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Welcome to the GSoD 2021 wiki, which will be the central hub of information about the R Project participation in the Google Season of Docs (GSoD). Administrators are Heather Turner <heather.turner@r-project.org>, Matt Bannert <bannert@kof.ethz.ch>.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The R Project is an accepted organization for GSoD 2021. We have now selected the writers for our project.
Learn more about the R Project for Statistical Computing.
Important resources for participants include:
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).
- Only one project can be funded.
- The program is not restricted to students. Technical writers will have professional technical writing skills or equivalent relevant experience.
- R community members make proposals in this wiki.
- Proposals are discussed via issues by R community members/interested technical writers.
- Technical writers submit a statement of interest in a proposal to the R GSoD admins.
- The admins will select the most promising proposal (if more than one idea is proposed) and submit a proposal and budget to Google.
- 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: table of proposed documentation projects
Selected events from the official timeline:
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Feb 9 | Organizations can begin submitting applications to Google |
| Mar 26 | Organization application deadline |
| Apr 16 | Accepted organizations announced, doc development can begin |
| May 17 | Technical writer hiring deadline |
| July 16 | Organization administrators begin to submit monthly evaluations |
| Nov 16 | Organization administrators submit their case study and final project evaluation |