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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
- http://openhatch.org/

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