Hi!
I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity. Here's a short description:
The MediaWiki extension WikiTimeLine version 1.0 is now released. It displays events, people, and such on an interactive timeline. Its working with JavaScript (client side, so it doesn't put load on the server) and its pretty interactive (moving around, zooming, clicking on events on the timeline). If you add WikiTimeLine tags with a start and end date to an article, you'll get a link in that article, and if you click on that link you'll add the event to the timeline. So its totally real-time. Unlike easytimeline which is creating pictures when the article is created, WikiTimeLine is controlled by the reader of the article, not the writer. So everyone can put together their own timeline to see how things went in history. It also allows ongoing events (that have not yet stopped) and alternative begin or end dates.
I think this would be a great extension for Wikiversity. Any interest in that?
greetings, Markus
PS: Here are the links to the extension's webpages: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine and http://www.chaosreligion.com/wtl/index.php5?title=WikiTimeLine _________________________________________________________________ Sie haben nie Platz in Ihrer Inbox? Mit Windows Live Hotmail haben Sie jetzt 5GB Speicherplatz - gratis! Holen Sie sich hier Ihren neuen Windows Live Hotmail Account! http://get.live.com/mail/overview
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:04 PM, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity. Here's a short description:
The MediaWiki extension WikiTimeLine version 1.0 is now released. It displays events, people, and such on an interactive timeline. Its working with JavaScript (client side, so it doesn't put load on the server) and its pretty interactive (moving around, zooming, clicking on events on the timeline). If you add WikiTimeLine tags with a start and end date to an article, you'll get a link in that article, and if you click on that link you'll add the event to the timeline. So its totally real-time. Unlike easytimeline which is creating pictures when the article is created, WikiTimeLine is controlled by the reader of the article, not the writer. So everyone can put together their own timeline to see how things went in history. It also allows ongoing events (that have not yet stopped) and alternative begin or end dates.
I think this would be a great extension for Wikiversity. Any interest in that?
greetings, Markus
PS: Here are the links to the extension's webpages: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine and http://www.chaosreligion.com/wtl/index.php5?title=WikiTimeLine
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That's neat. I was looking at http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ and wondered why don't we use better timelines than the usual static ones from wikipedia
Yes, I've used tp://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ as an inspiration for wikitimeline and compined it with my knowledge from my previous project, http://www.wikitimescale.org After mixing the best of those two projects I think I've created a very usefull tool for Wikiversity and any other MediaWiki wiki.
greetings, Markus
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:12:28 -0500> From: pdsanchez@gmail.com> To: wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Request for activating the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:04 PM, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:> > Hi!> >> > I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki> > extension in wikiversity. Here's a short description:> >> > The MediaWiki extension WikiTimeLine version 1.0 is now released. It> > displays events, people, and such on an interactive timeline. Its working> > with JavaScript (client side, so it doesn't put load on the server) and its> > pretty interactive (moving around, zooming, clicking on events on the> > timeline). If you add WikiTimeLine tags with a start and end date to an> > article, you'll get a link in that article, and if you click on that link> > you'll add the event to the timeline. So its totally real-time. Unlike> > easytimeline which is creating pictures when the article is created,> > WikiTimeLine is controlled by the reader of the article, not the writer. So> > everyone can put together their own timeline to see how things went in> > history. It also allows ongoing events (that have not yet stopped) and> > alternative begin or end dates.> >> > I think this would be a great extension for Wikiversity. Any interest in> > that?> >> > greetings,> > Markus> >> > PS: Here are the links to the extension's webpages:> > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine%3E > and> > http://www.chaosreligion.com/wtl/index.php5?title=WikiTimeLine%3E >> >> > ________________________________> > Bis zu 500 Fotos im Monat für Freunde und Familie freigeben! Jetzt gratis> > auf Windows Live Spaces Hier klicken!> > _______________________________________________> > Wikiversity-l mailing list> > Wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l%3E >> >> > That's neat. I was looking at http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ and> wondered why don't we use better timelines than the usual static ones> from wikipedia> > _______________________________________________> Wikiversity-l mailing list> Wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
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On 7/31/08, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
Hey!
Yes, I'm the author.
Cool! (see below)
I don't know of any issues on wikimedia-foundation wikis. It has been
implemented on a mediawiki 1.12 and 1.13 wiki by myself on my home-pc as well as on an online mediawiki 1.12 at www.chaosreligion.com as you can see by youerself. The testing of extensions at http://extensiontesting.wikiation.nl seems to be a very good idea. I will look more closer at that ;)
After all I'm totally convinced it would work on wikimedia-foundation wikis without any problems.
That's great. However, these things need to be tested and approved by one of the developers who is authorised to do this (ie who has shell access). You can file a request on bugzilla https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org - but, like I say, it would be good to do as much homework in advance as possible, so that the developers don't need to spend so much time on it to get it up and running.
I've used tp://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ as an inspiration for wikitimeline
and compined it with my knowledge from my previous project, http://www.wikitimescale.org
After mixing the best of those two projects I think I've created a very usefull tool for Wikiversity and any other MediaWiki wiki.
Just out of curiosity, did you specifically design this for Wikiversity? Are you active (or even simply registered) on Wikiversity? Do you have any Wikiversity pages in mind where you think it might be usefully deployed right now?
In any case, I'm very appreciative of someone thinking of specifically applying their extension to Wikiversity. I definitely think we need more people who can code and test extensions, so that we can cointinue to augment mediawiki functionality for educational purposes. If you want to see other ideas, check out http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Technical_needs - ideas and comments welcome!
Cormac
I already posted it at bugzilla and it was flagged as invalid after 5 seconds ;) they said I should first post it on the specific WikiMedia projects and the admins of those project(s) will then go to bugzilla... No I didn't make it specifically for wikiversity. I've filed requests on wikiversity, wikispecies and wikipedia, because I think all three can profit out of it. Two years ago I was in conversation with a professor from the UCLA who was very interested in wikitimescale as a tool for his university. Since I'm a student too I thought this might be a good tool for articles in wikiversity dealing with anything that can profit from displaying events/people on a timeline. ;)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:12:27 +0100From: cormaggio@gmail.comTo: wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.orgSubject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Request for activating the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversityOn 7/31/08, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
Hey!Yes, I'm the author.
Cool! (see below)
I don't know of any issues on wikimedia-foundation wikis. It has been implemented on a mediawiki 1.12 and 1.13 wiki by myself on my home-pc as well as on an online mediawiki 1.12 at www.chaosreligion.com as you can see by youerself. The testing of extensions at http://extensiontesting.wikiation.nl seems to be a very good idea. I will look more closer at that ;) After all I'm totally convinced it would work on wikimedia-foundation wikis without any problems.
That's great. However, these things need to be tested and approved by one of the developers who is authorised to do this (ie who has shell access). You can file a request on bugzilla https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org - but, like I say, it would be good to do as much homework in advance as possible, so that the developers don't need to spend so much time on it to get it up and running.
I've used tp://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ as an inspiration for wikitimeline and compined it with my knowledge from my previous project, http://www.wikitimescale.org After mixing the best of those two projects I think I've created a very usefull tool for Wikiversity and any other MediaWiki wiki.
Just out of curiosity, did you specifically design this for Wikiversity? Are you active (or even simply registered) on Wikiversity? Do you have any Wikiversity pages in mind where you think it might be usefully deployed right now?
In any case, I'm very appreciative of someone thinking of specifically applying their extension to Wikiversity. I definitely think we need more people who can code and test extensions, so that we can cointinue to augment mediawiki functionality for educational purposes. If you want to see other ideas, check out http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Technical_needs - ideas and comments welcome!
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Bonjour
I already posted it at bugzilla and it was flagged as invalid after 5 seconds ;) they said I should first post it on the specific WikiMedia projects and the admins of those project(s) will then go to bugzilla...
Yes, the rules to add a extension is :
In a community, found the consensus for using/adding a extension After tell bugzilla
On 7/31/08, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity. Here's a short description:
The MediaWiki extension WikiTimeLine version 1.0 is now released. It displays events, people, and such on an interactive timeline. Its working with JavaScript (client side, so it doesn't put load on the server) and its pretty interactive (moving around, zooming, clicking on events on the timeline). If you add WikiTimeLine tags with a start and end date to an article, you'll get a link in that article, and if you click on that link you'll add the event to the timeline. So its totally real-time. Unlike easytimeline which is creating pictures when the article is created, WikiTimeLine is controlled by the reader of the article, not the writer. So everyone can put together their own timeline to see how things went in history. It also allows ongoing events (that have not yet stopped) and alternative begin or end dates.
I think this would be a great extension for Wikiversity. Any interest in that?
greetings, Markus
PS: Here are the links to the extension's webpages: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine and http://www.chaosreligion.com/wtl/index.php5?title=WikiTimeLine
{{support}} :-)
Markus, are you the author of the extension? If so, do you know of any potential issues with its deployment on a wmf wiki? Has it been implemented on a wmf wiki? The more info we can give to the devs in order to get it turned on, the better. Incidentally, I was recently pointed to a site where you can test MW extensions in various configurations - could be useful: < http://extensiontesting.wikiation.nl%3E
Cheers, Cormac
Hey! Yes, I'm the author. I don't know of any issues on wikimedia-foundation wikis. It has been implemented on a mediawiki 1.12 and 1.13 wiki by myself on my home-pc as well as on an online mediawiki 1.12 at www.chaosreligion.com as you can see by youerself. The testing of extensions at http://extensiontesting.wikiation.nl seems to be a very good idea. I will look more closer at that ;)
After all I'm totally convinced it would work on wikimedia-foundation wikis without any problems.
greetings, Markus
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:36:32 +0100From: cormaggio@gmail.comTo: wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.orgSubject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Request for activating the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity On 7/31/08, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi! I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity. Here's a short description: The MediaWiki extension WikiTimeLine version 1.0 is now released. It displays events, people, and such on an interactive timeline. Its working with JavaScript (client side, so it doesn't put load on the server) and its pretty interactive (moving around, zooming, clicking on events on the timeline). If you add WikiTimeLine tags with a start and end date to an article, you'll get a link in that article, and if you click on that link you'll add the event to the timeline. So its totally real-time. Unlike easytimeline which is creating pictures when the article is created, WikiTimeLine is controlled by the reader of the article, not the writer. So everyone can put together their own timeline to see how things went in history. It also allows ongoing events (that have not yet stopped) and alternative begin or end dates. I think this would be a great extension for Wikiversity. Any interest in that? greetings,Markus PS: Here are the links to the extension's webpages: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine and http://www.chaosreligion.com/wtl/index.php5?title=WikiTimeLine
{{support}} :-)
Markus, are you the author of the extension? If so, do you know of any potential issues with its deployment on a wmf wiki? Has it been implemented on a wmf wiki? The more info we can give to the devs in order to get it turned on, the better. Incidentally, I was recently pointed to a site where you can test MW extensions in various configurations - could be useful: http://extensiontesting.wikiation.nl
Cheers, Cormac
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Bonjour
Hi!
I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity.
What is the difference with EasyTimeline which already activate in all the Foundation's wiki ?
Bonjour
I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity.
It's same with EasyTimeLine with in add interactivity ?
So, i send you the french i18n.
can you put your extension under Wikimedia SVN to use the community optimisation system ? As the i18n system and checking code .
To all: I have added a request for using the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity (I hope I used the correct position for such a request). Anyone supporting (or of course who opposes it) can post his opinion here at the end of the "Ideas which probably need a MediaWiki extension" section:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Technical_needs#Ideas_which_proba... For details about what I'm talking here see my first email below... greetings, Markus
From: echalone@hotmail.comTo: wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.orgDate: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:04:18 +0200Subject: [Wikiversity-l] Request for activating the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity
Hi! I think it would be a good idea to activate the WikiTimeLine MediaWiki extension in wikiversity. Here's a short description: The MediaWiki extension WikiTimeLine version 1.0 is now released. It displays events, people, and such on an interactive timeline. Its working with JavaScript (client side, so it doesn't put load on the server) and its pretty interactive (moving around, zooming, clicking on events on the timeline). If you add WikiTimeLine tags with a start and end date to an article, you'll get a link in that article, and if you click on that link you'll add the event to the timeline. So its totally real-time. Unlike easytimeline which is creating pictures when the article is created, WikiTimeLine is controlled by the reader of the article, not the writer. So everyone can put together their own timeline to see how things went in history. It also allows ongoing events (that have not yet stopped) and alternative begin or end dates. I think this would be a great extension for Wikiversity. Any interest in that? greetings,Markus PS: Here are the links to the extension's webpages: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine and http://www.chaosreligion.com/wtl/index.php5?title=WikiTimeLine
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On 7/31/08, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
To all: I have added a request for using the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity (I hope I used the correct position for such a request). Anyone supporting (or of course who opposes it) can post his opinion here at the end of the "Ideas which probably need a MediaWiki extension" section:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Technical_needs#Ideas_which_proba... MediaWiki_extension
Thanks Markus. That's a fine place to list the extension, especially since you've flagged it from this mailing list - but a more appropriate place for community discussions is the Colloquium: < http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Colloquium%3E. I'd suggest we discuss it there - it will be easier to gauge consensus for both the WV community, and the developers.
Cormac
Well, a good idea is a good idea ;)I've moved the discussion to http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Technical_needs#Ideas_which_proba... as suggested ;) (and put a note to the previous entry that it has moved) greetings, Markus
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:25:07 +0100From: cormaggio@gmail.comTo: wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.orgSubject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Request for activating the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity On 7/31/08, M Sz echalone@hotmail.com wrote:
To all:I have added a request for using the WikiTimeLine extension on wikiversity (I hope I used the correct position for such a request). Anyone supporting (or of course who opposes it) can post his opinion here at the end of the "Ideas which probably need a MediaWiki extension" section: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Technical_needs#Ideas_which_proba...
Thanks Markus. That's a fine place to list the extension, especially since you've flagged it from this mailing list - but a more appropriate place for community discussions is the Colloquium: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Colloquium. I'd suggest we discuss it there - it will be easier to gauge consensus for both the WV community, and the developers.
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