Aaron Pramana wrote:
If anyone is interested in improving watchlists with grouping and usability enhancements, please let me know. I have submitted a clear and practical project proposal for the 2012 Google Summer of Code and I am seeking a mentor. I will, of course, do all of the heavy lifting (coding) to make it happen. All I need from a mentor is knowledgeable guidance and occasional assistance with debugging. Please let me know as soon as possible as the applications will be reviewed in the next few days. I really want to see this project move forward with full support from the MediaWiki development community, because the Watchlist certainly could benefit from a retrofit. My commitment to this project will extend beyond the GSoC timeframe, so support in finding a mentor will certainly pay off dividends for the MediaWiki project.
My proposal is available here: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=521796
There are about a million Wikimedia tech staffers these days. Sumana should be able to find you a suitable mentor.
However, if you can't find anyone, I think I can do it. What I lack in PHP skills and diplomacy I more than make up for with sass, enthusiasm, bluntness, and more! I have a few years' worth of experience administering MediaWiki wikis, posting to wikitech-l, triaging and sorting bugs in Bugzilla, and providing support in #mediawiki on freenode, in addition to a few other roles.
In short, I know my way around MediaWiki and can provide decent technical advice, but I won't be able to help you code anything.
MZMcBride