Wikimedia Hackathon 2024/Program
Program
Details about the social events program can be found at the bottom of this page.
Browse the projects already proposed on Phabricator for the 2024 Hackathon or the Project page for additional project ideas.
The Code of Conduct for Wikimedia's Technical Spaces and Friendly Space Policy, will be actively enforced across all facets of the event. This includes various platforms, discussion channels, and local meetups. Your adherence to these guidelines ensures a respectful and inclusive environment for all participants.
Local communities are also welcome to organize pre-hackathon events, watch-parties or meetups in their region. More information about organization and funding is available on the satellite events page.
Propose sessions & workshops
Here are some guidelines that may be useful if you're planning on proposing a session:
- Be prepared to run your session without a projector at a specific Hackathon table in a quiet corner of a big room or in the foyer (if we can’t allocate a dedicated space for your session).
- The focus should be less on beginner-level workshops, unlike in previous Hackathons, as the event brings together individuals who have already contributed to technical aspects of the Wikimedia projects.
- However, a few newcomers from the local community might join us who would benefit from technical areas and overview sessions (e.g., Phabricator, Gerrit, etc.).
- You are welcome to reach out to the organizers to seek help to prepare or get feedback on your presentation, or any training support you need a few weeks before the session.
- Here is a sample / template slide deck if you'd like to use it for your presentation.
- We encourage you to propose sessions in a presentation, workshop, discussion, or any other format that suits your requirements. Also, feel free to host language or community-specific sessions or meetups.
Changes from previous years
At the Hilton Tallinn Park hotel venue, we will have several rooms (on the same floor and adjacent to each other) to present sessions in, have lightning talks, hacking (of course!), and a quiet room. The rooms all have seating for at least 10 people up to 60 people, and the main ballroom is more than big enough to accommodate the opening and closing sessions.
This year we'll be holding the Hackathon unconference style — which means that most sessions are proposed at (or just before) the actual hackathon event.
How to propose a session
- To propose a session for the hackathon, start by creating a task in the Phabricator board for the hackathon.
Session template
You can copy/paste the template below or use this pre-populated project task template to propose a session in Phabricator.
* Title of session (the more detailed, the better!): * Session description: * Username for contact: * Session duration (25 or 50 min): * Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.): * Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.): * Prerequisites (some Python, etc.): * Any other details to share?: * Interested? Add your username below:
- Any valid task on the 2024 Hackathon Phabricator board will be pinged to schedule a session if they'd like.
- When adding your information to the schedule, you can use this sample outline from 2017's Hackathon or follow the directions in the box below.
- You can pitch your project during the opening ceremony and share outcomes in a final event showcase. Feel free to use the hackathon channels to promote your proposed sessions & projects and recruit potential attendees or collaborators.
Room names and occupancy
- Ballroom 1 - theater style setup for the opening and closing sessions (120 people max)
- Ballroom 2 & 3 - hacking only (150 people max)
- the divider between Ballroom 1 and 2 & 3 will be open during the opening and closing sessions and will accommodate 270 people
- Las Vegas - hacking only (80 people max)
- Monte Carlo - hacking only (10 people max)
- Macao - sessions only (12 people max)
- Singapore - sessions only (12 people max)
- Atlantic City - sessions only (20 people max)
- Sydney - quiet room only
- Note: if a particular scheduled session has more than 20 people in attendance, the Organizing Team will move that session to Ballroom 1
Daily Program
Details about the social events program can be found at the bottom of this page.
Copy / paste the contents of this sample etherpad document for note-taking for each session. After the session is done, please upload the notes to the associated Phabricator task.
Thursday, 2 May
Participants arrive in Tallinn, Estonia.
- Participants will self organize their travel from the airport to the hotel. For those that received an email from the Wikimedia Travel Team - please follow those instructions.
- Registration is open from noon to 7pm and is located in the hotel lobby.
- If you arrive before or after registration times on Thursday, you can register on the 1st floor (one floor above lobby) starting at 8:00am on Friday.
- Welcome dinner for WMF-sponsored travelers: 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the foyer of hotel conference floor (one floor above the lobby).
Friday, 3 May: Hackathon starts
Go ahead and schedule sessions. Please read #Propose sessions & workshops before scheduling! Any sessions not following instructions will be removed to avoid confusion. :)
Sample etherpad document for note-taking!
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 9:30 | Registration and breakfast for hotel guests on 1st floor (one floor above lobby) | |||||||
| 9:30 - 11:00 |
| |||||||
| 11:00 | Introduction to Semantic MediaWiki
Contact: @Krabina Session coordinator: @AnnWF |
User stories wanted: the GLAM CSI project
Contact: Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) Session coordinator:@CStone (WMF) |
Anti abuse work on the wikis
Contact: @WBrown (WMF) (Dreamy Jazz), KHarlan (WMF) Session coordinator: @User:Samwalton9 (WMF) |
Hacking | Hacking | Hacking | ||
| 11:30 |
Contact: (User:VIGNERON, SWilson) Session coordinator: User: TheProtonade |
Contact: Ismael Olea (User:Olea) Session coordinator: | ||||||
| 12:00 | Introduction to Wikibase Suite
Contact: @darthmon_wmde Session coordinator: @debt |
Commons Impact Metrics BETA Data Dumps available today!
Contact: @mforns Session coordinator: KCVelaga (WMF) |
Introducing Codex: The Design System for Wikimedia
Contact: EGardner (WMF) Session coordinator: Nemo | |||||
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | ||
| 14:00 | [Session] Browser testing with Cypress
Contact: @WMDE-Fisch & @MareikeHeuerWMDE Session coordinator: @DWalden (WMF) |
[Session] Preparing for dark mode on Wikimedia sites
Contact: @Jdlrobson Session coordinator: @AnnWF |
(tbd) | Hacking | Hacking | Hacking | ||
| 14:30 | Using kokkuri to build container images on GitLab CI
Session coordinator: @debt |
(tbd) | ||||||
| 15:00 | Community configuration: What happened in a year?
Contact: Martin Urbanec (WMF), MGrosse-WMF Session coordinator: @User:Samwalton9 (WMF) |
Semantic Search and RAG on a FOSS stack
Contact: @roti_WMDE Session coordinator: |
(tbd) | |||||
| 15:30 | (tbd) | Intro to Native Apps: Feature ideas, getting started, etc.
Contact: @dbrant Session coordinator: @User:MAzevedo (WMF) |
(tbd) | |||||
| 16:00 | Using wmf-debci to build Debian packages on GitLab
Contact: @Jelto Session coordinator: BBearnes (WMF) |
Give us your design feedback! New content discovery features on Wikipedia
Session coordinator: JScherer-WMF | ||||||
| 16:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | ||||||
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | ||
| 17:00 - 1800 | Nap or solo time for some, social time for others (see also social events below) | |||||||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Dinner on 1st floor for all attendees! | |||||||
| 19:30 - 01:00 | All rooms are open for hacking | |||||||
Saturday, 4 May: Hacking all day!
Go ahead and schedule sessions. Please read #Propose sessions & workshops before scheduling! Any sessions not following instructions will be removed to avoid confusion. :)
Sample etherpad document for note-taking!
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom 1 | Ballroom 2&3 | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 – 09:30 | Breakfast for hotel guests | |||||||
| 09:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | Web-scraping
Contact: @Tohaomg Session coordinator: @damilare |
MediaWiki product ramp-up: direction and approach to sustainability
Contact: @BMueller Session coordinator: @debt |
Hacking | Hacking | Hacking | |
| 10:00 | (tbd) | |||||||
| 10:30 | (tbd) | Make your extension community configurable
Contact: Martin Urbanec (WMF), MGrosse-WMF Session coordinator: User:WBrown (WMF) (Dreamy Jazz) |
(tbd) | (tbd) | ||||
| 11:00 | User stories wanted: the GLAM CSI project
Contact: Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) Session coordinator: |
(tbd) | (tbd) | |||||
| 11:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | Inside Automoderator: Writing and deploying a new moderation extension
Contact: @Samwalton9-WMF & @Scardenasmolinar Session coordinator: User:WBrown (WMF) (Dreamy Jazz) |
(tbd) | ||||
| 12:00 | (tbd) | (tbd) | [Session] ML/AI models on LiftWing
Contact: MGerlach (WMF) Session coordinator: @AChou (WMF) |
(tbd) | ||||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |||||||
| 13:30 | Group Photo! Our event group photo will be taken outside, in the Politseiaed park that is directly across from the Hilton Tallinn Park hotel (walking directions). Be sure to wear your 2024 Hackathon t-shirt! | |||||||
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom 1 | Ballroom 2&3 | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | |
| 14:00 | (tbd) | Managing Wikimedia servers with Puppet
Contact: Taavi Väänänen Session coordinator: |
(tbd) | Generative AI: how will it change the landscape for Wikimedia projects
Contact: @Tohaomg Session coordinator: @Jdlrobson |
Hacking | Hacking | ||
| 14:30 | Which moderator tools need developer attention? Help the WMF prioritise!
Contact: @Samwalton9-WMF & @Scardenasmolinar & @KCVelaga_WMF Session coordinator: |
Software testing for developers
Contact: @zeljkofilipin Session Coordinator: |
(tbd) | |||||
| 15:00 | (tbd) | Enterprise For All - A discussion on community needs for a useful API
Contact: FNavas-WMF Session coordinator: MGerlach (WMF) |
(tbd) | |||||
| 15:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | Tool Sustainability Through Mentorship: Engaging Wikimedia Tool Creators
Contact: @Udehb-WMF Session coordinator: APaskulin (WMF) (talk) |
(tbd) | ||||
| 16:00 | AutoWikiBrowser for Beginners
Contact: Marios Magioladitis |
(tbd) | Automating categories and articles on small wikis (Details)
Contact: Ideophagous (talk) Session coordinator: KSarabia-WMF |
Google Meet, Slack, Zoom, YouTube… and other Bugs in Wikimedia Movement - Getting Ready for Emergency Exits 🌈
Contact: User:Valerio_Bozzolan Session coordinator: | ||||
| 16:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | ||||
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom 1 | Ballroom 2&3 | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | |
| 17:00 - 1800 | Nap or solo time for some, social time for others | |||||||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Dinner on 1st floor for all attendees! | |||||||
| 19:30 - 01:00 | All rooms are open for hacking | |||||||
Sunday, 5 May: Hacking in the morning & closing ceremonies in the afternoon
Go ahead and schedule sessions. Please read #Propose sessions & workshops before scheduling! Any sessions not following instructions will be removed to avoid confusion. :)
Sample etherpad document for note-taking!
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:30 – 09:30 | Breakfast for hotel guests | ||||||
| 09:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | Hacking | Hacking | Hacking | |
| 10:00 | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | ||||
| 10:30 | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | ||||
| 11:00 | Cuteness association meetup
Contact: Taavi |
Evaluating user stories: the GLAM CSI project
Contact: Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) Session coordinator: Nemo_bis |
(tbd) | ||||
| 11:30 | Toolforge & Cloud VPS demos
Contact: @Slst2020 Session coordinator: BBearnes (WMF) |
BoF: EU funding calls and projects
Contact: Ismael Olea (User:Olea) Session coordinator: |
(tbd) | ||||
| 12:00 | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | ||||
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||||||
| Time | Macao | Singapore | Atlantic City | Ballroom | Las Vegas | Monte Carlo | |
| 14:00 | (tbd) | Upgrade WebdriverIO to v9 in core
Contact: ZFilipin (WMF) Session coordinator: Notes |
(tbd) | Hacking | Hacking | Hacking | |
| 14:30 | (tbd) | A discussion on challenges and approach towards improving women in technical spaces in local wiki communities
Contact: Bhuvana_Meenakshi Session facilitator: @debt & Karen H | |||||
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Closing Ceremonies (all participants should attend this session)
Live streaming YouTube link will be active as soon as the event starts Etherpad notes - Project Status | ||||||
| 17:00 - 1800 | Nap or solo time for some, social time for others | ||||||
| 18:00pm - 21:00pm | Closing Dinner
When: Sunday, May 5, 6:00pm - 9:00pm (buffet food will be ready starting at 6pm and available until 7:30pm) Who: Open to all registered Hackathon attendees (unfortunately, we cannot accommodate travel companions). Please bring your Hackathon badge to be allowed entry! Also remember to bring your two blue drink tickets. Where: Restaurant F-Hoone, located in Telliskivi Creative City, which is a 15-minute ride on the number 2 tram (€2 euro/ride). Walking directions (approx. 37 minutes); Tram directions Payment options for the Tram: Enter at the very front of the tram and use tap-to-pay with a contactless credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. Otherwise you may buy a QR code ticket in advance. | ||||||
Social & side activities
If you want to visit Tallinn, we encourage to do it on Thursday or Monday, so as not to lose any valuable time for hacking and collaborating. However, if you would like to explore Tallinn, the venue is well located and not far away from touristy areas.
We also encourage participants to propose language or community specific meetups while we're in Tallinn.
Thursday, 2 May (social events)
Participants arrive into Tallinn!
- Registration is open in the hotel lobby from 17:00 to 19:00.
- Feel free to schedule/propose your own activities!
| Activity name | Activity description | Time | Place | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUMU | Impromptu visit to the Kumu Art Museum | 10:30 - 13:00 | Meeting point at Nop in Köleri 1, then walk to the museum through Kadrioru park | Nemo_bis on IRC #wmhack (or Telegram equivalent) |
| Welcome Dinner | Welcome dinner for WMF-sponsored travelers | 18:00 - 20:00 | Dinner will be in the foyer of hotel conference floor (one floor above the lobby) | Deb Tankersley |
| Excursion | Walk in the Old Town. With registration and up to 20 people. | 15:00...17:00 | Start at the Freedom Square, next to the War of Independence Victory Column ([1]) | Ivo Kruusamägi |
| Excursion | Visit to the Estonian Museum of Natural History. With registration and up to 20 people. Free entry. | 15:00...17:00 | Lai 29a, Tallinn Old Town ([2]) | Ivo Kruusamägi |
| Social gathering | Dining (and drinking) at Hell Hunt. Meet other participants. Join at any time. | 17.00...23:00 | Pikk 39, Tallinn Old Town ([3]). Separate room for Wikimedians. | Ivo Kruusamägi |
| Excursion | Visit to Patarei Sea Fortress. With registration and up to 25 people. Free tour. | 18:00...20:00 | Location. Start at Vesilennuki 2, next to a big chimney | Robert Treufeldt |
| Excursion | Põhjala Brewery tour. With registration and up to 20 people. Free tour. | 19:30...20:00 | Peetri 5, Tallinn ([4]) (I floor) | Ivo Kruusamägi |
| Social gathering | Põhjala Tap Room. Taste craft beer and meet other participants | 20.00...23:00 | Peetri 5, Tallinn ([5]) (II floor) | Robert Treufeldt |
Friday, 3 May (social events)
Feel free to schedule/propose your own activities!
| Activity name | Activity description | Place | Time | Attendants / point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juggling, Rubik’s cubes and other physical fun | We’re going to meet up again to have some fun with Rubik’s cubes, juggling balls and clubs, and whatever else participants feel like bringing. | Politseiaed (park right opposite the hotel) | 17:00 | Lucas Werkmeister |
| Banned Books Museum | A quick visit towards the end of opening hours. 1500 m walk from the venue, starting from the venue entrance. Afterwards w can also proceed to dinner in some vegan-friendly place nearby for those who are not having dinner at the venue. | Venue entrance | 17:00–18:00 | Nemo/Federico |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Saturday, 4 May (social events)
Feel free to schedule/propose your own activities!
| Activity name | Activity description | Place | Time | Attendants / point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HackSpace | Social gathering and hacking space | Estonian Students' Society Tallinn Chapter (Johann Köleri 13) | 14.00-19.00 | Ivo Kruusamägi |
Sunday, 5 May (social events)
Feel free to schedule/propose your own activities!
| Activity name | Activity description | Place | Time | Attendants / point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Mass | Catholic Mass in Estonian | Tallinna Peeter-Pauli katedraal (St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral), Vene 18 (about 25 minute walk from the hotel) | Gathering at 11:00 in front of the hotel, Mass is 11:30-12:30 (end time approximate) | ZFilipin (WMF) (talk) |
| Excursion | Walking tour to F-Hoone | Starting from Hilton | 17.10-18.00 | Ivo Kruusamägi |
Monday, May 6th (social events)
| Activity name | Activity description | Time | Place | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excursion | Walk in the Kadriorg Park. With registration and up to 25 people. | 08:30...10:30 | Start at the front door of Hilton hotel | Ivo Kruusamägi |
| Excursion | Visit to Patarei Sea Fortress. With registration and up to 25 people. Free tour. | 14:00...16:00 | Location. Start at Vesilennuki 2, next to a big chimney | Robert Treufeldt |
On May 6th and 7th there would also be AI Sauna, an official side event, 80 km north of Tallinn (Helsinki, Finland). That is easily accessible by ferries from the Port of Tallinn.