contributing.qmd

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title: Contributing
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## Contributing to this documentation

This documentation is being developed as a [Quarto](https://quarto.org) book [hosted on GitHub](https://github.com/alxsimon/ecoevo.social-docs).

To contribute, head to the GitHub repository and open either:

* an [issue](https://github.com/alxsimon/ecoevo.social-docs/issues)
* a [pull-request](https://github.com/alxsimon/ecoevo.social-docs/pulls)
* or start a [discussion](https://github.com/alxsimon/ecoevo.social-docs/discussions)

Documents are written in markdown, with each section in its respective `./*.qmd` document.

## Contributing financially to server costs

If you would like to contribute financially to server hosting costs,
head to [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/ecoevosocial).
The budget is fully transparent there.
Transactions are made using [Alexis Simon's](https://ecoevo.social/@alxsim) Wise account
and using the Stripe card payment service.

While this is not currently the case, if more money than necessary to operate the server and renew the domain name
is collected, any additional funds will be redistributed to the community. This redistribution could occur in a number of possible ways,
including via possible initiatives like a "best student science communication toot" competition/prize.

## Contributing to server moderation

If you want to help protect people using this instance from internal and/or external misbehaviors,
you can ask Alexis to join the moderation team.

To do so, send a direct message via [@alxsim@ecoevo.social](https://ecoevo.social/@alxsim) and we can chat.