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This page explains HOWTO contribute to ProjectNews and what '''YOU'''
can do to help it.
 This page explains HOWTO contribute to ProjectNews and what '''YOU''' can do to help it.
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Contributing to ProjectNews is easy but depends on your skills and the
amount of time you can spare.
Contributing to ProjectNews is easy but depends on your skills and the amount of time you can spare.
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The easiest way to help us is to inform us about interesting things
happening in the Debian universe. Debian is a quite big project, and we
don't have the manpower to monitor every mailing list, blog, news site
for content we might want to add to our ProjectNews. So tell us, if you
noticed something interesting happening. You can usually do this by
sending an E-Mail to debian-publicity@lists.debian.org.
The easiest way to help us is to inform us about interesting things happening in the Debian universe. Debian is quite a big project, and we don't have the manpower to monitor every mailing list, blog, news site for content we might want to add to our ProjectNews. So tell us, if you noticed something interesting happening. You can usually do this by sending an E-Mail to debian-publicity@lists.debian.org .
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Generally speaking: Everything which might have an noticeable impact on
the Debian Project at large and its user base in special.
Generally speaking: Everything which might have an noticeable impact on the Debian Project at large and its user base is special.
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  * have a noticeable impact (e.g. License Discussion, scheduled transition from
  * contain an interesting discussion regarding Project foo to Project bar [:GeneralResolutions:General Resolutions], etc.)
  * have a noticeable impact (e.g. License Discussion, scheduled transition from
  * contain an interesting discussion regarding Project foo to Project bar [:GeneralResolutions:General Resolutions], etc.)
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  * debian installer about to release beta3, testing requested
   * French debconf translations reach 100%
  * cdrkit capable of burning blue ray discs
   * ...
  * debian installer about to release beta3, testing requested
  * French debconf translations reach 100%
  * cdrkit capable of burning blue ray discs
  * etc...
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  * You wrote an report after having represented Debian at a conference or exhibition
 * You got interviewed about your work on Debian
  * You wrote a report after having represented Debian at a conference or exhibition
 * You were interviewed about your work on Debian
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 * ...  * etc...
== Things you don't need to report ==
 * [:DebianReleases:Debian release] -- we probably know it already ;-)
Of course the above list is far from being complete. We would especially like to point out, that we can't monitor other media, web sites, blogs and everything else. So it's very valuable to report anything you think fitting to the ProjectNews to our mailing lists debian-publicity@lists.debian.org .
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== Things you don't need to report ==
 * [:DebianReleases:Debian release] -- we probably know it already ;)

Of course the above list is far from being complete. Especially we
would like to point out, that the we can't monitor other media,
web sites, blogs and everything else. So it's very valuable to report
anything you think fitting to the ProjectNews to our mailing lists
debian-publicity@lists.debian.org.

Keep in mind, that one of the main purposes from our side, beside keeping
our users informed, is to show them that we are a living, working community!
I.e. to show that things are done, that Debian is alive!
Keep in mind, that one of the main purposes from our side, beside keeping our users informed, is to show them that we are a living, working community! I.e. to show that things are done, that Debian is alive!
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Currently the main editor is not a native English speaker. He knows it, and you
probably have noticed it, too. So one thing you can help as a native speaker
is to fix his en_DE to proper English. That's very easy; just look at
[:ProjectNews/Issues/Current: the current issue] and fix spelling mistakes
and the like.
Currently the main editor is not a native English speaker. He knows it, and you probably have noticed it, too. So one thing you can help as a native speaker is to fix his en_DE to proper English. That's very easy; just look at [:ProjectNews/Issues/Current:the current issue] and fix spelling mistakes and the like.
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If you feel you are capable of writing small articles for ProjectNews yourself, feel free to join the team. We assume you have already subscribed to the debian-publicity mailing list at http://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity?
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If feel you are capable of writing small articles for ProjectNews yourself,
feel free to join the team. We assume you have already subscribed to the
debian-publicity mailing list at http://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity?
A good idea would be to subscribe to the wiki-Pages of the category CategoryProjectNews.
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A good idea would be to subscribe to the wiki-Pages of the category
["CategoryProjectNews"].

Then you are ready to start: Ta
ke a look at the list, and if we have a proposal,
examine it -- or find something interesting yourself. Do you think it should be
added to the weekly news? Do you feel capable of summarizing it in a objective
way? Then do so! Just add your news to
[:ProjectNews/Issues/Current:the current Issue].
When you are ready to start: Take a look at the list, and if we have a proposal, examine it -- or find something interesting yourself. Do you think it should be added to the weekly news? Do you feel capable of summarizing it in an objective way? Then do so! Just add your news to [:ProjectNews/Issues/Current:the current Issue].
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If you are unsure if you have it written up properly, feel free to send your article
to the publicity list first.
If you are unsure if you have it written up properly, feel free to send your article  to the publicity list first.
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CategoryProjectNews  CategoryProjectNews

[:DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation:Translation(s)]: [:fr/ProjectNews/HowToContribute:français]

(!) ["/Discussion"]


  • This page explains HOWTO contribute to ProjectNews and what YOU can do to help it.

?TableOfContents(2)

HOWTO contribute

Contributing to ProjectNews is easy but depends on your skills and the amount of time you can spare.

Send interesting news

The easiest way to help us is to inform us about interesting things happening in the Debian universe. Debian is quite a big project, and we don't have the manpower to monitor every mailing list, blog, news site for content we might want to add to our ProjectNews. So tell us, if you noticed something interesting happening. You can usually do this by sending an E-Mail to debian-publicity@lists.debian.org .

What you should send

Generally speaking: Everything which might have an noticeable impact on the Debian Project at large and its user base is special.

Some ideas:

  • Discussion taking place on a mailing list, which:
    • have a noticeable impact (e.g. License Discussion, scheduled transition from
    • contain an interesting discussion regarding Project foo to Project bar [:GeneralResolutions:General Resolutions], etc.)

  • Smaller announcements from sub projects:
    • debian installer about to release beta3, testing requested
    • French debconf translations reach 100%
    • cdrkit capable of burning blue ray discs
    • etc...
  • Interesting Bug Reports (ever looked at 245047?)

  • You represent Debian at a conference or exhibition (with a booth, talk, workshop, etc.)
    • You wrote a report after having represented Debian at a conference or exhibition
  • You were interviewed about your work on Debian
  • Debian related reviews / tests / articles in other media / web sites / mailing lists / blogs
  • etc...

Things you don't need to report

  • [:DebianReleases:Debian release] -- we probably know it already ;-)

Of course the above list is far from being complete. We would especially like to point out, that we can't monitor other media, web sites, blogs and everything else. So it's very valuable to report anything you think fitting to the ProjectNews to our mailing lists debian-publicity@lists.debian.org .

Keep in mind, that one of the main purposes from our side, beside keeping our users informed, is to show them that we are a living, working community! I.e. to show that things are done, that Debian is alive!

Help by native speakers

Currently the main editor is not a native English speaker. He knows it, and you probably have noticed it, too. So one thing you can help as a native speaker is to fix his en_DE to proper English. That's very easy; just look at [:ProjectNews/Issues/Current:the current issue] and fix spelling mistakes and the like.

Becoming an editor yourself

If you feel you are capable of writing small articles for ProjectNews yourself, feel free to join the team. We assume you have already subscribed to the debian-publicity mailing list at http://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity?

A good idea would be to subscribe to the wiki-Pages of the category CategoryProjectNews.

When you are ready to start: Take a look at the list, and if we have a proposal, examine it -- or find something interesting yourself. Do you think it should be added to the weekly news? Do you feel capable of summarizing it in an objective way? Then do so! Just add your news to [:ProjectNews/Issues/Current:the current Issue].

We put up some guidelines [:ProjectNews/Guidelines:here].

If you are unsure if you have it written up properly, feel free to send your article to the publicity list first.