Grants:TPS/MarkAHershberger/SMWConFall2015/Report
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Event name
editParticipant connections
editWith Chris, I hosted a MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group meeting while there to take advantage of the chance to meet and talk to people in-person (10-15 participants).
I also gave a talk about "Developing The Wiki Way" (slides) to which most people at the conference attended (40-50 participants).
Finally, I made what I hope will be a very valuable connection with Lex Sulzer who has done a lot of work on automating wiki set-ups and automatic testing outside of the WMF.
Outcome
edit- New Creation
- During the conference, I saw (again) that several people (even MediaWiki core) could benefit from having a way to bundle and update on-wiki content. Since I was at the conference, I was able to talk to people and get feedback in person on this. As a result, I started creating a MediaWiki RFC to begin to spec describe the use cases and needs.
- The RFC is still under development, but can be found at [RFC] Content bundler.
Finances
edit| Expense | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Round trip airfare to BCN from PHL | $ 909.20 | |
| Hotel | 320.79 | €292,48 (half of €584,96) on 2015-07-25 when the room was booked and paid for |
| Room Tax | 7.84 | €7,15 on 2015-07-25 |
| Conference Fee | 209.87 | €185,00 on 2015-10-21 |
| Taxi to hotel | 48.61 | €44,05 on 2015-10-27 |
| Tourism Tax | 3.94 | €3,58 on 2015-11-01 |
| Taxi to airport | 53.31 | €44,05 on 2015-11-01 |
| SEPTA to 30th Street, Philly | 8.00 | |
| Amtrack from PHL to LNC | 38.00 | |
| Total | $ 1599.56 |
(Currency conversion with date based on amounts from the OANDA tool.)