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#  Tag Archives: friendly

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrea_r/) [Andrea Rennick](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrea_r/)
8:02 pm _on_ January 1, 2013     
Tags: friendly, [ideas ( 6 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/ideas/),
[welcome wagon ( 4 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/welcome-wagon/)  

# 󠀁[Welcome Wagon hitchin’ up](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/01/01/welcome-wagon-hitchin-up/)󠁿

Jane and I had a great chat about what our hopes and dreams for this team can be.
One of the things discussed is a Welcome Wagon.

For those unfamiliar with the term, a welcome wagon is a small organization that
traditionally welcomes new people who move in to a neighbourhood. Often a basket
is dropped off with some food, maps of the area and coupons for local businesses.

Since we are a virtual organization spread out all over the world, that’s not really
possible, but there are some things we can do to make new members feel welcome and
want to contribute.

What are some ways we can do this? Think back to other communities you have joined
up in the past. What did they do that you really liked? I’d like to focus on positives
here, instead of don’ts. 🙂

Some things I thought of which we might be able to do:

 * a nice email when someone signs up for WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community
   site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you
   can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as
   the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/),
   outlining both help resources and contribution areas
 * a nice email once a certain threshold of forum posts occurs
 * a nice “Congrats! Your patch is accepted and you’re now an official contributor!”
   kind of notice for when that situation occurs
 * some way to team up new contributors with a buddy to show them the ropes
 * have the front page of https://make.wordpress.org/ be a little more directional
   and specific. Right now it shows feeds from each team blog, but as a newbie, 
   there’s no real explanation of where you should go or what to do.
 * when a contributor submits a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing
   a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend
   functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins
   are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress.
   These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
   or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. or theme to the repo, a reminder
   that it now shows up on their profile

This is by no means a definitive list. 🙂 We’re looking for community feedback as
well as possibilites.

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