Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-11-05 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 10/25/2012 03:48 AM, Mark Holmquist wrote: > On 10/22/2012 06:31 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: >> Last year we decided not to participate in Google Code-In >> https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/help_page >> >> , an outreach program to help us get more 1

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Strainu
2012/10/25 Lydia Pintscher : > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Strainu wrote: >> I mentored for openSUSE last year and we had some translation tasks, >> so they should be OK if rules haven't changed. > > The rules changed. Translation tasks are not allowed because there was > basically too much c

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Strainu wrote: > I mentored for openSUSE last year and we had some translation tasks, > so they should be OK if rules haven't changed. The rules changed. Translation tasks are not allowed because there was basically too much cheating last time with people just usi

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Platonides wrote: > An issue I haven't clarified is the size of each task. There's a mention > on how tasks have deadlines attached, but not what's the normal deadline > for each task. > A certificate for one task and a T-shirt for three tasks make it look > like t

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Strainu
2012/10/25 Bartosz Dziewoński : > 2012/10/25 Niklas Laxström : >> Translation tasks are not allowed as far as I remember, but some open >> support tasks at translatewiki.net could be suitable. > > They were allowed last year; did it change? (I took part in GCI last > year as a student, but I'm too

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Andre Klapper
On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 20:29 +0200, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: > 2012/10/25 Niklas Laxström : > > Translation tasks are not allowed as far as I remember, but some open > > support tasks at translatewiki.net could be suitable. > > They were allowed last year; did it change? Yes, see http://code.goog

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Bartosz Dziewoński
2012/10/25 Niklas Laxström : > Translation tasks are not allowed as far as I remember, but some open > support tasks at translatewiki.net could be suitable. They were allowed last year; did it change? (I took part in GCI last year as a student, but I'm too old now :( ) -- Matma Rex _

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Niklas Laxström
On 25 October 2012 19:55, Platonides wrote: > An easy way to get articles would be in the documentation front, asking > for a couple of wiki pages documenting something, a tutorial (with > screenshots) on installing MediaWiki... Creating X new translations for > MediaWiki or its extensions on tra

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Platonides
I looked at randmly at some tasks from last year: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2011 Some were given 4h, 24h, 48h or 96h. I guess that tasks of 24h would be a good estimate to plan for 24h (without assuming they will be programming non-stop, of course :). Some tasks were q

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Platonides
On 23/10/12 08:35, Ori Livneh wrote: > > On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: > >> I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself >> for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is >> deciding what to have them work on. > > L

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-25 Thread Mark Holmquist
On 10/22/2012 06:31 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: Last year we decided not to participate in Google Code-In https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/help_page , an outreach program to help us get more 13-to-17-year-old contributors. I outlined the reasons her

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-23 Thread Quim Gil
On 10/22/2012 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. Features they can see running in their mobile devices? We have all the b

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-22 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 10/22/2012 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: > I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself > for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is > deciding what to have them work on. In my experience, it's pretty easy to find small tasks that new volunt

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-22 Thread Ori Livneh
On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: > I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself > for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is > deciding what to have them work on. Lua templates? It's Real Programming™; there's

Re: [Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-22 Thread Tyler Romeo
I think it's a cool idea, especially considering I'm still kicking myself for not getting involved in open-source earlier. The real problem is deciding what to have them work on. *--* *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tyler

[Wikitech-l] whether to do Google Code-In

2012-10-22 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
Last year we decided not to participate in Google Code-In https://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/help_page , an outreach program to help us get more 13-to-17-year-old contributors. I outlined the reasons here: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/201