#24: Decide what titles/roles to apply to workers for IG and add that to a new
Colophon
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Reporter: ke4qqq | Owner: quaid
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone: RC-ready
Component: Content | Version: 10.0.0
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by ke4qqq):
While I agree that there are several problems with 'ownership' of a
document such as:
*it creates 'superstars'
*it excludes others, particularly newbs.
I even agree that the proper method to give credit (which even the style
guide agrees with) is a colophon at the end.
That said - I don't want to completely obliterate 'credit' from any
document. One of the few currencies in a meritocracy is recognition of
peers and outsiders for that matter. I think ESR's 'Homesteading the
Noosphere' is an excellent treatise that discusses that phenomenon. I
don't think that's the intention particularly since you mention a
colophon. However reading the first paragraph out of context could lead to
that conclusion. For some people who have attained 'stickster-level' or
'quaid-ness' the name listing on yet another document probably doesn't
matter. However to a newb for whom a given document may be their first
'published work' or first OSS contribution that listing is very valuable -
it's the flag they've planted saying they're a contributor.
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