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Consolidate best practice documentation

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Description

We have several issues and discussions that relate to documenting best practice:

  • #688
  • #627
  • #594
  • #252
  • #46
  • #45
  • #801
  • #795

Currently, best practice is located under OpenSAFELY best practice in the menu. However, this is a pick-and-mix: from the manifesto to a study design, via Git. There is also a section on Programming tricks, although this relates to study definitions; and we have the discussion/Q&A forum.

It would be good to address these issues and to consolidate best practice documentation.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing issues #688, #627, #594, #252, #46, #45, #801 and #795, then inspect the current “OpenSAFELY best practice” menu and the linked manifesto, Git workflow, case-control studies, study-definition tricks, and discussion pages. Done means producing an agreed, consolidated structure for best-practice documentation and updating the relevant navigation and content.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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