Wikimedia Developer Summit/2017

Overview
Wikimedia Developer Summit welcomes all Wikimedia technical contributors, third-party developers, and users of MediaWiki and the Wikimedia APIs. This is an invitation-only and free-of-charge event. The discussion starts online months before, as proposals for topics are being submitted and discussed at the #wikidev17 project in Wikimedia Phabricator. Scholarship funding for this event comes from the Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Collaboration Team and Wikimedia Deutschland's Software Development Department. Participants of this event agree to follow the Friendly Space Policy.

When? January 9–11, 2017 – San Francisco

Where? Golden Gate Club, Presidio, San Francisco (California, USA) transportation information

Social tag #WikiDev17

 IRC channel

The Wikimedia Developer Summit consists of:
 * two days of sessions organized in a pre-scheduled Program and an Unconference — see Call for participation.
 * a totally unscheduled third day to Get Stuff Done.

Main topics
These are the main topics (but not the only ones) that are selected for this edition: These topics have guided the Program committee, the call for participation, and our scholarships for volunteer developers.
 * A plan for the Community Wishlist 2016 top results
 * Handling wiki content beyond plaintext
 * Building on Wikimedia services: APIs and Developer Resources
 * How to manage our technical debt
 * Artificial Intelligence to build and navigate content
 * How to grow our technical community

Links and resources

 * SCHEDULE
 * Program Schedule


 * PARTICIPATE
 * Get Stuff Done Day
 * Meet the Participants
 * Remote Participation
 * Unconference
 * Team Practices Group Clinic


 * ORGANIZATION
 * Scholarship Decision Process
 * Team


 * RESOURCES
 * Friendly Space Policy
 * News and Information for participants
 * Session Guidelines
 * Session Notes
 * Summit Workboard on Phabricator


 * LOGISTICS
 * Room Setup
 * Transportation
 * Daily Menus
 * Monday Small Group Dinner Sign-Ups
 * WIFI Details


 * WRITEUPS
 * Attending the Wikimedia Developer Summit by Zareen Farooqui