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Wikimania Codeathon
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Wikimania's classic "Hacking Days" event is back this year! We're running a
Wikimania Codeathon
in parallel with the main conference.
Software developers working on MediaWiki, MediaWiki extensions, and Wikipedia client-side scripts, bot tools, and Toolserver awesomeness are welcome to come, brainstorm, and code the days and nights away.
The event will be run this year in an
unconference
style; rather than enforcing a predefined agenda or schedule, participants will form groups as the event based on common interests, then have the opportunity to develop their ideas throughout the duration of the conference.
Wrap-up session
Brion's wrap-up presentation slides
Time and place
Wikimania
registration
opens
9am Tuesday, August 25
(12:00 UTC)
at the
Centro Cultural General San Martin
. See
arrival info
for info on finding the location.
The awesome
basement room
in the Centro Cultural is dedicated to us techies! There will be signs pointing there.
The main planning session will be start at
10am Tuesday, August 25
(13:00 UTC)
. Don't miss it!
(If you're an early riser, we'll be there with coffee at 9. ;)
The room will be open through the rest of the conference; feel free to pop in and out to get some hacking done between sessions.
There'll be a
wrap-up presentation
in
Room 3
at
14:00 Friday, August 28
to give folks a chance to do mini-talks on what they've been working on.
FAQ
When is the Codeathon? Do I need to arrive early?
The Codeathon will begin on the morning of Tuesday, August 25, 2009 -- this is the day before the main Wikimania conference starts. We'll get to know each other and break out into some working groups on topics of common interest. The coding room will remain open throughout the rest of the conference, and folks are welcome to come and go -- there'll be lots of other things to see!
There will be a wrap-up session on the last day of the conference, during which participants can run mini-presentations on what they've been working on.
Will separate registration be required to attend the Wikimania Codeathon?
No, but we'll want to know how many to expect for the opening day, so it'd be nice to know who's planning to attend! Since it starts a day ahead of the main conference, be sure your
accommodation
is booked appropriately.
Where is the coding room?
In the
venue
, at
underground level
, next to Sala F.
What hours is the room open?
We should have the room open circa 9am through somewhere 6-8pm each day.
I can't come to Buenos Aires; can I participate in the Wikimania Codeathon remotely?
We'll open a #wikimania-codeathon channel on irc.freenode.net for folks to hang out in, whether physically present or not. Of course we expect a lot of folks will be in the usual wiki and IRC channels too. :)
What are we focusing on?
Projects Page
I'm interested
Please note if you have special food requirements (vegan etc).
There will be pizza and empanadas (ovo-lacto-friendly) on Tuesday.
--
Church of emacs
22:44, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
(certain)
(Veggie)
Siebrand
22:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC) (will arrive Tuesday at 8.00 at the airport. Uncertain when I'll arrive at the, yet unannounced, venue.
Definitely coming --
Catrope
19:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Via IRC --
Bryan
20:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Brion VIBBER
of course :D
Rob Halsell
: Part of the job =]
GerardM
18:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Via IRC
^demon
Aude
18:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
I'll be right there --
Duesentrieb
19:46, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Werdna
19:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Henna
20:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC) Will be in BA from sat morning
Not very keen without laptop :)
Henna
12:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Superzerocool
20:59, 19 August 2009 (UTC) I have a little problem: I speak spanish :| and I will be in BA from mon :P
Via IRC
Platonides
22:41, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Pfctdayelise
02:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Mdale
06:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Yaron Koren
00:11, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Eekim
00:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
Tim Starling
Fuzheado
14:45, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
Ainali
, Vegan for me if possible, por favor. (Will only be joining for tuesday)
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
I'll be there
Markus Krötzsch
joining later on Tuesday,
vegetarian
please
Denny Vrandecic, joining later on Tuesday
--
Kim Bruning
14:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Ian Pye
Bo Adler
Via IRC
Emufarmers
Matěj Grabovský
12:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC) via IRC
Walter L.
Projects
Project ideas and workgroups split out at
/Projects
... we're active now, join the fun!
Past developer events
MediaWiki Developer meet-up 2009
was held in Berlin, restarting the dev meetup tradition in an unconference style.
Hacking Days were not held in 2008 in Alexandria, Egypt.
wm2007:Hacking Days
in Taipei was a little wacky with two dueling events :)
wm2006:Hacking Days
were held at OLPC's offices in Cambridge, MA. Huge turnout!
wm2005:Hacking Days
the first event was pretty low key, with some developers hanging out ahead of the start of the original Wikimania in Frankfurt. A good time was had by all!
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