'''Welcome to the Tcl community'''

This page contains links to various people-related pages. It also tells you how you can become a contributor or user of this Wiki

Scratch this one :( -- [AM]

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Just wanted to see if anyone would help describe the tcl community. That way when someone wants to take a particular role, it is cleanly defined how to perform in that role. Also seeing some recent gripes of the tcl web site shows that strengthing the community is important.

Example roles:
   core developer:   if by core developer, one means a programmer who is responsible for some portion of the tcl/tk core distribution - aka a maintainer - then you need to be able to read tcl code (and in all likelihood C code) and able to make fixes, accounting for side effects and consequences. See http://tip.tcl.tk/0 for some details. 
   vanilla tcl user:   nothing needed for this role; in fact, many users may already be a '''vanilla''' tcl user without knowing it
   bug submitters:   visit http://tcl.sf.net/ , select the ''Bugs'' link, browse the existing bug database to see if your problem has already been reported, and if not, select "Submit New", select a category for the bug, fill in details of your hardware, OS, compiler (including versions, etc.), and provide if at all possible, small coherent examples of the problem, along with expected output as well as the real output.
   bug fixer:   (it would be nice to have a write up on how to work with sourceforge)
   feature creeper:   TBD
   advocate:   See [Tcl Advocacy] for inspiration
   extension writers:   TBD
   tcl packagers:   TBD
   wiki editor:   Visit http://wiki.tcl.tk/, read pages, find a page which has missing or incomplete information, click on the edit link, edit the text that appears in the box, click the save button.
   champion:   Advocate in shining armor
   conference organizers:   TBD
   comp.lang.tcl lurker:   Sit and read [comp.lang.tcl] and never post an informative reply or post a question unanswered after reading man pages and googling for information.

I'll have to admit I wish i could give more back to tcl but sometimes the learning curve for a particular role is steep.

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[lexfiend] - Heresies, anti-roles, or dirty little secrets, depending on your point of view:
   gadfly:   Upset the ''status quo'' by asking upsetting or novel question, or attempt to stimulate innovation by being an irritant (courtesy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadfly_%28social%29]). All too easy to go overboard and become a
   troll:   Much heat, no light.
Also see [Categories of Tcl Users].
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[Category Community]