Re: [Wikitech-l] Google Code-in update (WE NEED MORE TASKS!)

1929 students registered (this is already higher than what we had at

84 countries represented 342 tasks completed by 162 students

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: 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.