Milana Cap 3:05 pm on February 9, 2026  

Documentation team meeting notes – February 3, 2026

Housekeeping

Find the complete Transcript of the meeting on Slack.

Next meeting:

  1. Where: #docs channel on Slack
  2. When: Tuesday, February 10 2026, 2PM UTC

Project updates

The team is exploring the idea of contributors submitting their contributions via a form in the Docs team’s blog sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.. However, as with any form, we are facing a lot of spam submissions. The workflow in 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/. is another option, but only few in Slack can create those.

@estelaris posted How to help with the overhaul of documentation issue tracker in GitHub. She is still working on the audit, but we might as well begin updating documentation.

@milana_cap is actively working on a proposal for gamifying contributions.

Proposal for Gamifying Docs contributions

The team rewieved proposal draft and left valuable feedback. @supernovia noted that new contributors might feel intimidated by the low likelihood of “win”.

As the purpose of gamification is to encourage new contributors to start contributing, as well as trying out different ways of contributing to the Docs team, in order to find what suits them the best, the proposal is going to be modified as follows:

  • The most points will be added for “getting started” tasks,
  • Special bonus points will be added for doing the type of task for the first time,
  • Achievements will be reflected in 2 ways: total points and/or title pathway,
  • Once the contributor earns a team membership, competition stops for them, and they are considered to have reached the game finish line.

@estelaris offers her mentorship to anyone interested in becoming a team member ❤️

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