We should get in!
2013/10/11 Andre Klapper <aklap...@wikimedia.org> > On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 11:11 -0700, Quim Gil wrote: > > I'm pretty sure that there is a task that most of us could mentor. It > > doesn't need to be related with the MediaWiki codebase. Come on, think > > harder! ;) > > I organized GNOME's participation in Google Code-In (and its predecessor > GHOP) three times in the past. > > == Stuff that takes time when preparing / taking part == > > What takes most of the time for admins is > 1) before contest starts, nag developers and community members to become > mentors and to provide a large number of really well-defined and > well-documented tasks which are not too small and not too big, and > 2) when the contest is running, make sure mentors respond quickly. > Students could come across as impatient due to Code-In's competition > system (students get points for tasks, you cannot claim a new task until > the old one has been reviewed and finished, and students with most > points get a trip to Google HQ. Last time organizations had to agree > that reviews must happen within 36 hours, also on weekends/holidays). > This nagging often took me about an hour per day, every day. > > But maybe rules / ToS have changed again this year, don't know. > > == Aspects to consider whether to try or not == > > In 2012, GNOME did not apply for taking part. > The reasons that I see are: > 1) translation tasks were not allowed anymore, > 2) Google reduced the number of orgs to 10 so preparation work might > have not paid off in the end, > 3) time spent mentoring students took often longer than if mentors did > the task themselves, > 4) tasks only take a few days (no creation of strong binding to > mentor/org), > 5) students often didn't stick with the org afterwards but maybe were > more after t-shirt/money/Google invitation. > > These are the topics that I consider important to discuss before > deciding. Of course, the setup and structure of Google Code-In might > work totally well for other mentoring organizations, or communities that > are less lazy and have more (wo)manpower than the GNOME one. ;-) > > andre > > PS: Lydia of WMDE organized GCI for KDE in 2012 who successfully took > part, so her feedback on this thread could also be pretty helpful. > > -- > Andre Klapper | Wikimedia Bugwrangler > http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Ing. Abel Rodríguez Vera _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
