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Sumana Harihareswara | 5 Apr 2012 14:17
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Do you use MediaWiki as a conference website?

If you administer a MediaWiki installation and use it as a conference
website when you host conferences and conventions, you might be
interested in this suggested summer project:

> I seek to work on building a Convention extension as part of the Google
> Summer of Code project.I have set up a proposal for the same , here is the
> link http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/GSOCProposal(2012) .
> I haven't found a mentor to work with me for this project yet, so if anyone
> feels the need for this extension just the way I do, please feel free to
> add the feedback to the proposal page, or reply here.
> More information regarding this extension can be found here :-
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/ConventionExtension
> Thanks ,
> Akshay Chugh
> (irc - chughakshay16)

No skilled MediaWiki administrators or developers have shown interest in
mentoring this project, so right now it's unlikely to progress.  If you
think you could mentor him this summer, please reply to me and cc him at
chughakshay16 <at> gmail.com .  Mentoring takes about five hours a week
(communication, code review, design help, and so on).

(He is applying to participate in Wikimedia Foundation's Google Summer
of Code program -- details at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012/management#GSoC_management_philosophy
and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012 .)

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Sumana Harihareswara | 19 Apr 2012 09:22
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Re: Please register for the Berlin hackathon - June 1-3, 2012

On 03/30/2012 08:36 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
> I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon.  It's 1-3 June and
> registration is now open.  If you need financial assistance or help with
> hotel/hostel, just mention it in the registration form.
> https://wmberlin.eventbrite.com/

90 of the 120 registrations are now taken.  And if you want help with
hotel or travel, please register by May 1st.

> This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical
> community.  We'll be hacking, designing, and socialising, primarily
> talking about Gadgets, the switch to Lua, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.

We'll have tutorials on Lua, ResourceLoader/Gadgets, Git/Gerrit,
security, and more.

> User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile,
> structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we
> want you to come!

This is shaping up to be an amazing event.  Please spread the word and
register as soon as you can.

> Details: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Berlin_Hackathon_2012
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