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 volunteers dealing with technical issues/bugs should use the Phabricator task system.

=== MediaWiki extension reviewers ===

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

=== Extension developers ===


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

===

Operations ===


 * Knowledge and preferably experience with Linux (Debian), MediaWiki, Varnish, SSL, Puppet and other various services
 * Time and availability to maintain servers

== Non-Technical roles ==

=== Wiki Creation ===

People willing to create wikis (wiki creators). 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 ===


 * Wiki changes
 * Others