Congratulations to accepted candidates for Google Summer of Code 2023 & Outreachy Round 26 - Wikidata

9 May 2023


      Hello folks,
Please join us in welcoming Wikimedia's accepted candidates for Google
Summer of Code 2023 [1] and Outreachy Round 26 [2]!
**Google Summer of Code 2023**
1.  Ahmed Amine Hassou, Morocco, Wiki Education Dashboard: Refactoring
and upgrading React https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332976
        Mentors: Sage Ross
2. Chenhao Liu, United States of America, Wiki farm support for Canasta <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333773%3E
        Mentors:  Yaron Koren, Jeffrey Wang
3.  Nikhil Mahajan, India, End-to-end test coverage for Abstract
Wikipedia's Wikifunctions https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333498
        Mentors: Stef Dunlap, James Forrester, Cory Massaro, Denny Vrandečić
4.  Zexi Gong, China, Wikidocumentaries to import images from the web to
Structured Data on Commons https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332671
        Mentors: TuukkaH, Susannaanas
5.  Shashwat Khanna, India, Improve Programs & Events Dashboard UX for
Article Scoped Programs https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332932
        Mentors: Sage Ross
6.   Saurabh Jamadagni, India, Adding a menu to Scribe-iOS application
and expanding keyboard languages https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333156
         Mentors: Andrew McAllister
7.  Ritika Pahwa, India, Commons Android app: Make upload more reliable <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332126%3E
        Mentors: Nicolas Raoul, Kaartic Sivaraam
8.  Punith Nayak, India, Improve the functionality of VideoCutTool - New
features https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330465
        Mentors: Gopa Vasanth, Sohom Datta
9. Varun Shrivastava, India,  Improve the functionality of VideoCutTool
- Code Quality/Code Health https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333466
        Mentors: Gopa Vasanth, Sohom Datta
**Outreachy Round 26**
1.  Nathaly Toledo, Venezuela, Research imbalances in translation
between languages on Wikipedia https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333792
        Mentors: Adam Wight, Kavitha A, Simulo
2.  Abhishek Bhardwaj, India, Research imbalances in translation between
languages on Wikipedia https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333097
        Mentors: Adam Wight, Kavitha A, Simulo
3.  Sulagna Saha, Bangladesh, Write a Ruby gem for analyzing Wikidata
edits https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333790
        Mentors: Sage Ross, Will Kent
We would like to encourage accepted candidates to introduce themselves on
this thread and give a brief overview of the project they will be working
on.
We’re so proud of the contributions they have made so far to our community,
and we look forward to having a wonderful time working with them over the
summer. Also, a huge shout-out to the project mentors for their enthusiasm
and commitment!
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2023
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_26
Regards,
GSoC / Outreachy Wikimedia organization administrators (Gopa, Sohom,
Srishti)