Outreachy/Round 15

Wikimedia is participating as a mentoring organization for Outreachy's Round 15.

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Program timeline

September 7, 2017 - application period opens
October 23 - contributions and applications are due
November 9 - interns announced
December 5, 2017 to March 5, 2018 - internship period

Read information for participants

Learn application process steps and recommendations for accepted projects

Read information for mentors

Get an overview of the selection process and your responsibilities

Accepted Projects

No	Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
1	Anna e só	Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil	Translation outreach: User guides on MediaWiki.org	Johan Jönsson, Benoît Evellin	Done Join Zulip Done Blog is ready Done Uploaded photograph to Wikimedia Commons Done Created my user page Done Blog posts about my internship: First: My journey to Outreachy, or How I learned to stop worrying and start contributing Second: Understanding my role at Wikimedia Third: I see things from a different point of view Fourth: Talking about the fear of failure Fifth: Bringing documentation to light Sixth: Some loose thoughts about commercial social networks Seventh: Switching strategies and recalibrating expectations Eighth: Documenting is the key to thrive Done Published my final report Done Participated in the Outreachy Round 15 Project Showcase
2	Candela Jiménez Girón (Maudite) Photography from Fotoautomat	Berlin, Germany	Improve Programs & Events Dashboard support for Art+Feminism 2018	Sage Ross, Jonathan Morgan	Done Join Zulip Done Blog Done Added first post to the Bi-weekly Reports page Done Uploaded Picture Done Deadlines defined Done Second Blog Post Done Third Blog Post Done Fourth Blog Post Done Fifth Post Blog Done Sixth Post Blog Done Seventh Post Blog Done Eighth Post Blog
3	Megha Sharma Megha Sharma	Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, India	User contribution summary tool	Gergő Tisza, Stephen LaPorte	Done Join Zulip Done 1st Blog Done 2nd Blog Done 3rd Blog Done 4th Blog Done 5th Blog Done 6th Blog Done 7th Blog Done 8th Blog Done 9th Blog Done Created user page Done Updated Bi-weekly Reports page Done Uploaded Picture
4	Neha Jha Neha Jha	New Delhi, Delhi, India	Improvements to Grants review and Wikimania scholarships web apps	Bryan Davis, Niharika Kohli	Done Join Zulip Done Blog Done Posted in Bi-weekly reports page Done added second blog post Done Updated Bi-weekly reports page Done added third blog post Done Uploaded Picture Done added fourth blog post Done added fifth blog post Done added sixth blog post Done added seventh blog post
5	Noella Noella94	Douala, Cameroon	Refactoring the MediaWiki MassMessage Extension	Legoktm, Alangi Derick	Done Join Zulip Done Blog Done Created user page Done Added new article to blog Done Posted in Bi-weekly Reports page Done added new post in Bi-weekly Reports page Done Uploaded Picture Done added new Post in Bi-weekly Reports page Done added 4th Post in Bi-weekly Reports page Done added 5th Post in Bi-weekly Report page Done added 6th Post in Bi-weekly Report page
6	Vinitha VS	Hyderabad, Telangana, India	Automatically detect spambot registration using machine learning like invisible reCAPTCHA	Gergő Tisza, Adam Wight	Done Join Zulip Done First blog post Blog Done Updated Bi-weekly Reports page Done Created user page Done Second blog post Blog Done Added Blog post Three Done Added Blog post Four Done Added Halfway Blog Done Added Reaching out Done Added I am my data Done Added Beginning, not the end

Recommended steps for current interns

Internship period (Dec 5th-Mar 5th)

Continue working on your projects under the guidance of mentors
Continue writing bi-weekly reports and linking them from Updates section above and here

Before the internship period kick-off (Nov 9th-Dec 5th)

Start communicating with your mentors on refining your project proposal, finalizing deadlines and setting milestones
Join Zulip that we will use to share program-related announcements and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities
Write blogposts (first due by Nov 23rd) 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 table
(Optional) Upload your profile picture on Wikimedia Commons, and add it below your name in the Accepted projects table
(Optional) 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)
- Interested in learning about other Wikimedia technical topics? Watch the videos here

Ideas for projects

View ideas for projects promoted during the application period.

Contact

Reach out for general questions about Outreachy on the Freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-devrel ^connect or send an email to the organization administrator Srishti Sethi at ssethi@wikimedia.org.

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