This task is part of a team goal committed for Developer-Relations (Oct-Dec 2017).
Creation of a short term plan to improve outreach and increase retention. Experiment with the first steps of this plan on Outreachy Round 15, Google Code-in 2017, and existing newcomers.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | srishakatux | T164084 [FY 17-18] Program 12: Onboarding new developers | |||
| Resolved | srishakatux | T176487 Goal: Increase onboarding and retention of new volunteer developers | |||
| Resolved | srishakatux | T176488 Creation of a short term plan to improve outreach and increase retention | |||
| Resolved | srishakatux | T176484 Provide an analysis of metrics and survey results informing a short term plan to improve outreach and increase retention |
I tend to welcome (on their talk pages) newcomers who ask questions on feedback pages I watch on mw.org. Have you considered doing the same, and/or making a customised welcome message to guide these people toward resources of your choice?
Also, when is it that you start interacting with these people (if at all)? After first submission? After 3, or 10? Focus of these questions, including the ones above, are obviously not people coming from specific programs.
Some great ideas from @Rfarrand's comment in the New Developers/Quarterly/2017-10 discussion page that we could use here.
Doc that only DevRel's have access to right now > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLcwags540H--0K147LWT4kRDbwHk748dP51C0YHsag/edit
Some of the ideas/ discussion points highlighted in this short-term plan were highlighted/ used in the framing of the "Onboarding new developers" annual program for fiscal year 2018/19. Resolving this task for now!