= Communication in Fedora

As referenced on the xref:join.adoc[Get Involved] page below, Fedora is a massive global organisation with many people with different skills carrying out different roles. 
As you get involved you may need to find assistance and the xref:help.adoc[Getting Help] page can help you with that. 
This current page goes into more detail around the various communication channels within the Project.

== Primary Channels

=== Chat

We now use https://chat.fedoraproject.org[Matrix/Element] as the primary synchronous channel to speak to each other in real time. 

You can find a list of the Fedora channels on Matrix https://chat.fedoraproject.org/#/room/#fedora-space:fedoraproject.org[here]. 
Most of these channels are mirrored on IRC at Libera Chat.

=== Fedora Discussion 

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/ask/6/none[Fedora Discussion] is the primary dicussion forum where you will find all the latest news & announcements, as well as discussion about open source projects; workflows, and Fedora-specific offerings such as the Fedora Editions.
See also under xref:help.adoc[Getting Help].

=== Ask Fedora

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/ask/6/none[Ask Fedora] sits within Fedora Discussion and  is the main community knowledge base and support forum hosted by the Fedora Project.
Ask Fedora is a good place to go for support and troubleshooting help, as mentioned on the xref:help.adoc[Getting Help] page.


== Other Communication Channels

As above, https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/ask/6/none[Fedora Discussion] is now the primary platform for longer asynchronous discussions where short-lived chats may not be enough. 
Some teams do still use mailing lists though.
The most significant mailing lists are:

* https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/[announce]
* https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/[devel] 
* https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/[devel-announce]
* https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org/[test]

For a catalog of all the mailing lists look at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/[lists.fedoraproject.org]

https://fedoramagazine.org[Fedora Magazine] is a great resource for user-facing announcements and cool stories about usage, features, etc...

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org[Fedora Community Blog] brings you contributor-facing announcements and updates. 
Within the Community Blog you'll also find https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/tag/fridays-fedora-facts/[Friday's Fedora Facts]. 
These are weekly posts with status updates, schedule info, etc.. 

The Fedora Pagure source control repository allows posting of  https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/council-docs/issues[issues] which can be discussed, assigned and remediated.  
Here you can raise issues or view, comment on, and request to act on open issues.

There are a number of official and other social media accounts, on various networks.
You can find details of these documented on the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_social_networks[Marketing Social Networks] Wiki page.

== Etiquette

In all our interactions, we aspire to _be excellent to each other_.
Read the xref:code-of-conduct.adoc[Code of Conduct] to learn more of what is expected of Fedora community members.
