Documentation/Technical documentation community and outreach programs

This page contains information about the ongoing community and outreach initiatives and opportunities related to technical documentation.

Active programs
2022 May: At the Wikimedia Hackathon, we had a discussion and gathered community input around documentation challenges, needs, opportunities, and priorities.

2022 July-Sept: Developer Advocacy tech writer quarterly goals are focused making it easier to assess the state of documentation and contribute meaningful improvements (project board in Phabricator). This includes work to:
 * Identify documentation collections and how to assess the state of the content they contain.
 * Make the results of this assessment publicly available and easy to navigate.

Friends of the docs

 * Wikimedia technical documentation: Friends of the Docs - Are you interested in connecting with other folks who are interested in Wikimedia, open source software, and technical documentation? Friends of the Docs meets from time to time to discuss documentation-related issues. There is also a Friends of the Docs Zulip stream where you can ask questions and start discussions.

Outreach programs

 * Google Season of the Docs - This program pairs technical writers with open-source organizations to improve technical documentation.
 * Outreachy - Outreachy is a diversity initiative that provides paid, remote internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living. Outreachy rounds often include projects based around technical documentation.