NYC Enterprise MediaWiki Hackathon

The NYC Enterprise MediaWiki Hackathon will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 13-14, 2014 in New York City.

This hackathon is intended strictly for the development and improvement of MediaWiki-related software for use by corporations, other organizations, etc. It may include creating and modifying MediaWiki extensions, working on skins, templates and other data structure components, and potentially working on documentation as well.

It is not intended for the development of any tools specific to Wikipedia or other Wikimedia sites, and is not intended for working on core MediaWiki - with the exception of potentially adding a hook or two.

There will not be judges or prizes; though that's not different from other MediaWiki-based hackathons so far. There will, however, be a big push to try to get all the code into some sort of usable state by the end of the event.

This event is also not intended for outreach, i.e. bringing new developers into the MediaWiki/Wikimedia community. That of course is always a nice side effect, but the focus here is on the code. Ideally, people can bring code that they've been working on that needs some polishing; or ideas for specific features that they've wanted to add; or just a desire to get involved in the exciting world of enterprise MediaWiki development.

February 14 is Valentine's Day; for those who want to celebrate this important holiday, we'll try to have a natural break at around noon or so on Friday, so that people can leave early if they need to.

Location
The NYU Polytechnic Varick Street Incubator in New York City.

Schedule
Doors will open at 9 AM on both days, and the hackathon will last until around 6 PM, at which we will break for an optional dinner. Afterward, if people want to keep working, they can go to wi-fi cafes and the like.

Cost
Probably around $30 per person, to cover food and drink.

Questions
For any questions, please write to Yaron Koren at yaron -at- wikiworks.com.

Project ideas
If you have ideas ahead of time for projects you'd like to work on - whether it's creating new software or improving existing software - feel free to include them here.


 * 1) Add composer support to extensions
 * 2) Enhancements to SemanticTitle
 * 3) Begin to add functionality from SemanticFormsDisplayTitle and SemanticFormsUniqueValue directly into SemanticForms (see slides accompanying SMWCon Fall 2013 presentation).

Attendees
Please add your name below if you are interested in attending.
 * 1) Yaron Koren
 * 2) Bernadette Clemente
 * 3) Cindy Cicalese
 * 4) Tom Fellows
 * 5) Gary Clairmont
 * 6) Mark A. Hershberger
 * 7) Mariya Miteva