Google Summer of Code/2012

Google Summer of Code 2012 signups won't start for a while yet, but it's good to plan ahead. :)

Student signup
We'll open student signup if and when we get accepted to participate in GSoC 2012. In the meantime, the best way to increase your chances of being accepted is to talk with us on IRC -- -- and start contributing by fixing an annoying little bug.

Project ideas
Also have a look at the ideas of 2011 and past projects.


 * Search should index transcluded text — This is sorely wanted for Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikisource and the like that depend heaviliy on template expansion.
 * Create a way to have “books” for wikisource/wikibooks — This would mean you could “watch” books (sets of pages, watch a category) instead of just single pages. Might be able to do by extending the Extension:Collection or improving Extension:BookManager.
 * Upload to Commons plugins for common photo management apps (iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Shotwell, F-spot, etc.) similar to existing plugins that allow synchronization with sites like flickr, facebook.
 * Implement pre- or post-commit checks in our code repositories that automatically look for security vulnerabilities, broken coding conventions, broken code, etc, perhaps with a web interface to facilitate the process, or using our Jenkins continuous integration setup. Help MediaWiki developers save time in code review, and make our code more secure.
 * This should be done via Jenkins for sure. We already have a build project for it, but we haven't taken the time to actually write our coding conventions down in this format--that could make a good summer project!
 * Improve our Android application -- integrate with SuggestBot to suggest a mobile task to a user.
 * Give editors a way to slice and dice their watchlists with groups (perhaps group similar pages in their watchlists).
 * Improve volunteer-written mass upload tools to make them more robust, especially for use by museums, galleries, libraries and archives. Use Python, PHP, or jQuery with the MediaWiki API and help thousands of people share free culture.