Attendance
We had a great turn out this meeting – @justingreerbbi @atachibana @normalize @ankitguptaindia @bravokeyl @juhise @greensteph @sarassassin @carlalberto @Kenshino @samuelsidler @hardeepasrani @anevins attended.
Migration / Editing Updates
A reminder was posted to use the [code] shortcode for all code examples. This is to keep a consistent look through Helphub & DevHub. Old Codex styles should be retired. See https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/helphub/migrating-articles/ about the [[Code]] shortcode.
@atachibana has finished migrating all WordPress version articles. In addition, he has also provided a direction on how we can back-link to other locale codex articles with the Github pull request #45. Keeping other locale’s Codex Articles alive is something we have to keep in mind as there are no real translation alternatives for WordPress.org as of writing. Questions to this directive can be posted to the Github PR.
@juhise has been tasked alongside @ankitguptaindia to make the current Google Spread Sheet that tracks migration and editing up to date and accurate.
@justingreerbbi has started with migration as well
Design Updates
@greensteph and @sarassasin will be working on creating proper style guides that will be used by all articles so that they all maintain a consistent look. These style guides will be posted on the Helphub Handbook
Development Updates
@justingreerbbi will work on submitting a pull request for the read time issues (at time of writing, he has already done so).
@bravokely is working on the responsive styles
@carlalberto will finalise the homepage layout alongside the WordPress versions archive template.
Table of Contents will have it’s functionality copied over from the handbooks
Project Discussions
The Role of Helphub (expanded & explained)
The specific idea is that HelpHub will be laid infront of the forums.
Possibly in the manner of WordPress.org/support (where /support will become helphub’s frontpage) and articles are at WordPress.org/support/articles.
The forums will be at WordPress.org/support/forums
We want people to search through quality articles, and find their own help. And if none are available, then post in the forums, possibly through prompts on our part
Props to @samuelsidler for actually putting that into an actionable idea
Voting Functionality & how it relates to writing better articles*
There was a discussion on the validity of the comment box with the voting functionality. While it gives the ability for users to give useful feedback about the article, it can also be potentially abused and we may simply not have the manpower to sieve through the comments and follow up. Either way, @greensteph and @sarassasin are looking into the UX aspects of this issue. The Github issue will be used for further discussions.
Acknowledgements
We want to acknowledge the contributors to the articles and this can possibly be tracked for awarding the Doc Contributor badge. @samuelsidler provided a quick mockup so we can see how it might be.
As we reached the end of our scheduled 1 hour meeting, we have postponed the rest of the topics to the next meeting.
Read the meeting transcript in the Slack archives. (A Slack account is required)