Yay! This is great news! I can't think of anyone that would be better for this job.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Rachel Farrand <rfarr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > So excited to have you on the team, S! > Looking forward to skiing related ECT team offsites too. ;) > Rachel > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > It is an honor to announce that S Page[1] has moved from the > Collaboration > > (Flow) team to join the WMF Engineering Community team as a Technical > > Writer[2]. We were really lucky to find such a great combination of > English > > communication skills, awareness of MediaWiki documentation pain points, > > more-than-basic MediaWiki development experience, and Wikimedia community > > mileage. Besides, S is self-driven, based in San Francisco, and > accompanies > > almost any reaction with a smile, assets of great value in his new > > position. > > > > Or in his own words: "S Page, the old guy in the S.F. office in Jhane > > Barnes shirts[3], feels compelled to write things down, now he'll be > doing > > it officially as he transfers from the Collaboration (Flow) team to the > > Tech Writer position in the Engineering Community Team. He wrote > > documentation for Sun's window systems and the innovative PenPoint > > operating system and has a serious crush on software developers. When not > > lowercasing the Invasion of Officious Pride Capitals, he lives to ski and > > snowboard." > > > > S will be responsible for leading the creation and maintenance of > > documentation for third-party application developers and free software > > contributors to Wikimedia projects. The three axes that define his > initial > > technical writing space are > > > > 1. Define the plan for a technical documentation hub[4] > > > > 2. Fix the documentation of the Architecture RfC process[5] > > > > 3. Work on T2001 (was Bug 1) blocking tasks[6] > > > > While we expect S to write lots of docs, we actually hope that he shines > in > > his role coordinating technical documentation activities involving > > developers and tech-curious editors with different affiliations and > levels > > of expertise. You’re welcome to make proposals and identify specific > tasks > > at mw:Talk:Documentation[7], or simply add the #Documentation tag to any > > task in Phabricator that affects the documentation.[8] > > > > As if all this would not be enough, S Page's first official assignment is > > actually one that he carries from his previous position that fits > perfectly > > in the Engineering Community goals: deliver a Trello to Phabricator > > migration script.[9] > > > > Welcome S to your new role and to the Engineering Community team! > > > > > > == References == > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SPage_(WMF) > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Engineering_Community_Team > > [3] https://www.google.com/search?q=Jhane+Barnes+shirt&tbm=isch > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/dev.wikimedia.org > > [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T1107 and more > > [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2001 > > [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation > > [8] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/documentation/ > > [9] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T821 > > > > -- > > Quim Gil > > Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
