Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-17 Thread Jeremias Nuñez
Thanks for all your replies! Taking in to account what you all have said, and after re-viewing past years projects like Sumana said I realized that maybe what was stopping me from having a clear understanding of the idea and how to sort it out was actually it's too wide scope. Looking at other ye

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-16 Thread Platonides
On 16/02/12 14:11, Jeremias Nuñez wrote: > When you say "extensive consultation" are you referring to the UI or to > which preferences could be made global? I think we talked about this on IRC > too but I don't quite remember. > > I'd also appreciate if you could point me where I could start "divi

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-16 Thread Platonides
On 16/02/12 17:44, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: >> 3 - Would it be too big of a project for a single person to take on? >> (given the amount of time to actually implement it for GSoC) > > If nothing else, I'd like signatures copied. That should be simple > enough, but I don't know enough about how

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-16 Thread Robin Pepermans
I am planning to participate in GSoC, and was looking for a project. Global preferences also came to my mind, and now I see this thread. So if Jeremias doesn't take this project, I will consider doing it. 2012/2/16 Sumana Harihareswara : > On 02/15/2012 04:39 PM, Andrew Garrett wrote: >> On Wed, F

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-16 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 02/15/2012 04:39 PM, Andrew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Jeremias Nunez wrote: > >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> Reading around MW and looking into some ideas for GSoC I ran into this >> bug, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14950, which I >> noticed (correct me if

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-16 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
Jeremias Nunez writes: > 1 - Is this a feature that could actually be needed/helpful/useful? I often have to copy my sig to a new wiki whenever I sign into it to make a comment. My email is copied to every wiki automatically, why not my signature? I would LOVE to have this implemented. > 2 -

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-16 Thread Jeremias Nuñez
When you say "extensive consultation" are you referring to the UI or to which preferences could be made global? I think we talked about this on IRC too but I don't quite remember. I'd also appreciate if you could point me where I could start "diving in", so I can get a sense of how things were don

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-15 Thread Andrew Garrett
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Jeremias Nunez wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > Reading around MW and looking into some ideas for GSoC I ran into this > bug, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14950, which I > noticed (correct me if i'm wrong) isn't currently being worked on, and as > Roa

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-15 Thread Bináris
2012/2/15 Jeremias Nunez > > 1 - Is this a feature that could actually be needed/helpful/useful? > Would be the most useful thing since sliced bread! I miss it very much. Go on! :-) -- Bináris ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.or

[Wikitech-l] GSoC 2012 project thoughts (Global User Preferences)

2012-02-15 Thread Jeremias Nunez
Hey everyone, Reading around MW and looking into some ideas for GSoC I ran into this bug, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14950, which I noticed (correct me if i'm wrong) isn't currently being worked on, and as Roan Kattouw said on one of the last comments, hasn't ever been wri