Outreachy/Round 17

Wikimedia is participating in Outreachy Round 17. Internship period runs from December 4th, 2018 to March 4th, 2019.

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Program timeline

(borrowed from https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/)

Sept. 19, 2018 - Outreachy application period opens for applicants and most FOSS communities are listed
Sept. 24, 2018 - Join the #OutreachyChat on Twitter to ask questions of Wikimedia coordinators, mentors and alums
Oct. 2, 2018 - Last date for FOSS communities to sign up to participate
Oct. 9, 2018 - Last date to add new Outreachy internship projects
Oct. 30, 2018 - Outreachy application period ends for most communities
Nov. 6, 2018 - Outreachy application period ends for communities with an extended deadline
Nov. 16, 2018 - Interns are publicly announced at 4pm UTC

Ideas for projects

Join the #outreachy17 chat Ask a technical question

Projects will be showcased here: https://www.outreachy.org/december-2018-march-2019-outreachy-internships/communities/wikimedia/

Accepted projects


No	Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
1.	Gueleu S. Farida	Douala, Littoral, Cameroon	Add a new Linter category for Wikimedia wikis	Subramanya Sastry	Done Join Zulip Done Create User Page Done Create Blog Done Week 1 blog post Done week 2 blog post Done week 5 blog post Done week 7 blog post
2.	T.Crespy	Buea, South West Region, Cameroon	Create an event setup wizard for Programs & Events Dashboard	Sage Ross and Pratyush Singhal and Urvashi Verma
3.	Marty Hernandez Avedon	New York, NY, US	MediaWiki Action API: Documentation improvements to the top 50 most viewed API pages on-wiki	Srishti Sethi, Sarah R.	Done Join Zulip Done Create user page Done Add Blog Done Week 1 blog post Done week 3 blog post Done week 5 blog post Done week 7 blog post Done final week blog post
4.	Giselle J	Pittsburgh, PA, US	QA: Automation Testing - port Echo Notification tests to Node.js	Etonkovidova	Done Join Zulip Done Create user page Done Add Blog Done Week 1 blog post
5.	BarbV	San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US	Quality Assurance: Improve and increase test coverage for various Wikimedia projects	Rummana Yasmeen and Etonkovidova	Done Join Zulip Done Create user page Done Add Blog Done Week 1 blog post Done Week 3 blog post Done Week 5 blog post Done Week 7 blog post Done Week 9 blog post Done Final blog post

Recommended steps for current interns

During the internship period (Dec 4th-Mar 4th)
- Work on your projects under the guidance of mentors.
- Write bi-weekly reports and link them from Updates section and 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 section. For reference, check previous round page.
Before the internship period kick-off (Nov 16th-Dec 4th)
- 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.
- (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: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org.
  - 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.

Contact

Reach out for general questions about Outreachy on the Freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-devrel ^connect or to the organization administrator Srishti Sethi (ssethiwikimedia.org).

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