Mentor Google Code-in 2014 Student(s) Who Will Research MediaWiki Sites Classified as Defunct on WikiApiary
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	Nov 11 2014, 4:52 PM

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WikiApiary lists 3,000 MW sites as defunct. We would like to know why they are classified as defunct.

This task was pulled out from T1136: Extract and Sort WikiApiary Database and submitted for Google Code-in 2014 as small research projects for the students to work on.

The students who work on these small research projects will report their findings on the following page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct

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Mentioned In: T76884: Mentor Google Code-in 2014 Student(s): Participation in Identify Important Questions to Ask MediaWiki Customers
T1136: Extract and Sort WikiApiary Database
Mentioned Here: T1136: Extract and Sort WikiApiary Database

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Palexis created this task.Nov 11 2014, 4:52 PM

Palexis raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

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Palexis added a project: Wiki-Release-Team.

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Palexis added subscribers: Palexis, Qgil, MarkAHershberger, Mglaser.

Palexis renamed this task from (Possible) Mentor Google Code-in Student to Research Inactive MW Sites to (Possible) Mentor Google Code-in Student(s) Who Will Research Inactive MW Sites.Nov 11 2014, 4:56 PM

Palexis mentioned this in T1136: Extract and Sort WikiApiary Database .Nov 11 2014, 5:04 PM

Palexis renamed this task from (Possible) Mentor Google Code-in Student(s) Who Will Research Inactive MW Sites to Mentor Google Code-in Student(s) Who Will Research Inactive MW Sites.Nov 19 2014, 7:45 PM

Palexis triaged this task as Medium priority.Nov 19 2014, 8:21 PM

Palexis moved this task from Backlog to Need Discussion on the Wiki-Release-Team board.

Palexis moved this task from Need Discussion to Ready to Go on the Wiki-Release-Team board.Dec 2 2014, 9:03 PM

Palexis renamed this task from Mentor Google Code-in Student(s) Who Will Research Inactive MW Sites to Mentor Google Code-in 2014 Student(s) Who Will Research MediaWiki Sites Classified as Defunct on WikiApiary.Dec 2 2014, 9:21 PM

Palexis assigned this task to MarkAHershberger.

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Palexis moved this task from Ready to Go to Doing on the Wiki-Release-Team board.Dec 5 2014, 6:11 PM

Palexis mentioned this in T76884: Mentor Google Code-in 2014 Student(s): Participation in Identify Important Questions to Ask MediaWiki Customers.Dec 5 2014, 7:41 PM

First student to complete a task : https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/61-80

Second task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/261-280

Third task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/301-320

Palexis raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Dec 17 2014, 9:31 PM

Fourth task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/1-20. This particular one is interesting because the student encountered problems with WikiApiary site that may indicate possible other issues - still in discussion.

Fifth task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/21-40

Sixth task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/41-60.

Seven task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/81-100

Eighth task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/101-120
Ninth task completed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Google_Code-in_2014/Research_WikiApiary_Sites_Listed_as_Defunct/121-140