FASSAG Wiki - User contributions [en]

Organization

2026-05-03T19:26:18Z

VV: /* Role Templates */

There are both Teams and Roles; Teams function to organize the work that is being done, and Roles are meant to guide how the Teams should organize. Which Roles you take will depend on what skills and experience you have, and what is needed by the Team your are interested in participating. You can have multiple Roles in multiple Teams, if you are able to keep up with the workload.

== Teams ==
There are currently two Teams, but if needs arise, we may create more later, or possible split up existing teams to spread the workload better.

=== R&G : Research and Guidance ===
The main goal of the R&G Team is to create the guides you are currently reading, and to inform the direction of the Development Team. Let's push the boundaries of what it means for software to be friendly and usable! There's no way to know what needs to be worked on without testing of existing tools, and keeping notes on it. But additionally, what we are able to share with the world, is what we have written here, in the wiki.

=== Development ===
The Development Team is for developing software solutions to software problems! We will need designers, artists, writers, translators, and of course, coders, to make this possible. Good software should adhere as much as possible to the goals laid out in [[Operations]]. Let's try to make our work as modular as we can. We want to be able to work in parallel as much as possible to get things done quickly, but we don't want spaghetti code. Cooperation is important! If you're working on something you think might affect what someone else is doing, ask them about it and make sure your not going to step on each others toes.

== Roles ==
Roles are fluid and you are encouraged to try out different roles to see how well you do, and how well you work with your team. You can of course take more than one Role, but do not over-work yourself! Talking to your Team about what roles you think you would do well at, and what types of roles are needed is very important! We all work best when we work together. Remember, the point of these rules is not to create a power structure, but to organize.

=== Role Templates ===
These roles are well documented and therefore are good to pick from. If you think a different role would be helpful or that something is missing here, please bring it up in [https://matrix.to/#/#fassag-general:chat.solarpunk.moe General]! None of these roles are intended to be exclusive to any Team!
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Role
!Description
!Members
|-
|{{Role icon|Lens}}
|Lenses help focus the Team. Lenses should encourage, motivate, and direct. Members should have an idea of how they are best motivated, but if not, Lenses should try to help them figure that out. Lenses also function as oversight, to try to catch potential problems before they happen.
|{{Role members|Role=lens}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Scribe}}
|Scribes learn and guide. Scribes are heavily encouraged to talk to other members of their team to fill in gaps in their understanding. Whether documenting a project the Development Team is working on, or writing for the R&G team, Scribes should try to write as accessibly as possible. Of course, developer guides will inherently be a bit more technical, but they should aim to not make things any more technical than it has to be.
|{{Role members|Role=scribe}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Engineer}}
|Engineers focus primarily on software itself. When implementing user-facing components, aim to follow guidelines we have already written! If nothing exists however, this is something to bring up with your team! Engineers are also very useful for research, as they will be able to understand why something is the way it is, in a way that those who cannot read code will not be able to.
|{{Role members|Role=engineer}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Designer}}
|Designers have a very important job, as they will be focusing now just on what looks nice, but also on what is safe and accessible. Designers can help with style guides for writing, icons, UIs, or whatever else really. The goal here is to be creative!
|{{Role members|Role=designer}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Tester}}
|Testers should try to push the limits and find bugs and edge cases with the software we are working on and studying. Testers should try to also work with disabled people, to get a better understanding of what methods they use to interact with software, to test out different software using those methods.
|{{Role members|Role=tester}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Outreach}}
|This is for the bigger picture stuff. Whether it's managing social accounts, putting up posters, or whatever else, the goal is to get people involved, or at the very least, make people aware of our guides. Our goal is to help people, and we cannot help them if they do not know about us!
|{{Role members|Role=outreach}}
|}

Organization

2026-05-03T19:24:55Z

VV: /* Role Templates */

There are both Teams and Roles; Teams function to organize the work that is being done, and Roles are meant to guide how the Teams should organize. Which Roles you take will depend on what skills and experience you have, and what is needed by the Team your are interested in participating. You can have multiple Roles in multiple Teams, if you are able to keep up with the workload.

== Teams ==
There are currently two Teams, but if needs arise, we may create more later, or possible split up existing teams to spread the workload better.

=== R&G : Research and Guidance ===
The main goal of the R&G Team is to create the guides you are currently reading, and to inform the direction of the Development Team. Let's push the boundaries of what it means for software to be friendly and usable! There's no way to know what needs to be worked on without testing of existing tools, and keeping notes on it. But additionally, what we are able to share with the world, is what we have written here, in the wiki.

=== Development ===
The Development Team is for developing software solutions to software problems! We will need designers, artists, writers, translators, and of course, coders, to make this possible. Good software should adhere as much as possible to the goals laid out in [[Operations]]. Let's try to make our work as modular as we can. We want to be able to work in parallel as much as possible to get things done quickly, but we don't want spaghetti code. Cooperation is important! If you're working on something you think might affect what someone else is doing, ask them about it and make sure your not going to step on each others toes.

== Roles ==
Roles are fluid and you are encouraged to try out different roles to see how well you do, and how well you work with your team. You can of course take more than one Role, but do not over-work yourself! Talking to your Team about what roles you think you would do well at, and what types of roles are needed is very important! We all work best when we work together. Remember, the point of these rules is not to create a power structure, but to organize.

=== Role Templates ===
These roles are well documented and therefore are good to pick from. If you think a different role would be helpful or that something is missing here, please bring it up in [https://matrix.to/#/#fassag-general:chat.solarpunk.moe General]! None of these roles are intended to be exclusive to any Team!
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Role
!Description
!Current members
|-
|{{Role icon|Lens}}
|Lenses help focus the Team. Lenses should encourage, motivate, and direct. Members should have an idea of how they are best motivated, but if not, Lenses should try to help them figure that out. Lenses also function as oversight, to try to catch potential problems before they happen.
|{{Role members|Role=lens}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Scribe}}
|Scribes learn and guide. Scribes are heavily encouraged to talk to other members of their team to fill in gaps in their understanding. Whether documenting a project the Development Team is working on, or writing for the R&G team, Scribes should try to write as accessibly as possible. Of course, developer guides will inherently be a bit more technical, but they should aim to not make things any more technical than it has to be.
|{{Role members|Role=scribe}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Engineer}}
|Engineers focus primarily on software itself. When implementing user-facing components, aim to follow guidelines we have already written! If nothing exists however, this is something to bring up with your team! Engineers are also very useful for research, as they will be able to understand why something is the way it is, in a way that those who cannot read code will not be able to.
|{{Role members|Role=engineer}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Designer}}
|Designers have a very important job, as they will be focusing now just on what looks nice, but also on what is safe and accessible. Designers can help with style guides for writing, icons, UIs, or whatever else really. The goal here is to be creative!
|{{Role members|Role=designer}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Tester}}
|Testers should try to push the limits and find bugs and edge cases with the software we are working on and studying. Testers should try to also work with disabled people, to get a better understanding of what methods they use to interact with software, to test out different software using those methods.
|{{Role members|Role=tester}}
|-
|{{Role icon|Outreach}}
|This is for the bigger picture stuff. Whether it's managing social accounts, putting up posters, or whatever else, the goal is to get people involved, or at the very least, make people aware of our guides. Our goal is to help people, and we cannot help them if they do not know about us!
|{{Role members|Role=outreach}}
|}

Template:Scribe infobox

2026-05-03T19:22:39Z

VV:

Template:Tester infobox

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VV:

{{Role infobox|Name=Tester|Blurb=Pushing the limits and finding bugs and edge cases}}

Template:Outreach infobox

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VV:

{{Role infobox|Name=Outreach|Blurb=Working on bigger picture stuff}}

Template:Lens infobox

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VV:

Template:Engineer infobox

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VV:

{{Role infobox|Name=Engineer|Blurb=Focusing primarily on software itself}}

Template:Designer infobox

2026-05-03T19:21:06Z

VV:

{{Role infobox|Name=Designer|Blurb=Focusing on what looks nice, and what is safe and accessible}}

Template:Role infobox

2026-05-03T19:20:49Z

VV:

<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Name": {
"description": "Name of the role to display",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"Blurb": {
"description": "A brief description of the role",
"type": "string",
"required": true
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"Name",
"Blurb"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>
|-
|{{Role icon|{{{Name}}}}} || {{{Blurb}}}

Template:Role infobox

2026-05-03T19:20:26Z

VV:

Template:Role infobox

2026-05-03T19:19:26Z

VV:

<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Image": {
"description": "Icon image for the role",
"type": "wiki-file-name"
},
"Name": {
"description": "Name of the role to display",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"Blurb": {
"description": "A brief description of the role",
"type": "string",
"required": true
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"Name",
"Image",
"Blurb"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>
|-
|{{#if: {{{Image|}}} | {{Role icon|{{{Image}}}}} }} || [[{{{Name}}}]] || {{{Blurb}}}

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:18:09Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<templatestyles src="Role icon/styles.css"/>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png|50px|link={{{1}}}]]</div>
<div>[[{{{1}}}]]</div>
</div>
</includeonly>

Template:Role icon/styles.css

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VV:

.role-icon {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
}

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:15:57Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<templatestyles src="Role icon/styles.css"/>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png|50px]]</div>
<div>[[{{{1}}}]]</div>
</div>
</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:15:50Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<templatestyles src="Hatnote/styles.css"/>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png|50px]]</div>
<div>[[{{{1}}}]]</div>
</div>
</includeonly>

Template:Role icon/styles.css

2026-05-03T19:15:06Z

VV: Created page with ".role-icon { display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }"

.role-icon {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
}

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:10:11Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png|50px]]</div>
<div>[[{{{1}}}]]</div>
</div>
</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:09:59Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</div>
<div>[[{{{1}}}]]</div>
</div>
</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:08:58Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
[[{{{1}}}|
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</div>
<div>{{{1}}}</div>
</div>
]]</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:08:49Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
[[ {{{1}}}|
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</div>
<div>{{{1}}}</div>
</div>
]]</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:08:39Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
{{ {{{1}}}|
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</div>
<div>{{{1}}}</div>
</div>
}}</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:08:24Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|Engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</div>
<div>{{{1}}}</div>
</div></includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:08:13Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>
<div class="role-icon">
<div>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</div>
<div>{{{1}}}</div>
</div></includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:07:23Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]] {{{1}}}</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:07:09Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>[[File:{{{1}}}.png]]</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

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VV:

<noinclude>{{Role icon|engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>{{ {{{1}}} | [[File:{{{1}}}.png]] {{{1}}} }}</includeonly>

Template:Role icon

2026-05-03T19:06:15Z

VV: Created page with "<noinclude>{{Role icon|engineer}}</noinclude> <includeonly>{{ {{{1}}} | File:{{{1}}} {{{1}}} }}</includeonly>"

<noinclude>{{Role icon|engineer}}</noinclude>
<includeonly>{{ {{{1}}} | [[File:{{{1}}}]] {{{1}}} }}</includeonly>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:53:49Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=\n}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:52:00Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=, }}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:51:40Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=', '}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:51:24Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=, }}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:49:28Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=, |}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:48:45Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=, }}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:46:06Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=,
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:45:50Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
|delimiter=", "
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:User link

2026-05-03T18:44:12Z

VV: Created page with "{{{1}}}"

[[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:43:09Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
|format=template
|template=User link
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:User roles

2026-05-03T18:41:13Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:User roles}}
When used on a user page, shows a summary of the roles defined for the user. Use [[Template:Add role]] to give yourself a role.

== Usage ==

== Examples ==

<nowiki>{{User roles)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>== Roles ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=Role
|where=User="{{PAGENAME}}"
|format=template
|template=Display role
}}
|}</includeonly>

Template:Add role

2026-05-03T18:40:54Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Add role}}
When used on a user page, registers the role for that user. FASSAG roles show the type of work the user has decided to work on. You will also want to use [[Template:User roles]] on your User page to show all of your roles. See a description of roles in [[Organization]]

== Examples ==

Give yourself the 'lens' role on your User page

<nowiki>{{Add role|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
{{#cargo_declare:_table=MemberRole
|Role=String
|User=String}}
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_store:
_table = MemberRole
|Role = {{{1}}}
|User = {{PAGENAME}}
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"description": "The user's role",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
],
"required": true
}
},
"description": "Add a role for the user",
"paramOrder": [
"1"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:User roles

2026-05-03T18:36:09Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:User roles}}
When used on a user page, shows a summary of the roles defined for the user. Use [[Template:Add role]] to give yourself a role.

== Usage ==

== Examples ==

<nowiki>{{User roles)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>== Roles ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=Role
|where=User="User:{{PAGENAME}}"
|format=template
|template=Display role
}}
|}</includeonly>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:35:21Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Role members

2026-05-03T18:33:24Z

VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{Role}}"
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

User:Takev

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VV:

{{Add role|lens}}I'm the PS5.

Lens: Helping out with project management.

Template:Add role

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VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Add role}}
When used on a user page, registers the role for that user. FASSAG roles show the type of work the user has decided to work on. You will also want to use [[Template:User roles]] on your User page to show all of your roles. See a description of roles in [[Organization]]

== Examples ==

Give yourself the 'lens' role on your User page

<nowiki>{{Add role|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
{{#cargo_declare:_table=MemberRole
|Role=String
|User=Page}}
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_store:
_table = MemberRole
|Role = {{{1}}}
|User = User:{{PAGENAME}}
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"description": "The user's role",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
],
"required": true
}
},
"description": "Add a role for the user",
"paramOrder": [
"1"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Add role

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VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Add role}}
When used on a user page, registers the role for that user. FASSAG roles show the type of work the user has decided to work on. You will also want to use [[Template:User roles]] on your User page to show all of your roles. See a description of roles in [[Organization]]

== Examples ==

Give yourself the 'lens' role on your User page

<nowiki>{{Add role|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
{{#cargo_declare:_table=MemberRole
|Role=String
|User=Page}}
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_store:
_table = MemberRole
|Role = {{{1}}}
|User = User:{{PAGENAME}}
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"description": "The user's role",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
],
"required": true
}
},
"description": "Add a role for the user",
"paramOrder": [
"Role"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Add role

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VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Add role}}
When used on a user page, registers the role for that user. FASSAG roles show the type of work the user has decided to work on. You will also want to use [[Template:User roles]] on your User page to show all of your roles. See a description of roles in [[Organization]]

== Examples ==

Give yourself the 'lens' role on your User page

<nowiki>{{Add role|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
{{#cargo_declare:_table=MemberRole
|Role=String
|User=Page}}
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_store:
_table = MemberRole
|Role = {{{Role}}}
|User = User:{{PAGENAME}}
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"description": "The user's role",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
],
"required": true
}
},
"description": "Add a role for the user",
"paramOrder": [
"Role"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Add role

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VV:

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Add role}}
When used on a user page, registers the role for that user. FASSAG roles show the type of work the user has decided to work on. You will also want to use [[Template:User roles]] on your User page to show all of your roles. See a description of roles in [[Organization]]

== Examples ==

Give yourself the 'lens' role on your User page

<nowiki>{{Add role|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
{{#cargo_declare:_table=MemberRole
|Role=String
|User=Page}}
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_store:
_table = MemberRole
|Role = {{{1}}}
|User = User:{{PAGENAME}}
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"description": "The user's role",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
],
"required": true
}
},
"description": "Add a role for the user",
"paramOrder": [
"Role"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Organization

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VV: /* Role Templates */ Set up role info box

There are both Teams and Roles; Teams function to organize the work that is being done, and Roles are meant to guide how the Teams should organize. Which Roles you take will depend on what skills and experience you have, and what is needed by the Team your are interested in participating. You can have multiple Roles in multiple Teams, if you are able to keep up with the workload.

== Teams ==
There are currently two Teams, but if needs arise, we may create more later, or possible split up existing teams to spread the workload better.

=== R&G : Research and Guidance ===
The main goal of the R&G Team is to create the guides you are currently reading, and to inform the direction of the Development Team. Let's push the boundaries of what it means for software to be friendly and usable! There's no way to know what needs to be worked on without testing of existing tools, and keeping notes on it. But additionally, what we are able to share with the world, is what we have written here, in the wiki.

=== Development ===
The Development Team is for developing software solutions to software problems! We will need designers, artists, writers, translators, and of course, coders, to make this possible. Good software should adhere as much as possible to the goals laid out in [[Operations]]. Let's try to make our work as modular as we can. We want to be able to work in parallel as much as possible to get things done quickly, but we don't want spaghetti code. Cooperation is important! If you're working on something you think might affect what someone else is doing, ask them about it and make sure your not going to step on each others toes.

== Roles ==
Roles are fluid and you are encouraged to try out different roles to see how well you do, and how well you work with your team. You can of course take more than one Role, but do not over-work yourself! Talking to your Team about what roles you think you would do well at, and what types of roles are needed is very important! We all work best when we work together. Remember, the point of these rules is not to create a power structure, but to organize.

=== Role Templates ===
These roles are well documented and therefore are good to pick from. If you think a different role would be helpful or that something is missing here, please bring it up in [https://matrix.to/#/#fassag-general:chat.solarpunk.moe General]! None of these roles are intended to be exclusive to any Team!
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Role
!Description
!Current members
|-
|[[Lens]]
|Lenses help focus the Team. Lenses should encourage, motivate, and direct. Members should have an idea of how they are best motivated, but if not, Lenses should try to help them figure that out. Lenses also function as oversight, to try to catch potential problems before they happen.
|{{Role members|Role=lens}}
|-
|[[Scribe]]
|Scribes learn and guide. Scribes are heavily encouraged to talk to other members of their team to fill in gaps in their understanding. Whether documenting a project the Development Team is working on, or writing for the R&G team, Scribes should try to write as accessibly as possible. Of course, developer guides will inherently be a bit more technical, but they should aim to not make things any more technical than it has to be.
|{{Role members|Role=scribe}}
|-
|[[Engineer]]
|Engineers focus primarily on software itself. When implementing user-facing components, aim to follow guidelines we have already written! If nothing exists however, this is something to bring up with your team! Engineers are also very useful for research, as they will be able to understand why something is the way it is, in a way that those who cannot read code will not be able to.
|{{Role members|Role=engineer}}
|-
|[[Designer]]
|Designers have a very important job, as they will be focusing now just on what looks nice, but also on what is safe and accessible. Designers can help with style guides for writing, icons, UIs, or whatever else really. The goal here is to be creative!
|{{Role members|Role=designer}}
|-
|[[Tester]]
|Testers should try to push the limits and find bugs and edge cases with the software we are working on and studying. Testers should try to also work with disabled people, to get a better understanding of what methods they use to interact with software, to test out different software using those methods.
|{{Role members|Role=tester}}
|-
|[[Outreach]]
|This is for the bigger picture stuff. Whether it's managing social accounts, putting up posters, or whatever else, the goal is to get people involved, or at the very least, make people aware of our guides. Our goal is to help people, and we cannot help them if they do not know about us!
|{{Role members|Role=outreach}}
|}

Template:Role members

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VV: Created page with "<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}} List all the members of a particular role == Examples == Show all the members of the lens role <nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki> == Template == </noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole |fields=User |where=Role="{{{Role}}}" }}</includeonly> <noinclude> <templatedata> { "params": { "Role": { "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "lens", "scribe", "engineer", "designer",..."

<noinclude>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:Role members}}
List all the members of a particular role

== Examples ==

Show all the members of the lens role

<nowiki>{{Role members|lens)}}</nowiki>

== Template ==
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_query:table=MemberRole
|fields=User
|where=Role="{{{Role}}}"
}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"Role": {
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"lens",
"scribe",
"engineer",
"designer",
"tester",
"outreach"
]
}
},
"description": "Display the members who are part of a role"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Scribe infobox

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VV:

{{Role infobox|Name=Scribe|Image=Scribe.png|Blurb=Learning and guiding}}