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Things to add

Open simonv3 opened this issue 10 years ago • 1 comments

  • [ ] Suggested Open Communication Channels (Category: "Community") IRC)
  • [ ] Documentation (Category: "Using")
  • [ ] Getting Started (Category: "Getting Started")
  • [ ] Do you have tests? Can users verify that your project works on their computer? (Category: "Getting Started")
  • [ ] Bug reporting guidelines (Category: "Getting Started") http://blog.intercom.io/the-good-way-to-file-a-bad-bug/
  • [ ] Do you have examples? (Category: "Getting Started")
  • [ ] Expectations (http://shaunagm.github.io/personal/pycon2015.html#/10)
  • [ ] Code of Conduct. Category: "Community". You need to enforce the code of conduct. Django?
  • [ ] Bitesize Tasks (Category: "Good Starting Tasks") Any tasks that have a quick fix, or is a low hanging fruit?
  • [ ] Mentored Tasks (Category: "Good Starting Tasks") Do you have any tasks that an experienced project contributor can help out with.
  • [ ] Paired Tasks (Category: "Good Starting Tasks") Do you have any tasks that an experienced project contributor is willing to pair on?
  • [ ] Make sure to look at SO for questions that might be asked about your project (Category: "Ongoing")
  • [ ] Get new people to contribute their knowledge to documentation, experts tend to forget what it's like (Category: "Ongoing") https://kateheddleston.com/blog/onboarding-and-the-cost-of-team-debt
  • [ ] Maintain a blog, personal or for the project, that shows the problems you're overcoming as a team. (Category: "Ongoing"). http://shaunagm.github.io/personal/pycon2015.html#/48
  • [ ] Give constructive criticism when people make contributions to your project (Category: "Ongoing") https://www.kateheddleston.com/blog/criticism-and-ineffective-feedback

Give credit to the Open Source For Newcomers Presentation

simonv3 avatar Apr 25 '15 15:04 simonv3

All of the above things are now added, but most of them still need to have the read_more / example links filled in.

simonv3 avatar May 16 '15 05:05 simonv3