Wikimedia Hackathon 2017/Register and Attend

Registration
Registration will be open from February 2017.

Interested technologists and hackers of all backgrounds are welcome at the hackathon. Although most participants will have a technical background participants who are interested in helping with UX, translation, documentation and project management are welcome as well. Expierence with MediaWiki is not required, although we will not be able to teach people how to become developers at the event. Registration and participation are free, but candidates will be chosen according to relevant experience and contribution to free knowledge and Wikimedia projects, please make sure to spend some time explaining your motivations for attending when you register.

Wikimedia Österreich will hold preparatory meetings for Austrian developers before the hackathon. Those who are not well acquainted with MediaWiki are encouraged to download and read about it here on mediawiki.org or in any other available source. IRC Channel #wikimedia-tech is a great place to go and get your pre-event questions answered.

Please note that all participants of the Hackathon are expected to respect and abide by the Wikimedia Friendly Space Policy. Individuals not cooperating with this policy may be asked to leave the event.

Mentoring program


For this year’s Hackathon we will be implementing a mentoring program for newcomers to our movement.

Information For Newcomers: This program will give newcomers the chance to dive into the Wikimedia movement and try out projects. Projects will be designed in a way that will give newcomers the chance to hack with on something that can be completed by the end of the weekend together with an experienced Wikimedian as a mentor. While hacking, the newcomers on the team can get to know the Wikimedia movement and see what impact they can have.

We would like to create an event which will offer newcomers the opportunity to engage closely with Wikimedia projects. Pre-assigned hacking groups for newcomers will be kept small, with only four to six participants per project. It will be a unique chance to get to know some of the coolest projects and coders out there and become part of the Wikimedia community!

Newcomers who are interested to be part of the mentoring program during the Hackathon please also indicate this in the registration form together with some information on your coding skill level and interest areas so that we can match you with suitable mentors and fellow mentees.

Information for Mentors: We are looking for Wikimedians who would like to attend the Hackathon exclusively as mentors! The first part of your job will be to come up with a newcomer friendly project broken into small and large easy-to-accomplish tasks. Then you will attend the hackathon and work together with newcomers guiding them through the project from start to finish. Some scholarships will be reserved for experienced coders who would like to volunteer as mentors, so please indicate it in your scholarship application.

International scholarships
You will find more information about the process for international scholarships here soon.

Scholarships by local Wikimedia affiliates
If you live in a country with a Wikimedia affiliate with their own Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 scholarships process, please contact the respective Wikimedia affiliate before applying to the international scholarship process. If your affiliate is not listed below you can apply for a scholarship directly through the registration process:


 * Wikimedia Norge: Apply for scholarship from Wikimedia Norge. Deadline 15. February 2017.
 * Wikimedia Nederland. Apply for scholarship by mail to info(at)wikimedia(point)nl. More information on our wiki. . Deadline 1 March 2017.



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