[05:48:24] A reminder: We still need to sign-in 130 participants this morning. If you have not yet signed in and received your name badge, please arrive early to do so. Registration will be open from 8-930. Please try to arrive well before the end!! (re @BeeBee_P: Hi everyone! There's 130 people who need to register for the hackathon tomorrow morning. To make everyone's life [05:48:24] easier, please ...) [06:28:40] I'm pretty sure there are no EU directives or regulations around that. (re @mikepeel: I think there are restrictions on the temperatures that AC can work at in Italy/EU, since AC usage is bad for climate change.) [06:29:51] maybe individual counties derive from a common policy on carbon output? (re @Jan_ainali: I'm pretty sure there are no EU directives or regulations around that.) [06:32:48] Registration is on floor 0 in the lobby ✨ (re @BeeBee_P: A reminder: We still need to sign-in 130 participants this morning. If you have not yet signed in and received your name badge, ...) [06:33:45] and then consolidates to floor 2 at 09:30 (re @amandabittaker: Registration is on floor 0 in the lobby ✨) [06:34:04] (re @amandabittaker: Registration is on floor 0 in the lobby ✨) [06:39:25] Ok here’s question: [06:39:26] Is there any chance someone has a spare mono cable with them? [06:39:27] It would be very useful for our live streaming set up! [06:40:24] I take if you mean 3.5mm? [06:41:02] Nope, 1/4” cable (re @jeremy_b: I take if you mean 3.5mm?) [06:41:56] Subbu is wondering how many people might be interested in an overview of Parsoid as an unconfernce session. [06:43:41] reg that ^ ... I (and maybe Isabelle) was going to sit with SomeRandomDeveloper 1:1 to go over Parsoid architecture, etc ... but if there are others interested, I can make it an unconference session instead / in addition. [06:44:14] Why not (re @bd808: Subbu is wondering how many people might be interested in an overview of Parsoid as an unconfernce session.) [06:44:17] ah, my bad, sorry. Spain introduced such a rule in 2022, and I thought it was EU-wide and indefinite, but after some more checking it seems it was just Spain and temporary, which is disappointing. 🙁 E.g., https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/spain-puts-limits-on-air-conditioning-and-heating-to-save-energy (re @Jan_ainali: I'm pretty sure there are no EU [06:44:17] directives or [06:44:18] regulations around that.) [06:45:02] bd808: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/wikimedia/slimapp/+/1248136 if you have a second. :-) [06:51:44] One can try opening the window instead :) (re @Jan_ainali: I'm pretty sure there are no EU directives or regulations around that.) [06:52:11] Yeah my room was perfect with the window open [06:53:04] I was surprised it could open, being on one of the highest floors of the hotel, but the breeze is wonderful [07:00:20] By law, heating should not be above 20 degrees and air conditioning should not be below 26. With 2 degrees of tolerance. But the law is not enforced. (re @mikepeel: I think there are restrictions on the temperatures that AC can work at in Italy/EU, since AC usage is bad for climate change.) [07:21:02] Anyone know the Hackathon WiFi code? [07:23:29] addshore: See the panels on the tables. [07:23:58] So 18 to 28? Otherwise what does "degrees of tolerance" mean? (re @LorenzoLosa: By law, heating should not be above 20 degrees and air conditioning should not be below 26. With 2 degrees of tolerance. But the...) [07:24:05] Aaaaaaaaah [07:24:54] Heads up: Mateus' cross-wiki code collab session is now at 2 - 2:30 pm to allocate more time for it. [07:25:02] If you want to work on books and editions stuff (Wikidata, reference templates, inventaire) we are taking over a table in the corner on the main space, join us! [07:26:58] Will all the chairs in all the rooms be the same? They are a bit uncomfortable for wider build people [07:31:10] Small map reminder: [07:31:11] Floor 2: [07:31:12] - Main stage [07:31:14] - Help desk [07:31:15] - Gender-neutral restroom [07:31:17] Floor 1: [07:31:18] - Room 4 - talks [07:31:20] - Room 5 - talks [07:31:21] - More restrooms (just after room 5) [07:32:02] Take your seat! plenary is starting - floor 2 😺 [07:39:24] https://eldritch.cafe/@harmonia_amanda/116498176982952780 plushies have arrived, if you have some members of the Wikimedia Cuteness Association in your care, come say hi! [07:39:45] PSA: the sixth character of the wifi password is a digit zero, _not_ a letter Ø as it looks like on the printed signs… [07:40:00] (fortunately I could scan the QR code with my phone and then get the password from there for my laptop) [07:47:16] Stream of opening ceremony for those not in person [07:47:17] https://www.youtube.com/live/7ZoQdPNt1nc?is=5SPFbnJdSye0vroC [07:47:25] Hi @Carandraug, if you are at the hackathon venue, let’s catch up after the intro sessions and get started on T424092. @super_nabla and I are at a table. [07:49:44] if anyone from the streaming team is here: I’ve been told the stream audio is quite low https://mastodon.social/@fabfur/116498212730506709 [07:50:05] ^^ 👍 [07:50:14] ohai fabfur ^^ [07:50:38] “Addshore pushed new tag v0.30.1 to repos / releng / Cli” – someone’s busy, I see 👀 [07:51:30] Is it better? [07:51:39] today's stream (now live) with less tracking https://www.youtube.com/live/7ZoQdPNt1nc (re @djhartman: Stream of opening ceremony for those not in person [07:51:41] https://www.youtube.com/live/7ZoQdPNt1nc?is=5SPFbnJdSye0vroC) [07:51:42] a little, thanks! [07:51:42] (Stream audio) [07:51:55] definitely better now [07:52:07] (re @jeremy_b: today's stream (now live) with less tracking https://www.youtube.com/live/7ZoQdPNt1nc) [07:53:12] registration consolidation to 2nd floor is complete. for anyone who still needs a nametag/bag/etc. (re @jeremy_b: and then consolidates to floor 2 at 09:30) [07:53:21] (re @jeremy_b: registration consolidation to 2nd floor is complete. for anyone who still needs a nametag/bag/etc.) [07:56:29] It means that if you have heating on and the temperature measured is less than 22 (20+2) you won't get a fine. And simmetrically for the AC limit. (re @Leaderboard: So 18 to 28? Otherwise what does "degrees of tolerance" mean?) [08:06:27] Eatherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026_Opening [08:06:59] (re @gopavasanth: Eatherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026_Opening) [08:11:51] editing etherpad on mobile 😵‍💫 [08:13:06] I'm impressed by how long the pitch line is this year [08:13:09] should I ban you? (re @Never_Broke_Again99: ) [08:13:43] If you've pitched, please check the etherpad and make sure your own entry is correct [08:15:15] Yes usually it takes a while before everyone gets up ;) (re @KevinPayravi: I'm impressed by how long the pitch line is this year) [08:15:24] @lucaswerkmeister that actually just includes a minor fix from hoo from a week or so ago! But I am looking at it a bit. Is that from the WMDE channel still? :P [08:15:43] yup ^^ [08:18:36] Line is long enough that Siebrand looks concerned! (he's counting) [08:27:46] Anyone who has joined recently and hasn’t found the pinned message about getting voiced: go to https://wikitelegram.toolforge.org/?channel=-1001116145482 [08:35:06] 10:45 *First Sessions* downstairs + break ☕️ [08:35:08] WikiLinkua: Language Learning Platform using Wikidata and Wiktionary (T425045) [08:35:09] by Satdeep Gill & Silvia Gutiérrez [08:35:11] (Floor 2 - Room 4) [08:35:12] Wikipedia for Everyone: Closing the Accessibility Gap (T417138) [08:35:14] by Daimona Eaytoy, Piergiovanna, valcio [08:35:15] (Floor 2 - Room 5) [08:35:17] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026/Program#Friday_May_1st [08:52:21] Is there someone from the Americas with Spanish as (nrear) native language? [08:55:45] We are waiting for the end of upstairs presentations - in room 5 (re @bozzy: 10:45 First Sessions downstairs + break ☕️ [08:55:45] WikiLinkua: Language Learning Platform using Wikidata and Wiktionary (T425045) [08:55:47] by Sa...) [08:58:35] everyone who pitched a project – please check your entry at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026_Opening, we tried our best but couldn’t get everyone’s names and projects correctly :) [08:58:35] bd808: I think I should have all your phab etherpad links rather soon, Is it best just to paste a list somewhere? [08:59:19] bd808: If you havn't already I'd also be happy to do some queries for all wikis etherpad links too (if that isnt already done) [08:59:38] addshore: yeah, T417207 is my tracking task. [08:59:39] T417207: Archive etherpads mentioned in hackathon/techconf tasks - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T417207 [09:03:17] is there anyone at the hackathon who is knowledgeable about prometheus and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Stats ? [09:04:00] Accessibility session starting soon! Come in room 5 by 11:05 [09:05:50] Plenty of space in room 5 : https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/4a04b4e0/file_79844.jpg [09:14:18] Does anyone have a HDMI adapter for Mac I can borrow for room 4? [09:15:44] is USB-C to HDMI useful? (re @espejolento: Does anyone have a HDMI adapter for Mac I can borrow for room 4?) [09:16:35] Also if you're interested in creating an app to learn a language based on the languages you already know come join us : https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/c8618a15/file_79845.jpg [09:16:49] ↑ Room 4 👍 (re @espejolento: Also if you're interested in creating an app to learn a language based on the languages you already know come join us) [09:16:51] Yes! Ty (re @lucaswerkmeister: is USB-C to HDMI useful?) [09:19:56] @philippesaade Are you around? We are discussing on T424092 and need your help to learn about the Wikidata embeddings. Could we talk on it? [09:39:36] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/hackathon2026-wikipedia-for-everyone link to the Accessibility session [09:40:09] @Carandraug https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Embedding_Project [09:41:22] https://wd-vectordb.wmcloud.org/docs#/ [09:50:06] 12:00 *More Sessions* [09:50:06] Being a developer in the age of AI taking over our profession: how do we deal with it as a community? (T420352) [09:50:08] by Hay Kranen [09:50:09] (Floor 2 - Room 4) [09:50:11] LATAM Technical Community Meetup (T423641) [09:50:12] by Pepe piton [09:50:14] (Floor 2 - Room 5) [09:50:15] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026/Program#Friday_May_1st [09:52:00] any chance of getting IPv6 connectivity on the conference wifi btw? ^^ [09:57:36] hola gente!! oi pessoal!! [09:57:36] ahora mismo nos juntamos para hablar en español, portugués y portuñol cuestiones de la comunidad técnica latinoamericana [09:57:38] vengan [10:01:56] Hello! If you're the next volunteers at the Help Desk, please come join us for your shift! [10:02:16] well, my AI went rogue... : https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/8c6c8481/file_79848.jpg [10:04:20] Se você é latinoamericano, venha para o space 5! Estamos começando a reunião da LATAM [10:05:58] Room 4 is way over capacity and people still [10:05:59] Come and go. That’s quite disruptive and being over capacity means bad air. [10:06:12] Ideally there would be a bouncer [10:06:43] @BeeBee_P is already acting. [10:07:02] @amandabittaker Stephane from Kiwix is looking for you [10:09:35] ‼️For the breakout rooms: please be considerate of safety: if there are more people than chairs, those that do not have a chair unfortunately have to leave. [10:13:12] Two things: [10:13:12] 1) I will reschedule the AI session for those who had to leave (stay tuned for the time and place!) [10:13:14] 2) We can't have more people in the room than there are seats. We're trying to add a few more seats over lunch, thank you for being patient! [10:16:10] @jhsoby you appear to be the only person listed under "i18n", are you easily found if someone has questions about say CLDR? :D https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026/Participants [10:17:03] yeah, at least if they know what I look like 😝 in the main room at the moment (re @wmtelegram_bot: @jhsoby you appear to be the only person listed under "i18n", are you easily found if someone has questions about say...) [10:17:50] Ok. I usually try to have a somewhat visible sign L10n/i18n at my table, that might help [10:17:53] Anyway https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/BKPE366XDPS3Y277SM4VEODWMQ3HQJLL/ [10:20:10] 🗓 12:30–2:00pm *Lunch* in Ristorante Betulla 🫑 [10:20:33] Those of you running your own MediaWiki instance (or using one), please fill out our MediaWiki survey: [10:20:35] https://survey.knowledge.wiki/index.php/716248?newtest=Y&lang=en [10:38:06] Yes, sorry about all the people who needed to leave. We’re going to do the session again, which might actually be good because we have more input and more opinions on the topic. (re @BeeBee_P: Two things: [10:38:08] 1) I will reschedule the AI session for those who had to leave (stay tuned for the time and place!) [10:38:09] 2) We can't hav...) [10:47:17] is it time for lunch? [10:47:27] As of 17 minutes ago, yup [10:47:47] Sessions overlap with lunch for spreading of the crowd [10:52:37] Yes! The second session will be at 4pm today. [10:52:38] Thank you all for being so flexible and patient. (re @hayify: Yes, sorry about all the people who needed to leave. We’re going to do the session again, which might actually be good because w...) [11:47:23] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [11:47:24] Hi, I'm Christian Nyffenegger from Link Genetic. [11:47:26] I'm working on link rot in Wikipedia from two angles: LinkManager detects and repairs broken links inside articles — the document-layer fix — and LinkID is a persistent identifier system that resolves via linkid.io, preventing link rot structurally. We've prepared eight Wikimedia use cases. Looking for feedback, especially from anyone working on IABot, citation [11:47:26] templates, or [11:47:27] Lua modules. You can find me here at the venue, on Telegram, or on Phabricator task T422252. [11:47:29] Working on link rot in Wikipedia from two complementary angles: [11:47:30] - LinkManager: detects and repairs broken links inside articles (document-layer fix) [11:47:32] - LinkID: persistent identifiers resolved via linkid.io (structural prevention) [11:47:33] We've documented 8 use cases (UC-1 to UC-8), organized by product, in our hackathon folder: github.com/Link-Genetic-Inc/lid → "Wikimedia Hackathon 2026/" [11:47:35] Phabricator: T422252 (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T422252), Resolver: linkid.io, Email: c.n@linkgenetic.com [11:47:36] Looking for: feedback on the use cases, collaborators on citation templates / Lua modules / bot integration, and especially folks with IABot or DeadlinkChecker experience. [11:47:38] Wikipedia UC's: [11:47:39] https://linkmanager.linkgenetic.com/integrations/wikipedia [11:47:41] https://linkid.linkgenetic.com/integrations/wikipedia [11:50:05] Hi all! We have some lanyards available. If you want to switch your red lanyard to a different color please drop by the help desk :) [11:50:08] 🗓 2:00–2:30pm [11:50:08] Experimenting with cross-wiki code collaboration (T424197) [11:50:09] by Mateus Santos [11:50:11] (Floor 2 - Room 4) [11:50:12] Modular and interoperable Commons Upload Tools (T424782) [11:50:14] by Daanvr [11:50:15] (Floor 2 - Room 5) [11:50:17] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026/Program#Friday_May_1st [11:51:46] https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/ea428bf7/file_79855.jpg [12:01:32] Plenty of seats in room 5 : https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/0959e543/file_79856.jpg [12:02:08] Cross-Wiki Code Collab session starting in Space 4. Etherpad notes @ https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026_CrossWikiCodeCollab [12:07:37] Off topic: Any ESim recommendation here? [12:08:41] Hey, the extensions are not working with the adapters [12:10:33] @gopavasanth I've happily used "Airalo" in various countries before. It seems to work well, and I know friends who also use it. [12:11:08] Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation. Will check it out. (re @quidditywiki: @gopavasanth I've happily used "Airalo" in various countries before. It seems to work well, and I know friends who also use it.) [12:11:40] There are referral discount codes as well afaik, hit me up if interested (re @gopavasanth: Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation. Will check it out.) [12:12:23] Oh yes I’m planning to take one. Will DM you for the codes. (re @sjoerddebruin: There are referral discount codes as well afaik, hit me up if interested) [12:14:27] In the break out rooms? (re @ederporto: Hey, the extensions are not working with the adapters) [12:24:05] I'm using GigSky of late, but it's mostly because I have a travel credit card that gives me free plans from it. It has worked fine, though. (re @gopavasanth: Off topic: Any ESim recommendation here?) [12:24:24] Maybe this was mentioned before, but: please be aware that, because of labour day, public transport in Milan finishes at 19:30 today. No bus, tram, or undergroud after that [12:26:01] In all the extensions in all the rooms (re @karenamandah: In the break out rooms?) [12:26:14] The plug works on the walls though [12:26:51] Following up from my pitch at the opening, here's an example of what can happen (quickly!) if you corner me with an idea: T425097: Make a suggestion to highlight maintenance templates : https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/7db7a4e2/file_79858.jpg [12:28:12] Flexirom has been my go-to provider (in fact it's what I mainly use as my needs are low; I only use the local number to receive calls). (re @gopavasanth: Off topic: Any ESim recommendation here?) [12:42:18] @super_nabla translatetagger breaks for this page content: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Eugene233/NewDevKit could you take a look, since you are interested in fixing bugs there? [12:42:48] Ok, I'll do this during the Hackathon, if I manage (re @gopavasanth: @super_nabla translatetagger breaks for this page content: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Eugene233/NewDevKit could you t...) [12:50:32] Hello everyone, I just finalized the Hiruwiki port. I just need to write documentation 🙄 [12:50:33] Are there any interfaceadmins willing to sit together and have it up and running on their local wiki? [12:50:45] It's almost fully automated deployment [12:50:57] (except adding it inside the article itself) [12:54:04] did phab just fall over or is it just me? [12:54:16] i can't load wiki's at least [12:54:21] same [12:54:25] Etherpad offline 🤔 [12:54:30] are we ratelimited? [12:54:32] mediawiki not load for me too [12:55:13] Yeah, all wikimedia stuff seems inaccessible now. [12:55:14] probably a Wiki issue? I switched to my mobile data and it works for me [12:55:26] Same here [12:55:54] No, wifi is fine [12:56:10] Well, web access anyway. I can still ssh to things. [12:58:09] tried to switch to another wifi and didn't load Meta for me too [12:58:14] Confirmed ssh works, but still not able to check gerrit now [12:58:18] I might try my hotspot [12:59:06] weird, it works perfectly from my hotspot [12:59:10] Well, time to go outside [12:59:25] Time to touch some grass [12:59:30] enforced break time [12:59:34] Makes sense — presumably the hotel's IP has triggered a rate-limit. [13:00:01] 🗓 3:15pm–3:45pm - parallel sessions [13:00:02] *Overview of Parsoid architecture and high-level overview of the Parsoid codebase* [13:00:03] by Subbu [13:00:05] (Floor 1 - Space 4) [13:00:06] *CommonsDB: Introduction and idea generation* (T423284) [13:00:08] by Ainali [13:00:09]