Pune Hackathon Feb 2012

Event Contacts Mail: alolita at wikimedia dot org Panic phone for emergencies: +91 888 452 58 64 Meet the community. » Alolita "Join us at this hackathon to make Indic language support better for reading and writing articles on Wikipedia for desktop and mobile platforms. I promise you it will be a lot of fun and a great accomplishment!" » Amir "If you can't use a program in your own language as easily as in English, it's not a missing nice-to-have feature, but a bug." » Rachel "Ice forever!" » Santhosh "Free knowledge requires free fonts and input tools. For your language, you can help us!" » Siebrand "You have a right to a proper user interface in your native tongue." » Yuvi "I love writing code and I can help you get started. Everyone in the MediaWiki community is super friendly. Including me!" » Arthur "The mobile projects essentially give us a blank slate for Mediawiki development and interfacing with Wikipedia. This is a super exciting opportunity for us to build the next generation tools to allow for richer and more widespread participation in Mediawiki-based projects. Come help us make it happen!" Want to share your story here? Talk to us! Links to info to get you started. How to become a MediaWiki hacker How to become a MediaWiki hacker/Workshop Developer Hub Developer FAQ API documentation Mobile Projects main page

Join the Wikipedia development community in Pune. Wikimedia is holding a technical meetup in Pune, India alongside the GNUnify conference. This hackathon is a chance to learn how to develop using MediaWiki, Phonegap and our other technologies, and to work alongside experts. Software engineers, designers, and translators are welcome!   Hacking in Amsterdam Mumbai Hackathon Hackers of all backgrounds are welcome at Wikimedia Hackathons and prior experience with the MediaWiki software is not required. Translators with a linguistic background who can help improve language support for Wikimedia technology projects are also needed.   Topics for the Hackathon. Language Learn the basics during our Friday tutorial! Font support (e.g. Help:Extension:WebFonts) Input method support (e.g. Help:Extension:Narayam) Mobile Learn the basics during our training on Friday! Key enhancements to all things mobile Creating new features and apps for geolocation, uploading photos, sharing, universal access More topic information Wikimedia organizes hackathons all year, around the world. Previous hackathon events were held in Mumbai, India Nov 19&20, 2011, Brighton, UK Nov 18-20, 2011, NOLA, USA Oct 14-16, 2011, Berlin, Germany May 13-15, 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jan 14, 2011, Washington DC, USA Oct 22–24, 2010. Pune attendees will include: Alolita Sharma Tomasz Finc Siebrand Mazeland Arthur Richards Pranav Kulkarni (Prankin) Yuvi Panda Patrick Reilly Rachel Farrand Santhosh Thottingal Avitesh Kesharwani Arnavchaudhary Ishwari Aghav Santosh Shingare Ashish Dubey Faisal Memon Nigel C'rasto

» February 10: Introductions and Workshop » February 11: Hacking » February 12: Hacking and Presentations Venue Read our friendly space policy. Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research(SICSR) at Symbiosis International University, Pune (How to reach) GNUnify SIU Schedule Friday FEB 10 1300 - 1330 Registration 1330 - 1400 Introductions 1400 - 1700 MediaWiki workshop (required) 1700+ networking Saturday FEB 11 0900 - 0930 Registration 0930 - 1000 Introductions 1000 - 1300 Hacking 1300 - 1400 Lunch 1400 - 1800 Hacking Sunday FEB 12 0900 - 0930 Registration 0930 - 1000 Introductions 1000 - 1300 Hacking 1300 - 1400 Lunch 1400 - 1600 Hacking 1600 - 1700 Presentations More Connections Hashtag #wmpune IRC #mediawiki on FreeNode Twitterwall wmpune More information Logistics: Rachel Farrand rfarrand at wikimedia.org