It would be super cool to capture @Mike_Peel's experiences and advice around mentoring Wikimedia projects through OSS programs :))
This blog post can help us with outreach efforts to draw more projects/mentors via the next rounds. It can be published on both Diff + Tech Blog. As an example, here is a blog post highlighting the interview we did with an Outreachy intern in 2020:
https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/08/26/lalithas-story-an-outreachy-intern-shares-her-experience/
Questions to cover:
- Can you tell us about your background and involvement in the Wikimedia movement?
- It is impressive to see your mentoring involvement in technical projects in almost every round Wikimedia organizes! How many projects have you mentored so far? And how did you get involved with mentoring in Wikimedia's outreach programs?
- This past summer you mentored 3 interns as part of GSoC / Outreachy. Can you tell us a little about the projects they worked on?.
- How was your experience mentoring these interns? How was it mentoring multiple people at the same time?
- What steps do you actively take to ensure interns have a good experience? Mainly, how do you foster their engagement with the broader Wikimedia community during and after the program?
- What are some of the challenges you face while mentoring interns? How do you overcome them?
- What advice would you give to future mentors to make contributors' experiences meaningful?
- What advice would you give future interns to thrive at their internship?