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
>
>
--
Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Student Member IEEE
