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This is a virtual sprint, with no central gathering. However, local meet-ups are encouraged.

=Schedule=
** Start: [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MDN+November+Doc+Sprint+START&iso=20131122T16 22 November, 16:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. Pacific Time)]
** End: [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MDN+November+Doc+Sprint+END&iso=20131124T00 23 November, 23:59 UTC (4:00 p.m. Pacific Time)]
* Coordination via [irc://irc.mozilla.org/devmo #devmo on irc.mozilla.org]

You are welcome to start earlier or continue later, but this time frame is when you are likely to find other people online working on MDN. Obviously, you do not have to participate the entire time; drop in when it's convenient, and sleep when you need to.  

Quick coordination etherpad used during the sprint [ https://etherpad.mozilla.org/MDNDocSprint-November2013 ]. Feel free to use it!

Here is a schedule for meetings in IRC during the sprint:

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
! UTC !! CET !! US Pacific !! What
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| Fri 16:00 || Fri 17:00 || Fri 8:00 am || Kick-off
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| Fri 21:00 || Fri 22:00 || Fri 1:00 pm || status check
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| Sat 02:00 || Sat 03:00 || Fri 6:00 pm || status check
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| Sat 08:00 || Sat 10:00 || Sat 12:00 am || status check
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| Sat 14:00 || Sat 15:00 || Sat 6:00 am || status check 
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| Sat 19:00 || Sat 20:00 || Sat 11:00 am || status check
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| Sat 23:59 || Sun 01:00 || Sat 4:00 pm || final status and wrap-up
|}

=Topics=

* <strike> Adding <nowiki>{{HTMLRef}}</nowiki> at the '''bottom''' of each HTML element page, and removing the macro <nowiki>{{HTML:Element_Navigation}}</nowiki> if used. An example page where this has been done is [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/map map]. List of pages to update (so you can strike them when done): [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a a], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/abbr abbr], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/acronym acronym],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/address address],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/applet applet],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/area area],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/article article],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/aside aside],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/audio audio],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/b b], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/base base],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/basefont basefont],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/bdi bdi],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/bdo bdo],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/bgsound bgsound],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/big big], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/blink blink],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/blockquote blockquote],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/body body],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/br br],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button button],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/canvas canvas],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/caption caption],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/center center],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/cite cite],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/code code],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/col col],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/colgroup colgroup],  </strike>  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/content content],  <strike> [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/data data],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/datalist datalist],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dd dd],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/del del],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/details details],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dfn dfn],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dir dir],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/div div],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dl dl],   [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dt dt],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/embed embed], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/figcaption figcaption], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/figure figure], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/font font],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/footer footer],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/form form],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/frame frame],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/frameset frameset],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/header header],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/hgroup hgroup],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/hr hr],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/html html],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/i i],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe iframe],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img img],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input input],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ins ins],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/isindex isindex],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/keygen keygen],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/label label],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/legend legend],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/li li],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/link link],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/listing listing],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/main main],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/map map],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/mark mark],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/marquee marquee],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/menu menu],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/menuitem menuitem],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/meta meta],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/meter meter],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/nav nav],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/nobr nobr],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/noframes noframes],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/noscript noscript],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/output output],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/p p],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/param param],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/plaintext plaintext],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/pre pre],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/progress progress],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/rp rp],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/rt rt],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ruby ruby],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/section section],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/select select], </strike> [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/shadow shadow], <strike> [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/small small],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/source source],   [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/spacer spacer],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/span span],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/strike strike],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/strong strong],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/style style],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/sub sub],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/summary summary],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/sup sup],  </strike> [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/template template],  <strike> [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/textarea textarea],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/tfoot tfoot],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/th th],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/thead thead],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/time time], [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/title title],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/tr tr],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/track track],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/tt tt],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/video video],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/wbr wbr],  [https://developer.mozilla.org//en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/xmp xmp], Heading_Elements, em, s, optgroup, kbd, fieldset, q, ul, var, u, option, command, script, head, samp, object, ol</strike> 
* <strike> Adding the quick links tags for HTML: see [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/User:Sheppy/Content_tagging#Quick_links_tags quick links tags] </strike>
* <strike> The macros <nowiki>{{gecko_callout_header}}</nowiki> is deprecated. It should be replaced. Instructions and the list of about 150 pages to fix are available there: [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/User:teoli/Remove_Gecko_callout_header Remove_Gecko_callout_header] </strike>
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:MDN/Contributing/Editor_guide/Live_samples?redirect=false Converting static code samples to be "live samples"]. Look for the tag [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/tag/NeedsLiveSample NeedsLiveSample].
* <strike>Adding tags to CSS Reference pages and all other CSS pages per [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/User:Sheppy/Content_tagging#CSS Content_tagging#CSS]</strike>
* <strike>Adding tags to HTML element, attribute, and developer guide pages per [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/User:Sheppy/Content_tagging#HTML Content_tagging#HTML]</strike>

Here are some other suggestions of things to work on.

* [http://beta.elchi3.de/doctracker/#list=fx&version= Firefox issues with doc impacts]
* Add [https://developer.mozilla.org/Project:en/Compatibility_tables browser compatibility tables] to CSS, DOM, and JavaScript reference pages. 
* Fill out browser compatibility tables on reference pages where they exist, based on info from caniuse.com and quirksmode.org. 
* Pages that [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/needs-review/technical need technical review].
* <strike>Pages that [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/needs-review/editorial need editorial review].</strike>
* Pages tagged as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/tag/NeedsUpdate needing updates].
* David Bruant's [https://developer.mozilla.org/User:dbruant/TODO TODO list] (mostly JS-related stuffs)
* Make videos showing how to [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/11/mdn-virtual-doc-sprint-nov-30-to-dec-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1867441 get and build Firefox code]. See also [http://codefirefox.com/ http://codefirefox.com/].
* Integrate [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:Blog_posts_to_integrate_into_documentation Mozilla blog posts] into documentation.

Suggest a topic, either that you want to work on, or that you'd like to see done by someone.

== Engineers ==
If you're an engineer/developer, please consider joining us! Even if you don't write, it'd be great if you popped into [irc://irc.mozilla.org/devmo #devmo]. There are lots of ways you can help:

* Just be in IRC to answer questions from the writing team.
** Join [irc://irc.mozilla.org/devmo #devmo]
** Announce that you're a developer who knows about <X> and that you're willing and able to answer questions.
** Bask in the warm glow of the writing team's love and respect.
* Do some technical reviews!
** [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:MDN/Contributing/How_to_help/Reviewing How to do reviews]
** [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:MDN/Things_to_do/Web_API_technical_review_list List of Web API articles needing reviews]
** [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/needs-review/technical All articles needing tech review]
** If you find errors in a page, feel free to fix them, ask a writer in #devmo to help with it, or [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/form.doc file a bug].
** Prioritize Web-facing or app-facing articles over content for certified or privileged apps.

== Helpful information ==

* Our list of [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:Subject-matter_experts subject-matter experts].
* Our list of [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:Topic_drivers topic drivers]. These are people that organize specific areas of our documentation.

You can use our new [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Project:MDN/Contributing/Advanced_search advanced search] mechanism (just added!) to search for uses of specific macros, CSS classes, HTML attributes, and so on.

= Who =
Let us know if you're planning to participate!
* Via [http://plancast.com/p/kwht Plancast]
* Via [http://lanyrd.com/2013/mdn-doc-sprint-november/ Lanyrd]

You can also add your name to the table below:
{|border="1" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Name !! IRC nick !! MDN ID !! Topic(s)
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|Janet || jms || jswisher || copyediting, cleanup
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|Jeremie || Jeremie || Jeremie || Working on introductory material for the App doc
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|Jonathan || jlin || jlin || Grammar and punctuation nerd. Git for beginners (with a slight focus on gaia/b2g dev)
|-
|Karen || SnappyK || kscarfone || Tagging, macro name replacement, and whatever else is needed (just ask me!)
|-
|Sheppy || sheppy || Sheppy || Content cleanup, documenting new processes and layouts, and answering questions that come up
|-
|}