Hi all, 2013/9/8 Margarita Manterola <margamanter...@gmail.com>: > > == Small Projects / Bounties / Starlings == > > One of the things that was agreed very fast is that we need to have > small projects for people that want to contribute but don't know how. > We already have a NewbieProjects page [1], but it's currently quite > empty. One suggestion was that everybody should add whatever they > started contributing with.
I have started getting involved in Debian by: * cleaning spam in the mailing lists archives * updating translations of the website (webpages already translated by others, that need only small additions or deletions to be up-to-date with the corresponding English page). I have update the wiki [1] to include them. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/NewbieTasks I think that they are good tasks for newbies because: * You can contribute something "complete" even if you have only 10 minutes to dedicate to Debian. * They are very systematic tasks, you don't need to think how to do it, just follow the instructions. * You can stop for a loong time if you have no time and resume later without problems. * You are not invading somebody's "territory" * They can be easy mentored or reviewed by others. I can mentor anybody to start with them; I just send an mail to mentor...@women.debian.org and that's it isn't it? The counterparts: * Documentation and howtos are loong, the task is much easier to do it than to explain it. I think this is something common with other tasks in Debian, that's why mentoring, IRC training courses etc are appreciated. * You need other people's effort to get your work actually "completed" (5 reviewers needed to get the spam removed, and people with commit access to upload your updates to the website). * Sometimes you feel that your work is not "visible" (unknown, hidden areas of the Debian project). Feel free to review my editions for better wording, restructuration or anything. Regards Laura Arjona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJr5pH1=difusbv+ub-psh2sxiyfb37z8p_u3kq-rayefrb...@mail.gmail.com
