Outreachy/Round 19

Wikimedia is participating in Outreachy Round 19. Internship period runs from December 3rd 2019 to March 3rd, 2020. See the Wikimedia community page on the Outreachy website.

Program timeline

Sejal Khatri (mentee) and Sage Ross (mentor) at Wikimania 2017

Source: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/

August 20, 2019 at 4pm UTC	Initial applications open
September 24, 2019 at 4pm UTC	Initial application deadline + Project list finalized
October 1, 2019 to November 5, 2019	Contribute to projects
November 5, 2019 at 4pm UTC	Final application deadline
November 26, 2019 at 4pm UTC	Accepted interns announced on the alums page
December 3, 2019 to March 3, 2020	Internship period

Accepted projects

Photo / Avatar (coming soon!)	Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
	Zainab Abubakar (Proposal)	Lagos, Nigeria	Documentation improvements to the ~20 top 100 most viewed MediaWiki Action API pages on-wiki	Jerop Brenda	Done Join Zulip  Done Create user page  Done Create a blog  Done 1st post  Done 2nd post  Done 3rd post  Done 4th post  Done 5th post
	Sim Tran (Proposal)	Hanoi, Vietnam	Create regression automated tests for Special:Homepage functionality testing	Elena Tonkovidova	Done Join Zulip  Done Create user page
	Lalitha Reddy (Proposal)	California USA	Converting Campaign Pages to React	SageRoss, Khyati Soneji	Done Join Zulip  Done Create a blog  Done Understanding user flow  Done Understanding the haml  Done Understanding the Redux
	Aiko Chou (Proposal)	Hsinchu, Taiwan	A system for releasing data dumps from a classifier detecting unsourced sentences in Wikipedia	Miriam Redi, Guilherme Gonçalves, Sam Walton	Done Join Zulip  Done Create user page  Done Create a blog  Done 1st post  Done 2nd post  Done 3rd post  Done 4th post  Done 5th post  Done 6th post
	Agatevure Glory (Proposal)	Akwa Ibom, Nigeria	Improvements and User Testing of Wiki Education Dashboard Android App	Ujjwal Agrawal	Done Join Zulip  Done Create user page  Done Create a blog
	Akinloose Esther ((Proposal)	Lagos, Nigeria	Improving Action API Integration tests	Daniel Kinzler, Clara Andrew-Wani, Kate Chapman	Done Joined Zulip  Done Set up blog and link to it on my Outreachy Profile  Done Write a blog post about my experience applying to Outreachy  Done pull updates from the api-testing repository  Done run regression  Done Complete setup  Done Create and populate user page  Done Write a blog post about my struggles getting started with the project

Recommended steps for accepted interns

Here are some recommended steps for accepted interns before the internship period kick-off:

• Refine your project proposal with guidance from mentors.
• Join Zulip to keep yourself up to date with the announcements related to the program and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities.
• Write blog posts (first due by December 17th, 2019) in a language you are most comfortable with and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page.
• Add your updates about non-coding tasks (e.g., writing a blog post, joining Zulip, etc.) in the Accepted projects' Updates section above.
• Setup your MediaWiki user page, link it with your name in the accepted projects section above and keep it up to date with your project work and reports. (e.g., User:Martyav, User:Amrit_sreekumar)
• Stay in touch with Wikimedia technical discussions by subscribing to the mailing list: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org.
• Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Wikimedia Foundation’s blog.
• Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics here.

Roles and responsibilities

• Read information for participants
• Read information for mentors

Ideas for projects

1. A system for releasing data dumps from a classifier detecting unsourced sentences in Wikipedia, mentored by Sam Walton and Miriam Redi
2. Convert Campaign pages to React, mentored by Sage Ross and Khyati Soneji
3. Create command-line runner for MediaWiki maintenance tasks, mentored by Will Doran
4. Create regression automated tests for Special:Homepage functionality testing, mentored by Elena Tonkovidova
5. Documentation improvements to the ~20 top 100 most viewed MediaWiki Action API pages on-wiki, mentored by Jerop Brenda
6. Improve MediaWiki Action API Integration Tests, mentored by Daniel Kinzler, Clara Andrew-Wani and Kate Chapman
7. Improvements and User Testing of Wiki Education Dashboard Android App, mentored by Ujjwal Agrawal

Note: Project details will be available on Outreachy site on October 2019 and visible to applicants who passed the initial eligibility check.

Contact

• Reach out for general questions on the #outreachy19 Zulip chat.
• Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.