Suggestions category - Weekly report: #11

This is a weekly report of the Suggestions category. It contains basic stats, tips and interesting open source projects to start contributing. Also, I will show you the most common mistakes of this week and how to fix them.

In this post:

• Category summary
• Top scored contributions
  • Mini contest for the Suggestions category
• Common mistakes and how to fix them
• Interesting open source projects
• Useful posts

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Category summary

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• Week: 53 (from Dec.27 to Jan. 03)
• There were 3 contributions and 2 have a chance of being rewarded, or have already been rewarded.
• The average score was 62.5
• There were a total of 3 unique contributors in the category.

Number of reviewed and rewarded contributions

Average score

Number of reviews by Moderator

This week we had 3 contributions and 2 were upvoted by Utopian.
The average score was better than the previous 3 weeks and all the contributors were new users or at least not active in the previous months.
This month we did not have any contribution from the active users who I mentioned in some reports, weeks ago. But the good thing is that we had contributions from new users and some were really good.
Our challenge for the next month is to try to encourage these new users to be actives.
Fun fact: After winning the first mini contest, we did not have any contribution from @ckole.
Today is the end of the second round of the mini contest and I will send the prize to the winner... or winners? Read more below ;)
Remember that upvotes are never guaranteed.

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Top scored contributions

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We did not have Staff picks this week, but you can read these two contributions. Check it out.

Suggestion; Add category templates to post editor and implement auto-tagging on Knacksteem. by @harry-heightz
MonsterBot - SteemMonsters Tournaments Integration by @rivalzzz

Mini contest

Prize: 5 STEEM every month (If more contributors are participating, I will increase the prize).
How? Submit a contribution to the Suggestions category. A contributor can submit more than one contribution per week. If your contribution got a score higher than 50 you get points. The points of Staff pick and Highest score are not cumulative.

• Points:
  • Staff pick: 5 points
  • Contribution with the highest score (below the Staff Pick): 2 points.
  • Contribution with the second highest score: 1 point.

When? At the end of every month I will send the prize to the winner.

Second round: December
Points
Staff pick: None
Highest score: harry-heightz [2 points]
Second highest score: rivalzzz [1 point]

Ranking

Author	Points
amosbastian	5
tobias-g	5
upheaver	5
rivalzzz	3
difelice5000	2
louis88	2
theycallmedan	2
harry-heightz	2
zoneboy	1

Congrats @amosbastian, @tobias-g, @upheaver!

As expected, those who had their posts picked by us (Staff pick) had more chances to win the contest. Since we had three winners I will split the prize and send them 2 STEEM each.
We had more contributors than the previous month, so I will increase the prize for the third round (January). I am not sure yet, but for the next round I will send 80% to the winner and 20% to the second. Or I will split the prize if there are more than 1 winner.

Disclaimer: The prize is taken from my personal account. This is an unofficial contest. It is only for the Suggestions category. You must not complain to Utopian about this contest. If something is wrong with the points, or if the rules are not clear, you should write to me, not to Utopian.

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Common mistakes and how to fix them

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The aim of this section is to show you the most common mistakes found this week. Followed by a short description and tips when applicable. Usually, I split the section in two: Contributions with a score of 25 or less and Contributions with a score of 50 or less.

1 - Contributions with a score of 25 or less

1.1 - The suggested idea is duplicated

This is not easy to spot, so do not rush and take few minutes to check it.
Go to the repository of the project and check the Issues Tracker.
Remove the is:open filter from the search field (to look for open and closed issues).
Write a word (or two). The keyword(s) of the feature(s) you are going to submit.
After that, look at if someone submitted it on Utopian in the past, a good search engine for that is AskSteem. Also, you can use this tool made by @crokkon.

2 - Contributions with a score of 50 or more

2.1 - The impact on the functionality and usability of the project is low

If the overall of your post is excellent, but your idea has little impact on the functionality and/or usability of the project or could be achieved in a easy way, you will get a few point less. Try to suggest unique, original and useful features.

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Interesting open source projects

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In case that you want to contribute on the Suggestions category but do not know any project, check this list.

1 - SeaMapDroid

An open source Android application for consult the libre online nautical maps OpenSeaMap (map.openseamap.org). [Source]
Repository: https://github.com/marcoM32/SeaMapDroid
Download: f-droid

2 - Steemgigs

A website built on the steem protocol, that allows you to offer your talents, craft, skill, expertise etc as "a service" in exchange for steem, SBD, Steem Power etc Down the road, we will also looking to creating avenues to exchange [Source]
Website: steemgigs.org/
Repository: https://github.com/steemgigs/steemgigs

3 - Notable

The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.
I couldn't find a note-taking app that ticked all the boxes I'm interested in: notes are written and rendered in GitHub-flavored Markdown, no WYSIWYG, no proprietary formats, I can run a search & replace across all notes, notes support attachments, the app isn't bloated, the app has a pretty interface, tags are indefinitely nestable and can import Evernote notes (because that's what I was using before). [Source]
Repository: https://github.com/fabiospampinato/notable

Useful posts

• How to choose a valid repository?
• Submitting excellent idea contributions: the basics
• Tips for idea category contributors on utopian
• Think technically and enjoy your favorite open source projects
• Utopian a home for smart and innovative individuals
• Tips from experience: communication is essential
• Suggestions category - weekly report: #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10

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