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This list is (mostly) duplicated in its [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=65 own entry] on the Site FAQ.
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This list is (mostly) duplicated in its [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=65 own entry] on the Site FAQ.  Note that official communities have the swirling "d" icon without the user avatar behind it (such as the official journals of Denise and Mark).
  
 
See [[Community List]] for a list of communities that don't have to do with the Dreamwidth service.
 
See [[Community List]] for a list of communities that don't have to do with the Dreamwidth service.

Revision as of 11:48, 8 November 2009

This list is (mostly) duplicated in its own entry on the Site FAQ. Note that official communities have the swirling "d" icon without the user avatar behind it (such as the official journals of Denise and Mark).

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.

[info]dw_news The main news letter of Dreamwidth. We recommend that all users subscribe to this community.
[info]dw_maintenance Used to report about any planned maintenance or downtime.

Volunteering

Communities for helping coordinate volunteers.

[info]dw_volunteers 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.
[info]dw_support_training For learning the support system.
[info]dw_docs This is the community where volunteers working on site documentation coordinate and plan their attack.
[info]dw_docs_training This is the community where volunteers working on site documentation learn stuff.
[info]dw_styles Community for styles volunteers.
[info]dw_antispam For coordinating antispam users.
[info]dw_wiki For coordinating wiki chores.

Technical

Communities for development or keeping track of Dreamwidth code.

[info]changelog This community tracks changes that have been pushed up to the official Dreamwidth repository.
[info]dw_beta 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.
[info]dw_dev For discussion about the Dreamwidth Open Source project.
[info]dw_dev_training Training community for people taking their first steps in writing code for us.

Staff

Communities organized around Dreamwidth staff.

[info]dw_lounge 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!
[info]dw_staff This is a community for Dreamwidth Studios, L.L.C. employees to keep track of issues. Membership is closed.

Miscellaneous

[info]dw_biz Dreamwidth Business Discussion
[info]dw_coolhunters The cool hunters suggest user experience improvements to the developers. Membership is closed.
[info]dw_suggestions Dreamwidth Suggestions
[info]dw_community_promo Community promotions
[info]dw_feed_promo Feed promotions
[info]dw_nifty Nifty stuff

Unofficial

These are unofficial communities that are relevant to Dreamwidth.

[info]add_me
[info]drawthecircle a community to host your friending memes that used to clog up your personal journals
[info]dreamchasers Connect with friends from other online services on Dreamwidth.
[info]dreamfic Dreamwidth related fanfic.
[info]dreamsheep For making cute little sheepy icons.
[info]dreamwidth_chronicle
[info]dreamwidthlayouts For DW layouts.
[info]dreamwidth_meta For critical discussion and analysis about Dreamwidth as a project and a service; the post up there right now is an example.
[info]dreamwidthonfirefox For using DW on Firefox.
[info]dwrocks For things that are awesome about Dreamwidth.
[info]dwstones For negative things about Dreamwidth.
[info]getting_started 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.
[info]halfbaked_dreams Baking for DW devs/volunteers.
[info]houses For sorting out volunteers into DW houses.
[info]metaquotes "Overheard on Dreamwidth", for the posting of amusing, insightful, witty (etc.) things said on Dreamwidth.
[info]memewidth For developing and discussing third party tools, kind of like [info]lj_nifty.
[info]on_width For nifty or new comms on Dreamwidth.
[info]style_system 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.