Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-24 Thread Gaurav Chawla
On 23 April 2013 11:00, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: Tracking reader activity on Wikipedia is a _very_ touchy subject for a whole host of legitimate reasons, and to be totally honest I don't think you're going to be able to implement any recommender system based on people's

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-23 Thread Cheng Xing
Thanks for all the feedback to my proposal. I really appreciate it. If we want to provide personalized recommendations, user data does need to be connected for the best results, and yeah things could probably get a little iffy with the privacy policy. In terms of gathering data for the

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-23 Thread Quim Gil
On 04/23/2013 07:35 PM, Cheng Xing wrote: Because of the privacy policy, (1) and (2) are out of the game. The third one might get around this issue, though. 3) Facebook App From a privacy point of view a Facebook is a lot worse, since your data goes to a 3rd party instead of staying in

[Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread Cheng Xing
-- Forwarded message -- From: Cheng Xing cxing...@gmail.com Date: Apr 18, 2013 5:40 PM Subject: [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Hi Wikimedia Developers, My name is Cheng Xing, and I am a freshman in Cornell University College

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread David Cuenca
of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Hi Wikimedia Developers, My name is Cheng Xing, and I am a freshman in Cornell University College of Engineering planning to pursue a major in Computer Science and minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread Daniel Friesen
seem like it went through, so here it is again. Thank you for your time! Sincerely, Cheng -- Forwarded message -- From: Cheng Xing cxing...@gmail.com Date: Apr 18, 2013 5:40 PM Subject: [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread K. Peachey
I believe E:Getting_Started is already working on something like this. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread Quim Gil
Hello Cheng, thank you for sharing your proposal. On 04/22/2013 09:54 AM, Cheng Xing wrote: I realize that this could become quite a big project, so if I get the chance to work on this, I will do a small part (possibly the basic infrastructure of the system) for GSoC, and I am more than willing

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 04/23/2013 12:37 AM, K. Peachey wrote: I believe E:Getting_Started is already working on something like this. It's similar, though Inspire Me seems targeted towards interesting things to *read*, whereas GettingStarted is meant for interesting things to *edit. Also, GettingStarted is not

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Google Summer of Code '13] Project Idea - Inspire Me Button

2013-04-22 Thread Steven Walling
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Cheng Xing cxing...@gmail.com wrote: For example, if a programmer clicks the Inspire Me button on Wikipedia, articles such as the Whitespace programming language, Rubber Duck Debugging, etc. would show up. Things that the user probably doesn't know about,