Ihe omume:WMA Hackathon 2025
WMA Hackathon 2025
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Ihe omume Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon 2025 ga-abụ mmemme okike na nnabata ezubere iji nyere ndị mmepe Africa, ndị ntinye aka na ndị na-anụ ọkụ n'obi aka itinye aka na ọrụ nka nka Wikimedia. Nke a hackathon bụ ihe pụrụ iche na-elekwasị anya n'ịkwado ịkwanye asụsụ abụọ, na-emesi ike na French, ebe ọ na-ahụkwa na ndị na-eso bekee na-asụ Bekee na-akwado ma tinye aka.
Ihe omume a ga-abụ nke mebere, na-enye ohere maka itinye aka n'ofe Afrịka na karịa, na-eme ka ọ nweta onye ọ bụla nwere mmasị n'itinye aka na mmegharị Wikimedia.
Ebumnobi na ebumnobi
Ebumnuche bụ isi nke Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon bụ imeziwanye nnochite anya asụsụ, omenala, na ihe ọmụma n'ime gburugburu ebe obibi Wikimedia. Site n'ilekwasị anya na nkwado asụsụ abụọ, hackathon na-achọ ime ka ọdịiche dị n'etiti obodo French na Bekee (Francophones na Anglophones), na-akwalite mmekorita na ịmepụta echiche ọhụrụ nke ga-abara otu asụsụ abụọ ahụ uru.
Ebumnuche ndị bụ isi gụnyere:
- Inyere ndị mmepe Africa na ndị nkwado aka iwulite, melite, na mepụta ngwa na ọdịnaya Wikimedia.
- Iwulite obodo siri ike, na-akwado ndị na-akwado Wikimedia Africa ndị nwere ike ịga n'ihu na-emekọ ihe karịrị mmemme ahụ.
- Ịkwalite ojiji asụsụ Africa n'ọrụ Wikimedia, ọkachasị site n'ịkwalite ngwa na akụrụngwa na-akwado ụdị asụsụ dị iche iche.
- Ịhụ na ihe omume a na-enweta, na-akpali akpali na na-akwụghachi ụgwọ maka ndị niile sonyere, n'agbanyeghị nzụlite asụsụ ha.
Nkọwa mmemme
- Ụbọchị: Fraịde 28 - Sọnde 30th Maachị 2025
- Nkwado asụsụ: French na Bekee
- Ndị sonyere: Mepeere ndị mmepe Afrịka, ndị nyere aka na Wikimedia na onye ọ bụla nwere mmasị na ọrụ Wikimedia
Ebe
- Ebe: Online (A ga-ekekọrịta ozi ndị ọzọ n'izu ndị na-abịa)
Ebe Satịlaịtị
Na mgbakwunye na usoro ịntanetị, WMA Hackathon 2025 ga-egosipụta saịtị nnabata satịlaịtị na Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, DRC na Ghana. Edobere ebe ndị a iji kwado ndị sonyere na mpaghara ndị a site n'inye ịntanetị na ike kwụsiri ike. Ndị sonyere na mpaghara ndị a nwere ike isonye na saịtị satịlaịtị kacha nso ha maka ahụmịhe hackathon dị nro. A ga-agbakwunye nkọwa ndị ọzọ gbasara ebe ndị akọwapụtara na otu esi edebanye aha maka saịtị ndị a n'oge adịghị anya.
Mmemme & Arụmọrụ
Time(UTC) | General Room | Room1 (Documentation hub) | Room2 (Code hub) | Room3 (Design hub) |
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Day 1 Friday 28th March 2025 | ||||
14:00 - 14:30 | Kickoff and Orientation By Benedict Udeh | |||
14:30 - 15:00 | Keynote address | |||
15:00 - 15:20 | Welcome to wikimedia - A quick overview of the Wikimedia projects By Benedict Udeh | |||
15:20 - 15:50 | Intro to technical writing for wikimedia by Tricia Burmeister (slides) | Coding Basics for Wikimedia by Abel Lifaefi Mbula | Design 101 for Wikimedia by Joris Darlington Quarshie | |
15:50 - 16:00 | Break | |||
16:00 – 16:30 | Hands-on Contributions: Write your first wiki tool guide | Hands-on Contributions: Run your first wiki script, test(report errors) or write script notes. | Hands-On Design: create your first wiki design. | |
16:30-17:10 | Translatewiki 101 | Hands-on (cont.) | Hands-on (cont.) | |
17:10 – 18:25 | Project Pitches | |||
18:25 – 18:30 | Day1 Wrap-up | |||
Day 2 Saturday 29th March 2025 | ||||
10:00 – 10:30 | Day1 recap & housekeeping | |||
10:30 – 12:00 | Team Formation & grouping | |||
12:00 – 14:00 | Hacking Marathon | Hacking Marathon | Hacking Marathon | Hacking Marathon |
14:00 – 15:00 | Mini-team Challenge | |||
15:00 – 17:00 | Hacking Marathon(cont.) | Hacking Marathon(cont.) | Hacking Marathon(cont.) | Hacking Marathon(cont.) |
17:00 – 17:05 | Day2 wrap-up | |||
Day 3 Sunday 30th March 2025 | ||||
14:00 – 14:20 | Day 2 recap & Housekeeping | |||
14:20 – 15:30 | Teams showcase preparations and skill share | Teams showcase preparation and skill share | Teams showcase | |
15:30 – 16:00 | Join the Fun – Wikimedia Foundation Technical Outreach Programs by Onifade Onyinyechi | |||
16:00 – 17:00 | Grand Showcase | |||
17:00 – 18:00 | Closing ceremony |
Projects
The Call for Projects is now Closed!
Ndebanye aha na Onyinye enyemaka
Hackathon ga-eme n'ịntanetị site na iji Zoom. Anyị ga-enwekwa oghere sattelite ị nwere ike isonyere. Ihe omume a ghere oghe nye ndị mmepe, ndị nrụpụta, ndị ode akwụkwọ nka na ndị otu Wikimedia niile. Emebere ya ka ọ nabata ma ndị Wikimedia ọhụrụ na ndị nwere ahụmahụ.
Ọ bụ nnukwu ohere maka ndị ọhụrụ ma ọ bụ ndị maralarị na oghere teknụzụ Wikimedia ịrụkọ ọrụ ọnụ wee mụta ihe. Obi dị anyị ụtọ ịhụ ihe anyị nwere ike ime ọnụ!
Ọ bụrụ na mmemme a masịrị gị, nweere onwe gị ịdebanye aha maka mmemme a site na ịpị bọtịnụ ndebanye aha n'elu.
Ndebanye akwụkwọ maka onyinye enyemaka
Ngwa ndebanye akwụkwọ maka onyinye enyemaka emeghewo ugbu a; pịa gbasaa ka ịhụ akwụkwọ ngwa |
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Dị ka akụkụ nke Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon 2025, anyị na-enye nkwụghachi ụgwọ ịntanetị sitere na $20 ruo $50 iji kwado ntinye aka nke ndị mmadụ n'oge Hackathon.
Ụkpụrụ ntozu:
- Debanye aha ma kwado nsonye gị na mmemme ahụ.
- Kpebisie ike ikere òkè na opekata mpe 80% nke nnọkọ ịntanetị.
- Kwekọrịta ịnye nzaghachi mgbe mmemme ahụ gasịrị.
- Nyefee ndebanye akwụkwọ zuru oke tupu oge emechaa.
Usoro iheomume:
- Ngwa mepere: 1st Maachị 2025.
- Ngwa imecha: 21st March 2025.
Rịba ama: A ga-eme mkpebi ikpeazụ na nkwụghachi ụgwọ ụbọchị ole na ole mgbe Hackathon 2025 gasịrị.
Developer Pack
Participants Requirement And Setup
To participate for the the WMA Hackathon 2025 as a contributor, one needs to be in possession of the following and not limited to:
1. Pre-requisites
Make sure you have:
- A laptop with microphone(preferably headsets), webcam
- Good internet for video calls
- A Wikimedia Global user account
- Wikimedia Developer Account.
- Google, Zoom, Telegram
- Setup Git, Github/Gerrit
- A quiet environment almost (if not) void of distraction
Don’t worry if you cannot handle anything above. Please check the next section
2. Hackathon resources
To be able to contribute fully, you need to:
- Do the general setup and prep (You can also watch the videos here)
- Note: If you’re watching the video, use the following order:
- Check out the hackathon possible tasks and projects on the Hackathon workboard
Please be sure to review tasks carefully and ask questions about the tasks on our telegram channels before the event so that you can get more help around solving the tasks.
- If you wish to add new tasks on any other issue you noticed while setting up a project, this video could be of great help.
Satelite Events
- Rebase Code Camp (Montée Jouvence, Yaounde, Cameroon)
- BloLab Bénin (Cotonou, Zogbohouè, von du collège Félix Houphouet Boigny derrière le stade de l'amitié).Event:Hackathon 2025 au Bénin: Appel à participation
- Go Innovation (3è niveau Immeuble diplomatique, Goma, DRCongo)
- Villa Zenman (Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
- Wikimedia Ghana office (Accra, Ghana)
- ALX The Piano, Westlands (Nairobi, Kenya)
Documentation
Reports
Technical documentation
Participants created draft technical documentation using the Tool Doc template. They learned to edit wiki pages, use Phabricator, and collaboratively edit drafts in a User space page. At the end of the Hackathon, they were given instructions for how to reach out to tool maintainers to start a discussion about integrating their draft content into existing tool pages.
Docs created by Technical Documentation teams:
Page Collection Report (T390354) – Team 10:
WikiBooster (English:T390353, French:T390459) – Team 11:
A search engine for translations from the English Wiktionary (T390456) – Team 12:
Book Linker tool (T390351) - Team 13:
Translat-a-thon (English docs T390387, French docs T390393) – Team 14:
- English docs
- French docs:
Citation Toolkit (T390356) – Team 15:
Photos, videos & slides
Blogs & Social Media Posts
Event Policies
The Universal Code of Conduct and the Friendly Space Policy apply in this event. This applies to all contributors, participants and organisers.