Google Code-in weekly update. Summary:
WE NEED MORE TASKS, URGENTLY!
http://www.google-melange.com/gci/dashboard/google/gci2013#all_org_tasks
We are expecting new tasks coming from Mobile, Wikidata, Language and
Lua templates. Still, GCI students are crunching tasks faster than we
are able to create new ones. Please join the party with your tasks!
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-In
On 11/19/2013 10:23 AM, Quim Gil wrote:
GCI is moving fast. We need more mentors and tasks,
especially for
software development!
This is still very true a week after starting Google Code-in. These are
the numbers so far:
* 32 tasks have been completed (28% from the current total of 90)
MediaWiki core, PyWikiBot, Kiwix, and
mediawiki.org have been the main
beneficiaires so far. We have seen students following the process in
Gerrit and Bugzilla as described, some picking things up quickly, some
needing an initial push.
* 24 are currently claimed, meaning that 24 students are currently
working on them.
* 3 need review, 6 need more work, 2 are possibly abandoned, 9 were left
by students that had claimed them.
* Only 13 tasks haven't been touched at all in this first week.
As you can see, this is working.
First lesson: the best GCI tasks are those expecting an exact result
e.g. a SVG with PNG fallback to substitute a low-resolution icon. Tasks
giving more margin to creativity (write an article or a wiki page about
certain topic) have a higher risk of requiring a lot more mentorship and
obtaining mixed results.
Second lesson: org admins can cover mentors when the tasks are well
defined and must be resolved via Gerrit & Bugzilla. The help received
from non-mentor community members commenting in Gerrit changes and gug
reports is priceless! Thank You Very Much for your help.
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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil