# New to Ansible - Want to Contribute

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-want-to-contribute/23755>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-want-to-contribute/23755 "2017-02-17T06:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dhruvil\_Thakkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dhruvil\_Thakkar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dhruvil_Thakkar)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-want-to-contribute/23755/1 "2017-02-17T06:07:05Z")

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Hello Everyone,

I just started messing and learning ansible. I would like to contribute. I read in one of the documentation to drop a note in this mailing list. Please let me know how can I start contributing.

-Regards,  
Dhruv

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**Author:** ![Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-want-to-contribute/23755/2 "2017-02-17T15:38:08Z")

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Hi Dhruv. Thanks for your note.

My advice to aspiring contributors is always the same: become a  
knowledgeable user of Ansible first.

Why? Because the best contributions in open source come from people  
who actually depend on the contributions they're making.

As you become more familiar with Ansible, you will naturally find  
areas for improvement; there are hundreds of modules, all of which  
could be improved in some way or another. But it's best if you find  
those issues on your own.

Once you get to that point, you will find this to be a pretty  
comprehensive reference:  
[http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/community.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/community.html)

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