Event:Wiki Mentor Africa ISA Hackathon 2024

Hackathon 19th–21st January 2024 | Online, Zoom

Welcome to the first "Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon", for this unique event, we will be focusing on the ISA TOOL. This tool is key in our region for important campaigns such as "Wiki Loves Africa". Our goal is to make this tool better with the help of African developers and Wikimedia contributors. This hackathon is a chance for everyone, whether new or experienced, to learn, share, and help. We want to improve the ISA Tool together and make our WIkimedia community stronger. Join us to make a Difference!

Participation

• Open to developers, designers, technical writers, and Wikimedia community members.
• Great for both new and experienced Wikimedians.
• The hackathon will happen online using Zoom. Everyone interested can join us.
• To take part, please register on this event page. It's a great chance for people who are new or already know about Wikimedia to work together and learn. We're excited to see what we can do together!

Scholarship Application

The scholarship application period is over.
The scholarship application Is now open. You can apply using this Google Form. Application open: 8th January 2024 Application close: 15th January 2024 We offer scholarships of up to $50. This is to help with internet data and one meal a day. This scholarship is for those who need support to join the hackathon online.

• To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:

1. Have applied for the scholarship.
2. Attend at least 80% of the hackathon sessions.
3. Actively participate in their team.

• Please note that the scholarships will be awarded after the event, based on meeting these criteria.

Program

Time - UTC	Main Room	Presenter(s)	Room 2	Presenter
Day 1
2:00 pm	Welcome and Introductions			Benedict Udeh
3:00 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Introduction and basic use of the ISA Tool	Florence Devouard
3:55 pm	Workshop: Setting Up the ISA Tool	Eugene Egbe	translatewiki.net 101	Amir
4:55 pm	Break
5:00 pm	(continuation) Workshop: Setting Up the ISA Tool	Eugene Egbe	How to setup translate tag	Florence Devouard
6:00 pm	Day1 wrap-up
Day 2
11:00 am	Introduction/Hands-On Phabricator Tutorial for Bug Tracking and Management			Masssly
12:00 pm	Team Formation			Eugene Egbe Benedict Udeh Mohammed S. Abdulai Florence Devouard
12:55 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Hacking Time		Technical Documentation 101	Alex Paskulin
5:00 pm	Informal Sharing and Progress Updates
6:00 pm	Day2 wrap-up
Day 3
2:00 pm	Day 2 recap			Benedict Udeh
3:00 pm	Break
3:10 pm	African Wikimedia Technical Community (AWTC)			Joris
3:45 pm	Community Wishlist			Sandister
4:15 pm	Final Hacking and Project Polishing
4:30 pm	Showcase: Presentations and Demos from teams
5:30 pm	Closing Ceremony			Benedict Udeh

Organizers

Event coordinators	Affiliate	Sponsors	Mentors
Benedict Udeh Mahuton Possoupe Mohammed S. Abdulai Florence Devouard Tochi Precious Eugene Egbe			Florence Devouard Amir Aharoni Eugene Egbe Fongoh Tayong

Notes and list of participants

• Programming track public notes
• Documentation track public notes
• Phabricator WikiMentor Africa : https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wiki-mentor-africa/
• Phabricator ISA : https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/isa/