Once T171787 is resolved, put together a concise documentation around Wikimedia technical areas expanding what we currently have in https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Wikimedia_Technical_Areas_An_Overview.pdf.
Link to the documentation for technical areas in whatever format produced (on-wiki or pdf) will be linked from the New Developers page.
We could also consider making a video with voiceover when we know the documentation is up to date.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | srishakatux | T164084 [FY 17-18] Program 12: Onboarding new developers | |||
| Resolved | Aklapper | T176490 Goal: A learning environment and growth paths for new volunteer developers | |||
| Resolved | None | T169599 Sort out concept for overview/entrance pages targeting our developer audience | |||
| Resolved | srishakatux | T171789 Document intro to Wikimedia technical areas |
Just noting: if the PDF file c:File:Wikimedia_Technical_Areas_An_Overview.pdf continued to get used,
(I checked these slides again today as we'll kill the use of Ruby in QA's Selenium tests soon, but I see that the slides don't mention Ruby with regard to QA. Yay.)
@Aklapper Agree! In any case, I think that the slides don't convey much info, and so I am planning to document the technical areas either on a new page or merge with existing "how to contribute". I will come up with a draft soon and share.
Link to the documentation for technical areas in whatever format produced (on-wiki or pdf) will be linked from the New Developers page.
I am not convinced that is the best idea:
In which specific situation do I, as a beginner, need to have an overview of the technical areas in Wikimedia?
(When I started contributing to software project X in organization Y, I did not care much about organization Y and did not need to know much about it. True story.)
Maybe it could be linked from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_Developers#Looking_for_additional_resources.3F or linked from one of the page listed in that very section.
I might be wrong here, hence discussion welcome.
@Aklapper Yes, you are right! Maybe I am too lazy, but this task no longer seems valid to me :-/
Good point! I have added a link to the PDF source in the file description on Commons. Folks can re-use, copy, comment on slides, etc. Unless there is more to add, I can close this task.
@srishakatux: I'd say: Do it. (And add DevRel's quarterly project/month column to track this task.)