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Thank you for taking the time to learn how you can help us! This website is the sum of many efforts, and God has used people from all walks of life to help. Chances are if you have the desire to contribute, you can.  
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===Helping Gospel Translations===
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There are numerous roles other than translator that a volunteer can fill to help Gospel Translations. Browse the info below and if you find something that interests you, visit our '''[[GospelTranslations:Enrollment_form|Enrollment Page]]''' to sign-up. Thanks for considering it!
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We've listed some of the current volunteer opportunities below, organized by skill sets:
 
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*General help (no special skills needed)
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==Volunteer Roles==
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====Content Loading====
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Sometimes translators have difficulty using the wiki, or an organization will send us translations to use but we have to format them for the web ourselves. The workload for this area varies by season, but if you're interested in helping, signup and we will send you projects as they come.
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'''If you have any questions''', please do not hesitate to conact us using the [[GospelTranslations:Contact|contact page]]. The project descriptions below are not comprehensive and we're eager to help you get started.  
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====Formatting/Layout====
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To make translations as usable as possible, we use a [[GospelTranslations:Formatting|formatting style guide]] to keep things consistent. Volunteers are needed in this area to
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* further develop our style guide where needed
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====Web Developers====
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Please go to our [[Project:Technology|technology section]] to see what kind of projects we need help on presently.
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There are a number of pages that we would be happy to see improved. To learn how, you'll want to first familiarize yourself with MediaWiki:
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*[[:mediawikiwiki:Help:Templates|Templates]]
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*[[:mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting|Formatting]]
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== General Help  ==
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'''Pages for Improvement'''
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Use the test page provided if you are going to suggest changes.
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=== Post English content to the wiki  ===
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One of the biggest challenges we face is loading articles and books onto the wiki. It doesn't require any special skills, just diligence and time. As of this writing, we are waiting to load:
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*<strike>the book ''Why Small Groups?''</strike>
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*the book ''How Can I Change?''
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*<strike>the booklet ''Missiology: Entering the Field of the Lord''</strike>
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*<strike>the booklet ''Polity: Leading and Serving in the Local Church''</strike>
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*<strike>the booklet ''Am I Called? Discerning the Summons to Ministry''</strike>
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*<strike>the booklet ''Sovereign Grace and the Glorious Mystery of Election''</strike>
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Similar to the above, except that you'll be loading content you don't necessarily understand. However the copy-and-paste operation is the same as with English, so it is doable even if you don't understand the language. Things that have been translated, but aren't available on the website yet, include:
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Mediawiki (the software the runs this website) supports the use of automated bots for all sorts of tasks. They can be extremely useful for monitoring, updating, and general housekeeping around the entire website. Moreover, other developers have already written very helpful frameworks for bot programming in Python, Perl, PHP, .NET, Java, and Ruby ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Creating_a_bot more from Wikipedia]).
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Copies data from this wiki (gospeltranslations.org) over to other members of the Gospel Translations wiki family (eventually es.gospeltranslations.org for Spanish content, de.gospeltranslations.org for German content, and so forth). This allows all of the translation development work to be done on this site, and our language-specific wikis can focus solely on presenting content to readers.
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If you're interested in helping with web design, it'd be useful if you read the Mediawiki manual some to learn about using [[:mediawikiwiki:Help:Templates|:mediawikiwiki:Help:Templates]], [[:mediawikiwiki:Help:Categories|:mediawikiwiki:Help:Categories]], and [[:mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting|:mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting]].
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Several of our most prominent pages could use spiffier designs. If you have ideas on how to improve any of these, give it a try! (Just make sure you text your ideas on the "talk" page, not the live one.)
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*[[Main Page|Main Page]] ([[Talk:Main Page|page for test designs]])
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*[[GospelTranslations:Enrollment|Translator enrollment page]] ([[GospelTranslations talk:Enrollment|page for test designs]])  
*[[GospelTranslations:Enrollment|Translator enrollment page]] ([[GospelTranslations talk:Enrollment|page for test designs]])  
*[[GospelTranslations:Contact|Contact]] page ([[GospelTranslations talk:Enrollment|page for test designs]])  
*[[GospelTranslations:Contact|Contact]] page ([[GospelTranslations talk:Enrollment|page for test designs]])  
**Currently used for translator sign-up, other volunteer sign-up, and anything else contact-related. More distinction would be useful between those categories, so people feel like they're sending a message that will be answered.
**Currently used for translator sign-up, other volunteer sign-up, and anything else contact-related. More distinction would be useful between those categories, so people feel like they're sending a message that will be answered.
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'''Please note:''' submitting an idea for these projects does not guarantee that it will be used. We appreciate all attempts, but practically cannot use them all. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>  
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Current revision as of 15:12, 18 September 2008

Helping Gospel Translations

There are numerous roles other than translator that a volunteer can fill to help Gospel Translations. Browse the info below and if you find something that interests you, visit our Enrollment Page to sign-up. Thanks for considering it!


Volunteer Roles

Administrative Help

Content Loading

Sometimes translators have difficulty using the wiki, or an organization will send us translations to use but we have to format them for the web ourselves. The workload for this area varies by season, but if you're interested in helping, signup and we will send you projects as they come.

Formatting/Layout

To make translations as usable as possible, we use a formatting style guide to keep things consistent. Volunteers are needed in this area to

  • review articles and "sign off" on them as well-formatted
  • further develop our style guide where needed
Technical Help

Web Developers

Please go to our technology section to see what kind of projects we need help on presently.

Web Designers

There are a number of pages that we would be happy to see improved. To learn how, you'll want to first familiarize yourself with MediaWiki:

Pages for Improvement Use the test page provided if you are going to suggest changes.

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