Outreachy/Round 19
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Wikimedia is participating in Outreachy Round 19. Internship period runs from December 3rd 2019 to March 3rd, 2020. See the Wikimedia community page on the Outreachy website.
Program timeline edit
Source: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/
August 20, 2019 at 4pm UTC | Initial applications open |
September 24, 2019 at 4pm UTC | Initial application deadline + Project list finalized |
October 1, 2019 to November 5, 2019 | Contribute to projects |
November 5, 2019 at 4pm UTC | Final application deadline |
November 26, 2019 at 4pm UTC | Accepted interns announced on the alums page |
December 3, 2019 to March 3, 2020 | Internship period |
Accepted projects edit
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Name | Location | Project | Mentor(s) | Updates |
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Zainab Abubakar (Proposal) | Lagos, Nigeria | Documentation improvements to the ~20 top 100 most viewed MediaWiki Action API pages on-wiki | Jerop Brenda | Done Join Zulip
Done Create user page Done Create a blog Done 1st post Done 2nd post Done 3rd post Done 4th post Done 5th post | |
Sim Tran (Proposal) | Hanoi, Vietnam | Create regression automated tests for Special:Homepage functionality testing | Elena Tonkovidova | Done Join Zulip
Done Create user page | |
Lalitha Reddy (Proposal) | California
USA |
Converting Campaign Pages to React | SageRoss,
Khyati Soneji
|
Done Join Zulip
Done Create a blog Done Understanding user flow Done Understanding the haml Done Understanding the Redux | |
Aiko Chou (Proposal) | Hsinchu,
Taiwan |
A system for releasing data dumps from a classifier detecting unsourced sentences in Wikipedia | Miriam Redi,
Guilherme Gonçalves, Sam Walton |
Done Join Zulip
Done Create user page Done Create a blog Done 1st post Done 2nd post Done 3rd post Done 4th post Done 5th post Done 6th post | |
Agatevure Glory (Proposal) | Akwa Ibom, Nigeria | Improvements and User Testing of Wiki Education Dashboard Android App | Ujjwal Agrawal | Done Join Zulip
Done Create user page Done Create a blog | |
Akinloose Esther ((Proposal) | Lagos, Nigeria | Improving Action API Integration tests | Daniel Kinzler,
Clara Andrew-Wani, Kate Chapman |
Done Joined Zulip
Done Set up blog and link to it on my Outreachy Profile Done Write a blog post about my experience applying to Outreachy Done pull updates from the api-testing repository Done run regression Done Complete setup Done Create and populate user page Done Write a blog post about my struggles getting started with the project |
Recommended steps for accepted interns edit
Here are some recommended steps for accepted interns before the internship period kick-off:
- Refine your project proposal with guidance from mentors.
- Join Zulip to keep yourself up to date with the announcements related to the program and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities.
- Write blog posts (first due by December 17th, 2019) in a language you are most comfortable with and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page.
- Add your updates about non-coding tasks (e.g., writing a blog post, joining Zulip, etc.) in the Accepted projects' Updates section above.
- Setup your MediaWiki user page, link it with your name in the accepted projects section above and keep it up to date with your project work and reports. (e.g., User:Martyav, User:Amrit_sreekumar)
- Stay in touch with Wikimedia technical discussions by subscribing to the mailing list: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org.
- Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Wikimedia Foundation’s blog.
- Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics here.
Roles and responsibilities edit
Ideas for projects edit
- A system for releasing data dumps from a classifier detecting unsourced sentences in Wikipedia, mentored by Sam Walton and Miriam Redi
- Convert Campaign pages to React, mentored by Sage Ross and Khyati Soneji
- Create command-line runner for MediaWiki maintenance tasks, mentored by Will Doran
- Create regression automated tests for Special:Homepage functionality testing, mentored by Elena Tonkovidova
- Documentation improvements to the ~20 top 100 most viewed MediaWiki Action API pages on-wiki, mentored by Jerop Brenda
- Improve MediaWiki Action API Integration Tests, mentored by Daniel Kinzler, Clara Andrew-Wani and Kate Chapman
- Improvements and User Testing of Wiki Education Dashboard Android App, mentored by Ujjwal Agrawal
Note: Project details will be available on Outreachy site on October 2019 and visible to applicants who passed the initial eligibility check.
Contact edit
- Reach out for general questions on the #outreachy19 Zulip chat.
- Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.