Suggestions category - Weekly report: #4

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: 46 (from Nov. 8 to Nov. 15)
• There were 5 contributions of which 4 have a chance of being rewarded, or have already been rewarded.
• The average score was 38.75
• There were a total of 4 unique contributors in the category.

Number of reviewed and rewarded contributions

Average score

This week we had 5 contributions and 4 had the chance to be (and were) rewarded. The average score was quite low and I will analyze the common mistakes in the section below.
As we saw in the previous report, it is clear that the new bot is not the reason of the low number of contributions. In that post, I also wrote that maybe the price of STEEM has something to do with this problem. In the next report we will see if this is one of the reasons since the current price of STEEM is the lowest of the year.
One of the good things of this week, was the contribution to Contest Hero made by @snackaholic. Although it was not excellent, I loved to see that he used one of the interesting projects that I recommended in one of my previous reports.
Remember that upvotes are never guaranteed.

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Top scored contributions

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Since we did not have Staff picks this week, these are good contributions to read.

• Incorporation of reset, pick, drag,and insert feature on 9P Puzzle by @ckole
• Contesthero.io proposal - Add feature to save & load contests via template by @snackaholic

Announcing the unofficial Utopian (mini) contest for the Suggestions category!

Prize: 5 STEEM every month (I will probably increase the prize over the next months)
How? You should submit a contribution to the Suggestions category. If your contribution got the highest score for that week you will get 2 points. And if your contribution got the second highest score you will get 1 point.
When? At the end of every month I will send the prize to the winner.

Ranking of November

Author	Points
ckole	4
tykee	1
snackaholic	1

Disclaimer: I will send the prize 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 some tips/advices when applicable. 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 repository have not received any program code updates in the last 6 months

As you may know, repositories must have program code updates in the last 6 months or their could be considered as abandoned.

Contributions to repositories that have not received any program code updates for longer than 6 months, will not be eligible for potential reward. Github Integration Policy

If you have problems in looking for valid repositories I recommend you to read this post. Also, check my weekly reports. Tthere you will find interesting projects with valid repositories.

2 - Contributions with a score of 50 or less

2.1 The suggested feature is already in the project

Always try the app before suggesting new features. Use it a few days, look at the repository, read the entries in the Issues Tracker, look for alternative apps and check if they has the feature that you are going to submit. To get a higher score try to submit original/rare/unique features, these are more valuable for the PO.
Check if there are features that can be used to achieve the same goal with the same effort.

2.2 - The impact on the functionality and usability of the project

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

2.3 - The possible solution was not described in sufficient detail

When you propose a new feature, it is great if you add a possible solution although this is not mandatory. Explain how to implement it.
You can add a pseudo code script with your possible solution and detail in which file it should be added.
If you do not know how to code, you can explain in details how this new feature should works. Where should be implemented? In which component of the app? In what position? Why is that a good position for that feature? What happens if you click on it?
Mockups are useful. Edit your images, try to follow the pattern design of the app. For example, if the app use Material Design, try to follow the rules of Material Design and add Icons which are listed in their site. Do not paste a random image/icon that you found on Google.

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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 - Byteball (@byteball.org)

If you are a Steemian you may know what ByteBall is, but, just in case:
Byteball is A cryptocurrency platform ready for real world adoption with
unbreachable contracts, user controlled identity, payments that can be easily sent over any network, easy to develop apps that connect all of the above, built on scalable DAG-based technology, fully functional today, wide adoption [Source]
Website: byteball.org
Repository: https://github.com/byteball

2 - hede.io (@hede-io)

HEDE is a collaborative knowledge sharing dictionary where you share information about anything in the universe by first defining it. We let different authors add an entry into any HEDE topic without approval, so it becomes fun and enjoyable way of creating wikis on Steem. We encourage authors to share valuable and informal information based on their experiences as we don't check for accurateness. [Introducing HEDE]
Website: hede.io
Repository: https://github.com/Hede-io/hede.io

3 - Atom

Atom is a free and open-source text and source code editor for macOS, Linux, and Microsoft Windows with support for plug-ins written in Node.js, and embedded Git Control, developed by GitHub. Atom is a desktop application built using web technologies.Most of the extending packages have free software licenses and are community-built and maintained [Source]
Read their introduction in the source link above.
Website: atom.io
Repository: https://github.com/atom/atom

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
• Suggestions category - weekly report: #2
• Suggestions category - weekly report: #3

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