Documentation Sprints

At its simplest, a documentation (doc) sprint is any event where more than one person works on Drupal documentation. This can be a few friends working in someone's living room, a local user group meeting or a gathering at a huge conference. There is a lot of work to be done with documentation and sometimes it is nice to have some camaraderie while working, as well as having other people to ask questions of and bounce ideas around.

Who can participate?

Everyone! A doc sprint does not need to be run or attended by only experienced writers. As a matter of fact, you don't need to be a writer at all. Anyone with a desire to help make Drupal documentation better can take part, from newbie to super hacker. There is a wide range of tasks and we can use all the help we can get.

How do I find a sprint to join?

You can find a list of sprints taking place around the world on the documentation team group page on groups.drupal.org. While many sprints happen in a physical place, they will often also be available online, and sometimes there are even online-only sprints. You should read the sprint description to see what kind of sprint it is. To access an online sprint you will need to talk with the other participants in the #drupal-docs Freenode IRC channel.

Connecting to IRC.

The Drupal documentation team has an IRC channel on the Freenode network at #drupal-docs. It may be used at any time to talk to other people working on documentation, whether a sprint is happening at the time or not. There is a page in the handbook that has more information about IRC.

Planning your own doc sprint.

Anyone can plan a doc sprint. You do not need to follow any kind of "official" process. The only thing that we ask is that you announce your sprint so others who wish to, can join in as well.

- The basics
The minimum that you need to have a sprint is a time and a place. The place can be either a physical location, like an office or your living room, or it can be online in the #drupal-docs IRC channel. You can even do both at the same time.

- Things to consider
-- Finding a physical space
-- Resources to have on hand
-- Cat herders
-- Announcing the sprint

Activities
- Common tasks
- Special projects
- Offline tasks