From 535d89d338afa2e40f4f3c5f0d505f6d98a0fc38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Hanson Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 20:49:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 4f945c9..622b53e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ # Contributor guidelines -You can [open an issue](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/) and give us your suggestions as to how we can improve this guide, or what we can do to improve the learning experience. - -You can also [fork this project](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) and send a [pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) to fix any mistakes that you have found. - -If you want to suggest a new resource, send a pull request adding such resource to the [extras](https://github.com/open-source-society/computer-science/tree/master/extras) section. \ No newline at end of file +This project primarily uses GitHub for collaboration, however not all discussions are appropriate for GitHub. +Please follow these guidelines: +1. If you need help with the *academic* content of a course or are having general technical difficulties, please do not use GitHub for this. +The best place to ask these types of questions is on the [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/opensourcesociety/). +2. If you have general problems with the program not specific to any course, such as preferring textbook-style learning over MOOCs, +the subreddit is recommended as there people may be able to give you suggested alternatives. +3. If you have *specific* and *substantive* criticisms of the curriculum, i.e. problems related to the progression/content of courses it would be appropriate to [open an issue](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/) and give us your suggestions. +4. If you have *non-substantive* updates to make to the curriculum, such as a course's URL having been moved, spelling/syntax errors, etc., please send a [pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) to fix any mistakes that you have found. +5. If you want to customize the curriculum for yourself, do of course [fork this project](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/). +6. If you want to suggest a new resource, send a pull request adding such resource to the [extras](https://github.com/open-source-society/computer-science/tree/master/extras) section. \ No newline at end of file