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Q: Are there clearly understood steps someone can follow to go from knowing nothing about your project to successfully contributing?
Q: Are there clearly understood steps someone can follow to go from knowing nothing about your project to successfully contributing?


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A: Not yet as a rule, although there are probably exceptions.
 
Suggestion: In addition to just documenting these steps, look for a simple 5-minute task that someone can take to get started (for example, signing up for Bugzilla if they are interested in coding) and also figure out where in the process you can add a mentor to help people.


=Establish Goals and Metrics=
=Establish Goals and Metrics=
Confirmed users, Bureaucrats and Sysops emeriti
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