Wikimedia is participating as a mentoring organization for Outreachy's Round 15.
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
Accepted Projects
| No | Name | Location | Project | Mentor(s) | Updates |
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| 1 | Anna e só  |
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil | Translation outreach: User guides on MediaWiki.org | Johan Jönsson, Benoît Evellin |  Done Join Zulip
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| 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
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| 3 | Megha Sharma Megha Sharma |
Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India | User contribution summary tool | Gergő Tisza, Stephen LaPorte | Done Join Zulip
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| 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
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| 5 | Noella Noella94 |
Douala, Cameroon | Refactoring the MediaWiki MassMessage Extension | Legoktm, Alangi Derick | Done Join Zulip
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| 6 | Vinitha VS  |
Hyderabad, Telangana, India | Automatically detect spambot registration using machine learning like invisible reCAPTCHA | Gergő Tisza, Adam Wight | Done Join Zulip
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Recommended steps for current interns
Internship period (Dec 5th-Mar 5th)
- Continue working on your projects under the guidance of mentors
- Continue writing bi-weekly reports and linking them from Updates section above and here
Before the internship period kick-off (Nov 9th-Dec 5th)
- 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
- Write blogposts (first due by Nov 23rd) and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page
- 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
- (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 [email protected]
- 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 [email protected].