Google Summer of Code/2020

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Program timeline

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GSoC and Outreachy Welcome Party, May 2020

February 6	Mentoring organization application deadline
February 21	Mentoring organizations announced
March 16	Student application period begins
March 31	Student application deadline
May 4 (previously April 27)	Student projects announced
May 4 to May 31 (previously April 27 to May 18)	Community bonding period
June 1 to August 24 (previously May 18 to August 10)	Coding period

Accepted projects

Name	Location	Project	Mentor(s)	Updates
QEDK	India	goodbot: a simple, friendly bot for Wikimedia Zulipchat	Pavithra Eswaramoorthy, Medha Bansal, Derick Alangi	Done Joined Zulip  Done 1st blogpost  Done 2nd blogpost  Done 3rd blogpost  Done 4th blogpost  Done 5th blogpost  Done 6th blogpost  Done 7th blogpost
Amit A Joki	India	Reduce Bundle Size	Sage Ross	Done Joined Zulip
Chaitanya Mittal User:Chtnnh	United Arab Emirates	Implement articlequality and draftquality model for ptwiki and apply insights to models for bs, uk, hi wikis	Aaron Halfaker	Done Joined Zulip  Done Setup User page
Vidhi Mody	India	Upgrade WebdriverIO to the latest version for all repositories	Željko Filipin	Done Joined Zulip  Done First Blog  Done Second Blog  Done Third Blog  Done Fourth Blog  Done Fifth Blog
Soham Parekh	India	Evaluate WebdriverIO replacements for our browser automation framework	Željko Filipin, Gabriel Pita	Done Joined Zulip  Done First Blog  Done Second Blog  Done Third Blog  Done Fourth Blog  Done Fifth Blog
Ajumal P A	India	Improve the framework to transfer files over the LAN	Jaime Crespo, Manuel Arostegui	Done Joined Zulip  Done Blog 1  Done Blog 2  Done Blog 3  Done Blog 4  Done Blog 5  Done Blog 6  Done Blog 7  Done Final Blog
Madhur Gupta	India	Add leaderboard based on user's edits using Commons Android app	Vivek Maskara, Nicolas Raoul	Done Joined Zulip  Done Report One  Done Report Two  Done Report Three  Done Report Four  Done Report Five  Done Report Six  Done Report Seven  Done Final Report
Shashwat Kathuria	India	Improve Wiki Education Dashboard's Error Monitoring	Sage Ross	Done Joined Zulip  Done Blog 1  Done Blog 2  Done Blog 3  Done Blog 4  Done Blog 5  Done Blog 6  Done Blog 7  Done Blog 8
Adham Khatean	Egypt	Supporting the ‘maps’ parameter in TemplateData Editor (GUI)	Marielle Volz, Thalia Chan, Moriel Schottlender
Sohom Datta	India	Creating a page-list editing widget for the ProofreadPage extension	Sam Wilson, Satdeep Gill	Done Joined Zulip  Done First Blog post  Done Second Blog post  Done Third Blog post
gabrielchl	Hong Kong	Media Data Verification Tool	Eugene233, Navino Evans	Done Joined Zulip
Amr El-Absy	Egypt	Remove use of jQuery UI from Page Forms	Yaron Koren	Done Joined Zulip  Done Setup User page  Done First Blog  Done Second Blog  Done Third Blog
Swapnil Sinha	India	Design and implement a tool to create overlays on pre-rendered offline maps for Internet In A Box	Tim Moody, George Jason Hunt, Pratyush Singhal	Done Joined Zulip  Done First BlogPost  Done BiWeekly Report 1  Done BiWeekly Report 2  Done BiWeekly Report 3  Done BiWeekly Report 4  Done BiWeekly Report 5
Ostrzyciel	Poland	Add Reverted filter to RecentChanges Filters	Kosta Harlan, Roan Kattouw	Done Joined Zulip

Recommended steps for accepted candidates

Here are some recommended steps for current interns:

• Refine your project proposal with guidance from mentors.
• Join Zulip to keep yourself up to date with the announcements related to the program and opportunities for participating in Wikimedia activities.
• Write blog posts (first due by May 20th) in a language you are most comfortable with and add it to the Bi-weekly Reports page.
• Add your updates about non-coding tasks (e.g., writing a blog post, joining Zulip, etc.) in the Accepted projects' Updates section above.
• Setup your MediaWiki user page, link it with your name in the accepted projects section above and keep it up to date with your project work and reports. (e.g., User:Martyav, User:Amrit_sreekumar)
• Stay in touch with Wikimedia technical discussions by subscribing to the mailing list: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org.
• Read stories from across the Wikimedia movement on Wikimedia Foundation’s blog.
• Read stories on Wikimedia technical blog about the technology and software behind running Wikipedia and its sister projects.
• Watch previous videos on Wikimedia technical topics here.

Ideas for projects

View project ideas promoted during the application period.

Contact

• Reach out for general questions on the #gsoc20-outreachy20 Zulip chat (preferred) or send an email to the organization administrators: Srishti Sethi (ssethiwikimedia.org) and Pavithra Eswaramoorthy (pavithraesoutlook.com).
• Read how to communicate effectively and get help on technical questions.

We encourage applicants to communicate in the public streams and refrain from sending private emails/messages whenever possible. Open communication allows fellow applicants to learn from your questions. It also gives all community members a chance to answer your queries. This way, queries get answered sooner and the administrators do not become a bottleneck. Also see our communication tips.