Dear, Karthik Prasad & Other GSOC candidates.
I was not getting this list but I am now.
The GSOC proposal should be specified by the student.
I'll can expand the details on these projects.
I can answer specific questions you have about expectation.
To optimally match you with a suitable high impact project - to what extent
are you familiar with :
*Java and other programming languages?
*PHP?
*Apache Lucene?
*Natural Language Processing?
*Corpus Linguistics?
*Word Net?
The listed projects would be either wrapped as services, or consumed by
downstream projects or both.
The corpus is the simplest but requires lots of attention to detail. When
successful, it would be picked up by lots of
researchers and companies who do not have the resources for doing such CPU
intensive tasks.
For WMF it would provide us with a standardized body for future NLP work. A
Part Of Speech tagged corpus would
be immediately useful for an 80% accurate word sense disambiguation in the
search engine.
Automatic Summaries are not a strategic priority AFAIK -
1. most articles provide a kind of abstract in their intro and
2. there are something like this already provided in the dumps for
yahoo.
3. I have been using a great pop up preview widget in Wiktionary for a
year or so.
I do think it would be a great project to learn how to become a MediaWiki
developer but is small for a GSOC.
However I cannot speak for Jebald and other mentors in cellular and other
teams who might be interested in this.
If your easy grader is working it could be the basis of another very
exciting GSOC project aimed at article quality.
A NLP savvy "smart" article quality assessment service could improve/expand
the current bots grading articles.
Grammar and spelling are two good indicators, features. However a full
assessment of Wikipedia articles would
require more details - both stylistic and information based. Once you have
covered sufficient features
building discriminators based on samples of graded articles would require
some data mining ability.
However since there is an Existing bot, undergoing upgrades we would have
to check with its small dev team what it currently doing
And it would be subject to community oversight.
Yours Sincerely,
Oren Bochman
MediaWiki Search Developer
Hey, I know it’s been a while since we last talked. I’m currently working on jump starting the ArchiveLinks project over on the Wikimedia Foundation side. I was wondering what the status is on your side?
I understand that you've been waiting on some fixes and a feed from us. I plan on creating that feed by February 9th and will let you know when it is up.
I'm tracking my progress at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Brown/ArchiveLinks/status so you can keep informed.
Thanks,
Kevin Brown
Wikimedia GSoC Student 2011
Good day!
Can u help me? I have problem with ImageMagic and GD. I cant create thumb files. Rights is Ok, path is ok. What is the problem?
http://gothicwiki.org/wiki/File:Gothic.jpg
800px image created after my edit in thumb.php.
Best regards, Ini.
I'm excited to announce that the beta version of Liquid Threads 3 is now
available. We've come a long way from a once-dead project by developing the
extension in secret. It's full of new features: including the incredibly
simple Morse Code input system. LQT3 will be deployed to all Wikimedia
wikis whether you like it or not.
Check it out at http://mediawiki.org/wiki/LQTMC
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Hi All,
I have created a full project proposal for extension Editor Rewards
(Integrating "who's been awesome?").
It will be great if you can tell what is missing in it.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Erangamapa/mygsoc
Thanks
On 28 March 2012 01:38, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hey Eranga,
>
> I'm happy to do an IRC discussion if you'd like, I tend to log in around
> mid day PST but am also online later in the evening as username: Jamesofur.
> (I'm not 'always' in #mediawiki but I am always in #wikimedia-operations).
> I'm also available almost always on gtalk or aim (Jalexander(a)wikimedia.orgfor gtalk and jralex17 for aim) and remain online there even while asleep
> from my phone.
>
> For the questions you specifically asked:
>
>
> - sorry by 'when feedback is turned' what I was trying to say was when
> the editor feedback tool stopped (currently I believe they ask for feedback
> up until 100 edits) You can see
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:MoodBar_Closeup.jpg where their
> link up in that area.
> - I'm not sure the 'need more time' option is necessary but I thought
> it would be nice. The idea was that if someone wanted to fill it out but
> didn't want to do it 'right then' (they clicked it not knowing what it was
> etc.) that they could click 'need more time' and the link would remain up
> in the corner (as if they had never clicked on it). If they said "no thank
> you" the link would disappear.
>
> Let me know if you need anything else and I promise to try and response a
> lot faster! The proposal you're working on looks great. There were a couple
> other people who expressed interest in this project and I'm going to send
> an email later today (yes it will in fact be today!) to the wikitech-l
> mailing list naming you all so that you guys can chat and figure stuff out
> together. If possible I want to make sure that we don't end up with
> everyone pushing hard for only the one project and then everyone but 1 not
> getting accepted. You've been working on it the longest so you definetly
> have a legs up there.
>
> James
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Eranga Mapa <erangamapa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi James,
>> I need to clarify some things about MerchTool. It will be great if you
>> and I can have a IRC session to discuss about this.
>> These days I am working on my project proposal and I am planning on
>> writing an extension for this.
>> Hope to hear from you soon.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On 20 March 2012 17:24, Eranga Mapa <erangamapa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi James,
>>> Nice to hear from you. Thanks for your UI mockup. I went through it and
>>> got an idea about the functionality needed. I will describe what I
>>> understood by using a simple scenario.
>>> Suppose there is a user who has done 99 edits to a wiki. When he do his
>>> 100th edit and save it, he will be moved to a page with saved article. Then
>>> a link will appear in the top navigation bar in that page mentioning "Know
>>> an editor who deserves a reward?" (Now this user has done 100 edits.
>>> Therefore, whenever this user edit an article and save it, this link will
>>> appear) . When user clicks this link, a popup box with praising interface
>>> will appear. Then user can praise for another user and submit. After that
>>> thanks interface will appear in the popup box.
>>>
>>> If user clicks "No thanks" from praising interface, user will be moved
>>> to no thanks interface. In there if user clicks on "No thanks, please don't
>>> ask me again", reward link will not appear in next edits by that user. If
>>> he clicks on
>>> "Please let me know next time", praising will be ignored only for this
>>> edit.
>>>
>>> I have few questions
>>>
>>> 1. In your first UI mockup(MerchTool1), in yellow tag what do you mean
>>> by "when feed back is turned"?
>>>
>>> 2. What will happen when user clicks on "I just need a bit more time,
>>> please keep the banner up now" in no thanks interface?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 March 2012 20:57, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> And sorry wikitech :) if you didn't figure it out already this wasn't
>>>> meant for the whole list (thought I was on a private thread).
>>>>
>>>> Carry on!
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> James Alexander
>>>> Manager - Merchandise
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>> +1 415-839-6885 x6716
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:51 PM, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the delay (I've been swamped getting the store up and
>>>> running). I still want to write up a bit more for you to understand why I'm
>>>> looking for stuff but I did want to at least attach the mockup I made a
>>>> while ago :)
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Eranga Mapa <erangamapa(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Sumanah,
>>>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>>> I fixed my mailing list problem. It's better now :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Following are the details you asked from me.
>>>>>
>>>>> For Git account
>>>>> Preferred wiki username - erangamapa
>>>>> Preferred email address - erangamapa(a)gmail.com
>>>>> Preferred shell account name - mapahere
>>>>>
>>>>> For extension page
>>>>> My MediaWiki org username - erangamapa
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6 March 2012 06:48, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/06/2012 05:39 AM, Eranga Mapa wrote:
>>>>>> > Hi Sumanah
>>>>>> > Did you recieved the mail I sent to u regarding my extension to
>>>>>> synchronize
>>>>>> > video with other content?
>>>>>> > By the way I am hoping to hear soon from James regarding
>>>>>> Integrating "who's
>>>>>> > been awesome?" to MediaWiki.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Thanks
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering
>>>>>> > University of Moratuwa
>>>>>> > Student Member IEEE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eranga,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for writing! Yes, I did get your email on the 3rd but have not
>>>>>> had time to respond to it yet; my apologies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James, please do share your notes and mockups. Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The text of the email, for the benefit of the list, with my responses
>>>>>> inline:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I need help on MediaWiki mailing lists. I don't see our discussion
>>>>>> > "Integrating 'who's been awesome?'" as a seperate thread. I only
>>>>>> get a mail
>>>>>> > as Wikitech-I Digest which includes replies for all the threads.
>>>>>> Currently
>>>>>> > im using Gossamer threads to view discussions in separate threads
>>>>>> .I tried
>>>>>> > to send this mail to Wikitech-I with the same subject. But I got a
>>>>>> reply
>>>>>> > from wikitech-l-owner that my mail is unprocessed. Therefore I'm
>>>>>> sending
>>>>>> > this mail to your personal email addresses. Sorry about that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am guessing that the problem was that you tried to send big
>>>>>> attachments. This list doesn't allow that. As you see, your most
>>>>>> recent email made it in fine. You can change your preferences by
>>>>>> logging in at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-lto
>>>>>> leave digest mode and see mail as individual threads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > My MediaWiki extension is to synchronize content such as images and
>>>>>> rich
>>>>>> > text with html5 video. It can be used to create rich video
>>>>>> lectures. When
>>>>>> > playing a video lecture, set of slides related to it will
>>>>>> synchronize and
>>>>>> > play with the video. There are three special pages in my extension.
>>>>>> First
>>>>>> > one is to upload or link a video to wiki(still to be developed).
>>>>>> Next
>>>>>> > special page is to sample uploaded or linked video and assign
>>>>>> > content(slide) to each sample. Third one is to view the video and
>>>>>> content
>>>>>> > attached to it.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Currently I'm developing it in my local machine and still i don't
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> > commit access to svn. Therefore I'm sorry. Because its hard for me
>>>>>> to give
>>>>>> > a link to my extension.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Go ahead and request a Git repository via this procedure:
>>>>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/New_repositories First you'll
>>>>>> need a
>>>>>> Wikimedia Labs account, and I'll need from you:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Preferred wiki username. This will also be your git username, so
>>>>>> legal name would be reasonable
>>>>>> Preferred email address
>>>>>> Preferred shell account name (lowercase letters and numbers only)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then you can put your code where we can see it! :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > But you can see some screenshots of my extension.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Video sampling and content assigning special page
>>>>>> > [image: Inline images 1]
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Video viewing special page
>>>>>> > [image: Inline images 2]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you tell me your mediawiki.org username then I can ensure that you
>>>>>> can upload those screenshots to mediawiki.org so everyone can see
>>>>>> them. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering
>>>>>> > University of Moratuwa
>>>>>> > Student Member IEEE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sumana Harihareswara
>>>>>> Volunteer Development Coordinator
>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering
>>>>> University of Moratuwa
>>>>> Student Member IEEE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> James Alexander
>>>> Manager, Merchandise
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>>>>
>>>> <JamesAlexanderMerchProposal.pdf>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering
>>> University of Moratuwa
>>> Student Member IEEE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering
>> University of Moratuwa
>> Student Member IEEE
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> James Alexander
> Manager, Merchandise
> Wikimedia Foundation
> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>
>
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University of Moratuwa
Student Member IEEE
