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  • Mattermost Handbook
  • Company
    • About Mattermost
      • List of terms
      • Business model
      • Mindsets
    • "How to" guides for staff
      • How to set up a 1-1 channel
      • How to update the handbook
      • How to manage Handbook notifications
      • How to change mobile device
        • How to handle a lost mobile device
      • How to do a mini-retrospective
      • How to autolink keywords in Mattermost
  • Operations
    • Company operations
      • Areas of Responsibility
      • Mattermost Leadership Team (MLT)
        • MLT cadence
      • Company measures
        • Metrics definitions
        • FY23 goals board
        • MLT metrics
      • Company cadence
      • Company policies
        • Community response policy
        • Security policy
      • Company processes
        • Issue/solution process
        • Company agreements
        • Publishing
          • Public web properties
          • Publishing guidelines
            • Brand and visual design guidelines
            • Voice, tone, and writing style guidelines
              • Contribute to documentation
            • Confidentiality guidelines
          • Post-publication quality control process
      • Handbook processes and policies
        • Handbook onboarding
      • Fiscal year planning
    • Research and Development
      • Organization
        • Tech Writing
        • Data engineering
        • Delivery
        • Cloud Platform
        • Site Reliability Engineering
        • GRC
        • Product Security
        • Security Operations
      • Processes
        • Feature Labels
      • Product
        • Product planning
          • Product philosophy and principles
          • Prioritization process
          • Release planning process
          • Roadmap views
          • Release plan
          • Launch plan
          • Feature requests
        • Development process
          • Mobile feature guidelines
          • Deprecation policy
          • Mattermost software requirements process
          • Jira ticket lifecycle
          • Creating new Jira bug tickets
            • Priority levels for tickets
            • Jira fix versions
        • Release process
          • Release overview
          • Feature release process
          • Dot release process
          • Security release process
          • Mobile app release process
          • Desktop app release process
          • Release tips
          • Release scorecard definitions
        • How-to guides for Product
          • How to use productboard
          • How to record a roadmap video
          • How to update integrations directory
          • How to write a feature release announcement
        • Product Management team handbook
          • Product Management Areas of Ownership
          • Product Manager onboarding
          • Product Manager levels
          • Professional development
        • Product Design team handbook
          • Product Design levels
        • Technical Writing team handbook
          • Work with us
          • User interface text guidelines
          • Documentation style guide
          • Our terminology
          • Guidelines for PMs and developers
          • Guidelines for community contributions
          • Technical Writer levels
          • Docathon 2021
            • Getting started with contributing
        • Growth
          • A/B testing methodology
          • PQL definition
        • Analytics
          • Product Analyst Engineer levels
          • Looker
            • Dashboards
            • Explores
          • Telemetry
        • Developer relations
        • Product team hangouts
      • Engineering
        • Infrastructure engineering
          • Cloud infrastructure cost KPIs
          • Cloud data export process
          • Cloud churn process
          • Reliability Manifesto
          • Production Readiness Review
          • Infrastructure Library
        • Integrations team processes
        • Plugin release process
        • Data Engineering
        • Sustained Engineering
          • On call
        • How to go to a conference
        • Public speaking
        • Core contributor expanded access policy
      • Quality Assurance
        • QA workflow
        • QA testing tips and tools
        • Rainforest process
    • Messaging and Math
      • How-to guides for M&M
        • How to create release announcements
        • How to create screenshots and GIFs
        • How to write Mattermost case studies
        • How to write guest blog posts for Mattermost apps and services
        • How to write Mattermost recipes
        • How to compose tweets
        • How to create a split test for web page
        • How to run meetups
        • How to run executive dinners
      • Checklists for M&M
        • Blog post checklist
        • Bio checklist
      • Mattermost websites
      • Demand generation reporting
      • M&M Asana guidelines
      • Content marketing
        • How to use the editorial calendar
        • Content development and distribution
        • Video content guidelines
        • How to contribute content
    • Sales
      • Deal Desk
      • Partner programs
      • Lead management
    • Deployment Engineering
      • Overview
      • Workflows
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Playbook for MME Sev 1 Outages
      • Status Update Template
    • Program Management
    • Customer Success
      • Customer Support
    • Legal
      • Contracts
      • Ironclad Basics
        • Company-Wide Workflows
        • Sales Contracts and Workflows
        • Signing a Contract and Contract Repository
    • Finance
      • Budget
      • How to use Airbase
        • Access Airbase
        • Navigate Airbase
        • How to submit a purchase request
        • How to submit a reimbursement request
        • How to review a reimbursement request
        • Vendor portal guide
        • Frequently asked questions
      • Onboarding
        • Vendor onboarding
        • ROW staff onboarding
      • Staff member expenses
        • How to spend company money
        • How to spend company money: Internships
        • Corporate credit card policy
        • How to access Airbase
        • Gifting policy
        • How to book airfare and travel
        • How to reimburse the company
        • How to convert currencies
        • How to get paid
      • Arrange a Bounty Program
      • Naming files and agreements
      • Risk management
        • Mattermost U.S. consulting agreements
      • Operations playbook
    • Security
      • Policies
      • Privacy
        • Data deletion requests
        • Data subject access requests
      • Product Security
        • Product Vulnerability Process
        • Working on security-sensitive pull requests
        • Secure Software Development guide
      • Security Operations
        • User guides
    • Workplace
      • PeopleOps
        • HR cadences
        • HR systems
        • HR Processes
        • Working at Mattermost
          • Onboarding
            • Things everyone must know
            • Staff onboarding
            • Engineer onboarding timeline and expectations
            • Manager onboarding
            • Frequently asked questions
          • Learning and development
          • Mattermost communication best practices
          • Paid time off
            • Out of office email example
          • Travel
            • Business travel insurance
          • Leaves of absence
            • Pregnancy leave
            • Baby bonding parental leave
            • Jury duty
          • Workplace program
          • Relocation
          • Total rewards
        • Performance reviews
          • Formal review process
          • New staff performance review
          • Informal review process
        • Transfers and promotions
        • Offboarding instructions for managers
        • People compliance
      • People policies
      • Groups
        • Staff Resource Groups
      • Approvals and iteration
      • IT
        • IT helpdesk
        • Hardware and software purchases
        • Hardware buy back policy
        • Software systems
  • Contributors
    • Contributors
      • Equity, diversity, and inclusion
      • How to contribute to Mattermost
        • Community Content program
        • Documentation contributions
        • Help Wanted tickets
        • Localization
        • Contribution events
      • Mattermost community
      • Contributor kindness
      • Community systems
      • Guidelines and playbooks
        • Social engagement guidelines
        • Contribution guidelines and code of conduct
        • Mattermost Community playbook
        • How to run a Hackathon
        • Hacktoberfest event organizer guide for Mattermost
    • MatterCon
      • Staff information privacy management
      • Mattermost events code of conduct
      • MatterCon2021
    • Join us
      • Ice-breakers
      • Help Wanted tickets
      • Localization
      • Mattermost GitHub sponsorship
      • Things candidates should know
      • Staff recruiting
      • Recruiting cadences
        • Product Manager hiring process
      • Exec recruiting
        • EA logistics
  • Help and support
    • Contact us
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  • P3: Not urgent/not important
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How to engage with us

If you have content you'd like to discuss, a UI review, a PR, or found a gap in the docs, here's how to get hold of us:

  • The channel: Use the hashtag #docsteam to get our attention.

  • : Use this option when you've created content and need it reviewed, expect feedback asap and possible editorial changes. Tip: Start a draft in Google docs if you're not sure about the content you'd like to edit and we're happy to help.

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Note: If your request is for documentation related to a release, the documentation needs to be complete at least 10 days prior to release. Please ensure you allow sufficient time for your request to be completed or it will be moved to the next available slot.

We appreciate these processes being followed as it helps us prioritize and ensure coverage for all work.

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When submitting a PR for documentation, whether it's a minor update, a new piece of content, or a content proposal, please add the Editor Review label (if possible). Once the Technical Writer/Editor has reviewed the PR they'll remove the label. When all the requested reviews are complete, the Reviews Complete label is applied and the changes are merged.

Use Doc Up to create a GitHub issue

When you select Doc Up and choose Admin as the issue type, an issue is generated in the GitHub docs repo, and added to the issues list. An update is listed in the Documentation channel, with the issue link. You can also select Developer or Company Handbook to direct the Doc Up request to the appropriate repo.

As the issues are open to the community, the more information provided in the issue the better.

Create a GitHub issue

If you have feedback on our documentation, a suggestion, or new content you'd like to add but don't know where to put it - you can create a GitHub issue.

The issue will be reviewed by the Technical Writing team and a Help Wanted label may be added so that community members are able to identify work that they’re able to assist with. If your documentation request/issue applies to a repository other than mattermost/docs, you can ping @justinegeffen or @cwarnermm. Alternatively, you can open an issue in that repo.

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We understand that all work is important and urgent in some way. However, as a small team, we need to ensure that our coverage is managed tightly.

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  • An image is broken/not displaying

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  • Content is inaccurate; will affect customer goals and productivity

  • Information about new features or changes isn't documented and needs to be

P3: Not urgent/not important

  • Enhancement to the user experience of the docs

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