Yes, I think Wikimedia should think about it at least once On Mon, 3 Mar, 2025, 9:33โฏam Samuel Klein, <meta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a nice idea Yaron :) > > ๐๐๐๐ > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2025, 7:47โฏPM Yaron Koren <yaro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Deb - thanks for explaining what happened. We all make mistakes (except >> for this Dennis guy, I suppose!), and it's at least good to know that >> Google have not suddenly changed their minds about the Wikimedia Foundation. >> >> However, perhaps something can be salvaged from this. There have been >> various organization-specific mentorship programs that have been directly >> inspired by the Google Summer of Code; here are some of them: >> >> https://mentorship.kde.org/sok/ >> https://www.x.org/wiki/XorgEVoC/ >> https://www.summerofbitcoin.org/ >> >> What about having a "Wikimedia Summer of Code" or some such this summer? >> It could more or less match what GSoC does, with the same timeframe(s), >> same country-specific stipends, etc. Like these other org-specific >> programs, it would piggyback on the GSoC concept, so that potential >> students will already know what to expect. >> >> Wikimedia has a big advantage over most other organizations that might >> wish to do similar things, in that it already has a funding mechanism that >> could be repurposed for this: the Rapid Grants program, whose $5,000 limit >> is larger than all but the largest possible GSoC stipends. So in a sense, >> nothing (as far as I know) would need to change officially: it would just >> be a matter of putting up a wiki page telling potential mentors that they >> need to apply via a Rapid Grant, as opposed to the GSoC website. (Of >> course, it would be good for anyone handling the Rapid Grant applications >> to know to expect a spate of technology-related ones!) >> >> There have already been some great Wikimedia project ideas this year, and >> (as with every year) there are students who are excited to specifically >> work on Wikipedia- and Wikimedia-related projects. It would be a shame to >> give up on these projects, and also potentially to lose momentum for >> upcoming years, if the funding potential is there. >> >> And yes, I'm aware of Outreachy, which as far as I know is still >> happening, but it doesn't allow most of the people who would potentially be >> applying for GSoC, so I don't see it as a real substitute. Others may, >> however. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> -Yaron >> >> -- >> WikiWorks ยท MediaWiki Consulting ยท http://wikiworks.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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