[kde-doc-english] Documentation tasks in Google Code-In / Season of KDE

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Burkhard Lück <lueck at hube-lueck.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> should we (doc team) participate in:
>
> Google Code-in
> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/
>
> Season of KDE
> https://community.kde.org/SoK/Ideas/2014
>
> Some ideas:
>
> * i18n for the main page of d.k.o, make it translatable
>
> * new screenshots for docbooks in kf5
>
> * add kf5 docbooks into development section of d.k.o
>
> * replace repo based names in the tree on d.k.o with better user centric names
>
> * add an action to khelpcenter to download the pdf from d.k.o
>
> * add an action to khelpcenter to open a requested, but locally not installed
> handbook (Documentation not found page displayed), on d.k.o
>
> * add a search functionality to khelpcenter
>
> I have no experience as mentor for such programs, therefore I do not know if
> these tasks are too simple or too difficult or my ideas are simply nonsense or
> ...
>
> Comments and/or additional ideas for tasks please.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Burkhard Lück

First, let me just say that it makes me really happy to see this post!

Second, keep in mind that although they'll be running in close to the
same time-frame, they contrast a *lot*.

Season of KDE (SoK) lasts 3 months, and is for students and others (no
age limits, and no schooling requirement), and thus should be one
larger project. Mentors for SoK should be prepared to be helpful for
some months, but there is little need to be immediately available.

Google Code-In is for high school students, and each task should be
small. The students must be able to complete each task in less than a
day, so perhaps something YOU would be able to do in an hour or two.
Mentors should be available daily at least, to check whether or not
one of their tasks is being claimed, to help if necessary, and check
out the student's work in a timely way. They will want to be onto the
next task quickly.

All the best,

Valorie, for the SoK & GCi admins