= Contributing To Free Software 2015 =
== 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
== Contributing to Open Source Projects ==
* OpenHatch
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* Savannah
* Developers wanted: http://savannah.nongnu.org/people/?category_id=1
* Also provide hosting at "nongnu.org"
