> I approved this. I did leave some comments elsewhere in the thread, but > I think we can continue to iterate on the idea. Thanks. > > There was a "How can applicants make a contribution to your project?" > > question and a few questions about communication channels. I answered > > them as best I could but if anyone has already answered them, it would > > be great to just use the same answer everywhere. (I can't see all > > project information of other projects since I haven't filled out a > > "short initial application", but I don't think that applies to me.) > > What you wrote there looks pretty good to me. Copying it here for > purposes of discussion: > > > Please introduce yourself on the public project chat: > > > > IRC - Follow this link to join this project's public chat. If you are > > asked for username, pick any username! You will not need a password to > > join this chat. > > > > Git mailing list - Follow this link to join this project's public > > chat. > > where the IRC link goes to Freenode's webchat, and the mailing list link > goes to https://git-scm.com/community. Thanks. For the record, most of the text is from Outreachy - I just supplied the links. > The other proposal is from Christian, who wrote: > > > Please introduce yourself on the public project chat: > > > > a mailing list - Once you join the project's communication > > channel, the mentors have some additional instructions for you to > > follow: > > > > Start the subject of your emails to the mailing list with "[Outreachy]" so that mentors and people interested in Outreachy can easily notice your emails. > > Follow this link to join this project's public chat. > > > > Send an email to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe git" in > > the body of the email. > > I think the "[Outreachy]" advice is good, and worth adding to yours. I > think linking to the "community" page is a good idea for Christian's, as > it has more tips on using the mailing list. Good idea on the "[Outreachy]" - I've added it to my project as well.
