Wikimedia Hackathon 2018/Prehackathon Montpellier
The pre-hackathon in Montpellier will take place the 14th and 15th of April 2018 in Montpellier, France. It is a warm up event linked to Wikimedia Hackathon 2018 and it will be focused on gadgets maintenance and updating, especially for the French Wikipedia.
Scope
[edit]During the Wikiconvention francophone 2017, there was an open discussion about the state of technical things on the projects, especially the French Wikipedia. We observed that the gadgets [in the French Wikipedia at least] are hardly maintained over time and a lot of gadgets are written in old-style JavaScript, likely to break in case of deprecation of some part of libraries and possibly with security concerns.
The following tasks are within the scope of the event (non-comprehensive list):
- Update or rewrite legacy gadgets to state-of-the-art JavaScript
- Update the technical documentation and ensure it is consistent everywhere (or centralize it when possible)
- Create a git repository that non-sysop developers can use to push updates to gadgets, etc. (Phab:T179550)
- Maybe a training session for outsider JS devs who might want to create or maintain Wikipedia gagdets
- Anything related to the creation of a Central Gadget Taskforce (phab:T159334)
Venue
[edit]Atelier des pigistes, 171 rue frimaire 34000 Montpellier. (map)
- Tram 3/1/4 arrêt Rives du Lez ou 1/3 Port Marianne
Accommodation
[edit]- Citizen Montpellier (55€/n)
- Hôtel du parc (60 > 115 €)
- Appart city (studio double or twin 55€/n)
Program
[edit]Program outline
[edit]Friday 13th
[edit]Friday is the travel day. Come and join us around some drinks in the evening at the Barbote (1 Rue des deux Ponts, 34000 Montpellier) from 19h.
Saturday 14th
[edit]Time | Agenda |
---|---|
09:30 | Doors open |
10:00 | Formal presentation of the prehackathon |
10:30 | Pitch of proposals, projects and ideas |
11:00 | "JavaScript for Mediawiki" tutorial by 0x010C |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:00 | HACKING TIME |
20:00 | 1st Wrap up so far |
Sunday 15th
[edit]Time | Agenda |
---|---|
9:30 AM | state of the question so far |
10:00 | HACKING TIME |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:00 | HACKING TIME |
16:30 | Wrap up |
17:00 | Fin. Everybody goes home ;) |
Preparing for the pre-hackathon
[edit]- Download and install Git (optional recommendation: also install the GitHub Desktop client, this is especially recommended for people who are relatively new to Git)
Tentative plans for hackathon
[edit]- We will sent a message to confirmed attendees and we will write here a program proposal some days before the event. This will be just a proposal, some guidelines, not mandatory at all.
Attending
[edit]The room allows ~15 people attending.
Interested
[edit]- Sylvain WMFr (talk) 18:05, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
- Léna (talk) 18:59, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
Tpt (talk) 20:02, 10 January 2018 (UTC)Not available this week-end.
- Framawiki (talk) 19:57, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
- — 0x010C ~talk~ 19:58, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
- — Arkanosis ✉ 20:28, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
- Oodna (talk) 20:31, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
- Ltrlg, 08:32, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Mohamedudhuman05, 10:54, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
--ÀlexHinojo (talk) 14:24, 23 January 2018 (UTC) (link with Barcelona event)DCausse (WMF) (talk) 08:48, 2 February 2018 (UTC)unexpected family obligationsCulex (talk) 13:47, 6 February 2018 (UTC)(contre-temps)
- Sukkoria (talk) 10:21, 24 February 2018 (UTC) (not sure yet)
- --Toniher (talk) 20:32, 15 March 2018 (UTC) (attending in lieu of Àlex, link with Barcelona event)
- Drongou (talk) 14:26, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
- Mah3110 (talk) 08:58, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- DePlusJean (talk) 08:28, 10 April 2018 (UTC) (initiation and photographing the events )
Registration
[edit]Conditions
[edit]This event will follow the Friendly space policy for Wikimedia Foundation events, attendees must read and follow our Code of Conduct.
Get in touch
[edit]Contact: hackathonwikimedia.fr
This e-mail address can be used for all inquiries or questions regarding the event.If you want to help with the preparation of the event, please join the mailing list!
External links
[edit]- Wikimédia France (organiser)