Like many other Make teams, the Documentation team has two different badges: for Contributors and for Team members. Each team defines their own set of criteria for awarding badges.
Who decides whether a badge is “earned” or not?
The Documentation team has several active projects, led by different people. These people know the effort behind each contribution for their project and, therefore, decide what is the minimum criteria for getting the Contributor badge.
Getting a team member badge is a decision made by all team members.
Contributor Badge Criteria
Possible contributions for earning a Contributor profile badge (this is a non-exhaustive list):
- Report an issue (any project)
- Fix an article/page (HelpHub, DevHub, Handbook)
- Create meeting notes (team activities)
- Facilitate a meeting (team activities, guidelines)
- Create a PR for GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ docs (Gutenberg for developers/designers)
- Write User notes on code reference (DevHub)
- Write/update an article/page (HelpHub, DevHub, Handbook)
- Migrate a page (DevHub, migrating guidelines)
Team Badge Criteria
Requirements for earning Team profile badge:
- Taking care of one or more Docs team’s projects (becoming rep, read below to learn more)
- Facilitating Documentation team table at 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ (guidelines)
Attending meetings regularly and contributing to the team for at least 6 months is expected.
I did my contribution. Now what?
If you have contributed to the Documentation Team but did not receive recognition, please visit https://make.wordpress.org/docs/ and use the Submit Your Contributions form in the right-hand 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..
Submit the form each time you contribute. This helps the team review your work and make sure you receive the appropriate recognition, including a contributor badge where applicable.
If you have any questions, please ask in the #docs Slack channel.
What is a “rep” and how to become one?
A Rep is a person who takes responsibility for the Documentation team’s projects, in parts or in whole.
This means that this person is a go-to person for all new contributors on the project. Also, a rep is monitoring progress of the project, or its parts, and reports on it during team meetings.
One person can be rep for one or more projects but also can be rep for one project and contributor for others. There is no limit to the number of reps per project. The more people take responsibility, the less pressure on one person there is.
Anyone who is interested in becoming a rep can ask the appropriate rep for the project to be included or ask directly @kenshino, @atachibana or @milana_cap (zzap) on Slack.
Life span for Contributor and Team badges
Contributor badge
Based on criteria set for the project, once earned, the Contributor badge will remain forever. Your contribution is valuable to us and will never be forgotten.
Team member badge
Team member badges will be reviewed every 6 months.
In the case of inactivity during this period, the team badge will be removed from a member’s profile unless they inform us about their inability to participate in the team’s activities for a certain period of time.
We all have lives and jobs, and healthy priorities have to be set. We completely support that and we want all our team members to participate without pressure and not for a price of their and their families’ health and general wellbeing.
However, we do want our team members list to be up to date so that our contributors know who to approach for help, guidance and any questions they might have.
