Mini Hackathon November 2024

Wikimedia Nederland again welcomes around 30 international participants to the third one-day Mini Wikimedia Hackathon on Saturday, November 2, 2024.

Join us for a day of 👩🏼‍💻 hacking, 🥨 snacking, 🍕 pizza, and 🗣 catching up in person.

When? Saturday, November 2, 2024, from around 10:30 CET until around 21:00 CET.
Where? Wikimedia Nederland office, Mariaplaats 3, 3511 LH Utrecht, the Netherlands (OpenStreetMap)
Remote participation possible? This is an in-person event.
For whom? For seasoned, Dutch and international Wikimedians who want to hang out and hack together! The venue supports a maximum of 30 participants.
Language? English

Important notes:

This is a hackathon for technically-focused, already experienced Wikimedians. There will be no mentorship program for newcomers; we expect all participants to be able to work rather autonomously (although we do of course encourage and applaud group projects!). The regular international Wikimedia hackathons do offer participation and mentorship for newcomers - check those if you are interested in that!
International participants are very welcome. Do note that travel and hotel costs are not covered (or only up to €100 when traveling by train) or arranged by the organizers or Wikimedia Nederland. In other words: you will have to book, arrange and pay for your own travel and hotel.

Program


Friday, November 1 (Optional community event). All times are in CET
15:00-...	Drinks and dinner at Wijkrestaurant Venster. Berlijnplein 520, Utrecht (come at any time; drinks and food at own expense)
Saturday, November 2 (Mini Hackathon). All times are in CET
10:30	Doors open
11:00	Welcome, Beleid Vriendelijke Ruimtes introduction, brief standup (Etherpad)
12:30	Lunch, provided by Wikimedia Nederland
18:30	🍕provided by Wikimedia Nederland
After pizza	Showcase! Etherpad here!
21:00	End. Whoever wants can join for a drink in a pub near the venue (this will be at your own expense).

Organizers

In alphabetical order:

Participants

If you are interested in participating, you can apply via this form. The organizers will take final decisions on the group of participants and will notify you personally. They will add your name below if you are confirmed, and have given consent for your (user) name to be published here.

Who	What do you want to work on?
User:Husky	Frontend, GLAM, SPARQL, generating hackathon logos using AI
User:Spinster	SDC data modeling, Wikidata and SDC for GLAMs. If GLAM people will participate I will happily help them / work with them.
User:Ladsgroup	Infrastructure, MediaWiki, Bots, Gadgets, ....
User:Siebrand	Lots
User:AnnikaHendriksen	organize the hackathon and create a great day of fun
User:Multichill	Bots, tools, SPARQL, etc.
User:Lucas Werkmeister	Wikidata (especially query service), Wikimedia Toolforge, Python, MediaWiki development
User:1Veertje	Programming skills, longtime contributor
User:Ainali	I can help with Wikidata queries.
User:OlafJanssen	Wikidata, Python, Wikibase, OpenRefine, libraries, APIs, GLAMwiki, regexps
User:Dajasj	Python, Wikidata, Political data
User:Eposthumus	Python, APIs, connecting systems, cultural heritage domain knowledge.
~~User:Frank Geerlings~~	~~Pywikibot; python; JavaScript; toolforge~~
User:Denengelse	Linked data, sparql, cultural heritage
User:Daniuu	Expertise with the Wikimedia APIs & developing these user scripts.
User:Mx Lucy	ik weet wat van LLM's en verder ben ik er meer om te leren van iedereen
User:valhallasw	Pywikibot, Toolforge, general software engineering stuff.
User:TheDJ	Css, JS, Gadgets, templates and code reviews
User:Daanvr	I would like to bring my innovation and development skills and my experience building all kinds of small prototypes.
User:Sjoerddebruin	HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Vue, knowledge on where to find information or find the correct people for something, accessibility
User:Nikki	Wikidata (especially lexemes) and SDC, SPARQL, writing scripts/gadgets, i18n
User:MichellevL (WMNL)	OpenRefine, GLAM , Copyright stuff
User:Kristbaum	Openrefine, Toolforge etc.
User:Ecritures	Python, wikidata, KB linked data and metadata
User:BerendWeij	JS, React, Unity (game development), working with local AI models, perhaps some VR or WebXR
User:Henna	Old time knowledge
User:Edward	Knowledge of Python, SPARQL, MediaWiki APIs, databases and interactive web apps.
User:Reedy	MediaWiki and many other stuffs
User:Cayjd	I have some experience with software development and linked data and I'm interested in getting started with Wikidata and SDC.

Friendly Space Policy / Beleid Vriendelijke Ruimtes

Like all other WMNL activities, this hackathon is governed by the Beleid Vriendelijke Ruimtes (BVR / Friendly Space Policy).

How to get there

The hackathon will take place at the offices of Wikimedia Nederland. The offices are centrally located in the city of Utrecht and easily reachable by public transport. Take any train to 'Utrecht Centraal' station. From there it's about a 15-minute walk to the offices at Mariaplaats 3, 3511 LH Utrecht, the Netherlands.

If you're coming by car you can either park in one of the nearby parking garages (Hoog Catharijne P5 is an option), which can be pricy (expect around €5,50 per hour at a maximum of €44 per day). You can also use one of the "Park and Ride" (P+R) options and park out of the centre and then take public transport to the city centre.

Wijkrestaurant Venster is located at Berlijnplein 520 and is reachable by train to station Utrecht Leidsche Rijn (4 minutes train, 6 minute walk) or by bus 28 from Utrecht Central Station (12 minutes bus, 4 minute walk); there is also a stop for this bus at Neude in the city centre.