BeginnersTeam
Introduction
The Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team was created to to help new users have the best experience possible with Ubuntu. We primarily help on the Absolute Beginner Talk area of the Ubuntu Forums. More information can be found by reading our Mission Statement.
Learn more about the internal structure of our team by visiting the Structure page. This is very useful knowledge for anybody interested in joining the team.
Contributing to and/or Joining the Team
Visit our Ubuntu Forums Team Area
See the thread on Joining the Beginners Team
Visit our InternetRelayChat (IRC) Channel: #ubuntuforums-beginners on irc.freenode.net
Read the Padawan Focus Group page
Contact the Team Leader, bodhi.zazen
Focus Groups
Besides helping on the forums, many members of the team contribute to the community in other ways. For this, Focus Groups allow team members to direct their efforts in different areas of Ubuntu community. We also use Focus Groups to help keep the team organized and running smoothly.
Title |
Brief Description |
Outline of the Focus Groups and their members. Add yourself to those that you wish to contribute to. |
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FOSS Programming and software development. |
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Educate team members on different topics of your choosing. |
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Provide help for Ubuntu users on IRC. |
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Help users on Launchpad by doing Answers and contributing to bug reports. |
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Introduce prospective members to the team and help them get oriented with the BT. |
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Help users become more aware of computer security, even in linux! |
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BT quality control - ensure that team members haven't lost their touch. |
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Contribute to the community wiki and other documentation. |
Team Projects
This is a miscellaneous group of pages that team members have created and contributed to.
FAQ - a general FAQ for Ubuntu beginners.
Development - used to organize some efforts on the wiki.
Bash Scripting - intro to bash scripting.
For Team Members
Meetings
The date of the next scheduled full team meeting, Focus Group meetings, and a record of previous meetings can be found on the Meetings page.
Topics for the next meeting can also be found on the Meetings Page. Feel free to add topics for discussion.
Current Happenings
Familiarize yourself with the new Team Structure.
Know why we are here, read the Mission Statement!
Team Avatar Theme for the forums.
- Get involved with Focus Groups! If you are a group leader, setup your next meeting soon, don't wait!
New members can introduce yourselves here.
IRC
Know what behavior is expected from you, please read BeginnersTeam/IRC - you are responsible for yourself!
BT Channel |
Purpose |
#ubuntuforums-beginners |
Main channel, where the magic happens |
##beginners-classroom |
Mentoring and Educational sessions |
##beginners-council |
Leadership |
##beginners-dev |
Development / Programming talk |
##beginners-help |
IRC help |
##beginners-education |
Education Focus Group |
##beginners-launchpad |
Launchpad Focus Group |
Please note that as of June 3, 2008, personal bots are no longer allowed in #ubuntuforums-beginners and ##beginners-help on IRC.
This command will allow you to receive private messages from unregistered users.
/msg NickServ SET UNFILTERED ON
Linking to the Wiki
Raise awareness of the community docs on the forums by using links!
bbcode
You can link easily with bbcode.
[uwiki]Title[/uwiki] => for https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ pages.
[uhelp]Title[/uhelp] => for https://help.ubuntu.com/ pages.
Note: drop the leading "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" or "https://help.ubuntu.com/" from the title.
Examples:
- [uwiki]Uncomplicated_Firewall_ufw[/uwiki]
- [uhelp]8.04/internet/C/index.html[/uhelp]