Episode 198: Brian Wolff

About this episode

Brian Wolff discusses his experiences with MediaWiki and Wikimedia, along with political and software developments.

🕑 1 hour 35 minutes Brian Wolff is a longtime MediaWiki and Wikimedia developer. He returns to the podcast for (maybe) one last in-person discussion before his move to Calgary, Alberta. We talk about political goings-on at the Wikimedia Foundation, developments in the software world, and random thoughts on classic sci-fi. Links for some of the topics discussed: "Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer" (Wikimedia Foundation press release, December 2025) "Cárcel a dos hombres por 'paseo millonario' a vicecónsul de E.U." (March 2006 article in El Tiempo about Bernadette's brief kidnapping) Commons Play Listener Victoria Doronina email about WMF board of trustees candidate removals , October 2025 Temporary accounts for unregistered editors project "Encyclopedia Galactica" Wikipedia article "Stranger in a Strange Land" Wikipedia article

People in this episode

Host: Yaron Koren

Guest: Brian Wolff

Topics covered

• MediaWiki
• Wikimedia Foundation
• software development
• politics
• sci-fi

Keywords

• MediaWiki
• Wikimedia
• software
• politics
• sci-fi
• Calgary
• Bernadette Meehan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wikimedia Foundation

Books & works: Encyclopedia Galactica, Stranger in a Strange Land

Places: Calgary, Alberta

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