Dear applicants,

You did very good, @GonzaGertrude! Your LGBTQ+ organisations in Africa choice really helps us to have some insights on the situation there. The LGBTQ+ rights list also looks fine, even with the continent limitation, and I like the edits you made to both.

@Jatinder190124 @vaYshaleee great improvements!

Thanks for the work, everyone! Most of you are ready to go (but you can keep interacting and working on other tasks, obviously).

@Ummmritaaa check the general feedback I gave here as well as some individual tips I presented to others in case you want to improve your research.

I'd like to thank everyone who came to the meetings and shared their stories. It was really helpful for us to get to know you a little better.

Link posted.

In T376238#10218604, @Adzepa wrote:

Hello , Good day @Andrerodriguex , Please, after submitting my task here, how do I get a URL or link for my Outreachy Contribution. Thank you.

In T374545#10228915, @vaYshaleee wrote:

@Andrerodriguex Thank you.
Umm Do we have to discuss it with the mentors after the formation of the timeline?
If yes, where to discuss it?
Thank you Andre

Great to see everyone's user pages!

Hey everyone! Please remember we have our second meeting tomorrow. We will post the Jitsi Meet link on Zulip and alternatively here. See ya!

Link posted.

A few updates on this tasks (if you haven't done updates from the previous general feedback, please do):

Good job everyone, this task is now resolved.

In T374545#10218818, @vaYshaleee wrote:

Hi @Andrerodriguex ,
Its been 5 days since I posted my updates.
Is there any problem with Indian mentees? OR you guys are biased?
Respectfully, people are putting their time and effort atleast give a feedback. And I am seeing you giving replies to other mentees as well.
Is that fair?
Thank you

I really like seeing you experimenting with the tools, it's an effective way to gain practical knowledge.

Thanks for the edits @Alcantaramel :)

Hi everyone. Here is some general feedback as all of you could do some of the same improvements. First, the descriptions are more on the generic side (please read the comment I left on the main Phabricator task a few days ago). I would suggest you include better descriptions, images or even experiment with the tools yourselves and report what you experienced. I would also like to see some examples of where or who used it before so we could have some idea of how it could be implemented.

In T376236#10205017, @Aderonke24 wrote:

Hello Andrerodriguex,

I have researched and published the privacy, security, and accessibility
features of Nextcloud Talk for task #T376236. I've also added it to the
category QW2025. You can find the details here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Remote_Event_Participation
Looking forward to any feedback you may have!

Best regards,
Aderonke

Hi everyone. Here is some general feedback as all of you could do some of the same improvements. First, the descriptions are more on the generic side (please read the comment I left on the main Phabricator task a few days ago). I would suggest you include better descriptions, images or even experiment with the tools yourselves and report what you experienced. I did this with Jitsi during my internship and it was really valuable. You don't have to describe everything in topics to match the task description, as it is expected that not all of those tools would have answers to all of our questions and needs.

Good edits!

Hi there everyone!

Hello everyone! I would like to thank all the applicants that have showed interest or contributed to our project until now. We are working on a few more tasks to add whithin the next days, so stay tuned for more work and please talk to us and share your questions and thoughts in the meantime.

In T376238#10198209, @leenaaize wrote:

Hello @Aklapper @Andrerodriguex and everyone, just to clarify, in regards to the two selected tools, are we supposed to highlight how they can be used together to achieve the tasks and goals for the event or how they can be used individually ?

In T376236#10198444, @Aderonke24 wrote:

Hi @Aklapper and @Andrerodriguex kindly assign me to task #T376236 as I would like to contribute my research skill to write about privacy/security and accessibility in FLOSS tools.

Hi everyone! I admire your enthusiasm, but please bear in mind that in the main task I asked you to pick initially one task so others could have the chance too.

Hi @Jatinder190124. Thanks for your contribution. Although it is right, it could be less copy and paste from the 2023 edition. In regards to that, please remove links to Volunteer info, Nodes and such, as we don't have those pages for 2025 yet. Also take off the schedule and the contact e-mail.

Hi @GonzaGertrude. Thanks for your edit, it looks pretty good!

Hello @vaYshaleee, @Jatinder190124, and others. Welcome to the QW2025 Outreachy project. I have created separate subtasks for each microtask to maintain a well-organized and easily accessible scope of what applicants are working on during this contribution period.

In T374545#10190544, @Aklapper wrote:

@Andrerodriguex: Hi, why is this assigned to @debt?

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation/Icebreakers_and_group_social_interaction

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation/Icebreakers_and_group_social_interaction

Open source video conference software options overview

Final internship report

Updates on the last two weeks:

In T324639#8526314, @OwenBlacker wrote:

Hey, just looking at the new logo — which looks amazing; good job! — you mention the font Linux Libertine for the text "2023 Conference", but I think that is not the case. Do you mean, perhaps, that that text is in Linux Biolinum? Or maybe that the "QW" is on Linux Libertine?

I uploaded a SVG version of QW 2023 logo on Commons (I made the "2023 Conference" font a little bit thinner, I think the first version was too bold): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queering_Wikipedia_2023_logo.svg

Yesterday I updated blogpost #2 with PT translation.

@frederic_ed @Zblace I started a Wikispore page gathering all information I have found about podcast production. I still have to test some features such as WordPress for distribution, but as of right now the FLOSS recording and editing options seems really good. At the bottom of the page I also added some issues that we might have to consider.

I contacted the WIKIMOVE team via e-mail. As of right now, I'm seeing a lot of open source options for all the steps (recording, editing and publishing), which seems really good. I'm thinking about starting a page to document my research and what I've found in a more organized way.

Yesterday we had a translation workshop where I learned the basics of translation on Wikimedia. Today I had a brief meeting with mentor @OwenBlacker to comprehend more about it and I posted my first translations for Portuguese and Spanish on blogpost #1 (#2 is coming soon). I also started drafting the next blogpost, "Think About Your Audience".

In T324639#8507317, @Zblace wrote:

Great! I added few more details and will share it to others for more input.

Check these links next week as Wikimania is the biggest Wikimedia event in 2023!

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Tech_Subcommittee
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Tech_Subcommittee/Request_for_Proposal

Matrix table updated: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange/Matrix

Done! Please tell me if I missed any applications/tools that should be added. I still will update the matrix table.

Updated the Wikimedia LGBT+ section on the FLOSS Exchange page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange#Wikimedia_LGBT+

I added more info on the End user minimum tech requirements page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation/End_user_minimum_tech_requirements

In T324639#8506416, @Zblace wrote:

Great! I made some markup updates with interlinking on Blogpost 1 EN you can integrate in PT and ES versions + adopt for future,

I did the first edit on our FLOSS use and will update the matrix soon. Should I also document the proprietary applications we use?

Blogpost #2 posted on January 5th: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Andrerodriguex/log/Everyone_struggles

Blogpost #1 posted on December 22nd: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Andrerodriguex/log/Introducing_myself

On December 27th, I had the first meeting with mentors. Here are some topics we talked about:

In T321648#8359443, @Zblace wrote:

@Andrerodriguex I made few corrections.

Please create Commons sub-category QW2022 (to the top category:Queering Wikipedia + populate with other QW2022 materials) and link it to the item.

+ Update the ES and PT descriptions of item!

Hey @Zblace, please check it out when you're free: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114890081. Tell me what you think about the logo too :)

In T321648#8348313, @Zblace wrote:

Good question. We did not make custom logo for this year, but maybe we should as we did for QW 2021 Working Days. If you have the skill would you be able to follow that example and create one?

Hi! I'll start working on this task. Can you just confirm me if this is this year's logo too?