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.
 * Fix Extension:LilyPond's security problems so that it can be deployed on WMF sites. (This one requires some people skills, see the discussion here, for example.)
 * 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.