User:Dilshak/Welcoming new contributors to Wikimedia Labs and Wikimedia Tool Labs

Welcoming new contributors to Wikimedia Labs and Wikimedia Tool Labs

 * Public URL: (the page where the full proposal can be found)
 * Bugzilla report: (link to the related report at http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org )
 * Announcement: (link to the announcement of your proposal at the wikitech-l mailing list.

Name and contact information

 * Name: Bhagya kandage
 * Email: dilshak@gmail.com
 * IRC or IM networks/handle(s):
 * Resume (optional):
 * Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
 * Typical working hours: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (+0530 UTC)

Synopsis
In order to overcome the mentioned difficulties Wikimedia Labs is the hosting platform for volunteer and experimental development. Currently we have difficulties matching new contributors with existing projects. Our documentation for newcomers needs improvements as well. To make it more complex, currently we're integrating the Tools Labs project, with people coming from an existing community with own documentation and processes. As a result, many potential Labs contributors are either lost or they end up creating new projects unaware of existing projects with very similar goals. We welcome project proposals to address this problem, improving our current documentation and finding a way to organize and promote the active initiatives among the more than 170 projects hosted in Labs. Proposals should also include ideas for ways to track and document short-lived projects and distinguish between those that are active and those that are abandoned.


 * Possible mentors:

Deliverables
Please describe the details and the timeline of the work you plan to accomplish on the project you are most interested in (discuss these first with the mentor of the project):

About you

 * Education completed or in progress:


 * How did you hear about this program?


 * Will you have any other time commitments, such as school work, another job, planned vacation, etc., during the duration of the program?


 * We advise all candidates eligible to Google Summer of Code and FOSS Outreach Program for Women to apply for both programs. Are you planning to apply to both programs and, if so, with what organization(s)?

Past experience

 * Please describe your experience with any other FOSS projects as a user and as a contributor:


 * Please describe any relevant projects that you have worked on previously and what knowledge you gained from working on them (include links):


 * What project(s) are you interested in (these can be in the same or different organizations)?