wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode 84
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| Episode 84: Farewell Brion Vibber
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All episodes, including options to automatically subscribe via RSS or iTunes, are at [http://www.wikipediaweekly.org wikipedia weekly.org].
MP3 and OGG versions are available for all episodes and comments can be left at the episode's page: [http://wikipediaweekly.org/2009/10/03/wikipedia-weekly-83-farewell-brion/ PART 1] or [http://wikipediaweekly.org/2009/10/07/farewell-brion-part-ii/ PART 2]
Participants:
- [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brion_VIBBER Brion Vibber]
- Liam Wyatt (Witty Lama)
Discussion Topics
=Part 1:=
Flagged revisions; MediaWiki’s relationship with business; his decision to move to StatusNet; the emerging role of open data standards; the relationship between community and technology; the search for his replacement(s); what the software looked like when he first arrived and how it developed. (continued in part 2).
=Part 2:=
Second half of the interview with Brion. We discuss: the history of MediaWiki "phase 3"; the API; his biggest mistake (not having SUL earlier); how to make decisions without consensus for change; improving the template interface; a new release from the usability team; LiquidThreads; problems looming in hardware and software; whether we've gone from innovative to 'stuck'; learning how to learn; and what he has gotten out of being a Wikimedian.
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