Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Update PR template to ask proposers to update History and Contributors themselves (Issue #359)

Hi @JonathanGregory , this is a good idea - I think this would be a good way of giving credit for the valuable contributions from within the community. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Update PR template to ask proposers to update History and Contributors themselves (Issue #359)

Dear all For standard names, we have a [list of contributors](https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!niIjD3kreMRHY9v0W7C7kf4w00GEGeKFjk3qn9mrigSleDVUasU9aEszSF3JGW9qixj8SPygUdc$ ), with a preamble

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Update PR template to ask proposers to update History and Contributors themselves (Issue #359)

I can't come up with anything completely objective. Perhaps folks who think they're deserving should nominate themselves (or others could nominate), and if the CF committee chair or anyone on the governance board supports the nomination, the person would be included. It would be nice to

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Update PR template to ask proposers to update History and Contributors themselves (Issue #359)

At the CF Community Meeting 2020 we proposed asking contributors to add themselves to the authors list if they are contributing substantially enough to the Conventions that their names should be included there. I think this would be a good idea to include in `CONTRIBUTING.md` but we also need