Category Archives: wikimedia
Creating tutorial videos (the hard way)
I recently created tutorial videos for Wikimedia Phabricator, the task tracking system primarily used in Wikimedia. These five tutorials cover the basics of creating tasks, working with projects and workboards, searching and listing tasks, and improving personal productivity. The videos … Continue reading
Prioritization of bug reports and feature requests in Free and Open Source software projects
A few months ago I wrote an essay on software development planning in FOSS projects. It tries to answer the following questions: Why has nobody fixed this issue yet? Why wasn’t I consulted about these changes? How I can influence … Continue reading
Wikimedia in Google Code-in 2018
Google Code-in (GCI) is an annual seven week long contest for 14–17-year-old students exploring free and open source software projects. Organizations, such as the Wikimedia community, offer small tasks in the areas of code, documentation, outreach, research, and design. Students … Continue reading
Google Code-in 2018 and Wikimedia: Mentors and smaller tasks wanted!
Google Code-in will take place again soon (from October 23 to December 13). GCI is an annual contest for 13-17 year old students to start contributing to free and open projects. It is not only about coding: We also need … Continue reading
Statistics, Google Code-in, Gitlab, Bugzilla
Spending some good time to get Wikimedia’s code activity statistics (hosted by Bitergia) into better shape. Still some smaller bugs to iron out. Blogged in other places about Wikimedia’s successful participation in Google Code-in 2017. Impressive numbers and achievements. Posted … Continue reading
Wikimedia in Google Code-in 2016
Google Code-in 2016 has come to an end. Wikimedia was one of the 17 organizations who took part to offer mentors and tasks to 14-17 year old students exploring free and open source software projects via small tasks. Congratulations to … Continue reading
Code review in open source projects: Influential factors and actions
Coming from “Prioritizing volunteer contributions in free software development”, the Wikimedia Foundation allowed me to spend time on research about code review (CR) earlier in 2016. The theses and bullet points below incorporate random literature and comments from numerous people. … Continue reading
Rewriting code review documentation, on paper.
At Wikimedia, for the last months I’ve been on and off rewriting our on-wiki technical Gerrit/Git/Code Review documentation. Code review related documentation That included improving the onboarding steps like setting up Git and Gerrit (related task; 135 edits), the contribution … Continue reading
Travel.
Middle East In late March 2016, I attended some Wikimedia gatherings in the Middle East: The WikiArabia conference in Amman (Jordan), a Technical Meetup in Ramallah (Palestinian territories), and the Wikimedia Hackathon in Jerusalem (Israel). I gave an introduction to … Continue reading
Wikimedia in Google Code-in 2015
Google Code-in 2015 is over. As a co-admin and mentor for Wikimedia (one of the 14 organizations who took part and provided mentors and tasks) I can say it’s been crazy as usual. :) To list some of the students’ … Continue reading
