[06:38:40] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> Yes, coding before the hackathon is a classic hack at hackathons if you want to be sure to finish in time and be part of the showcase. (re @jhsoby: In many of the more impressive showcase items, I have the feeling that they've worked quite a bit on it before the event, tbh. N...)
[06:47:02] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> We have +3000 mostly unknow toolq on https://toolhub.wikimedia.org. With LLM becoming a go to plaxe for answers, reduced visits on Wikipedia, Wikimedia developpers may reduce in numbers as well, but will surely increasing in productivity. Maintainance, convergences of projects and teams will be more important. (re @JeanFred: Just came across the "maintain-a-thon"
[06:47:02] <wm-bb>	 that the STA org <clipped message>
[06:47:03] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> anised. Quite the polar opposite of the innovathon - perhaps less bankabl...)
[06:59:03] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> Hi Nikos,
[06:59:04] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> I lead one WM project who occasionally oboarded tech students. The answer to you is fully dependant on 3 other informations about your students:
[06:59:06] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> - stack: what stack/tech do then need to work on ?
[06:59:07] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> - skills: what is their level / seniority ?
[06:59:09] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> - workdays: how many workdays do they have per student and per team
[06:59:10] <wm-bb>	 <Hugo_Lz> Then only we can properly orient you toward wikimedia projects. (re @nlikomitros: I have a question for you: what Wiki coding projects can be a good way for IT students to start as technical editors on Wikimedi...)
[08:06:44] <wm-bb>	 <siebrand> (re @siebrand: The application form for the Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 is open! The event will take place from 13 to 14 March...)
[23:49:58] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> I have recently discovered that the venerable digital library Project Gutenberg does not offer a sitewide full-text search. While it is possible to search it using a site-limited search in a search engine (e.g. "site:gutenberg.org <search string>" in most search engines), it is not possible to do so regularly and programmatically (the search engines charge money for
[23:49:59] <wm-bb>	 API access).
[23:50:00] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> I have therefore created the Gutensearch API service.[1] It is simply a RESTful search API searching ALL the texts in Project Gutenberg (I will be updating the database with new texts every few months), returning results in JSON. The API documentation is linked from the homepage[2], as is the link for requesting a free API key[3]. (API keys are implemented to
[23:50:00] <wm-bb>	 control abuse.)
[23:50:01] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> If this is something that would be useful to one of your tools or applications, feel free to request a key. Be sure to specify the intended use, both for inspiration and to help identify your request as not spammy.
[23:50:03] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> If you know of people outside Wikimedia who might find this handy, feel free to forward this message onwards.
[23:50:04] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> Feedback welcome!
[23:50:06] <wm-bb>	 <abartov>     Asaf
[23:50:07] <wm-bb>	 <abartov>    (volunteer capacity)
[23:50:09] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> [1] https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/
[23:50:10] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> [2] https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/docs/api
[23:50:12] <wm-bb>	 <abartov> [3] https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/api_key_requests/new