Wikimedia Hackathon 2020

Friendly Space Policy and Code of Conduct [ edit ]
All participants in the Hackathon are expected to respect and abide by the and the Code of Conduct for technical spaces.

Individuals not cooperating with these policies may be asked to leave the event.

COVID-19
The Hackathon organizing team is taking the COVID-19 threat seriously.

We are currently not cancelling or postponing this event and will make the official go / no go decision much closer to the event (probably around mid April).

If anything changes we will let approved attendees know as soon as possible.

Hackathon Focus Areas
Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 will be concentrated around two main focus areas.

Although, participants who plan to work on or learn about any project that they like related to any area of Wikimedia Technology are welcomed to join.

We Identified the focus areas of the event based on the needs of the local community.

The focus areas of the events will be concentrated on GLAM and on Onboarding regional developers.


 * 1. Any project related to furthering open technologies related to GLAM is welcome.  If you have plans or ideas and are interested in collaboration, please contact us in advance of the event.
 * 2. We will be running a new onboarding / mentoring / newcomer program at the Wikimedia Hackathon following lessons learned from WikiTechStorm and Wikimedia Netherlands. We will also be incorporating feedback from past Hackathon attendees as well as trying out some brand-new ideas.  New contributors will have their choice of trainings, informational sessions, projects to join and easy tasks.  As well as more visibility and a very structured first day.  More details coming soon!

Information for newcomers


Information for newcomers!

 * What is a hackathon?
 * Wikimedia hackathons are generally collaborative computer programming events which specifically focus on technologies and projects powering Wikipedia and thousands of MediaWiki installations. Wikimedia hackathons are essentially large development community meetups that attract many developers and designers who care deeply about the issues and technology impacting MediaWiki and the Wikimedia projects.  You will get a chance to work together with other developers, designers and Wikimedians, in a productive, fun, and supportive environment.

Learn more

 * Detailed "What is a Hackathon" overview:

Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 Phabricator Workboard
We use Phabricator to track all hackathon projects and sessions. Please add a task for anything you plan to be working on at the hackathon.

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4551/

Please email us if you have an idea for the hackathon but you do not use Phabricator. We would be happy to create a task for you or help you get set up no Phabricator.

Here are instructions on how to set up your own Phabricator account.

Organizing team
Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 organizing team: Rachel Farrand,, Marcela Korreshi, , , , ,.

Contact: wiki-hackathon openlabs

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