Hello everyone,
We hope that you are ready and are excited for the upcoming 24hrs Wikimania
Hackathon :) This will be a virtual space for you to experiment, work on
technical projects, and have discussions with fellow Wikimedians!
*Day and hours*
Hackathon will start at 5:00 am UTC on August 13th, Friday (the first day
of Wikimania), and run until August 14th, Saturday, 4:59 am UTC. You are
welcome to continue hacking on other days of Wikimania. There will be a
final showcase on the last day, August 17th, with more information coming
soon on the social channels.
*Activities*
An open schedule is up on the Hackathon's subpage on the Wikimania wiki: <
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Hackathon/Schedule> [1]. There
are still some free slots, and you are welcome to reserve one for a
session. We will be using two virtual hacking rooms powered by Jitsi; links
to join are on the schedule page. For projects and a complete list of
activities, check out the Phabricator workboard: <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5402/> [2]
*Newcomer activities*
For those of you who are a newcomer to the event or Wikmedia’s technical
ecosystem, we have put together three Q&A sessions and a list of resources
for you to get started.
*Networking*
See a list of who is attending, topics they are interested in, and how you
can contact them: <
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Hackathon/Participants> [3].
Please add yourself to this list, and also see a complete list of social
channels and read about the code of conduct for Wikimedia's technical
spaces that will be in effect in all these channels: <
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Hackathon#Social_channels> [4].
If you have any questions, ask on the Hackathon's talk page: <
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021_talk:Hackathon> [5]. We look
forward to meeting you in less than a day :)
Cheers,
Srishti
On behalf of the Wikimania Hackathon organizing team
[1]
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Hackathon/Schedule
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5402/
[3]
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Hackathon/Participants
[4]
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Hackathon#Social_channels
[5]
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021_talk:Hackathon
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>