On 03.04.2012, 11:51 akshay wrote:
Hi everyone,
Hi, please see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists#Using_digests
I am an engineering student from Bits Pilani (India)
currently in my 5th
and final year.I seek to apply for GSOC this year under Mediawiki. So from
the list of ideas given on the Mediawiki gsoc page, I wish to work on
building a convention extension which would help convert any wiki into a
conference like website such as Wikimania.After having discussions over IRC
channels regarding the features that this extension should possess , and
some feedback that I got from other developers I have written a proposal
for this extension. I would really appreciate any feedback in this short
period of time left, as it would help me in setting the right deliverables
for this project.
The proposal page -
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/GSOCProposal%282012%29
The other details about this extension can be found on the following pages:
1. implementation details (+UI mockups) -
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/ConventionExtension
2. database details -
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/databasedetails
The talk pages for the above can also be used for the feedback.
Some comments on proposal details:
1. user profile pages for the attendees
We
already have userpages, don't we? ;)
4. special badge feature for the attendees
What
is it?
7. payment gateway - for managing the financial
transactions occurring during the conference
Seems overkillish for a summer
project.
8. some custom tags to design the conference wiki
pages.
What is it and why not just use templates?
9. poll management - for setting up polls across the
conference
There are existing solutions for polls.
How are you going to write special pages and API modules before
the database access layer?
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Best regards,
Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])