[Translators-l] Help translating a Global Notice for Wikimedia hackathon

Greg DeKoenigsberg greg.dekoenigsberg at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 18:47:29 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Muhammad Yahia <shipmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry about the new-ness of this idea: that's almost certainly my
>> fault for not being quite sure how to engage folks.  I've been working
>> with WMF folks directly on this project.
>>
>> The upcoming hackathons are mostly hackathons in particular places,
>> AIUI: New Orleans, India, etc.  The goal of this challenge is to
>> provide opportunities to basically anyone who can take a weekend or
>> two to hack some code.
>>
>> It's basically an experiment.  If we run banners for a week and
>> challenge the entire Wikipedia community to spend a couple of weekends
>> hacking, what results might we get?  Not sure how well it will work,
>> but we're certainly going to give it a try.
>>
>
> This is off-topic of the translation request, But I would second the request
> for more information or discussion links. Would seem like a good topic for
> Wikitech-l ?

I will do it.  Thanks.

--g



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