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On 8/7/12 3:34 AM, Ludovic Hirlimann wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/13/12 5:09 PM, Joshua Cranmer
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<pre>Hi Joshua,
Given that there appears to be an attempt to reach out to the broader
community - people who are not familiar with how to get started
volunteering for Thunderbird - perhaps that wiki page should give some
advice in that regard. There are probably a lot of fans of Thunderbird,
like me, who have never contributed to it, but who might be enticed to
do so.
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So about you explain a bit more what you think is missing so we
can start working on making the missing links/documentation be
available for new comers ?<br>
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Assume that the vast majority of people will never actually
contribute. The Hacker News audience, for example. But it may
still be wise to cater to them. If you engage those users, a
certain small percentage of them will later become more involved.
Additionally, the more you give users the feeling that they are
being listened to, the more good will Thunderbird will gain.<br>
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- Those people won't look at Bugzilla, nor will they post to a
mailing list or IRC. How about using something like mobrater.com to
let them voice their opinions. The results of that type of poll can
then be translated to bugzilla by someone who is familiar with the
project.<br>
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For users who want to go beyond voicing opinions to actually
contributing something, maybe even work on a patch for an
easy-looking paper cut, what do they do? From the standpoint of
someone who isn't already an experienced contributor, the papercuts
page has no advice. Maybe you could add the "Development and
Testing Links" section that is on
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/">https://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/</a>. Ideally, that thing
should be placed on every Thunderbird development wiki page, since
people rarely visit through the front door.<br>
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Just a couple of thoughts.<br>
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Jesse<br>
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