*Subject:* Interest in Participating as an Outreachy Round 30 Contributor Dear Wikimedia Developer Outreach Team,
I hope you’re doing well. I recently came across the announcement for Outreachy Round 30, and I am very excited about the opportunity to contribute as an intern. I am particularly interested in Java, Python, UX design, documentation, and I would love to work on projects that align with Wikimedia’s goals. I would appreciate any guidance on how to get started, including available projects, first contribution tasks, and the application process. I am eager to make meaningful contributions and gain hands-on experience through this program. Looking forward to your response! Best regards, Pooja Sharma. Email: thesharmapooja1...@gmail.com GitHub: https://github.com/thepoojasharma LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-pooja-sharma/ On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM Lani Goto <lg...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all - > > Wikimedia is participating in Round 30 of the Outreachy program > <https://www.outreachy.org/> [1] that runs from June 2025 through August > 2025! The deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy website is March 4, > 2025 at 4pm UTC and the project list will be finalized by March 14, 2025. > > We are currently gathering a list of interesting project ideas. If you > have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, > translation, outreach, research) projects, please share them on this task: > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386245 [2]. (Note that tasks will be > hidden until the application period begins.) > > About the Outreachy Program > Outreachy is a paid, remote three-month internship program. Outreachy's > goal is to support people from groups underrepresented in tech. We help > newcomers to free software and open source make their first contributions > in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), coding, and non-coding projects > with experienced mentors. > > Interns are paid a stipend of USD 7000 for the three months of work. > Outreachy internship projects may include programming, user experience, > documentation, illustration, graphical design, or data science. Interns > often find employment after their internship with Outreachy sponsors or in > jobs that use the skills they learned during their internship. > > Outreachy expressly invites the following people to apply: > > - women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people to > apply. > - residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are > Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American > Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander > - anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or > discrimination in the technology industry of their country > > More details and eligibility criteria can be found here: > https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/ [3] > > Tips for mentors for proposing projects > As a mentor, you will engage with potential candidates in the application > period from February to March and help them make small contributions to > your project. You will work more closely with the accepted candidates > during the internship period from June through August. > > Each mentor will need to submit an intern project proposal: > https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ [4] > The project proposal will then be reviewed and approved by the FOSS > community coordinators. Additional co-mentors for the intern project will > be able to sign up for the project after it has been approved by the > community coordinator. > > Guidelines for Crafting Project Proposals > > - A proposal should include: > - Brief summary > - Skills required > - Learning outcomes > - Possible mentor(s) > - Microtasks > - Each project should have at least two mentors, with one of them > holding a technical background. > - Ideally, the project has no tight deadlines, a moderate learning > curve, and fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core infrastructure. Projects > addressing the needs of a language community are most welcome. > - Project should require an experienced developer ~15 days and a > newcomer ~3 months to complete. > - To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of mentors, visit > the resources: > - https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/ [5] > - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors [6] > > > Thanks! > - Developer Outreach team > > [1] https://www.outreachy.org/ > [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386245 > [3] https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/ > [4] https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ > [5] https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/ > [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors > -- > Lani Goto (they/them) > Senior Technical Program Manager > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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