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Technical documentation tasks specific to tools. May include documentation tasks for specific tools, tool documentation hackathon sessions, Toolhub content quality improvements, and other projects focused on improving the technical information about -- and the findability of -- tools.

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Fri, Dec 5

TBurmeister added a project to T382634: Request for Documentation: Python Flask OAuth2 Integration: good first task.

Thank you for tagging this task with good first task for Wikimedia newcomers!

Fri, Dec 5, 6:20 PM · good first task, Tool-documentation, Documentation

Sep 29 2025

komla updated the task description for T363664: Review at least 100 Toolforge tools each month..
Sep 29 2025, 1:17 AM · Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Tool-documentation, Goal
komla added a comment to T363664: Review at least 100 Toolforge tools each month..

Revisiting this. Will transfer work done to wiki page.

Sep 29 2025, 1:16 AM · Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Tool-documentation, Goal

Jul 17 2025

TBurmeister closed T391611: Curate tool documentation tasks and resources for upcoming Hackathons as Resolved.

I updated or created the following resources that will be useful to newcomers who want to work on tech docs:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Toolkit#Improve_individual_docs (the review checklists linked there)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Tutorials

Jul 17 2025, 8:28 PM · Tool-documentation

Apr 26 2025

Dogu added a comment to T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.

Hey @CBID2, I actually already replied to your question on the talk page. :) I'm the author of Adiutor (the gadget too), and I have not quit maintaining it. I believe you were misinformed. I stepped away from maintaining the extension, not the gadget. Since we are all volunteers and the gadget needs some care, I added the "unmaintained" template because it needs to be ported to ES6 and updated to follow Wikimedia ESLint rules.

Apr 26 2025, 7:08 AM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
CBID2 added a comment to T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.

Hey @TBurmeister! :) I noticed that the tool's documentation mentioned that Adiutor is no longer maintained. I posted a question about in their discussion forum, and I was told by folks in the IRC chat that the maintainer "rage-quit", so I'm kind of lost on where to go from here.

Apr 26 2025, 2:00 AM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025

Apr 14 2025

TBurmeister added a comment to T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.

One other thing I should've mentioned: If you'd prefer to work in Markdown, that is also a welcome form of documentation contribution. You would need to learn / know how to use git-based workflows, and create a draft in a text editor or code editor. You could also try using the built-in tools that services like Github and GitLab offer for editing files in a browser. I can't provide step-by-step guidance for learning to do that, but there are lots of resources on the web that can teach you how to do it.

Apr 14 2025, 6:58 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a comment to T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.

Hi @CBID2, thanks for wanting to work on this task! It's great that you created a User page and a subpage for your draft. Here are some pointers for next steps:

  • In your draft page, it looks like you may have copied the Markdown version of the template, instead of the wikitext? If you are using VisualEditor, this may not be apparent, but if you switch to editing the wikitext source of the page you can see the markup. In your draft, the section headings are marked with ###, which is what is used in Markdown. Instead, to properly render as headings on the page, they should use wikitext format instead, which uses == for headings.
Apr 14 2025, 6:48 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025

Apr 13 2025

CBID2 updated subscribers of T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.

@apaskulin, can you help me with this?

Apr 13 2025, 6:42 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025

Apr 11 2025

CBID2 added a comment to T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.

Hi @TBurmeister! :) This is how I setup the documentation so far: progress. Am I on the right track? This is the very first time I'm contributing to Wikimedia's documentation, so I need all the mentoring I can get :)

Apr 11 2025, 7:28 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
CBID2 claimed T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool.
Apr 11 2025, 6:53 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025

Apr 10 2025

TBurmeister triaged T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool as Low priority.

Thank you for tagging this task with good first task for Wikimedia newcomers!

Apr 10 2025, 5:22 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a parent task for T391611: Curate tool documentation tasks and resources for upcoming Hackathons: T391608: [FY 24-25 Q4] Technical Documentation outreach and education.
Apr 10 2025, 5:14 PM · Tool-documentation
TBurmeister changed the status of T391611: Curate tool documentation tasks and resources for upcoming Hackathons from Open to In Progress.
Apr 10 2025, 5:13 PM · Tool-documentation
TBurmeister created T391611: Curate tool documentation tasks and resources for upcoming Hackathons.
Apr 10 2025, 5:13 PM · Tool-documentation
TBurmeister added a watcher for Tool-documentation: TBurmeister.
Apr 10 2025, 5:07 PM
TBurmeister closed T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation as Resolved.
Apr 10 2025, 5:07 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister edited projects for T387139: Write a documentation to set up local development environment for Cat-a-lot , added: Tool-documentation; removed tool-docs.
Apr 10 2025, 4:28 PM · Tool-documentation, RoadToWiki, Documentation, gadget-Cat-a-lot

Apr 4 2025

Eugene233 added a comment to T382634: Request for Documentation: Python Flask OAuth2 Integration.

@Chinmayee_Mishra please also include information in requesting consumer keys from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:OAuthConsumerRegistration/propose/oauth2

Done

Apr 4 2025, 5:04 PM · good first task, Tool-documentation, Documentation
Eugene233 moved T363664: Review at least 100 Toolforge tools each month. from Backlog to In progress on the Wiki-Mentor-Africa board.
Apr 4 2025, 5:03 PM · Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Tool-documentation, Goal
Eugene233 added a project to T363664: Review at least 100 Toolforge tools each month.: Wiki-Mentor-Africa.
Apr 4 2025, 5:03 PM · Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Tool-documentation, Goal
Eugene233 moved T355473: Review, improve the code comments on the tool for programmers from Non-Technical Tasks (Outstanding) to In progress on the Wiki-Mentor-Africa board.
Apr 4 2025, 5:02 PM · Tool-documentation, Documentation, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, ISA
Eugene233 added a project to T390392: [Documentation] Update and improve docs for Adiutor tool: Wiki-Mentor-Africa.
Apr 4 2025, 4:58 PM · good first task, Wiki-Mentor-Africa, Adiutor, Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025

Apr 3 2025

Mndetatsin added a comment to T390456: [Documentation] Write user docs for A search engine for translations from the English Wiktionary.

Unfortunately this tool is out of date. It is showing translations from the versions of English Wiktionary pages that existed more than a year ago. I haven't updated the database since then.

Apr 3 2025, 8:23 AM · WMA-Hackathon-2025, Tool-documentation

Apr 2 2025

Accuratecy051 added a comment to T390456: [Documentation] Write user docs for A search engine for translations from the English Wiktionary.

Though it was stated not actively maintained, but what can be done to
revitalize the tool and make it functional. Team 12 love this tool.

Apr 2 2025, 5:49 PM · WMA-Hackathon-2025, Tool-documentation
Erutuon added a comment to T390456: [Documentation] Write user docs for A search engine for translations from the English Wiktionary.

Unfortunately this tool is out of date. It is showing translations from the versions of English Wiktionary pages that existed more than a year ago. I haven't updated the database since then.

Apr 2 2025, 5:33 PM · WMA-Hackathon-2025, Tool-documentation
TBurmeister changed the status of T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation from Open to In Progress.
Apr 2 2025, 4:37 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a comment to T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation.

Summary of activities:

Apr 2 2025, 4:36 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister removed a parent task for T390387: [Documentation] Write user docs for Translat-a-thon tool: T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation.
Apr 2 2025, 3:54 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister removed a subtask for T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation: T390387: [Documentation] Write user docs for Translat-a-thon tool.
Apr 2 2025, 3:54 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister removed a parent task for T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool: T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation.
Apr 2 2025, 3:53 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister removed a subtask for T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation: T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool.
Apr 2 2025, 3:53 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a parent task for T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool: T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation.
Apr 2 2025, 3:52 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a subtask for T390349: WMAHack25: Wikimedia Tool Documentation: T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool.
Apr 2 2025, 3:52 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a project to T390393: [Translate / traduire ou creer documentation en FR] Translat-a-thon outil: Tool-documentation.
Apr 2 2025, 3:45 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025

Mar 30 2025

Lindayarima changed the status of T390352: [Documentation] Write user docs for Wikidata Vector Database Prototype from Resolved to Invalid.
Mar 30 2025, 9:04 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister updated subscribers of T390351: [Documentation] Write User Docs for Book Linker Tool.

Great job during the Hackathon, everyone! If you want to keep learning and keep contributing to technical documentation, here are instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute.
If you want to reach out to the maintainers of the tool you documented, to talk to them about where to add what you wrote in "official" documentation for the Book Linker tool, I suggest you should start a discussion on their User page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GreenC, or reach out via Github https://github.com/greencardamom.

Mar 30 2025, 7:16 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
Lindayarima changed the status of T390352: [Documentation] Write user docs for Wikidata Vector Database Prototype from Invalid to Resolved.
Mar 30 2025, 7:11 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister updated subscribers of T390456: [Documentation] Write user docs for A search engine for translations from the English Wiktionary.

Great job during the Hackathon, everyone! If you want to keep learning and keep contributing to technical documentation, here are instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute.
If you want to reach out to the maintainers of the tool you documented, to talk to them about where to add what you wrote in "official" documentation for the https://enwikt-translations.toolforge.org/ tool, I suggest you should start a discussion on their User page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Erutuon

Mar 30 2025, 7:08 PM · WMA-Hackathon-2025, Tool-documentation
Lindayarima set Due Date to Mar 30 2025, 12:00 AM on T390352: [Documentation] Write user docs for Wikidata Vector Database Prototype.
Mar 30 2025, 7:06 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
Lindayarima set Due Date to Mar 30 2025, 12:00 AM on T390456: [Documentation] Write user docs for A search engine for translations from the English Wiktionary.
Mar 30 2025, 7:05 PM · WMA-Hackathon-2025, Tool-documentation
TBurmeister updated subscribers of T390354: [Documentation] Write user docs for Page Collection Report .

Great job during the Hackathon, everyone! If you want to keep learning and keep contributing to technical documentation, here are instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute.
If you want to reach out to the maintainers of the tool you documented, to talk to them about where to add what you wrote in "official" documentation for the Page Collection Report tool, I suggest you should:

Mar 30 2025, 7:00 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a comment to T390459: [Translate / traduire ou creer documentation en FR] WikiBooster outil.

Bravo à tous pour ce Hackathon ! Si vous souhaitez continuer à apprendre et à contribuer à la documentation technique, voici les instructions : https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute.

Mar 30 2025, 6:52 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a comment to T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool.

Great job during the Hackathon, everyone! If you want to keep learning and keep contributing to technical documentation, here are instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute.
If you want to reach out to the maintainers of the tool you documented, to talk to them about where to add what you wrote in "official" documentation for the WikiBooster tool, I suggest you should:

Mar 30 2025, 6:49 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
Bridget2023 added a comment to T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool.

This is impressive, kudos to the team!

Mar 30 2025, 6:42 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister closed T390350: [Documentation] Write user docs for Wiki Speed as Invalid.

The WikiSpeed tool was not a good candidate for Hackathon documentation, so this team worked on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390387 instead.

Mar 30 2025, 6:35 PM · Tool-documentation, Tool-fa-speed, WMA-Hackathon-2025
TBurmeister added a comment to T390387: [Documentation] Write user docs for Translat-a-thon tool.

Great job during the Hackathon, everyone! If you want to keep learning and keep contributing to technical documentation, here are instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute.

Mar 30 2025, 6:32 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
Bridget2023 added a comment to T390459: [Translate / traduire ou creer documentation en FR] WikiBooster outil.

J'espère que c'est pour le français

Mar 30 2025, 6:25 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
Bile_rene closed T390459: [Translate / traduire ou creer documentation en FR] WikiBooster outil as Resolved.

Done

Mar 30 2025, 5:17 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025
Bile_rene closed T390459: [Translate / traduire ou creer documentation en FR] WikiBooster outil, a subtask of T390353: [Documentation] Write user docs for WikiBooster tool, as Resolved.
Mar 30 2025, 5:17 PM · Tool-documentation, WMA-Hackathon-2025