Wikimedia Hackathon 2022/How to

Joining the Hackathon Space
The Hackathon will be held on the WorkAdventure platform, a virtual game-like space in which participants can explore with personalized avatars. Throughout the platform, there are "rooms" which participants can enter. The rooms generate Jitsi video conferences where sessions will be held. Participants can also talk to each other in a text-based chat.





The WorkAdventure space will be open all hours from May 20–22. Most sessions and events will happen from – UTC and – UTC each day. For more information, see the schedule.

Hosting a session
There are several ways to host sessions. You can


 * Host a session during the Hackathon about a technical topic of your choice


 * Host a social session during the Hackathon, such as a meditation session, music performance, art lesson, or online game.

We also wrote up some tips for hosting sessions.

Joining a session
Check out the schedule to see what sessions are available. Links to participate will be posted in May.

Suggesting or joining a project
Hackathons are all about hacking! There are many ways to work on a project, including:


 * Add your projects that others can join and support as tasks to the Phabricator workboard
 * Look at the Phabricator workboard for projects you have the skills to join and support
 * Propose projects that you need help with on the Phabricator workboard

Phabricator is a tool for tracking issues and for project management. If you have not used Phabricator before, check.

Attending a meetup
There are many meetups happening around the world. To participate in a meetup, you can


 * Find a meetup near you on the meetups page.


 * Host a local meetup for attendees near you. Make sure to post about it on the meetups page so people know where to find you!

Other Volunteer opportunities
Please contact hlepp@undefinedwikimedia.org if you would be interested in volunteering to support:


 * Video editing and production

Please feel free to volunteer directly by


 * Contribute translations to this page


 * Spread the word about this Hackathon to your community


 * Share ideas for sessions you would like to attend


 * Share ideas for tracks (themes of events, such as localization, toolforge, or data processing) which you would like to attend