Technical Community Newsletter/2024/January
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[edit]Welcome to 2024 🎉 and the 1st edition of this year's Wikimedia Technical Community Newsletter ‒ your source for updates, highlights, and insights from the past quarter, as well as a sneak peek into the exciting events on our horizon for the next quarter.
We believe in the power of community, and that includes your voice. Do you have something remarkable to share in the next quarterly newsletter? Perhaps a groundbreaking project, an event announcement, or an achievement you're particularly proud of? Add your suggestion to the talk page. We'd love to hear from you!
Highlights
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- Scholarship applications for Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 are open until Friday, January 5th, 2024. If you're interested, submit your application now before the deadline. Application Link: https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/wmhackathon2024/
- Kindly participate in the December 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey at your convenience before January 5th, 2024. Your valuable input aids us in prioritizing enhancements to tools and platforms for our esteemed technical contributors. Access the survey (privacy statement)
- Outreachy Winter Round (December 2023–March 2024) kicked off with 7 accepted projects and 7 interns working on these projects. Stay in the loop regarding the progress and updates of the selected projects by keeping an eye on the dedicated Outreachy/Round 27 page for this round.
What's new
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- Wikifunctions Update: Now Running on WebAssembly!
- Exciting news! Wikifunctions is now generally available and running on WebAssembly, providing an additional layer of security. Learn more about this development in our community updates.
- Save the Date for the 2023/2024 Coolest Tool Award at Wikimania! 🏆
- Join us for the 2023/2024 Coolest Tool Award, which will be both a physical and virtual gathering at Wikimania in Poland! Stay tuned for event details, including the call for nominations, event format, and more, coming your way in the next few months.
- Wishathon March 2024 ‒ Unveiling the Community Edition!
- Get ready for the inaugural community edition of the Wishathon, happening from March 15th to 17th, 2024! Interested? Learn more and sign up on meta:Event:WishathonMarch2024
Conferences and Meetups
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- Wikimedia Foundation ‒ QTE, in collaboration with Mozilla, is hosting the Web Performance developer room at FOSDEM 2024, the largest Free and Open Source Software event in Europe! Explore more about this dynamic collaboration and more on the Web Performance devroom.
- Get ready for the 2024 Wikimedia Hackathon happening on May 3rd–5th in Tallinn, Estonia! Registration and Scholarship Application (Scholarship deadline: January 5th 2024) is still open, so seize the opportunity to participate. Learn more about the hackathon and secure your spot.
- Block your calendars for the 19th edition of Wikimania, set to take place at the International Congress Centre (ICC) in Katowice, Poland, from August 7th–10th, 2024. Dive into the details at wikimania:2024:Wikimania.
Community metrics
[edit]- Number of tasks created in Q4/2023: 6340
- Number of tasks closed in Q4/2023: 6371
- Number of different people who created tasks in Q4/2023: 968
- Number of different people who closed tasks in Q4/2023: 502
- 341 people wrote patches (123 of them being volunteers) in Q4/2023.
Suggested Reads
[edit]- The golden rule of web performance revisited (Wikipedia edition)
- Dark mode is coming
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 is Here: Mark Your Calendar 🎉
- Introducing Wishathon for Wikimedia’s Community Wishlist!
- How to carry out a batch upload of illustrations
- Unlocking the World’s Languages in Wikipedia: A look into MinT’s Impact so far
Get involved!
[edit]Are you interested in learning more or volunteering to improve Wikimedia Technology? Get involved!