Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-23 Thread Quim Gil
Thank you Teresa for your reply, spot on. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Teresa Cho tcho...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is pretty sparse and not the best example of a good proposal. It was good enough to get you acepted in the previous OPW round. Thanks to Lydia we have now a link to a collection

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-23 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 04/23/2013 02:36 PM, Quim Gil wrote: Thanks to Lydia we have now a link to a collection of real good GSoC proposals: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Iqk8MTix2CN1pAgqhZqhefKTwiA7P73zQH9N46lvyB0 It's not critical. But of course it would also be nice to have some MediaWiki

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-23 Thread Quim Gil
On 04/23/2013 01:04 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote: On 04/23/2013 02:36 PM, Quim Gil wrote: Thanks to Lydia we have now a link to a collection of real good GSoC proposals: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Iqk8MTix2CN1pAgqhZqhefKTwiA7P73zQH9N46lvyB0 Good point! And thanks to the prompt

[Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-22 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, Just a note to say that Google Summer of Code application period is now officially open: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 The deadline is May 3. In the meantime, the Outreach Program for Women application period is also open, until May 1. We recommend all

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-22 Thread Nilesh Chakraborty
Hi Quim, Being a first-time GSoCer, I have a question about this - We recommend all candidates to apply soon and be ready to improve your project proposals fast based on feedback received. - do you mean that I should post the project proposal in this list - discuss - receive feedback - modify -

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-22 Thread Teresa Cho
Nilesh, I wasn't a GSoC applicant, but I just finished my OPW internship. For me, I got in touch with mentor on the project I was interested in and discussed with him. After getting an idea of what I wanted to do, I created a proposal page (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chot/OPW/Proposal).

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW application period is open!

2013-04-22 Thread Quim Gil
On 04/22/2013 01:14 PM, Nilesh Chakraborty wrote: Hi Quim, Being a first-time GSoCer, I have a question about this - We recommend all candidates to apply soon and be ready to improve your project proposals fast based on feedback received. - do you mean that I should post the project proposal in