Hi, Apologies if this is a dup; I'm not sure it got through the first time.
I've been thinking recently about how to do recent changes patrol better. I've prototyped a tool, which you can see at http://recent-changes.appspot.com/. This is currently implemented on Google AppEngine, basically becausethat's what I had to hand when I set out and already knew something about using. It uses the MediaWiki API to retrieve diffs. This is not ideal for a few reasons, not least because it wouldn't take very heavy use of the tool before I'd have to start paying for it, which would probably mean putting ads on it. I can't be dealing with all that. Somewhere on the API pages, it mentioned that it's possible to develop tools in MediaWiki Labs, so here I am. I've read some of the arthitecture and 'getting started' sort of pages on the WikiTech pages, but TBH I'm struggling to get my head around it all. A few specific questions: Is Labs the right place to develop this sort of tool as part of the MediaWiki software, instead of as an external tool? I think I need to start a new project for this. Is that right? If so, how do I go about starting a new project? Or should I join the Tools project? If I could make a suggestion, it might be worth mentioning labs a bit more prominently on the API pages - I didn't know Labs existed when I set out to develop this tool. Also, a proper 'Getting Started' page, which states simply what you can do with Labs and how to get started doing it, would be great. It's possible it's there and I just haven't found it! Regards, GoldenRing _______________________________________________ Labs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l
