<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi Chris and All,<br>I am interested in doing any software testing. I read thro' all the instructions, but I am still not sure on how to start testing and who would have the test plan.<br><br>My interest is to get some experience in QA testing.<br><br>Thanks<br>Lolita<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Chris McMahon <cmcmahon@wikimedia.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Lolita Dsilva <ldsilva2001@yahoo.co.in>; QA (software quality assurance) for Wikimedia projects. <qa@lists.wikimedia.org> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 30 July 2013 4:26 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Volunteering (hi Lolita)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv922829877"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="yiv922829877gmail_extra"><div class="yiv922829877gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Lolita Dsilva <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ldsilva2001@yahoo.co.in" target="_blank" href="mailto:ldsilva2001@yahoo.co.in">ldsilva2001@yahoo.co.in</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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How do I volunteer for wikipedia testing.<br><br>Any information would help since I am an aspiring software tester and need all the volunteer experience that I can get.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For Wikipedia, you might start by reading through <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/QA">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/QA</a> and all the pages linked from there. I would really appreciate any questions, reactions or suggestions you might have about that information, I am due to rewrite and update much of it soon. </div>
<div><br></div><div>For software testing in general, there are any number of resources available. A good place for a comprehensive overview might be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.testingreferences.com/">http://www.testingreferences.com/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Feel free to ask specific questions and to let us know what aspects of software testing are of interest to you. There is a good chance that someone here shares your interests. </div><div><br></div><div>
-Chris <br></div><div> </div></div></div></div>
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