The agenda for this meeting is on the https://make.wordpress.org/docs/2020/03/09/agenda-for-docs-team-meeting-9-march-2020/.

Attendance

@Kenshino (Jon), @cristiano.zanca, @milana_cap, @atachibana, @pmbaldha, @tomf, @bph, @leogermani, @nullbyte, @themiked, @johnbillion, @felipeelia, @chetan200891, @yui, @pbrocks

Documentation License for HelpHub, DevHub

@kenshino (Jon) have chatted with Matt Mullenweg and he is okay for multi-license setup with a specific reason as long as GPLv2 is the default for all documentation across the WordPress project.

CCO provides a more open domain in comparison to GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing https://wordpress.org/about/license/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html. This means that derivative work can only be distributed under the same license terms. This is in distinction to permissive free software licenses, of which the BSD license and the MIT License are widely used examples.. The GPL isn’t necessarily the best for the documentation but it isn’t really explored how that manifests in real-life usage.

Documentation Team members should decide which license will be used. @milana_cap will write the post in p2 for license feedback. @kadamwhite had replied that he was comfortable with GPL for the REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. handbook, but The CLICLI Command Line Interface. Terminal (Bash) in Mac, Command Prompt in Windows, or WP-CLI for WordPress. handbook is licensed under the MIT.

@Kenshino (Jon) strongly recommends each representative for projects in Docs to chime in Theme Handbook, 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 Handbook, WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ Handbook etc.

Once the documentation team decides then the documentation team members need to place license info into each logical division of our documentation.

Project Updates 

@milana_cap had written the documentation team profile badge page https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/get-involved/documentation-team-profile-badge/.

As per the @themiked, @garrett-eclipse had given some updates for the privacy bits for the plugin handbook but no changes made until now.

Moreover, @themiked has said that the wpdb documentation page is done but the PR to update the inline docs in code (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49477) isn’t done yet.

@stevenlinx and @atachibana are working on setting a re-routing codex page. According to the @atachibana, 397 of 1069 (37.1%) code reference for functions pages have been rerouted.

According to the @leogermani, 13 hooksHooks 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. have been migrated out of 255 (3.7%) from codex page to the Devhub. It’s really easy task. If anyone wants to help and don’t know how, please pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” to the @leogermani. @nullbyte was ready to contribute to it.

Policy for external linking

It is a very controversial topic. Few members are in favor to put external links and Other few members aren’t in favor of it.

@milana_cap proposed to allow external links by people who are active in wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ team members (no companies) in that specific topic.

@bph said that WP docs should be self-contained.

External links are outdated by time. To monitor them time by time is vast task for documentation team.

@milana_cap will write this up into a coherent 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/. post and outline the possible routes the documentation team can go.

Workflow for content change approval

All team members are agree with below workflow which has proposed by the @Kenshino (Jon):

1. Any documentation project member should be able to ask the project rep for review
2. Any project rep change (not #1 but their own change) – some other project rep or @Kenshino (Jon) can be the second pair of eyes
3. Tiny grammatical / screenshot changes need not go through this approval process

The workflow will be tracked by appropriate and transparent communications in #docs.

Open Floor

All project representatives should read the Badge policy that @milana_cap wrote on the https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/get-involved/documentation-team-profile-badge/. @Kenshino (Jon) want to get a consensus in the next meeting.

@tomf will facilitate next meeting.

@leogermani said that the i18n section of the plugin handbook is one is very outdated. @themiked will add it to his whiteboard list. There is a need to redirect the localization/internationalization pieces to the Common APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. handbook. It isn’t unique to plugins or themes. The Plugins handbook needs a deeper refactoring.

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