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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://ropensci.org/blog/blog/2017/10/02/hacktoberfest"> rOpenSci Blog</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p>One of rOpenSci’s aims is to build capacity of software users and developers and foster a sense of pride in their work. What better way to do that than to encourage you to participate in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/" target="_blank">Hacktoberfest</a>, a month-long celebration of open source software!</p>
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<h2>It doesn’t take much to get involved</h2>
<p>Beginners to experts. Contributors and package maintainers welcome. You can get involved by applying the the label <code>Hacktoberfest</code> to issues in your rOpenSci repo (or any project) that are ready for contributors to work on. You can find already-labelled <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=user%3Aropensci+user%3Aropenscilabs+label%3Ahacktoberfest+state%3Aopen+type%3Aissue&type=" target="_blank">rOpenSci and ropenscilabs issues here</a>. A contribution can be anything – fixing typos, improving documentation, writing tests, fixing bugs, or creating new features. Who better to improve a vignette than the person who’s using the package?!</p>
<p>Consider opening beginner-level issues and label them <code>beginner</code> and <code>Hacktoberfest</code>. Remember, everyone had a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://firstpr.me/#hadley" target="_blank">first pull request</a> so put yourself in their shoes, keep our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/blob/master/policies.md/#code-of-conduct" target="_blank">code of conduct</a> in mind and help open up the doors to our community!</p>
<p>Have a look at this <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ropensci/unconf17/issues/47" target="_blank">great discussion on first-timers-only issues</a> with pointers to other discussions and resources. Please chime in in the comments below with your suggestions below for ways to help newcomers get involved.</p>
<p>Everyone who <a rel="nofollow" href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/" target="_blank">signs up</a> gets stickers, but make four pull requests between October 1–31 and you get a limited edition Hacktoberfest 2017 t-shirt.</p>
<h2>Spread the word</h2>
<p>Share this blog post and link to your issue or link to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=user%3Aropensci+user%3Aropenscilabs+label%3Ahacktoberfest+state%3Aopen+type%3Aissue&type=" target="_blank">all the issues</a>! #Hacktoberfest #rstats</p>
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