View source for Dreamwidth Communities

This list is (mostly) duplicated in its [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=65 own entry] on the Site FAQ.

See [[Community List]] for a list of communities that don't have to do with the Dreamwidth service.

== Official Communities ==

=== General interest ===

Communities of general interest to everyone.

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| <dwcomm>dw_news</dwcomm>
| The main news letter of Dreamwidth.  We recommend that all users subscribe to this community.
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| <dwcomm>dw_maintenance</dwcomm>
| Used to report about any planned maintenance or downtime. 
|}

=== Volunteering ===

Communities for helping coordinate volunteers.

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| <dwcomm>dw_volunteers</dwcomm>
| This is where we'll post volunteer opportunities, and provide important information to existing volunteers. Membership is restricted to existing volunteers, but anyone can watch the community for volunteer information.
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| <dwcomm>dw_support_training</dwcomm>
| For learning the support system.
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| <dwcomm>dw_docs</dwcomm>
| This is the community where volunteers working on site documentation coordinate and plan their attack.
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| <dwcomm>dw_docs_training</dwcomm>
| This is the community where volunteers working on site documentation learn stuff.
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| <dwcomm>dw_styles</dwcomm>
| Community for styles volunteers.
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| <dwcomm>dw_antispam</dwcomm>
| For coordinating antispam users.
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| <dwcomm>dw_wiki</dwcomm>
| For coordinating wiki chores.
|}

=== Technical ===

Communities for development or keeping track of Dreamwidth code.

{|
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| <dwcomm>changelog</dwcomm>
| This community tracks changes that have been pushed up to the official Dreamwidth repository.
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|<dwcomm>dw_beta</dwcomm>
|A community where bugs and updates will be posted, as well as calls for additional testing; comments with suggestions for additional notes, additional screenshots, or contrary observations welcome.
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| <dwcomm>dw_dev</dwcomm>
| For discussion about the Dreamwidth Open Source project. 
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| <dwcomm>dw_dev_training</dwcomm>
| Training community for people taking their first steps in writing code for us.
|}

=== Staff ===

Communities organized around Dreamwidth staff.

{|
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| <dwcomm>dw_lounge</dwcomm>
| This is the "staff lounge" for Dreamwidth Studios, where we'll post about ourselves and the projects we're working on and let you get to know us. Feel free to watch the community for updates!
|-
| <dwcomm>dw_staff</dwcomm>
|  This is a community for Dreamwidth Studios, L.L.C. employees to keep track of issues. Membership is closed. 
|}

=== Miscellaneous ===

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|<dwcomm>dw_biz</dwcomm>
|Dreamwidth Business Discussion 
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|<dwcomm>dw_coolhunters</dwcomm>
|The cool hunters suggest user experience improvements to the developers. Membership is closed.
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|<dwcomm>dw_suggestions</dwcomm>
|Dreamwidth Suggestions
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|<dwcomm>dw_community_promo</dwcomm>
|Community promotions
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|<dwcomm>dw_feed_promo</dwcomm>
|Feed promotions
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|<dwcomm>dw_nifty</dwcomm>
|Nifty stuff
|}

== Unofficial ==

These are unofficial communities that are relevant to Dreamwidth.

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| <dwcomm>add_me</dwcomm>
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|<dwcomm>drawthecircle</dwcomm> 
|a community to host your friending memes that used to clog up your personal journals 
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|<dwcomm>dreamchasers</dwcomm>
| Connect with friends from other online services on Dreamwidth.
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| <dwcomm>dreamfic</dwcomm>
| Dreamwidth related fanfic.
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|<dwcomm>dreamsheep</dwcomm>
| For making cute little sheepy icons.
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| <dwcomm>dreamwidth_chronicle</dwcomm>
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|<dwcomm>dreamwidthlayouts</dwcomm>
| For DW layouts.
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|<dwcomm>dreamwidth_meta</dwcomm>
|For critical discussion and analysis about Dreamwidth as a project and a service; the post up there right now is an example.
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| <dwcomm>dreamwidthonfirefox</dwcomm>
| For using DW on Firefox.
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|<dwcomm>dwrocks</dwcomm>
| For things that are awesome about Dreamwidth.
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|<dwcomm>dwstones</dwcomm>
| For negative things about Dreamwidth.
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| <dwcomm>getting_started</dwcomm>
| This comm is intended to help new Dreamwidth users find their way around during the closed beta stage. Links to helpful introductory posts, useful features of the site, and basic questions about where things are or how they work are all welcome here.
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| <dwcomm>halfbaked_dreams</dwcomm>
| Baking for DW devs/volunteers.
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| <dwcomm>houses</dwcomm>
| For sorting out volunteers into DW houses.
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|<dwcomm>metaquotes</dwcomm>
|"Overheard on Dreamwidth", for the posting of amusing, insightful, witty (etc.) things said on Dreamwidth. 
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| <dwcomm>memewidth</dwcomm>
| For developing and discussing third party tools, kind of like <ljcomm>lj_nifty</ljcomm>.
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| <dwcomm>on_width</dwcomm>
| For nifty or new comms on Dreamwidth.
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|<dwcomm>style_system</dwcomm> 
|for people interested in talking about how to use the style system here.
|}

For a long and growing list of other communities see [[Community_List|Community List]].

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