I am not too familiar with the existing codebase a lot, especially how to find data science work, maybe someone else can jump in. Something that can help me too, actually.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:50 PM Tambe Tabitha <tambetach...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Aisha. I really look forward to contributing significantly to > this project ( Wikimedia) > Yes, I have used PAWS before and it was far easier for me. > Also, are there any areas of the codebase that you will recommend that I > start solving issues in, as I get more familiar with this tools? > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:40 PM Aisha Khatun <aysha.kam...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Tambe, >> >> First of all, welcome to Wikimedia. If you are having trouble using >> Toolforge you can ask about your specific issue, the good thing about >> toolforge is that you can run long jobs (often required when working with >> large data) in grid >> <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Grid>. Otherwise, >> you can consider using PAWS <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/PAWS> which >> is a jupyter notebook environment and you can also access various databases >> from here as is. >> >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:29 PM Tambe Tabitha <tambetach...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> My name is Tambe Tabitha Achere and I just got a Bachelor of Engineering >>> in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and I am pursuing a career in >>> Data Science. I am Cameroonian. >>> >>> I learnt how to code and Data science using books, videos and online >>> tutorials. I code in Python. I know SQL too. >>> >>> I think contributing to opensource and the exposure it gives me will be >>> a good test of my knowledge. However, I tried contributing earlier and I >>> was a little confused with how to use toolforge and how to get datasets >>> from the dumps into analysis-friendly structures like Pandas Dataframes. >>> >>> Are there areas of the codebase that needs analytical skills which I can >>> contribute to which don't initially require a lot of knowledge about >>> mediawiki customized tools? This will give me a softer landing as I start >>> to contribute again. >>> >>> Please let me know if there are any issues or projects you recommend. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Tambe Tabitha Achere. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Analytics mailing list >>> Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >>> >> >> >> -- >> Aisha Khatun >> website <https://tanny411.github.io/> | github >> <https://github.com/tanny411> | linkedin >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanny411/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > -- Aisha Khatun website <https://tanny411.github.io/> | github <https://github.com/tanny411> | linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanny411/>
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