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RE: [3d Modeling] Turning the SteemPi On End
Thank you for the contribution. It has been approved.
Unfortunately, this is the last work we could accept it like that. This does not really fit into any category we have and I believe that you made this post because I accepted the previous one. It was in the wrong category and I am sorry for the confusion.
Graphics contributions must be linked to repositories of projects they are meant for and not the repositories where the model files are.
I am again sorry for inconveniences but we cannot accept contributions like this one in the future as they do not meet the rule's requirements.
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For clarity, the content of this post is not about the graphical images which were generated, it's about the full 3D model which is located in the repository to which this points, in support of an open source project which resides on Utopian (SteemPi).
I felt it would be improper to put my content directly into that project because it's not my project, which is why this particular github repository is separated. But both of the case designs in here are intended for the SteemPi project.
Again – not graphics. Actual full 3D models for 3D printing cases for a SteemPi console itself.
I suppose if there's any objection, it should really be that there should be a space for these things attached to the SteemPi project, and I would be perfectly willing to accept that as the state of affairs. But that needs to be the argument put forth, for consistency's sake.
I appreciate that this contribution has been approved, but we still need to solve the larger problem. If not for this, for future things.
Yeah, we have had quite a discussion which category is suitable for this content. And at the moment, it does not fit the development category nor the graphics. The selected repository should be of the project the contribution is for. So as we agreed that this is intended for SteemPi, you should select its repository and insert the link to your files. If it was a development contribution, you would be required to provide merged pull request in the SteemPi repository.
But it still does not fit the categories as they are intended to be. There were suggestions for new categories but it did not receive enough votes in the public poll. Utopian is not ready for every kind of content yet.
If it were up to me, I would probably focus on a smaller number of broader categories, making it much easier to categorize things for the moderators, along with a certain understanding that open source projects and open source tools can work side-by-side with closed source materials, but I understand that the current establishment of Utopian emerged pretty much entirely from the software development side of the house and doesn't necessarily have a handle on all of the things that are "open source" related.
As an example that I was talking about to someone else, what about a tutorial which uses closed source software to target making assets for an open source game engine, but which the resulting game will be closed source? That's a perfectly reasonable workflow, and one that a lot of people could get significant use out of, but doesn't seem to fit into the current understanding of workflows that Utopian encompasses. Likewise, a tutorial for a closed source but freely available tool being used to advance an open source project which is not hosted on github? There is a lot of useful, important content which the structure of Utopian doesn't really have a way to grapple with, and yet would profit immensely from finding a way to integrate into the platform.
I appreciate the opportunity that you given me to talk about some of the things that seem to be a little problematic from my perspective as a creator. A tool like Utopian, that is a generalized mechanical means of establishing a community in the classic sense on the steem blockchain, is definitely something that we need to see more of and to see more widely used – but we need to be opening clear about the current limitations and why they are potentially seriously impeding doing some of the things that Utopian says they want to do.
Utopian is in the process of continuous development. Some of the questions you ask have been discussed before. It has been decided that there will be the polls for new changes, some of them doable in the short term and some of them in the long term.
Utopian supports only projects hosted on GitHub. It was decided by people that Utopian should not focus on other platforms in the near future. You are welcome to join the Discord server where all the poll results are public or read the posts by Utopian account.
Utopian Is mainly focused on developers with the possibilty of rewards for other kinds of contributions. The rewards have been recently temporary doubled/increased for developers.