Outreachy round 30

[misaochan]

As Wikimedia will unfortunately not be participating in GSoC 2025, we will be putting our project forward for consideration for Outreachy round 30 instead. Please rest assured that we have already started the process of project submission (and according to the wiki, we appear to be on schedule!).

@nicolas-raoul and I will be mentoring, if our project is approved by org admins. When the projects are finalized (14 March I believe), we will post the Phabricator task link here if approved. In the meantime, you can read up on eligibility criteria at https://www.outreachy.org/ .

Apologies to anyone who missed out, and thank you all for your patience. We were caught unaware by the GSoC decline as well, and we are doing what we can within this tight timeline.

To perform a fix, please read the "Developers" section of our documentation, please note especially the issue search, which will allow you to focus on relevant issues. Thank you! :-)

[misaochan]

We were approved! Project 7 at https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/#wikimedia .

[siva224513]

Hi @misaochan, I'm in the Outreachy contribution stage and looking forward to making valuable contributions.

[misaochan]

Hi @siva224513 , welcome! Please feel free to get started on anything in the 'bug' or 'good first issue' categories. :)

[misaochan]

Hi all, just a reminder that April 15, 2025 4pm UTC is the deadline for applicants to record contributions and create a final application.

If anyone needs help with this, please let us know!

[nicolas-raoul]

The description of the project is here, it seems like you need to log in to see it:

https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-june-2025-internship-cohort/communities/wikimedia/#improve-the-nearby-feature-of-the-wikimedia-common

[samimshoaib01]

Hi, I want to contribute in this project , I want to know is there some task to do or shall i raise PR for issues ?

[nicolas-raoul]

@samimshoaib01 Welcome to the project! I just appended a new paragraph to the first post above to detail this. Thanks for the question! :-)

[khushbuk0711]

Hi, I want to contribute in this project , I want to know is there some task to do ?

[nicolas-raoul]

To anyone looking for tasks:

Here is an extremely easy one:
#4207

Then I would suggest this good first issue: #5057

More generally, please use this search to find good issues: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+no%3Aassignee+-label%3Adebated+label%3Abug+-label%3A%22low+priority%22+-label%3Aupstream&page=3

Good luck everyone! :-)

[nicolas-raoul]

Hi all,

I received this question:

Please if you could provide a timeline of the work we plan to accomplish on the project and what tasks I have to finish at each step. Also time commitments I have to do during the Outreachy internship round.

Answer:

• The list of tasks can be seen at the bottom of this page (you need to log in): https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-june-2025-internship-cohort/communities/wikimedia/#improve-the-nearby-feature-of-the-wikimedia-common
  • The before-last task has been solved so now the list contains 9 tasks.
• Time commitments are described in Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/docs/internship/#time-commitment
• I suggest you split the time equally between the tasks, and leave 2 weeks at the end for testing and as a security buffer.

Please do not hesitate to ask for more details here. Thank you! :-)

[misaochan]

Hi folks,

I received an email from the Outreachy organizers stating that:

[...] they’ll be able to make contributions until April 22nd

So, it seems that the deadline for contributions for our project is now 22 April. :) Please be aware that you must have submitted your final application by this date in order to be considered.

According to Outreachy policy, we aren't supposed to create timelines for applicants, and you should do it independently.

1. We now advise applicants to create project timelines independently.

2. Timelines should include bi-weekly milestones for project updates and feedback.

3. Applicants are no longer directed to work with their mentors to create a project timeline.

However, if you have any specific questions or encounter any problems with your application, please feel free to contact us or ask on this issue.

[samimshoaib01]

Hi, Can i know how may applicants are selected for one project
?

[nicolas-raoul]

This project is for 1 person.

[samimshoaib01]

okay

[nicolas-raoul]

Medium-sized issue: #6286

[misaochan]

Hi folks, just a reminder that the final application deadline is today. Also, if anyone has any local changes on their pending PRs, please push by today as we can't assess anything submitted after 22 April.

Thanks!