Reading this blog post by Lila is highly recommended: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/15/hacker-osmosis-ideas-european-hackathon-zurich/
In general I agree with Mark :) Best On 10/29/14, Mark A. Hershberger <[email protected]> wrote: > Sylvain Boissel <[email protected]> writes: > >> I am currently drafting a short document about what is a Mediawiki >> Hackathon. Could you please help me by pinpointing to me some of the >> greatest / coolest tools or achievements that were made during previous >> Wikimedia Hackathon? > > The real "achievement" of the Wikimedia Hackathon are not individual, > identifiable products that you can now see shipping on Wikimedia sites. > > Instead, I would argue (and, this, as a person who prefers to work > remotely) that the achievement of the Hackathons are better social bonds > between MediaWiki developers. For example, I brought my son to the last > Hackathon in Zurich and introduced him to some core MW developers. > > This didn't result in any amazing tool or achievement that I can point > to, but I hope it showed other developers how their work can affect > developers outside their normal circles. > > Bottom line: I don't think what you should be looking for are outcomes > that produce new tools. Instead, how do these hackathons help people > who usually are not in the same location connect with others? > > -- > Mark A. Hershberger > NicheWork LLC > 717-271-1084 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Amir _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
