Episode 182: Luca Mauri
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: "" article on English Wikipedia MediaWiki extension MediaWiki extension MediaWiki extension
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Episode 181: Cindy Cicalese
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: MediaWiki extension
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Episode 180: Denny VrandeΔiΔ
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 2 hours 6 minutes Denny VrandeΔiΔ 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: ("SPARQL-based Information NAvigation for CHallenging real-world questions on Wikidata") , Wikifunctions update, December 2024 , December 2022 ,...
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Episode 179: Ward Cunningham
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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. 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: Wikipedia article ...
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Episode 178: Jonathan Lee
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: (October 2024 blog post) (Mahalo.com instructional video from 2010)
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Episode 177: BTB Digest 28
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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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Episode 176: Selena Deckelmann
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Commons talk page discussion) (July 2023 blog post by Selena) project page on Meta-Wiki
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Episode 175: Trevor Parscal
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: Wikipedia article "" (Meta blog post, January 2025) "" (Fast Company article, December 2024) "" (The Register article, January 2014) "" (Elon Musk X...
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Episode 174: Brian Wolff
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: (Wikipedia Signpost article by Brian Wolff, January 2025) on English-language Wikipedia online electricity simulator (New York Post article, April 2024) (City Journal article, April 2024)
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Episode 173: Adam Shorland, Tom Arrow and Ollie Hyde
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
π 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: Wikipedia article (October 2024 blog post by Adam)
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π 1 hour 28 minutes
Dr. Moritz Schubotz (developer username Physikerwelt) is head of research at the mathematics department at FIZ Karlsruhe β 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:
- Dr. Moritz Schubotz CV and publications
- Math MediaWiki extension
- MathSearch MediaWiki extension
- MathML Wikipedia article
- MathJax Wikipedia article
- Mathoid
- The MaRDI (Mathematical Research Data Initiative) Portal (Wikibase instance)
- zbMATH Open
- Wikimedia Community User Group Math