Workshops: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops
Goals
- Make the information from the workshops available on wiki in an accessible, searchable, translatable form
- Make it easier to organize such workshops in the future by ensuring the information can be reused as a teaching resource
- Provide a blueprint for creating such content for workshops that we organize in the future
Requirements towards the content
- It serves as a thorough explanation of the subject, the same way any other documentation would. It follows the rules and recommendations outlined in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation.
- It integrates well with existing materials covering the same subject. It does NOT duplicate existing content. Rather, it improves the existing materials so that they can serve as an on-wiki equivalent of the workshops.
- It can serve as an agenda or curriculum for similar workshops in the future. That is, the content should follow (and describe) a structure of a workshop, or contain additional material that describes such a structure to make it easier to use as resources for planning workshops.
In summary, this content should sufficiently explain the subjects covered in SWT workshops in a way that makes it suitable for self-study. It should also (implicitly or explicitly) clarify the structure of the workshop in a way that makes it a reliable resource for workshop organizers.
High-level plan
In Jan-Mar 2023, we are planning to create and review content for two workshops:
- How to host a bot on Toolforge
- How to run a basic script via Pywikibot (stretch)
These will serve as examples and templates for future iterations.