Jan Engelhardt wrote:
The intended contributor: coders, documenters, designers, that sort of contributors -- literally *creators*. That exempts forum talkers, unless they can match to the creativity requirement.
do you recognize a distinction between "forum talkers" and "folks providing help/guidance/direction to new/needy users" that is, would you exclude those "forum talkers" who daily *create* an environment in which the newest of the new can get a foot hold in a new operating system, learn the ropes, progress in understanding and technical capability....perhaps to some day (sooner or later) become prized contributors? do you recognize that not a week goes by that the forum does not see folks stumble in dazed and confused who are *currently* coders/hackers in other systems, or *real* professional artist, documentation providers, designers, team managers, system administrators, etc etc etc here, look at this guy: http://forums.opensuse.org/members/techwiz03.html he has been a user less than a year, had a rocky and confused start but got the help he need and now helps n00bs and brings a RICH background (in another system)....which one of the creative contributors on your list could have better created this new helper? is there no service provided "the Community" by those who bring along those new potential contributors? are they not at least potentially *creating* new contributors from the first day they help a n00b ? if you compare one "creative contributor" airbrushing a new background or one "forum talker" creating a new contributor how do you put one in one class, and the a lower unneeded or unimportant class?? DenverD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org