Volunteer Opportunities

This page is meant to list volunteer opportunities in different areas of Dreamwidth, and suggestions of where to go or who to contact to get started. For the most up-to-date information, drop by dw_volunteers.

Departments

Team	Team lead	Discussion community	IRC channel
Support	zarhooie	dw_support, dw_support_training	#dreamwidth_support
Styles	afuna	dw_styles
Documentation	rho	dw_docs	#dreamwidth_docs
Development		dw_dev, dw_dev_training	#dreamwidth_dev
Accessibility	rb	dw_accessibility

Specific Tasks

For anyone!

Here are some good places to get started if you aren't sure what you want to do, but just want to help out.

• dw_suggestions -- make suggestions for improving Dreamwidth
• dw_coolhunters
• Support

Design

If you're a graphic designer or interested in working with UI and layout, you might be interested in working on DW styles.

• Join: dw_styles
• Read: Styles
• Talk to: afuna

Technical

If you're technically minded, here are some starting points. Note that we provide training and support for new developers, so don't assume that your skills aren't good enough!

Development

• Join: dw_dev and/or dw_dev_training
• Read: Dev getting started for more information on how to get started as a new DW dev
• Check out Bugzilla to see what bugs/features are open, being worked on, etc.

QA

• Look at the suggestions re: support and development

Sysadmin

• Talk to: mark