Outreachy/Round 15

Wikimedia is participating as a mentoring organization for Outreachy's Round 15.

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Program timeline

• September 7, 2017 - application period opens
• October 23 - contributions and applications are due
• November 9 - interns announced
• December 5, 2017 to March 5, 2018 - internship period

Read information for participants Learn application process steps and recommendations for accepted projects

Read information for mentors Get an overview of the selection process and your responsibilities

Accepted Projects

No	Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
1	Anna e só	Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil	Translation outreach: User guides on MediaWiki.org	Johan Jönsson, Benoît Evellin	Done Join Zulip  Done Blog is ready  Done Uploaded photograph to Wikimedia Commons  Done Created my user page  Done Blog posts about my internship: First: My journey to Outreachy, or How I learned to stop worrying and start contributing Second: Understanding my role at Wikimedia Third: I see things from a different point of view Fourth: Talking about the fear of failure Fifth: Bringing documentation to light Sixth: Some loose thoughts about commercial social networks Seventh: Switching strategies and recalibrating expectations Eighth: Documenting is the key to thrive  Done Published my final report  Done Participated in the Outreachy Round 15 Project Showcase
2	Candela Jiménez Girón (Maudite) Photography from Fotoautomat	Berlin, Germany	Improve Programs & Events Dashboard support for Art+Feminism 2018	Sage Ross, Jonathan Morgan	Done Join Zulip  Done Blog  Done Added first post to the Bi-weekly Reports page  Done Uploaded Picture  Done Deadlines defined  Done Second Blog Post  Done Third Blog Post  Done Fourth Blog Post  Done Fifth Post Blog  Done Sixth Post Blog  Done Seventh Post Blog  Done Eighth Post Blog
3	Megha Sharma Megha Sharma	Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India	User contribution summary tool	Gergő Tisza, Stephen LaPorte	Done Join Zulip  Done 1st Blog  Done 2nd Blog  Done 3rd Blog  Done 4th Blog  Done 5th Blog  Done 6th Blog  Done 7th Blog  Done 8th Blog  Done 9th Blog  Done Created user page  Done Updated Bi-weekly Reports page  Done Uploaded Picture
4	Neha Jha Neha Jha	New Delhi, Delhi, India	Improvements to Grants review and Wikimania scholarships web apps	Bryan Davis, Niharika Kohli	Done Join Zulip  Done Blog  Done Posted in Bi-weekly reports page  Done added second blog post  Done Updated Bi-weekly reports page  Done added third blog post  Done Uploaded Picture  Done added fourth blog post  Done added fifth blog post  Done added sixth blog post  Done added seventh blog post
5	Noella Noella94	Douala, Cameroon	Refactoring the MediaWiki MassMessage Extension	Legoktm, Alangi Derick	Done Join Zulip  Done Blog  Done Created user page  Done Added new article to blog  Done Posted in Bi-weekly Reports page  Done added new post in Bi-weekly Reports page  Done Uploaded Picture  Done added new Post in Bi-weekly Reports page  Done added 4th Post in Bi-weekly Reports page  Done added 5th Post in Bi-weekly Report page  Done added 6th Post in Bi-weekly Report page
6	Vinitha VS	Hyderabad, Telangana, India	Automatically detect spambot registration using machine learning like invisible reCAPTCHA	Gergő Tisza, Adam Wight	Done Join Zulip  Done First blog post Blog  Done Updated Bi-weekly Reports page  Done Created user page  Done Second blog post Blog  Done Added Blog post Three  Done Added Blog post Four  Done Added Halfway Blog  Done Added Reaching out  Done Added I am my data  Done Added Beginning, not the end

Recommended steps for current interns

Internship period (Dec 5th-Mar 5th)

1. Continue working on your projects under the guidance of mentors
2. Continue writing bi-weekly reports and linking them from Updates section above and here

Before the internship period kick-off (Nov 9th-Dec 5th)

1. Start communicating with your mentors on refining your project proposal, finalizing deadlines and setting milestones
2. Join Zulip that we will use to share program-related announcements and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities
3. Write blogposts (first due by Nov 23rd) and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page
4. When you complete a task other than the coding work, for example, join Zulip, pass an evaluation phase, write a blogpost, make sure to add it to the Updates column in the Accepted projects table
5. (Optional) Upload your profile picture on Wikimedia Commons, and add it below your name in the Accepted projects table
6. (Optional) Stay in touch with Wikimedia community members and help them learn about you more:
   • Subscribe to Wikimedia mailing list wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
   • Setup up your MediaWiki user page and keep it up to date with your project work and reports (example 1, example 2)
   • Interested in learning about other Wikimedia technical topics? Watch the videos here

Ideas for projects

View ideas for projects promoted during the application period.

Contact

Reach out for general questions about Outreachy on the Freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-devrel ^connect or send an email to the organization administrator Srishti Sethi at ssethi@wikimedia.org.