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If you want to volunteer in any area where you will produce code or text for the site (FAQs etc.), you will need to fill out a [[Contributor Licensing Agreement]]. | If you want to volunteer in any area where you will produce code or text for the site (FAQs etc.), you will need to fill out a [[Contributor Licensing Agreement]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:58, 10 August 2009
Dreamwidth places a big emphasis on its volunteers, who can help in a variety of areas across the site. For information on why we think volunteers are awesome, you can read the page about our Volunteer philosophy and the Guide to happy and effective volunteering.
We welcome all volunteers who want to contribute to Dreamwidth.
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General Volunteering Information
If you want to volunteer in any area where you will produce code or text for the site (FAQs etc.), you will need to fill out a Contributor Licensing Agreement.
There are several areas in which we need volunteers. Information on who leads the projects and how they can be contacted can generally be accessed on the Project Teams page.
Accessibility
Accessibility on Dreamwidth is the process of making the site and everything related to it accessible to everyone, no matter their ability level. The official LJ community for that project is ![[info]](http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/extensions/LJ/images//dw/user.png){kind=small}
dw_accessibility
Anti-Spam
We are trying to keep Dreamwidth as clear from spam as possible. This project's official community is located at dw_antispam.
Documentation
Documentation involves working on site documentation, like FAQs.
The Dreamwidth community for beginning documentation volunteers is dw_docs_training
Development
This involves working on the code Dramwidth is based on. You can find out information about this in the Development category, specifically in the Dev Getting Started article.
The Dreamwidth community for beginning development volunteers is dw_dev_training
Styles
Styles encompasses things like designing new layouts for Dreamwidth, creating mood themes, documentation of existing styles, etc. Dreamwidth's styles team community is located at dw_styles.
You can get more information at the Styles and Design Getting Started page.
Support
Dreamwidth's Support Board is an area which is run by volunteers. If you want to start answering questions reading the Support guide is recommended.
The Dreamwidth community for beginning support volunteers is dw_support_training.
Wiki
This Wiki is designed to be a helpful resource for people wanting to use Dreamwidth, help with Dreamwidth, or read about Dreamwidth. There is a Wiki Tasklist and dw_wiki if you want to look at the official tasks.
Other than that, if you have knowledge about any specific area related to Dreamwidth, feel free to look around the site and dive in.
