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== Wikimedia Community Fellowships == |
== Wikimedia Community Fellowships == |
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Wikimedia Fellows spearhead community projects, undertake research, and focus on other time-limited activities that require financial and logistical support to help scale and increase sustainability of the work of volunteers in the Wikimedia movement. Submissions for Spring 2012 fellowships are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia Projects. |
Wikimedia Fellows spearhead community projects, undertake research, and focus on other time-limited activities that require financial and logistical support to help scale and increase sustainability of the work of volunteers in the Wikimedia movement. Submissions for Spring 2012 fellowships are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia Projects. |
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* [[m:Wikimedia Fellowships|Community Fellow]] |
* [[m:Wikimedia Fellowships|Community Fellow]] |
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== Volunteers == |
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==== Engineering ==== |
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[[mw:Wikimedia Engineering|'''Wikimedia engineering''']] refers to the [[Staff and contractors#Engineering|engineering team]] employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts. You can be involved: |
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* [[mw:Bugzilla|Tell us if you run into a problem]] |
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* [[mw:How to become a MediaWiki hacker|Become a MediaWiki developer]] |
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* [[m:Mobile Projects/Contribute|Test our mobile site, or build mobile apps]] |
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* [[mw:MediaWiki on IRC|Chat with us]] |
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* [[mw:New Editor Engagement|Figure out ways to encourage new Wikimedia editors]] |
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* [[mw:Wikimedia Engineering/Project documentation howto|Help to update the engineering project documentation]] |
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== About the Wikimedia Foundation == |
== About the Wikimedia Foundation == |
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{{About/Wikimedia|header=}} |
{{About/Wikimedia|header=}} |
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== Who's working with us now? == |
== Who's working with us now? == |
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For a current list of Wikimedia Foundation employees and contractors, see [[staff and contractors]]. |
For a current list of Wikimedia Foundation employees and contractors, see [[staff and contractors]]. |
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== Philosophy and policies == |
== Philosophy and policies == |
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Revision as of 03:29, 19 March 2012
If you believe in making education and knowledge free, and you love what you do and want to bring your skills and experience to our organization, check out the current openings below. If you don't see a good fit now, send us an e-mail anyway, include your work experience, and explain your interest in the Wikimedia Foundation. If you'd like to keep up to date as new positions are posted, you can subscribe to our wikimediaannounce-l mailing list, follow our micro-blogging feed (on Twitter or on Identi.ca), or add this page to an RSS reader of your choice using its page history feed.
If you are an editor on any of the Wikimedia projects, or you help Wikimedia in some other way, please explicitly say that in your cover letter, and please include your username. Wikimedia experience is a definite plus when you're applying for a job with us.
Wikimedia Careers
Wikimedia Community Fellowships
Wikimedia Fellows spearhead community projects, undertake research, and focus on other time-limited activities that require financial and logistical support to help scale and increase sustainability of the work of volunteers in the Wikimedia movement. Submissions for Spring 2012 fellowships are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia Projects.
Volunteers
Engineering
Wikimedia engineering refers to the engineering team employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts. You can be involved:
- Tell us if you run into a problem
- Become a MediaWiki developer
- Test our mobile site, or build mobile apps
- Chat with us
- Figure out ways to encourage new Wikimedia editors
- Help to update the engineering project documentation
About the Wikimedia Foundation
Who's working with us now?
For a current list of Wikimedia Foundation employees and contractors, see staff and contractors.