[Noisebridge-discuss] Help Wikipedia test some software, and get involved in their community (no programming required) -- June 9, 1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific

[Asheesh Laroia]

Hey all,

This weekend, want to learn about open source software development, help 
the Wikimedia Foundation improve the quality of Wikipedia, and/or hang out 
with me at Noisebridge?

If so, I have a great opportunity for you. You don't need any programming 
background to help out. I'll be at Noisebridge from 10 AM Pacific to about 
noon Pacific, sitting at my laptop and chatting online for this event.

The Article Feedback Tool is the box that sits at the bottom of Wikipedia 
pages. Wikimedia is rolling out a new version soon, and they'd like to 
find more people interested in testing that tool. Like you!

To sign up or spread the word, visit this link:
https://openhatch.org/blog/2012/june-9-help-wikipedia-test-some-software-and-get-involved-in-their-community-no-programming-required/

Full details below as well.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org>
Subject: Help Wikipedia test some software,
     and get involved in their community (no programming required) -- June 9,
     1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific

Hey all,

Wikipedia software developers are working on a new "Article Feedback Tool" 
which sits at the bottom of every article in Wikipedia. On June 9, you can help 
test the latest version (before it gets rolled out to all of Wikipedia!) just 
by showing up for chat and following instructions. It's free, requires no 
programming, and will let you make a difference in the software that runs 
Wikipedia.

Sign up here: http://smarturl.it/afd-qa

Details:

The Wikimedia Foundation wants people to test that the newest version of the 
Article Feedback Tool works properly. It is hosting a chat session where 
anyone, with any degree of programming experience, is invited to chat about the 
tool, follow a detailed test plan to see if the tool works as designed, and 
report issues (e.g. by filing bugs) where it doesn't work.

The Article Feedback tool is a box at the bottom of every Wikipedia article, 
designed 'as an "on-ramp" to engage readers to contribute to Wikipedia -- and 
become editors over time'. You can read more here: 
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5

In this event, you spend an hour or two chatting online, you get a lot of 
insight into how a part of Wikipedia works, and you get to see how bugs in 
Bugzilla drive activity in the open source MediaWiki software that powers the 
encyclopedia.

The event will be led by veteran quality assurance engineer Chris McMahon, and 
has a clear test plan to keep the event focused.

WHO: Anyone who can read/write English

WHERE: The main MediaWiki chat room, #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net (we will 
send instructions once you sign up)

WHEN: June 9, 10 AM US/Pacific (Convert to your time zone here: 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120609T17 )

MORE INFO: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Testing_June_2012

SIGN UP: http://smarturl.it/afd-qa

Once you sign up, we'll email you essential information on setting up your 
computer for IRC chat and with important dates to maximize your impact.

The event is co-sponsored by OpenHatch.