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Into the WordPress Team & Community

Jon Ang
September 17, 2016
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Into the WordPress Team & Community

A talk given at WordCamp Tokyo 2016

Jon Ang

September 17, 2016
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  1. Into the WordPress
    Team & Community

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  3. How many of you contribute to
    WordPress globally?

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  4. How many of you contribute to
    WordPress locally?

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  5. Global
    Local

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  6. Contribute in a way that entertains you
    the most

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  7. Core Design
    Support
    Mobile
    Plugins
    Polyglots
    Community
    Meta Training Flow TV
    Accessibility
    Documentation Themes
    Various Teams

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  8. Core Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    • Core Committers
    • Guest Committers
    • Core Component
    Maintainers
    • Core Contributors
    • Release Leads
    • Release Deputies
    • Project Management
    • Documentation
    • Programming
    To maintain the
    WordPress project’s code
    base

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  9. Design Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    • Designers
    • User Experience
    Designers
    • Testers
    • Graphics Design
    • User Experience
    Design
    • Wireframing
    The Design Team
    maintains the user
    experience and branding
    aspects of WordPress in
    WordPress.org, Core and
    beyond.

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  10. Mobile Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    • Mobile Developer
    • Tester
    • Swift (iOS)
    • Java (Android)
    Maintains the mobile
    apps that interact with
    WordPress Core.

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  11. Accessibility Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    • Core Accessibility
    Maintainer
    • Theme Accessibility
    Reviewer
    Basic Understanding of
    Accessbility
    Keyboard Testing
    Basic knowledge of
    assistive technologies
    such as screenreaders
    To create an accessible
    web and to spread deeper
    understanding into
    accessibility

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  12. Polyglots Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    • General Translation
    Editors
    • Project Translation
    Editor
    • Translation
    Contributors
    • Leads
    • Language Capabilities
    The polyglots team is
    responsible for ensuring
    WordPress is available in
    dozens of languages and
    many more regions.

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  13. Support Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    • Administrators
    • Moderators
    • Support Liaisons
    Knowledge in
    • Simple Trouble
    Shooting Skills
    • CSS
    • HTML
    • PHP
    • WordPress
    • Server Setup
    And being nice
    Through the use of
    various support channels,
    ensure that WordPress
    users get the help that
    they need

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  14. Okamoto
    Hidetaka
    Support Team Liaison for Japan

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  15. Documentation Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Admins
    In-line Documentor
    Docs Contributors
    Knowledge on
    documentation practices
    General WordPress
    Knowledge
    This team is responsible
    for all things
    documentation, including
    the Codex, handbooks,
    developer.wordpress.org,
    admin help, inline docs,
    and other general
    wordsmithing across the
    WordPress project.

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  16. Theme Review Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Key Reviewers
    Reviewers
    WordPress Code
    Knowledge
    PHP Knowlwedge
    HTML Kmowledge
    CSS Knowledge
    Security Knowledge
    To curate the themes
    available and uploaded
    onto the WordPress.org
    repository

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  17. Plugins Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Plugin Reviewer Knowledge in
    Security
    WordPress
    PHP
    The team manages the
    WordPress Plugin
    Directory which provides
    a safe place for all
    WordPress users - from
    the non-technical to the
    developer - to download
    plugins that are consistent
    with the goals of the
    WordPress project.

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  18. Community Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Deputies
    Mentors
    Meetup Organisers
    WordCamp Organisers
    People Skills
    Project Management
    This team oversees official
    events, mentorship
    programs, diversity
    initiatives, contributor
    outreach, and other ways
    of growing our
    community.

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  19. Meta Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Comprised of people who
    have ownership over
    components on
    WordPress.org &
    WordCamp.org
    Meta Component
    Maintainers & Committers
    Programming
    Project Management
    To create and maintain
    tools for the
    WordPress.org &
    WordCamp.org family of
    sites

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  20. Training Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Writers,
    Testers,
    Reviewers
    Writing,
    Topic Knowledge,
    WordPress Knowledge
    Facilitates open source
    education, via lesson
    plans for instructors to
    use in live workshops, at
    WordCamps, and by the
    WordPress community at
    large.
    Writing, editing and
    reviewing WordPress
    lesson plans

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  21. Flow Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Flow Patrollers Ability to answer tickets
    Have some mobile devices
    The flow team patrols
    flow across the entire
    WordPress ecosystem on
    every device we have at
    hand. We test, document,
    and report on the
    WordPress user
    experience.

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  22. TV Team
    MISSION ROLES SKILLS
    Video Editing
    Subtitle & Caption Editor
    Very basic video editing
    Simple text editing
    We approve and publish
    all videos on WordPress.tv
    as well as help
    WordCamps with video
    post-production and
    captioning and subtitling
    of published videos.

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  23. Accessibility
    Core
    Support
    Meta
    Plugins
    Polyglots
    Community
    Mobile Training
    Flow
    TV
    Theme
    Documentation
    Design
    Provides
    Training
    Lessons &
    Plans
    Processes
    WordPress
    Videos
    Creates and
    maintains
    mobile apps
    useable for
    Core
    Creates and
    maintains
    tools for
    teams
    Checks
    through the
    tools and
    sites built
    Provides
    Design
    Direction
    Updates on
    common
    problems
    Supplies
    release
    translation
    Writes
    inline code
    docs
    Provides
    Accessibility
    Expertise
    Does
    accessibility
    reviews
    WordPress.org

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  24. 2011 – Still into Zikula, ezPublish.
    Thought WordPress was a
    blogging platform

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  25. Tried it out but faced issues

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  26. Needed help immediately and went
    to IRC

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  27. • Level of understanding: Looking through Codex

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  28. Talked to some guy who I forgot

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  29. Asked a few more silly questions on the
    Forums

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  30. Got comfortable enough to start
    answering some questions on IRC

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  31. Joined Support Forums &
    Documentation meetings

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  32. Answered a few questions on the forums

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  33. Got bumped up to Moderator

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  34. Got bumped up to Admin

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  35. Got invited to WordPress Summit

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  36. Met a bunch of really cool people

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  37. Talked about my experiences

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  38. Joined the Theme Review Team

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  39. Took over the Helphub project

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  40. Became a Core Component
    Maintainer

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  41. Took over the Theme Handbook project

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  42. Ran WordCamp Singapore 2016

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  43. • 2011 – Still into Zikula, ezPublish. Thought WordPress
    was a blogging platform
    • Tried it out but faced issues
    • Needed help immediately and went to IRC
    • Talked to some guy who I forgot
    • Asked a few more silly questions on the Forums
    • Got comfortable enough to start answering some
    questions on IRC
    • Joined Support Forums &
    Documentation meetings
    • Answered a few questions
    on the forums
    • Got bumped up to
    Moderator
    • Got bumped up to Admin
    • Got invited to WordPress
    Summit
    • Met a bunch of really cool
    people
    • Talked about my experiences
    • Joined the Theme Review
    Team
    • Took over the Helphub
    project
    • Became a Core Component
    Maintainer
    • Took over the Theme
    Handbook project
    • Ran WordCamp Singapore
    2016
    • Speaking at WordCamp
    Tokyo 2016
    Story
    3.5 years 1.5 years

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  44. Your area of interest may become less
    important

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  45. You may end up contributing in
    any areas of the projecct

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  46. Why
    You get
    taught by
    industry
    experts
    It connects
    you to the
    world
    For your
    happiness
    Be the
    change you
    want to see
    in the
    world
    You
    become
    better at
    your job
    You make
    great
    life-long
    friends

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  47. Map Slide
    Europe
    USA
    India
    Bangladesh
    Thailand
    Korea
    Japan
    Taiwan
    Philippines
    Singapore
    ASIA

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  48. We are united via GPL

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  49. Join as many external WordCamps as
    possible

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  50. https://make.wordpress.org
    Slack (https://make.wordpress.org/chat)
    How to find us

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