Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024

Agamya Samuel was selected to participate in the Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024. Thanks to the support of the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group, Agamya was able to actively contribute, collaborate, and showcase new tools for the Wikimedia technical community.

Contributions

During the hackathon, Agamya contributed to several existing Wikimedia projects:

Wikisource contest-backend
Indic Wikisource Stats

In addition, on request from the community and under the supervision of Satdeep Gill (WMF), Agamya created a new tool:

Indicwiki Transliterate Tool (Backend API and a User Script)

He also got a chance to present this tool to the audience during the hackathon.

Mentorship & Collaboration

At the hackathon, Agamya was able to connect and learn from several mentors and contributors, including:

Introduction

The Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 is an event organized by the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group (aka, Indic-TechCom) in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group. It will take place in Bhubaneswar during 20–22 December 2024 (with 19 December as Day 0).