CIS-A2K/Events/MediaWiki Training/2019

MediaWiki Training
MediaWiki Training (MWT) is a residential training workshop to groom technical leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members.

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MediaWiki Training 2019 (MWT) will take place on 7-9 June at Bangalore. MediaWiki Training will be a small workshop and advanced topics related to MediaWiki will be discussed during this workshop. In an effort to encourage participation from women, at least 20% of the participants at MWT 2019 would comprise of women Wikimedians.

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Event details

Date: 7-9 June 2019 (Day 0 or pre-event day will be on 6 June 2019, 6 pm)
Venue: Jayamahal Palace Hotel, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560046. (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps)
Etherpad: mwt2019
Status: Done
Phabricator:T198675

Participants

Agenda

Introduction

Introduction to Wikimedia movement
Introduction to Technical areas such as bots, userscripts, cloud services etc.
SUL Vs Wikimedia Developer Account
Intro to Phabricator
Introduction to MediaWiki
Introduction to extensions and skins
Gadgets Installation

Extensions

Parts of MediaWiki Extensions.
Localize the Messages though i18n.json file.
A-Z of Parser Functions Extensions.
A-Z of Tag Functions Extensions.
A-Z of Tag Special Page Extensions.
Create Special Page Extension from ground 0
HTML Form

OOjs/OOUI

Intro to OOjs
Intro to OOUI
About OOjs/OOUI CDNjs
Create Simple PHP Web App

Gerrit

Upload the Patch via Publish Edit
Upload the patch via git.
Upload the multiple Patch from same Repo.

Other

UserScripts Creation
Wikimedia API
Create a python Flask Web app and Deploy it on Toolsforge

Participation

MediaWiki training will be an invitation-based event. The invitation will be sent to those who are active on Phabicator, Gerrit and Extensions etc. and the participant should have very good knowledge of one programming languages.

Support

Travel support will be provided to participants.
Accommodation will be provided to participants.
Food will be served according to the participant's dietary preferences (non-veg, veg, etc.)

Code of Conduct

We want to ensure a safe and friendly space during this workshop. Please read the code of conduct here, which will be applicable during the workshop. In case you have anything question or issue please contact tito+coc@cis-india.org

FAQ

Will my travel and accommodation be taken care of?

Answer: Yes

Can I join for 1 day, instead of all the days?

Partial participation is not possible.

I do not have a laptop, can you arrange a laptop which I'll use during the event?

We'll try, after selection is confirmed, please let us know by 4 June 2019

Can I bring my friend(s)?

No, please.

Contact

Please post on the talk page or email to tito+mwt2019 cis-india.org for query