Contributor archetypes to help guide contributors to where they can contribute best

[abranczyk]

Different people will be able to contribute in different ways. If we have some archetypes/personal written out, it will help people figure out where it is best for them to start.

[Christophe-pere]

Hmm, I agree. It's often hard to define ourselves but harder in a project. Someone can have different roles depending on the project, like a researcher in which the person is actively involved, a developer for another project, or a mentor for another one. Is it what you are referencing? We can establish a list of roles and responsibilities to help the people involved or want to be involved.

[abranczyk]

Yes, exactly. So it can be something like:

• I am a professor with too many research projects and I want to submit a research project for others to work on
• I am a postdoc who would like some experience co-ordinating a research project with several people
• I am a phd student who would like to get practice writing literature reviews
• I am a data scientist with a physics phd and I'd like to do some physics research on the side
• I am an undergrad who has done some classes on calculus and linear algebra, and I'm looking to help out on research by writing out a small proof

I can imagine a process where someone comes in and picks their persona/archetype, then they pick what kind of things they are interested in, and then they get given instructions for how to contribute and/or a list of "GitHub issues" that might be relevant for them.