Getting Started as a Contributor


Welcome

If you're here to join us, that's great: please take a look around, start following your nose, and get stuck in.

Above all, please connect with members of the community, here and/or via our Discord server.

Don’t forget to stop by and read through the meaning and origin of coaching.

Signing up as a Wiki Contributor

In order to contribute you'll need to apply for your wiki credentials and you can do that via this form [IN DEVELOPMENT] email Brad at [email protected] for now. We will be in touch through email.

Join a 1-on-1 Wiki walk-through session

If you are unfamiliar with the concept of wiki's or would like a walk-through as an introduction, you can register [IN DEVELOPMENT] here and you'll be contacted by a fellow contributor who will arrange a time for a video call to get you started. If you're looking for support on advanced wiki skills, you can also request that through the same form.

Become a Wiki walk-through host

If you've recently started to use the wiki, then you're a great candidate for a wiki walk-through host as people who recently learned a skill tend to be more effective at teaching than those who are long-time experts. You can apply via this form [IN DEVELOPMENT] and look to take you through some training to support wiki contributors. If you have advanced wiki skills, you can apply to host advanced wiki training sessions for contributors who have mastered the basics.

If you need help or to make a general contact

You can submit your questions, comments, concerns and contributions via

this form and a fellow contributor will look to assist you.

Code of Conduct


Getting Started

When you've found a page of interest and want to contribute please take a few minutes to review the talk (Discussion) page and check on the current status and discussion. You may find that the points you would like to make are already being reviewed and if not the people involved in the discussion will be a good sounding board if you are proposing major changes. If you are looking at making a substantial change or introducing a new topic please consider using a sandbox (add a link to using sandboxes)

Wiki Editing Basics

The getting started guide will help you the basics of:

And please use Markup in preference to HTML in your edits as discussed in the style sheet.

Wiki Conventions

The use of a wiki is based on a consensual approach. For this we have adopted the consensus processes and workflows established by Wikimedia. This is the way it typically operates:

Be BOLD. Revert. Discuss (BRD) is the consensus style for collaboration on the Coaching for Complexity wiki. You can read about this here to understand how BRD is typically implemented. Read Reaching Consensus to understand the consensus process more clearly.

On the technical side:

What to Edit

A priority list will be maintained for items that currently need to be addressed, such as the Field Guide.

The list will be here:

Useful Pages

Getting Started as a Contributor

Code of Conduct