From bd7b33160a342992a42266e314b5a14fc7e40757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:37:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add guidelines for Discord communication As a contributor, I was previously confused on what types of discussions should happen on Discord. Although the fundamental issue here is essentially recognizing that Discord is a transient communication channel, I feel that getting the general written up may be helpful. --- docs/en/about/contact.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/en/about/contact.md b/docs/en/about/contact.md index 5ffbbc3c93..c8f092d974 100644 --- a/docs/en/about/contact.md +++ b/docs/en/about/contact.md @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ You can engage with the BeeWare community in several different ways. We use [Discord](https://beeware.org/bee/chat) for real-time communication. You can introduce yourself in the #introductions channel. The #help-with-beeware channel is available for questions and issues regarding using BeeWare. The #dev channel is available for discussion about BeeWare contributing and development. You can tell us about your BeeWare project in the #showcase channel; works-in-progress and completed projects are all welcome! +As a guideline, note that while smaller contextual diversions are allowed in discussions, try to them relevant to BeeWare and its ecosystem; in addition, while Discord excels at communicating transient information, formal reports of issues and other information may be useful long-term or have wide-ranging consequences should happen through [our GitHub issues and discussions](#github). If a discussion in Discord leads to these types of information, a summary should be posted to GitHub. + ### Mastodon { #mastodon } Follow [@beeware@fosstodon.org](https://fosstodon.org/@beeware) on Mastodon for day-to-day updates on the BeeWare project. From dc2acff1eaa16b5438853bd541cefa609a546eb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:40:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] align my punctuation usage with 2026 --- docs/en/about/contact.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/en/about/contact.md b/docs/en/about/contact.md index c8f092d974..2ad1e06a47 100644 --- a/docs/en/about/contact.md +++ b/docs/en/about/contact.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You can engage with the BeeWare community in several different ways. We use [Discord](https://beeware.org/bee/chat) for real-time communication. You can introduce yourself in the #introductions channel. The #help-with-beeware channel is available for questions and issues regarding using BeeWare. The #dev channel is available for discussion about BeeWare contributing and development. You can tell us about your BeeWare project in the #showcase channel; works-in-progress and completed projects are all welcome! -As a guideline, note that while smaller contextual diversions are allowed in discussions, try to them relevant to BeeWare and its ecosystem; in addition, while Discord excels at communicating transient information, formal reports of issues and other information may be useful long-term or have wide-ranging consequences should happen through [our GitHub issues and discussions](#github). If a discussion in Discord leads to these types of information, a summary should be posted to GitHub. +As a guideline, note that while smaller contextual diversions are allowed in discussions, try to them relevant to BeeWare and its ecosystem; in addition, while Discord excels at communicating transient information, formal reports of issues and other information may be useful long-term or have wide-ranging consequences should happen through [our GitHub issues and discussions](#github). If a discussion in Discord leads to these types of information, a summary should be posted to GitHub. ### Mastodon { #mastodon }