Contributing To Free Software 2015

Helpful Tools

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

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)

• 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

• 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?

• Unconnected Pages - mostly poorly written or in first person
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UnconnectedPages

• Articles Needing Sections - Layout needed
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_sections

• Empty and List Sections - Content Needed or Paraphrasing (some domain knowledge ma be required)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_empty_sections
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_with_sections_that_need_to_be_turned_into_prose

• 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
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby

• Geographic fixes
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:All_articles_needing_coordinates

• All the Backlog Lists
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog
• All the Wikipedia lists:
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages

Contributing to Open Source Projects

• OpenHatch

• Savannah
  • Developers wanted
    • http://savannah.nongnu.org/people/?category_id=1
  • Also provide hosting at "nongnu.org"