Contributing to Drupal is described as awesome for many reasons in the document, including: being part of an incredible open source community; learning through the iterative process; bringing happiness to others without decreasing your own; ensuring resources you create will be available for future use; and the many ways one can contribute at any age or skill level. Local meetups and the enduring nature of Drupal are also highlighted. Reasons given are often somewhat nonsensical or focus on having fun through activities like wearing costumes, eating cake, and drinking beer.

1. Why Contributing to Drupal is AWESOME
September 14, 2011
Robert Douglass

2. @robertDouglass
Hi, I’m Robert Douglass, a Drupal geek.

3. Drupal.org
Drupal is a website building software that is popular because it is flexible, scalable, and can
help you build just about any type of website you’re interested in.

4. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because our leader, Dries Buytaert, wears a Batman mask
while drinking beer.

5. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because everything about the Drupal project is FUN, and
it tastes good!

6. "I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but
mostly because I shall never have to do it again”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain said “I’m glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall
never have to do it again” and of course he was talking about Contributing to Drupal because
contributing a patch, module, theme, or documentation means it will be there when you next
need it, and may even have gotten better in the meantime.

7. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because you get rewarded with ponies.

8. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because you can start doing it at any age.

9. Some even start when they’re quite young.

10. "When one has finished building one's house, one
suddenly realizes that in the process one has
learned something that one really needed to know
in the worst way - before one began.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche said “When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the
process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before
one began.” He was talking about contributing to Drupal because that too is an iterative
process, with the community challenging you to learn from your mistakes and grow, and
become a better contributor in the process.

11. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because Drupal has birthday parties, and it tastes good.

12. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because you can do it while wearing blue tights and
engaging in cosplay.

13. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because you can do it while wearing hand knit stockings.

14. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because we Drupal folk just really really like cakes, and it
tastes good.

15. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single
candle, and the life of the candle will not be
shortened. Happiness never decreases by being
shared.”
Gautama Siddharta
Siddharta said “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of
the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Of
course he was talking about contributing to Drupal, because every time you make a
contribution, you’re brining happiness to hundreds, maybe thousands of other
people, without decreasing the value or the happiness that you retain for yourself.

16. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because Drupal has its own theology. The religion of
Drupal says “Every time you hack core, God kills a kitten. Please, think of the kittens!”

17. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because you can paint your head blue and let everybody
know that you’re proud to be a geek.

18. Contributing to Drupal is awesome beause pants are strictly optional.

19. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because it tastes so good.

20. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because there are so many ways to contribute.

21. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because it is as much about the individual as it is about
the group.

22. Loc al
Meetu ps
Contributing to Drupal is awesome because there are interesting local meetups everywhere you go, and
the beer tastes great!

23. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because you can even contribute in your sleep.

24. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because it tastes so good!

25. "What I'm trying to do now in my life ... is to
construct things that will have enduring qualities,
and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.”
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone said "What I'm trying to do now in my life ... is to construct
things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in
the pan.”
Drupal will never go away, go out of business, get acquired, get lost, get
stolen, or simply disappear. As long as Drupal can be a useful and relevant
tool, helping people achieve their goals, Drupal will stay with us, hopefully for
a very long time.

26. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because as soon as you begin to contribute, you become
part of the most incredible open source community that has ever been.

27. Contributing to Drupal is awesome because as soon as you begin to contribute, you become
part of the most incredible open source community that has ever been.