Outreachy/Round 20
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Wikimedia takes part as a mentoring organization for Outreachy Round 20.
Program timeline[edit]
(borrowed from https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/)
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| February 25, 2020 at 4pm UTC | Project list finalized |
| March 5, 2020 | Applicants start making contributions to internship projects |
| April 7, 2020 at 4pm UTC | Application deadline (Last day to finish any contributions to internship projects. Applications who made a contribution must submit the rest of their project application by this date.) |
| April 7, 2020 to April 27, 2020 | Applicants are encouraged to continue making contributions |
| April 27, 2020 at 4pm UTC | Accepted interns announced on the alums page |
| May 19, 2020 to August 18, 2020 | Internship period |
Accepted projects[edit]
| Name | Location | Project | Mentor(s) | Updates |
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| Daniyal Abbasi | India | Enhancements to gdrive-to-commons uploader tool | Tony Thomas and Srishti Sethi |  Done Joined Zulip
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| Dibya Gautam | Nepal | Productionize API for Wikidata-based Topic Model on ORES | Isaac Johnson and Aaron Halfaker | Done Joined Zulip
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| Raymond Ndibe | Nigeria | WikiContrib: Gather and analyze use contributions on wiki and Github | Rammanoj Potla and Srishti Sethi | Done Joined Zulip
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Recommended steps for accepted interns[edit]
Here are some recommended steps for accepted interns before the internship period kick-off:
- Refine your project proposal with guidance from mentors.
- Join Zulip to keep yourself up to date with the announcements related to the program and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities.
- Write blog posts (first due by May 20, 2020) in a language you are most comfortable with and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page.
- Add your updates about non-coding tasks (e.g., writing a blog post, joining Zulip, etc.) in the Accepted projects' Updates section above.
- Setup your MediaWiki user page, link it with your name in the accepted projects section above and keep it up to date with your project work and reports. (e.g., User:Martyav, User:Amrit_sreekumar)
- Stay in touch with Wikimedia technical discussions by subscribing to the mailing list: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org.
- Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Wikimedia Foundation’s blog.
- Read stories on Wikimedia technical blog about the technology and software behind running Wikipedia and its sister projects.
- Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics here.
Ideas for projects[edit]
The following ideas were promoted during the application period.
Add Cron Job Functionality to PAWS (A Wikimedia JupyterHub Project)[edit]
Link to project: Add Cron Job Functionality to PAWS (A Wikimedia JupyterHub Project)
Mentors: Brooke Storm, Chico Venancio and Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
Add leaderboard based on user's edits using Commons Android app[edit]
Link to project: Add leaderboard based on user's edits using Commons Android app
Mentors: Vivek Maskara, Nicolas Raoul
Enhancements to gdrive-to-commons uploader tool[edit]
Link to project: Enhancements to gdrive-to-commons uploader tool
Mentors: Tony Thomas and Srishti Sethi
Improve Wiki Education Dashboard javascript build pipeline and reduce bundle size[edit]
Link to project: Improve Wiki Education Dashboard javascript build pipeline and reduce bundle size
Mentors: Sage Ross
Improve Wiki Education Dashboard's error monitoring[edit]
Link to project: Improve Wiki Education Dashboard's error monitoring
Mentors: Sage Ross
Productionize API for Wikidata-based Topic Model[edit]
Link to project: Productionize API for Wikidata-based Topic Model
Mentors: Isaac Johnson and Aaron Halfaker
WikiContrib: Gather and analyze use contributions on wiki and Github[edit]
Link to project: WikiContrib: Gather and analyze use contributions on wiki and Github
Mentors: Rammanoj Potla and Srishti Sethi
Contact[edit]
- Reach out for general questions on the #gsoc20-outreachy20 Zulip chat (preferred) or send an email to the organization administrators: Srishti Sethi (ssethi
wikimedia.org) and Pavithra Eswaramoorthy (pavithraesoutlook.com). - Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.
