New subject: [Wikitech-l] Congratulations to accepted candidates for Google Summer of Code 2022 & Outreachy Round 24

25 May 2022

Hello Folks,

Please join me in welcoming Wikimedia's accepted candidates for Google
Summer of Code 2022 and Outreachy Round 24!

*Google Summer of Code 2022*

   1.  Nivas Ramisetty, India,   Campaigns Retention Metrics Dashboard
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304826>
        Mentors: KCVelaga, Jayprakash12345.

   2.  Ayan Sarkar, India,  Improve the picture selector of the Commons
Android app
<https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues/4764>
        Mentors:  Syced, Aditya.

   3.  Lalit Suthar, India,  Extending the WikidataComplete plugin for
enabling data donations, recommendations, and gamification
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301613>
        Mentors: Gabinguo
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gabinguo>, Aleksandr
Perevalov <https://github.com/Perevalov>

   4.  Ankit Gupta, India,  Edit Request Wizard
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300454>
        Mentors: Enterprisey
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Enterprisey>, SD0001
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SD0001>.

   5.  Shashwat Khanna <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Shashwat312>,
India,  Modernize JavaScript build process and dependencies for Wiki
Education Dashboard <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301731>,
        Mentors: Sage (Wiki Ed)
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Sage_(Wiki_Ed)>  .

   6.   Lennard Hofmann <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:LennardHofmann>,
Germany, Rewrite the Wikidata Infobox on Commons in Lua
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302098>,
         Mentors: Mike Peel <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>.

   7.  Amal Paul, India,  Command-line interface for Canasta
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301893>,
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279998>
        Mentors: Jeffrey Wang
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:MyWikis-JeffreyWang>, Yaron Koren
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Yaron_Koren>

*Outreachy Round 24*

   1.  Vaidehi Atpadkar,  Add support for tracking specific namespaces to
Programs & Events Dashboard <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301732>
        Mentors: Sage Ross.

   2.  Nazia Tasnim,   Build Python library to work with html-dumps
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302237>
        Mentors: Martin Gerlach, Isaac Johnson.

   3.  Feliciss,  What's in a name? Automatically identifying first and
last author names for Wikicite and Wikidata
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300207>
        Mentors: Mike Peel <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>,
Pigsonthewing <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing>.

   4.  Luis Roberto,  What's in a name? Automatically identifying first and
last author names for Wikicite and Wikidata
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300207>
        Mentors: Mike Peel <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>,
Pigsonthewing <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing>.

We would like to encourage accepted candidates to introduce themselves on
this thread, share with us where they are coming from 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!

Thank you to Srishti, Jay Prakash
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jayprakash12345> and Aisha Khatun
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aisha_Khatun> for coordinating this
round along with me!

[1] Google Summer of Code 2022:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2022
[2] Outreachy Round 24: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_24

Regards,

Gopa Vasanth <https://gopavasanth.me>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/gopavasanth1999> | LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopa-vasanth/> | GitHub
<https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth>

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”