MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/Fantastic MediaWikis CfP

Fantastic MediaWikis and How to Maintain Them
A one-day conference track at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017, designed for people who work with the open source software MediaWiki in their organizations. 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:


 * 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.
 * Best Practices. Talk about the way you use MediaWiki features in a better way than others. Proposed duration: 30 minutes.
 * Enhancements. Did you improve MediaWiki to fit your needs? Show us your solution. Proposed duration: 30 minutes.
 * Challenges. How can we all add to MediaWiki functionality? Do you have specific ideas you want to collaborate on? Proposed duration: 30 minutes.

Share your experience! (see "How to submit" below).

Timeline and Schedule
Participation timeline


 * 17th March 2017: Call for Participation opens
 * 5th April 2017: Submission deadline
 * 10th April 2017: Notification of acceptance
 * 19th - 21st May 2017: Vienna Hackathon

Schedule (preliminary)

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

Register and Attend
You can register to attend the conference track here: http://wikimedia.at/hackathon/fantastic-mediawikis. Note: 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.

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!

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