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Dreamwidth volunteering is divided into two major categories: volunteering to contribute to the Dreamwidth code project, and volunteering to contribute to the running of the hosted service dreamwidth.org. We welcome all volunteers who want to contribute to either process!
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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]]
  
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Important information about volunteering:
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We welcome all volunteers who want to contribute to the process.
  
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* [[Contributor Licensing Agreement]] -- You need to fill this out in order to contribute
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==General Volunteering Information==
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* [[Volunteer philosophy]] -- The goals of volunteering
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* [[Project Management]] -- The lifecycle of a project
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* [[Project Teams]] -- Current projects and their teams
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* [[Who]] -- Current listing of volunteers and what they are working on
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If you are interested in volunteering, please add your name to [[Volunteers In Waiting]].
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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]].
  
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There is a mailing list that sends out calls for help at [http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-help dw-help].
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There are several areas in which we need volunteers. Project leaders are linked on the [[Project Teams]] page.
  
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Information for volunteers:
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==Development==
  
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* [[:Category: Development]]
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This involves working on the code Dramwidth is based on. You can find out information about this in the [[:Category: Development|Development category]], specifically in the [[Dev Getting Started]] article.
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* [[:Category: Design]]
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* [[:Category: Documentation]]
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The Dreamwidth community for beginning development volunteers is <dwcomm>dw_dev_training</dwcomm>
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==Styles==
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==Support==
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Dreamwidth's [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/help.bml Support Board] is an area which is run by volunteers.
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The Dreamwidth community for beginning support volunteers is <dwcomm>dw_support_training</dwcomm>.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:52, 6 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 the process.

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. Project leaders are linked on the Project Teams page.

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 [info]dw_dev_training

Styles

Support

Dreamwidth's Support Board is an area which is run by volunteers.

The Dreamwidth community for beginning support volunteers is [info]dw_support_training.

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