Wikipedia Coding Challenge

October 22, 2011

The Wikimedia Foundation is holding the October 2011 Coding Challenge.

Their goal is simple,
to find great coders who are also committed to the Wikimedia vision:

“A world in which every single human being
can freely share in the sum of all knowledge”

They have selected coding challenges that are

Grand prize winners for each challenge will receive an all-expenses
paid trip to a Wikimedia event of their choice in 2012.

Other winners will receive a certificate of coding excellence from
the Wikimedia Foundation (a great addition to anyone’s CV.)

Contest entries will be accepted until November 7, 2011, 23:59 UTC.
Code must be uploaded to Github, Gitorious, or MediaWiki and

“…MUST BE FULLY OPEN SOURCE…”

Writing Open Source software
to be used by the Wikipedia
to share the sum of All Knowledge…

It doesn’t get any better than that 🙂

See the rules and the FAQ for details.

Select your challenge:

Not interested in taking one of the coding challenges, but still want to help?

In order to participate in the October 2011 Coding Challenge,
you are required to agree to the contest rules.