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== Helpful Tools ==
 * Git
  * http://www.git-scm.com/
 * Awesome Pages - Warning: do not browse (it could take years)
  * https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
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== Useful Tools ==



== Contributing to Wikipedia ==

 * Short pages and Dead End pages:
  * Something simple is better than nothing
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ShortPages
   * Usually only a single word or line. Improvement is usually easy
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DeadendPages
   * some dead ends just need good redirect pages

 * Longest Pages and Fewest revisions (Streamlining / Editing)
  * No original content required
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LongPages
   * Refinement and simplification improve the situation
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FewestRevisions

 * Wanted Lists
  * Often further categorization or adding missing bits needed
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedCategories
   * Categories partially assembled
   * e.g. "Compact Digital Cameras" only contains Fuji. Just tag more cameras
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_missing_files
   * Would you believe Aerospace engineering has Missing Links

 * Backlog Lists
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog

 * Link fixing
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:DisambiguationPageLinks
   * Direct links to be more specific
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_too_few_wikilinks
   * Linking to more internal pages

 * Wikimedia is also an option for the graphically inclined
  * Photo challenge is a great inspiration
  * commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_challenge

 * Local Knowledge
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby

 * All the Wikipedia lists:
  * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages		 == 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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   *   * http://openhatch.org/
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  * Developers wanted: http://savannah.nongnu.org/people/?category_id=1
   * Also provide hosting at "nongnu.org"		   * Developers wanted
   * http://savannah.nongnu.org/people/?category_id=1
  * Also provide hosting at "nongnu.org"
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Contributing To Free Software 2015

Helpful Tools

Wikipedia

Contributing to Open Source Projects