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PODCAST

Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast

A podcast about the people and ideas behind the MediaWiki software. Interviews with developers and users of MediaWiki, both for Wikimedia sites (Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc.) and the many uses of MediaWiki in companies, organizations, government agencies, etc.

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Episode 79: Ike Hecht

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2021/02/02

🕑 1 hour 29 minutes Ike Hecht is the founder and CTO of the MediaWiki consulting company WikiTeq, as well as the CTO of the MediaWiki consulting company WikiWorks. He has been doing MediaWiki consulting since 2008. Links for some of the topics discussed: WikiWorks WikiTeq Project Canasta "Extensions by WikiTeq" category UserProtect MediaWiki extension SaveSpinner MediaWiki extension Depth of Simplicity (Ike's 2012 book) "It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you

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Episode 78: Kate Chapman

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2021/01/19

🕑 39 minutes Kate Chapman is the Director of Architecture of the Wikimedia Foundation. She has been at the WMF since 2018. Links for some of the topics discussed: OpenStreetMap Wikipedia article Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Cadasta Foundation Wikimedia Architecture Team "Proposal for a Technical Decision Making Process" Vue.js MediaWiki adoption RFC

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Episode 77: BTB Digest 12

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2021/01/05

🕑 26 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Hear highlights from five recent episodes. Nikki Nikkhoui plugs a book, Vivian Epiney talks about assigning wiki editing as homework, Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser market BlueSpice, Grant Ingersoll defends Wikimedia Foundation technical strategy, Laurent Alquier discusses data management, and more!

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Episode 76: Between the Brackets 2020 Holiday Special

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2020/12/22

🕑 27 minutes It's the end of the year! A special episode featuring reminiscences, special guests, and music.

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01:02:32

Episode 75: Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner

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2020/12/08

🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Joseph Reagle (left) and Jackie Koerner (right) are the editors of the new book Wikipedia @ 20: Stories of an Incomplete Revolution. Dr. Reagle is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, as well as the author of the books Good Faith Collaboration, Reading the Comments, and Hacking Life. Dr. Koerner is a qualitiative research analyst for online communities, and has also been a visiting scholar for the Wiki Education Foundation. Links for some

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02:08:09

Episode 74: Larry Sanger

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2020/11/24

🕑 2 hours 8 minutes Larry Sanger is best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, but he is also an internet entrepreneur, philosopher, and the founder of other sites including Citizendium. He is the author of the new book Essays on Free Knowledge: The Origins of Wikipedia and the New Politics of Knowledge. Links for some of the topics discussed: Larry Sanger homepage Essays on Free Knowledge on Amazon and Gumroad Citizendium Encyclosphere website Everipedia "Wikipedia founder calls for social

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01:27:28

Episode 73: Laurent Alquier

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2020/11/10

🕑 1 hour 27 minutes Laurent Alquier is a manager in the Emerging Technologies Partnerships team at Johnson & Johnson Technology Services. He has been making use of MediaWiki at Johnson & Johnson since 2006. Links for some of the topics discussed: Johnson & Johnson Wikipedia article Neo4j Wikipedia article Virtuoso Universal Server Wikipedia article KnowIt Semantic MediaWiki "wiki of the month" page, August 2011 Knowledge graph Wikipedia article

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01:04:39

Episode 72: Grant Ingersoll

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2020/10/27

🕑 1 hour 5 minutes Grant Ingersoll has been the Chief Technical Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation since 2019. Before then he was CTO of Lucidworks, a company he also co-founded. He also hosts the podcast Develomentor. Links for some of the topics discussed: Taming Text Lucidworks Develomentor podcast Grant's email about the proposed GitLab transition Abstract Wikipedia Wikipedia article

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02:14:28

Episode 71: Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser

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2020/10/13

🕑 2 hours 14 minutes Richard Heigl (left) and Markus Glaser (right) are two of the founders of the German technology company Hallo Welt! GmbH. Hallo Welt! does MediaWiki consulting and development, and is best known for producing the MediaWiki distribution BlueSpice. Links for some of the topics discussed: Hallo Welt! BlueSpice Wiki: Web Collaboration (2005 book by Richard, Markus and Anja Ebersbach) BlueSpice on mediawiki.org MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group MediaWiki Experts Blog SMWCon Fall

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Episode 70: BTB Digest 11

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2020/09/29

🕑 28 minutes Highlights from recent episodes! Sarah Rodlund and Alexandra Paskulin talk about creating a process for good documentation, Tom O'Neill makes the case for MediaWiki in government, Richard Knipel looks forward to reclaiming a spirit of innovation, Raimond Spekking dismisses the need for access control, and Albert Kettner talks about how science has become (in part) an IT job.

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Between the Brackets is now also on YouTube

Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast ·

2020/09/21

You can now find Between the Brackets on YouTube! Thanks to the efforts of Canadian listener (and MediaWiki enthusiast) Julien Tremblay McLellan, every episode is now additionally on YouTube - and he's planning to keep uploading new episodes. If you like getting your audio/video content on YouTube, you can find the whole playlist here.

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Episode 69: Vivian Epiney

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2020/09/15

🕑 1 hour 2 minutes Vivian Epiney is a teacher as well as the creator and main administrator of Le Dico des Ados ("dictionary of adolescents"), a French-language wiki dictionary intended for 8 to 13-year-olds. Links for some of the topics discussed: Le Dico des Ados "Le Dico des ados : petit frère du Wiktionnaire" (video demonstration and interview with Vivian, in French) English-language Vikidia Simple English Wikipedia "Wikikids" proposal on Meta-Wiki List of wikis for children on Meta-Wiki

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Episode 68: Nikki Nikkhoui

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2020/09/01

🕑 51 minutes Nikki Nikkhoui is a software engineer in the Platform team at the Wikimedia Foundation. She has been a MediaWiki developer since 2019. Links for some of the topics discussed: FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self Wikimedia Platform Team MediaWiki REST API Test-driven development Wikipedia article The Phoenix Project (2013 business novel)

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Episode 67: Albert Kettner

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2020/08/18

🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Albert Kettner is a research professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado, and the main administrator of the wiki of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS). Links for some of the topics discussed: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research Wikipedia article Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System Wikipedia article CSDMS GitHub page Project Jupyter Wikipedia article CSDMS homepage/wiki CSDMS model repository

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Episode 66: Raimond Spekking

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2020/08/04

🕑 50 minutes Raimond Spekking is a longtime MediaWiki developer and consultant. Since 2003 he has also contributed to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, most notably tens of thousands of freely-licensed photos. Links for some of the topics discussed: MediaWiki Translate extension MediaWiki Beratung User:Raymond on Wikimedia Commons "Koelner Dom - Bayernfenster 02.jpg" (list of known uses) "Bulletproof glass window after a burglary attempt.jpg" (2008 photo)

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Episode 65: Richard Knipel

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2020/07/21

🕑 1 hour 25 minutes Richard Knipel is a Wikimedian-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is also the co-founder and former president of Wikimedia New York City, a board member of the Wiki Education Foundation and the Internet Society New York, and the founder of Wikispore. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimedia New York City "Wiki Loves X" Guinness World Records: Largest photography competition Wikipedian in residence Wikipedia article Public Domain Characters List (Note:

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Episode 64: BTB Digest 10

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2020/07/07

🕑 25 minutes Clips from some recent episodes. Ad Strack van Schijndel recounts how running for office led him to discover MediaWiki, Evita Hollis talks about MediaWiki and Microsoft SharePoint coexisting, Duncan Crane talks about making government work easier, Amir Aharoni shares his impractical idea for replacing links in Wikipedia, Will Kavanagh gives advice on how to reward wiki editors, and more!

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Episode 63: Tom O'Neill

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2020/06/23

🕑 1 hour 20 minutes Tom O'Neill is the Federal Domain Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is the Lead Curator and Ambassador of the Department of Energy wiki Powerpedia. He also runs the U.S. government's "MediaWiki in Government" group. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Powerpedia at Two" (PDF file for 2012 slide presentation) Tom's Powerpedia presentation, EMWCon 2017 (YouTube video) Notes for the presentation Federal Government Use of MediaWiki Panel, EMWCon 2017 (YouTube

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Episode 62: Sarah Rodlund and Alexandra Paskulin

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2020/06/09

🕑 53 minutes Sarah Rodlund (left) and Alexandra Paskulin (right) are both technical writers at the Wikimedia Foundation. Sarah is in the Developer Advocacy group while Alex is in the Core Platform Team. Sarah additionally helps to run some of the WMF's outward communication, such as the Wikimedia Technical Blog. Links for some of the topics discussed: Working with MediaWiki (by Yaron; new version just released) Documentation page on mediawiki.org Guide for new technical writers on mediawiki.org

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Episode 61: Will Kavanagh

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2020/05/26

🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Will Kavanagh, also known as MisterWoodhouse, is the Global Community Lead for the company Fandom, previously known as Wikia. From 2017 to 2019, he was the Community Manager for Gamepedia. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Can 'World of Warcraft' Game Skills Help Land a Job?" - Wall Street Journal article, August 12, 2014 "People are using Red Dead Redemption 2 to hold conference calls" - Rock Paper Shotgun article, May 19, 2020 Animal Crossing Wikipedia article

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