Viettech Initiative
 | On 10 October, 2026, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Vietnamese Wikipedia, Viettech Initiative will be shut down and reorganized into two new groups: a technical group that will take over the existing software projects, and a community outreach group called VWMC. |
| Viettech Initiative | |
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| Location | Internet |
| Founding date | 1 May, 2024 |
| Extinction | 10 October, 2026 |
| Membership | 14 |
| Staff | 4 |
| Official language(s) | English, Vietnamese |
| Key people | Plantaest |
| Affiliations | Independent group |
Viettech Initiative is a user group providing technical support for Vietnamese-language Wikimedia projects in particular, and Wikimedia projects globally in general.
The official founding date of the group is 1 May, 2024.
Objectives
[edit]- Write and translate documentation on software usage.
- Maintain templates, Lua modules, user-scripts, gadgets, bots, applications.
- Develop software projects.
- Contribute to the open-source software community.
Members
[edit]All members, including key members and community members, will receive periodic notifications from the group on the user talk page at Meta. Currently, the group is not open for membership registration to everyone, except for those invited by Plantaest.
Key members
[edit]- Plantaest: Founder of Viettech Initiative, Administrator of Vietnamese Wikipedia.
- NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: Co-founder, Administrator of Meta-Wiki.
- Veritas Sapientiae: Co-founder, Administrator of Vietnamese Wikipedia, Administrator of Meta-Wiki.
- NgocAnMaster: Eliminator and template editor at Vietnamese Wikipedia.
Community members
[edit]Activities
[edit]2024
[edit]- Software Project: Feverfew (stable, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
- Software Project: Citron (stable, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
- Technical Support: Support the Vietnamese Wikipedia community in implementing the Automoderator tool (inactive) – Plantaest, NgocAnMaster, Veritas Sapientiae
2025
[edit]- Technical Support: Scaffolded & Citoidx (stable, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
- Software Project: Lexis (stable, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
2026
[edit]- Software Project: VIWP.IME (ongoing, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
- Shutting down and reorganizing into two new groups (10 October)