Hey David, I think finding TEI equivalent of Wikisource templates is a great idea. I am willing to mentor but during the initial stages of the program my end-semester exams overlap with the program. Also, I haven't written any Lua modules for Wikisource before but I can manage that. Is anyone else interested in mentoring?
Cheers, Aarti On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aarti, > > I think it is a good idea to start with the Author template, maybe you > could post it in the Mediawiki page for the Google Code-in? > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In > > Another thing that also could be interesting is to find the equivalent of > wikisource templates as TEI tags. > > Will you be mentoring? > > Cheers, > David > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Aarti K. Dwivedi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Google Code-in starts on 18 November. It is aimed at pre-university >> students aged 13-17. You can >> >> find more information >> here[1]<https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2013/about_page>. >> It is a contest and tasks are rated separately. Since, this would be the >> first >> >> time most of the contestants would be coding something in FOSS and would >> have relatively less expertise, >> >> the projects are supposed to small. I would be really glad if one of the >> contestants from Wikimedia, works >> >> on a Wikisource related task. >> This[2]<https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Wikisource_common_template_set> >> link >> mentions that there are some templates which are common to >> >> a few Wikisources, but have been developed independently. >> >> >> I understand that the reason is dependency on other templates, which >> follow different development routines. >> >> In my opinion, templates that serve the same purpose on various >> Wikisources can be just one module, >> >> instead of several implementations, as is the current situation. Although >> I am not aware of all the templates >> >> that are used on various Wikisources, >> >> >> I would suggest that a common template be used for displaying the author >> boxes on author pages. The >> >> design need not be the same but the backend can be shared. >> >> >> Challenges involved: >> >> 1. Deciding an optimal design of the template so that it works properly >> on all Wikisources/ >> >> 2. Making sure the new template does not break any template that was >> initially dependent on the author template. >> >> >> In my opinion, point 3 would be the most notorious of all the challenges >> to be handled. >> >> It would be great if someone from each Wikisource could tell how other >> templates are dependent on >> >> the "author" template. It might be a bit overwhelming for a newcomer, so >> I would prefer doing the standardisation >> >> of templates for the Wikisources, for which there are least dependencies >> on the author template >> >> >> I would like feedback from the community on the idea before I propose it >> on the code-in page[3]. >> >> [1] >> https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2013/about_page >> >> [2] https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Wikisource_common_template_set >> >> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Annoying_little_bugs >> >> >> Thank You, >> >> Aarti ( Rtdwivedi ) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > > -- Aarti K. Dwivedi
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