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If you are getting non-code contributions, that likely means you have non-technical people who both understand your project AND find value in it. Which is a goo

If you are getting non-code contributions, that likely means you have non-technical people who both understand your project AND find value in it. Which is a good indicator that your project will be successful regardless.

ProllyInfamous 3y ago
This is me, a "non-coder" blue-collar IBEW electrician (retired). Twenty years ago, while using a really cool open source project [written by ESL programmers], I emailed the team and offered my own English revisions to their initial documentation attempts. Even today [without any further contributions], I'm one of ten people in the "special thanks to" section of their project, which has 100m+ downloads to date, and has updates from hundreds of contributors. I'm not sure why "I'm so special" [to still be thanked], but I do list this under the copyediting section of my resumé [because the software is well-known].
- Symbiote 3y ago
  > I'm not sure why "I'm so special" Perhaps a little cynically, but partly based on similar credits on software I maintain: because the current maintainers aren't quite sure what you did any more, and don't want to cause a problem by removing your name.