WordPress.tv Moderator Update: Week 5

Welcome to the official blog of the TV review team for WordPress.tv

We approve and publish all videos on WordPress.tv as well as help WordCamps with video post-production and captioning and subtitling of published videos.

We use this P2P2 “P2” is the name of the theme the blogs of make.wordpress.org use. When asked to post or view something “on the p2” by a member of the WPTV team, that usually means you’re asked to check https://make.wordpress.org/tv. to post our progress, status reports, and occasional geeky video debates. Use the “Subscribe to Blog via Email” widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. to follow along!

Want to help us?

Video Editing — You can see what videos we have that need editing in this spreadsheet. No special credentials are needed, just download the raw video file, and use your favorite app to edit.

Get started here!

Subtitles/captions — You can help us extend the reach of of WordPress.tv by adding captions or subtitles to any published video. Just find your favorite video, and follow the steps here to create a caption/translation file and submit for review.

Weekly meetings

We use Slack for real-time communication. As contributors live all over the world, there are discussions happening at all hours of the day. We have weekly team meetings every Thursday at 17:00 UTC, and they are open to the public!

Our meeting is every Thursday at 15:00 UTC in the #wptv channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. (Find out more about Slack.)

You’re welcome to listen in, or say “hi!” We would love to have your help.

Not much to report with regard to publishing WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. videos to the site. We have submissions in the queue for Phoenix, Nepal, and Vancouver, and will be publishing those shortly. For now, the biggest news to report is that we have new moderators to welcome to the fold. Big thanks to @blobaugh, @andrewmorris, and @theadityajain for stepping up, and we look forward to your contributions to the group. As a special prize you each receive a free copy of WordPress, as well as all the WordCamp videos you can watch! 🙂

We also had our first IRC meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. yesterday in the new #wordcamp channel, which at 2 hours long ran a bit over schedule, but was very spirited. Thanks to all who could make it! As we are a very distributed team, these kind of official meetups are difficult to organize, due to scheduling, time zones, etc. Our P2 remains the primary point of communication to us, but I’m also happy to announce that we will keep regular office hours for anyone who wants to chat in real time. You’re guaranteed to find a moderator (probably me!) if you want to chat, talk business, share concerns, learn how to contribute, etc. Here’s the deets:

Wednesdays from 16:00-19:00 UTC
irc.freenode.net
#wordcamp
IRC Logs

We have also expanded our efforts in documenting our processes as well as communicating quality standards to WordCamp organizers. These are works-in-progress so if you have anything to add (or correct) let yourself be heard in the comments under each doc.

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