CONTRIBUTING.md

Getting Started

Resources for Contributors

Look through our issues related to contributing: Github Issues

Want to Participate in the Community?

• Ask here to join our Open Library slack: internetarchive/openlibrary#686
• Join us for our Open Library Community Call every Tuesday @ 11:30am PT

Submitting Issues

Data Cleanup

• If you notice a set of entries on Open Library which need to be updated (possibly in bulk) please report them as an issue to https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-bots (the Open Library Bots Directory).

Adding Data to Open Library

• In case you are looking to add data using MARC and ONIX records, possibly in bulk please do it via at https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-bots (the Open Library Bots).

Tagging

• If a task requires immediate fixing, please respond to its corresponding issue by asking if it can be promoted to blocking using the blocking issue label.

Picking Tasks

We usually discuss weekly goals via our Tuesday Community Call and using Slack.

Our Roadmap(s)

• Our weekly tasks are tracked here: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/projects/4
• Our quarterly goals can be found on the projects board: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/projects -- e.g. https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/projects/3 (2018 Q1)

Picking 1st task

• Look for issues with labels such as good first issue and easy

Pull Requests

• Pull Requests (PRs) must link to the issue they resolve. Please expect PRs without corresponding issues to be rejected until an issue is retroactively created and linked to it.

• When your code is ready for review, please follow our Pull Request Template to close the corresponding issue.