20170401 - What should our platform look like in 2030?[edit]

Participants[edit]

We had a productive discussion about what priorities we can see now for what the future should hold for MediaWiki, which permits all of our projects to exist.

Media support[edit]

"Putting the media back in MediaWiki" - Discussed the need for first class support for multimedia content on our platform

Collaboration Tools[edit]

Real-time collaboration tools
Visual Editor
- Visual Editor should be fully supported in all languages and alphabets
- Wikitext markup knowledge should no longer be required knowledge, but still an option for users
Better conflict resolution
- Subparagraph conflict resolution
- Conflict markers rather than before and after

Translation[edit]

Translation interface
- It was widely agreed that the translation interface needs to be significantly reworked or replaced
- Comments included treating the current interface as throwaway prototyping, finding a way of translating content without use of tags and generally improving the usability of the translation interface (mainly the original text portion)

Mobile[edit]

We should not aim for mobile first, but we should have good, solid mobile support
We should have a truly responsive skin

Security[edit]

Find a solution for the security problems caused by site-wide user edited Javascript
- Possible solutions
  - Moving a lot to extensions
  - Lua modules or some other subset that can be better secured
Implementing Content Security Policy

Extensions, Gadgets[edit]

Cross-wiki gadgets
Ensuring extensions break less often (for instance moving a lot of extensions to a more restricted subset)

Spam[edit]

As one of the key day to day problems of the projects, we could really use a dedicated engineer working on Spam tools

Non-Wikimedia MediaWiki[edit]

Finally a good installation esperience for non-wikimedia wikis

Aging UI[edit]

Participants voiced the need for a modern UI, but also noted that the look of interface conveys the seriousness of the projects and its encyclopedic nature