Hi all, Two months ago, we talked about Extension:Widgets [1] and mediawikiwidgets.org [2] on wikitech-l [3].

Reminder: With Extension:Widgets, external services (Youtube, Facebook...) are added to the parser by writing code (smarty) in the Widget namespace. These Widgets are hosted on mediawikiwidgets.org.

In short, Sergey Chernyshev [4] wondered how we could save this great work. That lead to a discussion about the quality/sustainability of Extension:Widgets. Biggest issues raised were: security (code stored within the wiki pages) and version control (of widgets).

We [5] have been working since on Extension:WidgetsFramework [6]. Inspired by Extension:Widgets, we hope it could be a suitable successor. With Extension:WidgetsFramework, external services are added to the parser like any other MediaWiki extension (php) but the code is factorized and simplified. These Widgets are hosted in Git [7]

See the thorough documentation: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WidgetsFramework

We believe WidgetsFramework is now stable and advanced enough to face the community (and its challenging insights). And here we are, asking: - Do you think this extension has an use and a future for more than just our wiki? - If yes, what is the best way to distribute/manage the codes (framework+widgets) within the community? - If answer is "Git+Gerrit+mediawiki.org", can we get help? Our resources are rather limited and... well... Gerrit scares us a bit :-)

Thank you for your time, Regards. -- [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Widgets [2] http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org [3] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/6379... [4] http://www.sergeychernyshev.com [5] http://www.seizam.com [6] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WidgetsFramework [7] https://github.com/Seizam/seizamcore/tree/master/WikiZam/extensions/WidgetsF... -- Clément Dietschy *Seizam* Sàrl. 24, rue de Bâle 68300 Saint-Louis (France) tél. +33 6 87 75 99 27 www.seizam.com