Hey bala! On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabot...@gmail.com>wrote:
> An online tool/gadget/extension for conversion of .wav/.mp3 to ,ogg files > is required. This could be made part of the commons upload wizard itself > (where people click an extra option while uploading a .mp3/.wav file and it > gets saved as a .ogg file). > > Building such a server (that does conversion) is a relatively simple technical process, and something I'm willing to start undertaking. What kind of UploadWizard integration are you looking for? > > - > Bala > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Konarak Ratnakar <konarak...@live.com>wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> Congratulations on the success of the Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia >> Hackathon. >> I have two requests. >> >> 1. Can Shrinivasan (or anyone else) provide us with english subtitles or >> english audio of the video that you uploaded on Youtube? >> 2. Can Shrinivasan update the Readme file on >> voice-recorder-for-tawictionary / repo? >> >> Regards, >> Konarak Ratnakar | kondi >> >> PS: Yuvi Panda that mail I accidently sent you was supposed to be sent >> on this list. >> >> > From: yuvipa...@gmail.com >> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:47:29 +0530 >> > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon >> Report >> >> > >> > The Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report >> > >> > Apologies for the delayed email. Work ate me. >> >> > >> > TL;DR: 13 completed hacks, including 2 core mediawiki patches, 3 >> > tawiki userscript updates and 2 new deployed tools. It was super >> > awesome and super productive! >> > >> > The 'Unofficial' Chennai Wikimedia >> > Hackathon(http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012) >> > happened on Saturday, March 17 2012 at the Thoughtworks office in >> > Chennai. It was a one day, 8 hour event focusing on getting people >> > together to hack on stuff related to all Wikimedia projects - not just >> > Mediawiki patches. >> > >> > The event started with us sailing past security reasonably easily, and >> > getting setup with internet without a glitch. People trickled in and >> > soon enough we had 21 people in there. Since this was a pure >> > hackathon, there were no explicit tutorials or presentations. As >> > people came in, we asked them what technologies/fields they are >> > familiar with, and picked out an idea for them to work on from the >> > Ideas List ( >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Chennai_Hackathon_March_2012/Ideas). >> > This took care of the biggest problem with hackathons with new people >> > - half the day spent on figuring out what to work on, and when found, >> > it is completely outside the domain of expertise of the people hacking >> > on the idea. Talking together with them fast to pick an idea within 5 >> > minutes that they can complete in the day fixed this problem and made >> > sure people can concentrate on coding for the rest of the day. >> > >> > People started hacking, and just before lunch we made people come up >> > and tell us what they were working on. We then broke for lunch and >> > usual socialization happened over McDonalds burgers and Saravana >> > Bhavan dosas. Hacking started soon after, and people were >> > concentrating on getting their hacks done before the demo time. And we >> > did have quite a few demos! >> > >> > Demos >> > ===== >> > >> > Here's a short description of each of the demos, written purely in the >> > order in which they were presented: >> >> > >> > 1. Wikiquotes via SMS >> > By: @MadhuVishy and @YesKarthik >> > >> > What it does: >> > Send a person name to a particular number, and you'll keep getting >> > back quotes from that person. Works in similar semi-automated fashion >> > as the DYKBot. Built on AppEngine + Python. >> >> > >> > Status: >> > Deployed live! Send SMS '@wikiquote Gandhi' to 9243342000 to test it >> > out! Has limited data right now, however. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 2. API to Rotate Images (Mediawiki Core Patch) >> > By: Vivek >> > >> > What it does: >> > Adds an API method that can arbitrarily rotate images. Think of this >> > as first step towards being able to rotate any image in commons with a >> > single button instantly, without having to wait for a bot. Patch was >> > attached to https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/33186. >> > >> > Status: >> > It was reviewed on that day itself (Thanks Reedy!). Vivek is now >> > figuring out how to modify his patch so that it would be accepted into >> > Mediawiki core. Vivek is also applying to work with Mediawiki for >> > GSoC, so we will hopefully get a long term contributor :) >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 3. Find list of unique Tamil words in tawiki >> > By: Shrinivasan T >> > >> > What it does: >> > It took the entire tamil wikipedia dump and extracted all unique words >> > out of it. About 1.3 million unique tamil words were extracted. Has >> > multiple applications, including a tamil spell checker. >> > >> > Status: >> > Code and the dataset live on github: >> > https://github.com/tshrinivasan/tamil-wikipedia-word-list >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 4. Program to help record pronunciations for words in tawikt >> > >> > What it does: >> > Simple python program that gives you a word, asks you to pronounce it >> > and then uploads it to commons for being used in Wiktionary. Makes the >> > process much more streamlined and faster. >> > >> > Status: >> > Code available at: >> > https://github.com/tshrinivasan/voice-recorder-for-tawictionary. >> > Preliminary testing with his friends shows that easy to record 500 >> > words in half an hour. Is currently blocked on figuring out a way to >> > properly upload to commons >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 5. Translation of Gadgets/UserScripts to tawiki >> > By: SuryaPrakash [[:ta:பயனர்:Surya_Prakash.S.A.]] >> > >> > What he did: >> > Surya spent the day translating two gadgets into Tamil, so they can be >> > used on tawiki. First is the 'Prove It' Reference addition tool >> > (http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki:Gadget-ProveIt.js). The second >> > one was the 'Speed Reader' extension that formats content into >> > multiple columns for faster scanning >> > (http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki:Gadget-TwoColumn.js). Last I >> > checked, these are available for anyone with only tamil knowledge to >> > use, so yay! >> > >> > (He also tried to localize Twinkle for Tamil, couldn't because of >> > issues with the laptop he was using. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 6. Structured database search over Wikipedia >> > By: Ashwanth >> > >> > What it does: >> > Built a tool that combined DBPedia and Wikipedia to allow you to >> > search in a semantic way. We almost descended into madness with people >> > searching for movies with Kamal and movies with Rajni (both provided >> > accurate results, btw). Amazing search tool that made it super easy to >> > query information in a natural way. >> > >> > Status: >> > The code is available at >> > https://github.com/ashwanthkumar/structured-wiki-search. Definitely >> > would be awesome to see this deployed somewhere, so would be great if >> > the community could come up with specific ideas on how to make this a >> > specific cool tool. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 7. Photo upload to commons by Email >> > By: Ganesh >> > >> > What it does: >> > Started with building a tool that will let you email a particular >> > address with pictures + metadata in the body of the page, and it will >> > be uploaded to commons. This was for the benefit of people with older >> > outdated phones *cough*Logic*cough* who would like to use their >> > phone's camera to contribute to commons, but can not due to technical >> > limitations. >> > >> > Status: >> > He wasn't able to get that to work during the hackathon - too many >> > technical issues cropped up. However, he's *very* definitely >> > interested in setting it up, and has made progress towards it. I >> > hope someone from the community (perhaps people doing WLM?) should be >> > able to get in touch with him to see if this tool could be developed >> > further with a specific goal in mind. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 8. Lightweight offline Wiki reader >> > By: Feroze >> > >> > What it does: >> > There is a project called qvido >> > (http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/qvido/) which was a >> > 'lightweight' offline Wiki reader (compared to Kiwix, which is >> > heavier). It has been abandoned for a while, however. Feroze took the >> > time to revive the project, figure out how to build it (and wrote >> > build instructions!) and also fixed a bug so that it can be used to >> > demo showing offline Wiki navigation. He was able to demo it showing >> > the Odiya Wikipedia dump offline, with working link navigation. >> > >> > Status: >> > There exists a git repo (https://github.com/feroze/qvido) with the >> > code + the build instructions. I hope that people interested in >> > offline projects check this out and see if it can be made useful, and >> > take this forward. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 9. Patches to AssessmentBar >> > By: gsathya >> > >> > What it does: >> > AssessmentBar is a small widget/tool I'm building to make WP India >> > assessments easier (at the request of User:AshLin. Stay tuned for an >> > announcement in the next few days). Sathya spent time making the >> > backend for it more scalable, so the same server can support multiple >> > projects and concurrent users in a better way. Before that he was >> > contemplating setting up a hidden Tor node for Wikipedia (he's a Tor >> > core contributor) and then playing with data visualizations with WP >> > data. >> > >> > Status: >> > There is a pull request (https://github.com/yuvipanda/MadamHut/pull/2) >> > that I need to merge :) >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 10. Parsing Movie data into a database >> > By: Arunmozhi (Tecoholic) and Lavanya >> > >> > What it does: >> > It scrapes the infoboxes of all movies from whatever category you give >> > it and stores this into a database. This is harder than it sounds >> > because parsing wikitext is similar to beating yourself up repeatedly >> > in the head with a large trout. They managed to figure out a nice way >> > to extract information from all Indian movie pages, and put it in a >> > database for programmatic easy access later. >> > >> > Status: >> > I've asked them to put the code up publicly somewhere, and since I >> > believe Tecoholic is in this mailing list, he'll reply with the link >> > :) These kinds of data scraping can be used to build very nice tools >> > that show off how much information Wikipedia has, and perhaps also >> > help people contribute back by editing information for their favorite >> > movies. I hope the community comes up with a nice idea to utilize >> > this, and takes this project forward to its ultimate destiny: A super >> > sexy IMDB type site for Indian Movies with data sourced from Wikipedia >> > (I can dream :D) >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 11. Random Good WP India article tool >> > By: Shakti and Sharath >> > >> > What it does: >> > It is a simple tool that shows you one B, A, GA or FA article every >> > time you go there. The idea is to provide a usable service for people >> > who want to accumulate lots of knowledge by randomly reading stuff, >> > but only want good stuff (so stubs, etc are filtered out (unlike >> > Special:Random)). I'll also note that neither of them had worked with >> > any web service before the hackathon, nor with JSON, nor with the >> > mediawiki API, yet were able to build and deploy this tool within the >> > day. /me gives a virtual imaginary barnstar to either of them >> > >> > Status: >> > It is currently deployed at http://srik.me/WPIndia. Everytime you hit >> > that link, you'll get an article about India that the community has >> > deemed 'good'. The source code is available >> > (https://github.com/saki92/category-based-search). They are eager to >> > do more hacks such as these, and I'm hoping that the community will >> > find enough technical cool things for these enthusiastic volunteers to >> > work on >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 12. Fix bugs on tawiki ShortURL gadget >> > By: Bharath >> > >> > What it does: >> > The short url service used in tawiki (tawp.in) is shown in the wiki >> > via a gadget. It is not the most user friendly gadget - you need to >> > right click and select copy. Bharath looked for a solution by which >> > you could click it and it would copy to the clipboard, but did not >> > find any that would work without flash. Hence he abandoned that and >> > started figuring out easier ways of making that happen. He also fixed >> > several bugs in the implementation of the gadget, and I expect it to >> > get deployed soonish. Thanks to SrikanthLogic for helping him through >> > the process. >> > >> > Status: >> > Code is available at >> > >> http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D:Bharathkaush/shorturl.js >> . >> > He's still fixing things on the script. If the community needs people >> > to come fix up their user scripts/gadgets, Bharath would be a willing >> > (and awesome!) candidate! >> > >> > --- >> >> > >> > 13. Add 'My Uploads' to top bar along with My Contributions, etc >> > (Mediawiki Core Patch) >> > By: SrikanthLogic >> > >> > What it does: >> > Not satisfied with being the organizer of the hackathon, Srikanth >> > wanted to flex his programming muscles and spent time fixing a bug in >> > core mediawiki (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30915). >> > He spent a while digging around the proper way to do this, and managed >> > to make a proper patch! >> >> > >> > Status: >> > It has been committed in gerrit (currently unable to find a link). >> > Should be merged in soon. Yay! >> > >> > Honorable Mentions >> > =================== >> > 1. WikiPronouncer >> > By: Russel Nickson >> > >> > What it was supposed to do: >> > Exactly like Shrini's tool to record word pronunciations and upload to >> > commons, but written for Android so people could add prononciations on >> > the go. >> > >> > Status: >> > Code is available at https://github.com/russelnickson/pronouncer. He >> > ran into technical issues with Android setup (it stops working >> > completely if you look at it the wrong way), and was unable to >> > complete this. I think this would still be a very useful tool, and >> > hope someone from the community steps up to work with Russel and get >> > this finished. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > 2. Wiktionary cross lingual statistics >> > By: PranavRC >> > >> > What it was supposed to do: >> > It was a statistical tool that generated statistics about how many >> > words overlap between all indic languages in Wiktionary (as measured >> > by interwiki links). >> > >> > Status: >> > The code has been written (I've requested the author to put it up >> > publicly, will update list when it is). It, however, requires a lot of >> > time to be run. So validation by the community that such stats would >> > be useful would, IMO, definitely give Pranav the impetus to finish it >> > up and show us the pretty graphs :) >> > >> > So, in all, 13 demos were produced (+ 2 near misses). I think we can >> > call this one a success, no? :) >> >> > >> > Next Steps >> > ========== >> > Where do we go from here? Random thoughts: >> > >> > 1. Geek retention - this is reasonably easy. If we keep feeding >> > hackers interesting problems that affect a lot of people, they'll keep >> > helping us out. Is it possible to have some sort of a 'tools required' >> > or 'hacks required' or 'gadgets required' page/queue someplace where >> > we can always direct hackers looking for interesting problems to? IMO >> > Wikipedia is full of interesting technical problems, so this *should* >> > be feasible. >> > 2. Follow ups - this time, I am able to do this personally (small >> > enough group). Clearly this will not scale. Do we have ideas/methods >> > for following up with these people so that they stay with us? >> > 3. More of these? This was pretty much a 'zero cost' event - stickers >> >> > were the only 'cost'. A lot of places around the country would love to >> > have their space used for a hackathon of sorts. Should we do more of >> > these kind of 'Unofficial' hackathons? >> > >> > >> > Thanks due (in random order) >> > ============================ >> > >> > 1. Thoughtworks/BalajiDamodaran: He graciously hosted us at >> > Thoughtworks. The biggest challenge for any hackathon is to find a >> > nice place which understands what hackathons are, and provides what is >> > considered the lifeblood of a hackathon - working WiFi. Balaji >> > (@openbala) was incredibly awesome, and this entire thing would've not >> > been possible at all without him and ThoughtWorks. >> > 2. Dorai Thodla: He helped popularize the hackathon among the Chennai >> > Geeks crowd, and acted as a sounding board at various important times. >> > He also connected us with @openbala and enabled us to get the venue. >> > Thanks! >> >> > 3. Srikanth Lakshmanan: The hackathon was his idea, and he made sure >> > it was executed in a nice way. He was the official 'organizer', and >> > made sure that all logistics were taken care of. Once the event >> > started, he was very helpful in helping people technically and in >> > picking up ideas, while also hacking on his own patch. This event was, >> > in essence, organized and run by him. He took an overnight trip from >> > Hyderabad straight out of office just for this. Thanks for making this >> > possible! >> > 4. Shrini (aka the relentless forwarder): This event wouldn't have >> > been as much a success without him either. Evangelism across multiple >> > lists, adding a lot of ideas that could be done, helping the people >> > there out technically at all times and writing two really good hacks - >> > Thank you! I'm glad we get to keep you :) >> > 5. Subhashish Panighrahi: For sending us stickers :D (And who all is >> > involved in that logistical process too!) >> >> > >> > Most of all, this event was a success because of the quality and >> > dedication of the people who turned up, giving up their Saturdays. >> > Hope everyone who turned up had a nice time :) I am personally in >> > touch with most of them, and I also have their email address, phone >> > number *and* permission to contact them again. If anyone here thinks >> > that they liked one of the hacks and want to take it further, please >> > contact me (User:Yuvipanda on Mediawiki.org or yuvipa...@gmail.com) >> > and I'll get you people in touch. If there is a more accepted, >> > standard way of handling this type of private information, please let >> > me know as well! >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > - >> > Yuvi Panda T >> > http://yuvi.in >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog
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