Tracking your contributions
This page is for advocates who want to see what they have done. A contribution log helps you plan (A 90-day advocate plan), shows your work when you want to (a portfolio, a job application), and helps whoever continues when you step back.
Contents
What to log
| Kind | Log |
|---|---|
| Answers | Link to the forum post |
| Posts, tutorials, videos | Link, date, topic |
| Talks and demos | Event, date, slides link (no attendee names) |
| Pull requests | Link, what it changed |
| Translations | Language, number of strings, pull request |
| Issues reported or confirmed | Links |
| Events organized | Date, format, summary post link |
| Newcomers mentored | Their first pull request link (public), not personal details |
The log template
CONTRIBUTION LOG <your name or handle>
| Date | Kind | What | Link |
|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2026-10-20 | answer | How to translate an item | <forum link> |
| 2026-10-22 | pull request | Fixed: layouts help names Discard | <github link> |
| 2026-10-28 | talk | Lightning talk, <group> | <slides link> |Keep it as a text file, a spreadsheet or a private note; it is yours.
Finding your public contributions
- GitHub lists your pull requests and issues (search
author:<you>in the se7enxweb repositories). - In a clone:
git log --author="<your name>" --oneline. - Your forum profile lists your posts.
Privacy
Log links and your own work, not other people's personal data. If you publish your log, check that every link is public and that nobody is named without consent (Protecting people's privacy).
Related pages
- Measuring advocacy honestly
- Recognition ideas
- A 90-day advocate plan
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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