African-wikimedia-developers December 2019

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Technical Advice IRC Meetings will not continue in 2020
by Johanna Strodt 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hello, apologies for cross-posting! I am writing to inform you that at Wikimedia Deutschland we have decided to stop having weekly Technical Advice IRC Meetings (TAIM)[1] at #wikimedia-tech after the final meeting on December 18th. In other words, Technical Advice IRC Meetings will not continue in 2020. We realized that the regular IRC meeting format has achieved the limits of its reach, and it is time for us to think about other means to better support as many volunteer developers as possible contributing to Wikimedia software. At WMDE we’ll be dedicating our efforts in 2020 to constantly improve documentation of our products, including Wikidata and Wikibase, to allow easier usage and contribution. Our engineering teams are also exploring new possibilities to support volunteer developers in a more asynchronous way than regular IRC meetings. If you have any suggestions for this, please let us know on our talk page.[2] On this point we would like to send the warmest thank you to all the people who hosted TAIM meetings, all participants asking and answering questions, and all supporters of TAIM over the years. Have a great seasonal break and see you around in 2020! On behalf of TAIM crew at WMDE Johanna [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting -- Johanna Strodt Project Manager for Community Communication / Technical Wishes Project Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de

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No Statistics This Month
by Perside Rosalie 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Hello Devs, We are currently having some issues with the statistic tool. Unfortunately, we will not have Africa contribution statistics for the month of November. We are in the process of fixing it and will get to you as soon as possible. The Core team, -- <https://about.me/perside?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=emai…> Perside Rosalie about.me/perside <https://about.me/perside?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=emai…>

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Ask Me Anything Meeting
by Perside Rosalie 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Hello all, As a reminder, our formerly called IRC meeting has been changed to an Ask Me Anything meeting on Slack. In other to attend please join us on Slack https://join.slack.com/t/africawikimed-3v51250/shared_invite/enQtODU1OTQ2Mz… The next session will run* Saturday 14th Dec* >From *1 pm - 5 pm UTC* Come in with all tech questions. I hope, since we moved to Slack everyone will be able to join :) *FYI: *Google Summer Of Code 2020 <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/> has been officially announced, you may want to attend the meeting and let's talk a little more about it. Have a nice week! Rosalie, -- <https://about.me/perside?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=emai…> Perside Rosalie about.me/perside <https://about.me/perside?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=emai…>

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We are Moving to Slack
by Perside Rosalie 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hello all, 🎅Happy new month!🎅 We have heard a lot of your complains about the difficulties you face trying to attend meetings on IRC. We decided to check with a few of you what could best suit and ease your learning comfort. We then created an AWMD Slack channel. https://join.slack.com/t/africawikimed-3v51250/shared_invite/enQtODU1OTQ2Mz… The IRC channel remains available and welcoming but we shall be hosting most of our meetings and discussions on Slack. We are hoping this platform will be more comfortable for you all in acquiring skills and getting engaged. *Note: The link expires after 30 days from now, so please join as soon as you can.* *Personal thought:* On a side note, a good thing to have will be a bot that brings all slack conversations to IRC in real-time, just to have the 2 channels in sync. If anyone is interested in doing that please write to me, let talk about it and hopefully build it. :) Best, Rosalie On behalf of the Core Team. -- <https://about.me/perside?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=emai…> Perside Rosalie about.me/perside <https://about.me/perside?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=emai…>

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by Slack 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

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