Updating ContributeToUbuntu

[Esme Xuan Lim]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:17 PM Doug Smythies wrote:
> > Is there also anything Doug or Gunnar would like me to add into the
wiki for
> > contributing? You guys are Cannonical devs and I suspect that you two
will
> > have the clearest idea for what the intent for new contributors to look
> > through will be.

No, both of us are just volunteers.

First off, sorry about that, ha ha. My mistake. I guess it speaks volumes
to how overwhelming contributing can be.

I guess realizing we're all overwhelmed with how to start things is a good
place to start. In that case I'm going to try to collate information to try
to update this I guess.

To anyone reading this: (but I guess this is in context of a conversation
with me and Doug)
How did you (or anyone reading this) start contributing in the first place?
Was it to the docs team specifically, or have anyone tried contributing to
the software/code side of things?
How did everyone get to where they were in their volunteer 'roles'? Was it
from talking to people?

Esme

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:17 PM Doug Smythies <dsmythies at telus.net> wrote:

> On 2020.07.22 08:01 Esme Xuan Lim wrote:
> >
> > When I first thought of contributing I was thrown off quite greatly by
> the
> > number of channels where documentation could be found.
>
> So was I.
>
> > To start this I have these questions: Can I ask what purpose the
> > wiki.ubuntu serves in the context of documentation for contributing?
>
> Good question.
> I have never understood why there are so many avenues for stuff.
> It has never made sense to me.
>
> > Is
> > there also anything Doug or Gunnar would like me to add into the wiki for
> > contributing? You guys are Cannonical devs and I suspect that you two
> will
> > have the clearest idea for what the intent for new contributors to look
> > through will be.
>
> No, both of us are just volunteers.
>
> > These sources have been quite overwhelming
>
> Agree. It was rather daunting when I started.
>
> ... Doug
>
>
>