Wikitech-l April 2013

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[GSoc2013] Interested in developing Entity Suggester
by Nilesh Chakraborty 05 May '13

05 May '13

Hi, I am a 3rd year undergraduate student of computer science, pursuing my B.Tech degree at RCC Institute of Information Technology. I am proficient in Java, PHP and C#. Among the project ideas on the GSoC 2013 ideas page, the one particular idea that seemed really interesting to me is developing an Entity Suggester for Wikidata. I want to work on it. I am passionate about data mining, big data and recommendation engines, therefore this idea naturally appeals to me a lot. I have experience with building music and people recommendation systems, and have worked with Myrrix and Apache Mahout. I recently designed and implemented such a recommendation system and deployed it on a live production site, where I'm interning at, to recommend Facebook users to each other depending upon their interests. The problem is, the documentation for Wikidata and the Wikibase extension seems pretty daunting to me since I have not ever configured a mediawiki instance or actually used it. (I am on my way to try it out following the instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013#Where_to_start.) I can easily build a recommendation system and create a web-service or REST based API through which the engine can be trained with existing data, and queried and all. This seems to be a collaborative filtering problem (people who bought x also bought y). It'll be easier if I could get some help about the part where/how I need to integrate it with Wikidata. Also, some sample datasets (csv files?) or schemas (just the column names and data types?) would help a lot, for me to figure this out. I have added this email as a comment on the bug report at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46555#c1. Please ask me if you have any questions. :-) Thanks, Nilesh -- A quest eternal, a life so small! So don't just play the guitar, build one. You can also email me at contact(a)nileshc.com or visit my website<http://www.nileshc.com/>

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Bugzilla Weekly Report
by reporter 04 May '13

04 May '13

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Who uses MobileFrontend?
by Max Semenik 03 May '13

03 May '13

Hi, as one of WMF developers who work on MobileFrontend[1], I'd love to know how third parties use this extension. How does your caching works? How are you detecting mobile devices? Do you have any problems with running it? Finally, just tell us if you tried it at all:) ---- [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])

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«Improvement of glossary tools» idea for GSoC 2013
by Yevheniy Vlasenko 02 May '13

02 May '13

Greetings My name is Yevheniy Vlasenko and I am a student of Master’s Program at Chernihiv State Technological University(Ukraine), Department of Computer Science. I would like to present an idea «Improvement of glossary tools» (Semantic MediaWiki). Currently there are two ways for handling glossaries in MediaWiki: Lingo and Semantic Glossary. The idea aims to improve both extensions and introduce new features. The most interesting innovations are: «support for term multiple definition», context support», «integration of FlaggedRevs/ApprovedRevs». This project will significantly improve an efficiency of both extensions. If will be useful for all wikis that use terms (science, art, jurisprudence, etc.) as well as for third party users of MediaWiki. Potentially it can be used in Wikidictionary and other Wikimedia projects. The idea would be mentored by Stephan Gambke and Yury Katkov. Full proposal can be found at my page http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Zhenya. Would be glad to receive any feedback either on idea or proposal. --- Best Regards, Yevheniy Vlasenko

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Submitted Proposal
by Siddha Ganju 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hi! I am Siddha Ganju, a Computer Science and Engineering student from National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh,India. I have submitted a proposal[1] on jQuery.IME - the next big improvements. All suggestions are welcome! Thanks! [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SiddhaGanju/GSoC_2013_Application -- Siddha Ganju 2nd Year Undergraduate Student Computer Science and Engineering Department National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur - 177005 E-mail Id : siddhaganju(a)gmail.com

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Project Idea Proposal
by Dheeraj Joshi 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hello, I have submitted my project proposal for GSoc'13. Please have a look and review it. Link : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dheerajjoshi1991 -- Dheeraj

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GSoC Application
by Aayush Sharma 02 May '13

02 May '13

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aayush251/gsoc Please review my GSoC application. -- Aayush Sharma Aayush.Sharma(a)studentpartner.com Skype : aayush251

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File Licensing Guidelines
by Matthew Walker 02 May '13

02 May '13

At the risk of starting another huge bikeshed like [1] I feel like we need some good guidance on just how in the heck we are required to license extensions/images/source code files. With the help of Marktraceur we now have http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions#Source_File_Headers which is somewhat specific to PHP but could be generalized to JS, CSS, and SQL. [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-March/067217.html But I have some additional questions... breaking this up into bits; my current thought matrix is that: == Extensions == * Must have a LICENSE file in the root with the full text of the license for the extension, and appended any additional licenses for libraries/resources they've pulled in ** How do we specify what license goes to what included component? == PHP Files == * For generic files, include a statement like http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions#Source_File_Headers * If it's the Extension.php file $wgExtensionCredits array should have the following items ** author ** version ** url ** license? ** If we include additional libraries, so we add another entry to the wgExtensionCredits array? == JS/CSS Files == This gets a bit confusing because apparently we're supposed to have a license in every bit of content pushed to the user; did we ever settle that huge thread in any meaninful way? E.g. how to push minimized but licensed files? == Image Files == Really shouldn't be licensed under GPLv2; but right now they implicitly are. Is there a way to explicitly identify image/binary content as being CC licensed? Do we just add a line to the license file about this? == And... go! == ______ < moo. > ------ \ ^__^ \ ($$)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ U ||----w | || || ~Matt Walker Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Technology Team

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OPW: deadline for submissions is May 1
by Quim Gil 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hi, The deadline for submissions to the FOSS Outreach Program for Women is *** 19:00pm UTC on May 1, 2013 *** You must send your application to opw-list{}gnome.org before the deadline. No exceptions! https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Send_in_an_Application You can keep improving your proposal in your project wiki page after the deadline. It is ok if you haven't completed your mandatory contribution yet. It is also ok if you don't have two co-mentors confirmed yet. Also remember: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-April/068842.html If you hesitate, just apply. You will have more days to ask questions and improve your proposal. After applying you can add yourself to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women#Candidates What happens after submitting your OPW proposal: * If you are also applying to GSoC then focus on GSoC. The first evaluation will be done in that context following the GSoC process and without any gender specific considerations. * If your proposal is strictly for OPW then we will start evaluating it and we might come back to you with questions. The official announcement of accepted interns will be done by the OPW program on May 27: https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2013/JuneSeptember#Schedule However, we might confirm some or all the Wikimedia interns by May 10. It will partially depend on the GSoC selection process. Good luck to everybody! -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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Tag extensions in Block mode
by Moritz Schubotz 01 May '13

01 May '13

Hi, how can I figure out in a tag extension callback e.g. function wfSampleRender( $input, array $args, Parser $parser, PPFrame $frame ) if the parser is inside a block mode or not? With block mode I mean something like :<mytag></mytag> or #<mytag></mytag> or <mytag></mytag> but not blindtext <mytag></mytag> more text If there is an extension that uses ways to dermine the "block" a link would help a lot. Best regards physikerwelt

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