Wikipedia:Ultraviolet/Volunteer

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RedWarn is a new, fast growing JavaScript counter-vandalism tool, specifically designed for user friendliness. In just over a month, RedWarn has gained over 100 new users and is rapidly growing every day with over 18,000+ edits made in the past 3 weeks. However, as you I hope you can understand, this is becoming a rather large undertaking for me. Therefore, I'm asking for volunteers to aid and lead in the development, design and future of the project. You don't need to be a genius, or have any major experience to volunteer - and, to be cliche, it may even be a great thing to put on your resume. Engaging in RedWarn's development is a good way to get your work in use by hundreds of editors across the globe. If you've had any JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS, design, translation, counter-vandalism, or other experience that would aid in RedWarn's development, your contributions would be highly valued!

Available volunteering opportunities

All volunteers will need a GitLab account to engage in developer discussion, and optionally, a Discord account too. You can register at https://gitlab.com and https://discord.com respectively.

Technical

You will need very basic terminal knowledge. You can develop on Windows, macOS, or Linux. We're writing up documentation to help aid the development process, and make it as easy as possible to develop for RedWarn.

• Core developer: JavaScript experience, preferably with a good understanding of creating user scripts. You don't have to be an expert.
• UI designer: HTML and CSS knowledge - if you don't have this, being creative enough to sketch and propose designs/improvements.
• Backend developer: Anybody with PHP/node.JS experinece to aid with the maintenance and creation of RedWarn tools and other backend development.

Non-technical

• Translation: If you know one or more other language, helping translate RedWarn to different Wikis would be greatly appreciated.
• User query helper: Help respond to user questions and bug reports, then file the correctly in the issues tab in GitLab.
• Documentation helper: Help write documentation for RedWarn.

What if I don't want to register as a volunteer?

Anybody with a GitLab account can engage in developer discussion and make pull requests at https://gitlab.com/redwarn

What if I want to help out in a way that isn't listed here?

Just register your interest! Any help is very much appreciated.

Register your interest

To register your interest, edit this section and append *{{user|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} '''Position you're interested in''' - any other notes regarding your experience. ~~~~ to the list.

• Ed6767 (talk · contribs) Example position - any other notes regarding your experience. Ed6767 talk! 17:18, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
• Geekpotato24 Translator - I'm fluent in Chinese and have a basic knowledge of JavaScript. Geekpotato24 (talk to me!) 18:17, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

  Geekpotato24, thanks for registering your interest and wanting to help out! Would love to see RW on zhwiki - when we start work on the translation engine I'll get in touch Ed6767 talk! 20:22, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Ed6767 I would also like to be a User query helper, and I already registered on Gitlab, you just have to let me in the project. Also, you mentioned a discord account, is there a discord server I can join? Thanks! Geekpotato24 (talk to me!) 21:42, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Geekpotato24, yes! Here: https://discord.gg/2zNrVa9 Ed6767 talk! 21:45, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

• Chlod (talk · contribs) Core developer or Backend developer - Although I do have quite an edge towards any available position, I feel like the technical positions would suit me most. If possible, I'd also like to be a user query helper. I'm experienced in both PHP and JavaScript (including TypeScript and Node.js). Chlod (say hi!) 03:03, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Chlod, thanks for the offer - we're very happy to accept you! Could you join the Discord? Left an invite in the comment above. Ed6767 talk! 01:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

• Eumat114 (talk · contribs) Translator into zhwiki - fluent in Chinese. Might do more of the basic UI translation. Question: do you want RedWarn to still be called RedWarn in or do you want a Chinese name there (e.g. 紅警示, literally "Red Warning")? Eumat114 (Message) 07:31, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Eumat114, thanks for volunteering! Would you be willing to work with Geekpotato24 to help it across? And what do you guys think would be a good name in Chinese? Not the biggest fan of the more literal name, or passing "RedWarn" there as it could be confused. Ed6767 talk! 23:26, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Ed6767, I would be happy to do so and in fact have started. Eumat114 (Message) 04:58, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Eumat114 Are you translating it into Traditional Chinese or Simplified? Geekpotato24 (talk to me!) 17:11, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

@Eumat114 and Geekpotato:, I'll probably set up a Google sheet with original English text and the translations to make it a bit easier for translation across updates if that's okay? Ed6767 talk! 17:32, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks! Geekpotato24 (talk to me!) 20:16, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Facepalm -- ah, technology wins... Eumat114 (Message) 01:53, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

@Eumat114: You can join the discord server(https://discord.gg/2zNrVa9) where we can discuss. Geekpotato24 (talk to me!) 22:02, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Geekpotato24, wait, I don't know how to use discord. ... Facepalm$\times 100$ Eumat114 (Message) 02:02, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Eumat114, you can use it in your web browser or via downloading the apps. Once you join a "server" via the link there are chats that you can talk in known as channels. It's quite easy to use once you've made an account. Ed6767 talk! 02:12, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

@Eumat114: In essence, you just make an account with any username you want, and then you click on the link to join a server. Discord is just another messaging service, much like Messenger, Telegram, WhatsApp or whatever, except that they user "servers" instead. Servers are like chatrooms, except servers can hold multiple chatrooms. Once you make an account, click the link, and press "Join Server", and if you haven't installed Discord on your computer yet, you can use your browser by clicking "Continue to Discord". Hope this helps! Chlod (say hi!) 02:13, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

@Eumat114: Pretty much what the others said above, It's a chat platform that's very easy to use and you can access it in your browser. It'll make collaboration on the project easier. Have you joined yet? Look forward to seeing you on there. Cheers,Geekpotato24 (talk to me!) 18:05, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

• Berrely (talk · contribs) Translator to fawiki and/or Documentation Helper - Near fluent in Farsi (not fully fluent though). Would also be happy to help write up documentation. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 08:46, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
• Whisperjanes (talk · contribs) Core developer and/or UI Designer - I'm experienced in HTML/CSS/JS. I am also currently a graphic designer IRL, but am trying to make my way towards programming full time instead. I'm not very familiar with GitLab, but I would love to contribute to RedWarn (since I use it almost every day). Whisperjanes (talk) 04:10, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

  @Berrely and Whisperjanes: thanks for your interest - taking a bit of a break from development right now, but when we're ready we'll add you to the RedWarn developer private chat - make sure you're in the discord with clear nicknames so we can add you Ed talk! 02:31, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

  Of course, no hurry on your break. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 10:30, 9 August 2020 (UTC)