Wikipedia talk:Meetup/NYC/Hacknic 2022

Wiki-themed game jam

I was thinking a good low-tech, outdoor-friendly approach to hacking might be a focus on Wikipedia:Wikipedia games and Meta:Events/games of both online and offline varieties, maybe in the format of a game jam. Particularly interesting would be to develop games to be played at the hybrid Wikimania, locally at various locations and online globally, in August.--Pharos (talk) 17:47, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

I am going to host a global online session on wiki-games on Friday afternoon, a couple of days in advance of the picnic. It will be Friday 2-3pm as part of mw:Wikimedia Hackathon 2022/Schedule/May 20- see phab:T308608.--Pharos (talk) 14:34, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Global broadcast schedule

Drawing from mw:Wikimedia Hackathon 2022/Schedule, the broadcast schedule from the global online event is focused on Project Showcase and Closing Ceremony on Sunday, as it's the final day of the Wikimedia Hackathon:

Sunday, May 22

Time	Session
11-11:50am	Project Showcase
12-12:50pm	Project Showcase
1-1:50pm	Closing Ceremony

I guess we should figure out which sections, if any, we'd like to watch or listen to together.--Pharos (talk) 18:31, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Other picnic-friendly things to hack?

It might also be useful to brainstorm other picnic-friendly things to hack, or even just our favorite old bugs: (for me, to keep it on topic to meetups, it's the massmessage mess of phab:T218724!).--Pharos (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Timing?

Hey all, I'm unclear what is the anticipated timing for this event? When will people be arriving and leaving? Phifty (talk) 22:03, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

The timing will be from 12-5pm, though I plan to arrive at 10am. I'll be there early at 10th Avenue Lawn to scout out the location, and I'll also probably take a conference call during this time. Pharos (talk) 14:46, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

11AM for me with the grill and maybe some help with setup even with my arm in a sling. Jim.henderson (talk) 15:49, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Location changed to 10th Avenue Lawn

Location has been changed to the 10th Avenue Lawn.--Pharos (talk) 01:47, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

MediaWiki hacking, bug review

If people are interested in hacking on MediaWiki, whether it's fixing a bug or adding a new feature, I'm happy to help guide people in the right direction and/or pair program, etc. I'll try to bring a flash drive with reasonably up-to-date git clones of MediaWiki and extensions to save time/bandwidth.

Also if people have languishing bug reports that they want a developer to review, happy to review and (constructively) bump them as appropriate. Legoktm (talk) 03:37, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Also I will bring stickers. Lots of stickers! Legoktm (talk) 05:12, 20 May 2022 (UTC)