As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The project was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several universities and other partners, including the EU. The tool makes it possible to translate much more easier from one Wikipedia (etc) to another with much better quality translations than existing translating tools. It does not matter if an article is already written, it is possible with this tool to expand existing articles and to update articles with a new section when on one Wikipedia this was added. It makes it possible to exchange information in more languages and helps users to keep the articles up-to-date.
I have tested the Bèta version of this tool and these tests were very successful. [1] https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/CoSyne Romaine 2014-07-09 13:55 GMT+02:00 Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org>: > So far there are no candidates to organize the next Wikimedia Hackathon in > Europe. If any chapter, thorg, or group of volunteers is thinking about > applying, please let us know. We want to announce the new host at > Wikimania. > > Very important: the budget for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015 will be > discussed and eventually approved as an independent Project and Event Fund. > This means that organizers will be able to define the budget and manage it > without depending on general chapter funds and FDC rounds. This will avoid > any risk of budget cuts caused by factors alien to the hackathon > organization, a problem we have seen in previous editions. Background: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#General_versus_project_funding > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG > > On Friday, May 30, 2014, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > (CCing wikimedia-l as well, please send any replies to wikitech-l only) > > > > The Wikimedia technical community wants to have another hackathon next > > year in Europe. Who will organize it? > > > > Interested parties, check https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons > > > > We would like to confirm a host by Wikimania, latest. > > > > The same call goes for India and other locations with a good > concentration > > of Wikimedia contributors and software developers. Come on, step in. We > > want to increase our geographical diversity of technical contributors. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Quim Gil > > Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > > > > > -- > Quim Gil > Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
