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Hackathon
Participants of the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017
Wikimania Hackathon 2017
will take place on Wednesday, 9 August 2017 and Thursday, 10 August 2017 during the Wikimania 2017 pre-conference in Montreal.
Youtube Live video of the opening session and open mic
Developers, designers, translators, documentors, testers and anyone interested in collaborating on a technical hacking project are welcome at the Hackathon.
Is this your first hackathon? Read this!
Friendly Space Policy and Code of Conduct
All participants in the Hackathon are expected to respect and abide by the
Wikimania Friendly Space Policy
and the
Code of Conduct
for technical spaces. Individuals not cooperating with these policies may be asked to leave the event.
People you can talk to about Friendly Space Policy and Code of Conduct for Technical Spaces issues:
Rachel Farrand
Caroline Becker
Nick Wilson
Quim Gil
Registration
Participants of the Wikimania Hackathon 2017
See
Registration
and register for Pre-Conference Day 1 and Pre-Conference Day 2.
Focus Areas
Between now and the hackathon, all participants are welcome to propose sessions, skillshare, & sprints and get involved in projects by featuring or start hacking on one!
Session
covering any of the Wikimedia’s technical areas
Skillshare
on topics around technology stack of Wikimedia projects
Sprint
for making progress in a specific area of a project (e.g. documentation, translation, design, etc)
Featured Projects
suitable for new developers proposed by project contributors
Hackathon opening session notes - People looking for help, and offering help
Propose a Session, Skillshare or Sprint
Get Involved in Featured Projects
If you have your own ideas for a large-scale sprint, track or other project for the Wikimania hackathon and would like some help in advance coordinating please email Rachel Farrand
Program and Schedule Information
New sessions are added to the hackathon throughout the event by participants, therefore we do not print the program on paper. You will need a laptop or mobile device connected to wifi or data in order to access the program. There will be a physical up-to-date program at the help desk as well.
Schedule your own sessions or check out our program here:
PROGRAM
Mentoring Program
Sign up to mentor by subscribing and commenting at
phab:T168756
Read more about the mentoring program at:
mw:Hackathon/Handbook/Mentoring program#An overview of the mentoring program plan for Wikimania Hackathon 2017 in Montreal
Volunteering at the Hackathon
The Wikimania Hackathon is an event run for and by its participants. Everyone attending the hackathon can take as much personal responsibility to co-create the event and improve it as they like. Below are some pre-defined volunteer groups that any participant can join and help.
Help work with or teach newcomers / Mentors!
Group leader: Aaron Halfaker
phab:T168756
Take photos during the Hackathon and upload them to commons
Group Leader: Chris Koerner
phab:T168752
Write a blog post or two about the event itself and / or my favorite sessions
Group Leader: Srishti Sethi
phab:T168753
Occasionally wander around the hackathon, ask people what they are working on, add the projects to the wiki
Group Leader: Nick Wilson
phab:T168754
Staff the help desk helping newcomers answer technical questions and find other participants
Group Leader: Rachel Farrand
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Run newcomer session / tutorials
Group Leader: Quim Gil
phab:T168755
Participants
Please take a moment to update your own information at the
Hackathon/Participants
page.
Event Blogging
Wikimania’17 Hackathon begins!
Sejal Khatri
The French Connection at the Wikimania 2017 Hackathon
Envel Le Hir
Wikimania Hackathon 2017
Wassan.anmol
Hackathon Showcase
The hackathon showcase will be taking place from 16:00 - 17:00 in the main ballroom. 30 hackathon participants will present their hackathon projects to all Wikimania participants.
Presentations should be concise and understandable by non-technical Wikimania participants.
SIGN UP HERE:
Recommended Items to Bring
Laptop and charger, it will be very hard to participate without these!
Power plug converters
Phone charger
Preferred note taking tools
Reusable water bottle (there are ways to refill these)
Video output converters for possible presentations
(For chargers, converters etc, consider labelling them with your name/email address)
Media
Commons Category:
Category:Wikimania 2017 Hackathon
IRC channel:
#wmhack
connect
Hashtag: #wmhack
Organizing Team
Rachel Farrand, Main Organizer
Siebrand Mazeland, Co-Organizer
Rachel Farrand
Siebrand Mazeland
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