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2019:Technology outreach & innovation/Phabricator for chapters/Notes

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SESSION OVERVIEW

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Title
Phabricator for chapters
Day & time
Friday 16 August, 16:00
Session link
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Technology_outreach_%26_innovation/Phabricator_for_chapters
Speaker
Sebastian Berlin (WMSE)
Notetakers
Attendees
  20

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SESSION SUMMARY

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Why use Phabricator?

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Works well for structured work within an organization. While there are certain features built with developers in mind, it can be used for organizational work as well.

The work is visible to everyone, with certain exceptions. As with revisions on wikis, contributions are preserved on the record. The visilibity allows members of the community to see what is being worked on and perhaps join. Keeps a record of everything being done, allowing people to jump back into the work.

Collaboration between different orgs

How is Phabricator organised at WMSE

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few milesstones that are not general but are for some projects

standadized notice boards

  • Another type of project is personal projects that are lniked to employees for example, where tyou have your own little space to work on. THey are usually spaces where you can keep an eye on the tickets you work on.
  • Story point are quite arbitary becaue they're ltimately just points.
  • Few things about tasks
    • The scope of tasks are quite  tricky becaue they're not easy to figure out. ANd in that case its wis to brak them down to smaller tasks.
    • THy can technically be

How do you set or share work hours for tasks. Tasks should be closed by a project leader

Where do you start

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  • At the top there are links to guidelines as to how to create and work aaorund everythg phabricator

SESSION OVERVIEW

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Title
Phabricator for chapters
Day & time
Friday 16 August, 16:00
Session link
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Technology_outreach_%26_innovation/Phabricator_for_chapters
Speaker
Sebastian Berlin (WMSE)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phabricator_for_chapters.pdf

ACTION ITEMS / RECOMMENDATIONS / NEXT STEPS

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