User:Contraexemplo/Outreachy/Suspected problems & possible solutions
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Definitions
[edit]- Symptomatic problem
- Something that may harm contributors' experience. This is a result of a chain of events, not its cause.
- Root cause
- What was identified as the possible origin of symptomatic problems. It isn't necessarily something negative — it may be organizational or cultural aspects. But its existence definitely played a role in the appearance of said problems.
- Immediate fix
- Mitigates or eliminates symptomatic problems.
- Long-term solution
- Mitigates or eliminates root causes.
Identification and classification
[edit]Symptomatic problem | Root cause | Immediate fix | Long-term solution | ||
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Information is fragmented. | Wikis were created separately at its own pace. Integration between them is still something new. | Creation and maintenance of a "landing page" (meta:Meta:Babylon/Translations). | |||
Documentation fails to establish a proper target public. | Documentation/Style guide does not have a section dedicated to instruct Documentation writers about this. | Creation of simplified documentation for newcomers introducing fundamental tools and concepts. Indication of existing documentation as "further reading". | |||
Good resources to establish a quality standard are missing. | Current documentation relies on other (external) resources to give a more complete perspective. | Highlight what is valuable in other (external) resources on the page. | |||
Inactive translation community. | Translators are usually people involved with other projects, not people dedicated to that task only. | Promotion of the creation of localization teams. | |||
Lack of standardization. | There isn't a MediaWiki glossary or an easy search tool to explore translated strings. | Creation of pages dedicated to gather glossaries that mention the most important terms. | Creation of a searchable database made of those glossaries. |