Google Summer of Code/2018

Wikimedia has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2018. The program runs from May 14 to August 14 (see program timeline below).

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Program timeline[edit]

January 23, 17:00 UTC - mentoring organization applications due
March 27 - Student applications due
April 23 - Accepted students announced
May 14 - August 14 - coding period

Accepted projects[edit]


Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
Hagar Shilo	Israel	Add 'Category' (prev: 'User') search filters to the existing filter menu	Moriel Schottlender, Roan Kattouw	Done Join Zulip Done Add profile pic Done Introduction on Wikitech-l mailing list Done Blogpost 1 Done User page Done Blogpost 2 Done Blogpost 3 Done Blogpost 4 Done Blogpost 5 Done Blogpost 6 Done Blogpost 7 Done Blogpost 8 Done Final report Done Update bi-weekly report
Karan Dhingra	New Delhi, India	Predict relevance of search results from historical clicks using a Neural Click Model	Trey Jones, Erik Bernhardson	Done Joined Zulip
Megha Sharma	Chandigarh, India	[#1Lib1Ref] Build a "worklist" tool for campaigns and in-person editing events	Guilherme Gonçalves	Done Joined Zulip Done Blog Post 1 Done Blog Post 2 Done Blog Post 3 Done Updated Biweekly page
Neha Jha	New Delhi, India	Improvements for the Toolforge 'webservice' command	Andrew Bogott	Done Joined Zulip Done Blog Post 1 Done Blog Post 2 Done Blog Post 3
Nikhil Kumar	India	Improve the Cargo Special:Drilldown page	Yaron Koren, Feroz Ahmad, Alangi Derick	Done Joined Zulip Done Added Profile Picture Done Blog Post 1 Done Blog Post 2
Pratyush Singhal	India	WikiEducation Dashboard Article Finder Tool	Sage Ross, Jonathon Morgan	Done Joined Zulip Done Added profile picture to Accepted Students section
Prssanna Desai	Mumbai, India	Improve Data Explorer on query.wikidata.org	Stanislav Malyshev, Lucas Werkmeister, Jonas Kress	Done Join Zulip Done Add profile picture to the Accepted Projects column Done Introduced myself on Wikitech-I and Wikidata mailing list Done Blog Post 1 Done Blog Post 2 Done Blog Post 3 Done Blog Post 4 Done Blog Post 5
Rosalie	Cameroon	Emoji Twitter bot for Commons images from NYPL fork	Ariel Glenn, Derick N. Alangi, Dereckson	Done Joined Zulip Done Added Picture to accepted project table Done Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list Done Added First blog to Bi-weekly report page. Done Added Second blog to Bi-weekly report page. Done Added 3rd blog to Bi-weekly report page. Done Added 4th blog to Bi-weekly report page. Done Added 5th blog to Bi-weekly report page.
Sahil Khokhar	New Delhi, India	[Analytics] Improvements to Wikistats 2.0 front-end	Marcel Ruiz Forns	Done Joined Zulip Done Added Profile Picture Done Subscribed to Wikimedia mailing list wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Done Created MediaWiki user page Done Blog Post - Week 1 Done Blog Post - Week 2 Done Blog Post - Week 3 Done Blog Post - Week 4 Done Blog Post - Week 5 Done Blog Post - Week 6 Done Blog Post - Week 7 Done Blog Post - Week 8
Tanvi Dadu	New Delhi, India	Feedback on how pictures uploaded to Commons get used: statistics, barnstars, light gamification	Vivek Maskara, Josephine Lim	Done Joined Zulip Done Added Profile Picture to Accepted Students Done Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list Done Created MediaWiki user page, Tanu dadu Done Blog post 1 Done Blog post 2 Done Blog post 3 Done Blog post 4 Done Blog post 5 Done Blog post 6 Done Blog post 7
Ujjwal Agrawal	India	[Wikimedia Commons app] Allow users to browse Commons from app	Neslihan Turan, Nicolas Raoul	Joined Zulip Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list Created MediaWiki user page: user:ujjwalagrawal17 Setup Blog Done Blog Post 1 Done Blog Post 2 Done Blog Post 3 Done Blog Post 4 Done Blog Post 5 Done Blog Post 6 Done Blog Post 7 Done Blog Post 8
Yashdeep Thorat	Pune, India	Add a spreadsheet interface for modifying multiple pages to the Page Forms extension	Yaron Koren, Nischay Nahata	Joined Zulip Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list Created MediaWiki user page: user:Yashdeep97 Setup Blog Done Blog Post 1 Done Blog Post 2 Done Blog Post 3 Done Blog Post 4 Done Blog Post 5 Done Blog Post 6 Done Blog Post 7 Done Blog Post 8

Community bonding period[edit]

Here are some recommended steps for current interns:

Start communicating with your mentors on refining your project proposal, finalizing deadlines and setting milestones
Join Zulip, a communication platform that program administrators will use to share announcements and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities
Write blogposts (first due by May 7th) and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page
When you complete a task other than the coding work, for example, join Zulip, pass an evaluation phase, write a blogpost, make sure to add it to the Updates column in the Accepted projects section above
Upload your profile picture on Wikimedia Commons, and add it below your name in the Accepted projects section above
Stay in touch with Wikimedia community members and help them learn about you more:
- Subscribe to Wikimedia mailing list wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
- Setup up your MediaWiki user page and keep it up to date with your project work and reports (example 1, example 2)
Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Medium
Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics

Ideas for projects[edit]

View ideas for projects promoted during the application period.

Contact[edit]

Reach out for general questions about Google Summer of Code on the Freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-devrel ^connect or to the organization administrators John Vandenberg and Srishti Sethi (ssethiwikimedia.org).