WOSPM0024

Idenditiy

Property	Value
code	WOSPM0024
title	CONTRIBUTORS_SECTION
message	README file should have a contributors section or a link to contributors list.
type	MetricType::ERROR

Rationale

Open source projects long last with the help of contributors. Even if you do not have any contributors yet, putting a contributors section will show your approach to the public. If you do not prefer to put a section on README (because of big number of contributors, etc.), a link to the contributors list will be also ok.

Be nice with people that helped you! Some open source projects like gatsby reward contributors with goodies. If you can’t afford that, do a public post (on twitter or other platforms) about the contribution and mention the author (here is an example of public thanks). Open a Contributors section in your README to publicly thank them or showcase them on your project documentation or website. Open source promotion cheat sheet