On 01/29/2013 02:22 AM, Steven Walling wrote:
A user script on a local project is probably the lowest barrier to entry new project possible.
Quim, I hope you don't mind that I'm giving content feedback, rather than design. You should probably ask for content feedback again on Wikitech at some point
Steven is definitely right re gadgets. The slide as written really applies more to user scripts. You can't share a gadget directly, since it requires admin approval. It's pretty easy to turn a user script into a gadget, though.
For the Labs slide, I would also focus more on "Want to host some cool Wikimedia- or MediaWiki-related project? Do it on Labs!"
While some volunteers will use Labs to practice being a production sysadmin, I think they're the minority.
More will do things like OxygenGuide (Wikivoyage project now hosted on Labs) or ProveIt (http://proveit.wmflabs.org/)
There's a a couple minor typos:
* (too/to) on the API slide. * "there is hundreds" should be "are".
I don't know a lot about it, but (per question in slides) I do think people are being shifted from Toolserver to Labs.
I wouldn't describe MediaWiki/Core as a CMS (it's really wiki software). Just "Core software" should be fine. And maybe "some do enjoy", dropping insiders. For that slide, you can use the MW logo (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/b/bc/Wiki.png)
Matt Flaschen