Outreachy/Round 17

Wikimedia is participating in Outreachy Round 17. Internship period runs from December 4th, 2018 to March 4th, 2019.

Outreachy Round 16
Screenshot of the GSoC and Outreachy 2017 Project Showcase. Watch the full showcase on YouTube.

Program timeline

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(borrowed from https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/)

  • Sept. 19, 2018 - Outreachy application period opens for applicants and most FOSS communities are listed
  • Sept. 24, 2018 - Join the #OutreachyChat on Twitter to ask questions of Wikimedia coordinators, mentors and alums
  • Oct. 2, 2018 - Last date for FOSS communities to sign up to participate
  • Oct. 9, 2018 - Last date to add new Outreachy internship projects
  • Oct. 30, 2018 - Outreachy application period ends for most communities
  • Nov. 6, 2018 - Outreachy application period ends for communities with an extended deadline
  • Nov. 16, 2018 - Interns are publicly announced at 4pm UTC

Ideas for projects

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Projects will be showcased here: https://www.outreachy.org/december-2018-march-2019-outreachy-internships/communities/wikimedia/

Accepted projects

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No Name Location Project Mentor(s) Updates
1. Gueleu S. Farida Douala, Littoral, Cameroon Add a new Linter category for Wikimedia wikis Subramanya Sastry
2. T.Crespy Buea, South West Region, Cameroon Create an event setup wizard for Programs & Events Dashboard Sage Ross and Pratyush Singhal and Urvashi Verma
3. Marty Hernandez Avedon New York, NY, US MediaWiki Action API: Documentation improvements to the top 50 most viewed API pages on-wiki Srishti Sethi, Sarah R.
4. Giselle J Pittsburgh, PA, US QA: Automation Testing - port Echo Notification tests to Node.js Etonkovidova
5. BarbV San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US Quality Assurance: Improve and increase test coverage for various Wikimedia projects Rummana Yasmeen and Etonkovidova
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  • During the internship period (Dec 4th-Mar 4th)
  • Before the internship period kick-off (Nov 16th-Dec 4th)
    • Start communicating with your mentors on refining your project proposal, finalizing deadlines and setting milestones.
    • Join Zulip that we will use to share program-related announcements and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities.
    • (Optional) Upload your profile picture on Wikimedia Commons, and add it below your name in the Accepted projects table.
    • (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.

Contact

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Reach out for general questions about Outreachy on the Freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-devrel connect or to the organization administrator Srishti Sethi (ssethi wikimedia.org).