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====Ownership decisions==== | ====Ownership decisions==== | ||
* People to look for and help mentors - | * People to look for and help mentors - David said he could own half of that. jdm and David Boswell say they can help with this also. | ||
* Curate peer/owner list - talk to gerv, who's worked on this before, but it's too big a task for one person | * Curate peer/owner list - talk to gerv, who's worked on this before, but it's too big a task for one person | ||
* Owner for good first bugs/student projects - khuey | * Owner for good first bugs/student projects - khuey | ||
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====First impressions==== | ====First impressions==== | ||
Right now, new contributors go to contribute site, dig into area they're interested in. There's static info there, you can drill down. ( | Right now, new contributors go to contribute site, dig into area they're interested in. There's static info there, you can drill down. (David) | ||
We're trying to take two approaches: | We're trying to take two approaches: | ||
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We want to build a self-helping community, where older people help the newer ones. Often, the person who mentors does not need expertise in the field. One can help someone find answers even if it's not specifically the area they work in. We have Mozilla context knowledge that's not written down. The information on wikis is out of date. (Gandalf) | We want to build a self-helping community, where older people help the newer ones. Often, the person who mentors does not need expertise in the field. One can help someone find answers even if it's not specifically the area they work in. We have Mozilla context knowledge that's not written down. The information on wikis is out of date. (Gandalf) | ||
Key is giving people specific tasks ( | Key is giving people specific tasks (David) | ||
====Problems with current contribution==== | ====Problems with current contribution==== | ||
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* Beware of community anti-patterns - good systems can backfire. Being able to ask stupid questions can lead to help vampires - people who just ask same questions. Some ways to help - encourage newbies to answer east questions, teach newcomers how to search for answers (Axel) | * Beware of community anti-patterns - good systems can backfire. Being able to ask stupid questions can lead to help vampires - people who just ask same questions. Some ways to help - encourage newbies to answer east questions, teach newcomers how to search for answers (Axel) | ||
* We need someone to look for and help mentors. | * We need someone to look for and help mentors. David said he could own half of that. jdm and David Boswell say they can help with this also. | ||
* Good First Bugs (GFB) has serious problems. It's either simple things that would be good first bugs, or a dumping ground for things the filer doesn't have time for. (khuey) It has some that are out of date or not for Firefox. (jdm) GFB is sometimes used as an excuse to not help people - just send someone a link if they ask what they can do. A lot don't make it through. (Gandalf) Some contributors want to be left alone and figure things out, but others want lots of help. (Paul) A big group is developers who just want to scratch their own itch. (Wes) | * Good First Bugs (GFB) has serious problems. It's either simple things that would be good first bugs, or a dumping ground for things the filer doesn't have time for. (khuey) It has some that are out of date or not for Firefox. (jdm) GFB is sometimes used as an excuse to not help people - just send someone a link if they ask what they can do. A lot don't make it through. (Gandalf) Some contributors want to be left alone and figure things out, but others want lots of help. (Paul) A big group is developers who just want to scratch their own itch. (Wes) | ||
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* Don't tell module owners to declare peers. They are too busy. (timeless) | * Don't tell module owners to declare peers. They are too busy. (timeless) | ||
* A barrier to contributions is helping first contributors find someone to review their first patch. We need to provide info on who can review. (Paul) Our new dashboards are more leader-oriented. ( | * A barrier to contributions is helping first contributors find someone to review their first patch. We need to provide info on who can review. (Paul) Our new dashboards are more leader-oriented. (David) | ||
====Documentation==== | ====Documentation==== | ||