Wikimedia Tech Safari Program/Documentation
Creating a Friendly Space
The Universal Code of Conduct,Code of Conduct for Wikimedia's Technical Spaces and Friendly Space Policy will be in effect throughout the event, on all platforms and discussion channels.
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Photos, videos & slides edit
Slides and Instructions edit
- Akwaaba to Commons for Android: Code the App that Lets Your World Share on Wikimedia
- Google Summer of Code instructions
- Introduction to Wikimedia Cloud Services - Tech Safari 2024.pdf
- Wikimedia Tech Safari 2024 - Code the Next Wave - Building Wikifunctions with WikiLambda's Power.pdf
- Scribe Wikimedia Tech Safari Presentation.pdf
Photos edit
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Videos edit
Experience Sharing Video
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Closing Ceremony
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Sessions edit
| Toolforge Paas Deep Dive |
Wikifunctions Session (On-Wiki) |
Video Cut Tool Session |
Kiwix Session |
| Commons for Android Session |
Scribe Session |
Wikimedia Cloud Services Session |
Wikilambda's Power Session |
Blog posts edit
- Blog post by Accuratecy051
- Blog post by Ruby D-Brown
- Navigating Wikimedia Tech Safari Program Through Kiwix Development&Localization (Translatewiki.net) by Accuratecy051
- My Journey with translatewiki: A Diff Story From Tech Safari to Translation Triumph by Umabruka
- African Wikimedians Tech Community: My Tech Safari Experience by Akwugo
- Blog post by Open Foundation West Africa
- Navigating the Wikimedia Tech Safari: My Virtual Journey! by Joris Darlington Quarshie
Events and resources for newcomers edit
If you’re new to the Wikimedia project and/or to development, here’s a list of events you could consider joining:
- 2022 Hackathon in Kwara State
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (Ghana) Local Meet up
- Wikimedia Hackathon Local Meetup Accra 2023
- Small Wiki Toolkits workshops
- WikiConference India in March 2023 will have a hackathon/technical track
- Pre-hackathon events organized by local communities
- Wikimania 2023 is an event that everyone can join and that will include technical sessions
- Wiki Indaba Hackathon welcomes remote participants
- Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon 2024
You can also check this list of resources to get on board on technical contribution:
- Wikimedia Developer Portal
- Learn about Phabricator
- Information for new developers
- Basic skills needed to contribute to development of MediaWiki core and MediaWiki extensions
- An overview of the MediaWiki Action API
- The Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) provides a way for tools to access Wikidata data
- Gerrit, the tool to handle code reviews
- Special:MyLanguage/Wikibase
- An introduction to Wikimedia Cloud Services (i.e., Toolforge, PAWS)
- An overview about Structured Data
- A basic overview of the implementation of Lua on Wikimedia projects