Event:WishathonMarch2024

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.

Democratic Republic of Congo User Group at an in-person event in Goma, run in parallel to the Wishathon, involving new contributors in technical projects.

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.

How to participate

Participants are encouraged to autonomously select a project from the Ideas list and work on it during the Wishathon, collaborating with other attendees and receiving guidance from experienced contributors.

Before the event, you can navigate to the top of the page to register. Organizers will send a message to your talk page with more details about the event and post updates on this page. You can take the time to learn about the promoted projects and connect with interested participants using their preferred contact method.

User:Lucas Werkmeister hosting a piano concert via Twitch at the Wishathon

During the event, participants can learn more about the listed projects during the Opening sessions, ask technical questions related to projects during Office Hour, or asynchronously on discussion channels (IRC, Telegram, etc.). Participants are also encouraged to self-organize a Project breakout session to further plan the project with fellow participants. Please use the "Project breakout" column in the schedule below to add details about your session. The projects listed for the Wishathon have a defined scope, clear objectives, and participants will be invited to share the outcomes in a final Showcase session.

There will be two sessions where you can learn more about the Community Wishlist Survey and engage in discussions related to the Future of the Wishlist. There will also be Social sessions for participants to get to know each other and a Piano Concert run by User:Lucas Werkmeister. Coupon codes will be distributed for swag redemption at the Wikimedia store to individuals who participate in the final showcase.

Zeitplan

Note: Participants are encouraged to choose a project from the Ideas list and collaborate during the Wishathon, with guidance from experienced contributors. Additionally, consider organizing a project breakout session to plan the project with fellow attendees. Add the session details to the "Project breakout" column in the schedule below.

Friday, March 15th

Zeit All timestamps are in UTC	Main track (Meet)	Project breakout
9:00-10:00 UTC	Opening Meeting to introduce participants to the event, pitch projects, get to know other attendees through breakout sessions, and play a bit, User:MMunyoki (WMF), User:SWilson (WMF) Link to the recording on Google Drive Notes
10:00-11:00 UTC	Office Hour A drop-in session for participants interested in technical Q&A, User:TheresNoTime-WMF, User:JSengupta-WMF Notes
11:00-15:00 UTC	Hacking and discussion on projects. See Ideas for projects below.	11:00-12:00 UTC: Autosuggest linking Wikidata item after creating an article introduction, User:SWilson (WMF), (Meet) 12:00-16:00 UTC: Logout confirmation, BamLifa and Wikimedians of Democratic Republic of Congo User Group, (Notes) Note: Participants are encouraged to organize their own project breakout sessions to collaborate further with fellow participants. Use this time slot to add details about your session.
15:00-16:00 UTC	Sitzung Overview of the Community Wishlist Survey: current and past wishes, and learnings, User:MusikAnimal (WMF) Link to the recording on Google Drive Notes
17:00-18:00 UTC	Opening User:Sheilakaruku, User:SSethi (WMF), User:HMonroy (WMF) Link to the recording on Google Drive Notes
18:00-19:00 UTC	Office Hour, User:MusikAnimal (WMF), User:SSethi (WMF) Notes

Saturday, March 16th

Zeit All timestamps are in UTC	Main track (Meet)	Project breakout
9:00-10:00 UTC	Social, User:Sheilakaruku
10:00-11:00 UTC	Office Hour, User:SWilson (WMF) Notes
11:00-16:00 UTC	Hacking and discussion on projects. See Ideas for projects below.	13:00-14:00 UTC: Logout confirmation review, User:HMonroy (WMF), (Meet) (Etherpad) Note: Participants are encouraged to organize their own project breakout sessions to collaborate further with fellow participants. Use this time slot to add details about your session.
16:00-17:00 UTC	Sitzung Overview and discussion on the Future of the Wishlist, User:JWheeler-WMF Link to the recording on Google Drive Notes
17:00-18:00 UTC	Social Piano concert by User:Lucas Werkmeister on Twitch!
18:00-19:00 UTC	Office Hour Notes

Sunday, March 17th

Zeit All timestamps are in UTC	Main track (Meet)	Project breakout
9:00-10:00 UTC	Showcase, User:SWilson (WMF) Showcase session to share project outcomes with each other. No proper presentation needed, just a casual hangout and screen share session. You can invite anyone from your team that you would like to see Link to the recording on Google Drive Link to the showcase slides Notes
10:00-17:00 UTC	Hacking and discussion on projects. See Ideas for projects below.	Note: Participants are encouraged to organize their own project breakout sessions to collaborate further with fellow participants. Use this time slot to add details about your session.
17:00-18:00 UTC	Showcase User:SSethi (WMF), User:HMonroy (WMF) Link to the recording on Google Drive Link to the showcase slides Notes

Ideas for technical projects

Interested in working on any of the listed projects? Add your name, time zone, and preferred contact method to a project below.

Couldn't find what you were looking for in the list of projects below? Explore work in progress projects from previous Wishathons or browse the suggested projects and tasks on Phabricator.

Autosuggest linking Wikidata item after creating an article

The CommTech team has been working on this Javascript user script, and there is some remaining work needed that would improve this feature.

Source Code:

• AutoSuggest Sitelink GitLab

Phabricator Backlog:

• Autosuggest Wikidata Sitelink

Suggested Wishathon Tasks:

• Autosuggest-Gadget does not find existing items in some cases
• Purge page after adding sitelink

Participants:

• Sam Wilson (CommTech team member), UTC+8, Telegram
• Kalakpagh (talk) 08:50, 9 March 2024 (UTC) (UTC) UTC+0, Zoom
• Dnshitobu (talk) 18:34, 9 March 2024 (UTC) UTC+00, via Telegram @Dnshitobu
• Sunway godianne 19:13, 12 mars 2024
• Lydie maliki 09:00, 13 mars 2024
• Michkagho 09:48, 13 mars 2024
• Jossy27 9:55, 13 mars 2024
• Esther NEZA (talk) 10:09, 13 March 2024 (UTC) UTC+2, via Telegram @Candice(Esther) NEZA
• Fanny Mpabuka10:30,13 mars 2024
• Thierry BAKERA14:47,13 mars 2024
• Yaw tuba (talk) 11:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC), via Telegram: @YawTuba
• Abelidoko49

Adding statement on mobile devices

A front-end change for Wikidata, modifying the Wikibase extension to change its mobile overrides. Adding statements already works to some extent on non-MobileFrontend (see also wikidata:Help:NarrowUI).

Tech stack: MediaWiki, Wikibase extension, JavaScript, CSS.

Participants:

• Add yourself here: username, time zone, and preferred method of contact.
• Rtnf (talk), UTC+7, email
• Onwuka Glory (talk), UTC+1,
• Ruky Wunpini (talk) 23:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC), UTC +0

Reminders or edit notifications after block expiration

Remind admins (configurable) if a user or IP continues editing after a block. phab:T189391

Tech stack: This is open to various approaches, possibly a JavaScript gadget, or something else.

Participants:

• Add yourself here: username, time zone, and preferred method of contact.
• Delord (talk), GMT+02:00, via Telegram @Delord_wayire
• Chlod (say hi!), UTC+8, via Telegram (@ChlodAlejandro) or IRC (chlod@wikimedia/chlod at Libera.Chat)
• firmin nganduli, UTC + 2, email '[email protected]'
• kayembejenny, UTC + 2, email '[email protected]'
• GerCub (talk), GMT+02:00, via Telegram @Ger_Cub
• Abelidoko49 (talk), WAT via telegram Abel Idoko, email '[email protected]'

Tool that reviews new uploads for potential copyright violations

A tool is under development (not by CommTech), and needs more work. See the repository at gitlab:toolforge-repos/nfp. Phab: T120453

Tech stack: This tool is written in Python.

Participants:

• Add yourself here: username, time zone, and preferred method of contact.
• Chlod (say hi!), UTC+8, via Telegram (@ChlodAlejandro) or IRC (chlod@wikimedia/chlod at Libera.Chat)
• Athul R T, UTC+5.30, Matrix (athulvis1:matrix.org),Telegram (athulvis)

Avoid editing conflicts

Tech stack: This is open to various approaches. See phab:T329975.

Participants:

• Joydeep
• BamLifa, UTC + 2, Telegram @abelmbula
• Thierry BAKERA, UTC + 2, Telegram @bthierry23
• Gloiremutaliko21, UTC + 2, Telegram @gloiresalva
• Yaw tuba (talk) 11:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC), via Telegram: @YawTuba
• AbelIdoko (talk) 7:10,16 March 2024 (WAT),via telegram: @abel idoko

Automatically suggest categories when creating a new article

Tech Stack: a MediaWiki extension

Phab: task T360189

Participants:

• Ruky Wunpini (talk) 23:21, 8 March 2024 (UTC) UTC +0, zoom
• Dnshitobu (talk) 18:35, 9 March 2024 (UTC) UTC+00, via Telegram @Dnshitobu
• land-bit 16:10, 14 March 2024 (UTC) UTC+02, via Telegram @land_bit
• Tacite243 15:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC) UTC+02, via Telegram @TaciteWK
• Superyetkin
• Akwugo (talk) 10:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
• Yaw tuba (talk) 11:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC), via Telegram: @YawTuba

Add ability to share QR code for a page in any Wikimedia project

The CommTech team has been working on this, and there is some remaining work needed to clean up code and add new features. Both PHP and JavaScript, all in the UrlShortener extension.

Phabricator boards:

• Share QR Codes 2023
• MediaWiki-extensions-UrlShortener

Suggested Wishathon tasks:

• T357134 Side menu incorrectly placed on Monobook and Modern skins
• T357131 List of valid domains overlap in Minerva
• T356493 Provide custom filename for downloading QR code image
• T228779 Create a special page to list all short URLs

Participants:

• Add yourself here: username, time zone, and preferred method of contact.
• Gopavasanth (talk) 21:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
• JosefAnthony, WAT, Telegram: JosefAnthony, Phabricator: JosefAnthony
• Shako-Dev,GMT+2, Telegram: shako Benjamin, Watsap:+243977423201
• Delord (talk), GMT+02:00, via Telegram @Delord_wayire
• Josué Makuta GMT+02:00, via Telegram Joe Makuta, Whatsapp : +243972383759
• Rofiat Mustapha]], GMT+2 ,via telegram & mail([email protected]).
• Christbirego,GMT+2, Telegram: @ratpi , Watsap:+243974336652

Clickable map for coordinate locations

Extend the existing map popup data entry system in Wikidata to allow clicking/moving the map pin.

Tech stack: MediaWiki extension, JavaScript.

Participants:

• Ednalisa, WAT, Telegram: Edna Solomon

Logout confirmation

Add a front-end confirmation dialog to the 'log out' link (for all wikis).

Tech stack: MediaWiki core, JavaScript

Suggested Wishathon task:

• Implement Logout Confirmation

Participants:

• BigDareLibrary, WAT, Telegram: damilarebad
• JosefAnthony, WAT, Telegram: JosefAnthony, Phabricator: JosefAnthony
• AgnesAbah, WAT, Telegram: Agnes Abah
• Joydeep
• Dnshitobu (talk) 18:36, 9 March 2024 (UTC) UTC+00, via Telegram @Dnshitobu
• BamLifa, UTC + 2, Telegram @abelmbula
• Emmanuelbinen, UTC + 2, Telegram: @emmanuelbinen
• Christbirego, UTC + 2, Telegram @ratpi
• PatriceKalwira, UTC + 2, Telegram @patricekalwira
• Birusha, UTC + 2
• User:Bienve KIPONGO SAYCLOPIA Derick,UTC +2,Telegram @BienvenuSay
• Jomagene, UTC + 2, Telegram @joelmagene
• Gloiremutaliko21, UTC + 2, Telegram @gloiresalva
• JacquesRADJABU, UTC + 2, Telegram @JacquesRADJABU
• HMonroy, UTC - 8, Telegram @HarumiMonroy

Discussions

The following channels are traditionally used to connect with other participants; some of them are more or less active throughout the year:

• The chat room is bridged across 3 different networks; you can join using whichever service you prefer (you only need to be in one):
  • Telegram: Wikimedia Hackathon group
  • Libera Chat (IRC): #wikimedia-hackathon^connect
  • Matrix: #wikimedia-hackathon:matrix.org
• The hashtag #WikimediaWishathon on Mastodon, Twitter, and other social media

Volunteers

Wishathon volunteers assist with a wide range of activities, particularly monitoring discussion channels during hacking hours, answering technical and non-technical questions throughout the event, and aiding session leaders in tasks such as note-taking and session facilitation.

Note: Check out the Help desk schedule and add yourself to a slot where you are available and interested in providing assistance.

Trust & safety information

Universal Code of Conduct, Code of Conduct for Wikimedia’s Technical Spaces, and Friendly Space Policy applies to this event. We recommend all participants review these trust & safety policies upon arrival at this virtual event and in relevant online channels.

Read Wikimedia Foundation's Wishathon Privacy Statement to understand how the project collects, use, share store, and delete the information received from participants.

Organizers

The coordination team is composed of:

• Sheila
• Karolin
• Harumi
• Sammy
• Mary
• Srishti

If you have any questions, feel free to write on the talk page or send a message via Telegram: Wikimedia Hackathon group

See also

• Diff post: Insights from the Wikimedia Wishathon, 4 April 2024
• Diff post: Shaping the future of the Community Wishlist Survey, 4 January 2024
• Diff post: Introducing Wishathon for Wikimedia’s Community Wishlist!, 11 December 2023
• Collaborative programming guide
• Hackathons handbook