Hi
I have learned from one of the organizers of Wikimania that they are not
planning to film the Hackathon sessions. Furthermore, it was suggested that
the WMF orgenisers take care of this issue if though consider it a high
priority!
I fear that not putting these materials online will be a major setback for
the developer community. I, and other refer to these lectures throughout the
year. They also contain much information not available online.
Also some of the recent coverage from Berlin - is of rather dubious quality.
(Not the lecture - the video coverage) I have reviewed the lua lectures many
time while I converting them into a MediaWiki Lua tutorial (currently hosted
on meta within the scope of a larger educational project). I can say that
in this case there is about 5 to 10 times more (MediaWiki) specific
materials in the lecture than there is online elsewhere but that it
difficult to understand due to sound issues.
I hope this matter can be resolved in time for the sake of the numerous
volunteer developers who will not be able to attend this event.
Thanks!
Oren Bochman
Mediawiki Lead of Search
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Subject: Re: [Wikitext-l] Upcoming hackathon for experts AND newbies:
Washington, DC, USA July 10-11
On 06/19/2012 03:41 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
This is a reminder that you're invited to the
pre-Wikimania hackathon,
10-11 July in Washington, DC, USA:
https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon
In order to come, you have to register for the Wikimania conference:
https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
(Unfortunately, the period for requesting scholarships is now over.)
At the hackathon, we'll have trainings and projects for novices, and
we welcome creators of all Wikimedia technologies -- MediaWiki,
gadgets, bots, mobile apps, you name it -- to hack on stuff together
and teach each other.
Hope to see you!
Actually, you don't have to register for Wikimania to come to the hackathon.
The registration fee is only required for the main conference days; everyone
is welcome to come to the hackathon days and unconference for free. So tell
your DC friends to sign up at
https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon and come!
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
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