Anthere wrote:
Upon reading other people comments, I think that we might have a dual solution for developers reward, which could be at the same time
- just a thank you note
- a mean to help them get a job, or just more traffic
on a site they like
- potentially, some money
As suggested in meta, first we could set a page on the wikimediafoundation website.
This page would be a list of all developers involved in wikimedia technical matters (if they want to be there *of course*).
Each developer name could be along with a short bio (or link to a personal website), and description of their most relevant activity in wikimedia as developers (everyday hardware maintenance, bug correction, mailing list handling, performance issues, software development, liaison with board etc...).
Each developer could put here a proeminant link for donations (paypal system).
Hello,
I like this idea. The community will know who is behind the mediawiki software. Maybe we should set up a template to be filled by developpers like:
Name (nick): Country: Activities: Bio:
Second, once a year, we could have a couple of special awards for developers. I was thinking of for example :
- award for hardware maintenance or improvement
- award for software development
- special award to thank a special dedication to some
features recommanded by the board.
These awards could be heavily advertised and of course, proeminently announced on the wikimediafoundation website. They might also result in a little gift (such as money or hardware for example). Hardware gifts might be gifts offered to the foundation by hardware corporations.
It might be nice that this is the opportunity to thank people who put a lot of time in some activities, which are not very visible.
In the case a developper is tired of "working for nothing" that might give him a boost, maybe set it twice per year.
I personally doesn't need to get any reward although I will certainly reward gwicke for his monobook skin.
Don't forget lot of important works aren't seen by users like all works wich is done on servers or deep in the MediaWiki engine.