OpenHatch - Projects

Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?
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  Visit the site and take a look around: http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest usually has something interesting to read.
  
  Sign in with OpenID http://www.dreamwidth.org/openid (limited features) or create an account.
  
  Take a look at the projects available to volunteers and see if anything looks interesting: http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Volunteering
  
  Hop in our IRC channel: #dreamwidth on freenode: irc://irc.freenode.net/dreamwidth or http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#dreamwidth
  
  If realtime chat is not your thing, drop by http://dw-volunteers.dreamwidth.org/ (regular account required for community entries; email validation may be required to comment with OpenID.)
  
  — Azure (Azz) Lunatic (azurelunatic) · 5 years ago
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  If you want to dive straight into the code, our main Github repository can be found here: https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free
  
  All Dreamwidth repositories: https://github.com/dreamwidth
  
  Open issues: https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/issues
  
  — Azure (Azz) Lunatic (azurelunatic) · 3 years ago
- [X] Add an answer
  Tip:
  
  Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Examples:
  
  Here's how to download and patch our codes…
  
  Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.
Q: Other than writing code, how can I contribute?
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  Answer Support requests
  
  Pick a question of "Open" or "Answered: still needs help" status from http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/help and answer it.
  
  Information on how Support volunteering works can be found on our wiki: http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Volunteering#Support
  
  — Azure (Azz) Lunatic (azurelunatic) · 6 years ago
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  Interrogate the wiki
  
  http://wiki.dwscoalition.org
  Dreamwidth's wiki is a work in constant progress, and many sections are out of date or badly incomplete in ways that may not be obvious to seasoned contributors. When looking through the wiki, add what you can, and bring things that aren't obvious or are out of date to other contributors who may know it.
  
  — Azure (Azz) Lunatic (azurelunatic) · 6 years ago
- [X] Describe a task
  Further info
  Tip:
  
  Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.
  
  Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Example:
  
  We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.
Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?
- [X] Describe an issue
  Further info
  Tip:
  
  Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!
  
  Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).
  
  Example:
  
  Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.
Q: What is a bug or issue with Dreamwidth that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?
- [X] Describe an issue
  What makes the situation sub-optimal?
  Examples:
  
  I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.
  
  Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.
  
  I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.
  
  Note:
  
  If this issue was formally filed on the web, be sure to include the URL.

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About Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth is software for running a social journaling site, forked from the LiveJournal codebase, and a social journaling site of the same name.

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Homepage: http://www.dreamwidth.org/

The code is mostly written in Perl.

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