Technical Document Re-working Group/Wikimania 2018
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This page lists information about the Technical Document Re-Working Group and Mission, as well as tasks to explore at the Hackathon at Wikimania 2018.
Create a Wikimedia developer account and login with it to edit content on wikitech.
The developer advocacy approach to technical documentation[edit]
Resources for evaluating technical documentation[edit]
- The Open Organization Maturity Model
- Feedback and recommendations from BSU Grad student audit of Toolforge documentation Jan-Feb 2018
Resources for improving technical documentation[edit]
Resources for building and supporting technical documentarian community[edit]
| Task | Page | Further notes or owner | Experience level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Help build a page on wiki that serves as a resource list for new technical writers and editors. We’ll teach you how to edit! | Not yet created! | T197006 | Newcomer |
| Make this a better landing page that helps guide folks to walkthroughs and tutorials and provides a list of resources for folks who want to learn more. | wikitech:Help:Toolforge/How_to | All Levels | |
| Help improve this style guide! We need examples and tips! | Documentation/Style_guide | T1970006 | All Levels |
| Create a check-list for technical documentation pages (aka a list of basic criteria to check tech docs against before posting/publishing). | Not yet created! | Not yet created! | All Levels |
| Link examples of technical documents published on Wikimedia projects that exemplify the best practices shared in the style guide. | Documentation/Style guide#Deciding on a document type | T1970006 | All Levels |
| Determine if the scope of this page is too much. Does all the content belong or should it be moved to subpages? Improve organization/navigation | wikitech:Help:Toolforge | Intermediate | |
| Reformat as a walkthrough. EX. wikitech:Help:Toolforge/My_first_Flask_OAuth_tool | wikitech:Help:Toolforge/My_first_Pywikibot_tool | T134495 | Intermediate |
| Reformat as a walkthrough. EX. wikitech:Help:Toolforge/My_first_Flask_OAuth_tool | wikitech:Help:Toolforge/My_first_Django_OAuth_tool | Intermediate | |
| Update SSH documentation with this information. | https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:SSH | T196815 | Intermediate |
| Create a maturity model / rubric / set of criteria to evaluate the quality and usefulness of our current and future technical documentation. Ex. https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/10/readme-maturity-model | Not yet created! | Not yet created! | Intermediate |
| Help build a gadget to gather user feedback about technical documentation. | T195119 | Advanced | |
| Various Cloud VPS and Toolforge documentation issues phab:T101659 lists a larger set of tasks, but many will likely require experience with the tools | T101659 | Advanced | |
| add something? | add something? |