Congratulations, S! I'm looking forward to working with you in your new role.
Gabriel On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
