Capacity Exchange/Aktivitäten
 Project's News
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| The Capacity Exchange Project (2023–2025 +1)
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| Development
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| Outreach
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| The Capacity Exchange Initiative (2021–2022)
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Aktuelle Neuigkeiten
Das Capacity Exchange-Projekt (2023-2025 +1)
Die zweite Phase des CapX begann im Juni 2023. Im August 2023 startete nach sorgfältiger Planung die Entwicklung des Backends. Die Outreach-Aktivitäten begannen im September desselben Jahres. Von Dezember 2023 bis März 2024 veranstalteten wir ein Outreachy-Praktikum. Im April 2024 ging es an die Umsetzung des Frontends. Und im August 2024 haben wir die zweite Phase des Prototypen präsentiert.
Juni & Juli
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Planning and Onboarding phase
August
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Start of Technical Development
September
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Start of Community Outreach
Dezember
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Start of Outreachy Internship
März
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End of Outreachy Internship
April
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Start of Frontend Implementation
August
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Prototype Launch at Wikimania
September & Oktober
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Management transition
Oktober
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Technical Development Team Growth
Oktober & November
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Refactoring of Technical Plan
November
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Community Outreach Facilitators Onboarding
November & Dezember
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Community Outreach and Testing Sessions
Januar
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Development of software's new version and Team Growth
Februar
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Budget update; Team Growth; Launch of new versions of User and Organization profile
März
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Launch of Software's New Version and Outreaching it
April
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WMF agreement to integrate Let's Connect's profiles; Grant's Amendment - extra year
April & Mai
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Refactoring of Outreach and Technical Plans - extra year
Mai
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Completion of all planned deliveries
Juni
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Developing LC integration; End of cycle test and cleanup
Juli
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In-person Technical meeting and next steps planning
Juli & August
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Development and deployment of LC integration
September
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Release of the Capacity Directory's translatable version; updated documentation
Oktober
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Let's Connect's clinics; development of new features; launch of Data Analytics page
Entwicklung
Our technical plan guides our activities. The current version follows up its last versions, and aims to guide the third year of the second cycle of development, from June 2025 to June 2026. Before that, we followed the Technical Plan version 3.0, that was completed in June 2025.
At Wikimania 2024, we launched the CapX first version (capx.toolforge.org) for user testing. The Capacity Exchange team worked hard to incorporate all community feedback we received, and implemented a high-fidelity version in March 2025. Now, we are improving the available features and working to integrate it with more community activities.
Below are some project milestones for your acquaintance.
- Im Dezember 2023 haben wir Fokusgruppen durchgeführt, um das bisherige CapX-Pilotprojekt zu bewerten und seine Lücken und Stärken zu ermitteln. Eine solche Bewertung steuert derzeit, im Jahr 2024, unseren Entwicklungsweg.
- Ebenfalls im Dezember 2023 nahm CapX einen Praktikanten aus der Einsatzrunde 27 im Rahmen der Initiative Assist Capacity Exchange Development auf. Während des Praktikums arbeiteten wir mit dem Projekt Lusophone Technological Wishlist zusammen, um gemeinsam die soziotechnische Infrastruktur der Wikimedia-Bewegung aus der Perspektive des Globalen Südens (neu) zu gestalten. Das Praktikum endete im März 2024.
- Im März 2024 haben wir einen neuen Softwareentwickler eingestellt, der für das Frontend zuständig ist, das ab April 2024 implementiert wird.
- Im Juli 2024 hat sich das CapX Working Team in São Paulo (Brazil) für ein Planungstreffen zusammengefunden. Und im August 2024 haben wir capx.toolforge.org auf der Wikimania 2024 in Polen präsentiert.
- In September 2024, we began the process of slowly transitioning Capacity Exchange's management. For two months, Andi Inácio and Amanda Jurno co-managed the project, before Andi stepped-out to pursue a PhD scholarship abroad.
- In October 2024, we concluded the process of selecting two new members of the CapX Technical Development team. We then started to onobard CapX's new front-end developer and designer UX/UI.
- Through the months of October and November 2024, the team refactored the Technical Plan, which follows up its second and first versions, and aims to guide the second cycle of the software development.
- In November and December 2024, we conducted focus groups to assess the CapX current version and identify its gaps and strengths. Currently, the team is engaged in incorporating all community feedback into a fresh version of the software. In December, the CapX Working Team convened in São Paulo (Brazil) for a planning meeting.
- During January 2025, the development team worked non-stop to develop a full new version of the software. Another developer was brought in to help us make a great tool for the community.
- In February 2025, we asked for a budget update that allowed us to bring along another developer and another outreach facilitator. Before that, we deployed part of the software's new version in which users can see and edit their own profiles, and the profile of the organizations they administrate.
- In March 2025, the development team launched the software's new version. By sending emails to nearly 300 key-Wikimedians, the Outreach Facilitators collectively spread the word about it throughout the Movement. We also published a Diff and produced a unique promotional video.
- An agreement to proceed with the integration of Let's Connect profiles and Capacity Exchange was signed in April 2025 by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Brasil. To be able to consolidate this integration with Let's Connect, and have clarity about the project's future coordination, WMF used a grant amendment to extend the project iteration by one year. Consequently, the Capacity Exchange project will continue to be coordinated by Wikimedia Brasil until June 2026.
- During April and May 2025, the team refactored both the Outreach Plan and the Technical Plan for the extra year to guide the activities during the next extra 12 months. The first document contains sensitive information and, therefore, is private.
- Throughout May 2025, the Technical Plan v.3.0 final deliverables were the focus of the development team's efforts. With pride, we can say that we completed everything that was planned, leaving the code clean and open for anyone to use.
- On the development side, the month of June 2025 was dedicated to testing and cleaning up the code. The team also worked on the integration of Let's Connect profiles, with the feature that automates the filling out of information by former members of the initiative. Additionally, we worked on organizing the project's documentation so we could publish a Diff post to communicate to the community about our efforts and achievements, and the report at the end of the Grant's second year.
- July 2025 was a month dedicated to organizing the development team, resolving pending issues so that the new cycle could begin smoothly and without any loose ends. At the end of the month, we held an in-person technical session where the team outlined next steps in development, and defined priorities and a work schedule for the upcoming months.
- During July & August 2025 we continued the development and carried on the deployment of the Let's Connect profile integration, fixing several minor bugs reported by the community since the last release.
- September 2025 was an important month for the CapX's development. Besides actively responding to feedback from LC participants and correcting some minor errors on the feature, we launched the long-awaited directly translatable version of the Capabilities Directory. With this improvment, users can easily translate the capacities and their description on MetaBase or through the Meta-Wiki translation tool. This has made it even easier to contribute to the linguistic expansion of the tool, making it even more inclusive.
- Throughout October 2025, we began planning new features with some partners and launched the new Data Analysis page, where it is possible to browse the data from the CapX user database. We also conducted two clinic sessions with the Let's Connect team to present our partnership and the special feature we created for them within the tool.
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Outreach-Aktivitäten (wie Community-Kommunikation, strategische Treffen und Fokusgruppen) zielen darauf ab, verschiedene wichtige Interessengruppen innerhalb der Wikimedia-Bewegung anzusprechen. Unser Ziel ist es, die Bedürfnisse und Perspektiven der Wikimedianer in Bezug auf die vorgeschlagene soziotechnische Lösung für den Aufbau von Gemeinschaftskapazitäten auf der Grundlage von Peer Learning zu bewerten. Die fortlaufende Konsultation zielt darauf ab, Feedback zu unseren Pilotplattformen zu sammeln, damit wir bestehende Funktionen verbessern und neue entwickeln können.
Öffentlichkeitsarbeiter/innen haben auf den folgenden Veranstaltungen für Capacity Exchange geworben:
- WECUDI (La Plata, Argentinien)
- Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 (Tbilisi, Georgien)
- WikiConvention francophone (Abidjan, Elfenbeinküste)
- Wiki Women Camp (Neu Delhi, Indien)
- Glam Wiki (Montevideo, Uruguay)
- Wikimedia Summit 2024 (Berlin, Deutschland)
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 (Tallinn, Estonia)
- Wikimedia Europe General Assembly 2024 (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Wikimania 2024 (Katowice, Polen)
- Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024 (Istambul, Turkey)
- WikiConvention Francophone 2024 (Québec, Canada)
- WikiIndaba 2024 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- WikiSource Conference 2025 (Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia)
- Wikimedia Europe General Assembly 2025 (Hybrid | Prague, Czech Republic)
- ESEAP Community Call, April 2025 (Online)
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2025, (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Festa da Wikimedia em Português, (Online)
- Youth Conference 2025 (Prague, Czech Republic)
- EduWiki Conference 2025 (Bogota, Colombia)
- WikiCon Brasil 2025 (Salvador, Brazil)
- Wikimania 2025 (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025 (Thessaloniki, Griechenland)
- Let's Connect Learning Clinic – September & October 2025 (Online)
Die Capacity Exchange-Initiative (2021–2022)
Die Anfangsphase des Kapazitätsaustauschs wurde von einer freiwilligen Arbeitsgruppe von Wikimedianern geleitet, nachdem sie auf einem Wikimedia European Affiliates Meeting vorgestellt wurde. Diese Gruppe formulierte das Konzept, die Taxonomie und die Pilotplattform für die Initiative.
Die Arbeitsgruppe hat eine Pilotsoftware entwickelt, die auf der OER-Weltkarte basiert. Der Pilot wurde dann von einer kleinen Gruppe interessierter zukünftiger Benutzer/in getestet, die ein erstes Feedback dazu gaben.
Durch die Verlagerung ihrer Aktivitäten wurde die Plattform care ab November 2022 zu Wiki Movimento Brasil überführt. Der Vorschlag für das Projekt wurde dann der MSIG vorgestellt.