Announcing our second hackathon on July 23. This time it is all about Wikipedia.
Venue :
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Hexolabs Interactive Tech Pvt Ltd, Type II/17, Dr.VSI Estate,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 41. Phone - 044 42169699 Near NIFT, Opposite
to Origin Towers.
https://goo.gl/maps/XtTZXXDf3Ku
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4978570060#map=17/12.98271/80.25278
Date : July 23, 2017
Time : 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Must:
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* Bring your laptop
* Knowledge in any programming language
Good:
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* To bring any internet device like dongle or 4g smartphone to get
your own internet, as there is limited speed in available internet
Pre-Learning:
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Exploring these links and installing them is desired.
Installing medaiwiki-
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-14-04
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki_on_XAMPP
wikitools - Python Library
https://github.com/alexz-enwp/wikitools/wiki/Documentation
Mediawiki API https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
Gadgets https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gadget_kitchen
Hack Ideas:
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If you, or Tamil or any other language wiki needs any programming
solutions, share the ideas here.
Examples :
1. Report of contributions of all TN school teachers. Usernames will
start as TNSE. Need a report like https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/6s9e
2. Fixing the titles, moving the pages automatically, if they have
errors on page title.
3. Install Tamil TTS - https://www.iitm.ac.in/donlab/tts/index.php
and try to use it for wiki pages.
Registration :
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To register, add your name in the following wiki page.
bit.ly/2u5AnT1
If you dont know tamil, just mail me your interest to attend.
Contact:
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T Shrinivasan tshrinivasan@xxxxxxxxx 98417 9546 Eight
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