Wikimedia Hackathon 2022/Meetups

This page will be used to document local meetups happening during the Hackathon. You can add the location of your meetup to the map by adding a dictionary to the features list.

Overview

Participate

Meetups

Creating a Friendly Space

The Code of Conduct for Wikimedia's Technical Spaces and Friendly Space Policy will be in effect throughout the event, on all platforms, discussion channels, and at local meetups.

Location of local Meetups

Online Women and Non-binary Meetup

Join us on May 19th at 14:00 UTC (UTC) to converse on gender and LGBTQI challenges within the technical community. We will also explore how to start a project or group; learn how to apply for funding; understand related scripts and tools; and discuss how to provide technical support to editor projects such as Women in Red, Projet les sans pagEs, Las Imprescindibles, and Art+Feminism. This will also be a social space to meet others who identify as women and non-binary. Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022/Meetups/WomenNonBinary

Meetup in Berlin, Germany

There will be a meetup at the WikiBär in Berlin, 14:00–17:00 CEST on Saturday. For more information and to sign up, see :de:Wikipedia:Berlin § Samstag, 21. Mai, 14 bis 17 Uhr: Wikimedia Hackathon.

Meetup in Ulm, Germany

There will be a Meetup in Ulm, Germany in the Verschwoerhaus on Saturday and Sunday depending on the interest. If you are interested in participating please write it on the talk page of Wikipedia:Ulm/Neu-Ulm in the German Wikipedia. There will be then a conversation if it is possible at the requested time.--Hogü-456 (talk) 19:55, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Kwara State, Nigeria

There will be a meetup in Kwara State, Nigeria. Comment about your interest on my talk page if you will like to attend. You can also send a mail to shobowalelekan50@gmail.com

Best regards,

Favourdare123 (talk) 07:00, 13 April, 2022 (UTC)

Oby Ezeilo (talk) 08:20, 14 May, 2022 (UTC)

Meetup in Hyderabad, India

The Indic MediaWiki Developers Usergroup will organizing a local meetup of the hackathon in Hyderabad, India, from 20-22 May. As the scope this meetup is country-level, if you have prior contributions to Wikimedia technical spaces or MediaWiki at-large and currently residing in India, we have scholarships available to support in-person participation. Please see the event page for more information. If you are in and around Hyderabad, or from the states of Telangana/Andhra Pradesh, and would like to attend, please let us know on the talk page. KCVelaga (talk) 16:29, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Corfu, Greece

There will be a meetup in Corfu, Greece. Comment about your interest on my talk page if you will like to attend. You can also send a mail to magioladitis gmail.com -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:23, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is a meetup today at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. Feel free to join us! DimitriosRingas (talk) 12:04, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in New York City, USA

A hacking picnic, the Hacknic NYC will be held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on Sunday May 22.--Pharos (talk) 17:25, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Villupuram, India by VGLUG

இந்தியாவில் உள்ள விழுப்புரம் நகரில், VGLUG - விழுப்புரம் கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் குழுமம் சார்பாக வருகிற மே 20 முதல் 22 தேதி வரை விக்கிமீடியா ஹேக்கத்தான் 2022 கான உள்ளூர் சந்திப்பு நடக்க உள்ளது. இதில் விக்கிமீடியா திட்டங்களுக்கு பங்களிக்கும் வகையில் பல மென்பொருட்களை உருவாக்க பல மென்பொருள் வல்லுனர்களும், கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் ஆர்வலர்களும் இணைய உள்ளோம். ஆர்வமுள்ள நண்பர்கள் vpmglug@gmail.com என்ற மின்னஞ்சல் மூலம் தொடர்பு கொள்ளவும்.

The local meetup for Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will be held in Villupuram, India from May 20 to 22 on behalf of VGLUG - Villupuram GNU/Linux Users Group. Many software professionals and Free software enthusiasts are collaborate and develop software to Wikimedia projects. Interested friends can contact us by email at vpmglug@gmail.com. -- Manimaran96 (talk) 22:12, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Katsina, Nigeria

There will be a local hackathon in Katsina around the time of main Hackathon. I can be contacted via my wiki email or talkpage for more details. Ammarpad (talk) 23:12, 25 April 2022 (UTC). There's more information and a registration link on MetaWiki.[reply]

Meetup in East Airport, Accra-Ghana

The African Wikimedia Technical Community will be organizing a local meetup of the hackathon in Accra, Ghana from 21-22 May. As the scope this meetup is country-level, if you have prior contributions to Wikimedia technical translation space or MediaWiki at-large and currently residing in Ghana, we have scholarships available to support in-person participation. Please see the event page for more information or join the African Wikimedia Technical Community Communication channel on whatsapp If you are in and around Accra, or from Ghana, and would like to attend, please fill out this form or let us know on the talk page. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 16:14, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Washington DC, USA

See the Washington DC event page for more details - there will be meetups on all three days (May 20-22), including a social on Friday night.

Meetup in Prague, Czech Republic

There will be a Prague editaton on the Friday and at least one full day of Hackathon on the Saturday. Topic are Czech National Authority Database (Q13550863) for Friday and WikiProject Slovakia (Q10813200) for Saturday. Schedule. -- Michal Josef Špaček (WMCZ) (talk) 11:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]