Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:19:45 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:19:45 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com en http://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/9/f/1/49f1f61778731166/BTB_square.png Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast Yaron Koren false Yaron Koren yaron57@gmail.com episodic no Episode 201: Steve Shattuck Steve Shattuck Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:04:53 +0000 Steve Shattuck๐Ÿ•‘ 58 minutes

Steve Shattuck is a retired research assistant who created and runs the wiki AntWiki.

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Steve Shattuck is a retired research assistant who created and runs the wiki AntWiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 57:17 false 1 201 full Yaron Koren Episode 200: Liam Wyatt Liam Wyatt Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:32:36 +0000 Liam Wyatt๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 14 minutes

It's the (belated) 25th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia - and the 200th episode! For this special episode, we have the return of Liam Wyatt (username Wittylama), a longtime Wikipedia volunteer and commentator, the first-ever Wikipedian-in-residence, and now a Senior Technical Partnerships Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, to talk about Wikipedia's past, present and future.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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It's the (belated) 25th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia - and the 200th episode! For this special episode, we have the return of Liam Wyatt (username Wittylama), a longtime Wikipedia volunteer and commentator, the first-ever Wikipedian-in-residence, and now a Senior Technical Partnerships Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, to talk about Wikipedia's past, present and future.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:14:17 false 1 200 full Yaron Koren Episode 199: Shlomit Lir Shlomit Lir Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:55:05 +0000 Shlomit Lir๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 11 minutes

Shlomit Lir is a writer, editor, and researcher at the University of Haifa, specializing in the politics of knowledge. Since 2024, she has been a public critic of Wikipedia, especially relating to its coverage of Israel.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Shlomit Lir is a writer, editor, and researcher at the University of Haifa, specializing in the politics of knowledge. Since 2024, she has been a public critic of Wikipedia, especially relating to its coverage of Israel.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:11:06 false 1 199 full Yaron Koren Episode 198: Brian Wolff Brian Wolff Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:50:57 +0000 Brian Wolff๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 35 minutes

Brian Wolff is a longtime MediaWiki and Wikimedia developer. He returns to the podcast for (maybe) one last in-person discussion before his move to Calgary, Alberta. We talk about political goings-on at the Wikimedia Foundation, developments in the software world, and random thoughts on classic sci-fi.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Brian Wolff is a longtime MediaWiki and Wikimedia developer. He returns to the podcast for (maybe) one last in-person discussion before his move to Calgary, Alberta. We talk about political goings-on at the Wikimedia Foundation, developments in the software world, and random thoughts on classic sci-fi.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:34:38 false 1 198 full Yaron Koren Episode 197: Between the Brackets 2025 Holiday Special Between the Brackets 2025 Holiday Special Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:32:31 +0000 ๐Ÿ•‘ 58 minutes

It's the holiday special! Special guests, a musical performance (all from the MediaWiki world), and a tale of a life-changing encounter.

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It's the holiday special! Special guests, a musical performance (all from the MediaWiki world), and a tale of a life-changing encounter.

]]> 57:39 false 1 197 full Yaron Koren Episode 196: Stephen Harrison Stephen Harrison Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:51:36 +0000 Stephen Harrison๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 37 minutes

Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including for Slate and The New York Times. He joins us to talk about all the Wikimedia-related events of the crazy month of October 2025, including the release of Jimmy Wales' book, Larry Sanger's "nine theses", some near-violence in New York City, and the launch of the site Grokipedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including for Slate and The New York Times. He joins us to talk about all the Wikimedia-related events of the crazy month of October 2025, including the release of Jimmy Wales' book, Larry Sanger's "nine theses", some near-violence in New York City, and the launch of the site Grokipedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:36:30 false 1 196 full Yaron Koren Episode 195: BTB Digest 31 BTB Digest 31 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:57:34 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 28 minutes

Clips from five recent episodes! Dan Andreescu considers a new "Datawiki" project, Wojciech Pฤ™dzich makes use of the Wikipedia sound logo, Thomas Chin retells a piece of Wikimedia development lore, SJ Klein contemplates the use of "Abstractese", Matt Latourelle explains Ballotpedia's neutrality, and more!

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Clips from five recent episodes! Dan Andreescu considers a new "Datawiki" project, Wojciech Pฤ™dzich makes use of the Wikipedia sound logo, Thomas Chin retells a piece of Wikimedia development lore, SJ Klein contemplates the use of "Abstractese", Matt Latourelle explains Ballotpedia's neutrality, and more!

]]> 27:35 false 1 195 full Yaron Koren Episode 194: Vera de Kok Vera de Kok Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:20:53 +0000 Vera de Kok๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 57 minutes

Vera de Kok is a freelance photographer, developer and wiki consultant who was named Media Contributor of the Year at the 2025 Wikimania conference for her contributions to both Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Vera de Kok is a freelance photographer, developer and wiki consultant who was named Media Contributor of the Year at the 2025 Wikimania conference for her contributions to both Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:56:16 false 1 194 full Yaron Koren Episode 193: Cormac Parle Cormac Parle Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:32:29 +0000 Cormac Parle๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 17 minutes

Cormac Parle is a principal software engineer in the Product & Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Cormac Parle is a principal software engineer in the Product & Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:17:06 false 1 193 full Yaron Koren Episode 192: Matt Latourelle Matt Latourelle Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:50:02 +0000 Matt Latourelle๐Ÿ•‘ 52 minutes

Matt Latourelle is director of technology operations for the wiki-based website Ballotpedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Matt Latourelle is director of technology operations for the wiki-based website Ballotpedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 51:27 false 1 192 full Yaron Koren Episode 191: SJ Klein SJ Klein Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:14:45 +0000 SJ Klein๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 25 minutes

Samuel J. "SJ" Klein is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He co-founded the Knowledge Futures project, served as director of content for One Laptop Per Child, and was on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2015.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Samuel J. "SJ" Klein is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He co-founded the Knowledge Futures project, served as director of content for One Laptop Per Child, and was on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2015.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:24:36 false 1 191 full Yaron Koren Episode 190: Thomas Chin Thomas Chin Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:04:16 +0000 Thomas Chin๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 34 minutes

Thomas Chin is a software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Thomas Chin is a software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:33:12 false 1 190 full Yaron Koren Episode 189: BTB Digest 30 BTB Digest 30 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:26:33 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 28 minutes

A new BTB Digest! Cindy Cicalese is surprised about the popularity of her PluggableAuth extension, Luca Mauri extols the benefits of Federation, Edward Chernenko laments the difficulties in running a humor wiki, Marijn van Wezel discusses GDPR compliance, Markus Glaser offers a solution for collaborative editing in MediaWiki, and more!

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A new BTB Digest! Cindy Cicalese is surprised about the popularity of her PluggableAuth extension, Luca Mauri extols the benefits of Federation, Edward Chernenko laments the difficulties in running a humor wiki, Marijn van Wezel discusses GDPR compliance, Markus Glaser offers a solution for collaborative editing in MediaWiki, and more!

]]> 27:45 false 1 189 full Yaron Koren Episode 188: Wojciech Pฤ™dzich Wojciech Pฤ™dzich Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:47:39 +0000 Wojciech Pฤ™dzich๐Ÿ•‘ 56 minutes

Wojciech Pฤ™dzich (roughly pronounced "VOY-chek PEND-zhik") is a longtime Wikimedia volunteer, having served as an administrator on the Polish Wikipedia, a Wikimedia Steward, a member of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee, a board member of Wikimedia Polska, an organizer of the Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) meeting, and an organizer of Wikimania, among other things. He is currently one of six candidates for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

(Photograph by Robert Drรณzd, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.)

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Wojciech Pฤ™dzich (roughly pronounced "VOY-chek PEND-zhik") is a longtime Wikimedia volunteer, having served as an administrator on the Polish Wikipedia, a Wikimedia Steward, a member of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee, a board member of Wikimedia Polska, an organizer of the Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) meeting, and an organizer of Wikimania, among other things. He is currently one of six candidates for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

(Photograph by Robert Drรณzd, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.)

]]> 55:23 false 1 188 full Yaron Koren Episode 187: Dan Andreescu Dan Andreescu Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:20:11 +0000 Dan Andreescu๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 33 minutes

Dan Andreescu (user name Milimetric) is a staff software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team, and an interim manager in the Experiment Platform team, both in The Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Dan Andreescu (user name Milimetric) is a staff software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team, and an interim manager in the Experiment Platform team, both in The Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:32:26 false 1 187 full Yaron Koren Episode 186: Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:16:57 +0000 Markus GlaserRichard Heigl

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Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser (pictured, left to right) are two of the three founders and heads of the German consulting Hallo Welt!, along with Anja Ebersbach. Hallo Welt! is best known for producing the MediaWiki-based software BlueSpice.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser (pictured, left to right) are two of the three founders and heads of the German consulting Hallo Welt!, along with Anja Ebersbach. Hallo Welt! is best known for producing the MediaWiki-based software BlueSpice.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 02:06:00 false 1 186 full Yaron Koren Episode 185: Marijn van Wezel Marijn van Wezel Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:19:22 +0000 Marijn van Wezel๐Ÿ•‘ 55 minutes

Marijn van Wezel is a part-time developer at the MediaWiki consulting company Wikibase Solutions. He is also working on a master's degree in computer science at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Marijn van Wezel is a part-time developer at the MediaWiki consulting company Wikibase Solutions. He is also working on a master's degree in computer science at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 54:51 false 1 185 full Yaron Koren Episode 184: Edward Chernenko Edward Chernenko Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:44:19 +0000 Edward Chernenko๐Ÿ•‘ 50 minutes

Edward Chernenko is a software developer, with extensive experience in MediaWiki development and consulting. He is also the administrator of Absurdopedia, a Russian-language humor wiki that is part of the loosely-affiliated Uncyclopedia family.

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Edward Chernenko is a software developer, with extensive experience in MediaWiki development and consulting. He is also the administrator of Absurdopedia, a Russian-language humor wiki that is part of the loosely-affiliated Uncyclopedia family.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 49:44 false 1 184 full Yaron Koren Episode 183: BTB Digest 29 BTB Digest 29 Thu, 22 May 2025 15:00:46 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 31 minutes

(Star-studded) highlights from five recent episodes! Trevor Parscal says the Wikimedia Foundation has become political, Selena Deckelmann sheds light on her management approach, Jonathan Lee complains about Fandom's tactics, Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡ disputes the idea that Abstract Wikipedia could replace regular Wikipedia, Ward Cunningham recounts coming up with the name "wiki", and more!

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(Star-studded) highlights from five recent episodes! Trevor Parscal says the Wikimedia Foundation has become political, Selena Deckelmann sheds light on her management approach, Jonathan Lee complains about Fandom's tactics, Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡ disputes the idea that Abstract Wikipedia could replace regular Wikipedia, Ward Cunningham recounts coming up with the name "wiki", and more!

]]> 30:50 false 183 full Yaron Koren Episode 182: Luca Mauri Luca Mauri Tue, 06 May 2025 21:46:33 +0000 Luca Mauri๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 21 minutes

Luca Mauri is an IT manager who in his free time runs the Italian-language Star Trek wiki WikiTrek - which in turn gets much of its data from another wiki, DataTrek, which runs on MediaWiki in conjunction with Wikibase.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Luca Mauri is an IT manager who in his free time runs the Italian-language Star Trek wiki WikiTrek - which in turn gets much of its data from another wiki, DataTrek, which runs on MediaWiki in conjunction with Wikibase.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:14:37 false 1 182 full Yaron Koren Episode 181: Cindy Cicalese Episode 181: Cindy Cicalese Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:23:32 +0000 Cindy Cicalese๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 21 minutes

Cindy Cicalese is a principal engineer for the Developer Experience Group at the Wikimedia Foundation - but not for long, because she is leaving soon to go work at the startup Selfii, as their MediaWiki architect. Although not before serving as the general chair for the upcoming MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop (May 14-16 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA!).

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Cindy Cicalese is a principal engineer for the Developer Experience Group at the Wikimedia Foundation - but not for long, because she is leaving soon to go work at the startup Selfii, as their MediaWiki architect. Although not before serving as the general chair for the upcoming MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop (May 14-16 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA!).

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:20:27 false full Episode 180: Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡ Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:54:10 +0000 Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡๐Ÿ•‘ 2 hours 6 minutes

Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡ is the Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as a visiting professor at King's College London. He is the is main creator of the Wikimedia sites Wikidata and Wikifunctions and co-creator of the MediaWiki extension Semantic MediaWiki; he also leads the project to create the so-called "Abstract Wikipedia". This is his second time on the podcast.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

Interestingly, after we finished recording this episode, Denny showed me, on a screenshare, some of the current capabilities of LLMs; we asked it different questions, and one of the LLMs (I think from the "Llama" family) stated that the name of this podcast was "My Favorite Dystopia". I have no idea where that came from, but it's an eerily apt description of this particular episode, with its discussion of a possible (though maybe unlikely) replacement of Wikipedia with a massive set of function calls. Somehow the AI knew.

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Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡ is the Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as a visiting professor at King's College London. He is the is main creator of the Wikimedia sites Wikidata and Wikifunctions and co-creator of the MediaWiki extension Semantic MediaWiki; he also leads the project to create the so-called "Abstract Wikipedia". This is his second time on the podcast.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

Interestingly, after we finished recording this episode, Denny showed me, on a screenshare, some of the current capabilities of LLMs; we asked it different questions, and one of the LLMs (I think from the "Llama" family) stated that the name of this podcast was "My Favorite Dystopia". I have no idea where that came from, but it's an eerily apt description of this particular episode, with its discussion of a possible (though maybe unlikely) replacement of Wikipedia with a massive set of function calls. Somehow the AI knew.

]]> 02:06:12 false 1 180 full Yaron Koren Episode 179: Ward Cunningham Ward Cunningham Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:29:47 +0000 Ward Cunningham๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 25 minutes

Ward Cunningham is the inventor of wikis (although he prefers to use the mass noun "wiki"), which started with his website WikiWikiWeb in 1995; by an incredible coincidence, this episode is being released on the exact 30th anniversary of the launch of WikiWikiWeb.ย Ward is also a computer science pioneer, and was heavily involved in the development of design patterns and agile programming. Since 2011, he has headed the development of the software Federated Wiki, originally known as Smallest Federated Wiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Ward Cunningham is the inventor of wikis (although he prefers to use the mass noun "wiki"), which started with his website WikiWikiWeb in 1995; by an incredible coincidence, this episode is being released on the exact 30th anniversary of the launch of WikiWikiWeb. Ward is also a computer science pioneer, and was heavily involved in the development of design patterns and agile programming. Since 2011, he has headed the development of the software Federated Wiki, originally known as Smallest Federated Wiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:25:30 false 1 179 full Yaron Koren Episode 178: Jonathan Lee Jonathan Lee Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:21:03 +0000 Jonathan Lee๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 39 minutes

Jonathan Lee is the director of the MediaWiki-based wiki hosting company Weird Gloop.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Jonathan Lee is the director of the MediaWiki-based wiki hosting company Weird Gloop.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:39:00 false 1 178 full Yaron Koren Episode 177: BTB Digest 28 Yaron Koren Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:58:10 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 37 minutes

It's a BTB Digest episode! Bertrand Gorge lists his favorite extensions, Stephen Harrison contrasts himself with the characters in his novel, Richard Knipel justifies the Wikimedia Movement Charter, Tom Arrow (and others) consider the current state of Wikibase, Brian Wolff defends his old boss at the WMF, and more!

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It's a BTB Digest episode! Bertrand Gorge lists his favorite extensions, Stephen Harrison contrasts himself with the characters in his novel, Richard Knipel justifies the Wikimedia Movement Charter, Tom Arrow (and others) consider the current state of Wikibase, Brian Wolff defends his old boss at the WMF, and more!

]]> 36:35 false 1 177 full Yaron Koren Episode 176: Selena Deckelmann Selena Deckelmann Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:56:14 +0000 Selena Deckelmann๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 11 minutes

Selena Deckelmann has been the Chief Product and Technology Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation since 2022. Before that, she worked for around 10 years at the Mozilla Foundation, eventually reaching the position of Senior Vice President, Firefox.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Selena Deckelmann has been the Chief Product and Technology Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation since 2022. Before that, she worked for around 10 years at the Mozilla Foundation, eventually reaching the position of Senior Vice President, Firefox.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:10:59 false 1 176 full Yaron Koren Episode 175: Trevor Parscal Trevor Parscal Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:37:26 +0000 Trevor Parscal๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 27 minutes

Former Wikimedia Foundation developer Trevor Parscal returns to the podcast to talk about the happy (to many) news that Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a double life sentence for having created and run the "dark web" website Silk Road, was just released from prison. We also talk about the state of U.S. politics in general, and what it means for the tech world - and for Wikipedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Former Wikimedia Foundation developer Trevor Parscal returns to the podcast to talk about the happy (to many) news that Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a double life sentence for having created and run the "dark web" website Silk Road, was just released from prison. We also talk about the state of U.S. politics in general, and what it means for the tech world - and for Wikipedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:26:31 false 1 175 full Yaron Koren Episode 174: Brian Wolff Brian Wolff Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:07:00 +0000 Brian Wolff๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 15 minutes

Brian Wolff returns for a third episode! The security expert and longtime MediaWiki developer talks about his latest development projects, and Wikimedia goings-on, past and present.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Brian Wolff returns for a third episode! The security expert and longtime MediaWiki developer talks about his latest development projects, and Wikimedia goings-on, past and present.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:15:03 false 1 174 full Yaron Koren Episode 173: Adam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde Adam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:35:44 +0000 Ollie HydeTom ArrowAdam Shorland๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 42 minutes

Adam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde (pictured, left to right) show up together for the final episode of 2024! Adam (username Addshore) returns for his second appearance; he has since left Wikimedia Deutschland and now works at Lightbug. Tom and Ollie remain at Wikimedia Deutschland, both working on Wikibase development, with a focus on Wikibase Cloud and the Wikibase API, respectively.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Adam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde (pictured, left to right) show up together for the final episode of 2024! Adam (username Addshore) returns for his second appearance; he has since left Wikimedia Deutschland and now works at Lightbug. Tom and Ollie remain at Wikimedia Deutschland, both working on Wikibase development, with a focus on Wikibase Cloud and the Wikibase API, respectively.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:42:03 false 1 173 full Yaron Koren Episode 172: Richard Knipel Richard Knipel Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:31:05 +0000 Richard Knipel๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 19 minutes

Richard Knipel (username Pharos) returns, for a special holiday-esque episode! He talks about recent developments with Wikispore, the Wikimedia Movement Charter, and Wikimedia New York City; and then we listen to some freely-licensed music from Wikimedia Commons.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Richard Knipel (username Pharos) returns, for a special holiday-esque episode! He talks about recent developments with Wikispore, the Wikimedia Movement Charter, and Wikimedia New York City; and then we listen to some freely-licensed music from Wikimedia Commons.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:18:19 false 1 172 full Yaron Koren Episode 171: BTB Digest 27 Yaron Koren Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:34:57 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 26 minutes

It's another BTB Digest, with clips from five recent episodes! Brent Laabs recounts the abortive renaming of Miraheze, Alex Stinson considers the uniqueness of different language Wikipedias, Paul Cereghino notes the challenges of finding wiki editors in the government, Valerio Bozzolan argues for putting conference videos on PeerTube, Asaf Bartov warns about "weaponized AI" on Wikipedia, and more.

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It's another BTB Digest, with clips from five recent episodes! Brent Laabs recounts the abortive renaming of Miraheze, Alex Stinson considers the uniqueness of different language Wikipedias, Paul Cereghino notes the challenges of finding wiki editors in the government, Valerio Bozzolan argues for putting conference videos on PeerTube, Asaf Bartov warns about "weaponized AI" on Wikipedia, and more.

]]> 25:37 false 1 171 full Yaron Koren Episode 170: Stephen Harrison Stephen Harrison Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:36:53 +0000 Stephen Harrison๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour

Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including dozens of articles for the online magazineย Slate as part of his Source Notes column. He is the author of the 2024 novel The Editors, which is about a group of editors of the fictional user-editable online encyclopedia "Infopendium" who are drawn together by dramatic events.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including dozens of articles for the online magazine Slate as part of his Source Notes column. He is the author of the 2024 novel The Editors, which is about a group of editors of the fictional user-editable online encyclopedia "Infopendium" who are drawn together by dramatic events.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:00:07 false 1 170 full Yaron Koren Episode 169: Bertrand Gorge Bertrand Gorge Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:03:40 +0000 Bertrand Gorge๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 9 minutes

Bertrand Gorge is the co-founder of Triple Performance, a (currently) French-language-only wiki that holds resources for farmers. He also co-runs the company Neayi, which manages Triple Performance.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Bertrand Gorge is the co-founder of Triple Performance, a (currently) French-language-only wiki that holds resources for farmers. He also co-runs the company Neayi, which manages Triple Performance.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:08:32 false 1 169 full Yaron Koren Episode 168: Asaf Bartov Asaf Bartov Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:11:42 +0000 Asaf Bartov๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 10 minutes

Asaf Bartov is the lead program officer for the Emerging Wikimedia Communities project of the Community Development Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He also runs Project Ben-Yehuda, which has been putting Hebrew-language texts online since 1999, and the Nemala project, which publishes Hebrew translations of Ukrainian-language works.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Asaf Bartov is the lead program officer for the Emerging Wikimedia Communities project of the Community Development Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He also runs Project Ben-Yehuda, which has been putting Hebrew-language texts online since 1999, and the Nemala project, which publishes Hebrew translations of Ukrainian-language works.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:09:42 false 1 168 full Yaron Koren Episode 167: Valerio Bozzolan Valerio Bozzolan Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:31:40 +0000 Valerio Bozzolan๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 42 minutes

Valerio Bozzolan is a software developer and Linux administrator, as well as the president of the Italian Linux Society, the founder and head of Wikimedians for Software Freedom, a member of the volunteer technical commission of Wikimedia Italy, and an open source consultant for Wikimedia Switzerland.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Valerio Bozzolan is a software developer and Linux administrator, as well as the president of the Italian Linux Society, the founder and head of Wikimedians for Software Freedom, a member of the volunteer technical commission of Wikimedia Italy, and an open source consultant for Wikimedia Switzerland.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:41:23 false 1 167 full Yaron Koren Episode 166: Paul Cereghino Paul Cereghino Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:02:36 +0000 Paul Cereghino๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 7 minutes

Paul Cereghino is a restoration ecologist for the U.S. federal government, where he also supports the development and adminstration of the Salish Sea Restoration wiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Paul Cereghino is a restoration ecologist for the U.S. federal government, where he also supports the development and adminstration of the Salish Sea Restoration wiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:06:41 false 1 166 full Yaron Koren Episode 165: BTB Digest 26 Yaron Koren Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:56:21 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 23 minutes

It's another BTB Digest, with highlights from five recent episodes. Jeffrey Wang discusses competing for European users, Taavi Vรครคnรคnen describes the RealMe extension, Megan Cutrofello defends video game wikis with "spoilers", Moritz Schubotz analyzes MediaWiki as a math publishing tool, Viktor Schelling reminisces on the early days of a consulting company, and more!

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It's another BTB Digest, with highlights from five recent episodes. Jeffrey Wang discusses competing for European users, Taavi Vรครคnรคnen describes the RealMe extension, Megan Cutrofello defends video game wikis with "spoilers", Moritz Schubotz analyzes MediaWiki as a math publishing tool, Viktor Schelling reminisces on the early days of a consulting company, and more!

]]> 23:01 false 1 165 full Episode 164: Alex Stinson Alex Stinson Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:03:25 +0000 Alex Stinson๐Ÿ•‘ 2 hours

Alex Stinson is Lead Program Strategist for the Campaigns Team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Alex Stinson is Lead Program Strategist for the Campaigns Team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:59:48 false 1 164 full Yaron Koren Episode 163: Brent Laabs Brent Laabs Wed, 14 Aug 2024 20:10:44 +0000 Brent Laabs๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 35 minutes

Brent Laabs (user name Labster) is chair of the board and acting president of the WikiTide Foundation, the nonprofit foundation that runs the wiki farm Miraheze.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Brent Laabs (user name Labster) is chair of the board and acting president of the WikiTide Foundation, the nonprofit foundation that runs the wiki farm Miraheze.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:35:01 false 1 163 full Yaron Koren Episode 162: Viktor Schelling Viktor Schelling Tue, 07 May 2024 15:17:26 +0000 Viktor Schelling๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 3 minutes

Viktor Schelling is the Senior Principal MediaWiki Developer at Pegasystems.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Viktor Schelling is the Senior Principal MediaWiki Developer at Pegasystems.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:02:32 false 1 162 full Yaron Koren Episode 161: Moritz Schubotz Moritz Schubotz Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:59:21 +0000 Moritz Schubotz๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 28 minutes

Dr. Moritz Schubotz (developer username Physikerwelt) is head of research at the mathematics department at FIZ Karlsruhe โ€“ Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. He is the author or co-author of the MediaWiki extensions Math and MathSearch, and the Mathoid application, among others.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Dr. Moritz Schubotz (developer username Physikerwelt) is head of research at the mathematics department at FIZ Karlsruhe โ€“ Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. He is the author or co-author of the MediaWiki extensions Math and MathSearch, and the Mathoid application, among others.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:27:45 false 1 161 full Yaron Koren Episode 160: Megan Cutrofello Megan Cutrofello Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:36:02 +0000 Megan Cutrofello๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 43 minutes

Megan Cutrofello, better known as River, returns to the podcast. She is a freelance wiki developer who has worked with Gamepedia, Fandom and wiki.gg, among others.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Megan Cutrofello, better known as River, returns to the podcast. She is a freelance wiki developer who has worked with Gamepedia, Fandom and wiki.gg, among others.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:42:53 false 1 160 full Yaron Koren Episode 159: BTB Digest 25 BTB Digest 25 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:36:33 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 21 minutes

It's a BTB Digest episode! Hear clips from five recent episodes. Steve Schneider describes his remarkably AI-centered approach to teaching, Birgit Mรผller boasts about her team's success in improving code review, Srishti Sethi considers the usefulness of developer outreach programs, Alan Ang lists the steps in getting a knowledge base onto Wikidata, Guillaume Coulombe compares MediaWiki expertise to martial arts, and more!

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It's a BTB Digest episode! Hear clips from five recent episodes. Steve Schneider describes his remarkably AI-centered approach to teaching, Birgit Mรผller boasts about her team's success in improving code review, Srishti Sethi considers the usefulness of developer outreach programs, Alan Ang lists the steps in getting a knowledge base onto Wikidata, Guillaume Coulombe compares MediaWiki expertise to martial arts, and more!

]]> 21:05 false 1 159 full Yaron Koren Episode 158: Taavi Vรครคnรคnen Yaron Koren Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:03:08 +0000 Taavi Vรครคnรคnen๐Ÿ•‘ 38 minutes

Taavi Vรครคnรคnen is a site reliability engineer in the Wikimedia Cloud Services team at the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2022, when he was still just a volunteer contributor, he was named Tech Contributor of the Year by Jimmy Wales.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Taavi Vรครคnรคnen is a site reliability engineer in the Wikimedia Cloud Services team at the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2022, when he was still just a volunteer contributor, he was named Tech Contributor of the Year by Jimmy Wales.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 37:38 false 1 158 full Yaron Koren Episode 157: Jeffrey Wang Jeffrey Wang Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:16:35 +0000 Jeffrey Wang๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 28 minutes

Jeffrey Wang returns to the podcast to talk about his new-ish job at Microsoft, his much older job as head of MyWikis, the upcoming MediaWiki conference, AI, and various other things.

Some of the topics discussed:

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Jeffrey Wang returns to the podcast to talk about his new-ish job at Microsoft, his much older job as head of MyWikis, the upcoming MediaWiki conference, AI, and various other things.

Some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:28:15 false 1 157 full Yaron Koren Episode 156: Guillaume Coulombe Guillaume Coulombe Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:12:54 +0000 Guillaume Coulombe๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 9 minutes

Guillaume Coulombe is the head of Procรฉdurable, a process consulting company with a focus on open source software and open data, and an even more specific focus on MediaWiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Guillaume Coulombe is the head of Procรฉdurable, a process consulting company with a focus on open source software and open data, and an even more specific focus on MediaWiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:08:27 false 1 156 full Yaron Koren Episode 155: Alan Ang and Kris Litson Alan Ang and Kris Litson Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:10:45 +0000 Kris LitsonAlan Ang๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 13 minutes

Alan Ang and Kris Litson (pictured, left to right) are both employees at Wikimedia Deutschland, the German Wikimedia chapter: Alan is a partner manager for Wikidata, while Kris is head of software communications. The two are both involved in evangelism for both Wikidata and its backend software, Wikibase.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Alan Ang and Kris Litson (pictured, left to right) are both employees at Wikimedia Deutschland, the German Wikimedia chapter: Alan is a partner manager for Wikidata, while Kris is head of software communications. The two are both involved in evangelism for both Wikidata and its backend software, Wikibase.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:12:23 false 1 155 full Yaron Koren Episode 154: Srishti Sethi Srishti Sethi Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:34:31 +0000 Srishti Sethi๐Ÿ•‘ 52 minutes

Srishti Sethi (also known as SrishAkaTux) is a developer advocate in the Language Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Prior to the mass reorganization at the Wikimedia Foundation in summer 2023, she was part of the Technical Engagement team.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Srishti Sethi (also known as SrishAkaTux) is a developer advocate in the Language Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Prior to the mass reorganization at the Wikimedia Foundation in summer 2023, she was part of the Technical Engagement team.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 51:11 false 1 154 full Yaron Koren Episode 153: BTB Digest 24 BTB Digest 24 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:35:23 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 23 minutes

It's another BTB Digest! Highlights from five recent episodes. Bryan Hilderbrand considers the future of scientific publishing, Jan Ainali thinks about solutions for Wikidata's messiness, Tricia Burmeister recounts the challenges of changing a wiki's front page, Ilias Sarantopoulos praises the new Lift Wing software, Alissa Stern explains how her wiki became a communications hub for the people of Bali, and more!

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It's another BTB Digest! Highlights from five recent episodes. Bryan Hilderbrand considers the future of scientific publishing, Jan Ainali thinks about solutions for Wikidata's messiness, Tricia Burmeister recounts the challenges of changing a wiki's front page, Ilias Sarantopoulos praises the new Lift Wing software, Alissa Stern explains how her wiki became a communications hub for the people of Bali, and more!

]]> 22:17 false 1 153 full Yaron Koren Episode 152: Year in review with William Beutler William Beutler Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:22:12 +0000 William Beutler๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 8 minutes

It's not quite a holiday episode, but it is an end-of-year wrapup, featuring William Beutler, strategic marketing consultant and author of the blogย The Wikipedian, which went on hiatus in 2020 and is now thankfully back. William shares some of the stories that he's working on for his "Top 10 Wikipedia Stories of 2023" feature (his first year-in-review in three years!), and we reminisce on the past year, in both the Wikimedia universe and the tech world in general.

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It's not quite a holiday episode, but it is an end-of-year wrapup, featuring William Beutler, strategic marketing consultant and author of the blog The Wikipedian, which went on hiatus in 2020 and is now thankfully back. William shares some of the stories that he's working on for his "Top 10 Wikipedia Stories of 2023" feature (his first year-in-review in three years!), and we reminisce on the past year, in both the Wikimedia universe and the tech world in general.

]]> 01:07:50 false 1 152 full Yaron Koren Episode 151: Birgit Mรผller Birgit Mรผller Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:17:24 +0000 Birgit Mรผller๐Ÿ•‘ 55 minutes

Birgit Mรผller is the Director of Product for MediaWiki and Developer Experiences at the Wikimedia Foundation. Before that, she was Director of Technical Engagement. From 2014 to 2019, she worked at Wikimedia Deutschland.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Birgit Mรผller is the Director of Product for MediaWiki and Developer Experiences at the Wikimedia Foundation. Before that, she was Director of Technical Engagement. From 2014 to 2019, she worked at Wikimedia Deutschland.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 54:53 false 1 151 full Yaron Koren Episode 150: Steve Schneider Steve Schneider Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:58:18 +0000 Steve Schneider๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 52 minutes

Steve Schneider is a professor of information design at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). He currently teaches a class, Digital Media and Information in Society, whose coursework is managed via Wikiversity and Wiki Edu, and also involves the use of ChatGPT by both teacher and students.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Steve Schneider is a professor of information design at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). He currently teaches a class, Digital Media and Information in Society, whose coursework is managed via Wikiversity and Wiki Edu, and also involves the use of ChatGPT by both teacher and students.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:51:36 false 1 150 full Yaron Koren Episode 149: Alissa Stern Alissa Stern Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:13:22 +0000 Alissa Stern๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 5 minutes

Alissa Stern founded the organization BASAbali (later renamed BASAibu) in 2011, and the BASAbali Wiki in 2014. The BASAbali Wiki was originally intended to serve only as a dictionary for the Balinese language, but it has since grown to become a general communication hub for the Balinese community.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Alissa Stern founded the organization BASAbali (later renamed BASAibu) in 2011, and the BASAbali Wiki in 2014. The BASAbali Wiki was originally intended to serve only as a dictionary for the Balinese language, but it has since grown to become a general communication hub for the Balinese community.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:04:49 false 1 149 full Yaron Koren Episode 148: Ilias Sarantopoulos Ilias Sarantopoulos Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:49:00 +0000 Ilias Sarantopoulos

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 4 minutes

Ilias Sarantopoulos is a Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been at the WMF since 2022.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 4 minutes

Ilias Sarantopoulos is a Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been at the WMF since 2022.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:03:15 false 1 148 full Yaron Koren Episode 147: Tricia Burmeister Tricia Burmeister Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:21:46 +0000 Tricia Burmeister๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 23 minutes

Tricia Burmeister is a senior technical writer at the Wikimedia Foundation, and part of the (relatively new) WMF Technical Documentation Team.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Tricia Burmeister is a senior technical writer at the Wikimedia Foundation, and part of the (relatively new) WMF Technical Documentation Team.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:22:40 false 1 147 full Yaron Koren Episode 146: BTB Digest 23 BTB Digest 23 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:56:13 +0000

๐Ÿ•‘ 21 minutes

Clips from five recent episodes! Danielle Batson thinks about the future of genealogy, Ike Hecht considers the effect of AI on software, Tom Harriman describes the contents of Nuclepedia, Rita Ho praises the Content Translation tool, Allan Lim talks about becoming an amateur archaelogist, and more!

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๐Ÿ•‘ 21 minutes

Clips from five recent episodes! Danielle Batson thinks about the future of genealogy, Ike Hecht considers the effect of AI on software, Tom Harriman describes the contents of Nuclepedia, Rita Ho praises the Content Translation tool, Allan Lim talks about becoming an amateur archaelogist, and more!

]]> 20:58 false 1 146 full Yaron Koren Episode 145: Jan Ainali Jan Ainali Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:25:41 +0000 Jan Ainali

๐Ÿ•‘ 60 minutes

Jan Ainali is a codebase steward for the Foundation for Public Code. On the side, he's an all-around Wikimedia editor, enthusiast and evangelist, with a special focus on Wikidata. He co-founded the Wikimedia Sverige chapter, co-created the Wikidata-based online resource Govdirectory, and co-hosts the (mostly Swedish-language) podcast WikipediaPodden, and that's not even everything!

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 60 minutes

Jan Ainali is a codebase steward for the Foundation for Public Code. On the side, he's an all-around Wikimedia editor, enthusiast and evangelist, with a special focus on Wikidata. He co-founded the Wikimedia Sverige chapter, co-created the Wikidata-based online resource Govdirectory, and co-hosts the (mostly Swedish-language) podcast WikipediaPodden, and that's not even everything!

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 59:21 false 1 155 full Yaron Koren Episode 144: Bryan Hilderbrand Bryan Hilderbrand Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:55:28 +0000 Bryan Hilderbrand

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 16 minutes

Bryan Hilderbrand, MediaWiki consultant of TeGnosis and WikiWorks fame, is back on the podcast to talk about weighty matters like the future of science, the nature of truth, and whether periods need one or two spaces after them.ย 

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 16 minutes

Bryan Hilderbrand, MediaWiki consultant of TeGnosis and WikiWorks fame, is back on the podcast to talk about weighty matters like the future of science, the nature of truth, and whether periods need one or two spaces after them.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:15:37 false 1 144 full Yaron Koren Episode 143: Allan Lim Allan Lim Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:00:32 +0000 Allan Lim

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 14 minutes

Allan Lim is the founder of the wiki Beyond Angkor, which maps the locations of temples and other sites from the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia and surrounding countries.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 14 minutes

Allan Lim is the founder of the wiki Beyond Angkor, which maps the locations of temples and other sites from the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia and surrounding countries.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:13:26 false 1 143 full Yaron Koren Episode 142: Rita Ho Rita Ho Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:37:45 +0000 Rita Ho

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 12 minutes

Rita Ho is the senior groups design manager at the Wikimedia Foundation. She was formerly a member of the Growth Team, and is still actively involved in growth-related projects.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 12 minutes

Rita Ho is the senior groups design manager at the Wikimedia Foundation. She was formerly a member of the Growth Team, and is still actively involved in growth-related projects.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:11:48 false 1 142 full Yaron Koren Episode 141: Tom Harriman Tom Harriman Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:15:29 +0000 Tom Harriman

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 17 minutes

Tom Harriman isย a senior learning project manager at the technical training center of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He runs the NRC's wiki, Nuclepedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 17 minutes

Tom Harriman is a senior learning project manager at the technical training center of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He runs the NRC's wiki, Nuclepedia.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:16:33 false 1 141 full Yaron Koren Episode 140: BTB Digest 22 BTB Digest 22 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:14:40 +0000

๐Ÿ•‘23 minutes

It's a BTB Digest episode! Anton Krom thinks back to abandoning SharePoint in favor of MediaWiki, Bryan Hilderbrand finds a role for wikis in a world of AI, Ed Sanders reminisces on the early days of VisualEditor, Sanjay Thiyagarajan explains going without sleep at hackathons, and Sam Wilson describes the Phonos extension.

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๐Ÿ•‘23 minutes

It's a BTB Digest episode! Anton Krom thinks back to abandoning SharePoint in favor of MediaWiki, Bryan Hilderbrand finds a role for wikis in a world of AI, Ed Sanders reminisces on the early days of VisualEditor, Sanjay Thiyagarajan explains going without sleep at hackathons, and Sam Wilson describes the Phonos extension.

]]> 22:39 false 1 140 full Yaron Koren Episode 139: Ike Hecht Ike Hecht Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:28:45 +0000 Ike Hecht

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 15 minutes

Ike Hecht, founder of the consulting company WikiTeq, is back to talk about weighty matters like AI, religion, and the singularity. Plus some pre-singularity thoughts on project management software and marketing.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 15 minutes

Ike Hecht, founder of the consulting company WikiTeq, is back to talk about weighty matters like AI, religion, and the singularity. Plus some pre-singularity thoughts on project management software and marketing.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:15:28 false 1 139 full Yaron Koren Episode 138: Danielle Batson Danielle Batson Tue, 23 May 2023 17:02:36 +0000 Danielle Batson

๐Ÿ•‘ 58 minutes

Danielle Batson is the wiki community manager for the non-profit organization FamilySearch, which is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 58 minutes

Danielle Batson is the wiki community manager for the non-profit organization FamilySearch, which is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 57:35 false 1 138 full Yaron Koren Episode 137: Sam Wilson Sam Wilson Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:45:25 +0000 Sam Wilson

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 18 minutes

Sam Wilson is a senior software engineer in the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation. This is his second time on Between the Brackets.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 18 minutes

Sam Wilson is a senior software engineer in the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation. This is his second time on Between the Brackets.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:17:35 false 1 137 full Yaron Koren Episode 136: Sanjay Thiyagarajan Sanjay Thiyagarajan Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:33:08 +0000 Sanjay Thiyagarajan๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 2 minutes

Sanjay Thiyagarajan (username: Techwizzie) is a full-stack developer at JP Morgan Chase who has also done a significant amount of MediaWiki extension development as an intern and consultant at WikiWorks, my MediaWiki consulting company.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Sanjay Thiyagarajan (username: Techwizzie) is a full-stack developer at JP Morgan Chase who has also done a significant amount of MediaWiki extension development as an intern and consultant at WikiWorks, my MediaWiki consulting company.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:01:16 false 1 136 full Yaron Koren Episode 135: Ed Sanders Ed Sanders Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:52:41 +0000 Ed Sanders

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 23 minutes

Ed Sanders is a Principal Software Engineer, as well as the tech lead, in the Editing Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been involved with developing the VisualEditor extension since 2013. He has also helped with developing other applications, like the DiscussionTools extension.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 23 minutes

Ed Sanders is a Principal Software Engineer, as well as the tech lead, in the Editing Team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been involved with developing the VisualEditor extension since 2013. He has also helped with developing other applications, like the DiscussionTools extension.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:23:03 false 1 135 full Yaron Koren Episode 134: BTB Digest 21 BTB Digest 21 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:16:03 +0000 BTB Digest

๐Ÿ•‘ 22 minutes

Have you missed any recent episodes? Well, here are some clips for you. Hear Eric Gardner defending Vue.js, Nathan Brewer praising computer scientists of the past, Simon Stier considering the complexities of nested data structures, Ariel Gutman advocating for one language for WikiFunctions, Waldir Pimenta recounting his adventures in translation, and more!

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๐Ÿ•‘ 22 minutes

Have you missed any recent episodes? Well, here are some clips for you. Hear Eric Gardner defending Vue.js, Nathan Brewer praising computer scientists of the past, Simon Stier considering the complexities of nested data structures, Ariel Gutman advocating for one language for WikiFunctions, Waldir Pimenta recounting his adventures in translation, and more!

]]> 22:01 false 1 134 full Yaron Koren Episode 133: Bryan Hilderbrand Bryan Hilderbrand Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:25:04 +0000 Bryan Hilderbrand

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 42 minutes

WikiWorks/TeGnosis consultant Bryan Hilderbrand returns to the podcast, to talk about the upcoming Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (April 19-21 in Austin, Texas), and various other topics.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 42 minutes

WikiWorks/TeGnosis consultant Bryan Hilderbrand returns to the podcast, to talk about the upcoming Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (April 19-21 in Austin, Texas), and various other topics.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:41:16 false 1 133 full Yaron Koren Episode 132: Anton Krom Anton Krom Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:14:58 +0000 Anton Krom

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 17 minutes

Anton Krom is a longtime MediaWiki administrator and consultant.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 17 minutes

Anton Krom is a longtime MediaWiki administrator and consultant.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:17:17 false 1 132 full Yaron Koren Episode 131: Waldir Pimenta Waldir Pimenta Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:57:30 +0000 Waldir Pimenta๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 44 minutes

Waldir Pimenta is the co-founder of Wikimedia Portugal, and an active translator of core MediaWiki and extensions. He has also been involved in developing various Wikimedia-related tools.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Waldir Pimenta is the co-founder of Wikimedia Portugal, and an active translator of core MediaWiki and extensions. He has also been involved in developing various Wikimedia-related tools.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:43:17 false 1 131 full Yaron Koren Episode 130: Ariel Gutman Ariel Gutman Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:36:10 +0000 Ariel Gutman

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 31 minutes

Ariel Gutman is a senior software engineer at Google, as well as a linguist. From May to October 2022, he was one of a group of Fellows, supported by Google.org, who assisted in the design and development of Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia. Several months after that, he co-authored an "evaluation" that was somewhat critical of the project.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 31 minutes

Ariel Gutman is a senior software engineer at Google, as well as a linguist. From May to October 2022, he was one of a group of Fellows, supported by Google.org, who assisted in the design and development of Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia. Several months after that, he co-authored an "evaluation" that was somewhat critical of the project.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:31:01 false 1 130 full Yaron Koren Episode 129: Simon Stier Simon Stier Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:02:00 +0000 Simon Stier

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 28 minutes

Simon Stier is a researcher at Fraunhofer ISC in Germany, as well as a freelance software developer and consultant. He is the developer of the MediaWiki- and Semantic MediaWiki-based Open Semantic Lab platform.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 28 minutes

Simon Stier is a researcher at Fraunhofer ISC in Germany, as well as a freelance software developer and consultant. He is the developer of the MediaWiki- and Semantic MediaWiki-based Open Semantic Lab platform.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:27:39 false 1 129 full Yaron Koren Episode 128: BTB Digest 20 BTB Digest 20 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:29:23 +0000 BTB Digest

๐Ÿ•‘ 22 minutes

It's another BTB Digest! Hear highlights from five recent episodes. Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson discuss some tradeoffs in data structuring, Cindy Cicalese shares developments in authentication, Marc Laporte promotes the use of structured data (in Tiki), Jacqueline Wong describes the difficulties in running a video game wiki, William Beutler ponders whether people should donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, and more!

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๐Ÿ•‘ 22 minutes

It's another BTB Digest! Hear highlights from five recent episodes. Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson discuss some tradeoffs in data structuring, Cindy Cicalese shares developments in authentication, Marc Laporte promotes the use of structured data (in Tiki), Jacqueline Wong describes the difficulties in running a video game wiki, William Beutler ponders whether people should donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, and more!

]]> 21:30 false 1 128 full Yaron Koren Episode 127: 2022 Holiday Special 2022 holiday special Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:41:07 +0000

๐Ÿ•‘ 48 minutes

It's the 2022 holiday special! Featuring an all-star guest panel (Daisy Chen, Richard Knipel, Trevor Parscal and Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡) weighing in on the current Wikimedia sound logo competition. Hear their informed opinions! And if that wasn't enough, you can then listen to Lex Sulzer reminisce about jumping into snowy lakes.

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๐Ÿ•‘ 48 minutes

It's the 2022 holiday special! Featuring an all-star guest panel (Daisy Chen, Richard Knipel, Trevor Parscal and Denny Vrandeฤiฤ‡) weighing in on the current Wikimedia sound logo competition. Hear their informed opinions! And if that wasn't enough, you can then listen to Lex Sulzer reminisce about jumping into snowy lakes.

]]> 47:12 false 1 127 full Yaron Koren Episode 126: Nathan Brewer Nathan Brewer Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:01:54 +0000 Nathan Brewer

๐Ÿ•‘ 36 minutes

Nathan Brewer is the archival and digital content manager at the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) History Center. He manages the IEEE's Engineering and Technology History Wiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 36 minutes

Nathan Brewer is the archival and digital content manager at the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) History Center. He manages the IEEE's Engineering and Technology History Wiki.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 36:00 false 1 126 full Yaron Koren Episode 125: Eric Gardner Eric Gardner Tue, 08 Nov 2022 18:32:21 +0000 Eric Gardner

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 8 minutes

Eric Gardner is a senior software engineer on the Design Systems team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been heavily involved in the introduction of the Vue.js library into MediaWiki, and the creation of the related Codex library.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 8 minutes

Eric Gardner is a senior software engineer on the Design Systems team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been heavily involved in the introduction of the Vue.js library into MediaWiki, and the creation of the related Codex library.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:08:03 false 1 125 full Yaron Koren Episode 124: William Beutler William Beutler Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:22:02 +0000 William Beutler๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 24 minutes

William Beutler is the founder and president of the creative agency Beutler Ink, which, among other services, assists clients with their presence on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Previously, he ran the longtime blog The Wikipedian, and he has co-hosted several film podcasts.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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William Beutler is the founder and president of the creative agency Beutler Ink, which, among other services, assists clients with their presence on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Previously, he ran the longtime blog The Wikipedian, and he has co-hosted several film podcasts.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:23:40 false 1 124 full Yaron Koren Episode 123: Jacqueline Wong Jacqueline Wong Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:19:34 +0000 Jacqueline Wong

๐Ÿ•‘ 55 minutes

Jacqueline Wong is a software developer who, in her free time, helps to host and maintain various video game-related wikis.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 55 minutes

Jacqueline Wong is a software developer who, in her free time, helps to host and maintain various video game-related wikis.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 54:42 false 1 123 full Yaron Koren Episode 122: Marc Laporte Marc Laporte Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:50:01 +0000 Marc Laporte

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 5 minutes

Marc Laporte is a longtime administrator of the Tiki application, the open source project also known as TikiWiki and Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. He also runs the related WikiSuite project, and the consulting company EvoluData.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 5 minutes

Marc Laporte is a longtime administrator of the Tiki application, the open source project also known as TikiWiki and Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. He also runs the related WikiSuite project, and the consulting company EvoluData.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:05:06 false 1 122 full Yaron Koren Episode 121: BTB Digest 19 BTB Digest 19 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:55:23 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 26 minutes

It's another BTB Digest! Clips from five recent episodes. Matthew Westerby explains the challenges of storing dates, Lionel Scheepmans extols Wikiversity, Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman ponder the future of Wikipedia in a mechanized world, Brian Wolff shares his thoughts on Asana, and Jake Orlowitz recounts the highs and (somewhat) lows of working on The Wikipedia Adventure.

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It's another BTB Digest! Clips from five recent episodes. Matthew Westerby explains the challenges of storing dates, Lionel Scheepmans extols Wikiversity, Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman ponder the future of Wikipedia in a mechanized world, Brian Wolff shares his thoughts on Asana, and Jake Orlowitz recounts the highs and (somewhat) lows of working on The Wikipedia Adventure.

]]> 25:55 false 1 121 full Yaron Koren Episode 120: Cindy Cicalese Cindy Cicalese Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:38:38 +0000 Cindy Cicalese

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 9 minutes

Cindy Cicalese is a principal engineer for the Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as the general chair for the upcoming Semantic MediaWiki Conference, to be held October 26-28 in Breda, the Netherlands. She was the first-ever guest on this program, and now she's back for an all-new conversation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 9 minutes

Cindy Cicalese is a principal engineer for the Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as the general chair for the upcoming Semantic MediaWiki Conference, to be held October 26-28 in Breda, the Netherlands. She was the first-ever guest on this program, and now she's back for an all-new conversation.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:09:12 false 1 140 full Yaron Koren Episode 119: Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:18:47 +0000 ๐Ÿ•‘ 53 minutesDave AndersonLawrence McCray

Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson (left to right) are the founder and lead developer, respectively, of the site Protoball, a wiki about the prehistory and early history of baseball.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Lawrence McCray and Dave Anderson (left to right) are the founder and lead developer, respectively, of the site Protoball, a wiki about the prehistory and early history of baseball.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 52:59 false 1 119 full Yaron Koren Episode 118: Jake Orlowitz Jake Orlowitz Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:01:59 +0000 Jake Orlowitz

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 22 minutes

Jake Orlowitz is the lead of the management consulting company WikiBlueprint. Before founding WikiBlueprint, he worked at the Wikimedia Foundation, where his projects included The Wikipedia Library and The Wikipedia Adventure. He has been open about his former struggles with mental health, and Wikipedia's role in helping him overcome them. He can be reached at jorlowitzATgmailDOTcom.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 22 minutes

Jake Orlowitz is the lead of the management consulting company WikiBlueprint. Before founding WikiBlueprint, he worked at the Wikimedia Foundation, where his projects included The Wikipedia Library and The Wikipedia Adventure. He has been open about his former struggles with mental health, and Wikipedia's role in helping him overcome them. He can be reached at jorlowitzATgmailDOTcom.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:22:03 false 1 118 full Yaron Koren Episode 117: Brian Wolff Brian Wolff Tue, 19 Jul 2022 18:37:55 +0000 Brian Wolff

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 7 minutes

Brian Wolff is back on the program - he was a longtime member of the Security team at the Wikimedia Foundation, then worked at Asana, and is now temporarily unemployed. He is still thankfully involved with MediaWiki as a volunteer developer.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 7 minutes

Brian Wolff is back on the program - he was a longtime member of the Security team at the Wikimedia Foundation, then worked at Asana, and is now temporarily unemployed. He is still thankfully involved with MediaWiki as a volunteer developer.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:06:29 false 1 117 full Yaron Koren Episode 116: Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:54:42 +0000 Julie KiesermanAdam Baso

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 14 minutes

Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman are both developers in the Abstract Wikipedia group at the Wikimedia Foundation; Adam is the director of engineering, while Julia is a senior software engineer.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 14 minutes

Adam Baso and Julia Kieserman are both developers in the Abstract Wikipedia group at the Wikimedia Foundation; Adam is the director of engineering, while Julia is a senior software engineer.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:13:20 false 1 116 full Yaron Koren Episode 115: BTB Digest 18 BTB Digest 18 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:15:43 +0000 BTB Digest

๐Ÿ•‘ 30 minutes

It's another BTB Digest episode! Mike Cariaso explains why you should use SQLite, Tyler Cipriani talks about teaching deployment to volunteers, Dror Snir-Haim compares translation options, Alex Hollender defends sticky headers, Kunal Mehta criticizes Bitcoin miners, and more!

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๐Ÿ•‘ 30 minutes

It's another BTB Digest episode! Mike Cariaso explains why you should use SQLite, Tyler Cipriani talks about teaching deployment to volunteers, Dror Snir-Haim compares translation options, Alex Hollender defends sticky headers, Kunal Mehta criticizes Bitcoin miners, and more!

]]> 29:32 false 1 115 full Yaron Koren Episode 114: Lionel Scheepmans Lionel Scheepmans Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:59:56 +0000 Lionel Scheepmans

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 38 minutes

Lionel Scheepmans is a co-founder of the Wikimedia Belgium chapter, an open source and open knowledge activist, and a PhD student at the University of Louvain. He is also currently running for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 38 minutes

Lionel Scheepmans is a co-founder of the Wikimedia Belgium chapter, an open source and open knowledge activist, and a PhD student at the University of Louvain. He is also currently running for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:37:31 false 1 114 full Yaron Koren Episode 113: Matthew Westerby Matthew Westerby Tue, 24 May 2022 20:22:06 +0000 Matthew Westerby

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 11 minutes

Matthew Westerby is the Robert H. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate for Digital Projects at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, a national art museum of the United States. He has been heavily involved in the creation of the wiki History of Early American Landscape Design.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 11 minutes

Matthew Westerby is the Robert H. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate for Digital Projects at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, a national art museum of the United States. He has been heavily involved in the creation of the wiki History of Early American Landscape Design.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:11:05 false 1 113 full Yaron Koren Episode 112: Kunal Mehta Kunal Mehta Tue, 10 May 2022 16:39:07 +0000 Kunal Mehta

๐Ÿ•‘ 57 minutes

Kunal Mehta is back for a second appearance! Last time he was here, he was working for the Wikimedia Foundation; but now he is a Senior Software Engineer at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. (Though he is still a volunteer MediaWiki developer.)

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 57 minutes

Kunal Mehta is back for a second appearance! Last time he was here, he was working for the Wikimedia Foundation; but now he is a Senior Software Engineer at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. (Though he is still a volunteer MediaWiki developer.)

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 57:06 false 1 112 full Yaron Koren Episode 111: Alex Hollender Alex Hollender Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:20:23 +0000 Alex Hollender

๐Ÿ•‘ 2 hours 18 minutes

Alex Hollender is a product designer on the Reading Web team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been with the WMF since 2018.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 2 hours 18 minutes

Alex Hollender is a product designer on the Reading Web team at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has been with the WMF since 2018.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 02:18:23 false 1 111 full Yaron Koren Episode 110: Dror Snir-Haim Dror Snir-Haim Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:47:33 +0000 Dror Snir-Haim

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 20 minutes

Dror Snir-Haim, or Dror Snir, also known as FreedomFighterSparrow, is the main developer of Kol-Zchut, a wiki (run by a nonprofit organization of the same name) dedicated to enumerating the rights and entitlements of citizens of Israel.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 20 minutes

Dror Snir-Haim, or Dror Snir, also known as FreedomFighterSparrow, is the main developer of Kol-Zchut, a wiki (run by a nonprofit organization of the same name) dedicated to enumerating the rights and entitlements of citizens of Israel.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:19:44 false 1 110 full Yaron Koren Episode 109: BTB Digest 17 BTB Digest 17 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:24:46 +0000 BTB Digest๐Ÿ•‘ 29 minutes

Clips from five recent episodes: Marshall Miller talks about gamification of Wikipedia editing, Jared Olson describes the U.S. Space Force wiki, Wolfgang Fahl mentions the three Cambridges, Florian Schmidt praises weekly software upgrades, Jay Prakash wishes for more hackathons, and more!

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Clips from five recent episodes: Marshall Miller talks about gamification of Wikipedia editing, Jared Olson describes the U.S. Space Force wiki, Wolfgang Fahl mentions the three Cambridges, Florian Schmidt praises weekly software upgrades, Jay Prakash wishes for more hackathons, and more!

]]> 28:57 false 1 109 full Yaron Koren Episode 108: Tyler Cipriani Tyler Cipriani Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:27:55 +0000 Tyler Cipriani

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 13 minutes

Tyler Cipriani is the engineering manager for release engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has worked at the WMF since 2015.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 13 minutes

Tyler Cipriani is the engineering manager for release engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation. He has worked at the WMF since 2015.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:12:33 true 1 108 full Yaron Koren Episode 107: Mike Cariaso Mike Cariaso Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:49:28 +0000 Mike Cariaso

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 33 minutes

Mike Cariaso is back, as the first-ever repeat guest on Between the Brackets! Mike is the co-creator (with Greg Lennon) of the wiki SNPedia, and the associated software Promethease, which matches an individual human genome sequence against the data in SNPedia. In 2019, Mike and Greg sold SNPedia and Promethease to the Israeli genealogy company MyHeritage.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 33 minutes

Mike Cariaso is back, as the first-ever repeat guest on Between the Brackets! Mike is the co-creator (with Greg Lennon) of the wiki SNPedia, and the associated software Promethease, which matches an individual human genome sequence against the data in SNPedia. In 2019, Mike and Greg sold SNPedia and Promethease to the Israeli genealogy company MyHeritage.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:32:46 false 1 107 full Yaron Koren Episode 106: Jay Prakash Jay Prakash Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:57:56 +0000 Jay Prakash

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 24 minutes

Jay Prakash is the co-founder of both the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group and Indic-TechCom. At the 2021 Wikimania, he was named one of five Wikimedians of the Year, in the category of "Tech Innovator". He is also a college student and part-time MediaWiki consultant.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 24 minutes

Jay Prakash is the co-founder of both the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group and Indic-TechCom. At the 2021 Wikimania, he was named one of five Wikimedians of the Year, in the category of "Tech Innovator". He is also a college student and part-time MediaWiki consultant.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:24:09 false 1 106 full Yaron Koren Episode 105: Florian Schmidt Florian Schmidt Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:44:53 +0000 ๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 53 minutes

Florian Schmidt has been a volunteer MediaWiki developer since 2014, and has run the wiki Android Wiki since 2012.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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Florian Schmidt has been a volunteer MediaWiki developer since 2014, and has run the wiki Android Wiki since 2012.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:52:44 false 1 105 full Yaron Koren Episode 104: Wolfgang Fahl Wolfgang Fahl Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:27:06 +0000 Wolfgang Fahl

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 35 minutes

Wolfgang Fahl is the director and founder of the software training and consulting company BITPlan, and a research assistant at RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfรคlische Technische Hochschule) in Germany.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 35 minutes

Wolfgang Fahl is the director and founder of the software training and consulting company BITPlan, and a research assistant at RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfรคlische Technische Hochschule) in Germany.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

]]> 01:34:52 false 1 104 full Yaron Koren Episode 103: BTB Digest 16 BTB Digest 16 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:10:09 +0000 BTB Digest

๐Ÿ•‘ 30 minutes

It's another BTB Digest! Clips from Between the Brackets episodes from last year, including: Igor Absorto talking about open source development, Bill Pirkle explaining the WMF's API Platform initiative; Ziko van Dijk defining "wiki"; Bryan Hilderbrand learning lessons from Dilbert; and Jonathan Wilson praising the benefits of DIY.

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๐Ÿ•‘ 30 minutes

It's another BTB Digest! Clips from Between the Brackets episodes from last year, including: Igor Absorto talking about open source development, Bill Pirkle explaining the WMF's API Platform initiative; Ziko van Dijk defining "wiki"; Bryan Hilderbrand learning lessons from Dilbert; and Jonathan Wilson praising the benefits of DIY.

]]> 29:47 false 1 103 full Yaron Koren Episode 102: Jared Olson Jared Olson Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:17:48 +0000 Jared Olson

๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 1 minute

Jared Olson is a senior consultant at the military consulting firm DSoft, who is currently working with the United States Space Force. Before that he worked for NASA.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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๐Ÿ•‘ 1 hour 1 minute

Jared Olson is a senior consultant at the military consulting firm DSoft, who is currently working with the United States Space Force. Before that he worked for NASA.

Links for some of the topics discussed:

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