Talk:New Developers

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Dear Admins, I want to say about easily developing media-wiki. Whereas media-wiki is quite different from other wikis and other wiki is quitely depends on media wiki, so then we should add some more function on it, such as spell checker. Secondly we should invite the media wiki contributors for developing content. Thank you

@Md Tanbir Islam Hi, this page is for new developers, it is not for proposing code changes. Spell checkers are commonly provided by web browsers. Anyone is free and welcome to develop content or code - feel free to do so. PS: we are not "admins" here. :)

No, thanks. This page is for NEW developers. Also see phab:T176668.

I'm a bit surprised to find the MediaWiki project absent on this page. I assume there is a good reason for this; something like complexity, lack of mentoring or development documentation, or something else entirely.

But that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be mentioned, at the very least as an intermediate option, perhaps at the bottom of the list. We have a phabricator project good first task with things that new developers can do.

It also does not help that the page links to New Developers#Choose a software project on the same page, which does not list MediaWiki, but the next item, "Set up your development environment" is irrelevant for any of the mentioned projects! It focuses solely on MediaWiki.

@Mainframe98 "Frustrating new developers with a super complex codebase" sounds very different from "could be an option for intermediate developers". On a more serious note, see phab:T176668

This is an idea, but what about supporting the open source program called "Language tool" in the editor? It is actively developed and might improve grammar on wikipedia:

https://languagetool.org/de/, https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool

Hi @Biggerj1, please see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_report_a_bug as this page is not for idea collection. Thanks!

There was some work on that idea a few years ago. But it needs a new developer to actually make any progress. (I.e. It's on the gigantic list of things we all wish someone would work on. Volunteers appreciated, if you are or know any devs who could do it!). See Extension:LanguageTool and phab:T89107 for more info.

However it is certainly not in a good state to be listed on this page. Criteria for being listed on this page is given at New Developers/Featured Projects. Hope that helps.

just like Reddit /stackexchange or Extension:Comments

See the answer that you already received on User talk:Ciencia Al Poder#Regarding integration of Extension:VoteNY and 'Flow'. Please don't ask the same thing on several pages. See How to become a MediaWiki hacker how you can start development.

This is a wonderful initiative and I have shared it on the Africa Wikimedia Developers Facebook Page and will keep sharing it on various media to help new developers :).