A long time coming! The interface looks amazing and seems very well thought
out. It's nice to have an official, single go-to for all things tools, user
scripts, gadgets, etc. Huge thanks and kudos to everyone involved!
~ MA
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:37 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
galder158@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Brigit, for this hub, it is great to have it! I have tried and
> can't find any way to look for tools that are not nominated as "Coolest
> Tool Award" besides looking for name. Is there a way for searching by
> categories?
>
> Thanks
> Galder
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Birgit Müller <bmueller@wikimedia.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 4:58 PM
> *To:* wikitech-l <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org>;
> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>;
> Wikimedia Cloud Services general discussion and support <
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> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Toolhub 1.0 is launched! Discover software tools
> used at Wikimedia
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> We are happy to announce the launch of Toolhub
> <https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/> – a community-authored catalogue that
> aims to make software tools
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub#What_is_a_%22tool%22?> used in
> the Wikimedia movement discoverable to everyone.
>
> Community developed tools – including web applications, bots, gadgets,
> user scripts, lua modules, and more – play a significant role in the
> Wikimedia projects. These software applications address a wide range of use
> cases including finding bad faith edits and other content curation, bulk
> editing, collecting statistical information, creating special citations,
> and much more. About ? of all edits are made by bots and tools. In
> addition, semi-automated edits are helped by user scripts, gadgets, and
> other editing assistance tools that run from the user's local computer or
> directly inside the wikis. There are thousands of tools available, but how
> can you find them?
>
> With Toolhub, you can document and find tools
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub>, promote their use in your wiki
> community, and help improve them by contributing data. You can create and
> share lists of tools relevant to your work - for example, for GLAM tools,
> or for wiki projects such as Women in Red.
>
> This first release provides a core set of functionalities
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Roadmap>, and contains an
> initial data set of about 1500 tools. Most of the initial tools in the
> catalog are imported from the same data files developers have created for Hay's
> Directory <https://hay.toolforge.org/directory/> which has been a major
> inspiration for Toolhub.
>
> Toolhub serves developers and users of tools alike. It is part of our
> efforts to improve the infrastructure and services for technical
> contributors, captured under one of Technology’s top level objectives in
> the FY 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 annual plans: Tech Community Building
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technology/Annual_Plans/ERF_OKR:_Tech_Community_Building>.
> We hope to continue conversations with developers and users of tools, plan
> to improve Toolhub, and to further expand the functionality.
>
> A collaborative system and open developer platform
>
> Toolhub is built as an API driven platform that makes it possible to
> extend and remix the catalogue, and to make collecting and reusing
> information about tools as open and collaborative as we can. Everything
> that can be done interactively with the Toolhub website can also be done
> remotely through the API. We would love to hear from technical
> contributors interested in using the Toolhub API
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub#API-use> to build new tools
> that make new ways to add or consume information from Toolhub's catalog.
>
> Our decision record
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Decision_record> and weekly
> progress reports
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Progress_reports> on Meta
> provide more insights in technical implementation details and decisions
> made throughout the development process. The Toolhub/About page
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/About> provides information on
> project origin, research, use cases, data model, and roadmap. This recording
> from a lightning talk at ‘21 Wikimania
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hNm7bKjDo> gives an overview of the
> main aspects in 10 minutes.
>
> Thank you <3
>
> This project wouldn’t have been possible without the support, knowledge,
> ideas and prior work of many. One of the nicest side-effects of a release
> is that it’s a great opportunity to thank folks for their time and
> contributions :-)
>
>
> -
>
> Husky <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Husky>, whose Hay's
> Directory <https://hay.toolforge.org/directory/> provided the
> foundation for the data model used by Toolhub and inspired some of its
> features.
> -
>
> Harej <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Harej>, for his invaluable
> contributions in the early stages of the Toolhub project.
> -
>
> Our 'advisory board' - Giuseppe
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:GLavagetto_(WMF)> (SRE), Risker
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Risker> (editor, admin), Reedy
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Reedy_(WMF)> (Security), Keegan
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan_(WMF)> (Community
> Relations), and Eran
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9F> (volunteer
> developer & RTL expert) for providing their perspectives on key questions
> throughout the development process.
> -
>
> Giuseppe, Kunal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm>, Manuel
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MArostegui_(WMF)>, Effie
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EMouzeli_(WMF)>, Cole
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CWhite_(WMF)> and Emanuele
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ERocca_(WMF)> from SRE and
> Majavah <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Majavah> for their help on
> finding and resolving deployment issues.
> -
>
> Dan <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dzduvall> and Jeena
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:JHuneidi_(WMF)> from Release
> Engineering for help with build tooling.
> -
>
> Guillaume <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:GLederrey_(WMF)> and
> the rest of the Search Platform team for supporting our search index needs.
> -
>
> Manuel for supporting our database needs.
> -
>
> Niklas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nlaxstrom-WMF> and the
> whole translatewiki.net community for help with localization and
> internationalization.
> -
>
> Rita <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RHo_(WMF)>, Olga
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:OTichonova_(WMF)>, Alex
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AHollender_(WMF)>, and Matthew
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MWilliams_(WMF)> from the Product
> Design <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design> team for their feedback
> on the Toolhub user interface.
> -
>
> Scott <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SBassett_(WMF)> from the
> Security team for our security readiness review.
> -
>
> Amire <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amire80>, Kunal, Eran,
> Reedy, and Dan for contributing code to the project.
> -
>
> Ricordisamoa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ricordisamoa>, Quim
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF>, and the people
> participating in conversations on wikitech-l
> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KQ2KX4QW23TSIHS2NV4SXQKYK7J5A4JL/#6FSJO32PAHWBJZYMAB46WAZPZIP3H6FJ>
> for T115650 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115650> which inspired
> this whole project.
> -
>
> Finally, a huge thanks to all the folks who gave input and feedback on
> the talk page, in Phabricator, and at sessions - this is really
> appreciated!
>
>
> We hope that this new resource will be fun to explore, inspire you with
> new ideas, and ultimately be useful for your work.
>
> Feedback, bug reports, ideas and questions are more than welcome on the talk
> page of the project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub>, or in
> Phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/3224/>. Bryan
> (tech lead) & Seve (our new Product Manager) will be there to chat with
> interested folks and help with any questions. We are looking forward to
> evolving this project step-by-step and jointly with everyone!
>
> Birgit – on behalf of Technical Engagement & our Toolhub project team
>
>
> --
> Birgit Müller (she/her)
> Director of Technical Engagement
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines
> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
> Public archives at
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/QE34C36XKORBQW5UHE6SXSYXJUGOZY6X/
> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
out. It's nice to have an official, single go-to for all things tools, user
scripts, gadgets, etc. Huge thanks and kudos to everyone involved!
~ MA
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:37 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
galder158@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Brigit, for this hub, it is great to have it! I have tried and
> can't find any way to look for tools that are not nominated as "Coolest
> Tool Award" besides looking for name. Is there a way for searching by
> categories?
>
> Thanks
> Galder
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Birgit Müller <bmueller@wikimedia.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 4:58 PM
> *To:* wikitech-l <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org>;
> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>;
> Wikimedia Cloud Services general discussion and support <
> cloud@lists.wikimedia.org>; wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org <
> wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>; wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org <
> wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Toolhub 1.0 is launched! Discover software tools
> used at Wikimedia
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> We are happy to announce the launch of Toolhub
> <https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/> – a community-authored catalogue that
> aims to make software tools
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub#What_is_a_%22tool%22?> used in
> the Wikimedia movement discoverable to everyone.
>
> Community developed tools – including web applications, bots, gadgets,
> user scripts, lua modules, and more – play a significant role in the
> Wikimedia projects. These software applications address a wide range of use
> cases including finding bad faith edits and other content curation, bulk
> editing, collecting statistical information, creating special citations,
> and much more. About ? of all edits are made by bots and tools. In
> addition, semi-automated edits are helped by user scripts, gadgets, and
> other editing assistance tools that run from the user's local computer or
> directly inside the wikis. There are thousands of tools available, but how
> can you find them?
>
> With Toolhub, you can document and find tools
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub>, promote their use in your wiki
> community, and help improve them by contributing data. You can create and
> share lists of tools relevant to your work - for example, for GLAM tools,
> or for wiki projects such as Women in Red.
>
> This first release provides a core set of functionalities
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Roadmap>, and contains an
> initial data set of about 1500 tools. Most of the initial tools in the
> catalog are imported from the same data files developers have created for Hay's
> Directory <https://hay.toolforge.org/directory/> which has been a major
> inspiration for Toolhub.
>
> Toolhub serves developers and users of tools alike. It is part of our
> efforts to improve the infrastructure and services for technical
> contributors, captured under one of Technology’s top level objectives in
> the FY 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 annual plans: Tech Community Building
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technology/Annual_Plans/ERF_OKR:_Tech_Community_Building>.
> We hope to continue conversations with developers and users of tools, plan
> to improve Toolhub, and to further expand the functionality.
>
> A collaborative system and open developer platform
>
> Toolhub is built as an API driven platform that makes it possible to
> extend and remix the catalogue, and to make collecting and reusing
> information about tools as open and collaborative as we can. Everything
> that can be done interactively with the Toolhub website can also be done
> remotely through the API. We would love to hear from technical
> contributors interested in using the Toolhub API
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub#API-use> to build new tools
> that make new ways to add or consume information from Toolhub's catalog.
>
> Our decision record
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Decision_record> and weekly
> progress reports
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Progress_reports> on Meta
> provide more insights in technical implementation details and decisions
> made throughout the development process. The Toolhub/About page
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/About> provides information on
> project origin, research, use cases, data model, and roadmap. This recording
> from a lightning talk at ‘21 Wikimania
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hNm7bKjDo> gives an overview of the
> main aspects in 10 minutes.
>
> Thank you <3
>
> This project wouldn’t have been possible without the support, knowledge,
> ideas and prior work of many. One of the nicest side-effects of a release
> is that it’s a great opportunity to thank folks for their time and
> contributions :-)
>
>
> -
>
> Husky <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Husky>, whose Hay's
> Directory <https://hay.toolforge.org/directory/> provided the
> foundation for the data model used by Toolhub and inspired some of its
> features.
> -
>
> Harej <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Harej>, for his invaluable
> contributions in the early stages of the Toolhub project.
> -
>
> Our 'advisory board' - Giuseppe
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:GLavagetto_(WMF)> (SRE), Risker
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Risker> (editor, admin), Reedy
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Reedy_(WMF)> (Security), Keegan
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan_(WMF)> (Community
> Relations), and Eran
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9F> (volunteer
> developer & RTL expert) for providing their perspectives on key questions
> throughout the development process.
> -
>
> Giuseppe, Kunal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm>, Manuel
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MArostegui_(WMF)>, Effie
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EMouzeli_(WMF)>, Cole
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CWhite_(WMF)> and Emanuele
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ERocca_(WMF)> from SRE and
> Majavah <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Majavah> for their help on
> finding and resolving deployment issues.
> -
>
> Dan <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dzduvall> and Jeena
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:JHuneidi_(WMF)> from Release
> Engineering for help with build tooling.
> -
>
> Guillaume <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:GLederrey_(WMF)> and
> the rest of the Search Platform team for supporting our search index needs.
> -
>
> Manuel for supporting our database needs.
> -
>
> Niklas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nlaxstrom-WMF> and the
> whole translatewiki.net community for help with localization and
> internationalization.
> -
>
> Rita <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RHo_(WMF)>, Olga
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:OTichonova_(WMF)>, Alex
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AHollender_(WMF)>, and Matthew
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MWilliams_(WMF)> from the Product
> Design <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design> team for their feedback
> on the Toolhub user interface.
> -
>
> Scott <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SBassett_(WMF)> from the
> Security team for our security readiness review.
> -
>
> Amire <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amire80>, Kunal, Eran,
> Reedy, and Dan for contributing code to the project.
> -
>
> Ricordisamoa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ricordisamoa>, Quim
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF>, and the people
> participating in conversations on wikitech-l
> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KQ2KX4QW23TSIHS2NV4SXQKYK7J5A4JL/#6FSJO32PAHWBJZYMAB46WAZPZIP3H6FJ>
> for T115650 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115650> which inspired
> this whole project.
> -
>
> Finally, a huge thanks to all the folks who gave input and feedback on
> the talk page, in Phabricator, and at sessions - this is really
> appreciated!
>
>
> We hope that this new resource will be fun to explore, inspire you with
> new ideas, and ultimately be useful for your work.
>
> Feedback, bug reports, ideas and questions are more than welcome on the talk
> page of the project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub>, or in
> Phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/3224/>. Bryan
> (tech lead) & Seve (our new Product Manager) will be there to chat with
> interested folks and help with any questions. We are looking forward to
> evolving this project step-by-step and jointly with everyone!
>
> Birgit – on behalf of Technical Engagement & our Toolhub project team
>
>
> --
> Birgit Müller (she/her)
> Director of Technical Engagement
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines
> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
> Public archives at
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/QE34C36XKORBQW5UHE6SXSYXJUGOZY6X/
> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org