User:Pavithraes/Sandbox/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:

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Program timeline

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April 13 to May 4	Organizational application period
May 4 to May 10	Google reviews and approves organizations
May 11	Organizations are announced
May 11 to June 8	Technical writer exploration and application
June 9	Technical writer application deadline
August 16	Accepted projects announced
August 17 to September 13	Community bonding
September 14 to December 10/March 12	Doc-development through project finalization
January 6/March 15	Results announced

Project ideas

Technical Documentation

Assist in compiling and writing a set of first-line documentation (walkthroughs, tutorials, and best practices) for users who are new to Toolforge and Cloud VPS.

Evaluate, research and make recommendations

TBA

Audience research and user experience

TBA

Create resources for staff and volunteers

Reviews are critical to quality documentation. 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.

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.

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

Zulip is the best way to contact Wikimedia's Google Season of Docs admins.