Love these ideas, and will be sharing with some friends still in uni. Thanks Yaron! Also would know how Dennis manages to never make a mistake, I would love that super power!
Have a great day all. On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM saurav gupta <gsaurav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I think Wikimedia should think about it at least once > > On Mon, 3 Mar, 2025, 9:33 am Samuel Klein, <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What a nice idea Yaron :) >> >> 🌍🌏🌎🌑 >> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2025, 7:47 PM 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 · MediaWiki Consulting · 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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