libmediawiki
Problem statement
| The fact that
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there doesn't exist a Qt API for MediaWiki
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Qt and KDE developers, and their users,
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the absence of readily available API discourages developers from building desktop tools for reading or editing MediaWiki-hosted content.
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| A successful solution would
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provide Qt developers with such a tool, therefore enabling and encouraging them to create new software based on it.
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Success criteria
- The library is usable and reused outside this project.
Product position
| For
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Qt and KDE developers
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| who
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want to build software that interacts with a MediaWiki website
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| libmediawiki
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is a Qt API
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| that
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allows to quickly and abstractly interface with a MediaWiki interface
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| in a better way than
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building a (different) interface from scratch each time.
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Roles
Features
See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API for details.
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Short description
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| Authentication API
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Login & logout
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| Query API
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Meta info, properties & lists
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| Parsing API
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Template expansion & rendering
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| Editing API
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Page creation, edition, move, watch
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| Maintenance API
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Deletion, protection, rollback, patrol
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| User API
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Block, e-mails, user rights
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| Uploading API
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File upload
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Widgets / plasmoids
Problem statement
| The fact that
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there doesn't exist Wikipedia widgets
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KDE users,
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| because
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the users who need Wikipedia's services don't have widgets for the desktop.
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| A successful solution would
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provide widgets to reach Wikipedia's services.
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Success criteria
Product position
| For
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User of the KDE desktop
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| who
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wish to integrates bits of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia websites in their desktop,
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| Wikipedia widgets
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is a suite of widgets/plasmoids
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| that
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brings pieces of information from Wikipedia/Wikimedia to their desktop
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| in a better way than
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the browser.
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Roles
- Wikimedia reader
- Wikimedia participant
Features
| Name |
Priority |
Short description
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| Commons picture of the day
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| Wikipedia article of the day
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in multiple languages?
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| Wiktionary look-up
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| Watchlist RSS
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Mass file uploader
(name TBD)
Problem statement
| The fact that
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Wikimedia Commons doesn't provide an intuitive, fully-fledged and cross-platform mass file uploader
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the current and potential participants to Wikimedia Commons
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| because
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contributing large amounts of media files
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| A successful solution would
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provide an easy way to mass upload media files from the desktop to Wikimedia Commons.
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Success criteria
- The tool is well-received by the community of users.
- The tool is downloaded by a large number of people.
- A large number of media files are uploaded using the tool.
Product position
Roles
- Wikimedia Commons participant
Features
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Priority |
Short description
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| Multilingual descriptions
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| Copyright terms
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Author, source, license
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| Specifics of Wikimedia Commons
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Mandatory fields, licenses and other templates
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| Prepopulation of fields
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Metadata extraction from EXIF, IPTC, XMP
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| Batch operations
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Ability to apply specific changes to a selection of files
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| User preferences
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Ability to customize and remember settings
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| Integration with KIPI plugins
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| Lossless rotation
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| Progress bar
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| Geolocation
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Ability to extract from EXIF and add template or hide for privacy
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Offline editor
Problem statement
| The fact that
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| A successful solution would
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Success criteria
Product position
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Original page
Problem statement
| Le problème de
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l'accès à Wikipedia, dépendant d'une connexion internet et d'un navigateur,
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| affecte
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les développeurs et les utilisateurs.
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| L'impact du problème est
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que les utilisateurs ne peuvent pas avoir le contenu de Wikipedia sur le bureau et que s'il n'ont pas de connexion, le contenu de Wikipedia est indisponible.
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| Une solution réussie permettrait de
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pouvoir accéder au contenu de Wikipedia à partir de l'environnement KDE en étant connecté à internet ou hors-ligne.
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Critères de succès
- Bibliothèque utilisable et utilisée.
- Taux de satisfaction et d'utilisation élevés de la part des utilisateurs. (ex : nombre d'étoiles proche de 5)
Position du produit
| Pour
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les utilisateurs et les développeurs
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| Qui
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cherchent à utiliser de manière simplifié Wikipedia.
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| MediaWiki/Silk
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est une API ainsi qu'une ressource akonadi
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| Qui
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permet d'interfacer l'API MediaWiki en Qt, de synchroniser des pages Wikipedia afin de les utiliser en étant hors-ligne.
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| Mieux que
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le navigateur internet.
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