[QA] Potential task for Google Code-in

[Jeff Hall]

Quim and Z(eljko recently brought me on board as a mentor for Google 
Code-in[1], and after reviewing the QA-related tasks created so far, I 
came up with an idea for a potential new task.  Since I'm new to Google 
Code-in, any feedback on whether or not this is an appropriate task will 
be appreciated :)

The task I'm thinking of is to start QA-relevant code convention pages 
as sub-pages of the main MediaWiki coding convention page[2]. In order 
of difficulty, new sub-pages to be created could be:

 1. Gherkin feature file conventions
 2. Cucumber (step file) conventions (see for example BZ 49876[3])
 3. Ruby conventions (see for example GitHub Ruby StyleGuide[4])


The task to create a Gherkin coding convention page would require the 
contributor to do a little research on what separates Scenarios from 
Scenario outlines (for example), and make some preliminary 
recommendations on when to prefer one over the other.

I'd be willing to be a mentor for this task if it seems appropriate, 
although I'm not sure if it's too high-level for Google Code-in. 
Feedback appreciated!

Thanks,

Jeff


1: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2013
2: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions
3: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49876
4: https://github.com/styleguide/ruby
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