Wikimedia Hackathon 2017/Participants

Attendees
Complete participants list


 * Phabricator workboards:
 * Wikimedia-Hackathon-2017 (you can add your own hackathon projects here)
 * Wikimedia-Hackathon-2017-Organization (check out what the organizers are working on)
 * Booklet:
 * Guide Hackathon 2017 (you get a printed version at the information and registration desk)

 Telegram Group Chat
 * Use Telegram to communicate with others!
 * To enhance the social experience among participants, we have created a Telegram Group Chat "Wikimedia Hackathon" @wmhack, which everyone can join via t.me/wmhack.
 * We do not save your phone number! We will share news and updates from the organisers’ side via the group, but you can also use it for your ideas, suggestions and organizing yourself.


 * Set it up in 2 minutes: (If you have Telegram already, you can skip step 1)
 * Install the Telegram app for your platform (direct links here: Android, iPhone/iPad, Windows Phone, macOS, PC/Mac/Linux)
 * or use the Web-version
 * Click the invitation-link to join the group chat directly: bit.ly/joinwmhackchat (this is a shortened url which converts to: https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAEKHB0ro4AcIPibLaw)
 * or access via t.me/wmhack
 * or find the group chat by searching for "wmhack" or "Wikimedia Hackathon" directly within the app

Facebook Event


 * Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 on Facebook

Three Steps to Prepare for the Wikimedia Hackathon
If you want to be ready for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017, take these three steps to be prepared!



Step 1: Review Documentation
Wiki-Page

This is the main wiki-page for the event: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017

There are 6 sub pages in total that you should review and read through all the links: Phabricator
 * Program: schedule of sessions and events, learn how to schedule sessions of your own. Review our mentoring program page, especially if you are a newcomer or a mentor!
 * Venue & Vienna: Photos and maps of the venue, descriptions of the rooms, details about the hotel and city.
 * Travel: General transportation and visa information
 * Participants: an editable list of all the participants and information about each participant, different ways to volunteer at the event, our organizing team, our sponsors.

During the hackathon, we use the web-based, software development collaboration tool suite Phabricator.

This is the main work-board: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/2530/, where you can view possible projects, sessions, skill shares and other hackathon activities



Step 2: Connect & Setup

 * Join IRC: This is the main communication channel that our developer community uses.
 * Install an IRC client or use IRC in your browser: Go to channel #wmhack on webchat.freenode.net, add a Nickname (ex: "yourname"), click the check box to prove you're not a robot, click "Connect" and you are in our channel!
 * Install an IRC client or use IRC in your browser: Go to channel #wmhack on webchat.freenode.net, add a Nickname (ex: "yourname"), click the check box to prove you're not a robot, click "Connect" and you are in our channel!


 * Join our Telegram Group Chat: To enhance the social experience among participants, we have created a Telegram Group Chat "Wikimedia Hackathon" @wmhack t.me/wmhack, which everyone can join via bit.ly/joinwmhackchat


 * Create a Phabricator account by clicking "Log In"
 * If you need help with Phabricator, here are instructions how to get started: mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help
 * Set up your laptop: Follow the instructions on mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathon/Laptop_setup to get our development environment.
 * If you want to learn even more about MediaWiki, check out our collection of resources for newcomers.



Step 3: Meet & Introduce

 * Add yourself to the Participant List. If you are already on it, please check again and edit accordingly. Add or edit:
 * your name / nickname
 * your contact details (website, github, twitter, etc.) and your experience with programming and your interests for the weekend! (E.g.: I have experience with Python, and am interested in working on a project about Wikidata for the weekend).
 * If you are a newcomer who would like to to join the mentoring program, write "YES" in the according column
 * Introduce yourself on Telegram and IRC - just say hi!
 * Ask any remaining questions on Telegram and IRC, contact other participants directly or contact the team via hackathon(at)wikimedia.at
 * Subscribe to any hackathon related Phabricator tasks you might be interested or create your own task.


 * List yourself under ‘Interested member(s)’ column for one of the featured tasks on the wiki or add your own idea.

Mentoring Program
For this year’s Hackathon we will be implementing a mentoring program for newcomers to our movement. The mentoring program is a new approach that we are trying out for the first time, where we were looking for Wikimedians who will be at the hackathon exclusively as mentors. They will come up with newcomer-friendly projects and ideas and, during the whole weekend, work with groups of about two to six newcomers, to help them with the whole onboarding process, and make their way into the great Wikimedia tech community as easy and as much fun as possible. The focus is to welcome more newcomers into the community, by introducing them to the different aspects of working with MediaWiki, and help them achieve their own first steps during the hackathon weekend. Additionally, we want to create a welcoming social atmosphere, so we can further diversity and growth in our community.

Mentoring Program

Event Photography
Event photography means taking photos during the hackathon and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons.

All participants who didn’t agree to have their picture taken are recognizable by special orange lanyards with a “no-photo” print on them.

The regular lanyards are black.

Please put all of your hackathon images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons into the Category:Wikimedia Hackathon Vienna 2017 (or, even better, into fitting subcategories). If you have any questions regarding photography during the hackathon, please reach out to User:Tsui.

Event Blogging
Event blogging means publishing your personal experiences and impression of the hackathon. Soon, we will add a special section here, which you can use to put links to your personal blog page, or to your user subpage, or a Wikipedia Signpost article that you contributed to, or to your public social media entries (use #wmhack) etc.

If you manage to do this even during the hackathon, and not only afterwards, more people will enjoy it!

Host
As a host, please approach other participants  proactively, especially at social events and during mealtime - make sure that nobody feels left out just because he or she doesn’t know many other participants yet. Get familiar with our friendly space policy and the code of conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces as well as with the floor plan and the event management team’s faces. This will support you with helping others.

Mid-event Wiki-updates
For the mid-event wiki-updates, please occasionally wander around the hackathon, ask people what they are working on and add/assist with adding the projects to the wiki. Your task is to make sure that the projects are documented. Please also remind other participants to sign up for the hackathon showcase, and to write ongoing topics on their table's sign.

Post-event Note / Outcome Checking
Post-event note / outcome checking means to help to review documentation after the event, e.g. on Phabricator. You would help to make sure everything is clear and organized, and that next steps have owners.

Sponsors


Loop21

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences

University of Applied Sciences FH Technikum Wien

SaaS Web Internet Solutions

Metropole

→ List of sponsors including logos

Contact: hackathon@undefinedwikimedia.at

This e-mail address can be used for all inquiries or questions regarding the event.