Aaron Pramana wrote:
If anyone is interested in improving watchlists with
grouping and usability
enhancements, please let me know. I have submitted a clear and practical
project proposal for the 2012 Google Summer of Code and I am seeking a
mentor. I will, of course, do all of the heavy lifting (coding) to make it
happen. All I need from a mentor is knowledgeable guidance and occasional
assistance with debugging. Please let me know as soon as possible as the
applications will be reviewed in the next few days. I really want to see
this project move forward with full support from the MediaWiki development
community, because the Watchlist certainly could benefit from a retrofit.
My commitment to this project will extend beyond the GSoC timeframe, so
support in finding a mentor will certainly pay off dividends for the
MediaWiki project.
My proposal is available here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=521796
There are about a million Wikimedia tech staffers these days. Sumana should
be able to find you a suitable mentor.
However, if you can't find anyone, I think I can do it. What I lack in PHP
skills and diplomacy I more than make up for with sass, enthusiasm,
bluntness, and more! I have a few years' worth of experience administering
MediaWiki wikis, posting to wikitech-l, triaging and sorting bugs in
Bugzilla, and providing support in #mediawiki on freenode, in addition to a
few other roles.
In short, I know my way around MediaWiki and can provide decent technical
advice, but I won't be able to help you code anything.
MZMcBride