Hi all,
I'm Jack Phoenix [1], a MediaWiki developer whose primary interests are
social tools [2] and skinning [3]. Skinning, especially when related to
core MediaWiki, is a rather esoteric area where we don't have much
developer capacity, the skinning system is obscure and not well-documented
and as a direct result of this, MediaWiki has considerably fewer
third-party skins than, for example, phpBB or WordPress.
Although most of us can agree on the fact that the skin system needs an
overhaul, that's quite a huge project which cannot be undertaken lightly
nor without prior discussion and planning. Instead, I'm proposing a few
steps in the right direction in my Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2014
proposal "A modern, scalable and attractive skin for MediaWiki" [4].
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jack_Phoenix
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Social_tools
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning
[4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jack_Phoenix/A_modern,_scalable_and_att…
)
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,
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Jack Phoenix
MediaWiki developer