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Isarra Yos

28 Sep 2015 28 Sep '15

9 p.m.

Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make a MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you folks want to see from such a talk? -I

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Pine W

28 Sep 28 Sep

9:10 p.m.

I would like to see a beautiful skin that looks like it was made in 2015! On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make a MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you folks want to see from such a talk? -I _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

C. Scott Ananian

9:54 p.m.

I'd be interested in this. Again, partly from the perspective of "I like to understand my enemies so I can better destroy them" ;) but I would really like to understand better the relationship between skin and content in MW. --scott On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I would like to see a beautiful skin that looks like it was made in 2015! On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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C. Scott Ananian

29 Sep 29 Sep

1:10 p.m.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 5:54 PM, C. Scott Ananian <cananian(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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For a little more detail, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106099#1684735 -- I'm interested in exploring what it would mean to implement a skin in client-side JavaScript, but I need to understand better how skins works first. --scott -- (http://cscott.net)

Bryan Davis

28 Sep 28 Sep

10:08 p.m.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make a MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you folks want to see from such a talk?

I'd love to get an overview on creating a new skin. I would be especially interested in the "tales from the real world" aspects of working with RL, what is and isn't possible without implementing hooks, and lessons learned from past skins the two of you have worked on. Bryan -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855

Jon Robson

10:15 p.m.

I'd be interested in the process people go through purely from a how can I make this simpler perspective. Alternatively you might want to consider doing a skin hack day/afternoon where people build skins and learn for themselves the horror of that process :) On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Bryan Davis <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make a MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you folks want to see from such a talk?

-- Jon Robson * http://jonrobson.me.uk * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson * @rakugojon

Stephen Niedzielski

10:20 p.m.

I would be interested as well! I tried making a custom theme based off vector a few years ago but it seemed like quite a bit of effort to build something comprehensive that anyone would actually want to replace the default with. I'd love a guided tour! --stephen On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to

make a

> MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you

folks

want to see from such a talk?

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Christopher Wilson

10:36 p.m.

I'd be interested as well. My employer is going to be rolling out a new site design soon, and it'd be great to have our Wikis match everything else with regard to look and feel. On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Stephen Niedzielski < sniedzielski(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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I'd be interested in the process people go through purely from a how can

make this simpler perspective. Alternatively you might want to consider doing a skin hack day/afternoon where people build skins and learn for themselves the horror of that process :) On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Bryan Davis <bd808(a)wikimedia.org>

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> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com>

wrote:

> Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to

make a

> MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you

folks

want to see from such a talk?

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Niharika Kohli

29 Sep 29 Sep

5:06 a.m.

I'd be very interested in this! I hope you schedule it keeping in mind remote remotees such as me (India). :) On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 4:06 AM, Christopher Wilson <gwsuperfan(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com>

wrote: > > > Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to > make a > > > MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you > folks > > > want to see from such a talk? > > > > I'd love to get an overview on creating a new skin. I would be > > especially interested in the "tales from the real world" aspects of > > working with RL, what is and isn't possible without implementing > > hooks, and lessons learned from past skins the two of you have worked > > on. > > > > Bryan > > -- > > Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <

bd808(a)wikimedia.org>

> > [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID

USA

> > irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885

x6855

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Isarra Yos

30 Sep 30 Sep

7:49 p.m.

How would a hack day/afternoon work? Is that an office thing? If so, would that be something you could run based off... uh, more information? On 28/09/15 22:15, Jon Robson wrote:

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On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make a MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you folks want to see from such a talk?

Jon Robson

7:55 p.m.

It could be a 4 hour afternoon session around the dev summit for instance and could be advertised so anyone can join. Essentially it would be a hackathon focused on skins. If you were really ambitious you'd add prizes for best judged skin etc :) On 30 Sep 2015 12:49 pm, "Isarra Yos" <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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How would a hack day/afternoon work? Is that an office thing? If so, would that be something you could run based off... uh, more information? On 28/09/15 22:15, Jon Robson wrote:

Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make a MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you folks want to see from such a talk?

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Isarra Yos

10:48 p.m.

Oh, aye. Might also make sense to have this after the talk, which discusses theory, so then the hack whatever can be where the theory all falls apart. Wait... On 30/09/15 19:55, Jon Robson wrote:

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How would a hack day/afternoon work? Is that an office thing? If so, would that be something you could run based off... uh, more information? On 28/09/15 22:15, Jon Robson wrote:

> Jack Phoenix and I were considering doing a tech talk about how to make > a > MediaWiki skin. Would there be any interest in this? What would you > folks > want to see from such a talk? > I'd love to get an overview on creating a new skin. I would be especially interested in the "tales from the real world" aspects of working with RL, what is and isn't possible without implementing hooks, and lessons learned from past skins the two of you have worked on. Bryan -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Purodha Blissenbach

29 Sep 29 Sep

9:16 a.m.

I would like to see a wiki page or to watch a video that I could use as a guide to make a new skin - a task that I am postponing since long as "too complex for now". Purodha On 28.09.2015 23:00, Isarra Yos wrote:

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Bryan Davis
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Isarra Yos
Jon Robson
Niharika Kohli
Pine W
Purodha Blissenbach
Stephen Niedzielski