Title: New Contributors Meeting Recap – July 5 Author: Ryan Welcher Published: July 10, 2017 Last modified: September 12, 2018 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/) [Ryan Welcher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/) 12:53 pm _on_ July 10, 2017 Tags: [core ( 756 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/), [new contributors ( 11 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/new-contributors/), [summary ( 980 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/)    # New Contributors Meeting Recap – July 5 The inaugural [New Contributors Meeting](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/06/30/announcing-a-weekly-new-contributors-meeting/) was held on [Wed July 5th at 19:00](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170705T1900) and had a great turnout with lots of questions asked in the [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/) channel (read the full [archive](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1499281230788378)). The informal agenda was to try and answer as many general questions as possible and then move over to a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub/ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. review portion. ## Discussion Highlights * Working with git in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. – some links for getting setup and using git for core contribution: - [http://scribu.net/wordpress/contributing-to-wordpress-using-github.html](http://scribu.net/wordpress/contributing-to-wordpress-using-github.html) - [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/01/15/git-mirrors-for-wordpress/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/01/15/git-mirrors-for-wordpress/) * Applying patches – quick links in the SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) chat on how to apply a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a **diff**. A patch can be _applied_ to a codebase for testing. via the command line - [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1499283617888187](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1499283617888187) - [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1499283676913960](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1499283676913960) * Unit Testing – some links on how to get setup with and using unit tests for core contribution: - [https://www.meetup.com/WPToronto/events/240674535/](https://www.meetup.com/WPToronto/events/240674535/) - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggndQsS7zGg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggndQsS7zGg) - [https://wordpress.tv/2011/08/20/nikolay-bachiyski-unit-testing-will-change-your-life/](https://wordpress.tv/2011/08/20/nikolay-bachiyski-unit-testing-will-change-your-life/) ## Tickets Discussed: * [#33756](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33756) – Improve docs for sanitize_title() * [#38828](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38828) – Update_blog_details() performance improvement ideas * [#38310](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38310) – Improve “wp_update_term” documentation   The next meeting will take place in the [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/) slack channel on [Wed, July 12th at 19:00](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170712T1900). Please feel free to drop in with any questions or tickets you’d like to discuss! Thanks to everyone that attended and please feel free to leave a comment below or reach out to any of the moderators with questions. Moderators: [@flixos90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/), [@welcher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/), [@stevenkword](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevenkword/), [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) [#new-contributors](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/new-contributors/), [#summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/07/10/new-contributors-meeting-recap-july-5/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/07/10/new-contributors-meeting-recap-july-5/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/07/10/new-contributors-meeting-recap-july-5/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/07/10/new-contributors-meeting-recap-july-5/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/07/10/new-contributors-meeting-recap-july-5/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/07/10/new-contributors-meeting-recap-july-5/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db79d5416d942e5fd9415b136feefd2da7929cc39853b4c30bafff4ceb8ef219? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Daniele Scasciafratte](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mte90/) 12:58 pm _on_ July 10, 2017 3. I cannot join the next week (here in Italy is like 9pm). I have different patches that I’ve done [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/my-patches?USER=mte90](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/my-patches?USER=mte90) that are waiting a dev-feedback from months. I stopped to contributing because of this big delay in feedbacks of my code so can you put in the agenda few of them? will be very helpful to improve my contribution and wordpress itself of course 🙂 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/865d90ad698b325440361a71943d729f8ad5c44c66a6d65c5a046a8323ac7ced? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Ryan Welcher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/welcher/) 1:09 pm _on_ July 10, 2017 * We’ll be looking at rotating meeting times in the future to better accommodate other time zones. In the meantime, thanks for posting your patches and your patience 🙂 I know it can be frustrating when there is no movement on your tickets. I’ll do my best to review these this week. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db79d5416d942e5fd9415b136feefd2da7929cc39853b4c30bafff4ceb8ef219? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Daniele Scasciafratte](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mte90/) 1:18 pm _on_ July 10, 2017 - Grazie and Thank you! 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8e908b28dd21db7518d2b85480a95b6235b0eff69f31b4d903d6bfd0895aaa08? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Jeffrey Paul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jbpaul17/) 6:57 pm _on_ July 10, 2017 7. I’d recommend we look at the questions brought up during these meetings as opportunities to improve documentation in the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. handbook. With that in mind, do we feel that the items from last week are lacking sufficient definition in the handbook or are there other ways to help elevate that information for new contributors? 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