Hey, I got asked by a friend whether there are any projects in Outreachy in general and if any projects could be pitched to Wikimedia in particular, that are focused on UX or if it's limited to software development.
Thanks for the organization of this awesome program! On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Sumit Asthana <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, > > Gnome's Outreachy-13 <https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy> is round the > corner > and Wikimedia is again participating in yet another internship season ( Dec > 6 to March 6 ). The application deadline is *Oct - 17*. > > Its interesting to see that candidates have already started to ping on > projects and show their interest! > > Our Outreachy-13 board > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2207/> till now has only > three projects. A lot of projects are sitting in possible-tech-projects > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/possible-tech-projects/> board > waiting to be mentored. Many of them are tagged as *community-wishlist* > showing the community consensus. > The *community wishlist* items which could use some love are: > > 1. Make Special:Listfiles show the quantity of globalusage for a file - > T120748 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120748> > 2. Category suggestions based on filename, description and location - > T120437 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120437> > 3. Create a Timer based reminder for workflows - T88781 > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88781> > > Some others which look interesting: > > 1. Dark archive for Commons - T120454 > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120454> > 2. Create a CAPTCHA that is also a useful micro edit - T87598 > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87598> > 3. Fix TreeViews to provide pageviews statistics for all articles of any > wikiproject etc. - T56184 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T56184> > 4. Stash unsaved drafts of articles - T89235 > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T89235> > 5. Merge proofread text back into Djvu files - T59807 > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T59807> > > Its a gentle request to please go through the projects, and if you could > mentor any of those, add yourself to the task as a mentor, and we'll do the > rest. > > Also, if you have a lingering task to finish or a new interesting feature > waiting to get implemented, add *possbile-tech-projects*, and we'll make > sure to feature it. The only scope requirement is that it should take 2-3 > weeks for an experienced developer to finish. > > Please come forward to mentor some of the enthusiastic students so that we > can welcome new members into our community :) > > -Thanks and Regards, > -Sumit, > B.Tech Final Year, > Dept. of CSE, > IIT Patna > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Lucie-Aimée Kaffee [[User:Frimelle]] Software Development Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
