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I'am the mentor of the wechaty, and want to apply for GSoC, but I can't find the timeline of the GSoC-2021.

There are lots of link in the manual but those are not hyperlinked. This manual is written in markdown, so it is possible to hyperlinked all the links.

These threads culminate in a note that one should not select their own student to be a mentee for the program.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/google-summer-of-code-mentors-list/X1a2H1TvF5o/sF425LiWAAAJ
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-summer-of-code-mentors-list/CAKPprLLSeEWe2kzAcMBh3Or1Y6sCNWNbV5HOaHwLb3y4p0BUCw%40mail.gmail.com

Also worth mentioning the guidance regarding choosing students from your own school/department.

The logo is quite small and it doesn't come to notice. I feel , there is a need of increasing size of this logo

The current version of the website is around 10 years old.
The copyright is also of 2009 and all the quotes are of GSOC students till 2010.
Shouldn't the data be revamped before this year's GSOC at least ?
https://google.github.io/gsocguides/#

https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/selecting-students-and-mentors.html should be updated, because

Avoid spending time on proposals that were not tailored to your project by using the “ignore” feature for GSoC contributor proposals.

do not reflect current interface

on this (https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/best-practices.html) page the link to "etiquette" is broken

The guide does not contain information about what happens in the case of changes to an accepted project. The email that is sent to mentors and org admins after the results are announced contains this information. I think it makes sense to document this in the guide.

Ref: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/2017/mentor-oa-announcements#may_2_2017_next_steps_for_all_mentors_and_org_admins

Changes to a Student’s Accepted Project

You and your student can decide to change the project from what was originally proposed BUT you both need to agree on the change. Neither the mentor nor the student should pressure the other person into making huge changes.

Last year we had students who were upset because they felt they couldn’t tell their mentor no. Many took on more than they could handle. In most of these cases the new project was completely different from what had been originally proposed and many students did not have the appropriate background knowledge or sometimes barely knew the particular coding language required. Be fair to your students -- set them up for success. In return they should also be flexible to change the scope of the project (within reason) if the org finds it necessary.

Students are able to edit their project title and abstract for the next month.

@rspier wdyt?

fyi @sttts

community bonding period link is not working in the mentor's guide section

On the page https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/additional-resources#, it is said that student want to take a look but its a conditional sentence, so it should be like student have to take a look .

It could be helpful to link back to the FAQs and other key resources on the GSOC Program home pages at
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

I signed it , getting told I didn’t

{Process for 2022 still being developed with new webapp - more details coming soon.}
in https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/selecting-students-and-mentors.html should hopefully be correctable today.

It matters because I really much want to know exactly what occurs if a student we place on top is selected by another org. We have multiple students which are great for the same project, and would love to indicate that if the first candidate is not available, we want the second one on the same project , however we do not want to accept both candidate, and with current documentation, it's not clear whether it's even possible

https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/staying-engaged-with-your-community.html
Under "Next Summer" topic , applying again as a student next summer is mentioned.
Is it right?? cause I think the rule says that previously accepted GSoC student cannot apply again

Currently, this design is an old-school design.

Re-design it.

The current wiki page is old, is there any plan to update it newer framework like GitBookIO, Docusaurus, etc.