{"id":1812,"date":"2016-10-21T08:51:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.seattle.wordcamp.org\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2016-11-22T06:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:54:18","slug":"the-contributor-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/the-contributor-track\/","title":{"rendered":"The Contributor Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-165 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2015-experienced\/files\/2015\/01\/wcsea-2014-contributor-day-cropped-1024x315.jpg\" alt=\"WordCamp Seattle 2014 Contributor Day\" width=\"640\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year we&#8217;ll have a track on Sunday that&#8217;s dedicated to contributing back to the WordPress open-source project.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be similar to the Contributor Days we&#8217;ve done in past years, where\u00a0people of all skills and experience levels get together in a casual environment to give something back to the WordPress community.\u00a0We&#8217;ll be working in teams to improve WordPress&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\" target=\"_blank\">documentation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\" target=\"_blank\">code<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\" target=\"_blank\">support<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meta\/handbook\" target=\"_blank\">official websites<\/a>, and maybe a few other areas as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyone is welcome to come<\/strong>,\u00a0even if you&#8217;ve never contributed before &#8212; <em>especially if you&#8217;ve never contributed before!<\/em> You don&#8217;t need any special skills,\u00a0everyone has something they can do. 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