Wikirating:Projects
From Wikirating, the source of independent credit ratings.
The following assignments are open to any Wikirating user who would like to take responsibility to a project:
| Assignment | Category | Description | Due date | Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit rating poll enhancement |
Development (Tech.) | The current credit rating polling function, based on the mediawiki extension “rating bar” , must be improved, eventually completely re-built, with enhanced and new features, as well as a more intuitive and user friendly design. See technical specifications here | September 2012 | apply |
| Credit rating poll timeline |
Development (Tech.) | The rating polls will be reset regularly and we are looking for volunteers to develop an extension to display the polls results after closing of the polls. The extension should be able to graphically display diverse pieces of info related to the polls during the voting: number of votes (per day/week/month), ability to sort the results per geographic locations of the voters, per period, per users' profiles, to display the ranking and distribution of the votes... | June 2012 | apply |
| Credit rating poll outlook |
Development (Tech.) | Develop a poll function for outlooks (positive, negative, stable), similar to the rating poll | October 2012 | apply |
| Corporation Wikirating Index (CWI) | Business Sovereign | Create and develop a basic, transparent and understandable rating method for companies (similar to the Sovereign Wikirating Index SWI) | October 2012 | Yoshi |
| Sovereign Wikirating Index (SWI) | Business Sovereign | Review and ameliorate the SWI rating method (criteria's, allocated weight, calculation, scaling factors) | July 2012 | apply |
| Credit rating extension development | Development (Tech.) | Develop a MediaWiki extension to build users' own credit ratings | December 2012 | apply |
| Companies list | Business Corporate | 208 companies are currently listed in Wikirating. Wikirating is looking for volunteers to extend this list and to apply classification, for instance SIC | July 2012 | apply |
| Wikirating feeds | Development (Tech.) | We are looking for volunteers to develop a ticker plug-in that would feed on the fly an internet page with the Wikirating ratings from each methodology | December 2012 | apply |
| Data feeds implementation | Development (Tech.) | We are looking for volunteers to implement connection to public databases (IMF, Eurostat, International Financial Statistics (IFS), Bloomberg...) in order to feed Wikirating with up-to-date market data | December 2012 | apply |
| Project work groups | any | Any group of students is very welcome to perform its project for Wikirating, might it be on the business side (development of rating methods) or on the technical side (development of new functionalities and extensions) | n.a. | apply |
