Write the Docs San Francisco Meetup May 2017

Write the Docs San Francisco Meetup was hosted on May 4th between 7 - 9 pm at the Wikimedia Foundation in 5th-floor lounge. The goal of this meetup is to introduce tech writer volunteers to MediaWiki and share with them opportunities to contribute.

More details are here: https://www.meetup.com/Write-the-Docs-SF/events/239305204/

Meetup Agenda

• 7:00 - 7:30 pm - Networking over pizza, snacks & drinks
• 7:30 - 8:00 pm - Presentation from Juan Lara on his experience as a volunteer contributor to the MediaWiki documentation.
• 8:00 - 8:20 pm - Wikimedia staff members will briefly present on specific projects looking for documentation help.
• 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm - Small-group working session

Small-group working session

Attendees will get an opportunity to make their first contribution and have fun collaborating with fellow tech writers.

• If you don't already have an account on MediaWiki, create one here
• Pair up with somebody, pick a task from below, add your name next to it & start working!

No	Task title	Additional details	Point of Contact	Status
1.	Improve the documentation of a MediaWiki extension: ArticlePlaceholder #small #technical	Extension:ArticlePlaceholder requires a better understandable text and the dependencies should be up to date	Lucie
3.	Suggest or test alternatives to Doxygen #small #technical	If you're familiar with alternatives to Doxygen or other tools indicated in the task, help us suggest the pros and cons of it	srishakatux
4.	Bring OOUI screenshots up-to-date #small #technical	OOUI documentation was established with Apex theme screenshots, while MediaWiki theme is now default	Volker E.
5.	Add documentation to most used undocumented pages on Commons #medium #technical	Look for recommended steps indicated in the Phabricator task	Jarekt
6.	Update manual for Huggle to contain stuff for Huggle 3 #medium #technical	See manuals linked in the Phabricator task that needs an update
7.	Document how to create a new notification type #medium #technical	Check for instructions in the comment here and in the duplicate task to learn how to proceed on this task	Mooeypooo
8.	Create documentation for addwiki library features #medium #technical	Check for instructions in the Phabricator task	Addshore
9.	Verify Extension:Newsletter homepage for administrators contains up-to date information #medium #technical	This task requires a clean MediaWiki 1.27+ & newsletter extension installation. Instructions to install the extension are indicated in the Extension:Newsletter homapage. After this step, verify information listed about the extension	01tonythomas
10.	Update the template's configuration documentation #medium #technical	Check for instructions in the Phabricator task	Mobrovac
11.	Create a "my first Python webservice" tutorial for Tool Labs #big #technical	Write a detailed guide for setting up a new Python web service for Tool Labs. A portion of this task is ready here and contains next steps for which help is needed to move forward	Bryan Davis
12.	Create a "my first Pywikibot bot" tutorial for Tool Labs #big #technical	Write a detailed guide for setting up a new Pywikibot tool for Tool Labs	Bryan Davis
13.	Create a "my first PHP webservice" tutorial for Tool Labs #big #technical	Write a detailed guide for setting up a new PHP service tool for Tool Labs	Bryan Davis
14.	Document how to install Python modules in a tool's homedirectory / virtual environment #big #technical	Check for instructions here on the bottom of the ticket	Bryan Davis
15.	Re-organize Tool Labs documentation #big #technical	This task is about re-writing and better organizing the Tool Labs documentation	Bryan Davis
16.	Help identify documentation shortcomings and outline or create solution #big #technical	Help streamlining OOUI documentation	Volker E.

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