Why is this topic important? How will this help people improve their open source project and / or community? Who will benefit from this guide?
Community activity is important to assess to determine whether activity is increasing, decreasing, or holding steady. For a project, this can help determine when you might need to get more people involved. As a contributor, I might be more or less interested in participating in a project that is very active. As a consumer of an open source project, I want to know whether a project is active or declining.
How would you like to see this guide developed?
I am interested in using this guide, but I do not want to write it myself
For an example of a nearly finished Insight Guide that you can use to better understand what should be in each section and how much detail to include, please see the Responsiveness guide.
Practitioner Guide Topic (1 - 3 words)
Community Activity
Primary Metrics (2 - 4 metrics)
Why is this topic important? How will this help people improve their open source project and / or community? Who will benefit from this guide?
Community activity is important to assess to determine whether activity is increasing, decreasing, or holding steady. For a project, this can help determine when you might need to get more people involved. As a contributor, I might be more or less interested in participating in a project that is very active. As a consumer of an open source project, I want to know whether a project is active or declining.
How would you like to see this guide developed?
I am interested in using this guide, but I do not want to write it myself
Additional Notes
Here is the doc where this guide will be developed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JLlTlHLZEYigMcfinA_KvwriylWl1SnMcN2hn4biXDA/edit
For an example of a nearly finished Insight Guide that you can use to better understand what should be in each section and how much detail to include, please see the Responsiveness guide.