Scripto is an alternative to the ProofreadPage extension used
by Wikisource. It is based on Mediawiki but also on OpenLayers,
the software used to zoom and pan in OpenStreetMap.
The only website I have seen that uses Scripto is the U.K.
War Department papers, and in many ways it is more clumsy
than ProofreadPage. But there might be a few ideas that could
be worth picking up. Take a look.
The software is described at http://scripto.org/
As for reference installations, they mention
http://wardepartmentpapers.org/transcribe.php
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Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
Hi!
Thanks for your quick answer!
I've opened some bugs for the most important tasks:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46578https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46580
I've also added the proposal to the list with a copy/past of the message. Feel free to improve it if needed. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Extens…
The community is, I think, very happy with this request as this proposal is related to "back office" changes that will allows to add new features and support of the Visual Editor that is a feature waited for a long time.
Thanks for your support!
Thomas
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:04:38 -0700
> From: qgil(a)wikimedia.org
> To: thomaspt(a)hotmail.fr; zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com; wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; dacuetu(a)gmail.com; sumanah(a)wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikisource-l] Missing project ideas for GSOC
>
> Good to hear from the Wikisource community!
>
> On 03/25/2013 02:12 PM, Thomas PT wrote:
> > Hi!
> > Yes, I think that a GSOC project related to Proofread Page is a very
> > good idea. The things to do would be:
>
> After going through a lot of possible projects, this is the approach I
> find more efficient:
>
> 1. File an enhancement request in Bugzilla.
>
> 2. List the proposal at
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects
>
> If you need already proposals written somewhere you can simply link to
> them, no need to duplicate.
>
> If the community is happy with the request, it sounds feasible and there
> is at least a mentor supporting it, then we can add it to GSOC 2013. If
> not, then we can keep polishing in Bugzilla and wait for the next
> program, if nobody decides to take it before.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you. Soon. :)
>
> PS: personal anecdote: my first significant contributions to Wikimedia
> were done at ca:wikisource some years ago...
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
It was suggested to me that the Wikisources should be paying attention to
the opportunity available through WMF's participation in Google Summer of
Code.
I have started a discussion at
https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Wikisources_asked_for_id…
Regards, Billinghurst
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Subject: [Wikitech-l] Missing project ideas for GSOC
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:43:23 -0700
From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
Reply-To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Organization: Wikimedia Foundation
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
It's time to start defining what we want our Google Summer of Code to be
all about. Let's look at the ideas we are proposing to potential students:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects
Many of the ideas listed there are too generic ("Write an extension"),
improvements of existing features ("Improve Extension:CSS") or
work-in-progress tasks ("Fix Parsoid bugs"). Many others are not
directly related with development, and therefore not suitable either for
GSOC.
After this filtering, we seem to be left with:
* Article evolution playback tool idea
* An easy way to share wiki content on social media services
* Write an extension to support XML Sitemaps without using command line
* Extension:OEmbedProvider
* Add support for x3d 3D files to MediaWiki
* Allow smoother and easier Wikimedia Commons pictures discovery
* Build an interwiki notifications framework and implement it for
InstantCommons
* Automatic category redirects
(If you think your project should also be considered here please speak
up!)
Most of these projects seem to be extension (and PHP?) centric. Can we
have more diversity? Maybe gadgets and templates are too simple for a
GSOC project? What about the mobile front? Do we have skin development
projects that could make it here? Anything in the DevOps area? Anything
the MediaWiki core maintainers would like to see happening?
It would be also nice to have more candidates benefiting specific
Wikimedia projects. Beyond Wikipedia, we have several proposals related
to Commons. Wikidata seems to be joining soon. What else? Could this be
a chance to help Wiktionary, Wikibooks or any other project with
specific needs craving for tech attention?
Also to the many students that have already showed their interest: feel
free pushing your project ideas now!
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http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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Hi Denny,
as Nemo pointed out, that grant is for Wikisource :-)
http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_**
Wikisource_strategic_vision<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vi…>
We spoke about that briefly in the Office hours:
one of the main thing Wikidata could do, I think,
is to centralize cross-wiki links, the very same way it centralized
interlinks.
I don't know how difficult could it be, but I sense this would be a
breakthrough for all sister projects.
We could review the Sister template, and make cross-wiki navigation much
more easy and useful.
Aubrey
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> Denny Vrandečić, 11/03/2013 14:52:
>
> There is currently a number of things going on re the future of
>> Wiktionary.
>>
>> There is, for example, the suggestion to adopt OmegaWiki, which could
>> potentially complicate a Wikibase-Solution in the future (but then again,
>> structured data is often rather easy to transform):
>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Requests_for_comment/**Adopt_OmegaWiki<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Adopt_OmegaWiki>
>> >
>>
>> There is this grant proposal for elaborating the future of Wiktionary,
>> which I consider a potentially smarter first step:
>>
>> <
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_**
>> Wikisource_strategic_vision<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vi…>
>>
>>>
>>>
> That's Wikisource. :)
>
>
>
>> There's this discussion on Wikdiata itself:
>>
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/**wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary>
>> >
>>
>> And I know that Daniel K. is very interested in working into this
>> direction.
>>
>> Personally, I regard Wiktionary as the third priority, following Wikipedia
>> and Commons. A lot of the other projects -- like Wikivoyage or Wikisource
>> -- can be served with only small changes to Wikidata as it is, but both
>> Commons and Wiktionary would require a bit of thought (and here again,
>> Commons much less than Wiktionary).
>>
>
> Actually Wikiquote and Wikivoyage use interwikis exactly like Wikipedia;
> Commons in the same way except it's interproject; Wiktionary in the same
> way except it's case-sensitive and not about concepts (opr about a stricter
> definition of concept); Wikisource in a completely different way;
> Wikibooks, Wikinews and Wikiversity I'm not sure.
> As for phase II, it's another story. Wikisource and Commons would benefit
> a lot from it; for Wiktionary it could be a revolution; for Wikispecies
> idem but with less effort (?); Wikiquote would become
>
>
> I would appreciate a discussion with
>> the Wiktionary-Communities, and also to make them more aware of the
>> OmegaWiki proposal, the potential of Wikidata for Wiktionary, etc. Just to
>> give a comparison: it took a few months to write the original Wikidata
>> proposal, and it was up for discussion for several months before it was
>> decided and acted upon. I would strongly advise to again choose slow and
>> careful planning over hastened decisions.
>>
>
> It's impossible to plan or discuss anything without knowing what matters.
>
> Nemo
>
>
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Oggetto: Information on Tool Labs/ Your help needed
Data: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:26:51 +0000 (UTC)
Mittente: Silke Meyer
Hello!
You are getting this e-mail because you have an active or expired
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As you might know, Wikimedia Foundation is building a cloud-based
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possible when it comes to migrating tools. There will be enough time for
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hear of soon.
Right now, Tool Labs is not ready. WMF staff, mainly Marc Pelletier is
building it. You might have seen the general list of needed and wanted
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and user databases. Both are upcoming features in the nearer future.
Your tools and their dependencies are taken into account to build the
new infrastructure. This is why I am asking you for help:
Please provide information about your tools! I started an incomplete
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based on the wiki and jira).
Personally I was really impressed about its length and diversity - how
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Here is what I'm asking you to do:
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* If you have not given your software an explicit license, please note
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* Please follow the toolserver-announce list for more information to come.
Thanks for your help! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate
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Cheers, Silke
[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs/Toolserver_features_needed_in_…
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Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 260
http://wikimedia.de
Request for help by Wikimedia Deutschland also posted on
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of relevance for all Wikimedia projects users.
-------- Messaggio originale --------
Oggetto: Information on Tool Labs/ Your help needed
Data: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:26:51 +0000 (UTC)
Mittente: Silke Meyer
Hello!
You are getting this e-mail because you have an active or expired
account on the toolserver.
As you might know, Wikimedia Foundation is building a cloud-based
infrastructure (Labs/Tool Labs) that - in the long run - will be a
replacement for the toolserver. Don't worry! The toolserver will be not
just be switched off. WMF and WMDE would like to support you as good as
possible when it comes to migrating tools. There will be enough time for
this process. We will offer different forms of support which you will
hear of soon.
Right now, Tool Labs is not ready. WMF staff, mainly Marc Pelletier is
building it. You might have seen the general list of needed and wanted
features [1]. For many of you crucial features are database replication
and user databases. Both are upcoming features in the nearer future.
Your tools and their dependencies are taken into account to build the
new infrastructure. This is why I am asking you for help:
Please provide information about your tools! I started an incomplete
list at [2] (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Toolserver/List_of_Tools,
based on the wiki and jira).
Personally I was really impressed about its length and diversity - how
cool! Several people said there was so much missing in this list - so
please help me to complete it!
Here is what I'm asking you to do:
* Please check if your tools are on the list (correctly).
* Please fill in your software dependencies, data dependencies, use
patterns (are they running continously? or webservices? Batch runs?
etc.), the license.
* If you have not given your software an explicit license, please note
that only free software can migrate to Labs. Consider putting your stuff
under a free license.
* If you have already migrated your bot or tool to Labs and it is in the
list, please say so in the last column "status".
* If your toolserver account has expired and/or your tool is not active
on the toolserver right now, please add it to the second table at the
bottom of the page. In the last column write that it is not running
currently and if you want to revive it. If you are considering to revive
it, please fill in all the details, too, so that your needs will be
taken into account.
* Please follow the toolserver-announce list for more information to come.
Thanks for your help! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate
to ask me, to ask on toolserver-l and/or on labs-l.
Cheers, Silke
[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs/Toolserver_features_needed_in_…
[2] List of Tools:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Silke_WMDE/Documentation/List_of_Tools
--
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Systemadministratorin und Projektassistenz Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 260
http://wikimedia.de