Season of Docs/2020

Wikimedia is applying as a mentoring organization for Season of Docs 2020. Learn application process steps, selection process and responsibilities of a mentor below: Read information for participants Read information for mentors



Program timeline
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Technical Documentation

 * Firstline documentation for Cloud Services. Assist in compiling and writing a set of first-line documentation (walkthroughs, tutorials, and best practices) for experienced developers who are new to Toolforge and Cloud VPS.
 * Identify processes and workflows in need of visual documentation. Draft charts and diagrams to accompany written technical documentation. This would be mainly for Cloud Services documentation.
 * Assist in scripting and producing video tutorials for Cloud Services. Assist in the scripting and production of video tutorials for new Cloud Services contributors.

Audience research and user experience

 * Design and conduct a survey for technical documentation users on Wikimedia projects. Use findings to recommend improvements and to design and draft a set of technical documents based on user research.

Create resources for staff and volunteers

 * Improve the technical onboarding process. Help to standardize technical onboarding documentation for staff members and new contributors.
 * Improve technical documentation review processes. Technical documentation on Wikimedia projects is often not reviewed for quality or accuracy. There is a nascent technical document review process that needs further development and support. In this project, you would help to clarify and refine the process, create supporting material and work with the technical community to help implement this system.

Mentors
Wikimedia will be working with 1 teachnical writer this year, and the mentors are:


 * Sarah R. Rodlund
 * Alex Paskulin

Contact
Please feel free to reach out to us with questions. We like to work in the open and together with our community. Following are the best methods to reach us with questions and for official announcements.


 * 1) Zulip - https://wikimedia.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/gsod20
 * 2) Google Group - technical-documentation@wikimedia.org