Hey all,
If you are on FC-Discuss here and want to get involved in open source
software as it relates to free culture, I have a great opportunity for
you. (-:
The Article Feedback Tool is the box that sits at the bottom of Wikipedia
pages. Wikimedia is rolling out a new version soon, and they'd like to
find more people interested in testing that tool.
Like you!
Keep reading, and do sign up if you're interested.
Blog post here in case you prefer the web:
https://openhatch.org/blog/2012/june-9-help-wikipedia-test-some-software-and-get-involved-in-their-community-no-programming-required/
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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 13:51:56
From: Asheesh Laroia <[email protected]>
Subject: Help Wikipedia test some software,
and get involved in their community (no programming required) -- June 9,
1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific
Hey all,
Wikipedia software developers are working on a new "Article Feedback Tool"
which sits at the bottom of every article in Wikipedia. On June 9, you can help
test the latest version (before it gets rolled out to all of Wikipedia!) just
by showing up for chat and following instructions. It's free, requires no
programming, and will let you make a difference in the software that runs
Wikipedia.
Sign up here: http://smarturl.it/afd-qa
Details:
The Wikimedia Foundation wants people to test that the newest version of the
Article Feedback Tool works properly. It is hosting a chat session where
anyone, with any degree of programming experience, is invited to chat about the
tool, follow a detailed test plan to see if the tool works as designed, and
report issues (e.g. by filing bugs) where it doesn't work.
The Article Feedback tool is a box at the bottom of every Wikipedia article,
designed 'as an "on-ramp" to engage readers to contribute to Wikipedia -- and
become editors over time'. You can read more here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5
In this event, you spend an hour or two chatting online, you get a lot of
insight into how a part of Wikipedia works, and you get to see how bugs in
Bugzilla drive activity in the open source MediaWiki software that powers the
encyclopedia.
The event will be led by veteran quality assurance engineer Chris McMahon, and
has a clear test plan to keep the event focused.
WHO: Anyone who can read/write English
WHERE: The main MediaWiki chat room, #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net (we will
send instructions once you sign up)
WHEN: June 9, 10 AM US/Pacific (Convert to your time zone here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120609T17 )
MORE INFO: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Testing_June_2012
SIGN UP: http://smarturl.it/afd-qa
Once you sign up, we'll email you essential information on setting up your
computer for IRC chat and with important dates to maximize your impact.
The event is co-sponsored by OpenHatch.
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