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Ten Simple Rules for Helping Newcomers Become Contributors to Open Source Projects
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Develop forms of legitimate peripheral participation #2

Closed dsholler closed 5 years ago

dsholler commented 5 years ago

Sets of simple, accessible tasks for newcomers can help to acclimate newcomers to the community, enhance feelings of self-efficacy, and demonstrate "legitimacy" to other community members. We might draw on the original Lave and Wenger definition to provide some examples (e.g., maintenance tasks, documentation).

gvwilson commented 5 years ago

Tracy Teal (from the Carpentries) is fond of the phrase "pathways to participation", and of having lots of 'em.

igorsteinmacher commented 5 years ago

This is a good thing. I see that labeling the tasks is the strategy that is adopted to make the 'first step' easier. I like the work "pathways" that Greg mentioned, to give the idea of a continuous effort to get someone onboard, going beyond the first task.

igorsteinmacher commented 5 years ago

Closed in #14