Turkic Wikimedia Conference 2023/Submissions/From Wikipedian to Techipedian: A look at technical aspects of Wikipedia and how that can be useful to you
From Wikipedian to Techipedian: A look at technical aspects of Wikipedia and how that can be useful to you
Author(s): Amir Sarabadani
Username(s): Ladsgroup
Type of submission: Lecture
Affiliation: Volunteer
Theme(s): Technology
Abstract:
In This session, we will take a look at how technologies behind Wikipedia's software work and where are its strengths and limitations, specially for Wikimedians. Also we are aiming to build better understanding of the software could help Wikimedians make changes in the software and become more technical.
Slides:
Level of advancement: medium
Special requirements:
How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region of Turkic world?
More Turkic Wikimedians would feel comfortable making changes to Wikimedia's software, from configuration of their wiki to running bots to making patches to mediawiki core.