Re: Announcing the Media Platform team [MediaWiki Engineering]

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Thanks Brooke! We're excited, too :_)

On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 1:12=E2=80=AFPM Brooke Vibber <[email protected]> wr=
ote:

> Congratulations to the new team! I've been advocating for this for years
> and am glad to see it finally happen. <3
>
> -- brooke
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 12:30=E2=80=AFAM Birgit M=C3=BCller via Wikitech-l <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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 =
Platform
>> 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
>> Core 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
>> sustainability of our media platform, with an initial focus on de-riskin=
g
>> 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 th=
e Responsible
>> Reuse objective
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2026-2=
027/Product_%26_Technology_OKRs#Protect>
>> in the Foundation=E2=80=99s annual plan (July 2026 - June 2027). The fir=
st 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
>> chance :-)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Birgit M=C3=BCller (she/her)
>> Director of Product, MediaWiki and Developer Experiences
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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>

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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">Thanks Brooke! We&#39;re excited, too :_)</div><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 1:12=E2=80=AFPM Brooke Vibber &lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px =
solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Congratulations =
to the new team! I&#39;ve been advocating for this for years and am glad to=
 see it finally happen. &lt;3<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
-- brooke</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 12:30=E2=80=AFAM Birgit M=C3=BCller vi=
a Wikitech-l &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=
=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px=
 solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rg=
b(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi All,</span><=
/div><div><span id=3D"m_804942945547392696m_2243770367162189946m_5562896467=
855981326m_-4111648602710810491gmail-docs-internal-guid-9d0ea87a-7fff-ec30-=
707e-da28987029f0"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;m=
argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0=
,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baselin=
e;white-space:pre-wrap">Some of you <a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedi=
a.org/project/profile/8845/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">might hav=
e seen this</a> already on Phabricator :-) - </span><span style=3D"font-var=
iant:normal;background-color: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 created a Media Platform team under the umbrella o=
f the </span><a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineerin=
g_Group" style=3D"background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none" rel=3D=
"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;=
background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;=
vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MediaWiki Engineering group</=
span></a><span style=3D"font-variant:normal;background-color:transparent;fo=
nt-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-s=
pace:pre-wrap">. This enhances the MediaWiki Engineering group from formerl=
y 3 to now 4 teams =E2=80=93 Core Platform, API 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 style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans=
-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;ve=
rtical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With this change, we=E2=80=99re=
 addressing the need to invest in the sustainability 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 ca=
n scale for continued growth.=C2=A0=C2=A0</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" styl=
e=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;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Media Platform team will work on how we=
 store, manipulate, stream, and display media and is responsible for the me=
dia related work under the </span><a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik=
i/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2026-2027/Product_%26_Technology_OKRs#Pr=
otect" style=3D"text-decoration:none" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">=
<span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decora=
tion:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Responsible Re=
use objective</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:r=
gb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"=
> in the Foundation=E2=80=99s annual plan (July 2026 - June 2027). The firs=
t major project is to come up with a new architecture for the thumbnail inf=
rastructure (see </span><a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T43114=
1" style=3D"text-decoration:none" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration=
:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ticket</span></a><=
span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:no=
rmal;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-bottom:0pt"><s=
pan style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:nor=
mal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We=E2=80=99ve created a <=
a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/8845/" rel=3D"n=
oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">Phabricator project for the team</a> and </spa=
n><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant=
:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">updated the </span><a=
 href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developers/Maintainers" style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:none" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"fon=
t-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;ver=
tical-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;white-space:pre-wrap"> to reflect t=
he changes.=C2=A0</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;mar=
gin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;=
color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr=
e-wrap">Feel free to </span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;col=
or:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-w=
rap"><a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Media_Platform_Team" rel=3D"=
noreferrer" 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:normal;vertical-=
align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">when you get the chance</span><span st=
yle=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-v=
ariant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><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">:-)=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">Birgit</span></p><br><p dir=3D=
"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant:normal;vert=
ical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[1] - We&#39;re adjusting the nam=
es of the other MediaWiki Engineering teams to maintain consistency across =
platform teams &amp; are working on updating the corresponding tags and tea=
m pages. </span></p></span><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix"=
>-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Birgit M=C3=BCller (she/her)<br></di=
v><div>Director of Product, MediaWiki and Developer Experiences</div><div><=
br></div><div><a href=3D"https://wikimediafoundation.org/" rel=3D"noreferre=
r" target=3D"_blank">Wikimedia Foundation</a><br></div></div></div></div></=
div></div>
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ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Birgit M=
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