Amsterdam Hackathon 2013/Topics

Potential topics

This page is to gather possible topics for the Amsterdam Hackathon 2013. The hackathon is a open-structured. If there's something you intend to work on, please add to the list or chime in your support on a particular topic. Based on the suggested topics we can all decide what to work on and define goals for the Hackathon.

Hacking Topics

Mediawiki

• MediaWiki - Of course
• ContentHandler -- new in MW 1.21
• MediaWiki API
  • 2.0 RFC / cleanup RFC
  • Wikidata API RFC.
• Lua/Scribunto scripting
  • complete/extend pr0n : a module to convert Indo-Arabic numerals to locale prononciations strings.
• A security training
• Writing "acceptance test" criteria for use in automated QA
  • Implementing the tests
• Editor Engagement tools like Echo, Flow
• Skinning system / Vector cleanup & migration to core / Outdated documentation
• Design:
  • Designs for mobile versions of existing projects.
  • Usability testing for Wikimedia projects.
  • Contribute components to Agora
• Structured data push support for recent changes
• Maps/geocoding
• Mobile web performance
• Gnome desktop integration of the mediwiki environement
  • desktop integrated login service
  • wiktionary and gnome-dictionary
  • wikimedia projects and the gnome-shell search bar
• WMF platform/ops joint tasks e.g.: Bug 40025 - unfortunately needs specific permissions
• Translate extension
  • I18n: How to make interface messages dependent on wiki configuration or user-created content translatable via Translate extension. (??)
• Auto-generation of image credits; seeen:Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Captions #RfC: Requiring photo credits in footnotes for copyrighted images
• Developping a Getting Things Done task mananger within mediawiki?

VisualEditor

• Integration with MediaWiki, skins
• Integration with non-MediaWiki platforms
• Visual template editing for fun and profit
• Writing plugins for new features
• Non-Wikipedia needs from VisualEditor

Parsoid

• HTML storage
• DOM-based templating with support for visual editing
• Fragment caching
• Data models for extension content

Wikidata

• Wikidata

Labs/Tools

• Toolserver and tool labs: Ongoing hacking corner for people interesting in migrating tools to Labs, accompanied by hands-on help and on-the-fly improvements to the documentation
• Pywikipedia
  • sync.py, a synchronization tool
  • simple PHP front end, to make bits of pywiki power available to non-shell folks
• Integrate dictionaries for translation tools, Wikisource
• Wiktionary tools
  • Advanced word search (such as these).
• w:WP:ACC/w:WP:UTRS migration to labs, code cleanup, restructure core code, etc.

Promotion/Interaction

• MediaWiki promotion
  • Outreach to IT schools
  • Country and regional developer conferences
  • MediaWiki Camp
  • Promote MediaWiki as free alternative for corporations, small and medium companies
  • Promotion and outreach: how to engage better with the Wikimedia community and other groups out there.
• WMF devs vs. communities
• IRC bots in developer channels (we've wanted to move "spamming" bots out of #mediawiki for a long time, maybe it's finally a time to sit down together and sort this out) / eventually discuss some improvements regarding IRC
• Documentation structure

GLAM/WLM

• Some kind of Wiki Loves Monuments sprint that includes photo upload from mobile devices
• Wiki Loves Public Art tooling
• Wiki Loves Monuments tooling
• GLAMwiki toolset project
• QRpedia: where now? (I can lead this discussion - Pigsonthewing (talk))

OpenStreetMap

• production tile server
• OSM tools in labs / toolserver
• OSM gadgets
• Wikimaps I can present Susannaanas (talk) 21:14, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
• Discussion: How we can connect OSM with Wikidata?
• other OSM hacking

Math

• future of the extension math
• math for mobile devices
• making math accessible (for disabled persons)
• search

Documentation

• Architectural principles document - guidance on use of design patterns, code structure, object hierarchy depth, refactoring best practices, etc.

SignWriting

• Consider extension for Incubator: SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin
• Hack VisualEditor for SignWriting viewer / editor
• Add American Sign Language user interface from TranslateWiki to Labs or Incubator
• Rebuild server for the ASL Wikipedia Project on Labs
• Font hacking with FontForge and TrueType

Uncategorized

• RENDER
• Cosyne: Multilingual Content Synchronization with Wikis
• mediawikixml2meteor2phonegap, tool to turn an MW XML dump into a meteor.com app and consequently a phonegap app that can be used while offline, which is great for hitchwiki (link to Google Play)
• Kiwix
• making a tool to make epub containing a dump of all current featured articles of a wikipedia chapter
• CatGraph or: how to search the Wikipedia category structure recursively, fast

Off topic

• It would be really cool if someone could give a small guided tour / walk around Amsterdam!