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Updated #opensource Tag Guidelines

Jason C. McDonald on July 17, 2019

Updated 8 April 2020 The #opensource tag is awesome, but it's also been lacking a lot of focus. Is it for promoting projects? Talking about open s...
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Ben Halpern •

Well thought out Jason.

I'll be following along. We'll have some more easily accessible tag guidelines adjacent to the editor coming soon so folks can understand the instructions without being caught off guard by doing it wrong.

As more folks define their guidelines, my biggest worry is what a lot of forums become when mods are overbearing. So I'm glad this is well thought out and well described.

@michaeltharrington let's Jason well with this and we'll coordinate on functionality that needs to ship.

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Michael Tharrington •

Agreed! This is very well thought out. I think this tag will definitely benefit from more focus.

Jason, feel free to hit me up if you need a hand with anything. I'm happy to help!

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Jason C. McDonald •

Thanks, Michael and Ben!

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Frederik 👨‍💻➡️🌐 Creemers •

I think the #githunt tag is also relevant here. Looking at some of its recent posts, it could also use some enforcement of its guidelines.

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Jason C. McDonald • • Edited

Y'know, they're always looking for more tag moderators, and I agree that #githunt needs some love. Maybe that'd be something you'd be good at? (Contact yo@dev.to if you're interested.)

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William Antonelli •

This is a list of what not to use the tag for. Can you give some examples of what we would use it for? I think that would be easier to understand.

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Jason C. McDonald •

No problem. From the tag info:

To keep this tag clean and meaningful, please ensure your post fits into at least one of the following categories:

* Organizing, managing, running, or working in an Open Source project.

* Open Source philosophy, licensing, and/or practical and legal topics thereof.

* Advocacy and adoption of Open Source technology.

I'll add that to the post.