how about here : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents
... and add in any resources that may be missing to those pages. with kind regards, dan On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:37 AM, aude wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:04 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> There's a fairly straightforward request to add an API/Developer/Developer >> Hub link to the footer of Wikimedia wikis, near the "Disclaimers", "Mobile >> view", etc. links: <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33464>. >> >> This should be fairly trivial to implement, but I wanted to check if there >> were any objections to such an idea. The basic rationale for including such >> a link is that other sites such as Twitter and Facebook and Wordnik have >> similar links. This kind of link encourages viewers to become involved in >> development for the project (e.g., Wikipedia), as opposed to the MediaWiki >> logo, which serves a somewhat different purpose/functionality. >> >> Assuming there aren't any objections to the idea, the only remaining >> question seems to be where to point such a link. Brandon suggested >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Help>. I'm wondering if there's an >> "API basics" FAQ or something similar on mediawiki.org that could be >> included in whatever landing page is chosen. Something that includes common >> questions about the API such as "What formats are available?", "Do I need >> an >> API key?" (which I think is a pretty major question to answer, given how >> many other APIs I've come across work), "How can I get started developing >> for Wikimedia wikis?", etc. Does anyone know if such a page exists already? >> > > I am not aware of such pages, but think a developers page should also have > something about dumps and they might also be interested to know they can > customize Wikipedia with user css, JavaScript, gadgets, etc. Information > about the API is good too and maybe reporting a bug. :) > > Cheers, > Katie > > > >> >> MZMcBride >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > > > > -- > Board member, Wikimedia District of Columbia > http://wikimediadc.org > @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012 > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
