Recognition ideas
This page is for advocates who want contributors to feel seen. The sources describe no recognition, ambassador or award program, so nothing here is official. These are ideas any advocate can practice, and proposals you can bring to the community tracker.
Contents
What the project already does
- Every pull request is merged under its author's name (squashed and rebased by the author while it is open), so contributors' names stay in the history (How the project grows).
- Contributors and companies are named in the history pages and on Who is 7x?.
Ideas you can practice today
| Idea | How |
|---|---|
| Say thank you | A comment on the merged pull request; a forum post |
| Credit in your posts | Name contributors (public handle) in your release posts (Writing about a release) |
| Feature someone's work | A post about an extension or tutorial someone made, with their consent |
| Pass on opportunities | Invite a contributor to give a talk at your meetup |
| Write a reference | For a contributor who asks, describe their public contributions |
Ideas to propose
Bring these to the community tracker as proposals:
- A "thanks" section in release announcements listing contributors of the release.
- A periodic "community spotlight" post on Share.
- A page in the help listing translation maintainers per language, with consent.
Rules
- Consent first for anything beyond a public handle in its public context.
- Credit fairly: reviewers, translators, reporters and documenters too, not only code.
- No invented titles ("official ambassador") or rewards the project does not offer.
Related pages
- Tracking your contributions
- Mentoring a first contribution
- The advocacy ladder
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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