User:Linkdude101

I am a participant in the 2013 Google Code-in challenge. You can find my submission for the "Convert two pictures of diagrams into Wikitext" task at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Linkdude101/Project:New_contributors_diagrams

When I first heard about the 2013 Google Code-in challenge, I was very interested, but worried that it would focus on programming languages like Java and C++. Although I have experience with those languages, I am more skilled in languages such as HTML and CSS. As I looked into the contest, however, I learned that web design and user interface tasks were available in a wide variety. I was extremely excited, because now I had a way to practice the areas in which I am most skilled. I noticed Wikimedia as a sponsoring organization. Like many others, I use Wikipedia for everything -- learning random information, settling bets, and more. However, I had never edited an article or gotten involved in the community. When the contest began, I went straight to Wikimedia for a task, and found one that caught my eye: "Convert two pictures of diagrams into wikitext." The objective of this task seemed relatively simple: examine two diagrams that had been drawn by Wikimedia employees on white boards, provide a transcript of them, and convert them into HTML and CSS diagrams. This seemed like a fun, but challenging task, so I requested to work on it. While waiting for my claim to be approved, I went to mediawiki.org and read about the site.

From what I could tell, it appeared to be some sort of open-source collaborative project that uses PHP and wikitext and is affiliated with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. I read the introductions, tutorials, and talk pages to give myself an idea of what I would be working with. By the time my claim on the task was approved, I felt that I was ready to take on the challenge. I began by planning out my diagram design on paper. Once I had my general ideas, I created the wiki page and