Hello everyone,
Please join me in welcoming 16 projects that we have accepted through
Google Summer of Code 2019 and Outreachy Round 18 :) We received around 100
applications for 18 projects we promoted during the application period
through both programs, including two projects that were proposed by
interns. See below for more information on the accepted projects:
*Google Summer of Code 2019*
*Name, Project <link> - Mentor(s)*
1. Aditya Jain, Create a subpage for statistics and charts related to a
hashtag search <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218986> - Sam Walton
2. Amit Joki, Add Multi-wiki support to WikiEduDashboard <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220573> - Sage Ross, Wes Reid
3. Ankita Mandal, Improve the interface of Special:ViewData in the Cargo
extension <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218353> - Yaron Koren
4. Jay Prakash, Develop code samples in PHP & Javascript to demonstrate the
use of MediaWiki Action API modules <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219193> - Srishti Sethi, Sarah Rodlund
5. Muhammad Usman, Improve article recommendation pipeline <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218971> - Bahodir Mansurov
6. Priyanshu Varshney, Add an editable calendar interface to Page Forms
extension <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217493> - Yaron Koren, Erik
Biegert
7. Rammanoj Potla, Develop a tool for event organizers to track developer
activity <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220254> - Suchakra Sharma,
Srishti Sethi
8. Shivansh Bindal, Make notification counts update without page reload <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220324> - Kosta Harlan, Roan Kattouw
9. Ton Creus Costa, Integrate SVG translate with content translation <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220440> - Petar Petkovic, Sam Wilson
10. Ujjwal Agarwal, Create an Android app that acts as an alternative
frontend for the WikiEducation Dashboard <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217202> - Sage Ross
11. Vanshika Arora, Add Structured Commons support to Commons Android app <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220198> - Nicolas Raoul, Ashish Kumar
12. Vasanth Gopa, Develop a tool to cut video in Wikimedia Commons <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220228> - James Heilman, Pratik Shetty,
Hassan Amin
*Outreachy Round 18*
*Name, Project <link> - Mentor(s)*
13. Doris Zhou, Better understand impact of content translation tools <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217699> - Isaac Johnson
14. Jerop Brenda, Documentation improvements to the ~20 top ~70 most viewed
MediaWiki Action API pages on-wiki <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218046> - Srishti Sethi, Sarah Rodlund
15. Khyati Soneji, Improve Programs & Events Dashboard for use in the
#1lib1ref campaign <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220640> - Sage Ross
16. Silky Priya, Add leaderboard based on user’s edits using Commons
Android app <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219053 > - Vivek Maskara,
Ujjwal Agarwal
You can stay up to date on the progress of selected projects by keeping an
eye on:
*
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2019
*
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_18
We wish all interns have a wonderful summer working on projects and a huge
thank you to all the mentors involved in this edition!
Cheers,
Srishti, Pratyush & Derick (Wikimedia org admins)
*Srishti Sethi*
Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>