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Event:WishathonMarch2024
WishathonMarch2024
Organized by: SSethi (WMF)
Start and end time
00:00, 15 March 2024 to 00:00, 17 March 2024
Location
Online event
The link will be made available by the organizer.
Join event chat group
No chat group is available for this event.
Wishathon is an initiative designed to foster collaboration across the Wikimedia community to develop solutions for wishes collected through the Community Wishlist Survey. The inaugural community edition will take place from March 15th to 17th, 2024.
Since May 2022, the Community Tech team has successfully organized five Wishathons, promoting collaboration among teams and departments within the Wikimedia Foundation on Community Wishlist projects. The upcoming community edition expands the Wishathon to a broader audience—individuals interested in participating in wish development or exploring innovative solutions, whether as a user, developer, designer, or product lead, are welcome to join the event! This edition aims to bring together individuals already contributing to the technical aspects of Wikimedia projects, familiar with navigating the technical ecosystem, and capable of working or collaborating autonomously on projects.
Ideas for projects[edit]
Quickly add favorite and related templates
Proposal link: Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Editing/Quickly add favorite and related templates
Participant(s): <username, time zone and preferred method of contact>
Avoid editing conflicts
Proposal link: Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Editing/Avoid editing conflicts
Participant(s):
Automatically suggest categories when creating a new article
Proposal link: Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Categories/Automatically suggest categories when creating a new article
Participant(s):
How to participate[edit]
If you wish to take part in the Wishathon, you can navigate to the top of the page to register for the event. Organizers will send a message to your talk page with more details about the event in January 2024 and post updates on this page. Once more projects are added, you can join a project group that you can commit to contributing to for a week and participate in virtual programming or discussions. The projects will have a defined scope, clear objectives, can be finished within a weekend timeframe, and the outcomes will be presented in a final showcase event. You will have the flexibility to self-organize within your project group, engage in synchronous discussions with fellow members, and participate in general discussions on existing IRC or Telegram channels. There will also be social activities like escape rooms and piano concerts!
Organizers[edit]
The coordination team is composed of:
If you have any questions, feel free to write on the talk page.