CIS-A2K/Events/Wiki Technical Training 2024


Title	Wiki Technical Training 2024
Dates	22 & 23 June 2023
Location	Chennai
Etherpads	Etherpad Link
Status	Completed

About[edit]

Wiki Technical Training 2024 aims to improve the technical understanding of the contributors of Wikimedians who have experience in contributing to language and theme projects and are interested in contributing to technical spaces of Wikimedia by building and empowering them with the essential skills needed to contribute effectively to Wikimedia projects. This training program will cover topics that are basic and essential for navigating around the technical spaces within Wikimedia (like Introduction to MediaWiki and Phabricator), and importing templates/modules from other wikis, besides training on a few established tools for events and community purposes.

Participation[edit]

We are inviting scholarship applications from all Indic Wiki project contributors who are interested in technical spaces and are excited to start their technical journey in the Wikimedia world. The scholarship covers selected participants' travel, accommodation, food, and related expenses. As this is a pilot event, the scholarship seats are limited in number. Kindly apply on or before 4 June 2024 for a timely consideration.

Link to scholarship form: Scholarship application form

Timeline[edit]

Event Dates: 22 and 23 June 2024
Location: Chennai
Venue: Kalyan Grand, Chennai
Last date to apply for the scholarship: 4 June 2024

Prorgam[edit]

Day - 1 (22 June 2024)[edit]

Slot	Session	Trainer
9:00 am to 12:30 pm	Basics of Templates and Scripts	User:Jnanaranjan sahu
	Introduction to Templates
	Working and Usage of Templates
	Passing parameters to template
	Creating a basic template
	Importing templates
	Q and A
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm	Introduction to SQL and Quarry	User:KCVelaga
	Introduction to SQL
	MediaWiki Database Layout
	Introduction to Quarry
	Working and Usage of SQL
	Writing your first Query code
	Q and A

Day - 2 (23 June 2024)[edit]

Slot	Session	Trainer
9:00 am to 12:30 pm	Tools for Outreach and Contribution	User:Gnoeee
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm	Building Communnity Dashboard	User:KCVelaga

Contact to[edit]

If you have any questions or need support, write to the "Discussion Page" or write to program@cis-india.org.