A talk from WSSSPE 4 looking at social coding and social documentation to in the Drupal communities. Links to short paper at: https://ora.ox.ac.uk:443/objects/uuid:aed8a2bf-f0b1-463c-ae05-9f2dac17c67d

1. Sustaining the Social
Connecting the lives of the Drupal community
Iain Emsley, David De Roure
Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford
iain.emsley@oerc.ox.ac.uk
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2. Motivation
• DrupalCon Barcelona 2015 and Drupal 8
• Mined YouTube, Twitter, and Github
• Heterogeneous or homogeneous?

3. Social Coding
• Committer model
– Limited to social coding
• Focuses on individual
• Software credit
– Individuals
– Engaged organisations

4. Social Documentation
• Social media to create documentation
• Groups and companies, fewer individuals
• Education and training
– Symfony and PSR process
• Tutorials
– Existing Drupal versions
– Pitches

5. Thank you
Iain Emsley
iain.emsley@oerc.ox.ac.uk
@iainemsley