Greetings from CIS-A2K,
India Hackathon 2020 (IH2020) will take place on 27 - 29 March 2020. India Hackathon 2020 will be a 3 (three) days residential hackathon where topics related to MediaWiki, Toolforge will be taken place. Earlier Mediawiki Training iterations were conducted in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019. This year we have a plan for a hackathon.
For more information, you can look at - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/India_Hackathon_2020
If any community members from India, who are interested to join this hackathon, please fill this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUdY5HhubTIzVdNwkXJVhvsJdeM4q1Q-ob0P1ImOyxT9vVag/viewform .
*The last date of showing interest to participate is 1st March 2020.*
Thanks and Regards,
Jayanta Nath CIS-A2K
Dear all,
It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health situation (COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html), India Hackathon (2020) in Chennai, India [2] has been cancelled.
We are in contact with the Wikimedia Foundation, they support this decision[1] and are ready and flexible to support any follow-up actions. We will be in touch soon with further plans and next steps for participating.
Best regards,
Jayanta Nath, Wikisource Advisor,CIS-A2K
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/COVID-19_Notice [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/India_Hackathon_2020
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