On Mar 7, 2017, at 6:25 PM, Bryan Davis <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Welcome Egbe! We can always use more help from technical contributors, and its especially nice to see people coming into the technical side of the movement to hone skills that they can put to use elsewhere in their lives as well. The https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker wiki page is a good place to start looking for ways to contribute. Bryan -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Hi Egbe, Great to have you on board! Don’t hesitate to poke people if you have trouble finding or understanding documentation, we may be already used to its quirks :-) Jan -- Jan Dittrich UX Design/ User Research Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

ha, how embarrassing! i used google to search "wikimedia projects programming beginner" and google found the beginners guide for python programmers, which is not what i wanted :) https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers . then i went to https://www.wikipedia.org/ and i was lost as well. donation, shop, help, and, and, and. no programming. where is this beginners page hidden, and why are google, bing, and duckduckgo not able to find it? > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Egbe Eugene <agboreugene(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I wish to express my desire to participate in this year's summer of code as > i know it is the most rapid way ( apart from the hackathons) to hack the > Foundation projects. For someone as new to the foundation as i am, are > there any projects which could be suggested for me to quickly get about and > straight to work.

where is this beginners page hidden,

and why are google, bing, and duckduckgo not able to find it?

ha, how embarrassing! i used google to search "wikimedia projects programming beginner" and google found the beginners guide for python programmers, which is not what i wanted :) https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers . then i went to https://www.wikipedia.org/ and i was lost as well. donation, shop, help, and, and, and. no programming.