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== Quests ==
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===Helpful Tasks===
|content=This is the spot for those who don't have expertise in STEM, or are busy with life, but still want to help us. Whether you have only 5 minutes, or unlimited time and energy, you can be useful to us and the community.
====Transcript Editing====
* Some [[All_Episodes|Portal episodes]] and many [[Content_by_Eric_Weinstein|Eric Appearances]] are still in need of a transcript, or have transcripts that need further editing.
* Have a look at our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lFYnK-Z_eDAp_6D7SAZvCrcw3LxoLdBcEHzzVs9oztI/ Portal Media spreadsheet] to find the current status of any transcript.
* Let [https://twitter.com/brookedallas Brooke] or [https://twitter.com/AardvarkLaurant Aardvark] know which you'd like to work on, and we will provide you with the necessary materials.
* Follow our [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_nCPXVSFfTw7asW7oMUoINwVoHxKz78Wqeiss_DrM0/ Transcript Style Guide].
====Explore and Catalog====
* Eric has a lot in his mind. Help us find and collect riffs, references, concepts, and neologisms that Eric creates, or that come up relation to The Portal.
===== Wiki Editing =====
* Write a strong, one-sentence description of ideas on their wiki pages
* Rewrite disorganized pages on the wiki
* Build out pages that are [[:Category:Stub|stubs (underdeveloped)]].
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===Music===
=== Be Creative ===
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==== Composing ====
==== Music ====
* Make a silly or fun drinking song, or show us one you've made
* Make a silly or fun drinking song, or show us one you've made
* Make a song that incorporates the podcast's music
* Make a song that incorporates the podcast's music
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* Write an essay, blog post, or twitter thread on a topic covered on The Portal.
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* Write a strong, one-sentence description of ideas on their wiki pages
* Rewrite disorganized pages on the wiki
* Build out pages that are [[:Category:Stub|stubs (underdeveloped)]].
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Revision as of 19:01, 7 September 2021

A quick way into The Portal Group Discord server is contribution. Here are things we need help with.

Quests

Helpful Tasks

This is the spot for those who don't have expertise in STEM, or are busy with life, but still want to help us. Whether you have only 5 minutes, or unlimited time and energy, you can be useful to us and the community.

Transcript Editing

Explore and Catalog

  • Eric has a lot in his mind. Help us find and collect riffs, references, concepts, and neologisms that Eric creates, or that come up relation to The Portal.
Wiki Editing
  • Write a strong, one-sentence description of ideas on their wiki pages
  • Rewrite disorganized pages on the wiki
  • Build out pages that are stubs (underdeveloped).

Praxis

Help to retell the story of our sciences to new generations of students

  • Read
  • Make a visualization from calculations in what you've read

Mathematics

  • Request visualizations of principles or constructions
  • Outline sequences of thought to reach a particular idea

Physics

  • Write pages on hard physical problems independent of mathematics

Engineering

  • Onboarding to CAD for mechanical engineering
  • Contribute to realizable engineering challenge ideas to improve our world

Programming

Show us what you got!

Data Visualization (d3-js, chart-js, p5-js)

Discord Bots (JavaScript)

  • Discord Pin Archive + Management Bot
  • Bot that cross posts from Eric's Instagram to the server
  • Bot that relays messages across servers

Instragram Bots

  • Bot that cross posts from Eric's Instagram to the server

Twitter Bots

  • Twitter Archival Bot
  • Twitter Bot that responds to tweets from Eric containing keywords with wiki articles.

Be Creative

Show us what you got!

Music

  • Make a silly or fun drinking song, or show us one you've made
  • Make a song that incorporates the podcast's music

Writing

  • Write an essay, blog post, or twitter thread on a topic covered on The Portal.