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

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.