Google Summer of Code/2018

Wikimedia has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2018. The program runs from May 14 to August 14 (see program timeline below). Read information for participants Read information for mentors

Program timeline

 * January 23, 17:00 UTC - mentoring organization applications due
 * March 27 - Student applications due
 * April 23 - Accepted students announced
 * May 14 - August 14 - coding period

Community bonding period
Here are some recommended steps for current interns:


 * Start communicating with your mentors on refining your project proposal, finalizing deadlines and setting milestones
 * Join Zulip, a communication platform that program administrators will use to share announcements and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities
 * Write blogposts (first due by May 7th) and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page
 * When you complete a task other than the coding work, for example, join Zulip, pass an evaluation phase, write a blogpost, make sure to add it to the Updates column in the Accepted projects section above
 * Upload your profile picture on Wikimedia Commons, and add it below your name in the Accepted projects section above
 * Stay in touch with Wikimedia community members and help them learn about you more:
 * Subscribe to Wikimedia mailing list wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
 * Setup up your MediaWiki user page and keep it up to date with your project work and reports (example 1, example 2)
 * Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Medium
 * Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics

Ideas for projects
View ideas for projects promoted during the application period.

Contact
Reach out for general questions about Google Summer of Code on the Freenode IRC channel  or to the organization administrators John Vandenberg and Srishti Sethi (ssethi@undefinedwikimedia.org).