Viettech Initiative

Viettech Initiative
Location	Internet
Founding date	1 May, 2024
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

• 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

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

• Plantaest: Founder of Viettech Initiative, Administrator of Vietnamese Wikipedia.
• NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: Co-founder.
• Veritas Sapientiae: Co-founder, Eliminator of Vietnamese Wikipedia, Administrator of Meta-Wiki.
• NgocAnMaster: Eliminator and template editor at Vietnamese Wikipedia.

Community members

• CookieGMVN
• Pminh141
• Miyako Fujimiya
• Mongrangvebet
• TienMinh-mun6xnChing
• -lethobenthos
• P. ĐĂNG
• Chó Vàng Hài Hước
• Noeruchan
• Yuki Shiromita

Activities & Projects

2024

• Software Project: Zinnia (developing) – Plantaest
• 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 (ongoing) – Plantaest, NgocAnMaster, Veritas Sapientiae

2025

• Technical Support: Scaffolded & Citoidx (stable, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
• Software Project: Lexis (ongoing, funded by WMF) – Plantaest
• Software Project: Fern (developing) – Plantaest
• Software Project: Rosetta (TBA) – Plantaest

2026

• Software Project: Nous (TBA) – Plantaest
• Software Project: VIWP.IME (TBA) – Plantaest
• Technical Support: VIWP.UI (TBA) – Plantaest
• Software Project: ThemeConsole (TBA) – Plantaest
• Software Project: NoticeConsole (TBA) – Plantaest

2027

• Software Project: Fusion (TBA) – Plantaest