Outreachy/Round 23

Wikimedia will be taking part as a mentoring organization for Outreachy Round 23.

Outreachy Round 16

Program timeline

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(borrowed from https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2021-08-13/december-2021-initial-applications-open/)

 
Outreachy Round 21 Welcome Call
August 9, 2021 at 16:00 UTC Initial applications open
August 23, 2021 at 16:00 UTC #OutreachyChat on Twitter
September 3, 2021 at 16:00 UTC Initial application deadline
October 15, 2021 Project list finalized
October 8, 2021 to November 6, 2021 Contribute to projects
November 6, 2021 at 16:00 UTC Final application deadline
November 22, 2021 at 16:00 UTC Accepted interns announced
Dec 6, 2021 to Mar 4, 2022 Internships period

Selected projects

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Name Location Project Mentor(s) Updates
Mahfuza Humayra Mohona Bangladesh Automatically matching new Wikipedia articles with Wikidata items using Python Mike Peel
Alejandro Guerrero Canada Automatically matching new Wikipedia articles with Wikidata items using Python Mike Peel
Alexandra Shagzhina Russia Develop learning toolkits and videos to demonstrate the use of essential tools for Wikimedia Srishti Sethi, Sarah Rodlund
Ivana Novakovic-Lekovic Montenegro Improve Wikidata support on Programs & Events Dashboard Sage Ross
Osama Tahir Australia Refactor Mediawiki tests to use WebdriverIO Async Soham Parekh, Željko Filipin
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See Outreachy/Participants#Accepted_participants

Contact

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