Starting today: the Month of LibreOffice, November 2018!

Yes, it’s that time of the year again! As you probably know, LibreOffice is made by hundreds of people around the world. We have a busy community working on source code, documentation, translations, user support, marketing and many other topics. And throughout November, we want to give special credit to every contribution – and encourage even more people to get involved! So how does this work? In a nutshell, if you contribute to the LibreOffice project this month, you can claim an awesome sticker pack at the end: Over the next four weeks, we’ll be keeping track of contributions and add your name (or username) to this wiki page if you help out. The page will be updated daily, and everyone listed there can claim a sticker! Here’s how you can get involved… How to get your stickers Here are some ways you can contribute to the project and get your stickers… Answer questions from users: Over on Ask LibreOffice there are many users looking for help with the suite. We’re keeping an eye on that site so if you give someone useful advice, you can claim a shiny sticker. Help to confirm bugs: go to our Bugzilla page and

Month of LibreOffice, May 2018: A look at the numbers

Last week, the Month of LibreOffice, May 2018 came to a close – and 336 stickers were awarded! You can read more about the results here, and today we’ll take a closer look at the numbers. But first, we want to say a special thanks to the following people who took part during May, but weren’t in the lists during last year’s Months of LibreOffice. Welcome to the project (or welcome back if you’ve been away for a while), and a huge thanks for all your help: Abhyudaya Sharma, Anass Ahmed, Andrew Watson, Angelos Skembris, Angermuller Hubert, Anil Kumar Shrestha, Anton Shevtsov, arindam, baffclan, Balint Fodor, bblack4jc, bertrandgajac, Brian Barker, carnish, cesar.rickinho, Charles Valente, ChenyHsu, Christian Preuß, DaeHyun Sung, Dan Lewis, Daniel Silva, David, david.vantyghem@free.fr, daviding, Denis J Navas, Derek Keats, Ding Duck, Dipesh Kumar, Drew, Drew Jensen, ebot, Eddie, eglejasu, Ekansh Jha, Elizabeth Contreras, Emersson Augusto Suarez Ortiz, EricBright, Fito, ge60, geraldg@libreoffice.org, Gerhard Weydt, gho87, Girvin Herr, himajin100000, hjek, Hrbrgr, Hussam Al-Tayeb, Ilhan Yesil, impreza233, Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Jihui Choi, jimrussell98116@gmail.com, Joachim Jacob, Joao Farias, Johannes Kingma, jomali, Jonathan Fisher, Juan C. Sanz, Kacper Kasper, Keith Curtis, kiloran, konsultor, Lamamane, Lant, Laurent BP, Leo442, Liberty Belle, Lorenzo Chiola, Luca Daghino,

Final week of the Month of LibreOffice, May 2018

At the start of this month, we kicked off a new Month of LibreOffice, celebrating contributions all across the project! So how many stickers have been won so far? Well… 265 To see if your name (or username) is on the list, click the number above. If you’re not there, there’s still time to get involved! There are many ways you can help the LibreOffice project and claim a sticker: Help to confirm bugs: go to our Bugzilla page and look for new bugs. If you can recreate one, add a comment like “CONFIRMED on Windows 10 and LibreOffice 5.4.6”. (Make sure you’re using the latest version of LibreOffice.) Contribute code: The codebase is big, but there are lots of places to get involved with small jobs. See our Developers page on the website and this page on the wiki to get started. Once you’ve submitted a patch, if it gets merged we’ll send you a sticker! Translate the interface: LibreOffice is available in a wide range of languages, but its interface translations need to be kept up-to-date. Or maybe you want to translate the suite to a whole new language? Get involved here. Write documentation: Another way to earn

Month of LibreOffice, May 2018 – The first week in

On May 1st, we started a new Month of LibreOffice, celebrating contributions all across the project. Everyone who gets involved will be awarded a cool sticker for their work – so how many stickers have been won so far? 148 So that’s almost 150 community members who’ve helped to improve LibreOffice in the last week alone! Click the number above to see if your name (or username) is on the list. And if you’re not there, now’s the time to get involved! There are many ways you can help the LibreOffice project and claim a sticker – and join our friendly community as well: How to get a sticker Help to confirm bugs: go to our Bugzilla page and look for new bugs. If you can recreate one, add a comment like “CONFIRMED on Windows 10 and LibreOffice 5.4.6”. (Make sure you’re using the latest version of LibreOffice.) Contribute code: The codebase is big, but there are lots of places to get involved with small jobs. See our Developers page on the website and this page on the wiki to get started. Once you’ve submitted a patch, if it gets merged we’ll send you a sticker! Translate the interface: LibreOffice

The May 2018 Month of LibreOffice begins!

Please confirm that you want to play a YouTube video. By accepting, you will be accessing content from YouTube, a service provided by an external third party. YouTube privacy policy If you accept this notice, your choice will be saved and the page will refresh. Accept YouTube Content LibreOffice is made by hundreds of people around the world. And throughout May, we want to say a big thank you to everyone involved! Now is a great time to get involved with our friendly community and help out in many areas, from translations and documentation through to user support and marketing. Over the next four weeks, we’ll be keeping track of contributions to the project, and add your name to this wiki page if you help out. The page will be updated daily, and everyone listed there can claim a sticker, as shown in the video above! Here’s how you can get involved… How to get a sticker There are many ways you can help the LibreOffice project and claim a sticker: Help to confirm bugs: go to our Bugzilla page and look for new bugs. If you can recreate one, add a comment like “CONFIRMED on Windows 10 and LibreOffice 5.4.2”.

Month of LibreOffice, November 2017: The results!

The Month of LibreOffice, November 2017 has finished – and what a great month it has been. There have been contributions all across the project, including source code patches, bug report confirmations, user interface translations and documentation updates. Not to mention user support on Ask LibreOffice, along with LibreOffice promotion on Twitter! Here’s how many stickers have been awarded: 312 Click the number for the full details. And if you see your name (or username) on that page, claim your sticker for your laptop, PC or other devices! Simply email mike.saunders@documentfoundation.org with your name (or username) from the wiki page, and “Sticker claim” in the subject line, along with your postal address. We’ll send you a sticker in the next couple of weeks – and it’ll look like this: (Note that your postal address will only be used for posting the sticker to you, and not be stored afterwards or used otherwise.) Enjoy showing off your sticker, and thanks again for your contribution! Going into detail So what happened over the month? Let’s go through the sections on the stickers page. The first, code patches, shows source code contributions from community members. It has been great to get fixes, updates