At the moment, the special signup page for mentors is available at Beta wikis and the test Wikipedia.
Next steps will be to release it by order to:
# Pilot wikis
[] Arabic Wikipedia
[] Bangla Wikipedia
[] Czech Wikipedia
[] Spanish Wikipedia (the feature will wait for mentors)
# Other wikis where the list is active
Proposed key elements for communication:
- Why this change?
- At the moment, the mentor list is a simple page anyone can edit, unless it’s protected.
- We have observed some cases where mentors were not following formatting instructions, which generated some mistakes.
- Also, this new system will make the development of new features for mentors much easier.
- What changes?
- With the new page, mentors will be able to edit only their own description (using Special:MentorDashboard), while administrators will be able to edit the entire mentors' list if needed (using Special:ManageMentors).
- New mentors will signup by visiting Special:MentorDashboard. Mentors willing to take a break or quit will also use Special:MentorDashboard to do so.
- At the time of the deployment, the page where mentors are listed will be edited. The list of mentors will be replaced by {{Special:ManageMentors}}, the rest of the page remains unaffected.
- What mentors have to do?
- Nothing!
- When will it happen?
- TBD for both pilot and other wikis
- More information: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Structured_mentor_list