= 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
== Wikipedia ==
* [[ContributingToWikipedia|Origional Wiki Page]]
* Presentation: ([[http://puzzleduck.org/FSM/2015/Wikipedia.odp|Slides]] / [[http://freesoftware.org.au/static/media/uploads/wikipedia.pdf|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)
* 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
* http://openhatch.org/
* Savannah
* Developers wanted
* http://savannah.nongnu.org/people/?category_id=1
* Also provide hosting at "nongnu.org"
