On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:36 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Daniel Mietchen <
> daniel.mietc...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I could imagine that certain types of bots, tools and gadgets would
>> benefit if handled and developed with support from a chapter.
>>
>> For instance,
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Citation_bot
>> is used widely but cannot be maintained by its original author.
>> It is currently being ported to Labs (
>> https://github.com/wrought/citation-bot )
>> to restore functionality, but due to ongoing developments in other
>> areas (e.g. citation templates), adaptations are necessary on an
>> ongoing basis. Who should do that? And what about feature requests?
>>
>
> Yes! From a user perspective, that's definitely an area of need, and a
> great example too. Personal note: I LOVE Citation Bot, and I hope it comes
> back soon!

It appears to be operating

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Citation_bot

So chapters can offer to help porting tools like this to Labs and
ongoing maintenance of these tools?
Is there a list of such tools that have been identified as needing paid support?

--
John Vandenberg

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