Announcing the Media Platform team [MediaWiki Engineering]

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Hi All,

Some of you might have seen this
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/8845/> already on
Phabricator :-) - I'm happy to share that we=E2=80=99ve created a Media Pla=
tform
team under the umbrella of the MediaWiki Engineering group
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering_Group>. This enhances
the MediaWiki Engineering group from formerly 3 to now 4 teams =E2=80=93 Co=
re
Platform, API Platform (also known as: MW Interfaces), Content Platform
(also known as: the content transformers :), and Media Platform. [1]

With this change, we=E2=80=99re addressing the need to invest in the sustai=
nability
of our media platform, with an initial focus on de-risking key parts of the
media infrastructure, ensuring the platform remains resilient when scaled
scraping occurs and can scale for continued growth.

The Media Platform team will work on how we store, manipulate, stream, and
display media and is responsible for the media related work under the
Responsible
Reuse objective
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2026-2027=
/Product_%26_Technology_OKRs#Protect>
in the Foundation=E2=80=99s annual plan (July 2026 - June 2027). The first =
major
project is to come up with a new architecture for the thumbnail
infrastructure (see ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T431141>).

We=E2=80=99ve created a Phabricator project for the team
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/8845/> and updated
the developers
and maintainers list <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developers/Maintainers=
>
to reflect the changes.

Feel free to come say Hi
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Media_Platform_Team> when you get the chanc=
e
:-)

Birgit

[1] - We're adjusting the names of the other MediaWiki Engineering teams to
maintain consistency across platform teams & are working on updating the
corresponding tags and team pages.

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Birgit M=C3=BCller (she/her)
Director of Product, MediaWiki and Developer Experiences

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><span style=3D"back=
ground-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;whit=
e-space:pre-wrap">Hi All,</span></div><div><span id=3D"m_556289646785598132=
6m_-4111648602710810491gmail-docs-internal-guid-9d0ea87a-7fff-ec30-707e-da2=
8987029f0"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);back=
ground-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-=
space:pre-wrap">Some of you <a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/pr=
oject/profile/8845/" target=3D"_blank">might have seen this</a> already on =
Phabricator :-) - </span><span style=3D"font-variant:normal;background-colo=
r:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:=
baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I&#39;m happy to share that we=E2=80=99ve cr=
eated a Media Platform team under the umbrella of the </span><a href=3D"htt=
ps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering_Group" target=3D"_blank" =
style=3D"background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none"><span style=3D"=
font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=
MediaWiki Engineering group</span></a><span style=3D"font-variant:normal;ba=
ckground-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);ve=
rtical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This enhances the MediaWiki E=
ngineering group from formerly 3 to now 4 teams =E2=80=93 Core Platform, AP=
I Platform (also known as: MW Interfaces), Content Platform (also known as:=
 the content transformers :), and Media Platform. [1]</span></p><br><p dir=
=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tran=
sparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">W=
ith this change, we=E2=80=99re addressing the need to invest in the sustain=
ability of our media platform, with an initial focus on de-risking key part=
s of the media infrastructure, ensuring the platform remains resilient when=
 scaled scraping occurs and can scale for continued growth.=C2=A0=C2=A0</sp=
an></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font=
-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Media Pla=
tform team will work on how we store, manipulate, stream, and display media=
 and is responsible for the media related work under the </span><a href=3D"=
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2026-2027/=
Product_%26_Technology_OKRs#Protect" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=
=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal=
;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Re=
sponsible Reuse objective</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-s=
erif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-spa=
ce:pre-wrap"> in the Foundation=E2=80=99s annual plan (July 2026 - June 202=
7). The first major project is to come up with a new architecture for the t=
humbnail infrastructure (see </span><a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedi=
a.org/T431141" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=
=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underl=
ine;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ticket</span></a><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;ve=
rtical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">).=C2=A0</span></p><br><p dir=
=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;v=
ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We=E2=80=99ve created a <a hre=
f=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/8845/" target=3D"_bl=
ank">Phabricator project for the team</a> and </span><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:b=
aseline;white-space:pre-wrap">updated the </span><a href=3D"https://www.med=
iawiki.org/wiki/Developers/Maintainers" style=3D"text-decoration:none" targ=
et=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=
developers and maintainers list</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,=
sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;whi=
te-space:pre-wrap"> to reflect the changes.=C2=A0</span></p><br><p dir=3D"l=
tr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=
=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;verti=
cal-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feel free to </span><span style=3D=
"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical=
-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/=
wiki/Media_Platform_Team" target=3D"_blank">come say Hi</a><b> </b></span><=
span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:no=
rmal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">when you get the chance<=
/span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-wei=
ght:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-va=
riant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:-)=C2=A0</span>=
</p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-botto=
m:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-va=
riant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Birgit</span></p=
><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0=
pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-varia=
nt:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[1] - We&#39;re adj=
usting the names of the other MediaWiki Engineering teams to maintain consi=
stency across platform teams &amp; are working on updating the correspondin=
g tags and team pages. </span></p></span><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_sig=
nature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" dat=
a-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div>Birgit M=C3=BCller (she/her)<br></div><div>Director of Produc=
t, MediaWiki and Developer Experiences</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"=
https://wikimediafoundation.org/" target=3D"_blank">Wikimedia Foundation</a=
><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
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