Hi Everyone,

It's time for Wikimedia Tech Talks 2019 Episode 7! This talk will take place *Sept 4, 2019 at 6PM UTC*.

*Topic:* Documenting Wikimedia technical projects

*Speaker:* Sarah R. Rodlund, Technical Writer -- Developer Advocacy

*Summary: *

This talk will discuss what technical writers do and why they are critical members of the Wikimedia technical community. You will learn more about the skills needed to be a technical writer and how to build these skills by participating on Wikimedia and other open source projects.

The talk will also cover some ongoing initiatives to improve technical documentation for Wikimedia projects. *YouTube stream for viewers:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvyk4VAPb0

During the live talk, you are invited to join the discussion on IRC at #wikimedia-office

You can watch past Tech Talks here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tech_talks

If you are interested in giving your own tech talk, you can learn more here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Tec...

Many kindnesses,

Sarah R. Rodlund Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy srodlund@wikimedia.org