, which is linked
from the Hackathon coordination page.
I notice there are a few parts that are still in their 2012 state,
which probably could use a bit of updating (Like using Smultron on
OSX, now a $5 paid app).
I have just added a link to the Git section about
, which I think is a nice
online exercise for git cli beginners.
DJ
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Lars,
All we currently know about the 400 contributors, is that they have
registered for the Hackathon and Wikimania. Only 20/400 are registered just
for the hackathon. I am planning to send out a survey shorty to everyone
who is registered for the hackathon to get a better idea of backgrounds and
attendance intentions. Some of them may not have realized they were
registering for a developers event.
As far as what sessions will be at the hackathon: It all depends on what
sessions are proposed by the participants. At
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon you can see already
several introductory sessions and tutorials, with a few explicit
invitations to non-developers (i.e. "Translathon - Where developers meet
translators").
We expect to have diversity of sessions in terms of skills required and
formats. We assume participants will have familiarity with software
development, design, testing or documentation, and a genuine technical
interest.
We haven't thought about tutorials about using editor tools. Then again,
the hackathon is an unconference-like event, which means that any session
with offer, demand, and a slot available in the schedule is possible.
See for instance
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014/Schedule , taking
into account that many ad-hoc small activities were not scheduled there,
and considering also that we expect a higher percentage of newcomers and
power users / non-developers hackathon in London because of the wider
Wikimania context.
Again, if anyone has anything specific they would like to work on at the
Hackathon please add it to the topics section soon:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon Along with my survey I
will be also asking participants to indicate interest in proposed topics.
Thanks!
Rachel
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> wrote:
On 07/08/2014 10:30 PM, Rachel Farrand wrote:
This year we are expecting a very large turnout
at the London Hackathon.
Last I heard there were just under 400 people registered.
Are those 400 already contributors to the code base, or
does it include total newbies who never edited Wikipedia?
When I signed up for participation in the hackathon, there
was no way to indicate the level of skills. Are there other
sessions that include tutorials, so the hackathon is a pure
developer meeting? Or should the hackathon also cover
tutorials on editing, uploading images, categorization, etc.?
--
Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik -
http://aronsson.se
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