Quim,
Thanks for bringing this up. The subject of non-developers attending
hackathons came up in at least one recent off-list conversation. I think it
would be interesting to have a sampling of experienced Wikimedians present
who may not be developers but who are expert end-users of MediaWiki. They
might provide some valuable suggestions to those who are conceptualizing or
testing design changes or new features. I thinking of the supposedly
extensive research that was done on MediaViewer, and then the later
discoveries that the early research was unrepresentative of the actual
population of end users, resulting in much drama and considerable doubt
about the wisdom of spending millions of dollars on MediaViewer in the
first place. So I very much appreciate the Foundation's willingness to send
people to hackathons who are not developers, but who represent important
parts of the ecosystem in which development happens.
(:
Pine
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
A forward for technical and tech-curious people not
subscribed to
wikitech-l. If you have or want to join a hackathon plan for Lyon (May
23-25), we want to know. Important note: Wikimedia Hackathons are not only
for developers, as good software development requires many other profiles,
including insightful users.
Chapter people and other organized wikimedians, your help funding volunteer
travel is welcome. Every year we are pooling more funds from more orgs,
opening our hackathons to more volunteers from more places and areas of
interest. Please send one volunteer or more to Lyon. More information and
feedback at
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88523
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:02 AM
Subject: Wikimedia Hackathon travel sponsorship
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi, we are hoping to open registration to the Wikimedia Hackathon in Lyon
next week. Those of you relying on travel sponsorship can start preparing
your requests already now:
# Familiarize yourself with the goals of the hackathon:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons#The_Wikimedia_Hackathon_model
# Join or propose a demo-able project in Phabricator:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-hackathon-2015/
# Find a hackathon buddy in the Wikimedia communities or related projects
out there:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lyon_Hackathon_2015/Buddies
Here you have a draft form to get an idea of what questions you will be
asked:
http://goo.gl/forms/MPzx8q7BBz (not a real form; data submitted
will
be ignored and deleted)
Your feedback about the process is welcome, especially in the related
Phabricator task:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88406
--
Quim Gil
Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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