Miraheze Volunteering Opportunities

We need volunteers in the following areas:

This is list is not set up in order of priority

Please see Contributing for other ways to contribute and volunteer that aren't necessarily included below.

Technical roles
Note: All technical volunteers are asked to participate in the Phabricator task system.

MediaWiki extension installers

 * Knowledge of the PHP programming language
 * Familiarity with MediaWiki software is strongly preferred but not required
 * Ability to use or learn to use Git

MediaWiki extension reviewers (Priority)
Note: currently almost half of tasks on Phabricator are extension reviews
 * Strong knowledge of the PHP programming language
 * Knowledge of XSS and SQL Injection
 * Familiarity with MediaWiki software is strongly preferred but not required

Wiki configuration

 * Set up Piwik access for individual domains on request (680)
 * Open Extension:ManageWiki to wiki owners (T194)

Wiki Creation

 * Find people willing to create wikis. The details can be found here: Wiki creators and Wiki creators guide.

Recruiting

 * Recruit additional programmers familiar with MediaWiki (and other services) to help with Phabricator tickets and technical roles listed above.

Fundraising campaign

 * Research
 * Access to a gofundme or similar sites
 * Prepare global site notices

Additional moderators for the IRC Channel
We try to have a variety of different timezones between staff. This is generally the case, but there are still some dead-times where there is no one available (not necessarily this case, in general) Comments made by staff members:
 * Labster: Mainly the hours John is asleep, so probably what, 0100-0900 GMT? Him being in the UK helps that calculation :)
 * Reception123: I'd say about 8 am to 2 pm GMT

Review, extend and create documentation

 * Code of Conduct
 * Wiki changes
 * Extension requests
 * Privacy Policy
 * Terms of Service