Evangelism WG Effort Kickstart: Quick Summary Articles of Core/WG Issue Threads

[bnb]

@trevnorris recently asked on Twitter if the Foundation would be able to hire a writer to summarize threads that run longer than would be easy to read in a timely manner for full comprehension. I assume this would apply to Core and other supporting WGs.

Here's a rough draft of things that I think would need to be addressed - absolutely want feedback from both those who are participating in these threads and those who would be reading the summaries on what the best way to do this is.

Initial Quick Summary Article questions and criteria for developing a sustainable process:

• How do we present these articles? For example, are they in the style of a small blog post, a list-style post of the most important and relevant comments?
• How do we become alerted of a thread that needs summary? For example, when someone mentions @nodejs/evangelism with a request in the thread, when someone creates an issue here, or via some other method of communication?
• At what point in a thread should a summary be needed? Should the summary begin when a decision is made, when discussion is completely finished, or at some other point - such as on a case-by-case basis?

//cc @jasnell @dshaw

[vdeturckheim]

the idea is pretty good !

• If a non finished thread get summarized (according to the strategy chosen), is it locked and continued somewhere else ?
• If not, will the article be kept up-to-date or does it represents the threads a a given time ? (Implying that more than one articles can be written on the same thread)

Summoning the WG in the thread seems a good idea. Also, it would be sometimes useful if one of the thread participants could join the article writing process.

I think threads probably do not need to be finished to be summarized. If a thread is asleep for a while, it might be a good time to summarize it in order to make the wake up easier.

[bnb]

@vdeturckheim Good questions! I think we need to rope in someone commentary and feedback from @nodejs/ctc on this to make it effective for their needs.

Also, it would be sometimes useful if one of the thread participants could join the article writing process.

That is definitely a 👍 from me. Always helps to get someone who is well-aware to clarify and help write - even if they're just talking with the writer about the content.

[vdeturckheim]

@bnb any roadmap for those ?

[bnb]

@vdeturckheim Not yet. Very much want to get this up and running, but I haven't had enough cycles to do it myself recently. That should be changing shortly.

It would be awesome to get a PR with a start on a roadmap, if you (or anyone, of course) like to try to start that! 😊

[vdeturckheim]

@bnb Great, yes I was thinking of PRing that (I'm at the end of a cycle and have more time)

[bnb]

@vdeturckheim Would absolutely LOVE to see that as a PR! 👍