Hello Leigh, We haven't decided when and where the check in will be yet, we'll try to find a time and format that works for everyone who wants to participate. I will add you to the list of interested people, and you can help us plan.
Cheers, Amanda On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter <[email protected]> wrote: > hi.. when and where can I participate in the biweekly check in? > ------------------------------ > *From:* Education <[email protected]> on behalf of > Amanda Bittaker <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:20:42 AM > *To:* Wikimedia Education > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education Program Finland & Programs > & Events Dashboard > > Hello all, > > As Tighe and Sage said, the Program and Events Dashboard is pretty much > ready for beta users. There will be bugs that we haven't found yet, and > there are features that we want to implement but haven't yet. But you can > create a program on any wiki language project, such as Spanish Wikipedia or > Armenian Wictionary. Sage gave a good breakdown of what we are working on > right now, and we are hoping to make a small announcement to current > program leaders early October (which is also when WikiConference North > America is happening). Here's what you can do to get involved, if you are > interested: > > 1) Translate the Dashboard interface: with the helpful info from Vira and > Nemo in the thread above, you can translate the Dashboard into your > programs' language(s). > > 2) Give feedback: particularly on things that things that are broken. > (Feedback on things that would be nice to have in the future is good too > but won't be addressed as immediately.) You can submit the bug on > phabricator [1], or email it to Tighe or I, and we'll get it to the > developers and put you in touch with them if they need clarification. > > 3) Join a bi-weekly check-in of beta users. Informal, half-hour meeting > in which the developers update us on what they have fixed and are fixing, > early adopters discuss how they are using the Dashboard, and everyone > shares the bugs they found. Ideally, users who are more comfortable with > phabricator can help submit the bugs found by users less familiar with > phabricator. Email me if you are interested in joining. I will also be > reaching out to some people who have been creating test programs on the > Dashboard as well, so you may here from me again then. > > Hope all of this helps, please let me know if I can clarify anything. > > Woohoo for a (mostly) working Dashboard! > > All the best, > Amanda > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/education-program-dashboard/ > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Sage Ross <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 5:30 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Vira Motorko, 22/09/2016 12:45: >> >> >> >> Btw, please remind me, how much time it takes for translations made on >> >> translatewiki.net <http://translatewiki.net> to appear on Dashboard >> > >> > >> > As mentioned in >> > https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Localisation_for_ >> developers#Export >> > , translations are exported every few days. I don't know how often the >> > sysadmins update the code on the website you mentioned, though; whoever >> > knows may want to add this information to >> > https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wiki_Ed_Dashboard , if >> that's the >> > same project. >> > >> > Nemo >> > >> > >> >> I've been deploying to the Programs & Events Dashboard irregularly, >> usually every couple of weeks. I deployed the latest version about an >> hour ago. >> >> Vojtěch's posts on Phabricator haven't been ignored; we've fixed some >> of the easier ones already, and I know that Danny Horn, who is >> managing the efforts of the WMF Community Tech team to make >> improvements to the Programs & Events Dashboard, has seen them all. >> For now, my understanding is that the top priority items on their >> agenda are: >> >> 1. To allow the dashboard to handle events — like edit-a-thons — that >> take place on a single day and have a specific start and end time, so >> that the statistics will reflect only what happens during the exact >> timeframe that organizers intend. >> 2. To fix some of the language that is still overly classroom-focused. >> 3. To build out a concept of "Campaigns" that will make it possible to >> create a single event in a larger campaign that follows a standard >> format for that campaign. >> >> It sounds like the current trajectory will have the first and maybe >> second of those done by WikiConference North America, so the tentative >> plan would be to have the more publish launch the Tighe referrred to >> around then. But for education programs in particular, it's probably >> not going to be a significantly different by then. >> >> -Sage >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
_______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
