Some of these probably aren't really that suitable:

> After this filtering, we seem to be left with:
>

> * An easy way to share wiki content on social media services

I don't think this is a good idea unless the political climate on wikipedia
has changed (we want the gsocer to stay. Flame wars are probably not
conducive to that)

> * Write an extension to support XML Sitemaps without using command line

Meh, maybe. Rather low impact. Very few people fall into the use case, its
debatable how much a sitemap would even help with seo. Its also not the
easiest thing to do to make mw work on a schedule, especially if the task
needs to be accomplished a little at a time.

> * Extension:OEmbedProvider

Would be concerned that its not likely for the student to see their work
used (deployed) after a single summer of work unless it was mentored by
someone who would have the ability to deploy the extension themselves.
That's obviously not a requirement and someone could do a lot of good work
in the direction of making it useful, but something to keep in mind.

> * Allow smoother and easier Wikimedia Commons pictures discovery

This is more - come up with cool ideas (which is needed) rather then an
implementation project. Is that ok for a gsoc project?

-bawolff
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