Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-11-05 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 10/25/2012 03:48 AM, Mark Holmquist wrote: On 10/22/2012 06:31 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: Last year we decided not to participate in Google Code-In https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/help_page , an outreach program to help us get more

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Mark Holmquist
On 10/22/2012 06:31 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: Last year we decided not to participate in Google Code-In https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/help_page , an outreach program to help us get more 13-to-17-year-old contributors. I outlined the reasons

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Platonides
On 23/10/12 08:35, Ori Livneh wrote: On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. Lua

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Platonides
I looked at randmly at some tasks from last year: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2011 Some were given 4h, 24h, 48h or 96h. I guess that tasks of 24h would be a good estimate to plan for 24h (without assuming they will be programming non-stop, of course :). Some tasks were

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Niklas Laxström
On 25 October 2012 19:55, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: An easy way to get articles would be in the documentation front, asking for a couple of wiki pages documenting something, a tutorial (with screenshots) on installing MediaWiki... Creating X new translations for MediaWiki or its

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Bartosz Dziewoński
2012/10/25 Niklas Laxström niklas.laxst...@gmail.com: Translation tasks are not allowed as far as I remember, but some open support tasks at translatewiki.net could be suitable. They were allowed last year; did it change? (I took part in GCI last year as a student, but I'm too old now :( ) --

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Andre Klapper
On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 20:29 +0200, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: 2012/10/25 Niklas Laxström niklas.laxst...@gmail.com: Translation tasks are not allowed as far as I remember, but some open support tasks at translatewiki.net could be suitable. They were allowed last year; did it change? Yes,

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Strainu
2012/10/25 Bartosz Dziewoński matma@gmail.com: 2012/10/25 Niklas Laxström niklas.laxst...@gmail.com: Translation tasks are not allowed as far as I remember, but some open support tasks at translatewiki.net could be suitable. They were allowed last year; did it change? (I took part in GCI

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: An issue I haven't clarified is the size of each task. There's a mention on how tasks have deadlines attached, but not what's the normal deadline for each task. A certificate for one task and a T-shirt for three tasks make

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote: I mentored for openSUSE last year and we had some translation tasks, so they should be OK if rules haven't changed. The rules changed. Translation tasks are not allowed because there was basically too much cheating last time

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Strainu
2012/10/25 Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de: On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote: I mentored for openSUSE last year and we had some translation tasks, so they should be OK if rules haven't changed. The rules changed. Translation tasks are not allowed

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-23 Thread Ori Livneh
On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. Lua templates? It's Real Programming™; there's

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-23 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 10/22/2012 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. In my experience, it's pretty easy to find small tasks that new

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-23 Thread Quim Gil
On 10/22/2012 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. Features they can see running in their mobile devices? We have all the

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-22 Thread Tyler Romeo
I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. *--* *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com |