Docs: Creating an onboarding Guide for technical and content writers

[CynthiaPeter]

What Docs changes are you proposing?

An onboarding resource for technical and content writers in the Igbo API community. This onboarding document will highlight tips and essential information that introduces new contributors to the community and projects within.

The Onboarding guide will highlight or link to existing resources things like:

• What the community is about ( Product, purpose, goals).
• Organization structure.
• General meetings - Content-specific meetings.
• Definition of goals for the tech writing and content team.
• User and community engagement channels (forums, chat rooms)
• Where to find specific information.
• Content structure and content buckets.
• Github (Feature branches, conventional commits, naming branches, creating issues for docs, and all things Git).
• Glossary | Style Guide | Use of terms (Long term)

Why do we need this?

• To help new contributors get comfortable with the "What, Why, How, Who" questions they may have.
• To have one source of truth for writers and editors in the community.

Next steps?

I'll need your assistance with this @ijemmao.

• Create an issue template for Docs to add issues specific to documentation while we work through onboarding tasks. I have created a template here.
• Create a notion board on the Nkọwa okwu Community Projects named Technical & Content Writing onboarding. Edit and Add this JD to this doc.
• Add a volunteer form for new technical and Content writing volunteers here.
• Add 'Technical or Content Writer' to volunteer positions in the volunteer form.

Please comment here or on the #docsfeedback slack if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks

Additional Notes

• This will be an ongoing project and will be improved as we go.
• This issue will be a conversation tracker, including the slack #docsfeedback channel.

[ijemmao]

@CynthiaPeter thank you so much for this super comprehensive task list 😘

• I've created a new Docs GitHub issue here - you can see all the issue templates here
• I created a new Technical and Content Writer, Nkọwa okwu volunteer page on the Volunteer Board
• I've updated our volunteer form to allow for people to sign up as a Technical and Content Writer
• I've created a new Technical and Content Writer Onboarding guide - you have edit access to this Notion page so you can add more relevant content
• I've also created a new Technical and Content Writer project page on Notion where the technical writing team can drop links and create larger project proposals and timelines

[CynthiaPeter]

Thank you, Ijemma.

I received all the notifications.

Next steps:

• I'll get the interested technical writers onboard. First, they'll read through the volunteers' page, and then we'll have a call and work on the onboarding resource together. It'll help us kick the team off.
• I'll let you know if we need your help.

[pauluzo]

Hello @CynthiaPeter @ijemmao I'd be interested in technical writing for this

[CynthiaPeter]

@pauluzo, That's good to know.

If you're on Slack, join the #docs-feedback channel and we can schedule a call and start working on it together. If that's ok?

[pauluzo]

@CynthiaPeter thanks. I'm not on the slack group for this project, yet. Hopefully @ijemmao can help with that.

[CynthiaPeter]

@pauluzo you can start here: nkowaokwu.com/volunteer.

Let me know if you need any more information.

[CynthiaPeter]

@pauluzo, have you been able to join the slack channel? I'll like you to start with this when you have time, please join slack and let's start working on this. Thank you.

[Lanietodev]

Hello @CynthiaPeter I wanted to confirm if this issue is still open?

[ijemmao]

@Lanietodev it doesn't seem like it's still active - did you want to take this on?