On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 12:16, Strainu strainu10@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the response Dan!
A rigorous study is IMHO impossible, since we're lacking a rigorous definition of the limits between WMF and community.
Absolutely agreed.
OK, but how is this done precisely? Are there written docs? Mentors? Is cross-team help common? Or is this kept at the anecdotal level ("oh yeah, you should also keep in mind..." )?
In my experience, all of the above. What is done exactly depends on the situation, but all of those things you've listed can and do happen, depending on the nature and size of the project, the people involved, and so on. People keep their eye out, through both formal and informal mechanisms, and help out if they think they can.
I don't want to go into specific details, as I'm doing it purely from memory and might misremember things, and things might've changed since I left the WMF two years ago. To be clear, I'm not under any kind of non-disclosure agreement, I just don't want to be inaccurate.
Dan