On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Lucie-Aimée Kaffee < lucie.kaf...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Hey, > > I got asked by a friend whether there are any projects in Outreachy in > general and if any projects could be pitched to Wikimedia in particular, > that are focused on UX or if it's limited to software development. > Pitching projects is good, although the usual bottlenecks are community consensus and availability of mentors. Non-coding technical projects are fine in Outreachy (not in GSoC). For what is worth, there is an ongoing conversation that fits this idea at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87598 (Create a CAPTCHA that is also a useful micro edit) > Thanks for the organization of this awesome program! > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Sumit Asthana <asthana.sumi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Wikimedians, > > > > Gnome's Outreachy-13 <https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy> is round the > > corner > > and Wikimedia is again participating in yet another internship season ( > Dec > > 6 to March 6 ). The application deadline is *Oct - 17*. > > > > Its interesting to see that candidates have already started to ping on > > projects and show their interest! > > > > Our Outreachy-13 board > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2207/> till now has > only > > three projects. A lot of projects are sitting in possible-tech-projects > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/possible-tech-projects/> board > > waiting to be mentored. Many of them are tagged as *community-wishlist* > > showing the community consensus. > > The *community wishlist* items which could use some love are: > > > > 1. Make Special:Listfiles show the quantity of globalusage for a file > - > > T120748 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120748> > > 2. Category suggestions based on filename, description and location - > > T120437 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120437> > > 3. Create a Timer based reminder for workflows - T88781 > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88781> > > > > Some others which look interesting: > > > > 1. Dark archive for Commons - T120454 > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120454> > > 2. Create a CAPTCHA that is also a useful micro edit - T87598 > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87598> > > 3. Fix TreeViews to provide pageviews statistics for all articles of > any > > wikiproject etc. - T56184 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T56184> > > 4. Stash unsaved drafts of articles - T89235 > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T89235> > > 5. Merge proofread text back into Djvu files - T59807 > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T59807> > > > > Its a gentle request to please go through the projects, and if you could > > mentor any of those, add yourself to the task as a mentor, and we'll do > the > > rest. > > > > Also, if you have a lingering task to finish or a new interesting feature > > waiting to get implemented, add *possbile-tech-projects*, and we'll make > > sure to feature it. The only scope requirement is that it should take 2-3 > > weeks for an experienced developer to finish. > > > > Please come forward to mentor some of the enthusiastic students so that > we > > can welcome new members into our community :) > > > > -Thanks and Regards, > > -Sumit, > > B.Tech Final Year, > > Dept. of CSE, > > IIT Patna > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > -- > Lucie-Aimée Kaffee > [[User:Frimelle]] > Software Development > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. > That‘s our commitment. > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 B. > Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, > Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
