I just had an idea. My bot Reports Bot is always in need of updates and minor maintenance, and I think GSOC could be good for people interested in working in Python. But I don't want to propose something if it would be too much work for the person doing it. Is there guidance on how complex/major these tasks and projects can or should be?
> On Feb 27, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Srishti Sethi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wikimedia got accepted among the 201 organizations in the Google Sumer of > Code (GSOC) 2017 <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/>! > > We are trying to make it easier for prospective students to choose a > project idea and get started. And, so we are considering to showcase a > bunch of project ideas on the MediaWiki GSOC page itself: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017. > > Help us by mentoring a project from here: > > - Check out the tasks in the '*Missing Mentors*' and '*Almost Ready to > be Mentored*' column on Possible-Tech-Projects > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/possible-tech-projects/> > workboard. > - Check out the ''*Wishlist 11-30 (needs owner)*" and *"Wishlist 31-50 > (needs owner)"* column on the Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016 > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2420/> workboard. > - Any portion of your project, which needs some support, would be a 2-3 > month long project for a beginner and overall a good learning experience. > > If you are interested in mentoring a project, add " > *Outreach-Programs-Projects*" and "*Google-Summer-of-Code (2017)*" tag to > the corresponding task on Phabricator. We will follow up with you from > there. > > If you are looking for design, and documentation related projects to > mentor, we are participating in the Outreachy > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_14> program as well in > parallel to GSOC. Add "*Outreach-Programs-Projects*" and "*Outreachy > (Round-14)*" tag to a task you are interested in mentoring. > > Email me if you've any questions, happy to help!! > > Cheers, > Srishti > > -- > Srishti Sethi > Developer Advocate > Technical Collaboration team > Wikimedia Foundation > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SSethi_(WMF) > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
