All of the documentation for the Drupal Project is freely contributed by people all around the World, just like you.

Contributing to any large project requires collaboration between project members and the people and processes that make that a productive and enjoyable experience.

The Documentation Working Group is the central body that:

  • Maintains policies, processes, and guidelines for documentation
  • Highlights priorities for Drupal documentation
  • Recruits members of the Drupal community to write and edit documentation
  • Suggests tool changes (Drupal.org software) to improve the experience of people who read and write documentation

As collaboration on contribution to Drupal is such an integral part of the community, there are many ways to communicate with others doing the same and to learn from them:

Tasks and Roles in this area

Documentation editor (Contributor role)
Edit and proofread Drupal documentation
Duration:
ongoing
Documentation guide maintainer (Contributor role)
Monitor and validate changes to a documentation guide. Add new pages to the menu.
Duration:
ongoing
Drupal.org content moderator (Contributor role)
Moderate content on the community-produced documentation and forums on drupal.org
Duration:
1 hour
Edit or review a documentation page (Contributor task)
Review, proofread, or edit a documentation page that has been flagged as needing attention
Duration:
20 minutes
Mentor (Contributor role)
Inspire, enable, and encourage new core contributors. Work on the core tools and process for mentoring
Duration:
several hours
Resolve a Documentation issue report (Contributor task)
Fix a documentation problem that was identified in a Documentation issue report
Duration:
20 minutes
Technical Writer (Contributor role)
Create documentation about how to use Drupal, develop for and with Drupal, and contribute to the community
Duration:
ongoing
Translation group manager (Contributor role)
Oversee the translators and translation moderators for a language
Duration:
ongoing
Translation moderator (Contributor role)
Review new and updated translations, marking them either as approved or rejected
Duration:
ongoing
Translator (Contributor role)
Translate English text that is part of the Drupal and contrib module codebase into other languages
Duration:
ongoing
Triage a Documentation issue report (Contributor task)
Evaluate and clean up an issue in the Documentation project.
Duration:
20 minutes
Triage Novice issues and tasks (Contributor task)
Choose issues and tasks for a novice contribution event
Duration:
several hours
Write or review a Contributor Skill page (Contributor task)
Fill in the details for a skeleton Contributor Skill page, or review one
Duration:
20 minutes

Skills used

There are tasks and roles in this area that require these skills:

Editing (English)
(needs review) Editing and proofreading English text
Mentoring
Build confidence in novices by helping novices complete relevant tasks
Technical writing (English)
Ability to communicate well about technical topics in written English
Translating
Ability to translate English text to another language

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