Community Tech team disbanding announcement made on Meta-Wiki
a smart kitten via Wikitech-l <[email protected]> Thu, 21 May 2026 10:20:02 -0400
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--===============0672706962516859322== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_uaLcdg3+rAtDeSUAaKtcBi_=" --=_uaLcdg3+rAtDeSUAaKtcBi_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In case any folks on this list aren't aware, the following announcement = relating to the disbanding of the Community Tech team was made at = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_20,= _2026:_Community_Tech_becomes_a_program: > May 20, 2026: Community Tech becomes a program >=20 > Hello all, my name is Suman <https://meta.wikimedia.= org/wiki/User:SCherukuwada_(WMF)> and I'm the Deputy Chief Product & = Technology Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm writing to share with = all of you that we've decided to do some internal restructuring about how = WMF responds to and supports wishes. After noticing that having a = centralized team was leading to frequent bottlenecks and delays as CommTech= staff coordinated with other teams, we've decided to shift Community Tech = into a program that multiple teams are officially responsible for = supporting. This is a model that has proven success already <https://meta.= wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#The_work_we_did_in_the_last_m= onth>, but it will involve disbanding the Community Tech team and the roles= of five engineers and one manager. We still have dedicated staff managing = the wishlist intake and triage process and will continue the same financial= support for this work, just under a different structure. >=20 > Moving forward, the wishlist will continue to work on wishes from across = languages and wikis, and complements many of the other channels where we = regularly hear ideas and feedback from volunteers (talk pages, Village = Pumps, chat platforms, calls, conferences, etc.) Our latest community = update <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_13,= _2026:_Latest_updates_from_the_Community_Tech_team> offers a detailed = update about our progress over the last month, including completing a wish = for tagging and tracking which pages users need to edit and adding new = languages to =E2=80=9CWho Wrote That=E2=80=9D and the P&E Dashboard. In the= coming weeks and months, we hope you all will continue to see an uptick in= the speed and number of wishes we are able to address over time via our = monthly statistics <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Upda= tes#Some_statistics>. There are discussions about this announcement occurring at (at least) = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishlist#May_20_update & = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#WMF_Community_Te= ch_team_has_been_disbanded,_engineers_laid_off. --a smart kitten --=_uaLcdg3+rAtDeSUAaKtcBi_= Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>In case any = folks on this list aren't aware, the following announcement relating to the= disbanding of the Community Tech team was made at <a href=3D"https://meta.= wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_20,= _2026:_Community_Tech_becomes_a_program">https://meta.wikimedia.= org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_20,_2026:_Community_Tech_becomes_a_= program</a>:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><h3>May 20, = 2026: Community Tech becomes a program</h3><div class=3D"align-start" = style=3D"text-align:start;">Hello all, my name is <a = href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SCherukuwada_(WMF)">Suman</a>&= nbsp;and I'm the Deputy Chief Product & Technology Officer at the = Wikimedia Foundation. I'm writing to share with all of you that we've = decided to do some internal restructuring about how WMF responds to and = supports wishes. After noticing that having a centralized team was leading = to frequent bottlenecks and delays as CommTech staff coordinated with other= teams, we've decided to shift Community Tech into a program that multiple = teams are officially responsible for supporting. This is a model that has = proven success <a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.= org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#The_work_we_did_in_the_last_month">alre= ady</a>, but it will involve disbanding the Community Tech team and the = roles of five engineers and one manager. We still have dedicated staff = managing the wishlist intake and triage process and will continue the same = financial support for this work, just under a different structure.= </div><div class=3D"align-start" style=3D"text-align:start;"><br></div><div= class=3D"align-start" style=3D"text-align:start;">Moving forward, the = wishlist will continue to work on wishes from across languages and wikis, = and complements many of the other channels where we regularly hear ideas = and feedback from volunteers (talk pages, Village Pumps, chat platforms, = calls, conferences, etc.) Our <a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.= org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Updates#May_13,_2026:_Latest_updates_from_the_C= ommunity_Tech_team">latest community update</a> offers a detailed = update about our progress over the last month, including completing a wish = for tagging and tracking which pages users need to edit and adding new = languages to “Who Wrote That” and the P&E Dashboard. In = the coming weeks and months, we hope you all will continue to see an uptick= in the speed and number of wishes we are able to address over time = via <a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist/Upda= tes#Some_statistics">our monthly statistics</a>.</div></blockquote><div><br= ></div><div>There are discussions about this announcement occurring at (at = least) <a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishl= ist#May_20_update">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishlist#= May_20_update</a> & <a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.= org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#WMF_Community_Tech_team_has_been_disb= anded,_engineers_laid_off">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_= pump_(WMF)#WMF_Community_Tech_team_has_been_disbanded,= _engineers_laid_off</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>--a smart = kitten</div></body></html> --=_uaLcdg3+rAtDeSUAaKtcBi_=-- --===============0672706962516859322== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ --===============0672706962516859322==--