Long story short: the MediaWiki API could be included at
http://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.
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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On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Yuri Astrakhan yuriastrakhan@gmail.com wrote:
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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On 02/08/2013 12:25 AM, Yury Katkov wrote:
Is it possible to run other MediaWiki courses on codeacademy? The Extension Development and the Core Development for example?
We can ask, but it is probably better do it after having started effectively with the API task.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Yuri Astrakhan yuriastrakhan@gmail.com wrote:
I will be happy to part-take in this, as I do have some experience with the API :)
Great! How do you feel about taking the lead? I can help making sure we are in sync with WMF in terms of authorization, trademarks, etc.
Our contact in Codecademy told us that it is fine to start with a couple of very basic exercises to have the content published, and then we can add more content as we go & receive feedback. They also sent us the documentation to get started. I can forward all this to you.
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
Great! How do you feel about taking the lead? I can help making sure we are in sync with WMF in terms of authorization, trademarks, etc.
Sure, although it seems everything legal takes forever with WMF... (its been over a week since I asked to get an NDA to see the api logs, no response :) )
Our contact in Codecademy told us that it is fine to start with a couple of very basic exercises to have the content published, and then we can add more content as we go & receive feedback. They also sent us the documentation to get started. I can forward all this to you.
Yes, please send.
On 02/08/2013 01:15 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
Great! How do you feel about taking the lead? I can help making sure we are in sync with WMF in terms of authorization, trademarks, etc.
Sure,
fyi I have put Yuri in touch with our Codecademy contact. Anybody willing to get involved: please coordinate with Yuri.
although it seems everything legal takes forever with WMF... (its been over a week since I asked to get an NDA to see the api logs, no response :) )
I'm optimistic. :) (but I will be away until Feb 19)
Thank you Yuri and the rest of people showing interest in this initiative. Looking forward to the outcome!
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Antoine Musso hashar+wmf@free.fr wrote:
Arent you contracting for the WMF? ...
Nope, all my work so far has been volunteering. Sponsors are welcome :)
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org wrote:
fyi I have put Yuri in touch with our Codecademy contact. Anybody willing to get involved: please coordinate with Yuri.
Thanks Quim!
On 02/08/2013 04:32 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Antoine Musso hashar+wmf@free.fr wrote:
Arent you contracting for the WMF? ...
Nope, all my work so far has been volunteering. Sponsors are welcome :)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG
Give it a try? Deadline: Feb 15!
I would love to test the course once it comes out! I don't know how MediaWiki API works so I should be able to give feedback as a newbie.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 02/08/2013 04:32 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Antoine Musso hashar+wmf@free.fr wrote:
Arent you contracting for the WMF? ...
Nope, all my work so far has been volunteering. Sponsors are welcome :)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG
Give it a try? Deadline: Feb 15!
-- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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On Feb 8, 2013 7:42 PM, "Teresa Cho" tcho708@gmail.com wrote:
I would love to test the course once it comes out! I don't know how MediaWiki API works so I should be able to give feedback as a newbie.
+1
I would love to test it out as well.
Hi All
I have worked lot on MediaWiki API. If someone needs help then I can definitely help. I have one suggestion that we have to improve some portion of documentation so that new bee can easily understand.
Thanks Harsh --- Harsh Kothari Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory(PRL). Ahmedabad.
On 09-Feb-2013, at 9:56 AM, Valerie Juarez wrote:
On Feb 8, 2013 7:42 PM, "Teresa Cho" tcho708@gmail.com wrote:
I would love to test the course once it comes out! I don't know how MediaWiki API works so I should be able to give feedback as a newbie.
+1
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On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Teresa Cho tcho708@gmail.com wrote:
I would love to test the course once it comes out! I don't know how MediaWiki API works so I should be able to give feedback as a newbie.
+1.
Željko
Do you want help?
I don't know much about the API at the moment, but it is my Level-Up assignment this quarter. Documenting things is a good way to learn them.
I have written a lot of courseware in the past.
Luke Welling
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Yuri Astrakhan yuriastrakhan@gmail.comwrote:
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
Cleanup< http://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/apis%3E
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:Qgil<
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil%3E
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On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Luke Welling WMF lwelling@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Do you want help?
I don't know much about the API at the moment, but it is my Level-Up assignment this quarter. Documenting things is a good way to learn them.
I have written a lot of courseware in the past.
Luke Welling
Luke, that would be awesome! Even though we have tons of various
documentation at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Api , it can use a lot of cleanup and simplification, so as not to scare people away.
A simple slow start tutorial might help.
Also, as part of the docs cleanup, if you want to get your feet wet with the api code, you could help with simplifying the api.php help system - api.php without params shows this huge dump of all docs. This is not very helpful. Instead, it would be better to create a TOC with links - just module names and short description. Clicking on the module would bring up the detailed information about just one module (per module help has already been done).
Let me know what you think. --Yurik
On 02/08/2013 04:12 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Luke Welling WMF lwelling@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Do you want help?
I don't know much about the API at the moment, but it is my Level-Up assignment this quarter. Documenting things is a good way to learn them.
I have written a lot of courseware in the past.
Luke Welling
Luke, that would be awesome! Even though we have tons of various
documentation at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Api , it can use a lot of cleanup and simplification, so as not to scare people away.
A simple slow start tutorial might help.
We have some material to start with: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API/Tutorial Updating & improving that would be great. And don't forget https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox .
Luke, thanks in advance for your help!
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