Wikimedia technical documentation: Friends of the Docs/Meetings/2020-12-02

Eswaramoorthy, Akinsola Adefolahan

Notes:


 * Evaluating document quality using a Yes/No feedback gadget: Discuss how to improve the gadget to increase the number of responses and impact of the data
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195119 - Create user feedback gadget for technical documentation on Wikitech pages
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20200514162123/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page - Gadget on the WayBack machine
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248892 - Look into eventlogging data for the user feedback gadget for technical docs whether it's "useful"
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P12946 - Pages where the gadget was active
 * Location on the page
 * Having the gadget at the bottom of the page could be resulting in low response rates.
 * It could be moved to the left sidebar or as a floating element on the page.
 * Data storage
 * Since data can only be stored for 90 days, we would need to assign someone to summarize and create a report every 90 days.
 * Next steps: Evaluate different approaches based on location and development effort required
 * Question: Is it possible for someone to provide multiple data points?
 * Presentation from Gbadebo Bello about his work on Wikimedia documentation for Google Season of Docs
 * Debo created templates to help tech writers get started with different genres of documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Technical_documentation_templates_and_suggestions
 * Debo also worked on a self-service review process for tech writers to get review for their documentation and for documentarians and subject matter experts to help review the docs: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Documentation_Review_Processes
 * Weekly notes for each task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262918
 * Information about outreach programs
 * https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/get-started/
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_programs