San Francisco Hackathon 02012 Stories

The Wikimedia Foundation is collecting stories from Wikipedia programmers, designers, users, editors and donors from around the world to better represent who Wikipedia is. Storytellers Victor Grigas and Matthew Roth will be at the San Francisco 02012 Hackathon from the 20th - 22nd of January and they want to hear your story. While the primary use of these stories is for upcoming fundraisers, other functions of your story include communication, design and analysis as well. In short, telling your story makes Wikipedia better.

Along with his photo, Dr. Sengai Podhuvan PhD's interview was written into an appeal for donations

Your interview could be part of a communication piece like this video about the Wikimedia Strategic Plan

Hackathon Information

Register for the Hackathon

Page for all Hackathon info

Scheduling Your Interview

Please use this page to select a time slot for your interview. Look through the daily schedules below - any slot listed as "open" is still available. Once you find a slot that works for you, edit this page and replace "open" with your Wikipedia user name and some contact information (phone number, email, etc.). If you have any comments, questions or feel that you’d like to talk to us in person but wont be able to make it and would like to schedule a Skype, Telephone or IRC interview, please email Victor Grigas at vgrigaswikimedia(dot)org or Matthew Roth at "mrothwikimedia(dot)org"

Typically, we like to ask questions about:

yourself - your background
your interest in Wikipedia
questions for fundraising

Your interview may or may not be used by the Wikimedia Foundation for operational, promotional or fundraising purposes and may be seen in presentations, email, the web, visual or print media. There is a legal release that you will have to sign to be interviewed. If you have any questions, please contact vgrigaswikimedia(dot)org

Interview Room Location

Once we've confirmed the location of our interview rooms, we'll post that information here. Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled interview time.

Interview Schedule

pariSoma 169 11th Street San Francisco, CA , USA, January 20-22

Friday, January 20th, 02012 pariSoma 169 11th Street San Francisco, CA , USA
	Room #1
18:00 – 21:30	Serendipitous handshakes - We plan to shake hands and see who we meet!

Saturday, January 21st, 02012 pariSoma 169 11th Street San Francisco, CA , USA
	Room #1
11:30 – 12:30	open
12:30 – 13:00	Break
13:00 – 14:00	open
14:00 – 15:00	Break
15:00 – 16:00	open
16:00 – 16:30	Break
16:30 – 17:30	open

Sunday, January 22nd, 02012 pariSoma 169 11th Street San Francisco, CA , USA
	Room #1
11:30 – 12:30	open
12:30 – 13:00	Break
13:00 – 14:00	open
14:00 – 15:00	Break
15:00 – 16:00	open
16:00 – 16:30	Break
16:30 – 17:30	open