On 02/25/2018 01:01 PM, Harris Kenny wrote: > Hi commops! > > My name is Harris Kenny (kenhara). I am new to contributing to Fedora > but have been running Fedora for several years on my personal machines. > Hi Harris! Welcome to the Fedora CommOps mailing list. We're happy to have you here with us. > I first learned about Fedora at Open Hardware Summit 2015, where I met > Tom Callaway (spot). I enjoy the active community and stability of > Fedora and have relied on its documentation as a new GNU/Linux user. I > would love to help expand the documentation to help future new users. > > I want contribute to the Fedora Wiki because I have experience writing > documentation. I specifically want to start by helping with > documentation for 0 A.D. (0ad > <https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/0ad>), which I recently > discovered and love. > If you're interested in improving Fedora documentation, I would also recommend checking out the Docs team. A lot of work is happening now to "re-tool" the Docs team. If you are interested in updating existing documentation or writing new documentation, I would recommend working with the Docs team on the best way to do this. I've also CC'd their mailing list in this reply. You can check out their pages here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Though this is a personal application to join commops, my professional > work is relevant too. I work for Aleph Objects, Inc., manufacturer of > LulzBot 3D printers. LulzBot printers are Free/Libre/Open Source, both > the first product certified by the FSF > <https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom> and > the first printer certified by OSHWA > <http://certificate.oshwa.org/certification-directory/>. > You may also be interested in the 3D Printing SIG in Fedora. I haven't participated much with their SIG to know what tasks they are working on, but you may find it interesting to check out. I also know Tom, who you met, is a part of this SIG! https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/3DPrinting > I started in Marketing at the company, helping establish documentation, > tutorials, email newsletters, social media, digital advertising, trade > shows, public relations, etc. with all Free/Libre tools. Cura LulzBot > Edition software is also packaged for Fedora (see: cura-lulzbot > <https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/cura-lulzbot>). > > In another personal capacity, I serve as Treasurer on the Board of > Directors at OSHWA. I have also contributed writing to opensource.com > <http://opensource.com>, among other places. > > Besides contributions to Wikipedia, this is the first time I'm looking > to personally contribute to an open source project (outside of work). > I'd love any articles or tips on how to get started and avoid obvious > new contributor mistakes :) (Bootstrapped > <https://pagure.io/Fedora-Badges/issue/409> seems like a good start) > > Thank you for your time and consideration! > Sounds like you have a lot of experience with open source – it will be great to have you with us! In the meanwhile, I would recommend "getting bootstrapped". At the Docs FAD a couple weeks ago, I created a page to help explain how to do this. It's not officially published yet, but you may find it useful! https://docs.stg.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/mindshare/docs/contribute/first-steps.html Let us know if you have any other questions. Hope to see you around. :-) -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7@xxxxxxxxx
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