- We will prioritize projects that align with the WMF Annual Plan, specifically the Community Wishlist and/or the Product and Technology Objectives. This ensures that we are focusing on projects with community demand and/or strategic alignment.
- We want to ensure a safe and productive environment for interns. Projects that require extensive community consultation will not be selected.
- Mentors can only support one project. This means that mentors cannot participate in two Outreachy projects or in both Google Summer of Code and Outreachy at the same time. This ensures that mentors have sufficient capacity for their project and interns get the time and attention they need to do well.
- Mentors will first submit their projects to Phabricator only. After we have reviewed projects, we notify approved mentors that they are cleared to submit their projects to the Outreachy website. The deadline for this submission is March 7, 2026 at 4pm UTC. This will help make the submission process more efficient.
- In order to be accepted, all projects must have at least two mentors at the time of submission. This allows us to see which projects are fully staffed.
- In order to be accepted, all projects must have microtasks on Phabricator at the time of submission. This allows us to see which projects are fully prepared and makes it easier for prospective interns to understand how to start contributing.
We acknowledge that this is different from how we approached Outreachy rounds in the past. However, we believe that these changes will improve the program, and we will continue to evaluate the results and iterate as needed.
This task will collect suggestions via subtasks for project ideas and mentors for the WMF Outreachy Round 32. Please do not suggest projects by commenting on this task itself.
Please review the following resources for more information:
The task template will include the following information:
Project title: name of the project
Brief summary: description of the project (2-5 sentences)
Expected outcomes: the overall goal of the project
Skills required/preferred: skills, specific technologies, Phabricator project tags
Mentors: must have at least 2, include Phabricator username of each mentor
Rating: easy, medium, or hard
Microtasks: links to easy and self-contained tasks on Phabricator that students can work on to get familiar with the project and technologies
Any other additional information for contributors: communication channels, etc
NEW QUESTIONS
What WMF priority does this project align with? A Wishlist item? An Annual Plan objective?
Why are you proposing it? What needs are you aiming to meet? Is it for your Wiki chapter, your community, etc?
What is the expected impact? What does success look like? How will this affect the needs you have identified?
Recommendation
We strongly encourage mentors to request additional specific details to help weed out AI-generated applications from potential contributors. Consider adding pre-reqs and ensure that you communicate directly with contributors before making your selection.