Right. We usually ask for a twitter handle and if they're ok with us tweeting about the contribution because you "officially" only have, at most, a contributor email. That small conversation asking to publicly thank them for the contribution has been always very positive and very well received, and that also counts on project engagement.
On 9 November 2017 at 12:02, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think you should ask the person first. > Not all will want such publicity. > > On 9 November 2017 at 09:48, Jacques Le Roux > <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >> +1 Great idea! >> >> Jacques >> >> >> >> Le 09/11/2017 à 10:38, Ignasi Barrera a écrit : >>> >>> I think it is a great way to encourage people to contribute. >>> >>> In Apache jclouds we always tweet about new contributors and also >>> about significant contributions made to the code base. We've found >>> this always motivates the contributor. >>> We also have a "Credits" section in our release notes pages for all >>> those new and significant contributors, as a recognition for their >>> effort and help with the project. >>> >>> >>> I. >>> >>> On 9 November 2017 at 10:34, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All >>>> >>>> I've contacted the Apache Fluo project because I've seen that >>>> consistently on Twitter they highlight someone's first contribution to the >>>> project. This is something that could be quite interesting for projects to >>>> promote so I've sent them a message to ask how they are doing it! >>>> >>>> Are any other projects currently tracking first contributions? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Sharan >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
