Reproduced from the project blog [1]:
Hello Wikitech!
As the GSoC project period has come to a close, I want to give the
Wikimedia community an update on the status of my project to improve
MediaWiki’s watchlist feature.
Thus far, the project has added watchlist grouping, permissions to make
watchlists publicly viewable by other users, and a new raw watchlist page.
Although these features are still at an experimental phase, I would like to
solicit ideas from the greater Wikimedia community for a more detailed plan
in preparation for a Wikimedia deployment.
The primary component of the project yet to be realized is revamping the
user interface. I’ve done some tinkering with jQuery and Ajax as
implemented in MediaWiki, however I opted to focus on server-side
operations initially, so that client-side additions would not need major
changes later on.
I’m currently looking for other developers who would be interested in
collaborating on this project, especially UI designers. If there is a
specific feature or improvement you would like to see, please let me know –
you can adopt it or suggest someone who would be interested in working on
it with me.
Finally, there are several people I’d like to acknowledge: My mentor, Alex,
for always being there when I needed him; Reedy, Eranroz, and Nikerabbit
for being excellent, eagle-eyed debuggers; and Sumana and Greg for being
awesome GSoC project coordinators!
I truly enjoyed this unique opportunity to work with Wikimedia over the
summer. Working through GSoC has given me my first real form of paid work
experience in programming. It has shown me that the greatest challenge of
distance work is organizing people in the community who may be juggling
numerous other responsibilities. My advice for future GSoC students: manage
your time wisely, communicate early and often, and strike a balance between
independent and collaborative problem solving. I look forward to working
with Wikimedia and other open source projects in the future.
Best,
Aaron Pramana
[1]
http://mw-watchlist.tumblr.com/