Re: [Wikitech-l] Google Code-in: YES, WE ARE IN!
I've been thinking of having the Wikidata mobile skin use CSS3 animations instead of jQuery and adding a two column layout for tablets. I think this shouldn't take more than a few hours each and I'm pretty sure I'm capable enough to help students along if they'd like to pick this task up. Is this something that I could propose for GCI? On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Brion Vibber bvib...@wikimedia.org wrote: Woohoo! Everybody prepare your bugs and feature reqs for bite-sized work units! -- brion On Friday, November 1, 2013, Quim Gil wrote: Wikimedia is one of the ten organizations selected to participate in Google Code-in 2013! This means that on November 18 we will start having hundreds of 13-17 year old students looking at Wikimedia tech tasks to be completed. The announcement: http://google-opensource.**blogspot.com/2013/11/** mentoring-organizations-for-**google-code.html http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2013/11/mentoring-organizations-for-google-code.html Our GCI page: https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Google_Code-In https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In If you are involved in FOSS Outreach Program for Women in any way you can stop reading here. Otherwise, please stay with us. This program is a very good opportunity to find fresh young helpers willing to complete that little task that has been sitting in your ToDo list for too long. WE NEED STRUCTURE Andre Klapper and me are the Wikimedia org admins and we will take a lot of dirty and boring work so the rest of you don't have to. However, we won't be able to make it without meta-mentors. META-MENTORS are seasoned contributors that have a good knowledge of the relevant technologies, features and people involved in a specific area. They are also mentors of some tasks in their areas, but their role includes looking for more mentors that bring more tasks, and coordinate with them. GCI organizations get an average of 150-200 tasks completed during the program. You see the need for a distributed structure that scales. GCI has five areas: * Code (proposing MatmaRex, helped by ?) * Documentation/Training (guillom, helped by ?) * Outreach/Research (?, helped by Quim - or the other way around) * Quality Assurance (proposing Željko, helped by Andre) * User Interface (Pau and Jorm) Please, help substituting question marks with names. WE NEED MENTORS BRINGING TASKS The deal is simple: join GCI as mentor and bring your little tasks (that would take you 2-3 hours to complete). You need to describe the tasks for a newcomer, linking to the resources needed to complete them. You also need to be ready to answer the questions of the students assigning your tasks to them. We will have more specific instructions for mentors before the beginning of the program. WE NEED PEOPLE PROPOSING TASKS Even if you can't mentor a specific task we still want to know about it. All we need is a bug report with gci2013 https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Google_Code-In#Candidate_**tasks https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In#Candidate_tasks added to its Whiteboard field to make it easy to track them. Please CC the related meta-mentors, Andre and me. Questions? Please ask and you will help us improving our documentation. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 Summary: Mobilize Wikidata
Hello all! It's been an absolute pleasure working with this community for GSoC 2013. I've had a really good experience and it was really nice to get to know you all. I've written a blog post to summarize my experience over this summer as well as discuss my plans for the project in the future. http://blog.pragunbhutani.in/articles/google-summer-of-code-2013-wrap-up/ Please check it out, and if you find the project interesting and would like to contribute to it: Don't bother knocking, come on in! :) Cheers, -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 Summary: Mobilize Wikidata
Thank you Lydia! I'm looking forward to it as well. I'm taking this week to join a few classes here and there, but I'll see you on IRC on Monday. :) On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de wrote: On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Pragun Bhutani pragu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all! It's been an absolute pleasure working with this community for GSoC 2013. I've had a really good experience and it was really nice to get to know you all. I've written a blog post to summarize my experience over this summer as well as discuss my plans for the project in the future. http://blog.pragunbhutani.in/articles/google-summer-of-code-2013-wrap-up/ Please check it out, and if you find the project interesting and would like to contribute to it: Don't bother knocking, come on in! :) That's a great summary, Pragun. Thank you for sharing it. I'm looking forward to continuing to work with you on all things Wikidata! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW community bonding period
The paragraph that students have to write about themselves and the project, should that be posted on to the student's user page itself? On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 05/29/2013 12:31 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: To be clear, the mentors don't have to upload pictures of themselves, do they? (Not that I mind ;) ) The request is for students. The rest is up to you. :) -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgilhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-lhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC and OPW results
Yaaay! And thanks for the news Quim. :) I'm really excited about the summer ahead and I'm sure it is going to be a great experience! A big congratulations to all my fellow students who've been selected this year. We have a lot of cool contributions lined up for Wikimedia this year and I hope to interact with everyone soon! Best regards, On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: The results are out! We have selected 20 Google Summer of Code and 2 Outreach Program for Women projects: Google Summer of Code http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013 Aarti Dwivedi - Refactoring of ProofreadPage extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rtdwivedi#OPW_Round_6_Proposal Anubhav Agarwal - Bayesian Spam Filter Extension for MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Anubhav_iitr Harsh Kothari - Language Coverage Matrix Dashboard http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Harsh4101991/GSoC_2013 Himeshi De Silva - Section handling in Semantic forms http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Himeshi/GSoC_2013_Application Jiabao Wu - VisualEditor Mathematical Editor Plugin http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jiabao_wu/GSoC_2013_Application Kiran Mathew Koshy - ZIM incremental updates for Kiwix http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Kiran_mathew_1993/ZIM_incremental_updates_for_Kiwix Liangent - Wikidata language fallback and conversion http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Liangent/wb-lang Molly White - Improve support for book structures http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:GorillaWarfare/Proposal Moriel Schottlender - MediaWiki VisualEditor RTL support http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mooeypoo/GSOC_2013_Proposal:_RTL_Support_in_VisualEditor Nazmul Chowdhury - UploadWizard: Book upload customization http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rasel160/GSoC2013 Nilesh Chakraborty - Wikidata Entity Suggester http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Nilesh.c/Entity_Suggester Or sagi - Android app for MediaWiki translation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Orsagi/GSoC_2013_proposal Petr Onderka - Incremental data dumps http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Svick/Incremental_dumps Pragun Bhutani - Mobilizing Wikidata http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pragunbhutani/GSoC_2013_Proposal Praveen Singh - jQuery.IME extensions for Firefox and Chrome http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Prageck/GSoC_2013_Application Rahul Maliakkal - Pronunciation Recording Tool http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rahul21/Gsoc Richa Jain - Prototyping inline comments http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rjain/Proposal-Prototyping-inline-comments Rohan Verma - MediaWiki-Moodle extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013 Tongbo Sui - VisualEditor plugin for source code http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Beanixster Yevheniy Vlasenko - Improvement of glossary tools http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Zhenya FOSS Outreach Program for Women http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women Katie Cunningham - The Tech Person's Education Primer http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:KatieIreneC#The_Tech_Person.27s_Education_Primer Rachel Thomas - Browser Test Automation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rachel99/OPW_proposal Thank you very much to ALL participants. Those that this time haven't been selected are invited to join the community as volunteers (more details in an email that you have probably received already). Also thank you very much to all the mentors for the work and big hep done so far. Although, you know, this only the beginning... :) More comments and data in a following email and a blog post coming soon. I will also update the wiki pages. Now... LET'S CELEBRATE! -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] [GSoC 2013] Mobilize Wikidata project proposal
Hello, I've completed my proposal for my project aimed at Mobilizing Wikidata. I'd really appreciate any and all feedback from the community. Nitpicking is welcome. :) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pragunbhutani/GSoC_2013_Proposal Best regards, Pragun Bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-I] [GSoC 2013] Mobilize Wikidata Proposal Draft
Hello, I've written down my proposal regarding my GSoC project, Mobilize Wikidata. I'd really appreciate some feedback on it. I welcome any queries that you may have and would love to get tips on how to improve it. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pragunbhutani/GSoC_2013_Proposal Thanks! -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Ideating on GSoC project : Mobilize Wikidata
It's all solved now yes. And I have a working model based on those suggestions already. Will share a rough proposal in a couple of hours! :) On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de wrote: On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:00 AM, Pragun Bhutani pragu...@gmail.com wrote: So I've been trying to implement the suggestions and I think I'm one step away from seeing results. I've got Wikibase and all its dependancies set up, I've got mobile frontend installed (but commented out for the moment). Sweet! I can't figure out how to get some Wikidata style data on to my local installation to see how it looks on a mobile though! If somebody could point me in the right direction, I'll do that and will set up a local tunnel to share the results (if any!). That should give me some information and I should be able to draft a rough proposal with the project needs! I take it you talked to Denny on IRC and this is all solved now. Let me know if not please. Looking forward to reading your proposal. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Technical Projects Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Ideating on GSoC project : Mobilize Wikidata
So I've been trying to implement the suggestions and I think I'm one step away from seeing results. I've got Wikibase and all its dependancies set up, I've got mobile frontend installed (but commented out for the moment). I can't figure out how to get some Wikidata style data on to my local installation to see how it looks on a mobile though! If somebody could point me in the right direction, I'll do that and will set up a local tunnel to share the results (if any!). That should give me some information and I should be able to draft a rough proposal with the project needs! On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote: Pragun: It's still a work in progress. I personally think it would be great to have different mobile skins as all our projects have different needs and don't necessarily need to/should look the same or behave the same. I'd happily work closely to you (help with code review etc) to support such a move. If you were to take this approach you'd create an extension that depends on MobileFrontend and extends SkinMobile / SkinMobileBase class overriding certain functions. In a LocalSettings.php you'd be able to configure it as the default mobile skin on your wiki. You can check out the current state of the code/my mind here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/58997/ On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Pragun Bhutani pragu...@gmail.com wrote: I'll go ahead and request that Wikilabs account then. If I get stuck somewhere, I'll revert back to you. Also Jon, could you tell me a little more about your work on the skin? Is it possible for me to view the code? On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote: I've been doing some work on refactoring the mobile skin. In theory when I'm done doing this (I need some help code reviewing) you would be able to write your own mobile skin with its own modules and own scripts simply by extending some classes in MobileFrontend extension. Does this sound appealing at all? On 17 Apr 2013 08:02, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: What you probably want to do is *integrate with* MobileFrontend, but keep your code within WikiBase extension and friends. There's provisions now for specifying desktop or mobile targets separately in ResourceLoader, which will let you load either the same or different CSS and JS for mobile views. You could also format your special pages differently, but I recommend doing the differences in CSS and JS if you can, to keep things clean. But you could also detect that mobile view is in use and change the formatting of a Special: page directly, for instance. From what I remember, the base HTML of the data editing forms is relatively straightforward, but might not fit well on small screens, so definitely consider the user-interface needs of a ~320x480px screen when planning what to do. :) -- brion On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Denny Vrandečić denny.vrande...@wikimedia.de wrote: 2013/4/10 Pragun Bhutani pragu...@gmail.com Based on a discussion I had with YuviPanda and MaxSem on #wikimedia-mobile, I've got a few things to add: - It might be a good idea to let Wikidata detect when it's being accessed through a mobile device and then have it adjust the widths and such of the box-structures accordingly and then pass them to MobileFrontend. Maybe we can set up a Wikilabs instance with MobileFrontend like Quim Gil suggested and then we can see how much work there is involved with trying to make WIkidata mobile-friendly. If we can get it to work with MobileFrontend, that'll be excellent but if it turns out to be too complex or too dirty a solution, it would make more sense to make a completely new extension for it. I think that sounds like a good plan. Although the scope of the project is not very clear at the moment, I think that a feasible implementation plan could be worked out with respect to the GSoC timeline and if it's required, I can continue to work on the project after GSoC ends. I am glad to hear that. But I think it would be important to scope the project so that it can be finished in GSoC time - but obviously, further work on it afterwards will be gladly appreciated. So, let's consider what should be working: * create a mobile site for Wikidata * displays the content in a layout that is more adequate for mobile devices * retains different language versions * Bonus: easy to edit First step would be to figure out the exact technology to use, i.e. whether it would use the MobileFrontend or not, etc. We would help with setting it up on labs. Cheers, Denny On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Quim
Re: [Wikitech-l] Last day to register request scholarship for Amsterdam hackathon
Hello Sumana! Thanks for the reminder. I'm plan to fill in an application by the end of the day. Does it help my case to mention contributions made to other FOSS organizations? On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013 Today is the last day to register for the Amsterdam hackathon (May 24-26) and request a scholarship. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Ideating on GSoC project : Mobilize Wikidata
I'll go ahead and request that Wikilabs account then. If I get stuck somewhere, I'll revert back to you. Also Jon, could you tell me a little more about your work on the skin? Is it possible for me to view the code? On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote: I've been doing some work on refactoring the mobile skin. In theory when I'm done doing this (I need some help code reviewing) you would be able to write your own mobile skin with its own modules and own scripts simply by extending some classes in MobileFrontend extension. Does this sound appealing at all? On 17 Apr 2013 08:02, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: What you probably want to do is *integrate with* MobileFrontend, but keep your code within WikiBase extension and friends. There's provisions now for specifying desktop or mobile targets separately in ResourceLoader, which will let you load either the same or different CSS and JS for mobile views. You could also format your special pages differently, but I recommend doing the differences in CSS and JS if you can, to keep things clean. But you could also detect that mobile view is in use and change the formatting of a Special: page directly, for instance. From what I remember, the base HTML of the data editing forms is relatively straightforward, but might not fit well on small screens, so definitely consider the user-interface needs of a ~320x480px screen when planning what to do. :) -- brion On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Denny Vrandečić denny.vrande...@wikimedia.de wrote: 2013/4/10 Pragun Bhutani pragu...@gmail.com Based on a discussion I had with YuviPanda and MaxSem on #wikimedia-mobile, I've got a few things to add: - It might be a good idea to let Wikidata detect when it's being accessed through a mobile device and then have it adjust the widths and such of the box-structures accordingly and then pass them to MobileFrontend. Maybe we can set up a Wikilabs instance with MobileFrontend like Quim Gil suggested and then we can see how much work there is involved with trying to make WIkidata mobile-friendly. If we can get it to work with MobileFrontend, that'll be excellent but if it turns out to be too complex or too dirty a solution, it would make more sense to make a completely new extension for it. I think that sounds like a good plan. Although the scope of the project is not very clear at the moment, I think that a feasible implementation plan could be worked out with respect to the GSoC timeline and if it's required, I can continue to work on the project after GSoC ends. I am glad to hear that. But I think it would be important to scope the project so that it can be finished in GSoC time - but obviously, further work on it afterwards will be gladly appreciated. So, let's consider what should be working: * create a mobile site for Wikidata * displays the content in a layout that is more adequate for mobile devices * retains different language versions * Bonus: easy to edit First step would be to figure out the exact technology to use, i.e. whether it would use the MobileFrontend or not, etc. We would help with setting it up on labs. Cheers, Denny On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 04/09/2013 02:39 AM, Denny Vrandečić wrote: I would hope It would also be extremely good to look I would assume I don't think Can the Wikidata and Mobile teams please answer with the best of your knowledge to the questions at Bug 43065 - WikibaseRepo to be mobile friendly (tracking) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/show_bug.cgi?id=43065 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43065 Beyond hope and believe, the fact is that I couldn't get any answer more precise than Interesting when asking about this project to people in those teams. And as for today I'm not confident to tell to a candidate like Pragun whether this project is too complex or too simple, and where the complexity/simplicity relies. In case of doubt I'd prefer to play safe and actually not encourage GSOC / OPW to apply for a project like this, before we regret around August. Is it possible to have a Wikidata / WikidataRepo test instance somewhere with MobileFrontend enabled, so we can all have a look and know more about the gap this project should fill? -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikitech-l mailing list
Re: [Wikitech-l] Ideating on GSoC project : Mobilize Wikidata
Based on a discussion I had with YuviPanda and MaxSem on #wikimedia-mobile, I've got a few things to add: - It might be a good idea to let Wikidata detect when it's being accessed through a mobile device and then have it adjust the widths and such of the box-structures accordingly and then pass them to MobileFrontend. Maybe we can set up a Wikilabs instance with MobileFrontend like Quim Gil suggested and then we can see how much work there is involved with trying to make WIkidata mobile-friendly. If we can get it to work with MobileFrontend, that'll be excellent but if it turns out to be too complex or too dirty a solution, it would make more sense to make a completely new extension for it. Although the scope of the project is not very clear at the moment, I think that a feasible implementation plan could be worked out with respect to the GSoC timeline and if it's required, I can continue to work on the project after GSoC ends. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 04/09/2013 02:39 AM, Denny Vrandečić wrote: I would hope It would also be extremely good to look I would assume I don't think Can the Wikidata and Mobile teams please answer with the best of your knowledge to the questions at Bug 43065 - WikibaseRepo to be mobile friendly (tracking) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/show_bug.cgi?id=43065https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43065 Beyond hope and believe, the fact is that I couldn't get any answer more precise than Interesting when asking about this project to people in those teams. And as for today I'm not confident to tell to a candidate like Pragun whether this project is too complex or too simple, and where the complexity/simplicity relies. In case of doubt I'd prefer to play safe and actually not encourage GSOC / OPW to apply for a project like this, before we regret around August. Is it possible to have a Wikidata / WikidataRepo test instance somewhere with MobileFrontend enabled, so we can all have a look and know more about the gap this project should fill? -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgilhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-lhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Ideating on GSOC project : Mobilize Wikidata
Hi, I plan to propose a GSOC project through Wikimedia this year, based around the idea of mobilizing Wikidata. I'd like to share my understanding of the problem and gain some feedback on that, as well as some more input from the community. * * *Problem at hand:* * * Unlike Wikipedia, which displays information as mainly text, WIkidata presents information in the form of a grid of divs. While the MobileFrontend extension prints a mobile friendly version of Wikipedia, there needs to be a separate extension for Wikidata. This extension needs to be tailored to print these grids instead of text and lay them out in a way that's suitable for a mobile device. Additionally, the design should allow the addition of/should include 'edit' functionality tailored to suit a mobile device. - Has there been any previous work done on this front that I could refer to? I look forward to receiving your feedback. Thanks, Pragun Bhutani ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
