Slack

Last updated on

1 December 2020

Shorter URL to this page: drupal.org/slack

Introduction

Slack is a proprietary, but free to use, platform for real-time threaded online chat. Chatting is organized into Slack workspaces, and within workspaces, into channels. The Drupal community has a primary Slack workspace known simply as "Drupal", which has over 800 channels. Subsets of the Drupal community have also created their own separate workspaces for discussions of particular topics or within particular language or geographical groups.

The main Drupal workspace

The main Drupal workspace has a wide variety of channels for different topics.

Joining

Visit https://www.drupal.org/join-slack to join. You will be redirected to sign in Slack or create a Slack account. Once you are logged in, type "/help" to find out what to do from there.

Channels

Some popular channels are:

#announcements - The default channel, used for Admin announcements.
#general - The main water cooler, used for general Drupal discussion and light support questions.
#support - The main support channel, used for long or deep support discussions.
#contribute - Used for any discussion related to contributing to the Drupal project.
#accessibility
#diversity-inclusion
#jobs and #jobs-remote
#drupal-seo
#governance
#documentation
#layouts - The Layout initiative have their meetings here.
#search
#ux - The UX team is using the ux channel as primary tool.
#womenindrupal
#australia-nz - Australia and New Zealand Drupal community
#drupal-russia - Russian Drupal community
#drupal-ukraine - Ukrainian Drupal community
#drupal-saudi - Saudi Arabia Drupal community
#drupal-google - This channel for students and mentors involved in Google Summer of Code and Google Code-in programs

Many modules and themes have their own channels - for example:

#bootstrap
#commerce
#gutenberg
#opensocial
#paragraphs
#views
#webform
#bootstrap_barrio

Administrators

The following users have administrative privileges in this Slack. If you are a victim of, or witness to, harassment, or need help with the administration of the Slack workspace (for example, renaming channels) please contact an admin.

alannaburke
davidhernandez
drumm
dyannenova
hestenet
justafish
larowlan
mlhess
tim.plunkett
cottser
ultimike
webchick

Slack Usage Hints

Check the channel description and other details (such as pinned files and discussions) at the top before posting in a channel.
When talking directly to other users in public channels, preface their user name with @ and they will get notified of your message. Also, Slack will help you complete their user name with pop-up suggestions.
You can set your status on whole workspace by using the /status command. It can be an emoji or custom text. For example: /status :). At midnight, it’ll be cleared automatically. You can also type /status clear to do this earlier.
You can use /active or /away to mark yourself as active or away.
You can put yourself in Do Not Disturb mode with the /dnd command. You can also specify the time using /dnd [some description of time]. For example, using /dnd 11:50, you can switch on the Do Not Disturb session till 11:50.
You can set a reminder to someone or a channel: /remind [@someone or #channel] [what] [when]. For example: /remind @johndoe “Give me permissions to the docs” 19:40.
You can create a poll using /poll “question” “answer1” “answer2” “answer3” …. For example, /poll “What should I buy?” “Apple” “Orange” .

Topical Slack Workspaces

Note: some of these may require an invitation to join.

Drupal4Gov (GovDrupal)

A slack team focused on the Drupal in Government community. Fed, State, Local govies and those that support them.

Visit https://govdrupalslack.herokuapp.com/ to join

Higher-Ed Drupal (edudu)

A slack team focused on the Drupal in Higher Education

Visit http://edudu.org to join.

Drupal Twig (drupaltwig)

A slack team focused on all kind of frontend related stuff, not only twig itself.

Visit https://drupaltwig-slack.herokuapp.com to join.

MidCamp Conference & Chicago-area Meetups (midcamp)

A slack team focused on the organization of and participation in the MidCamp Drupal Camp and Chicago-area meetups.

Visit https://mid.camp/slack to join.

Drupal Event Organizers (drupalcamporganizers)

A slack team of Drupal Event organizers from all over the world, focusing on issues such as budget, marketing, training, outreach, volunteer coordination, website building and more.