User:Nathan Larson

I would like to offer bounties for certain enhancements to MediaWiki. The new code will make MediaWiki more powerful in general, potentially benefiting many other users, including Wikimedia. I also have some goals in mind for my own MediaWiki-driven site as well, which motivate me to want to pay to have these enhancements expedited. So, this is really a win-win situation for all of us.

Enhancements needed

 * Red-green-blue wikilinks – Implement functionality to turn wikilinks different colors depending on the existence and status of pages both on the local wiki and on an external wiki. As you know, linker.php turns links red or blue depending on whether a page exists or not locally. I need the coloring to provide information on the page's existence remotely as well. See bug 15159.
 * User:Nathan Larson/Multi-wiki watchlist – I think that some work has been done on this type of functionality (see gwatch) but I want it to be accessible without leaving the wiki. This could piggyback on the List of all pages on an external wiki used for the red-green-blue project mentioned above.

Specifications

 * The enhancements should be done according to the usual standards for coding for extensions and/or MediaWiki itself. I.e., adequately descriptive variable names and code commenting should be used, and Manual pages should be created to explain the new functionality.
 * Payment will be made via PayPal or whatever method is amenable to you as sub-projects are completed. This will require the code and documentation to be provided, and the functionality to be demonstrated to work. It would probably be good to minimize bank transfer fees if possible. My money is in US$.

Offers
If anyone wants to make an offer, please do so below, or contact me at nathanlarson3141@gmail.com.