On 03.04.2012, 11:51 akshay wrote: > Hi everyone,
Hi, please see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists#Using_digests > I am an engineering student from Bits Pilani (India) currently in my 5th > and final year.I seek to apply for GSOC this year under Mediawiki. So from > the list of ideas given on the Mediawiki gsoc page, I wish to work on > building a convention extension which would help convert any wiki into a > conference like website such as Wikimania.After having discussions over IRC > channels regarding the features that this extension should possess , and > some feedback that I got from other developers I have written a proposal > for this extension. I would really appreciate any feedback in this short > period of time left, as it would help me in setting the right deliverables > for this project. > The proposal page - > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/GSOCProposal%282012%29 > The other details about this extension can be found on the following pages: > 1. implementation details (+UI mockups) - > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/ConventionExtension > 2. database details - > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/databasedetails > The talk pages for the above can also be used for the feedback. Some comments on proposal details: > 1. user profile pages for the attendees We already have userpages, don't we? ;) > 4. special badge feature for the attendees What is it? > 7. payment gateway - for managing the financial transactions occurring during > the conference Seems overkillish for a summer project. > 8. some custom tags to design the conference wiki pages. What is it and why not just use templates? > 9. poll management - for setting up polls across the conference There are existing solutions for polls. How are you going to write special pages and API modules before the database access layer? -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
