Contributing to the WPTV project has evolved over the years and at WordCamp Europe 2019, we got an update to the coordination document. This is the document link appears in the welcome box on the WPTV welcome screen and in the handbook.
We discovered at contributor day that some of the team had been using old links and there was a bit of confusion to the standard way to communicate through the document. Before the day was out, Team Rep and lead for the table that day, Mauricio Gelves unveiled a new standard approach that should simplify and streamline the process of contributing.
A New Layout
The new layout of the project coordination document can best be seen on the locked Template page.
There are now 5 fields of the project itself, including WordCamp name and link to the WordCamp’s schedule. There are 7 meta fields for each video as well, including: Claimed by Slack Username, Video Observations and Status.
One of the biggest innovations is the standardization of the 5 statuses a video could possess: Pending, Claimed, Rejected, Submitted and Approved.
Simplifying Contributions
To use the new template, simply clone the Template tab and fill in the needed fields. After the videos are initially added to AWS S3 simply add the links to the sheet so other contributors can claim them to process and submit.
We would love your help! Both as a contributor and for feedback on the process and the coordination document itself. Do you think we are missing vital fields? Do you have suggestions on a better workflow to help ensure as many WordPress related videos as possible make it to WordPress.tv? Let’s have that conversation in the comments below and make WPTV better together!