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This page is a constant work in progress to provide an overview who is doing what in the Tiki software community. This is not a top-down directive or anything like that but rather a collaborative list to enable all in the community to work more effectively together. Many contributors might still be missing from this list... please help to make this page better!
1. Introduction
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware is a vast project. It's tricky for new people to know how the TikiWiki Community is organized to find the right person to contact and to start to contribute. What may I expect from others within Tikiwiki Community and what do others expect from me? Who does what? Who should I talk to? How does it work? This page is intended to help.Important: everyone is a volunteer. Things get done because someone like you decides to take the time to make it better.
Tiki is a free and open source software project. Anyone can join and participate without paying or officially joining anything. However, if you really like Tiki or are already a regular contributor or user, we strongly recommend you get Membership in the Tiki Software Community Association, an incorporated non-profit entity with the goal to benefit and support the ongoing work and development of the Tiki software community.
If you are new to open source, a good place to learn more about how open source software communities work is to read about it on Wikipedia
2. Community organization
2.1. What may I expect from others within Tikiwiki Community?
Community members do their best to follow TikiWiki Social Contract2.2. What do others expect from me?
This section should be added imho to the "entrance door" to TW community: the tw.o/tiki-register.php form afaik or elsewhere (but somewhere very visible for ALL new users at least) (Xavi)
Others expect you to read understand and do your best to follow the Tikiwiki Social Contract.
In addition you are requested to follow these basic rules within Tikiwiki Community:
2.2.1. If you are not a developer
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Use and improve the docs
Verbose mode:- Search the documentation first and read the FAQ before asking questions.
- When asking questions update the documentation when you get the answers.
When answering questions please reference the docs/FAQs/etc. This will increase the visibility (and maybe overall usage) a valuable resource. - Those who complain about the documentation update its pages to make it better.
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Report bugs or feature enhancement requests
Verbose mode:- A bug only exists if it's reported in the bugtracker
- When in doubt file a bug report or request a feature/enhancement in the bugtracker
- If you can't code yourself your own enhancement ideas don't expect that your request will be implemented in short if ever. You might be interested in hiring a coder to do that for you if you think that things are getting done much more slowly than you would need/like.
2.2.2. If you are a developer
The traditional basic 3 rules for developers- Preserve Environment (see 3 rules for verbose mode)
- Commit early Commit often (see 3 rules for verbose mode)
- Make it Optional (see 3 rules for verbose mode)
3. Roles
3.1. Project Administrators
3.1.1. What
Admins are knowledgeable for all aspects of tikiwiki but each one has a special strength - even if they can do a little bit of everything.The group is also known as TAG (Tiki Admin Group)
TAG provides general project direction and enhances coordination of initiatives. TikiWiki rarely needs to vote because decisions are usually consensual and it's a doOcracy
Here is a SWOT analysis for TikiWiki. The whole community is invited to participated and it's the type of high-level stuff the Admin group should be particularly concerned with.
Tasks:
- Add/remove CVS/SVN access
- Anything that doesn't get done.
- Vote as a last resort
3.1.2. Who
- Marc Laporte
- Sylvie Gréverend - php developer, architect
- luciash d' being
- Oliver Hertel
- Xavier de Pedro - teacher, researcher and a bit of architect
- Gary Cunningham-Lee - theme integrator, designer, misc.
- Nelson Ko
Private discussion list:
3.2. Elders
3.2.1. What
Individuals who have provided outstanding contribution to the project (usually ex-admins which have become inactive or are still active but prefer not to be formally in the admin group) and are consulted for important decisions. A bit like Past presidents3.2.2. Who
- mose
- Florian Gleixner?
- Luis Argerich (founder). You can learn more about him here and here
- Patrice Weber? (nyloth) File Gallery, Calendar, SVN, release management, etc. (most of the code really)
Elders can still be on the list
3.3. Security Squad
3.3.1. What
This is a trusted group with good technical skills that can help identify and solve security issues.
Security Squad members are added by vote by the Admins following recommendations of current members.
http://security.tikiwiki.org
3.3.2. Who
All admins + All Elders +| Franck Martin | Maps wiki plugins | ||
| Nicolas Dimitrijevic (niclone) | |||
| Stéphane Casset | |||
| Jean-Marc Libs (jyhem) | |||
| Pascal Kustner (pkdille) | |||
| Rick Sapir (ricks99) | User Interface Lost Edit protection TikiWiki for Smarties | ||
| Dave Thacker | Documentation Editor-in-chief; Ubuntu packager | ||
| Alexander Mette (amette) | free tags, sysadmin | ||
| Jonny Bradley | WYSIWYG, jQuery | ||
| Matthew Bickerton | Marketing & Coding | ||
| Philippe Gamache | Security | ||
| Sébastien Lord-Jetté | Design | ||
3.4. Developers
3.4.1. What
Developers in the sense of developing and improving TikiWiki. They could be people focusing on programming documentation support etc.
This is an open group. Anyone can join (just add your name to the list!). These people are or were very involved with TikiWiki. They can be good guides to get you participating in fixing or improving something in TikiWiki. If they don't know the answer they probably know who to ask for help.
Some ways for you to help:
http://dev.tikiwiki.org/How+to+get+CVS+commit+access
http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Welcome+Authors
http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-forums.php
Areas of interest/expertise
TikiWiki is a vast project and no one can realistically need all features. Thus some people are more specialized in certain areas. You can optionally add what your specific area of interest/expertise is.
What this does not mean:
These people are not gatekeepers. You don't have to ask permission to commit code or improve the documentation for example. We don't want any potential bottlenecks. It doesn't mean that these people are "responsible" to help you. They are volunteers just like you.
To reach "everyone":
tikiwiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
3.4.2. Who
This is an incomplete list.- All Admins + All Seniors + All security +
| Who | Areas of interest/expertise | ||
| Louis-Philippe Huberdeau | Tiki spreadsheet TRIM profiles and many many more | ||
| Mike Kerr (kerrnel22) | Workflow engine | ||
| Tom Bouillut | |||
| Gilles Maire | French translation Multimedia feature www.linuxmao.org | ||
| Luis Fagundes (batawata) | Wiki 3D | ||
| Greg Martin | LDAP/Active directory | ||
| Lorinc | |||
| Michael Pilling | User Interface | ||
| Wesley Willians | Brazilian translation | ||
| Régis Barondeau | Marketing | ||
| Morgan Tocker | MySQL & performance social networking | ||
| Micheal Risch? | legal aspects | ||
| Rodrigo Sampaio Primo? | Brazilian translation, MediaWiki to TikiWiki importer | ||
| Yan Levasseur | social networking | ||
| Yoni (yonixxx) | |||
| Robin Powell | Forum to Mailing list | ||
| Alain Désilets | wiki-translation UI testing | ||
| Sebastien Paquet | wiki-translation UI | ||
| Majken "Lucy" Connor | Support.Firefox.com | ||
| Daniel Cedilotte | |||
| Caarrie | IRC bot | ||
| Koen Huybrechts | Reorganisation of the contacts-feature | ||
| Pauline Bickerton | Marketing | ||
| Suzanne | Flex | ||
| Patrick Allard | Design | ||
| Olaf | Advisor & legal aspects | ||
| Philippe Back | Marketing & Coding | ||
| Bilal Siddiq | |||
| Hugo Laporte | Design | ||
| Pascal | Marketing & Community | ||
| Sid | Marketing | ||
| Rob Ferguson | |||
| Dac Chartrand | Naive Bayesian categorization | ||
| José Bonnet | TrackerToGanttChart | ||
| Scot Wilcoxon (SEWilco) | |||
| Etuate | Maps | ||
| brian_moore | SEFURL | ||
| wing-of-glory | |||
| m_stef | Galaxia WorkFlow | ||
| Pete Jalajas | Trackers | ||
| Cyril Chaboisseau | |||
| Lindon | Documentation | ||
| you? | |||
3.5. Consultants
Please see: http://info.tikiwiki.org/Consultants3.6. Documentation coordinators
3.6.1. What
Coordinate documentation efforts on TikiWiki software & community.Make an .odt and .pdf version of the current documentation for stable releases.
3.6.2. Who
Documentation Editorial Board members and you if you want to join us.4. Domains
4.1. Active domains
These domains are active but could still be in need of someone stepping up as gardener or technical contact.Gardener: Content
Technical: Back-end hosting upgrading the site
Host: Who host the site
| Site | Gardener | Technical | Host |
| tikiwiki.org* | help needed | ohertel,sylvieg | ohertel |
| info* | Ricks99 | marclaporte | marclaporte |
| security* | SecuritySquad | marclaporte | marclaporte |
| dev* | nyloth | amette | community server |
| doc* | Editorial Board | amette | community server |
| edu | xavi | xavi | xavi |
| themes* | Gary | marclaporte | marclaporte |
| mobile | marclaporte | marclaporte | marclaporte |
| mods* | nyloth | nyloth | nyloth |
| irc | help needed | amette | will become the community server |
| worflow | kerrnel22 | kerrnel22 | marclaporte |
| in German | ohertel | ohertel | ohertel |
| in French | gmaire? | mose | mose? |
| Brazil | Wesley? | Wesley? | ? |
| Community Currency | xavi | mose | ? |
| China | Nathanel | Nathanel | marclaporte |
| 110 test | Gary | marclaporte | marclaporte |
| i18n | vacant | marclaporte | marclaporte |
| maps | Franck | lorinc | lorinc |
| profiles | lphuberdeau/marclaporte | lphuberdeau | marclaporte |
| quality.tikiwiki.org & release.tikiwiki.org coming later | nyloth | nyloth | nyloth |
Sites with an * are monitored for availability by Avonsys
4.2. Problematic domains
| Problematic domains | |||
| http://cvs.tikiwiki.org & http://cvsmonitor.tikiwiki.org | was hosted by Lorinc and using cvsmonitor | ||
| http://hu.tikiwiki.org | was hosted by Lorinc? | ||
| http://nl.tikiwiki.org | ? | ||
| http://ve.tikiwiki.org | ? | ||
4.3. Related domains/projects
| TikiWiki for | Ricks99 | ||
| http://wiki-translation.com | Louis-Philippe xavi Alain Seb Paquet & marclaporte | ||
| http://phpbeer.com | marclaporte | ||
| Morcego 3D Network Browser (Wiki3D) | Luis Fagundes | ||
| zukakakina.com | chibaguy (Gary Cunningham-Lee) | ||
5. General ongoing tasks
Every task should done by at least 2 people.| Tasks | who? | ||
| DNS management & email aliases | marclaporte | ||
| Security | Security group | ||
| Media & promo | PromoSquad | ||
| Google Summer of Code | Nelson Ko | ||
| i18n coordinator | vacant help needed | ||
| Monitor forums | Gary, Rick and others | ||
| SVN operations & release scripts | nyloth | ||
| tw.o Directory link validating | Gary | ||
| SVN/CVS stats | looking for a volunteer | ||
| Packaging coordinator | looking for a volunteer | ||
| Server & site monitoring | Avonsys | ||
List of everyone who has contributed code
As of 2008-08-11- ace_mtp
- afahlvik
- agorski
- aigarius
- alain_desilets
- alex_freire
- amette
- aneuhaus
- ang23
- anope
- as6o
- atooni
- aurel42
- avdwheel
- avgasse
- awcolley
- awolfff
- axonrg
- bburgaud
- benjf
- berryweb
- beuc
- bligneri
- bluestrain
- brab
- brian_moore
- broubrou
- btodoroff
- caustin_ats
- cbowman
- cdx
- cfreeze
- chealer
- chibaguy
- chriscramer
- chris_holman
- colinmo
- coloradoweb
- connermo
- cyantree
- dabright
- damienmckenna
- damosoft / parkercroft
- darzee
- dcengija
- deragon
- dgdaniels
- dheltzel
- dimaz-z
- dim_m
- djnz
- dmytro
- docekal
- drieschner
- epolidor
- etuate
- evanprodromou
- fhcorrea
- filmil
- florianlink
- fmathias
- fmjrey
- fmk_ca
- franck
- frank_p
- freevic
- fr_rodo
- fukuchi
- fumphco
- garfield-sf
- garygriffin
- gene203
- georger_br
- gertdewit
- ggeller
- gillesm
- gilshwartz
- gimpster
- giottomx
- gmuslera
- gongo
- gravesweeper
- gregmartin
- gspira
- guideweb
- guidoscherp
- gunnarre
- halon
- hangerman
- hartsa1
- hsaelens
- ice8878
- illori
- ingesol
- isotopp
- jasondiceman
- jaw959
- jburleyebuilt
- jcwinnie
- jdrexler
- jeanhabib
- jenolan1701
- jjolly
- jjongsma
- jkring
- jmaspons
- jmjuzan
- joeyhartmann
- johan_mx
- jonnybradley
- jorgercosta
- josefgc
- jpgimenez
- jreyesg
- jwigdahl
- jyhem
- k2s
- karneevor
- kerrnel22
- kokohuyb
- koobla
- ksumacgyver
- kyori
- lack
- laetzer
- lechuckdapirate
- leyan
- lfagundes
- lihaowei2008
- lmoss
- lnewby
- lorfds
- lphuberdeau
- lrargerich
- luciash
- lueders
- m_akat
- makenai
- marcius
- marclaporte
- marcmont
- marcoaasilva
- markusvk
- marylly
- mashmorgan
- mbrackeva
- mcfarland
- mchurch
- melmut
- mhausi
- michael_davey
- mikelcu
- mikespub
- mitchmurphy
- mlinton
- moresun
- mose
- m_stef
- musus
- mystic_ca
- nhuffschmid
- niclone
- nikchankov
- nkoth
- ntavares
- nyloth
- ohertel
- orionrobots
- panathos
- papercrane
- patvdv
- penny336
- philwhipps
- pippone
- pkdille
- pmichelazzo
- popovich
- princessxine
- pyrotknix
- rabiddog
- ragnvald
- rbschmidt
- rcogley
- redflo
- rhwinter
- ricks99
- rischconsulting
- rleibman
- rlpowell
- rossta
- roysinn
- runix2
- russwilde
- rv540
- sabdelma
- sampaioprimo
- sept_7
- shiroitenshi
- spiderr
- squee-d
- stuartd
- swillie
- sylvieg
- techtonik
- teedog
- telenieko
- thenano
- tibistibi
- tna
- toggg
- tombombadilom
- traivor
- troworld
- uid138927
- uiprncss
- vinsz
- vulgrin
- wesleywillians
- wings-of-glory
- wolff_borg
- xaman
- xavidp
- xenfasa
- xeno_tt
- yonixxx
- yuzhenxin
- zaufi
- zcecil
- zibas
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