User:Vidha/GNOME 2013 Application

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Name and contact information
Name: Vidha Srivastava Email: vidhs28@gmail.com IRC or IM networks/handle(s): vidha Location: Jaipur,India,(UTC/GMT +5:30 hours) Typical working hours:

Synopsis
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Deliverables
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About you
I am Vidha Srivastava student of B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering at Jaipur National University, India. I am an open source enthusiast and eagerly wish to contribute to this great community. I believe in the power of open source because working in the ‘open’ ensures high quality development, the best that a community of awesome developers can produce.I have been doing web development since the past 3 years and have built a nice taste for programming in general. I love studying about UX and design. I have experience in coding in JavaScript and CSS. I believe participating in this project will encourage me to contribute regularly and become a part of the this community, besides teaching me loads. It excites me to design and work on the interface of this extension as it improves the user experience of everyone who uses WikiMedia commons and uses this extension to upload media, in general.

Participation
Whenever i am online i am logged into IRC, as i believe it is the best place for communicating with the community. On topics where i want to start a discussion or want feedback of the community, i would be communicating through the mailing list. I would be directly committing to my branch in the Git repository.Also since my project requires at implementing new features, i would be taking regular feedback from the community over my Interface designs through mockups and prototypes, either through the mailing list or by creating a Wiki page for the discussions.

Past open source experience
Do you have any past experience working in open source projects (MediaWiki or otherwise)? If so, tell us about it! If you have already written a feature or bugfix in a Wikimedia technology such as MediaWiki, link to it here; we will give strong preference to candidates who have done so.

Any other info
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