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| == Wikipedia == * [[ContributingToWikipedia|Origional Wiki Page]] * Presentation: ([[http://puzzleduck.org/FSM/2015/Wikipedia.odp|Slides]] / [[http://freesoftware.org.au/static/media/uploads/wikipedia.pdf|PDF]]) |
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Contributing To Free Software 2015
Helpful Tools
- Git
- Awesome Pages - Warning: do not browse (it could take years)
Wikipedia
- Origional Wiki Page
- Presentation: (Slides / PDF)
Contributing to Wikipedia
Short pages and Dead End pages - Something simple is better than nothing
- * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ShortPages
- Usually only a single word or line. Improvement is usually easy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DeadendPages
- some dead ends just need good redirect pages
- Longest Pages (Streamlining / Editing)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LongPages
- Refinement and simplification improve the situation (No original content required)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LongPages
- Wanted Lists - Often further categorization or adding missing bits needed
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedCategories
- Categories partially assembled (e.g. "Compact Digital Cameras" only contains Fuji. Just tag more cameras)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_missing_files
- Would you believe Aerospace engineering has Missing Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedCategories
- Link fixing
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DisambiguationPageLinks
- Direct links to be more specific
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_too_few_wikilinks
- Linking to more internal pages
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LonelyPages
- Orphans, can you find them a good home?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DisambiguationPageLinks
- Unconnected Pages - mostly poorly written or in first person
- Articles Needing Sections - Layout needed
- Empty and List Sections - Content Needed or Paraphrasing (some domain knowledge ma be required)
- Wikimedia is also an option for the graphically inclined
- Photo challenge is a great inspiration
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_challenge
- Local Knowledge
- All the Backlog Lists
- All the Wikipedia lists:
Contributing to Open Source Projects
- Savannah
- Developers wanted
- Also provide hosting at "nongnu.org"