DevCamp
Wikimania DevCamp will take place August 7–8, 2013, as a pre-conference event before Wikimania. The hackathon will be in a location to be announced.
Everyone is welcome to the DevCamp days – you don't have to register ahead of time. To help us plan, we would be prefer that you add yourself to the list below.
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About [edit]
DevCamp - sometimes called Hackathons ("Hacking days") – have been held previously at Wikimania 2005 (Frankfurt), 2006 (Boston), 2007 (Taipei), 2009 (Buenos Aires), 2011 (Haifa), and 2012 (DC), and various other hackathons and developer meetings.
Interested technologists and hackers of all backgrounds are welcome at the Wikimania DevCamp. Prior experience with the MediaWiki software is not required. Translators with a linguistic background who can help improve language support for Wikimedia technology projects are also needed.
Brainstorming [edit]
- Main article: DevCamp/Brainstorming
Your input is welcome and encouraged – please share your thoughts on what you would like to see at this year's Hackathon.
Schedule [edit]
Wednesday [edit]
- 9:00am – Registration opens
- 10:00am – Welcome
- 10:15am – Let the hacking begin!
- Help setup new users
- Experienced developers break into groups
- 11:00am – Training session one
- Hacking continues in main room during all training sessions
- 12:30pm – Lunch
- 1:30pm – Let the hacking resume!
- 2:00pm – Training session two
- 3:30pm – Training session three
- 6:00pm – Dinner / evening activity
- 9:00pm – Main room closes
- Not yet finalized – your input welcome
Thursday [edit]
- 9:00am – Registration opens
- 10:15am – Day two welcome
- 10:25am – Let the hacking begin!
- Help setup new users
- Experienced developers break into groups
- 11:00am – Training session four
- Hacking continues in main room during all training sessions
- 1:00pm – Lunch
- 2:00pm – Let the hacking resume!
- 2:30pm – Training session five
- 4:00pm – Training session six
- 5:30pm – Presentation of progress
- 9:00pm – Main room closes
- Not yet finalized – your input welcome
Topics [edit]
- Mobile
- WikiData
- APIv2
- Skins / navigation
- Not yet finalized – your input welcome
Side meetings [edit]
Conduct [edit]
All participants of Hackathon are expected to respect and abide by the Wikimania Friendly Space Policy. Individuals not cooperating with this policy may be asked to leave the event.
Participants [edit]
Coordinators [edit]
If you are interested in serving as a coordinator, please contact Varnent
Interested [edit]
- Note: Signing up here does not register you for Wikimania, but helps us to plan the DevCamp. Conference registration is open; there is no additional charge for the DevCamp.
- Varnent (talk)(COI) 06:15, 24 January 2013 (UTC) – interested in helping organize Hackathon and help out newbies on day of
- assuming I am able to attend... Aude (talk) 01:51, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- Never been to a Hackathon, but there is always a first time. CT Cooper · talk 17:05, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- At our service. Siebrand (talk) 17:58, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- Rangilo Gujarati (talk) 17:20, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
- Waldir (talk) 03:25, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- I hope I will be able to arrive early for DevCamp MPelletier (WMF) (talk) 14:10, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
- Interested in hacks around Open Access and Science GLAM. --Daniel Mietchen (talk) 12:10, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- Though I am not very knowledgeable in those matters, I am interested in attending as I will arrive prior to the conference. I can help as a translator --aad_Dira (talk) 21:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC).
- This must be a party, right? --Ryuch (talk) 09:13, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
- I'll be there and would very much like to join a mobile-related project of some sort. --Pypt (talk) 22:22, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
- First time at a hackathon. Allhailchester (talk) 10:46, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- Magioladitis (talk) 17:11, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Want to learn about A) js gadgets, and B) design patterns for timing-sensitive bots that watch pages. Maximilianklein (talk) 20:23, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
