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/Na… On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Quim Gil &lt;qgil(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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. Yes, please send.

Arent you contracting for the WMF? ... Nope, all my work so far has been volunteering. Sponsors are welcome :)

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: 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 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

On Feb 8, 2013 7:42 PM, "Teresa Cho" &lt;tcho708(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: +1 I would love to test it out as well. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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 &lt;qgil(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Long story short: the MediaWiki API could be included at > http://www.codecademy.com/**tracks/apis< 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. > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil< http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l< https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Luke Welling WMF &lt;lwelling(a)wikimedia.org&gt;wrote;wrote: 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.