Simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects (journals.plos.org)

The rule headlines:

  1: Be welcoming
  2: Help potential contributors evaluate if the project is a good fit
  3: Make governance explicit
  4: Keep knowledge up to date and findable
  5: Have and enforce a code of conduct
  6: Develop forms of legitimate peripheral participation
  7: Make it easy for newcomers to get started
  8: Use opportunities for in-person interaction—With care
  9: Acknowledge all contributions
  10: Follow up on both success and failure