Google Code-in/2013

Google Code-In is a contest to introduce pre-university students (ages 13-17) to the many kinds of contributions that make open source software development possible. Students must complete tasks (see examples), one at a time. The Google Code-in 2013 contest runs from November 18, 2013 to January 6, 2014.

Wikimedia application
The application deadline for organizations is October 28, 2013 at 19:00 UTC. 10 organizations selected will be announced on November 1. Check the instructions for mentors and org admins to know all the details.

We want to apply having at least 40 tasks with at least 5 from each of the 5 categories: code, documentation, outreach, quality assurance and user interface. Requirements of a task: Andre Klapper and Quim Gil will go through proposed tasks kn order to confirmed the ones selected. CC us in the bug reports.
 * It takes about 2 hours of a skilled contributor to complete.
 * It's self-contained. Students must be able to complete it without much knowledge of the context, or the background.
 * It is described in a bug report tagged as EASY with 1-2 mentors CCed and volunteering explicitly in the comments.

Candidate tasks
List bug reports. Don't worry if they are not meeting all requirements yet.

Code
Tasks related to writing or refactoring code.
 * Bug 99999 - Example linking to actual report.

Documentation/Training
Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more.
 * Bug

Outreach/Research
Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing or studying problems and recommending solutions.
 * Bug

Quality Assurance
Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality.
 * Bug

User Interface
Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction.
 * Bug

Signup
(Old. We will organize this through Google Forms for easy import to Google Melange)

Mentors
 * 1) vvvt 01:44, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Parent5446 (talk) 05:52, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) MarkTraceur (talk) 06:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Nikerabbit (talk) 08:25, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Andre Klapper for bug report triaging (talk) 13:55, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Dereckson (talk) Related to Scheduling Mentors/Org admins to cover Winter Holidays, I'm available both at Christmas and New Eve. 20:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Org admins
 * 1) Quim Gil
 * 2) Andre Klapper (if others also help) (talk) 13:58, 29 October 2012 (UTC)