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{{For|the wiki containing public documentation used by the site admins running the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) servers|Wikimedia Wikitech}}
'''wikitech-l''' is a {{tag|Communications|mailing}} list for the {{tag|MediaWiki developer|MediaWiki development community}}.  The discussion threads tend to get rather lengthy, as [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation people|people]] debate implementation options; often the conversations devolve into bike-shedding over insignificant details.  Most of the lengthy discussions concerning the most fundamental aspects of {{tag|MediaWiki}} development take place on wikitech-l, rather than places like [[MediaZilla]], although the final {{tag|debate}}s leading to the ultimate decisions on [software] architecture issues are usually made at synchronous communication facilities; such as [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) or [[:Category:FaceToFace|in-person]] meetings.  Occasionally, someone breaches [[WikiIndex:Editing etiquette|etiquette]], usually by wording a criticism harshly; and dozens of posts follow, debating how bad the etiquette breach was, and whether people are overreacting!
{{DISPLAYTITLE:wikitech-l}}<div style=float:right>{{Not a wiki}}</div>
'''wikitech-l''' is a {{tag|Communication|mailing}} list for the {{tag|MediaWiki developer|MediaWiki development community}} from [[Wikimedia Lists]].  The discussion threads tend to get rather lengthy, as [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation people|people]] debate implementation options; often the conversations devolve into bike-shedding over insignificant details.  Most of the lengthy discussions concerning the most fundamental aspects of {{tag|MediaWiki}} development take place on wikitech-l, rather than places like [[MediaZilla]], although the final {{tag|debate}}s leading to the ultimate decisions on [software] architecture issues are usually made at synchronous communication facilities; such as [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) or [[:Category:Face-to-face|in-person]] meetings.  Occasionally, someone breaches [[WikiIndex:Editing etiquette|etiquette]], usually by wording a criticism harshly; and dozens of posts follow, debating how bad the etiquette breach was, and whether people are overreacting!


Occasionally, an [[off-topic]] thread is launched by someone attempting to [[spam]] the listserv with his own theory of ethics or communication techniques, ostensibly as a proposal for adoption by the development community; these tend to attract dozens of comments by people interested in such [[:Category:Meta|meta]]-issues, without resulting in any new [[:Category:Policy|policies]] or [[:Category:WikiConcept|practices]] being agreed upon.
Occasionally, an [[off-topic]] thread is launched by someone attempting to [[spam]] the list-serv with his own theory of ethics or communication techniques, ostensibly as a proposal for adoption by the development community; these tend to attract dozens of comments by people interested in such [[:Category:Meta|meta]]-issues, without resulting in any new [[:Category:Policy|policies]] or [[:Category:Wiki concept|practices]] being agreed upon.


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*https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
*<tt>https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/</tt> — [email protected], powered by Postorius, from [[Wikimedia Lists]] at Lists.Wikimedia.org (previously at <tt>Lists.Wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l</tt>)
*<tt>https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/</tt> — wikitech-l archives powered by HyperKitty, from Wikimedia Lists at Lists.Wikimedia.org
*<tt>https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/?count=550</tt> — List index of all WMF mailing lists, from Wikimedia Lists at Lists.Wikimedia.org
*<tt>https://Lists.Wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/?count=400</tt> — List index of all WMF mailing lists (archived), from Wikimedia Lists at Lists.Wikimedia.org


{{Wikimedia Foundation}}
{{Wikimedia Foundation}}

Latest revision as of 12:16, 11 April 2023

For the wiki containing public documentation used by the site admins running the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) servers, see: Wikimedia Wikitech.
This Wikitech-l article is
referring to a site which seems
not to be, or include, a wiki.
However, it still refers to, or is
pertinent to the subject of wikis.

wikitech-l is a mailing list for the MediaWiki development community from Wikimedia Lists. The discussion threads tend to get rather lengthy, as people debate implementation options; often the conversations devolve into bike-shedding over insignificant details. Most of the lengthy discussions concerning the most fundamental aspects of MediaWiki development take place on wikitech-l, rather than places like MediaZilla, although the final debates leading to the ultimate decisions on [software] architecture issues are usually made at synchronous communication facilities; such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC) or in-person meetings. Occasionally, someone breaches etiquette, usually by wording a criticism harshly; and dozens of posts follow, debating how bad the etiquette breach was, and whether people are overreacting!

Occasionally, an off-topic thread is launched by someone attempting to spam the list-serv with his own theory of ethics or communication techniques, ostensibly as a proposal for adoption by the development community; these tend to attract dozens of comments by people interested in such meta-issues, without resulting in any new policies or practices being agreed upon.

External links
current Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) logo

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF), founded 20 June 2003, is the wiki company and non-profit charitable organization[1] responsible for a very large number (over 900 in total) of very active collaborative user-generated wiki sites, which are grouped together by primary subject and known as a 'project'; as well as the wiki engine software initially developed by themselves, known as MediaWiki. The Wikimedia Foundations' major wiki projects started with Wikipedia (encyclopedia), and subsequently expanded to include Wiktionary (dictionary and thesaurus), Wikiquote (quotations), Wikibooks (open content textbooks), Wikisource (free content primary-source and secondary-source texts), Wikinews (news source), Wikiversity (open learning community), Wikispecies (free species directory), and many others as listed below. Most of these 'projects' have separate wiki site versions written in many different languages. There is also the Wikimedia Commons (shared multilingual repository for documents, images, videos, and other media and text files), and the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (multilingual coordination of issues common to all Wikimedia projects). The Wikimedia Foundations' global reach is nurtured in its Incubator, where all new language versions for all projects are initiated and developed before being launched as a new separate wiki site. The Foundations' most recent major multi-language wiki project, Wikivoyage (a 'travelpedia'), was inducted to WMF in late 2012 (having being independently established in 2006). Also launched in 2012 was Wikidata (a major multilingual central space knowledge base for structured data used on all WMF projects). The newest WMF project is Wikifunctions, launched in mid 2023, is a library of code functions in many different programming languages.

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Furthermore, the Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, granted April 2005, and headquartered at 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600, San Francisco County, State of California 94104, United States of America.[2]

All Wikimedia Foundation projects, wiki sites, portals, and websites (view • edit • talk)

Wikipedia • Wiktionary • Wikiquote • Wikibooks • Wikisource • Wikinews • Wikiversity • Wikispecies • MediaWiki.org • Commons • Commons Archive • Wikidata • Wikidata Test • Wikivoyage • Meta-Wiki • Incubator • Wikitech • Wikitech Test • Wikifunctions • Wikimedia Foundation •

Chapters • Thematic organizations • User groups • Wikimania • Outreach • Labs • Toolserver • Toolforge • Statistics • Phabricator • Beta Cluster • Downloads • Analytics • Software Releases • Documentation • Lists • Blog • Shop • Donate • Login • Diff • API Portal • Developer Portal • Global Search

original Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) logo from 2003
subsequent Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) logo
Wikimedia Foundation private and management wikis

Board • BoardGovCom • Foundation Governance • Office • Executive • Internal • Affiliations Committee • OTRS • Collab • Movement Roles • Audit Committee • Search Committee • Advisory Board • Quality • Usability Initiative • Strategic Planning • SP-Com • Stewards • CheckUser • Advisors • Thank You • Vote

Wikimedia Foundation hosting services

Wikimedia Cloud Services • Wikimedia Cloud VPS

External links
Official WMF social media and networking
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