I think it would help, would the authors not use so much jargon in the descriptions.
I still only have the fuzziest notion what "surfacing" might mean.
-----Original Message-----
From: Yury Katkov <katkov.juriy(a)gmail.com>
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>; jmorgan
<jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org>
Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 9:35 am
Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Percolate: Python scripts & modules to create browsable
auto-updated guides onwiki
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 <wjhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
Could someone put this in third-grade English?
Cause I don't understand what this does
-----Original Message-----
From: Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org>
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>; MediaWiki
announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>; jmorgan
<jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org>
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_Evalu…
"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#Indi…
)
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
_______________________________________________
MediaWiki-l mailing list
MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
_______________________________________________
MediaWiki-l mailing list
MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
_______________________________________________
MediaWiki-l mailing list
MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l