Google Summer of Code/2023

Wikimedia will be taking part as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2023.

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Program timeline
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1. Android Commons app: Make upload more reliable
Built with Java and Kotlin, this Android app allows contributors to upload pictures they have taken with their phone/tablet. Unfortunately, upload often fails, and loses some metadata.

The goal of this project is to fix these few bugs.

Our friendly team mostly uses GitHub and chat for code collaboration. Mentors: Syced, Kaartic (maintainer of the app).


 * GitHub issue
 * Phabricator issue

2. Improve the functionality of VideoCutTool
VideoCutTool is a tool to edit videos in Wikimedia Commons. It's widely used by the volunteers to edit videos on the fly and re-upload back to Commons in simple few clicks instead of downloading video from Commons and using external software applications to edit and re-upload. The goal of this project is to improve the tool, fix some existing bugs, add additional functionality and write the unit tests.

Phabricator: T327582

Tech stack: React JS, Node JS

Mentor(s): Vasanth Gopa, Soham

Recommended steps for accepted candidates
See Google_Summer_of_Code/Participants

Contact

 * Reach out for general questions on the #gsoc23-outreachy26 Zulip chat.
 * Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.