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You're invited: Use your ideas to improve Wikimedia with Tool Labs

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When we last spoke to you: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/30/preparing-for-the-migration-from-the-wikimedia-toolserver-to-tool-labs/

We have a new guide to Tool Labs at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Tools/Help that comprehensively explains how to get set up.

Now, anyone can get started writing or moving a bot or tool -- if someone wants to experiment with automatically analyze, query, or contribute to Wikimedia projects, Tool Labs is a great way to do this.

Hundreds of our most dedicated power users use Tool Labs - see http://tools.wmflabs.org/ for an inventory. It is a platform hosting tools that millions of Wikimedia users see and interact with.

If you used to use Toolserver, and you need help moving your tool over, tell Silke at WMDE by Sept 30.

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Also to note or address:

To interview:

  • Marc-Andre Pelletier of WMF
  • Silke Meyer of WMDE
  • Magnus Manske, volunteer who runs a lot of tools
  • Petr Bena, volunteer who has helped build a lot of Tool Labs infrastructure
  • Johannes Kroll who moved RENDER stuff to Tool Labs: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/labs-l/2013-June/001349.html has a bunch of quotes from him and links -->
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