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NOTICE: We decided not to put in a proposal for Google Season of Docs this year. If you would like to contribute to documentation in R packages, we refer you to the Kaizen Project for R Package Documentation which award grants for projects to improve the documentation of “essential” R or Bioconductor packages. If you are interested in contributing to documentation in base R on a voluntary basis, we refer you to the R Development Guide, particular the section on helping with documentation.
Welcome to the GSoD 2023 wiki, which will be the central hub of information about the R Project participation in the Google Season of Docs (GSoD) 2023.
Administrators are Heather Turner <heather.turner@r-project.org>.
Learn more about the R Project for Statistical Computing.
Important resources for participants include:
People interested in participating as technical writers or volunteers are encouraged to join the R-Devel Slack, where more free-flowing discussion of GSoD can take place on the #gsod channel and group DMs can be used to co-ordinate work.
In short, one or more selected technical writers will get paid to work on an R-related documentation project part-time (5-30 hours/week) during the season (mid-May to mid-November). The project will probably be organized in a similar way to last year, see the GSoD 2022 Proposal for details.
- Only one project can be funded.
- The program is not a mentorship program. Technical writers should have professional technical writing skills or equivalent relevant experience.
- R community members propose project ideas via issues on this repository.
- R community members/interested technical writers comment on issues.
- Technical writers submit a statement of interest in a proposal to the R GSoD admins (see emails at the top of this page).
- The admins will oversee the selection of the most promising project idea (if more than one idea is proposed) and assist with creating a full proposal and budget to submit to Google.
- Technical writers may still submit a statement of interest during this time and are encouraged to help prepare the proposal.
- If the application is successful one or more technical writers are selected based on the statements of interest.
- The technical writer(s) work during the season on a freelance basis, paid by project milestones.
- The project is written up in a case study.
See: issues
Selected events from the official timeline
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Jan 18 | Season of Docs program announced |
| ** Exploration phase ** | |
| Feb 15 | Organizations can begin submitting applications to Google |
| ** Application phase ** | |
| Mar 24 | Organization application deadline |
| Mar 31 | Accepted organizations announced, technical writer selection begins |
| May 10 | Technical writer hiring deadline, doc development begins |
| ** Project phase ** | |
| Organization administrators begin to submit monthly evaluations | |
| Organization administrators submit their case study and final project evaluation |