# \#data **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/data/112.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [My First Ansible Collection: Want to Contribute to Ansible Open Source? Looking for Advice](https://forum.ansible.com/t/my-first-ansible-collection-want-to-contribute-to-ansible-open-source-looking-for-advice/43279)
**Author:** [@Crusty\_rs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Crusty_rs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/my-first-ansible-collection-want-to-contribute-to-ansible-open-source-looking-for-advice/43279 "2025-06-10T20:15:29Z")
after my graduation, I’ve been diving deep for a couple years now, and I actually managed to put together my first collection. I’m super keen to share it and figure out how to properly jump into open source. It’s called… --- ## [How can I "slim down" a complex loop result?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-slim-down-a-complex-loop-result/41427)
**Author:** [@halloleo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/halloleo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-slim-down-a-complex-loop-result/41427 "2025-04-01T07:50:23Z")
When I run the following action: - name: Find extension file names from given starting string patterns ansible.builtin.find: paths: /my/dir/with/vsix\_file patterns: "{{ item }}\*.vsix" reg… --- ## [Ansible Mission Statement - brainstorming time!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-mission-statement-brainstorming-time/176)
**Author:** [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-mission-statement-brainstorming-time/176 "2023-11-21T11:59:27Z")
One of the things we pointed out in our State of the Community discussion back in February is that we describe what Ansible is inconsistently in various places. I have seen: Automation for everyone (ansible.com) Automa… --- ## [Forum launch - how did we do?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091)
**Author:** [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091 "2023-09-25T15:36:25Z")
Well, that was a busy couple of weeks! :grinning: :partying\_face: Time for a round up and a couple of important changes (see below) This forum is now (publicly) over 2 weeks old (using the blog announcement as the start…