Technical Community Newsletter/2020/January

Coming Soon

Features

 * Add links to stories / blogs/interviews from technical community members
 * Technical Conference 2019

What's new?

 * Add highlights of work that's taking place in the technical community
 * Wikiconference NA -- highlights
 * Google Season of the Docs wrapped up!
 * Google Code-In 2019 began
 * Outreachy Round 20, https://www.outreachy.org/alums/
 * Wikimedia Technical Talks for Q2
 * How to compare text across multiple languages, Diego Saez-Trumper, Research Scientist
 * ResourceLoader tips and tricks, Roan Kattouw, Principle Software Engineer
 * Wikidata, behind the curtain, Amir Sarabadani, Software Engineer
 * Structured data on commons, Cormac Parle, Software Engineer

Metrics

 * XXX people wrote patches in Wikimedia Gerrit (XXX of them being volunteers)

Technical Improvements

 * Python 3.7 available in Toolforge Kubernetes
 * Cloud VPS Openstack cluster upgraded to Newton version

Wikimedia

 * Add Wikimedia conferences and workshops
 * Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 (May 09–11, Tirana, Albania) (Get it on the radar, for planning and scholarships)

Open Source

 * Add Open Source conferences: Note dates and regions
 * FOSDEM (February 02–03, Brussels, Belgium) + CopyleftConf

Get involved!

 * Add Specific ideas about getting involved this quarter
 * Volunteer for GCI through January 21, 2020
 * Review Technical Documentation