The reason I don't want them in the same category is, that:
* I see them as a totally different type of contribution. I think a
security reporter has more in common with a translator than a code
contributor
* The existing credits section is maintained by script based on git
log. The security report
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA256
A while back (cba03a5777) we gave up dividing that file into
"Developers" and "Patch contributors" - and imho that was a good
thing. The only sections in the CREDITS file by now are "Contributors"
and "Translators", where the latter just holds a link
Good ideas, side note: I'm fairly certain the Credits special page just
pulls from CREDITS file.
Thanks,
Zppix
Volunteer Developer for WMF
Volunteer Support for Mozilla
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On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Brian Wolff wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Currently we only credit people
Hi everyone,
Currently we only credit people who report security vulnerabilities at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Security_Team/Thanks (which
basically nobody reads or knows exists) and sometimes in the commit message
and release announcements. Given such people are instrumental in keep
