crstauf 5:01 pm on April 20, 2020  

Summary for Documentation Team Meeting 20 April 2020

Attendance

@passoniate @atachibana @chaion07 @milana_cap @bph @crstauf @mukesh27 @kafleg @FahimMurshed @Ataurr @johnbillion @cristianozanca @nobnob @immeet94 @deadpool76 @estelaris @kenshino @marcio-zebedeu @audrasjb @kulsumsiddique @softservenet @kevinhill83

Agenda

Source

  1. Attendance
  2. Notetaker & Facilitator selection for Next Meeting
  3. Project Updates
  4. Handbook Revamp
    • Homepage Update
    • Deadline for next 2 or 3 pages
  5. Categorization Project, Alterations Workflow, User Stories (discussion)
  6. Open Floor

Project Updates

@milana_cap No updates (ref).

@themiked 20% of the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party handhook is done, convering to individual blocks and review (ref).

@atachibana redirecting Codex pages to Code Reference pages is 46.6% completed (498 of 1069). Big thanks to @collinsmbaka and @stevenlinx (ref).

Handbook Revamp

@milana_cap Handbook is waiting for workflow pages (ref). Hopes to finish “Reporting an issue” by next week (ref).

Categorization Project, Alterations Workflow, User Stories

@chaion07 Tried to write a few user stories (ref).

@estelaris Completed 32 stories (ref). There was a Zoom call last week: recommendation to track and analyze search results (@jonoaldersonwp is looking into it) (ref).

@estelaris Will schedule a Zoom meeting for Thursday at 15:00 UTC to discuss further (ref).

Discussion on how to get more people involved:

Open Floor

Four items to discuss from last week (ref):

New members Mentor training

  • @sukafia was not available with an update (ref)
  • @milana_cap in a Zoom call:
    • agreed next step is for @sukafia to define the structure of the project (ex: introducing tools, checking skills) (ref)
    • agreed onboarding process between one week and one month, based on member’s adoption speed (ref)
    • new members have separate meetings as well as regular Docs meetings (ref)
    • new members are announced once onboarding is completed (ref)

Slack Comment Tracking

@estelaris proposed adding to next week’s agenda. (ref)

@kenshino requested to discuss next week (ref), prefers use of Docs Trac (https://docs.trac.wordpress.org/), to prevent multiple points of entry. (ref)

Monthly Coffee Breaks/Zoom Sessions

@estelaris Proposed adding to next week’s agenda (idea from @sukafia, not available to propose idea) (ref).

WCEU Online Contributors Day

Few things needed (according to @estelaris) (ref):

  1. Getting Started with Contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. pay in handbook updated
  2. office hours for new contributors between May 25 and June 3
  3. a short video from an experienced contributor to introduce the team
  4. a call for ideas/projects to work on
  5. plans for the day

@estelaris Called for volunteers on the above items (ref).

@milana_cap Volunteered to write P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. on contributor day (ref, ref).