Knowing that folks tend to not read anything, I think the existing welcome post is way too long. Here’s a draft of a next version:
Welcome to the Elm discourse!
The goal of this forum is to encourage friendships, mentorships, and collaborations in the Elm community. Beginner questions are welcome. We love to help out!
There are three categories of posts on here:
We hope this will guide folks towards goal-oriented discussions, where we take into account what the poster want to get out of the conversation, not just what we want to say. So before posting, ask yourself:
- Is my post as concise as possible?
- Is it helpful?
- Is it respectful of other people’s feelings and time?
- Does it link to evidence to support claims about other projects or languages?
High-quality contributions often get edited down quite a bit!
For more resources check out:
- The Code is the Easy Part talk on how collaboration works in the Elm community.
- The Code of Conduct about how to be constructive.
- The Forum Rules about the limits of this forum.