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First review of the Technical Collaboration Guidance by Foundation Product teams and most active technical volunteers
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The bulk of the text for the Technical Collaboration Guidance has been written after many one-on-one and small group discussions with community liaisons and product managers. It now needs broader review by product and community.

Methodology:

  • Email to Wikimedia Annoucements
  • Email to product and engineering mailing lists
  • Other methods tbd

Expected impact / deliverables

  • Call for review of the Technical Collaboration Guidance materials available as of October 1, inviting all Foundation Product teams and at least 50 volunteers very active in product development discussions relating to a variety Wikimedia projects and software products.
  • Discussion and integration of the feedback received.
  • T152515: Pilot the TCG with a product/product team/community liaison

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Keegan created this task.Sep 2 2016, 6:24 PM
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Keegan mentioned this in T142355: Technical Collaboration quarterly goals for October - December 2016.Sep 2 2016, 6:25 PM
Qgil subscribed.Sep 12 2016, 6:27 AM

Related discussion: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tb9dfwpryoobv2rh

Qgil renamed this task from Review the Technical Collaboration Guideline to First review of the Technical Collaboration Guideline by Foundation Product teams and most active technical volunteers.Sep 19 2016, 9:28 AM
Qgil added a project: Goal.
Qgil updated the task description. (Show Details)
Qgil added a parent task: T118231: Proposal: any WMF software project willing to be prioritized requires a concept publicly available.Sep 28 2016, 7:23 AM
Qgil mentioned this in T118231: Proposal: any WMF software project willing to be prioritized requires a concept publicly available.Sep 28 2016, 7:26 AM
Qgil added a parent task: T137088: Recommendations to publish Product updates.Sep 28 2016, 7:46 AM
Qgil mentioned this in T137088: Recommendations to publish Product updates.Sep 28 2016, 7:49 AM
Qgil removed a parent task: T137088: Recommendations to publish Product updates.
Qgil added a subtask: T137088: Recommendations to publish Product updates.
Qgil added a parent task: T138339: Create a systematic approach to community engagement for product development teams.Sep 28 2016, 8:07 AM
Qgil mentioned this in T121710: Make GIF videos for user stories of the features.
Qgil added a subtask: T121710: Make GIF videos for user stories of the features.
Qgil mentioned this in T130602: Are messages from the WMF negatively affecting small Village Pumps?.Sep 28 2016, 8:12 AM
Qgil added a subtask: T130602: Are messages from the WMF negatively affecting small Village Pumps?.
Qgil triaged this task as Medium priority.Oct 4 2016, 2:24 PM

Assuming Normal priority.

Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Ready to Go on the Community-Relations-Support (Oct-Dec-2016) board.Oct 4 2016, 2:24 PM
Keegan added a comment.Nov 2 2016, 8:01 PM

Notifications sent to:

  • Wikimedia-l
  • Wikitech-l
  • WMF all-staff
  • WMF product
  • Village pumps that are technical in nature
Qgil mentioned this in T119595: Provide a reply to Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer.Nov 11 2016, 12:33 PM
Keegan added a comment.Nov 18 2016, 8:45 PM

Product management is currently scheduling a meeting to kickstart a review with me on their end.

Qgil moved this task from Ready to Go to November on the Community-Relations-Support (Oct-Dec-2016) board.Nov 22 2016, 1:03 PM
Keegan mentioned this in T152515: Pilot the TCG with a product/product team/community liaison.Dec 6 2016, 7:14 PM
Qgil mentioned this in T150658: Technical Collaboration quarterly check in for January – March 2017.Dec 20 2016, 2:13 PM
Keegan added a comment.Jan 5 2017, 10:59 PM

I've sent an invitation for review to the Stewards' mailing list as well, since they are often - if not officially, in commentary - involved directly in WMF/community product discussions.

Keegan added a comment.Jan 5 2017, 11:01 PM

This review and re-drafting should be completed by the first half of this quarter (Q3FY16/17, so second week of February, or about five weeks from now), following discussions that are to be had at the 2017 MediaWiki Developer summit and any additional last minute feedback on the talk page.

Qgil edited projects, added Community-Relations-Support (Jan-Mar 2017); removed Community-Relations-Support (Oct-Dec-2016).Jan 7 2017, 11:35 AM
Qgil moved this task from Backlog to January on the Community-Relations-Support (Jan-Mar 2017) board.
BethNaught subscribed.Jan 19 2017, 1:57 PM
Qgil renamed this task from First review of the Technical Collaboration Guideline by Foundation Product teams and most active technical volunteers to First review of the Technical Collaboration Guidance by Foundation Product teams and most active technical volunteers.Jan 24 2017, 1:42 PM
Qgil updated the task description. (Show Details)
Keegan closed this task as Resolved.Feb 28 2017, 5:50 PM

Finished re-drafting as a whole. The document lives on a wiki, so it's living and can still be edited as needed.

Keegan reopened this task as Open.Mar 2 2017, 6:50 PM
Keegan edited projects, added Community-Relations-Support (Apr-Jun 2017); removed Community-Relations-Support (Jan-Mar 2017).Apr 3 2017, 5:21 PM
Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Ready to Go on the Community-Relations-Support (Apr-Jun 2017) board.Apr 19 2017, 3:04 PM
Qgil mentioned this in T163441: Technical Collaboration quarterly check in for April - June 2017.Apr 20 2017, 12:57 PM
Keegan moved this task from Backlog to Ongoing on the Technical-Collaboration-Guidance board.May 4 2017, 7:14 PM
Keegan added a comment.Jun 30 2017, 5:04 PM

Product management at the WMF still needs to give a sign-off, but that part is up to the department heads to get together and work it out.

Qgil mentioned this in T138339: Create a systematic approach to community engagement for product development teams.Jun 30 2017, 7:49 PM
Qgil edited projects, added Community-Relations-Support (Jul-Sep 2017); removed Community-Relations-Support (Apr-Jun 2017).
Qgil mentioned this in T169739: Technical Collaboration quarterly check in for July - September 2017.Jul 5 2017, 12:37 PM
Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Ready to Go on the Community-Relations-Support (Jul-Sep 2017) board.Aug 11 2017, 4:58 PM
Qgil mentioned this in T176462: Goal: Best practices of collaboration between product development teams and communities agreed and ready for adoption.Sep 22 2017, 9:51 AM
Qgil added a subtask: T176462: Goal: Best practices of collaboration between product development teams and communities agreed and ready for adoption.
Qgil removed a parent task: T118231: Proposal: any WMF software project willing to be prioritized requires a concept publicly available.
Qgil mentioned this in T175000: Technical Collaboration quarterly check in for October - December 2017.Sep 22 2017, 3:35 PM
• Elitre edited projects, added Community-Relations-Support (Oct-Dec 2017); removed Community-Relations-Support (Jul-Sep 2017).Sep 30 2017, 1:52 PM
• Elitre moved this task from Backlog to Ready to Go on the Community-Relations-Support (Oct-Dec 2017) board.Sep 30 2017, 1:59 PM
Qgil edited subtasks, added: T173426: Retrospective on the first year of the Technical Collaboration Guidance; removed: T121710: Make GIF videos for user stories of the features.Oct 2 2017, 7:52 AM
Qgil mentioned this in T184080: Technical Collaboration quarterly check in for January - March 2018.Jan 3 2018, 4:49 PM
• Elitre subscribed.Jan 5 2018, 10:18 AM
• Elitre claimed this task.Jan 5 2018, 10:20 AM
Qgil moved this task from Oct-Dec 2017 to Jan-Mar-2018 on the Community-Relations-Support board.Jan 9 2018, 2:40 PM
Qgil edited projects, added Community-Relations-Support (Jan-Mar-2018); removed Community-Relations-Support (Oct-Dec 2017).
• Elitre edited projects, added Community-Relations-Support (Apr-Jun-2018); removed Community-Relations-Support (Jan-Mar-2018).Apr 7 2018, 3:29 PM
Qgil merged a task: T176275: Cleanup Technical Collaboration Guidance text.Jul 5 2018, 11:07 AM
Qgil edited projects, added Community-Relations; removed Community-Relations-Support (Apr-Jun-2018), Technical-Collaboration-Guidance.Jul 5 2018, 11:14 AM
Qgil edited projects, added CommRel-Documentation; removed Community-Relations.Jul 5 2018, 1:42 PM
Qgil closed subtask T130602: Are messages from the WMF negatively affecting small Village Pumps? as Declined.Jul 5 2018, 2:46 PM
Quiddity lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.Sep 11 2018, 8:40 PM
Quiddity subscribed.Sep 20 2018, 6:41 PM
Quiddity raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.Sep 20 2018, 6:48 PM
• Elitre changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Sep 26 2018, 6:54 PM
• Elitre changed the status of subtask T176462: Goal: Best practices of collaboration between product development teams and communities agreed and ready for adoption from Open to Stalled.
• Elitre closed this task as Declined.Mar 29 2019, 3:52 PM

While TCG is already out there,
we eventually went on on working on a different set of documents with Audiences which is in a sense its evolution,
the Wikimedia Product Guidance.
We're in the process of publishing it on mw.org.

• Elitre closed subtask T176462: Goal: Best practices of collaboration between product development teams and communities agreed and ready for adoption as Resolved.Mar 29 2019, 3:54 PM
Qgil awarded a token.Apr 1 2019, 7:15 AM
Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Started on the CommRel-Documentation board.
• Elitre closed subtask T137088: Recommendations to publish Product updates as Resolved.Apr 1 2019, 12:14 PM
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