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 edit

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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 edit

Technical Documentation edit

  • 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 edit

TBA

Audience research and user experience edit

TBA

Create resources for staff and volunteers edit

  • 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 edit

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.

  1. Zulip - https://wikimedia.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/gsod20
  2. Google Group - technical-documentation@wikimedia.org
Zulip is the best way to contact Wikimedia's Google Season of Docs admins.