Google Code-in/2013

We need to decide whether to apply to participate in Google Code-In. The deadline for applications is November 5, 2012 at 23:00 UTC, so we should decide by November 1st to give us a few days to put together an application.
 * Decision: We had about six mentors signing up -- not enough, so we won't participate in this program this year. But I am going to get us into a different mentoring program to achieve outreach and growth for our technical community. Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 11:25, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Should MediaWiki participate in Google Code-In?
In order for MediaWiki to participate in Google Code-In for the 2012-2013 season, I anticipate we will need:


 * Two organizational administrators, both of whom would be available nearly every day Nov 12-January 16. They would set up our wikipage, do the application paperwork, nag developers and community members to become mentors and provide tasks, and, while the contest is running, making sure that mentors respond quickly. (Two so that they can back each other up during vacations.)
 * Approximately twenty-one mentors, each of whom would be available for at least eight hours per week November 20-January 16 (we need round-the-clock coverage on IRC). Mentors would make and evaluate tasks and mentor students via email and IRC, preferably also via audio or video calls.

Each of these people will need to agree to:
 * less than a 36 hour turnaround for review of each completed task submitted by a student
 * be consistently friendly and nurturing for every teenage participant

We decided not to participate last year because I thought we couldn't do a good job of it, I didn't have time to manage it, and no one else stepped up to mentor it. I'm asking for signups to see whether that is true in 2012. Sharihareswara (WMF) (talk) 01:25, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Signup
Mentors
 * 1) vvvt 01:44, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Parent5446 (talk) 05:52, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) MarkTraceur (talk) 06:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Nikerabbit (talk) 08:25, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Andre Klapper for bug report triaging (talk) 13:55, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Dereckson (talk) Related to Scheduling Mentors/Org admins to cover Winter Holidays, I'm available both at Christmas and New Eve. 20:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Org admins
 * 1) Andre Klapper (if others also help) (talk) 13:58, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Andre Klapper (if others also help) (talk) 13:58, 29 October 2012 (UTC)