[Wikitech-ambassadors] Information about Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 satellite events

[Srishti Sethi]

Hello everyone,

If you are interested in organizing or joining a hackathon event, but
cannot attend the in-person Hackathon event in May in Athens, Greece, this
email is for you!

We encourage communities, user groups or chapters to organize satellite
events connected to the in-person Hackathon. These events are to be
organized autonomously and share the hackathon's purpose: bringing the
global technical community together to connect, hack, run technical
discussions, and explore new ideas.

You can work with your wiki community to organize these events before,
during, or after the main event to onboard newcomers to the technical
aspects of the Wikimedia movement, hosting watch parties or meetups in your
region to offer an alternative to people who cannot join the in-person
event in Athens.

To obtain help with organizing an event, you can apply for funds via the *Rapid
Grants* maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. The deadline to apply for
funding is *March 20*. When preparing for your event, you can reach out to
the Hackathon organizing team for support with resources, designing the
program, and guidance on getting involved in the global event.

Learn more about the satellite events, funding process, and a checklist for
organizing on the wiki page: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Satellite_events>
[1]

Cheers,
Srishti

On behalf of the Hackathon organizing team

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Satellite_events

*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikitech-ambassadors] Re: Data center switch to happen on March 1

[Tisza Gergő]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 9:34 AM Benoît Evellin (Trizek) <
bevel...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> A quick message to inform you of one change in the translation. One
> sentence was changed to avoid future translation work.
>
> Direct link:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate=page-Tech%2FServer+switch=page=fuzzy=
>

FWIW, some languages will need future translation work anyway (because
fully autogenerated dates would only be possible in a very inelegant way,
at least with the current level of support in MediaWiki), so a heads-up to
translators when the message is going to be reused would be appreciated.
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[Wikitech-ambassadors] Re: Data center switch to happen on March 1

[Trizek]

Hello

A quick message to inform you of one change in the translation. One
sentence was changed to avoid future translation work.

Direct link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate=page-Tech%2FServer+switch=page=fuzzy=

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Benoît

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:07 PM Benoît Evellin (Trizek) <
bevel...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> A data center switch will happen on March 1. Please check
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch to know more about it.
>
> We need translators' help to update and check the message we usually use.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate=page-Tech%2FServer+switch=page==
>
>
> *Translators, please have a careful look at the instructions we provided
> for some messages.* For most cases, you won't have to update much, except
> for one sentence regarding the time, where you will have to adapt the
> message to the different places where the language is spoken. Again, no
> need to give timezones for Latin America for a language that is at 95%
> spoken in Asia!
>
> Let me know if you have any questions, preferably on the page talk page,
> so that translators can coordinate there:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/Server_switch
>
> Thank you for your help with this important technical event.
> Benoît
>
> --
>
> Benoît Evellin - Trizek (he/him)
>
> Community Relations Specialist
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>


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Benoît Evellin - Trizek (he/him)

Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation 
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