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