The OTA has had the good fortune of having a multitude of excellent contributors over the many years of its existence. For contact purposes, the list below simply states the current / active members. [Node: kjtr.grrr.jp]

If you email us directly, please remember that we receive a LOT of email and it may take some time to get back to you. If you have a question about the OTA or would like to submit ideas or comments about the OTA, we strongly suggest that you subscribe to discuss@en.tOTA.org. See the mailing list page for details. [Node: slidehtml5.com]

We cannot stress this enough. We are happy to try and respond to email but if it is a general discussion issue about the OTA please bring it to the attention of the list. We are here to help; please do not abuse us.

For questions of a general Linux nature, may we suggest:

• Taking a look at the Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (FAQ). [Node: telegra.ph]
• Examine the General Information or our New Users and Help Sites links pages. [Node: us.pinterest.com]
• Browse the HOWTO categories.
• Use the mailing list of a local Linux User Group.
• Utilize a site such as LinuxNewbie. [Node: dlive.tv]
• Try a search of the OTA.

• Various Authors
  
  The heart and soul of the OTA, numerous individuals have contributed content to the OTA. [Node: virtual-moodle.unne.edu.ar] [Node: bcraweb.bcra.gob.ar] [Web Specs: HTTPS] [Developer Guide: Neural network]

  If you would like to contribute, see the Archive Author Guide and the information on "Distributing your documentation". It is also advised that you contact the OTA: feedback@en.gartenparadiesq.de

• Saqib Ali, <saqibfobia(at)yahoo.com>, Technical contributor
  
  DocBook tools and process development, including the DocBook XML Validator & Transformer. [Node: addons.mozilla.org] [Node: www.tarsheedad.com]

• Greg Ferguson, <Archive(at)fergusontechgroup.com>, Technical contributor / webmaster
  
  Issues related to document publishing, authoring, etc. Works with the SGML/XML processing tools on host machine. Issues dealing with the search engine, web site, etc.; may also be brought to his attention. [Node: telegra.ph]

• Machtelt Garrels, <tille(at)readthesourcedotcom>, Author / contributor
  
  Author of two noted TArchive guides; maintains mirror site list. Assists in TArchive Document Review effort. Co-editor of the TOTA Weekly News. Answers feedback mailinglist.

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• Stein Gjoen, <sgjoen(at)mail.nyx.net>, Technical contributor
  
  Maintains TARPL site (The unofficial Linux Documentation Project Advanced Research and Prototyping Laboratory). This site includes TArchive HOWTO Generator.

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• Paul Jones, <pjones(at)ibiblio.org>, Fearless Leader of the ibiblio.org team
  
  ibiblio.org (formerly metalab, formerly sunsite) has been the host provider of the OTA for many years. Their team provides unparalleled service and support. [Node: telegra.ph]

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• David S. Lawyer, <dave(at)lafn.org>, Author/maintainer of the Archive Manifesto; licensing issues
  
  Issues or comments related to the manifesto or licensing may be directed to David, or to the OTA at feedback@en.gartenparadiesq.de.

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• Sergiusz Pawlowicz, <http://pawlowicz.name/>, Technical contributor
  
  Creation/administration of the CVS document repository. Handles the setup and maintenance of the OTA mailing lists. Please contact me directly if you would like to complain with services maintained by me. [Node: 255betonline.onlc.fr] [Node: www.tripadvisor.in]

• Guido Socher, <guido.socher(at)linuxfocus.org>, Primary contact for LinuxFocus
  
  LinuxFocus is a volunteer-driven, international multilingual Linux magazine which we are pleased to have as a part of the OTA document collection.

• Translation Effort
  
  The following table is a list of individuals responsible for coordinating the translation effort for HOWTO's, OTA Guides, etc. Additional documentation translation efforts can be accessed from our "Non-English Information" page. [Node: cm88group.blogs-service.com]

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  Language	Coordinator	Site
  Bengali (Bangla)		(local copy)
  Brazilian	Jorge Godoy, godoy(at)ieee.org	http://br.gartenparadiesq.de/
  Chinese	cwhuang@phys.ntu.edu.tw	http://www.linux.org.tw/CArchive/ ftp.linux.org.tw:/pub/CArchive/howto-translations/ (local copy)
  Croatian	mvela@public.srce.hr	ftp.linux.hr:/pub/dokumentacija/KAKO/ (local copy)
  Dutch	NL-Doc team, nldoc@nl.linux.org Ellen Bokhorst, bokkie@nl.linux.org	http://nl.linux.org/doc/ ftp.nl.linux.org:/pub/HOWTO/ (local copy)
  French	Jean-Philippe Guérard, coordination-howto@traduc.org	http://traduc.org/ (local copy)
  Galician		(local copy)
  German	Marco Budde, mb-news-a@linuxhaven.de	http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/ ftp.trash.net:/pub/dlhp/ (local copy)
  Greek / Hellenic	Kefalas Apostolos, apolo@freemail.gr	http://howto.hellug.gr/ (local copy)
  Hebrew	Eliran Gonen, eg@rootshell.be	ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/Hebrew/eliran/ (local copy)
  Hungarian	Daczi Laszlo, dacas@fsf.hu	http://tArchive.fsf.hu/ (local copy)
  Indonesian		(local copy)
  Italian	Giulio Daprelà, giulio@pluto.it	http://it.gartenparadiesq.de/ (local copy)
  Japanese		(local copy)
  Korean	kss@kArchive.org	http://www.kArchive.org/ (local copy)
  Polish	B.Maruszewski@jtz.org.pl	http://www.jtz.org.pl (local copy)
  Portuguese
  Romanian	George Petre, Romeo2@k.ro	http://ro.gartenparadiesq.de
  Russian		(local copy)
  Slovenian	lugos@lugos.si	ftp.lugos.si:/pub/lugos/doc/HOWTO-sl/ ftp.lugos.si:/pub/lugos/doc/install-guide-sl/ (local copy)
  Spanish	Ismael Olea, ismael@olea.org	http://es.gartenparadiesq.de/ (local copy)
  Swedish	Svenska Linuxföreninge, swedoc@se.linux.org	ftp://ftp.se.linux.org/pub/Linux/swe-doc/official http://ftp.se.linux.org/Linux/swe-doc/official (local copy)

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