Season of Docs/Past projects

Google Season of Docs (GSoD) is an initiative to foster collaboration between the open source community and technical writers. This page lists Wikimedia projects from past years of Season of Docs.

2019
Participant: User:Pavithraes Proposal: T226018 Report: User:Pavithraes/Season_of_Docs_-_Project_report Mentors: User:SRodlund_(WMF), User:SSethi_(WMF)

"Originally, this project aimed to improve the on-wiki documentation, guidelines and resources for technical writers and videographers across Wikimedia projects. The project plan was later changed to improve Toolforge and Cloud VPS technical documentation instead of documentation for videographers." - User:Pavithraes/Season_of_Docs_-_Project_report


 * Created a guide for new technical writers to get started: Documentation/New technical writers
 * Created a page where technical documentarians can collaborate and share resources: Documentation/Technical writer guide
 * Created a page on using graphics in technical documentation: Graphics in technical documentation
 * And more!

2020
Participant: User:Gbahdeyboh Proposal: T255360 Report: Wikimedia and Google Season of Docs 2020 Mentors: User:SRodlund_(WMF), User:APaskulin_(WMF)

"My proposal was broadly scoped to two things: Improving the onboarding processes, and improving documentation standards. The idea was that: If all new documents use these templates as a guide, they would find it easier to create documentation. If all documentation that is being created/updated use these templates as a guide, there will be consistency across WMF’s documentation formats. If all documentation that was created (which is expected to use these templates) undergoes this structured review process, over time, the documentation standards will be greatly improved." - Wikimedia and Google Season of Docs 2020


 * Created templates for tutorials, API docs, and more!
 * Created a process for documentation review