Wikimedia Hackathon 2017/Program

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A main focus of the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 is to make progress on as many Community Wishlist and Developer Wishlist tasks as possible. Browse for these tasks: If you want to get involved in any of the tasks above and have questions, please contact the event organizers in advance of the hackathon.
 * Wishlist 11-30, 31-50, & 51-70 (needs owner) column for Community Wishlist tasks: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2420/.
 * Top 30 proposals from the Developer Wishlist that are triaged by appropriateness for outreach/hackathon/volunteer projects: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158148.

If you already know what you will be working on at the hackathon you can add your project to the Wikimedia-Hackathon-2017 Phabricator work board.

You can also check the workboard to see what other people are planning to do and to get involved in advance of the event by commenting on the individual tasks with questions and comments.

On the Phabricator workboard you can add

Proposed sessions: Sessions that you probably want to run at the hackathon. Adding you session here does not reserve you a time spot it will just help people express interest.

Projects: Things you want to work on and make progress on at the hackathon.

Skill Shares: Skills that you would like to teach people or help mentor people in at the hackathon.

Backlog: If you don't know where to put your project / topic add it here and we will help you.

Organizing sessions and trainings
The Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 is run as an unconference. That means that most sessions will be scheduled by the participants themselves during the event itself as there is interest or as they are needed. Because we know that some people like and feel better about planing in advance we will be allowing some sessions to be scheduled a few weeks in advance of the hackathon. More details about the program and scheduling sessions will be email to all registered participants in early May.

To get a better idea about what to expect at this event you can check out some programs from past years by following the links below.

Schedule of sessions from the Wikimedia Hackathon 2016 in Jerusalem.

Schedule of session from the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015 in Lyon.

Friday 19 May 2017
The Hackathon will start in the morning around 9 am.

We will start with an opening where we will welcome you to Vienna and you will get to lear more about logistics, introductions, and session/project pitches take place.

Friday will include introductory sessions for newcomers who want to learn more about Wikimedia and some of our specialized tools.

Many participants who already know what they want to do will begin working on their projects directly after the opening while other people will join together in groups of newcomers and mentors and begin introductions.

Participants who choose to will have the opportunity to continue working into the evening, other will stop working and socially and meet other participants.

MediaWiki Stakeholder's Track: "Fantastic MediaWikis and How to Maintain Them“
From 11:30 to 19:00, there will be a one-day conference track called "Fantastic Mediawikis and How to Maintain Them", designed for '''people who work with the open source software MediaWiki in their organization, company or business. '''The conference track is curated by the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group.

Read the full program of "Fantastic MediaWikis and How to Maintain Them".

It will take place in one of the smaller breakout-rooms. Hackathon participants are invited to join the track whenever they want, spontaneously drop by for one hour or stay for the whole day, just like in any other session of the hackathon.

Saturday 20 May 2017
Work and sessions continue, the schedule is very flexible on Saturday.

Sunday 21 May 2017
We will have a hackathon showcase mid afternoon on Sunday were participants will have the opportunity to show the rest of the participants what they did at the event.

The Hackathon will end in the late afternoon around 5 pm.

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Contact: hackathon@undefinedwikimedia.at This e-mail address can be used for all inquiries or questions regarding the event.