WikiJournal User Group/Meetings/2019-08-04

WikiJournal User Group
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated

Minutes were not taken during the meeting so these notes are added after it ended by the participants

Attendees

Side meeting to discuss technical aspects of mediawiki in relation to sister project application.

Test wiki set up at wikipediajournal.com
- Is this the best location (test.wikipedia.org)?
- Try different possible ways to address items on features wishlist
Extension:Page_Forms should be very useful for replacing google forms
- Can it run on WMF sites?
- Would require safety audit
Start using phabricator
- Create group
- Create tasks for each item (tagged)
Getting sister project url high priority
- Just same extensions as wikiversity to start (others added as features developed)
- Migrate over WikiJournal articles
- Can possibly get PLOS to migrate
- Implement features as tested on some test wiki
- Publicity & outreach drive (journals, unis, academic societies)
Request developer time from WMF or apply for grants to fund external dev team?
- Thematic organisation application is separate, but may be useful avenue for grants funds application
- Which items should be put together for an initial grant application?
New technical editor from rapid grant
- Primarily intended to assist with manual workflow tasks as new systems implemented
- May be useful if has mediawiki skills (or transition role over time)
- Will be helpful with content migration when time comes