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== How to resurrect an abandoned project ==
This is a page about how to
===Contact original maintainer===
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===Look for other forks of the project===
If you are interested in reviving an abandoned project, there's a chance other people have had the same thought. Step one is to see if you can join anyone else's fork. Start by googling around, and if that doesn't turn up anything, maybe post in the project's forums / mailing list if those are still active.
===If there is no existing fork (or none that is satisfactory) start your own.===
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* You can have OpenHatch list your bugs to elicit support from others. Get OpenHatch to crawl your bugtracker! http://openhatch.org/wiki/Bug_trackers
** Mark a few bitesized bugs in your bugtracker, e.g. with a label or keyword. These should be bugs that are relatively trivial to fix, and would make a good starting point for newcomers to the project. OpenHatch remembers these bugs when crawling a bugtracker and keeps track of them, allowing potential contributers to easily notice them. (Don't you need a specific keyword, specifically "bite-size"? And can we get an explanation of bite-size bugs outside of this tutorial?)
Here is an example of an e-mail Asheesh sent out announcing that he is rebooting a project: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/10/msg00087.html
===Build your community===
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Don't forget to add an OpenHatch "I'd like to help" button to your website! Just go to your OpenHatch project page (for example, here's the GIMP's project page: http://openhatch.org/+projects/GIMP ) and scroll down to the bottom where it says "You can embed the "I want to help" button on your website." and click that link to expose the HTML for embedding the "I want to help" button. For more information on why you want to do this, see http://openhatch.org/blog/2010/let-people-help-your-project-give-them-a-button-to-click/
Consider running a local hackathon to fix a bug or two that you've already identified, and then present the image of success to the world :) Here's some stuff about a particular local hackathon:
*http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Etherpad_FAD
*http://blog.jds2001.org/random_thoughts/2010/10/etherpad-fad---day-1.html
*http://blog.jds2001.org/random_thoughts/2010/10/etherpad-fad---day-2.html
== Inspirational sources ==
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