Wikimedia Hackathon 2018/Documentation
The documentation sprint is a session that will take place during the 3 days of the hackathon. Its main goal is to improve specific user-documentation about Wikidata, Wikibase, Toolforge, Cloud VPS, MediaWiki, and other projects.
Location[edit]
The room is called Seminaris B, or QC0015. When arriving at the entrance, you can take the corridor on your left (with a sign saying "Seminaris A and B", then continue a bit and you will see our sign on the left!
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Location of the documentation room in the venue -
Take this corridor after entering the building -
Sign of the documentation room
Content[edit]
The main topics we suggest are:
- Wikidata newcomers documentation (phab:T159216)
- Lexicographical data documentation
- Wikibase installation and configuration (phab:T159218)
- Slidedeck of Wikidata-based tools
- Cloud Services newcomers documentation (phab:T101659)
- Discussing, testing, and helping with the ongoing updates to the Documentation/Style guide
But you can submit any other topic!
You can look at the main Phabricator task phab:T187319, check the related subtasks, or add new ones.
Participants can work alone or in teams.
Anyone is welcome to join at any moment during the event, join a team or not, work on one of the suggested topics or not.
Organizers will provide advice to help participants to build good documentation.
Non-tech people are welcome. People will be able to attend remotely.