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title: "Write the Docs Podcast episode 12: Founding ideas behind Write the Docs"
date: 2017-12-14
description: "You can view more podcast details, including MP3 download links, here. Here are some of the questions discussed during the podcast:..."
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# Write the Docs Podcast episode 12: Founding ideas behind Write the Docs
Here are some of the questions discussed during the podcast:

 - How did WTD start?

 - What was the original purpose of WTD and how did it evolve?

 - Why the emphasis on diversity of roles and the word “documentarian”?

 - How does open source inform the community’s dynamics?

 - How do you give community members freedom to contribute in their own way while still installing the WTD values into their events?

 - Does the idea of open source (namely, contributing back, sharing) provide long-term sustaining momentum for an almost entirely *volunteer-run* community?

 - In what ways is WTD experimenting with new ideas and approaches?

 - What trends do you see for WTD and the industry in the future?