Hello all,
Hope you all are doing well.
This email is a reminder that we are hosting our Open Community Call today (*22
September 2024*, Sunday*)* from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm IST. The agenda of the
call is available on the meta page and etherpad as well. The details for
the call are as follows:
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[SAOCC] Open Community Call
Date: 27 October 2024
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/ffs-izis-bow
Etherpad link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Metapage: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia_Open_Community_Call
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
Warm regards,
Nitesh & Nivas
Dear Wikimedians,
We hope you are well.
This is a gentle reminder that the scholarship application deadline
for the Indic
Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 is approaching. The due date is just a
week away. Please submit your applications on or before 2nd November 2024
(Saturday).
This event is hosted by the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group> (aka
Indic-TechCom) in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Odia_Wikimedians_User_Group> and will take
place in Bhubaneswar from December 20-22, 2024.
Wikimedia hackathons are spaces for developers, designers, content editors,
and other community stakeholders to collaborate on building technical
solutions that help improve the experience of contributors and consumers of
Wikimedia projects. The event is intended for:
-
Technical contributors active in the Wikimedia technical ecosystem,
which includes developers, maintainers (admins/interface admins),
translators, designers, researchers, documentation writers, etc.
-
Content contributors who have an in-depth understanding of technical
issues in their home Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia, Wikisource,
Wiktionary, etc., and can give developers their insights into how the
tool/application/template should work.
-
Contributors to any other FOSS community or have participated in
Wikimedia events in the past, and would like to get started with
contributing to Wikimedia technical spaces.
We encourage you to follow the essential details & updates on Meta-Wiki
regarding this event.
Event Meta-Wiki page: Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_2024>
Scholarship application form: Click here to apply
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf07lWyPJc6bxOCKl_i2vuMBdWa9EAzMRU…>
(Scholarships are available to assist with your attendance, covering
travel, accommodation, food, and related expenses.)
Please read the application guidance on the Meta-Wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_2024>
before applying.
The scholarship application is open until the end of the day 2nd November
2024 (Saturday).
We eagerly anticipate your active participation in the Indic Wikimedia
Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024.
If you have any questions, or concerns or need any support with the
application, please start a discussion on the event talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_…>
or reach out to us at contact(a)indicmediawikidev.org via email.
Best Regards,
Indic MediaWiki Developers UG & Odia Wikimedians UG
Hello all,
Hope you all are doing well.
As you all may know the Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia_Open_Community_Call> is a
community call for South Asian Wikimedia Community members, we are excited
to inform you that the *Twenty-second* Open Community Call will be
happening this month on *27 October 2024 *(*i.e. **Sunday*).
As announced in our previous Open Community Call, we have opened up the
space for collecting the agenda points for discussion/announcements along
with Moderator sign-up on the meta page (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia_Open_Community_Call).
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[SAOCC] Open Community Call
Date: 27 October 2024
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/ffs-izis-bow
Please join the General Chat telegram group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl> to
share your ideas, thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions.
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:South_Asia_Open_Community_Call>.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
Warm regards,
Nitesh & Nivas
Hey! If you are interested in joining these calls, click on this public link
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/5?cid=Y182ZWY5ZGQwODA4OWI2ZTdiNGRkNm…>
and
add the “Open Community Call” to get meeting invitations directly to your
calendar so that you don't miss out on any of our future calls. If you are
interested in moderating one of these calls, you can sign up under the
Moderator
Sign-up
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/South_Asia_Open_Community_Call#Moderator_Si…>
section.
Dear Wikimedians,
We hope you are well.
We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Indic Wikimedia Hackathon
Bhubaneswar 2024, hosted by the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group> (aka
Indic-TechCom) in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Odia_Wikimedians_User_Group>. The event
will take place in Bhubaneswar during 20-22 December 2024.
Wikimedia hackathons are spaces for developers, designers, content editors,
and other community stakeholders to collaborate on building technical
solutions that help improve the experience of contributors and consumers of
Wikimedia projects. The event is intended for:
-
Technical contributors active in the Wikimedia technical ecosystem,
which includes developers, maintainers (admins/interface admins),
translators, designers, researchers, documentation writers etc.
-
Content contributors having in-depth understanding of technical issues
in their home Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary,
etc.
-
Contributors to any other FOSS community or have participated in
Wikimedia events in the past, and would like to get started with
contributing to Wikimedia technical spaces.
Drawing from our experiences with the past few hackathons, we are
introducing a slightly revised program format and participation structure
for the upcoming event. Traditionally, tasks are published a few days
before the event begins, and participants then select their preferred tasks
on the first day. While this approach works, it poses a challenge as some
participants may find themselves without tasks that align closely with
their skill sets or interests. Additionally, although bugs can be addressed
during the hackathon, measuring collective impact can be challenging. To
address this, we have curated the tasks for this hackathon so that a set of
tasks collectively contributes to the substantial development of a tool or
workflow, thereby progressing it to a stable version. We hope that this
approach not only fosters engagement during the event but also encourages
continued participation post-event, allowing developers to collaborate
further on tasks until they reach completion.
We encourage you to follow the essential details & updates on Meta-Wiki
regarding this event.
Event Meta-Wiki page: Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_2024>
Scholarship application form: Click here to apply
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf07lWyPJc6bxOCKl_i2vuMBdWa9EAzMRU…>
(Scholarships are available to assist with your attendance, covering
travel, accommodation, food, and related expenses.)
Please read the application guidance on the Meta-Wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_2024>
before applying.
The scholarship application is open until the end of the day 2 November
2024 (Saturday).
We eagerly anticipate your active participation in the Indic Wikimedia
Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024.
If you have any questions, concerns or need any support with the
application, please start a discussion on the event talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_…>
or reach out to us contact(a)indicmediawikidev.org via email.
Best,
Indic MediaWiki Developers UG & Odia Wikimedians UG
Dear Tool Maintainers of Toolforge,
The idea for Tool-Watch <https://tool-watch.toolforge.org/> originated
during the Wikimania Hackathon 2023. A group of us was exploring various
tools from Toolhub and noticed that many of the links we clicked were not
functioning. This sparked our interest in finding an existing monitoring
tool for tools at Toolforge, but we were unable to locate one. Motivated by
this experience, we began developing Tool-Watch, which has been live for
some time now.
As part of this initiative, we are considering implementing email
notifications for tool maintainers. The goal is to notify maintainers if
their tool has been down for an extended period, allowing for timely
intervention and maintenance. We believe this will help keep our tools
running smoothly and reduce unnecessary infrastructure costs and make the
catalogue cleaner.
We value your input and would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.
Specifically, we’d like to know:
- Would you find email notifications helpful if they are triggered only
after extended downtime?
- Should the notification be triggered after 3, 7, or 30 days of
downtime? Or do you have any other time frame in mind?
Please feel free to share your feedback by replying to this email or
joining the discussion on Phabricator T368816#10201603
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368816#10201603>.
Also, special thanks to Soham and other contributors for supporting me in
building this tool!
Tool: https://tool-watch.toolforge.org/
Phabricator discussion: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368816
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our community. We
look forward to hearing from you!
Regards,
Gopa Vasanth <https://gopavasanth.github.io/>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/gopavasanth1999> | LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopa-vasanth/> | GitHub
<https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth>
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”