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  - /donate/
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<section class="section">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="columns is-centered iconlist">
      {% for link in site.data.community %}
      <a class="column has-text-centered no-underline hover-enlarge" href="{{ link.url }}">
        <div class="image">
          <img src="{{ '/media/logos/' | append: link.icon | relative_url }}" alt="{{ link.name }} logo">
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        <span class="title">{{ link.name }}</span>
      </a>
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<section class="section">
  <div class="container">
    <h2 id="contribute" class="title section-title">Contribute</h2>
    <div class="columns is-centered">
      <div class="column">
        <h3 id="programmers" class="is-size-3">Programmers</h3>
        <div class="content">
          <ul>
            <li>
              Work on a <a href="https://dev.minetest.net/Modding_Intro">game or mod</a>,
              and publish it on <a href="https://content.minetest.net">ContentDB</a>
              or <a href="https://forum.minetest.net">the forums</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              Report bugs and submit patches on
              <a href="https://github.com/minetest">GitHub</a> or <a href="https://wiki.minetest.net/IRC">IRC</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19877">Help us review and merge pull requests</a>.
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="column">
        <h3 id="artists" class="is-size-3">Artists</h3>
        <div class="content">
          <ul>
            <li>
              Hang around on the forums, and help with
              <a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=1585">texture requests</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              Team up and create a new game.
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="column">
        <h3 id="everyone" class="is-size-3">Everyone</h3>
        <div class="content">
          <ul>
            <li>
              <a href="#reporting-issues">Report bugs and request features</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              Give support on the <a href="https://forum.minetest.net">forums</a> and <a href="https://wiki.minetest.net/IRC">IRC</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              Help translating Minetest using
              <a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/minetest/minetest/">our web interface</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="#donate">Donate</a> money to pay for infrastructure, and support your favourite contributors.
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>


<section class="section">
  <div class="container">
    <h2 id="developed" class="title section-title">How is Minetest developed?</h2>
    <div class="content">
      <h3 class="is-size-3">The Process</h3>
      <p>
        Upstream repositories and official Windows packages are handled by the
        <a href="https://github.com/minetest?tab=members">core team</a>,
        consisting of a bunch of people who are much trusted to keep Minetest progressing in good condition.
        The core team is formed of people who have made great <a href="{{ '/credits/' | relative_url }}">contributions</a> to Minetest.
        Contributions are approved if two members of the core team agree on them.
      </p>
      <p>
        The core team is best contacted on <abbr title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</abbr> at <code>#minetest-dev @ chat.freenode.net</code>.
      </p>
      <p>
        For more information, take a look at
        <a href="https://dev.minetest.net/All_rules_regarding_to_development">
          all the rules regarding to development
        </a>.
      </p>

      <h3 class="is-size-3">Project Structure</h3>
      <p>
        Minetest is distributed as an engine, combined with a couple of games.
        Upstream repositories can be found at
        <a href="https://github.com/minetest/">https://github.com/minetest/</a>.
      </p>

      <ul>
        <li>
          <strong>The engine</strong> (core) is the base for everything.
          C++ is used for housekeeping and performance-critical stuff,
          Lua for extensible things.
        </li>
        <li>
          <strong>Games</strong> define game content: nodes, entities,
          textures, meshes, sounds and custom behavior implemented in Lua.
          Games consist of mods that plug into the engine using the
          <a href="https://dev.minetest.net">Modding API</a>.
        </li>
      </ul>

      <p>
        For more information see the
        <a href="https://dev.minetest.net/Terminology">terminology</a> or
        <a href="https://dev.minetest.net/Engine_structure">engine structure</a>
        developer wiki pages.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>


<section class="section">
  <div class="container">
    <h2 id="reporting-issues" class="title section-title">Reporting Issues</h2>
    <div class="content">
      <h3 class="is-size-3">Where?</h3>
      <p>
        Different things related to Minetest are maintained by different people, contacted in different ways. Here you can find where to report issues, bugs and any other kinds of problems regarding to each “product”.
      </p>
      <p>
        People are generally available on freenode <abbr title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</abbr>, the Minetest Forums, GitHub and/or via email.
      </p>
      <table class="table is-striped">
        <tr>
          <th>Program</th>
          <th>People Responsible</th>
          <th>Source</th>
          <th>Issue Tracker</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Minetest Engine</td>
          <td>Core developers</td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest">Source</a>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues">Issues</a>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Minetest Game</td>
          <td>Core developers</td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game">Source</a>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/issues">Issues</a>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Minetest Mapper</td>
          <td>Core developers</td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetestmapper">Source</a>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetestmapper/issues">Issues</a>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Blender B3DExport</td>
          <td>Core developers</td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/B3DExport">Source</a>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://github.com/minetest/B3DExport/issues">Issues</a>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th>Service</th>
          <th>People Responsible</th>
          <th>Source</th>
          <th>Issue Tracker</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>*.minetest.net DNS</td>
          <td>celeron55</td>
          <td>n/a</td>
          <td>Contact celeron55. His approval is needed to host under minetest.net</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>www.minetest.net</td>
          <td>celeron55</td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest.github.io">Source</a></td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest.github.io/issues">Issues</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>forum.minetest.net</td>
          <td>celeron55</td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/forum.minetest.net_template1">Theme</a></td>
          <td>Contact a moderator for concerns about content (Use "report this post" if possible)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>wiki/dev.minetest.net</td>
          <td>celeron55</td>
          <td><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org">MediaWiki</a></td>
          <td>
            <a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10473">Ask for an account to edit</a>
            or report issues <a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewforum.php?f=3">on the forum</a>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>servers.minetest.net</td>
          <td>sfan5</td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/master-server">Source</a></td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/master-server/issues">Issues</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>content.minetest.net</td>
          <td>rubenwardy</td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/contentdb">Source</a></td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/minetest/contentdb/issues">Issues</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>irc.minetest.net</td>
          <td>sfan5</td>
          <td><a href="https://github.com/moritz/ilbot">Source</a></td>
          <td>Contact sfan5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.minetest.minetest">Google Play</a></td>
          <td>nerzhul aka. nrzkt</td>
          <td>n/a</td>
          <td>Contact nerzhul</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>


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    <h2 id="donate" class="title section-title">Donate</h2>
    <div class="content">
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      <p>
        You can tip money to celeron55, to be mostly used for hosting of
        websites and overall maintenance effort on the project.
      </p>

      <p>
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      <h3 class="is-size-3">Other</h3>
      <p>
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