Attendance
@Ataurr @bph @chaion07 @collinsmbaka @estelaris @FahimMurshed @ibdz @joyously @Kenshino @Leslie @MakeWebBetter @manthanadmane @mekalekahi @milana_cap @PiyushChetwani @Prubhtej @saiftheboss7 @sasiddiqui @softservenet @sukafia @tacitonic @themiked @timohaver (23 people attending)
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Meeting Agenda: https://make.wordpress.org/docs/2020/06/20/agenda-for-docs-team-meeting-june-22-2020/
Meeting Transcript: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4WU5/p1592838088036700
Meeting Facilitator: @chaion07
Meeting Notes by: @timohaver
Notes Reviewed by: @chaion07
Facilitator for Next Meeting: @Kenshino
Follow the docs team meeting on the WordPress.org Slack workspace by joining the # docs channel.
Project Updates
Prior to the meeting, @atachibana reported 1006/1070 (94%) completed for the migration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. and re-routing of Codex to Code Reference for Functions. He recognized @stevenlinx for their collaboration processing complex cases, and @obt28 for work on Hooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same..
@bph completed the first meeting for the Block Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor End-User Documentation team. The team meets again next Monday (1400 UTC) in the #meta-helphub channel.
Categorization Project, Alterations Workflow
@estelaris has a draft post in-progress. She expects to finish it no later than Wednesday, and requested discussion and feedback as comments on the post.
External Linking Policy: Trusted Sources
@milana_cap authored a detailed post on this topic. She has been fielding questions, and this is helping to shape some early ideas about workflows. More participation is better. Everyone is invited to contribute ideas and questions as comments on the post. For updates, follow the #external-linking-policy tag.
New Member Mentor Training
@sukafia reported that 63 new members have joined the docs channel this month. The New Member Mentoring team has made follow up contact with all the new members. @sukafia thanked @tacitonic @Prubhtej, and @softservenet for their contributions to the team effort.
Monthly Coffee Breaks/Zoom Sessions
The June Coffee Break is set for this Thursday (June 25) at 1500 UTC.
Open Floor
@joyously referred to a question previously asked about the licensing “of the various docs: what is it and where is it stated”, inquiring if it was ever resolved or posted. @Kenshino answered that all docs in question were GPLv2, with permission to multi-license as-needed. He offered to create a page for the sake of clarity. The exchanges that followed weighed the merits of adding licensing content to post and page footers vs. creating a page.
@joyously is finding the new order of DevHub sections to be less useful than the prior version. She cited a closed ticket that resulted in the change. @Kenshino is pursuing a response from @atachibana.
@manthanadmane and @softservenet inquired about creating a dedicated Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel for new member mentoring. @Kenshino asked to address the question at the next weekly meeting.
Please feel welcome to suggest revisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. in the comments.
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