It seems like a client-side bot-powered Semantic MediaWiki. If I understand correctly it gather the data from across the website and create its visual representations. ----- Yury Katkov, WikiVote
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Wjhonson <[email protected]> wrote: > Could someone put this in third-grade English? > Cause I don't understand what this does > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]>; MediaWiki > announcements and site admin list <[email protected]>; jmorgan > <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 12:05 am > Subject: [MediaWiki-l] Percolate: Python scripts & modules to create > browsable auto-updated guides onwiki > > > Percolate is a system of Python scripts and modules for working with > bot-updated templates, built by WMF's grantmaking department, but reusable. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/Surfacing_activity > > "Percolate provides a relatively simple and robust way of replicating > some of the functionality that closed-source social software (like > Facebook and Quora) use to surface relevant content and recent activity > without sacrificing the flexibility that makes MediaWiki great. It does > this through profiles and views..." > > (found via the monthly report: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Report,_July_2013#Individual_Engagement_Grants > ) > -- > Sumana Harihareswara > Engineering Community Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
