Wikimedia Hackathon 2020/Remote Hackathon

Welcome to the organization page for the the Remote Hackathon! This event will be a virtual & social initiative as an alternative to the in-person event :) MAY 9 - 11, 2020 (Saturday - Monday) &mdash; fully remote!

We are learning as we go around how to organize virtual events - so please bring both your ideas for your own work as well as ideas for how to help us improve this event. All of the facilitators at the bottom of this page are here to help you with any ideas that you have - but you should also feel very empowered to add your own ideas or make changes without checking with us first.

Code of Conduct for Technical Spaces
The Code of Conduct for Wikimedia's Technical Spaces will be in effect at the Remote Hackathon.

If you are interested in participating please review the code of conduct and ensure you are willing and able to follow it.

Overview
Please use this page to express interest and ideas for a remote Hackathon to take place on the same dates that the Wikimedia Hackathon in Albania would have happened during May 9-11, 2020.

The intention of this initiative is to provide a virtual space for folks to spend time with each other, work on projects, and have fun!

All projects, people, and ideas are welcome and this meeting will be created for and by the participants. Feel free to add your ideas to the section below.

We will provide additional guidance on deploying risky or large features during this time, because the Foundation staff is working at reduced capacity due to covid-19 developments.

Everyone who wants to join the event, is welcome.

NOTE: if you need any help organizing something, setting up a video call, using Phabricator, or any questions please contact rfarrand@wikimedia.org or any of the facilitators listed at the bottom of this page.

Communication
Our main communication channels will be #wmhack on IRC and the Wikimedia Hackathon telegram channel.


 * 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 connect on chat.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!

[ For the IRC cloud in the browser ] You shall be prompted to join 'NickServ', once you shall try to join the channel # wmhack before registering your nickname.

Steps to do so are hereinafter mentioned:

- Write 'REGISTER YourNewPassword email@email.com' in the editor provided there.

- An email containing nickname activation instructions shall be sent to the provided email address.

- Copy the code provided in that email & paste it in the editor provided here in the IRC cloud.


 * Join our Telegram Group Chat: To enhance the social experience among participants, we have created a Telegram Group Chat "Wikimedia Hackathon" @wmhack. Anyone can join via this link: https://t.me/wmhack
 * Please add sub-channels for specific topic discussion here
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All projects can be tracked on Phabricator as usual.

Event Schedule
If you would like to schedule a chat about a specific project or topic or a video call at any time, please use this location to schedule.

You can schedule trainings, meetings, general sessions, social meet-ups, meal-times, etc. If you schedule it, please plan to lead it!

We will be scheduling in the Albanian timezone GMT+2/CEST in honor of the original hackathon's organizing team from Albania.

Ideas of sessions
If you have ideas of sessions or examples but don't want to add them in the schedule yet, feel free to add them here!

Projects and ideas
Please use the event's Phabricator workboard. Add your projects to the "Remote Events" column,

If you have a project that can benefit from extra collaboration please add a link so people can figure out how to help here

Participants

 * Here is a scaffold you can use to add your bit to the table.
 * Working on Wikidata-related things
 * What timezone you will be joining from (put UTC first, to allow sorting)
 * Best way for other participants to contact you
 * What timezone you will be joining from (put UTC first, to allow sorting)
 * Best way for other participants to contact you

Event Facilitators
People you can contact for help! If you have ideas for organizing this event you are very welcome! Please email rfarrand@wikimedia.org or anyone listed here.