MediaWiki Workshop



At Wikimedia India functions, it is often asked, "How can I contribute on a technical level"? We have tutorials that can be taught at events. Here are some suggested streams for events.

Editing And Beyond stream

 * 1) Interface Introduction
 * 2) Namespaces
 * 3) Special Namespaces: Template, Category, MediaWiki, Special etc.: refer to the architecture document
 * 4) Templates and Parser functions
 * 5) Gadgets: refer to Gadget Kitchen for learning resources & video tutorial

Installing Is The First Step To Hacking stream

 * 1) MediaWiki installation on different operating systems
 * 2) Installation
 * 3) Configuration - Using Extensions
 * 4) Making of Namespace
 * 5) Database Structure

Localisation/internationalisation stream
Training/tutorial
 * 1) localisation for your language at translatewiki.net
 * 2) provide information on subjects like grammatical gender, plural and grammar as part of the language support team for your language
 * 3) help us define input methods for your language
 * 4) help us with freely licensed fonts for your script and language for use as a web font

How To Hack MediaWiki stream
Instead of duplicating material, please refer to How to become a MediaWiki hacker and the workshop syllabus.

Mobile stream
Instead of duplicating material, please refer to the mobile tutorial reference and.

Leaflets/flyers:
 * If some participants are interested in software development, give them copies of Ten things technically inclined volunteers can do to help Wikimedia projects or flyer.
 * If they are students please also give them the student-oriented flyer.
 * Also consult the India outreach program repository of documents.

Colleges shown interest

 * NIT Trichy for Pragyan 2012
 * College Of Engineering (IHRD), Adoor