Community Tech

Community Tech manages the Community Wishlist, a forum for contributors from all Wikimedia projects to suggest and comment on product and technology changes and improvements.

We leverage the Wishlist to collaborate with editors, volunteer developers, and other Wikimedia teams to turn community-identified needs into real solutions, and work on priority wishes.

✨ Make a Wish or support Wishlist ideas

The team

Jack Wheeler

Lead Community Tech Manager

Karolin Siebert

Engineering Manager

Cormac Parle

Principal Software Engineer

Dayllan Maza

Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Tim Starling

Principal Software Architect

Joydeep Sengupta

Principal User Experience Designer

Harumi Monroy

Senior Software Engineer

MusikAnimal

Staff Software Engineer

Sam Wilson

Staff Software Engineer

TheresNoTime

Software Engineer

Sandister Tei

Movement Communications Specialist

Dom Walden

Test Engineer

George Mikesell

Test Engineer

🛠️ How We Work

We are a small team with limited resources, and balance our efforts across three categories:

Building tooling to advance the Community Wishlist
Maintenance of existing tools and features supported by the Community Tech team
Delivering on wishes, primarily by adopting Focus Areas supported by volunteers.

When we say "no" to a given request, we are merely stating it goes against our current priorities.

When working and communicating with us:

Please be calm, civil, and assume we’re working in good faith.
We aim to respond promptly but can't guarantee immediate replies.
Sometimes, we may need to close a conversation if it takes too much of our time or attention.
We can not handle projects on another team's roadmap or ones that conflict with their work, but we will direct you to the right person when possible.
We can not discuss staffing or confidential issues.

Current selected projects

Community Tech is currently wrapping up carry-over work from the 2023 Wishlist. Beginning in 2024-25, the team will adopt community-supported Focus Areas via the new Community Wishlist.

Projects	Project status
Multiblocks	In development
Sharing QR codes	Done
Edit-Recovery Feature	In development
Template recall and discovery	In preparation

📢 Latest Updates

October 27, 2024: Article Creation focus area is open for discussion and voting

The Community Wishlist has created a collection of wishes and suggestions over time, highlighting the need for better support and guidance for newcomers as they create articles, while also aiming to reduce frustration and reverts. These ideas have been grouped under the Article Creation Guidance Focus Area.

All who are interested in the improvement of newcomer workflows are invited to explore these wishes, join the discussion on the focus area’s collective talk page, and cast your vote if this topic resonates with you.

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