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# How To Get And Give Help
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### How to *get* Help
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If you cannot find what you are looking for in the
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[online documentation](index), here's what to do:
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- If you think the documentation is not clear enough, create a [documentation ticket](issue).
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- If you have trouble with a missing feature or a problem you think is a bug, look through the
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the list of known [issue][issues] if you can't find your issue in the list, make a
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new one [here](bug-report).
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- If you need help, want to start a discussion or get some input on something you are working on,
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make a post to the [discussions group][group] This is technically a 'mailing list', but you don't
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need to use e-mail; you can post and read all messages just as easily from your browser via the
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online interface.
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- If you want more direct discussions with developers and other users, consider dropping into our
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IRC chat channel [#evennia][chat] on the *Freenode* network. There is also a Discord channel
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bridged into the IRC if you prefer that. Please that you have to be
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patient if you don't get any response immediately; we are all in very different time zones and many
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have busy personal lives. So you might have to hang around for a while - you'll get noticed
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eventually!
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### How to *give* Help
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Evennia is open-source and non-commercial. It relies on the time donated by its users and developers in order to progress.
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- Spread the word! If you like Evennia, consider writing a blog post about it.
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- Take part in the Evennia community! Join the [chat][chat] or [forum][group].
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- Report problems you find or features you'd like to our [issue tracker](issues).
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```important::
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Just the simple act of letting developers know you are out there using their program helps a lot.
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```
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If you'd like to help develop Evennia more hands-on, here are some ways to get going:
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- Look through this [online documentation](index) and see if you can help improve or expand the
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documentation (even small things like fixing typos!). [See here](Contributing-Docs) on how you
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contribute to the docs.
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- Send a message to our [discussion group][group] and/or our [IRC chat][chat] asking about what
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needs doing, along with what your interests and skills are.
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- Take a look at our [issue tracker][issues] and see if there's something you feel like taking on.
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[here are bugs][issues-master] that need fixes. At any given time there may also be some
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[bounties][issues-bounties] open.
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- Check out the [Contributing](Contributing) page on how to practically contribute with code using
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github.
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... And finally, if you want to help motivate and support development you can also drop some coins
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in the developer's cup. You can [make a donation via PayPal][paypal] or, even better, [become an
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Evennia patron on Patreon][patreon]! This is a great way to tip your hat and show that you
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appreciate the work done with the server! You can also encourage the community to take on particular
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issues by putting up a monetary [bounty][bountysource] on it.
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2020-06-23 00:13:21 +02:00
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[form](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGN0VlJXMWpCT3VHaHpscDEzY1RoZGc6MQ#gid=0)
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[group](http://groups.google.com/group/evennia/)
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[issues](https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues)
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[issues-master](https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Abug%20label%3Amaster-branch)
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[chat](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=evennia)
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[paypal](https://www.paypal.com/se/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=Z-VlOvfGjYq2qvCDOUGpb6C8Due7skT0qOklQEy5EbaD1f0eyEQaYlmCc8O&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d64ad11bbf4d2a5a1a0d303a50933f9b2)
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[donate-img](http://images-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=https://www.paypalobjects.com/en%255fUS/SE/i/btn/btn%255fdonateCC%255fLG.gif&container=focus&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*)
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[patreon](https://www.patreon.com/griatch)
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[patreon-img](http://www.evennia.com/_/rsrc/1424724909023/home/evennia_patreon_100x100.png)
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[issues-bounties](https://github.com/evennia/evennia/labels/bounty)
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[bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/evennia)
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