User:SSethi (WMF)

Srishti Sethi

Senior Developer Advocate, Language & Product Localization, Wikimedia Foundation

It is important to go to places where you are rare so that you can help your colleagues with your unique skills ~ Megan Smith

About me

I originally hail from Bikaner, India and currently live in San Francisco Bay Area. Before joining the Wikimedia Foundation, I was a student researcher at the MIT Media Lab exploring how online platforms for learning could be made more peer-led, engaging, participatory and accessible to diverse populations. At the Media Lab, I contributed to the design, development, and research of Unhangout, a platform for running large-scale unconference style events online.

Before MIT, I was working as a software developer with a startup organization in India. As an undergrad, I was involved with the open source community GNOME and its educational project GCompris.

My work

I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in 2016. Since June 2023, I have been part of the Language and Product Localization team. In this role, I lead projects and initiatives under Language Onboarding and Development, including Community Meetings, Starter Kit, research work (Engage Native Speakers and Future of Language Incubation), newsletters, and technical support efforts. My work focuses on supporting and nurturing technical contributors and communities working on language-specific projects across the Wikimedia ecosystem.

Before this, I was part of the Technical Engagement team, where I contributed to broader technical outreach, community engagement, and capacity building efforts. My work included coordinating Wikimedia participation in outreach programs like Google Summer of Code and Outreachy, designing annual Wikimedia Hackathon programs, running capacity-building initiatives for different communities (including Small Wiki Toolkits), developing sample code and tutorials demonstrating best practices around the MediaWiki API (read Fixing the docs is a group effort ), building tools to improve developer support workflows such as Toolhub, and launching developer recognition initiatives such as the Tech Swag Program.

As part of a collaboration with Community Tech, I supported efforts to engage volunteer developers through projects identified in the Community Wishlist Survey by organizing Wishathons.

For a complete list of my tasks, you can read my Phabricator profile here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/people/tasks/8466/

Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

E-mail: ssethiwikimedia.org
Telegram: @srishakatux

User language

en-5	This user has professional knowledge of English.

hi-N	इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का मातृभाषा के समान ज्ञान है।

pa-2	ਇਸ ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰ ਕੋਲ਼ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਵਿਚਕਾਰਲੇ ਪੱਧਰ ਦਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਹੈ।

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community engagement

Efforts to foster participation, dialogue, and collaboration among Wikimedia contributors, affiliates, and partners to strengthen the movement and its projects

community development

The process by which Wikimedia communities collaborate, strengthen local and global participation, and build sustainable initiatives to address shared challenges

workshop

Wikimedia training sessions focused on editing, policies, or community-building

training

Capacity-building initiatives in Wikimedia, such as editing workshops and leadership programs

outreach

Wikimedia activities aimed at engaging new contributors, partners, and underrepresented communities in free knowledge projects

technical support

Assistance provided for MediaWiki software, Wikimedia tools, and community tech issues

technology

Tools, platforms, and technical knowledge that enable the creation, improvement, and sharing of free knowledge within Wikimedia projects, including software, bots, and infrastructure used by contributors

MediaWiki

The open-source software that powers Wikimedia projects, with extensive documentation available for contributors and developers

Wikimedia Incubator

Platform for developing new Wikimedia language editions before official launch

Wikipedia

Free, multilingual encyclopedia and the most well-known Wikimedia project

Wikimedia bot

Automated script used to perform repetitive tasks on Wikimedia projects

Wikimedia gadget

Community-developed JavaScript tools enhancing MediaWiki functionality

Pywikibot

Python library for automating tasks on Wikimedia, such as editing pages, managing categories, and processing data

MediaWiki userscript

A customizable script that enhances user experience and functionality on Wikimedia projects

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