<div dir="ltr">Hi all-<div><br></div><div>Just wanted to let you know that I made a back-up of the etherpad doc sprint here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Kmenger/ToolLabsSprint">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Kmenger/ToolLabsSprint</a><br>
</div><div>(original pad: <a href="http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/pad/p/Tool_Labs_Sprint_July_23">http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/pad/p/Tool_Labs_Sprint_July_23</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>I also moved the draft-in-progress to a wiki page in my user space:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Kmenger/ToolLabsGuide">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Kmenger/ToolLabsGuide</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to everyone who contributed!</div><div><br></div><div>
Kirsten</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Sumana Harihareswara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sumanah@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">sumanah@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 07/19/2013 03:37 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:<br>
> A bunch of us are going to concentrate on improving documentation<br>
> relating to Tool Labs next week, July 23-25. Now that obsolete docs can<br>
> now be moved to their own namespace, "Obsolete", on<br>
> <a href="http://wikitech.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">wikitech.wikimedia.org</a>, and now that WMF contractor Kirsten<br>
> Menger-Anderson is working on a plan for improving documentation, it's a<br>
> good time to do a big refresh.<br>
><br>
> I personally want:<br>
> * HOWTOs, references, and examples for people settling in and using Tool<br>
> Labs - we have some to consolidate and clarify<br>
> * tweaks to improve <a href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/" target="_blank">http://tools.wmflabs.org/</a> (the automatically<br>
> generated inventory of bots and tools in Tool Labs)<br>
> * a clearer inventory of available services<br>
> * a curated directory of popular tools/bots that are already settled in,<br>
> and some ideas for case studies to feature on <a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">blog.wikimedia.org</a><br>
><br>
> Kirsten's going to send out a plan of attack, and we can all collaborate<br>
> on an Etherpad, onwiki, and in #wikimedia-labs during the sprint.<br>
> Looking forward to helping out!<br>
<br>
</div></div>Kirsten, Yuvi, Ryan, Coren, Silke, and a few other folks have helped out<br>
with<br>
<a href="http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/pad/p/Tool_Labs_Sprint_July_23" target="_blank">http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/pad/p/Tool_Labs_Sprint_July_23</a><br>
and we still need a lot of help! Here are bits that we'd especially<br>
like your help fleshing out:<br>
<br>
Section 9. Developing on Tool Labs (especially "how to use<br>
<programming-language-X> to write tools on labs'" and "where to put<br>
shared Tool code", working with cookies and pywikipediabot, and any<br>
tips/tricks/useful knowledge) -- line 426 on the Etherpad right now.<br>
<br>
Section 8.4: Scheduling jobs at regular intervals with cron (including<br>
Creating a crontab and specifying time zones) -- line 416 in the Etherpad<br>
<br>
Section 7.3: Joins between commons and wikidata and other project<br>
databases -- line 394 right now<br>
<br>
<br>
For each section, Kirsten has listed links that have some info already,<br>
so you don't even need to do too much research. :) Come join us!<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">--<br>
Sumana Harihareswara<br>
Engineering Community Manager<br>
Wikimedia Foundation<br>
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