Wikimedia Hackathon 2023/Program
The Universal Code of Conduct, Code of Conduct for Wikimedia's Technical Spaces and Friendly Space Policy will be in effect throughout the event, on all platforms, discussion channels, and at satellite events.
The Hackathon is participant-driven and lives from the active participation of its attendees. Below you will find some information on how to contribute to the program as an attendee.
 | This year's hackathon is not an unconference. Because we have limited rooms in Athens for sessions and workshops, the Hackathon organizing team will schedule sessions in advance based on the needs and interests of potential attendees. |
Local communities are also welcome to organize pre-hackathon events, watch-parties or meetups in their region. More information about organization and funding is available on the satellite events page.
Schedule[edit]
Thursday, May 18th[edit]
Participants arrive in Athens. Participants can self-organize, plan small group dinners, have social time, solo time, etc.
Friday, May 19th: Hackathon starts[edit]
| Main Hacking Space
(MachineWorks) |
Warehouse Workshop Room (up to 40 participants) | MachineWorks Workshop Room
(up to 40 participants) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:30 | Registration | ||
| 09:30–11:00 |  Contact: Léa Lacroix Session coordinator: Elwin Huaman, EAMedina AV operator: KCVelaga_WMF |
Rooms closed | |
| 11:00–11:30 | Hacking space | An introduction to the Wikibase REST API
Contact: @Ollie.Shotton_WMDE & @Muhammad_Yasser_Jazirahly_WMDE Session coordinator: @Cstone AV operator: | |
| 11:30–12:30 | Overview of technical areas & projects in Wikimedia's technical ecosystem
Contact: @Gopa Vasanth Session coordinator: @Nivas AV operator: |
Get setup with MediaWiki and build a skin
Contact: @Jdlrobson Session coordinator: @Cstone AV operator: @Kizule | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| Main Hacking Space
(MachineWorks) |
Warehouse Workshop Room (up to 40 participants) | MachineWorks Workshop Room
(up to 40 participants) | |
| 14:00–14:30 | Hacking space | Cool new things in MediaWiki code
Contact: @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE Session coordinator: @Kizule AV operator: | |
| 14:30–15:00 | State of GitLab CI and migration party
Contact: @Jelto Session coordinator: @Cstone AV operator: @Kizule |
An introduction to Codex: the design system for Wikimedia
Contact: @Catrope and @bmartinezcalvo Session coordinator: @NicoleLBee AV operator: | |
| Warehouse Workshop Room (up to 40 participants) | MachineWorks Workshop Room
(up to 40 participants) | ||
| 15:00–16:00 | Using Pixel tool for visual regression
Contact: Elena Tonkovidova Session coordinator: Rummana Yasmeen AV operator: |
WikiGPT - Natural Language search results based on Wikipedia knowledge and ChatGPT
Contact: isarantopoulos Session coordinator: Effie Mouzeli AV operator: Francesco Negri | |
| 16:00–17:00 | Documentation for Wikibase Cloud
Contact: Daniel Mietchen Session coordinator: Elwin Huaman AV operator: Francesco Negri Mode: Online Session | ||
| 17:00–18:00 | Nap or solo time for some, social time for others | ||
| 18:00–19:30 | Dinner | ||
| 19:30-00:00 | Hacking space | ||
Saturday, May 20th: Hacking all day![edit]
| Main Hacking Space
(MachineWorks) |
Warehouse Workshop Room (up to 40 participants) | MachineWorks Workshop Room
(up to 40 participants) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30–10:00 | Announcements on Hackathon-related venues (Telegram, IRC, Matrix, etc.) | ||
| 10:00–10:30 | Hacking space | Schemas for medical entities
Contact: Daniel Mietchen Session coordinator: @Cstone AV operator: @Kizule Mode: Online Session |
IP Masking
Contact: NKohli (WMF) Session coordinator: @isaac AV operator: |
| 10:30–11:30 |  Discovering VideoCutTool: Learn, Create, and Provide Feedback. Contact: @Gopa Vasanth Session coordinator: @Kizule AV operator: |
LLMs, ChatGPT, machine learning tools, etc
Contact: @Kostajh Session coordinator: @MGerlach AV operator: @Diegodlh | |
| 11:30–12:30 | What i've learned from being a Wikimedia tool dev for nine years
Contact: @Husky Session coordinator: @NicoleLBee AV operator: @TurakinWiki | ||
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45–14:00 | Group Photo in front of the big, rusty, cylindrical construct at your right side after you leave the main hacking room | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Hacking space | AutoWikiBrowser: An introduction workshop - T337094
Contact: Magioladitis and Reedy Session coordinator:MARKELLOS AV operator: |
Community configuration – letting communities take control by JSON configuration
Contact: @Urbanecm Session coordinator: @Kizule AV operator: |
| 15:00–16:00 | How to fix automatic citations in Wikipedia with Web2Cit
Session coordinator: @isaac AV operator: |
What do tool maintainers want from Toolhub?
Contact: BDavis (WMF) Session coordinator: @Quiddity AV operator: | |
| 16:00–17:00 | Using automated systems to recommend reviewers in the MediaWiki project
Contact: Dreamy Jazz Session coordinator: @Cstone AV operator: Should only need 25 mins for this session even though I selected an hour slot. |
Past, Present and Future of Wikimedia Cloud Services (Toolforge and friends)
Contact: aborrero Session coordinator: @Quiddity AV operator: Francesco Negri | |
| 17:00–18:00 | Nap or solo time for some, social time for others | ||
| 18:00–19:30 | Dinner | ||
| 19:30-00:00 | Hacking space | ||
Sunday, May 21st: Hacking and Hackathon closing[edit]
| Main Hacking Space
(MachineWorks) |
Innovathens - 2 levels above ground (up to 40 participants) | Innovathens - 1 level above ground (up to 40 participants) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | Announcements on Hackathon-related venues (Telegram, IRC, Matrix, etc.) | ||
| 09:30–10:30 | Hacking space | Toolforge Build Service beta preview
Contact: @Slst2020 Session coordinator: @Marina AV operator: Francesco Negri |
Improve your technical writing
Contact: @Kostajh Session coordinator:@Cstone AV operator: |
| 10:30–11:30 |
|
 Contact: @srishakatux, @KHernandez-WMF Session coordinator: @debt AV operator: | |
| Using Patch demo to test or demonstrate patches outside of your local dev environment (or without one)
Contact: Matma Rex (Bartosz Dziewoński) Session coordinator: AV operator: | |||
| 11:30–12:30 | Cool new things in PHP
Contact: @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE Session coordinator: @Marina AV operator:
Contact: @NicoleBee Session coordinator: @Marina AV operator: |
 Session coordinator: @Novem Linguae AV operator: | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch (new location: in the courtyard in front of the Innovathens building) | ||
| 14:00–14:30 | Hacking space | Rooms closed | Rooms closed |
| 14:30–16:30 | Hackathon Project Showcase & Closing (all participants to attend this session)
Contact: siebrand Session coordinator: AV operator: | ||
| 17:00–21:00 | Free dinner for all attendees at Brown Acropol rooftop | ||
Social & side activities[edit]
If you are interested in exploring Athens or a social event in small groups with Wikimedians, you are welcome to propose, host, or participate in a self-organized activity.
Thursday, May 18th (social events)[edit]
| Activity name | Activity description | Time | Place | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Friday, May 19th (social events)[edit]
| Activity name | Activity description | Time | Place | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessible-to-All Hip Hop Party | A group of young people that use their channels to discuss disabilities and the challenges experienced by those with disabilities firsthand will be hosting the first accessible-to-all hip hop party/concert in Greece and invited top-notch greek artists to join them.
Free admission. |
18:00 - 23:00 | Technopolis |
Saturday, May 20th (social events)[edit]
| Activity name | Activity description | Time | Place | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassilikos "The Grand Duet" with Giorgios Triantafillou | Technopolis will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Industrial Gas Museum with a concert.
The Grand Duet is a musical project that conveys all the energy and passion. With Giorgos Triantafyllou accompanying him on guitars and keyboards, Vassilikos will use a computer to fill out the back track of all the instruments of a band. Vassilikos will present an unrepeatable musical experience that unites yesterday with today in a unique way.[citation needed] Free admission. |
Doors open at 19:00
Concert starts at 21:00 |
Technopolis (Industrial Gas Museum) | |
| Chess Basics | You will learn the names of various pieces (from pawn to king), how to play with them and how valuable they are. You will learn how to set up the board, its coordinates (from a1 to h8) and chess notation (example: Bxd2+). You will learn openings, middlegames and endgames. | 12:30–14:00 (During lunch.) | Technopolis. Look for a table with chess board(s) during lunch. | Željko Filipin |
Sunday, May 21st (social events)[edit]
| Activity name | Activity description | Time | Place | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokémon Go community day | May 2023 Community Day: Fennekin | 14:00–17:00 | ?? | BDavis (WMF) (talk) |
| Dinner | Free farewell dinner for all attendees | 17:00–21:00 | Brown Acropol rooftop | Hackathon organizers |
Propose sessions & workshops[edit]
Here are some tips:
- Be prepared to run your session without a projector at a specific Hackathon table in a quiet corner of a big room or outside, if we can’t allocate a dedicated space for your session.
- The focus should be less on beginner-level workshops, unlike in the previous Hackathons, as the event brings together individuals who have already contributed to technical aspects of the Wikimedia projects. However, a few newcomers from the local community might join us who would benefit from technical areas and overview sessions (e.g., Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.).
- You are welcome to reach out to the organizers to seek help to prepare or get feedback on your presentation, or any training support you need a few weeks before the session. We will add a link to a slides template here soon.
- We encourage you to propose sessions in a presentation, workshop, discussion, or any other format that suits your requirements. Also, feel free to host language or community-specific sessions or meetups.
Session template
You can copy/paste the template below or use this pre-populated project task template to propose a session in Phabricator.
* Title of session (the more detailed, the better!): * Session description: * Username for contact: * Session duration (25 or 50 min): * Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.): * Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.): * Prerequisites (some Python, etc.): * Any other details to share?: * Interested? Add your username below:
You can pitch your project during the opening ceremony and share outcomes in a final event showcase. Feel free to use the hackathon channels to promote your proposed sessions & projects and recruit potential attendees or collaborators.