Please provide the following information.
- Provide a short summary of your proposed post for the Wikimedia Technical Blog:
There is currently a consultation on the subject of whether or not to use GitLab vs Gerrit for code review. This consultation is open to participation from anyone involved in the Wikimedia technical space. The post would give a short background of the consultation and ask for participation. The hope is that this post will raise awareness of the consultation process to help arrive at an equitable outcome for the entire technical community.
- Which topic type does your blog post fall under? See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_technical_blog_editorial_guidelines#Outlines_for_topics
This almost falls into "Announcement of a change related to technology". Closer to "We might make a change related to technology". Although it's also close to, "Tech community events and outreach programs".
- What audience or audiences do you think your post is appropriate for:
Folks with opinions about code review in Wikimedia technical spaces from any perspective: volunteer, employee (of WMF, WMDE, etc.), 3rd party extension developer, independent project developer.
- Will you need assistance with writing your blog post?
No
- Does your post need to be published by a certain date?
Before the end of the GitLab consultation period 2020-09-30
- Do you have any other questions or comments?
Once your request is received, a technical blog admin will review it and reach out to you through Phabricator.