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%3E [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/%3E [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%3E [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%3E [4].

If you have any questions, ask on the Hackathon's talk page: < https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021_talk:Hackathon%3E [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

*Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/