Google Summer of Code/2021
shortcut: GSOC21
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Program timeline
[edit]Also see the full timeline.
| February 20 | Mentoring organization application deadline |
| March 10 | Mentoring organizations announced |
| March 29 | Student application period begins |
| April 13 | Student application deadline |
| May 17 (previously May 4) | Student projects announced |
| May 17 to June 7 (previously May 4 to May 31) | Community bonding period |
| June 7 to August 16 (June 1 to August 24) | Coding period |
Accepted projects
[edit]| Name | Location | Project | Mentor(s) | Updates |
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| Shailesh Kanojiya | India | Write Cypress tests for wikipedia-preview | Gabriel Pita, Vidhi Mody, Soham Parekh |  Done Joined Zulip, Done 1st Report, Done 2nd Report, Done 3rd Report, Done 4th Report, Done 5th Report, Done Final Report,
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| Bhaarat Kumar Khatri | India | Update the front-page of Wikimedia projects | Jdrewniak | Done Joined Zulip
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| Anubhav Sharma | India | Retraining models from ORES to be deployable on Lift Wing | Chtnnh, Calbon | Done Joined Zulip
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| Devyansh Chawla | India | Develop a UserScript/Gadget tutorial on MediaWiki.org similar to Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure | Jay Prakash, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Enterprisey | Done Joined Zulip, Done 1st Report, Done 2nd Report, Done 3rd Report, Done 4th Report, Done 5th Report, Done 6th Report, Done Final Report
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| Hari Krishna | United Kingdom | Develop a web based monitoring dashboard to improve and monitor existing database backup inventory processes and improve long term maintainability of existing code | Jaime Crespo, Manuel Aróstegui. | Done Joined Zulip, Done First report, Done 2nd report
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| Aditya Srivastav | India | Custom pictures selector which indicates what pictures have been uploaded already | Nicolas_Raoul, Madhurgupta10 | Done Joined Zulip.
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| Yash Agrawal | India | Add zoom and pan to the Wikisource Pagelist Widget | Soda, Samwilson, SGill | Done Joined Zulip, Done 1st Report, Done 2nd Report, Done 3rd Report
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| Sahil Grewal | India | Upgrade WebdriverIO to the latest version 7 for all repositories | Vidhi-Mody, Soham | Done Joined Zulip, Done 1st Report, Done 2nd Report, Done 3rd Report, Done 4th Report, Done 5th Report, Done Final Report
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| Yash Varshney | India | Add autocompletion to Page Forms spreadsheet display | Yaron_Koren, Sahajsk | Done Joined Zulip
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| Dhairya Khanna | India | Gamified Knowledge Base Completion Plugin for Wikibase/Wikidata | DD063520, AnBo-de, Gabinguo Aleksandr.perevalov | Done Joined Zulip
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Recommended steps for accepted candidates
[edit]See Google_Summer_of_Code/Participants#Accepted_participants
Contact
[edit]- Reach out for general questions on the #gsoc21-outreachy22 Zulip chat (preferred) or send an email to the organization administrators: Srishti Sethi (ssethi
wikimedia.org), Pavithra Eswaramoorthy (pavithraesoutlook.com), Gopa Vasanth (gopavasanth1999gmail.com) and Ankit Maity (ankitmaityoutlook.com). - Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.
We encourage applicants to communicate in the public streams and refrain from sending private emails/messages whenever possible. Open communication allows fellow applicants to learn from your questions. It also gives all community members a chance to answer your queries. This way, queries get answered sooner and the administrators do not become a bottleneck. Also see our communication tips.