Outreach programs
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Wikimedia's technical community participates in several outreach programs.
This helps new contributors join Wikimedia technical projects, it spreads knowledge about the movement to bigger and more diverse audiences, and it gives contributors an opportunity to mentor newcomers.
Google Summer of Code
- Vision: help open source projects with up to 350 hours of internship.
- Approach: funded by Google, mentored by FOSS developers. Once a year.
- Information for Participants
- Information for Mentors
- Information for Administrators
Outreachy
- Vision: provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry.
- Approach: funded by Outreachy, mentored by FOSS members. Twice a year.
- Information for Participants
- Information for Mentors
- Information for Administrators
News about technical outreach programs
More ways to get involved
To work on Wikimedia software projects outside an outreach program, see New Developers .
For ways to contribute to Wikimedia apart from software development, see How to contribute .
Historical programs
Note that the following historical programs are discontinued: