I like the idea (i did something myself a few years ago at https://spreadthejoomlalove.com/coders) but i am not sure if it is appropriate for inclusion in the core

I forgot to add that this would only include code contributors to the joomla core. Obviously people who write documentation, answer questions on the forum, write code in our other repos, translators and many many more are contributors as well

There is already a new team here: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/volunteer-engagement-team maybe @Kubik-Rubik @yvesh want to take a look here.

I think we should do better about putting this information into joomla.org webpages personally (I actually started redoing https://framework.joomla.org/contributors so it would pull contributors from GitHub versus the old static page that was a list of names from 2013). So, it's definitely a worthwhile project, but IMO not something for the core distro.

To add too, we do have various chunks of data spread all over the place:

• https://framework.joomla.org/contributors
• https://issues.joomla.org/activity/user/joomla-cms
• https://developer.joomla.org/wiki-activity.html
• https://spreadthejoomlalove.com/coders (unofficial but it has the data being talked about with this module)

Consolidating stuff into one main contributors area though would definitely be a positive step forward. Even if the page right now just links to those resources.

Thanks for all the comments here. I agree with a lot of what's been said.

I do still think there should be some space for giving credit in a way that will be seen by the average site owner, though. Whether it's in the form I suggested or not, I'm not too worried about, but I think there should be something.

I'm a strong advocate for open source software, but I always say that while it may be free to use, that doesn't mean it's not worth anything. Joomla is one of the most well-used applications on the web and is incredibly valuable. But too many of the people who download it and use it just don't get any visualisation of the effort that goes into it because they'll never visit any of the links above. The closest a lot of site owners get to seeing the wider Joomla community is searching for extensions on the JED. I'll bet that for a sizeable proportion of people, it doesn't even occur to them that they could actually contribute anything back to Joomla.

There's nothing wrong with that, but just think if we could encourage a few of them to get more involved. I feel that having some credits and a "How could you contribute?" link somewhere where they'll see it would go a long way toward doing that.

Anyway. That's all I'll say on the matter. :) Thanks for listening.

I like the idea of contributor recognition. As already said, there are a lot of other areas where people contribute. Perhaps we can collect stats from various sources and combine them in the volunteers portal. Just an idea.

@laoneo the VET (Volunteers engagement team) is working with Sander and Co. on that :-)

@Spudley Thank you for all the suggestions, we talked today in VET about it and a lot of these things are already on our todo-list. If you are interested in joining, just ping me at Glip :)

Nice.

@Spudley as this is on the Way can you please close the Issue?

I actually think a Core Joomla! Project component would be a good idea, showing events near by, latest news and contributors.

We can make it uninstallable and enabled / installed by default on first install.

@yvesh - I'm not familiar with Glip, so unsure how to ping you on it. I'd be interested in being able to take part though. I wouldn't be able to put in a lot of time, but if I can just lurk most of the time and contribute occasionally, I'd be happy with that.

@franz-wohlkoenig - sure, no problem. I'm happy to close the ticket if you think it should closed.

I think the recognition should not be limited to code contributors, roles such as: designers, writers, editors, user group organizers, speakers, conference planners, merchandise/swag should be included as contributors.

Why? Because it's true - Joomla is more than code, plus the initiative needs to attract & retain more skilled individuals to move things forward.

A "We Are Joomla!" page would be ideal - with a role filter of some sorts.

Creating such a page should be a campaign in itself (landing page, banners, article, dedicated team)