WikiArabia Tech Meetup 2016

As part of the WikiArabia 2016 conference, a series of technical sessions will be held for developers and enthusiasts of Wikimedia technology.

Locations and dates:

• Amman, Jordan, March 26, 2016
• Ramallah, Palestine, March 30, 2016

Amman

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Sessions

Introduction to Wikimedia Tech

Speaker

• Andre Klapper AKlapper (WMF)

Introduction to Wikidata

Slides

Speaker

• Katie Filbert Aude
• Addshore
• Frimelle

Introduction to Wikimedia Phabricator

Speaker

• Andre Klapper AKlapper (WMF)

Attendees

• Fjmustak (talk)
• Aude (talk) 08:15, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
• Rfarrand (WMF) (talk) 21:01, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
• AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 17:32, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
• Frimelle (talk) 19:23, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Venue

The technical sessions will be held on location at WikiArabia

Taxi sharing

WikiArabia Tech Meetup 2016/shared taxi

Ramallah

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Technical Workshop / Meetup in Ramallah

Venue

Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
4 Al-Raja' St.
Ramallah, Palestine
(website, facebook)

Date: March 30, 2016

Time: 15:30-19:30

Schedule

Sessions, will be scheduled soon. Outdoor areas available for informal breakout sessions.

	Main Meeting Room / Attic
15:30	Opening / Introductions
16:00
16:30	Introduction to Wikimedia Tech (Links to tech areas)
17:00	Food / Coffee Break
17:30	After Break Sessions will be scheduled day-of the event.
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30+	Event is over! Organizers will recommend local restaurants for eating, meeting, hanging out and continuing the conversations.

Pre-scheduled Opening Sessions

Opening Session Ideas

• Welcome / Organizers & Event Volunteers Introduce themselves
• Wikimedia (non technical introduction)
• Locals perspective: How and why do you contribute to Wikimedia? What are others doing? Maysara & Farah
• Participants voluntary introduction themselves in 1-2 min (what are you working on / what are you hoping to learn / any Wikimedia involvement) , Quim and Andre briefly mention relevant wikimedia topics

Introduction to Wikimedia Tech

Speakers

• Andre Klapper AKlapper (WMF)
• Quim Gil Qgil-WMF

Possible Sessions / Scheduled Day-Of

Wikidata Workshop

Outline

• What is Wikidata?
• How to contribute to Wikidata?
  • editing on Wikidata, what properties are available, how to get help, what kind of data is appropriate for Wikidata.
  • Magnus' tools (e.g. autolist, quick statements)
  • bot frameworks (e.g. pywikibot) available, and accessing Wikidata via it's api.
• How Wikidata is used in Wikipedia
• Querying Wikidata
• Data exports (json, rdf) available for Wikidata
• Examples of external tools and applications using Wikidata.

Speakers

• Katie Filbert - Software engineer, working on the Wikidata development team at Wikimedia Deutschland since 2012. Katie has contributed to Wikimedia projects since 2004, and also has been involved with OpenStreetMap since 2009.
• Lucie - Software developer, working at Wikimedia Deutschland on Wikidata.
• Adam - Software engineer, working on the Wikidata development team at Wikimedia Deutschland on an off since 2013. Adam has contributed to Wikimedia projects since 2005.

Extensions? Extensions!

A brief overview of what extensions are and how they work in the world of MediaWiki.

Outline

• An overview of what extenions are in the MediaWiki definition
  • Short introduction of extension registration (how to "install" an extension into MediaWiki)
  • What can extensions do and how do they interact with MediaWiki core
  • How to use localisaion features of MediaWiki inside of extensions
• Walkthrough: How to create a small and simple extension? (Probably "live")
• Q&A

Speakers

• Florian Schmidt - volunteer software developer since early 2014, working on MobileFrontend, GoogleLogin, MediaWiki and others

Tools and Labs

Brief introduction to the computing resources available for use by volunteers.

Outline

• What is Tool Labs?
• What is Wikimedia Labs?
• Other shared resources
  • Database replicas
  • Quarry
  • PAWS

Speakers

• Bryan Davis BDavis (WMF)

Introduction to Wikimedia Phabricator (project management tool)

• A basic introduction on what Phabricator is, what it can do, how it can help you to find interesting stuff and projects to work on, to improve the code in our projects, to coordinate and organize stuff you work on, and to collaborate with others in software projects.

Speakers

• Andre Klapper AKlapper (WMF)

Other Ideas

• Content translation discussion / Arabic tools
• Breakout session with multiple small group discussions

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Attendees

• Fjmustak (talk)
• Aude (talk) 08:15, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
• Qgil-WMF (talk)
• Rfarrand (WMF) (talk) 21:01, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
• Florianschmidtwelzow (talk)
• BDavis (WMF) (talk)
• RashiqAhmad (talk)
• Magioladitis (talk)
• AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 17:32, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
• Addshore (talk) 10:34, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
• Frimelle (talk) 16:06, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Taxi Sharing

WikiArabia Tech Meetup 2016/shared taxi

Use this page if you are coming from Israel and want to share a taxi

Excursions

• A walking tour of Ramallah will be given before the workshop (markers 1-4 or 1-5, depending on time on this map) (more soon)

Nightlife

Ramallah is well-known for its lively nightlife. There are countless coffee shops, bars, and restaurants throughout the city to cater to all tastes. (more soon)

Accommodation

If you are planning to spend the night in Ramallah, there are numerous options for accommodation, ranging from basic hostels to the five star Moevenpick Hotel. Following are a list of hostels/hotels within a 10 minute walk from the Sakakini Center.

• Hostel in Ramallah. Beds starting from 50NIS (~13USD)
• Ankar's Suites. Rooms Starting at $70.
• Al-Hajal Suites. Rooms starting at $74.
• Casablanca Hotel. Rooms starting at $75.
• Royal Court Hotel. Rooms starting at $99.
• Beauty Inn. No advertised room rates
• Mövenpick Hotel Ramallah. Rooms starting at $189