Wikimedia
's technical community participates in several outreach programs.
This helps new contributors join Wikimedia technical projects, it spreads knowledge about the movement to bigger and more diverse audiences, and it gives contributors an opportunity to mentor newcomers.
To work on Wikimedia software projects outside an outreach program, see
New Developers
.
For ways to contribute to Wikimedia apart from software development, see
How to contribute
.
Note that the following historical programs are discontinued: