I will be happy to part-take in this, as I do have some experience with the API :)
I am heading the API v2 project, and this would be a natural extension of that.
* RFC http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_Future * Action/Parameter Cleanuphttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_Future/Naming_Cleanup
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org wrote:
Long story short: the MediaWiki API could be included at
http://www.codecademy.com/**tracks/apishttp://www.codecademy.com/tracks/apis
if someone wants to do the work. Codecademy is happy to have us there.
I think it is a good idea, in need of someone willing to drive this:
- It is a good excuse to improve our API documentation at mediawiki.org.
- Codecademy is a good place to reach to more developers.
- Maybe it is a good chance for someone to take this as a paid job?
The Wikimedia movement wants to spread the 1,3T of content we have, and get more free content from as many channels as possible. Our API plays a big role on this.
Therefore, I *personally* believe that a project to update the API documentation at mediawiki.org and have corresponding exercises at Codecademy has a chance to receive a grant if the proposal and the candidate(s) are solid.
Interested? Let me help you.
-- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgilhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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