Talk:Small wiki toolkits/Workshops

Webcam

Is webcam needed for participating in the workshops? I myself am not OK with showing my face to others. I would like to type my questions and statements (if any) just like Twitch, but I can use microphone too if needed. Thanks 4nn1l2 (talk) 19:36, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi! Webcam use is not required. You can keep your video turned off and share your questions in the chat if that is your preferred way. Looking forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 22:34, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi and thanks. 4nn1l2 (talk) 22:37, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

First SWT bot workshop on "Pywikibot framework" to take place coming Friday, February 25th at 16:00 UTC

Hello everyone, The first workshop on the topic of “Pywikibot framework introduction & installation” is coming up - it will take place on Friday, February 25th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here.

We will record this workshop and update the workshops page with the link later. Also, a quick note on the certificate distribution we shared briefly in a previous announcement - out of the eight planned workshops, individuals who will complete five and a final assignment will receive a digital certificate.

We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 02:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC) (On behalf of the SWT Workshops Organization team)

@SSethi (WMF) may you let me in meet conference, please? Giacomo Alessandroni ^{let's talk! asd} 15:49, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

I hope you were able to join! Apologies for the delays we had in kicking off the workshop. We will share the recording on the mailing lists soon. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 19:45, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

@SSethi (WMF) Oh! don't worry and see you next time. I'll see the recording of this lesson. Giacomo Alessandroni ^{let's talk! asd} 20:05, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

What about Jitsi Meeting (FLOSS) plus streaming?

Is it possible to have the future workshop not on Google Meet but on something else like Jitsi Meeting (FLOSS)? Google Meet is problematic for me, and also for people in China and other people.[1] Also, note that it's easy from Jitsi Meeting to stream on other social networks :) that is a good surplus. Thank you for your work! --Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 07:36, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks and this is great suggestion! We will certainly explore this option for future workshops. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 19:40, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

@SSethi (WMF): Hi! Thank you again for these events! Sorry for bothering you but maybe here there is an interesting lecture: Wikimedians for software freedom. It's a 6 minute reading. I would like to share these events in my community but at the moment I think it could be better to adopt Jitsi Meeting to avoid many security concerns in Europe [2] --08:42, 31 August 2022 (UTC) Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 08:42, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

We tried Jitsi after your suggestion in one of the workshops, and it turned out to be a complete failure as the software had many bugs and kept crashing. After that workshop, we switched back to Google Meet. We have two more workshops remaining in the series, and after this series is over, we will thoroughly evaluate other options and then pick one that works best. Thanks for bringing this up again! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 20:10, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

What URL of Jitsi have you tried? Thank you so much for this clarification (there are some Jitsi providers). Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 22:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

@SSethi (WMF): Hi! What URL of Jitsi have you tried? In Italy there are 4-5 very good instances massively in use by the scholar system without server-related problems. Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 16:24, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

@Valerio Bozzolan: Here it is: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_basic_script_via_Pywikibot SSethi (WMF) (talk) 19:12, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Second Pywikibot workshop on Friday, March 25th, 16:00 UTC

Hello everyone, The second workshop on the topic of "Running Pywikibot scripts" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, March 25th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here. This workshop will introduce participants to the bot scripts available via the Pywikibot framework and how to use them. If you missed attending the first one, it would be beneficial to have Pywikibot installed on your computer before the workshop. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 21:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Third Pywikibot workshop on Friday, April 29th, 16:00 UTC

Hello! The third workshop on the topic of "Writing Pywikibot scripts" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, April 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here. This workshop will introduce participants to writing basic scripts via the Pywikibot framework. Please follow through with the prerequisites if you plan to attend this workshop, particularly understanding how classes and methods work in Python, among others listed in the workshop details on the wiki page. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 23:50, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Fourth Bots workshop at Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd)

Hello, The fourth workshop on the topic of "Running popular bots on wikis" is coming up - several sessions will be run as part of it at the upcoming Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd). You can find more details on the workshop here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_popular_bot_on_your_wiki.

This workshop will introduce participants to a few popular bots in the Wikimedia ecosystem, how to set them up on the wikis, and tackle problems concerning the setup. This workshop will organize three sessions around InternetArchiveBot, YoBot, and SuggestBot. See more details https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306593. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 22:27, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello SSethi (WMF), will there be a session on 20th May? 4nn1l2 (talk) 07:29, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

@4nn1l2 Hi! Yes. There is a session scheduled around InternetArchiveBot for May 20th. You can check the schedule here https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022/Schedule. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @SSethi (WMF), I found this project today, and would appreciate if I can get regular updates like these on my talk page. Is there a mass message list where I can add myself? I couldn't find a link in the main content page. Thanks! —‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 16:27, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

If you are interested in attending future workshops, you can sign-up for each one on the workshops pages. And that way, you will receive notification for each workshop. Thanks for your interest! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 17:43, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm interested in all of them (past and future events). Moreover, I wish to receive notifications for the events on the "Noticeboard" page of pi wikipedia, just in case someone comes across and is interested in it. —‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 05:45, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Upcoming bots & scripts workshop on Thursday, June 30th, 16:00 UTC

Hello, The fifth workshop on the topic of "Hosting bots and scripts on Toolforge" is coming up - it will take place on Thursday, June 30th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_host_a_bot_on_Toolforge. This workshop will introduce participants to Toolforge, how to create a developer account, access it via ssh, create and run bots and scripts, etc. You can add your discussion ideas in the etherpad doc linked from the workshops page. To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with using command-line tools and technical knowledge of bots. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 22:12, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Upcoming "How to maintain bots" workshop on Thursday, July 29th, 16:00 UTC

The sixth workshop on the topic of "How to maintain bots" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, July 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots. This session will focus on best practices for maintaining bots and tools in the Wikimedia ecosystem. It will cover a few practices that can help developers run a bot or a tool with help from others, such as picking a license, adding co-maintainers to the project, publishing source code, writing docs, and much more. To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with bots or tools development. You can add your discussion ideas in the etherpad doc linked from the workshops page. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 22:53, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

This workshop was postponed earlier. Here is the new date and time for this workshop - Thursday, August 18th at 15:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 09:09, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Upcoming "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" workshop on Friday, October 7th, 16:00 UTC

The eighth workshop on the topic of "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, October 7th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_interact_with_Wikidata_via_Pywikibot. This workshop will summarise how to access and save information to Wikidata, including through page generators and queries*, using Pywikibot. It will also cover the Wikidata conventions about the bot editing, including the bot approvals process (*queries not included, please bring your own!). To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with Wikidata and Pywikibot installation. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 04:24, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

@SSethi (WMF) sorry to ask maybe obvious, but which of the previous workshops are essential to see before this one? --Zblace (talk) 15:43, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

It is related but necessarily not connected with the previous workshops. So you don't need to have attended previous ones to participate in the upcoming one. SSethi (WMF) (talk) 21:00, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Final feedback session on small wiki toolkits workshops series on Friday, October 28th, at 16:00 UTC

The last & final feedback session on the "Small wiki toolkits" (SWT) workshop series is coming up - it will take place on Friday, October 28th, at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#Upcoming:_Final_feedback_session_on_the_workshop_series. This workshop will gather feedback on the SWT workshop series around bots and scripts development, ongoing since January 2022. There will be a discussion around the following:

• Overall feedback on the workshop series
• Technical topics you would like to see the SWT team focus on by running workshops or developing resources in 2023
• Your preferred learning formats

This session does not require attendance in previous workshops to participate. We look forward to your participation! SSethi (WMF) (talk) 20:31, 20 October 2022 (UTC)