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a solution to contributors creating multiple issues in open source - need feedback 🤞

Anmol Baranwal on February 06, 2024

In some open source projects, contributors make lots of issues with some time between them, making it hard to manage. The more issues there are, th...
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Gérôme Grignon

The title and the introduction are misleading: creating an issue and being assigned to resolve it are two different things. You can become a contributor by opening issues, identifying bugs or proposing pull requests, without working on them by submitting a pull request.

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Anmol Baranwal

Yeah! I never noticed that.
Subconsciously, I assumed that the issues created are assigned to the author. However, there's no straightforward way to verify if the author has been assigned another issue without using filters, which is a lengthy process.

Thanks for your feedback; I really appreciate it.
I will change the context tomorrow.

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jhonsmertin

Implementing stricter guidelines for issue creation could help reduce multiple submissions. Additionally, encouraging Verify contributors to thoroughly search existing issues before creating new ones might also prevent duplicates.

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Anmol Baranwal

Yeah, it could be helpful for people who know the basic etiquette of open source.
Lots of beginners just avoid it and do things even when they're told not to.
Even simple guidelines can work if the contributors know a little about open source.
Didn't understand that verify link. I think it's something unrelated.