MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/Fantastic MediaWikis CfP

Fantastic MediaWikis and How to Maintain Them
Participate in a one-day conference track at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017, designed for '''people who work with the open source software MediaWiki in their organization, company or business. '''The conference track is curated by the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group and hosted by Wikimedia Austria. At the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017, about 200 developers from all over the world will come to Vienna to improve MediaWiki. We are using this opportunity to develop a special program for the software’s stakeholders, maintainers, and power-users. The track is curated by the MediaWiki Stakeholders Group, an organization of advocates for users from outside the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. Access the global network of developers, get inspired by use cases, and learn new skills!


 * When: Friday, 19 May 2017, 11:30am to 6pm
 * Where: JUFA Hotel Wien City, Mautner-Markhof-Gasse 50, 1110 Vienna, Austria @ Wikimedia Hackathon 2017

Call for Participation
This is a call for participation. We are specifically looking for contributions of your experience in running MediaWikis. These include, but are not confined to:

The proposed format is either a presentation, a tutorial or a workshop. Share your experience! (see "How to submit" below).
 * Use Cases. Tell us how and why you use MediaWiki in a specific area or to solve a specific problem. Proposed duration: 15-30 minutes. Format: presentation.
 * Best Practices. Talk about the most effective way you have found to use particular MediaWiki features. Proposed duration: 30 minutes. Format: presentation or workshop.
 * Enhancements. Did you improve MediaWiki to fit your needs? Show us your solution. Proposed duration: 30 minutes. Format: presentation or workshop.
 * Challenges. How can we all add to MediaWiki functionality? Do you have specific ideas you want to collaborate on? Proposed duration: 30 minutes. Format: presentation or workshop.
 * In a presentation, you talk to the audience in order to show them something you have made.
 * In a tutorial, you teach the audience how to do something in or with MediaWiki.
 * In a workshop, you work together with the audience in order to produce a result or push an issue forward.

Participation timeline

 * 20th March 2017: Call for Participation opens
 * 5th April 2017: Submission deadline
 * 10th April 2017: Notification of acceptance
 * 19th - 21st May 2017: Vienna Hackathon

How to submit
In order to propose a submission, simply add the title and description of your proposal in the section below until Wednesday, 5th of April.

Register and Attend
Registration open until April 16th 2017

If you wish to attend the conference track, please register here: http://wikimedia.at/hackathon/fantastic-mediawikis.

Tickets and prices
There is no conference fee. For people who are working with MediaWiki commercially, we kindly suggest a contribution towards our expenses of € 45, which covers costs for food and drinks, or, should your budget allow it, even a sponsor-ticket of € 90. This decision is entirely up to you – we are happy to welcome you to our event!

We kindly ask all participants and (potential) speakers to register, so we can prepare accordingly.

Register for the Wikimedia Hackathon separately
People attending the Wikimedia Hackathon are welcome to attend the stakeholder’s conference track and vice versa. If you want to stay until Saturday or Sunday, it’s necessary that you register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 separately.

Smallprint

 * People attending the Wikimedia Hackathon are welcome to attend the stakeholder's conference track and vice versa. If you want to stay until Saturday or Sunday, it's necessary that you register for the Wikimedia Hackathon separately.
 * Unfortunately, we cannot offer any kind of travel sponsorship.
 * The final decision on the program lies upon the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group. Program committee members are User:Cindy.cicalese, User:Mglaser, User:MarkAHershberger, User:RichardHeigl, User:LexSMW

Contact
For any questions about the track, please contact Markus Glaser via email: [mailto:glaser@hallowelt.com glaser@hallowelt.com].