Re: Self Introduction of Pranali Deshmukh for GSoD 2020

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Hi Pranali,

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 4:02 PM Pranali Deshmukh via gnome-doc-list <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can you please help me contact any of the mentors for the project. I have
> already made a few contributions to the project (Update app help) however,
> so far, apart from the discussions on my merge requests I haven't been able
> to contact anyone from GNOME including the the GSoD mentors via any of the
> communication mediums (email, IRC).
>

Thanks for your contributions. It definitely helps to get started via
contributions and that puts quite a edge in your application. So, indeed
you are on the right track.


> As such I am worried about applying for this project for GSoD, since there
> seems to be no medium for gathering any direct or indirect suggestions and
> feedback about the work that I can do for this project.
>
> Can you please help me contact any of the project mentors with whom I
> could talk to about the project itself.
>
>
Yes, I can understand any direct suggestions and feedback from mentors,
helps refining the proposal; But also, do not discount the communications
happened over the merge requests because that's what you will be engaged to
do 90% of the time during the season.
If those things are rolling along, it's a good sign :) Highlight your
contributions while finalizing your proposal for GSoD.

Coming back to your request at hand, I think you have researched and made
up your mind for the project you want to pursue, so I would suggest to just
start preparing the proposal. Is there a way to upload a draft proposal on
the GSoD web portal?
I am sure GSoC's web portal has one, but not sure of GSoD.

Since the deadline for applications is close, you can use  your best
judgement to align the proposal with the tasks and the estimated timeline
and upload it to the web portal (if possible). Maybe you might then get
some (last-min)feedback then :)
In parallel, continue your contributions on the things you have been doing.
That'll make sure mentors know your name, before they start going through
the applications they received for GSoD.

Generally GNOME is quite friendly and responsive community but, you can
guess times are a lot weird and each of us (including you) might be going
through a lot.
Best you can do, is to keep up the contributions and keep the timeline
thing rolling. :)


> Kind Regards,
> Pranali Deshmukh
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 3:42 PM Pranali Deshmukh <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Umang,
>>
>> Thank you so much for your quick reply!
>>
>> I have already gone through the reference materials listed on the GNOME
>> Season of Docs 2020 website for the "Update app help" project. I understand
>> that I would have to work on updating the help documentation for the apps
>> listed on the ApplicationHelp
>> <https://wiki.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Tasks/ApplicationHelp>page
>> for apps whose status are currently marked as [REFRESH] or [NEEDSWORK].
>> Also I understand that I would need to use Mallard and Yelp-tools for this
>> purpose once I have cloned the repository and set-up my profile on GitLab.
>> Are there any steps that I am missing here before I can start contributing
>> to the project?
>>
>> Also, unfortunately I haven't been able to track them on IRC whenever I
>> logged into it. As such it would be great if anyone here can provide me
>> with any alternate contact options for me to get in touch with the project
>> mentor.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Pranali Deshmukh
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 18:10, Umang Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Pranali,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the introduction and your interest in GSoD 2020.
>>>
>>> Since you already seem to have the understanding of how things work,
>>> from your oureachy attempt,
>>> I think the best way is to start making a plan and break-down the tasks
>>> required in order to achieve
>>> the project idea you are targeting for. This will provide a decent base
>>> for making a proposal and getting
>>> it review-ed by the concerned mentors beforehand. For the context
>>> required for the task, I just had a
>>> skim of your project idea target on [1] and it seems a lot of reference
>>> material is linked there itself with
>>> potential mentors who might have vouched for the idea.
>>>
>>> I understand that there might be a conundrum in choosing/monitoring
>>> various communication channels
>>> (e.g. mailing list, discourse.gnome.org, IRC, chat.gnome.org .... ) but
>>> it's something you need to do initially
>>> to see which mentors prefers what mode of communication. After lurking
>>> for a while, you will get the hang
>>> of it and will figure out the "primary" mode of communication.
>>>
>>> So have you gone through the reference materials linked on [1]? Do you
>>> have any specific questions and/or
>>> inputs about it? Maybe then this list would be more useful to you.
>>>
>>> [1] https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/05/gnome-season-of-docs-2020/
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:00 PM Pranali Deshmukh via gnome-doc-list <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am Pranali Deshmukh. I am currently working with Airbus Operations
>>>> ltd. as a Data analytics Intern. My internship ends in August 2020.
>>>>
>>>> I am writing to build an application for GSoD2020 with GNOME. After
>>>> going through the project ideas for GNOME, I'm most interested in the
>>>> following two projects: Content audit and gap analysis for GNOME - help
>>>> update App Help. Having gone through the project ideas listed at the
>>>> project ideas page, and the requirements for a technical writer, I feel
>>>> that I am fit for the position as I already have experience in technical
>>>> writing from my Outreachy project attempt for "Haiku". Also, I have worked
>>>> extensively on technical documentation projects in the course of my
>>>> internship at Airbus. As such I would like to talk to a mentor.
>>>>
>>>> In the past, I tried to reach out to some of the folks for a
>>>> conversation, but I guess the best way to do it is to talk in more open -
>>>> and here I am.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing back from you.
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>> Pranali Deshmukh
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> gnome-doc-list mailing list
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
>>>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Hi Pranali,</div=
><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-=
size:small;color:#000000"><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 4:02 PM Pranali Desh=
mukh via gnome-doc-list &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so=
lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Hi,<div dir=3D"aut=
o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Can you please help me contact any of the me=
ntors for the project. I have already made a few contributions to the proje=
ct (Update app help) however, so far, apart from the discussions on my merg=
e requests I haven&#39;t been able to contact anyone from GNOME including t=
he the GSoD mentors via any of the communication mediums (email, IRC).=C2=
=A0</div></div></blockquote><div><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></div>=
<div><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;=
font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"gmai=
l_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rg=
b(0,0,0)">Thanks for your contributions. It definitely helps to get started=
 via contributions and that puts quite a edge in your application. So, inde=
ed you are on the right track.</span></div><div><br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"auto">As such I am worried about applying for this project =
for GSoD, since there seems to be no medium for gathering any direct or ind=
irect suggestions and feedback about the work that I can do for this projec=
t.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Can you please help m=
e contact any of the project mentors with whom I could talk to about the pr=
oject itself.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>=
</div><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yes, I can understand any direct sug=
gestions and feedback from mentors, helps refining the proposal; But also, =
do not discount the communications happened over the merge requests because=
 that&#39;s what you will be engaged to do 90% of the time during the seaso=
n.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-seri=
f;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If those things are rolling along, it&#=
39;s a good sign :) Highlight your contributions while finalizing your prop=
osal for GSoD.</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family=
:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;=
color:rgb(0,0,0)">Coming back to your request at hand, I think you have res=
earched and made up your mind for the project you want to pursue, so I woul=
d suggest to just start preparing the proposal. Is there a way to upload a =
draft proposal on the GSoD web portal?=C2=A0<br>I am sure GSoC&#39;s web po=
rtal has one, but not sure of GSoD.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default"=
 style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">=
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-se=
rif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Since the deadline for applications i=
s close, you can use=C2=A0 your best judgement to align the proposal with t=
he tasks and the estimated timeline and upload it to the web portal (if pos=
sible). Maybe you might then get some (last-min)feedback then :)<br>In para=
llel, continue your contributions on the things you have been doing. That&#=
39;ll make sure mentors know your name, before they start going through the=
 applications they received for GSoD.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" sty=
le=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;=
font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Generally GNOME is quite friendly and res=
ponsive community but, you can guess times are a lot weird and each of us (=
including you) might be going through a lot.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail=
_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb=
(0,0,0)">Best you can do, is to keep up the contributions and keep the time=
line thing rolling. :)=C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,2=
04,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"></div><div di=
r=3D"auto">Kind Regards,</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pranali Deshmukh</div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Th=
u, Jun 25, 2020, 3:42 PM Pranali Deshmukh &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pranali2129=
[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px=
 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Hi Umang,<br><br>Thank you so much for your quick reply!<br><=
br>I have already gone through the reference materials listed on the GNOME =
Season of Docs 2020 website for the &quot;Update app help&quot; project. I =
understand that I would have to work on updating the help documentation for=
 the apps listed on the <a href=3D"https://wiki.gnome.org/DocumentationProj=
ect/Tasks/ApplicationHelp" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">=
Applic<span id=3D"m_5417023954953369745gmail-m_-6735578368708028741m_-37285=
14767613697044m_5906838506686962720goog_1244571936"></span><span id=3D"m_54=
17023954953369745gmail-m_-6735578368708028741m_-3728514767613697044m_590683=
8506686962720goog_1244571937"></span>ationHelp </a>page for apps whose stat=
us are currently marked as [REFRESH] or [NEEDSWORK]. Also I understand that=
 I would need to use Mallard and Yelp-tools for this purpose once I have cl=
oned the repository and set-up my profile on GitLab. Are there any steps th=
at I am missing here before I can start contributing to the project? <br><b=
r>Also, unfortunately I haven&#39;t been able to track them on IRC whenever=
 I logged into it. As such it would be great if anyone here can provide me =
with any alternate contact options for me to get in touch with the project =
mentor.<br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Pranali Deshmukh</div><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 18:1=
0, Umang Jain &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"norefer=
rer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0=
)">Hi Pranali,<br><br>Thanks for the introduction and your interest in GSoD=
 2020.</div><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;co=
lor:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>Since you already seem to have the understanding of how=
 things work, from your oureachy=C2=A0attempt,<br>I think the best way is t=
o start making a plan and break-down the tasks required in order to achieve=
</div><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rg=
b(0,0,0)">the project idea you are targeting for. This will provide a decen=
t base for making a proposal and getting</div><div style=3D"font-family:ver=
dana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">it review-ed by the conce=
rned mentors beforehand. For the context required for the task, I just had =
a=C2=A0<br>skim of your project idea target on [1] and it seems a lot of re=
ference material is linked there itself with</div><div style=3D"font-family=
:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">potential mentors who=
 might have vouched for the idea.</div><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sa=
ns-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I understand that =
there might be a=C2=A0conundrum in choosing/monitoring various communicatio=
n channels<br>(e.g. mailing list, <a href=3D"http://discourse.gnome.org" re=
l=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">discourse.gnome.org</a>, IRC,=
 <a href=3D"http://chat.gnome.org" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"=
_blank">chat.gnome.org</a> .... ) but it&#39;s something you need to do ini=
tially<br>to see which mentors prefers what mode of communication. After lu=
rking for a while, you will get the hang<br>of it and will figure out the &=
quot;primary&quot; mode of communication.<br><br>So have you gone through t=
he reference materials linked on [1]? Do you have any specific questions an=
d/or<br>inputs about it? Maybe then this list would be more useful to you.<=
br><br>[1]=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/05/gnome-season-=
of-docs-2020/" style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/05/gno=
me-season-of-docs-2020/</a></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:00 PM Pranali De=
shmukh via gnome-doc-list &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" r=
el=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<br><br>I am Pranali Deshmukh. I am currently working with =
Airbus Operations ltd. as a Data analytics Intern. My internship ends in Au=
gust 2020.<br><br>I am writing to build an application for GSoD2020 with GN=
OME. After going through the project ideas for GNOME, I&#39;m most interest=
ed in the following two projects: Content audit and gap analysis for GNOME =
- help update App Help. Having gone through the project ideas listed at the=
 project ideas page, and the requirements for a technical writer, I feel th=
at I am fit for the position as I already have experience in technical writ=
ing from my Outreachy project attempt for &quot;Haiku&quot;. Also, I have w=
orked extensively on technical documentation projects in the course of my i=
nternship at Airbus. As such I would like to talk to a mentor.<br><br>In th=
e past, I tried to reach out to some of the folks for a conversation, but I=
 guess the best way to do it is to talk in more open - and here I am.<br><b=
r>Looking forward to hearing back from you.<br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Pranali=
 Deshmukh</div>
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