Google Summer of Code/2023

Wikimedia will be taking part as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2023.

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Program timeline
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1. Commons Android app: Make upload more reliable
Built with Java and Kotlin, this Android app allows contributors to upload pictures they have taken with their phone/tablet to Wikimedia Commons. Unfortunately, upload often fails, and loses some metadata.

The goal of this project is to fix these few bugs.

Our friendly team mostly uses GitHub and chat for code collaboration. Mentors: Syced, Kaartic (maintainer of the app).


 * GitHub issue
 * Phabricator issue

2. Improve the functionality of VideoCutTool
VideoCutTool is a tool to edit videos in Wikimedia Commons. It's widely used by the volunteers to edit videos on the fly and re-upload back to Commons in simple few clicks instead of downloading video from Commons and using external software applications to edit and re-upload. The goal of this project is to improve the tool, fix some existing bugs, add additional functionality and write the unit tests.

Phabricator: T327582

Tech stack: React JS, Node JS

Mentor(s): Vasanth Gopa, Soham

Recommended steps for accepted candidates
See Google_Summer_of_Code/Participants

Contact

 * Reach out for general questions on the #gsoc23-outreachy26 Zulip chat.
 * Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.