Wikimedia has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2018. The program runs from May 14 to August 14 (see program timeline below).

Screenshot of the GSoC and Outreachy 2017 Project Showcase. Watch the full showcase on YouTube.

Program timeline

• January 23, 17:00 UTC - mentoring organization applications due
• March 27 - Student applications due
• April 23 - Accepted students announced
• May 14 - August 14 - coding period

Accepted projects

Photo / Avatar	Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
	Hagar Shilo	Israel	Add 'Category' (prev: 'User') search filters to the existing filter menu	Moriel Schottlender, Roan Kattouw	Done Join Zulip  Done Add profile pic  Done Introduction on Wikitech-l mailing list  Done Blogpost 1  Done User page  Done Blogpost 2  Done Blogpost 3  Done Blogpost 4  Done Blogpost 5  Done Blogpost 6  Done Blogpost 7  Done Blogpost 8  Done Final report  Done Update bi-weekly report
	Karan Dhingra	New Delhi, India	Predict relevance of search results from historical clicks using a Neural Click Model	Trey Jones, Erik Bernhardson	Done Joined Zulip
	Megha Sharma	Chandigarh, India	[#1Lib1Ref] Build a "worklist" tool for campaigns and in-person editing events	Guilherme Gonçalves	Done Joined Zulip  Done Blog Post 1  Done Blog Post 2  Done Blog Post 3  Done Updated Biweekly page
	Neha Jha	New Delhi, India	Improvements for the Toolforge 'webservice' command	Andrew Bogott	Done Joined Zulip  Done Blog Post 1  Done Blog Post 2  Done Blog Post 3
	Nikhil Kumar	India	Improve the Cargo Special:Drilldown page	Yaron Koren, Feroz Ahmad, Alangi Derick	Done Joined Zulip  Done Added Profile Picture  Done Blog Post 1  Done Blog Post 2
	Pratyush Singhal	India	WikiEducation Dashboard Article Finder Tool	Sage Ross, Jonathon Morgan	Done Joined Zulip  Done Added profile picture to Accepted Students section
	Prssanna Desai	Mumbai, India	Improve Data Explorer on query.wikidata.org	Stanislav Malyshev, Lucas Werkmeister, Jonas Kress	Done Join Zulip  Done Add profile picture to the Accepted Projects column  Done Introduced myself on Wikitech-I and Wikidata mailing list  Done Blog Post 1  Done Blog Post 2  Done Blog Post 3  Done Blog Post 4  Done Blog Post 5
	Rosalie	Cameroon	Emoji Twitter bot for Commons images from NYPL fork	Ariel Glenn, Derick N. Alangi, Dereckson	Done Joined Zulip  Done Added Picture to accepted project table  Done Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list  Done Added First blog to Bi-weekly report page.  Done Added Second blog to Bi-weekly report page.  Done Added 3rd blog to Bi-weekly report page.  Done Added 4th blog to Bi-weekly report page.  Done Added 5th blog to Bi-weekly report page.
	Sahil Khokhar	New Delhi, India	[Analytics] Improvements to Wikistats 2.0 front-end	Marcel Ruiz Forns	Done Joined Zulip  Done Added Profile Picture  Done Subscribed to Wikimedia mailing list wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org  Done Created MediaWiki user page  Done Blog Post - Week 1  Done Blog Post - Week 2  Done Blog Post - Week 3  Done Blog Post - Week 4  Done Blog Post - Week 5  Done Blog Post - Week 6  Done Blog Post - Week 7  Done Blog Post - Week 8
	Tanvi Dadu	New Delhi, India	Feedback on how pictures uploaded to Commons get used: statistics, barnstars, light gamification	Vivek Maskara, Josephine Lim	Done Joined Zulip  Done Added Profile Picture to Accepted Students  Done Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list  Done Created MediaWiki user page, Tanu dadu  Done Blog post 1  Done Blog post 2  Done Blog post 3  Done Blog post 4  Done Blog post 5  Done Blog post 6  Done Blog post 7
	Ujjwal Agrawal	India	[Wikimedia Commons app] Allow users to browse Commons from app	Neslihan Turan, Nicolas Raoul	Joined Zulip  Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list  Created MediaWiki user page: user:ujjwalagrawal17  Setup Blog  Done Blog Post 1  Done Blog Post 2  Done Blog Post 3  Done Blog Post 4  Done Blog Post 5  Done Blog Post 6  Done Blog Post 7  Done Blog Post 8
	Yashdeep Thorat	Pune, India	Add a spreadsheet interface for modifying multiple pages to the Page Forms extension	Yaron Koren, Nischay Nahata	Joined Zulip  Introduced myself on Wikitech-I mailing list  Created MediaWiki user page: user:Yashdeep97  Setup Blog  Done Blog Post 1  Done Blog Post 2  Done Blog Post 3  Done Blog Post 4  Done Blog Post 5  Done Blog Post 6  Done Blog Post 7  Done Blog Post 8

Community bonding period

Here are some recommended steps for current interns:

• Start communicating with your mentors on refining your project proposal, finalizing deadlines and setting milestones
• Join Zulip, a communication platform that program administrators will use to share announcements and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities
• Write blogposts (first due by May 7th) and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page
• When you complete a task other than the coding work, for example, join Zulip, pass an evaluation phase, write a blogpost, make sure to add it to the Updates column in the Accepted projects section above
• Upload your profile picture on Wikimedia Commons, and add it below your name in the Accepted projects section above
• Stay in touch with Wikimedia community members and help them learn about you more:
  • Subscribe to Wikimedia mailing list wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
  • Setup up your MediaWiki user page and keep it up to date with your project work and reports (example 1, example 2)
• Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Medium
• Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics

Ideas for projects

View ideas for projects promoted during the application period.

Contact

Reach out for general questions about Google Summer of Code on the Freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-devrel ^connect or to the organization administrators John Vandenberg and Srishti Sethi (ssethiwikimedia.org).