a consultant, he was a mechanical engineer (and MediaWiki maintainer) at Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench. Links for some of the topics discussed: TeGnosis WikiWorks Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) - Wikipedia article Page Exchange MediaWiki extension WatchAnalytics MediaWiki extension Who Wrote That? browser extension Grapevine winery wiki 2021-10-131h 10Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastZiko van Dijk 🕑 1 hour 16 minutes Ziko van Dijk is a historian and wiki expert and consultant. From 2011 to 2014 he served as president of the Wikimedia Netherlands chapter, and is the co-founder of the German online children's encyclopedia Klexikon. He is the author of several books, most recently the 2021 book Wikis und die Wikipedia verstehen: Eine Einführung. Links for some of the topics discussed: Ziko van Dijk homepage Ziko van Dijk user page on Meta-Wiki Ziko van Dijk YouTube channel Klexikon Children's Wikipedia (list of previous proposals) Wikis und die Wikipedia verstehen Free PDF of the...2021-09-281h 16Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 15 🕑 24 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Robert Heine lays out his data structures, Nischay Nahata discusses his approach to in-wiki emailing, Ilana Fried talks about new features on Wikisource, Peter Meyer wishes for a general U.S. government wiki, Daisy Chen discusses WMF user research, and more.2021-09-1424 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBill Pirkle 🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Bill Pirkle is a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform Engineering Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Platform Engineering Team API Platform initiative "Add an image" feature Apache Kafka Wikipedia article 2021-08-311h 02Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastIgor Absorto 🕑 53 minutes Igor Absorto is a freelance developer and consultant, with a focus on MediaWiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: Igor Absorto homepage Tor Wikipedia article Aran Dunkley user page on mediawiki.org (includes list of extensions) AjaxComments extension 2021-08-1752 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastDaisy Chen 🕑 47 minutes Daisy Chen is a senior UX (user experience) researcher at the Wikimedia Foundation. She has been at the WMF since 2012. Links for some of the topics discussed: Daisy Chen user page on mediawiki.org User experience Wikipedia article Wikimedia research/Usability testing 2021-08-0346 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastPeter Meyer🕑 1 hour 12 minutes Peter Meyer is a research economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Wikimedia DC chapter. He is also one of the organizers of the upcoming WikiConference North America 2021. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Statipedia: A wiki platform for collaboration across agencies" (2013 EMWCon presentation) Inventing Aviation wiki Homebrew Computer Club Wikipedia article "Episodes of Collective Invention" (2003 paper by Peter Meyer) "Network of Tinkerers: A Model of Open‐Source Technology Innovation" (2007 paper by Peter Meyer) Wikimedia DC WikiConference North America 2021 2021-07-201h 12Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastIlana Fried 🕑 1 hour 5 minutes Ilana Fried is the product manager for the Campaigns team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Before that, she was the product manager for the Community Tech team at the WMF. She is also the founder of Gynopedia, a wiki for women's health information around the world. Links for some of the topics discussed: Gynopedia Gynopedia Wikipedia article WMF Community Tech team Community Wishlist Survey Watchlist expiry MediaWiki feature Who Wrote That? Wikipedia tool WMF Campaigns team 2021-07-061h 04Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastBTB Digest 14 🕑 21 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Alexander Mashin attempts to add read-access control to MediaWiki, Jeffrey Wang recalls bailing out Wikispaces users, Liam Wyatt talks about the WMF struggling not to make too much money, Lars Dalgaard extols institutional memory, Jon Robson praises getting rid of institutional debt, and more. 2021-06-2321 minBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastNischay Nahata 🕑 1 hour 7 minutes Nischay Nahata is the co-founder of Truww, a home interior company based in Bangalore, India. He is also a consultant for my MediaWiki consulting company, WikiWorks. Links for some of the topics discussed: Truww WikiWorks UploadWizard DocBookExport MediaWiki extension SketchUp Wikipedia article 2021-06-081h 07