CONTRIBUTING.md: Require author != resource creator

[cyntheticfox]

Require the author of the pull request to not be the creator or primary maintainer of the proposed resource, to reduce the likelihood of author conflict-of-interest.

Also added a construction-worker emoji since I felt whimsical today.

See also #334

I'm not saying a resource submitted by resource creator can't be awesome, but it's harder to judge if it is if the author of the PR stands to potentially directly benefit in opening it.

This comes after a lot of self-promotion of resources, and sort of acts as a two-person control.

It isn't retro-active, but self-promotion does colour the perspective of the review

[Zellrus]

Does the new rule apply retroactively? In other words, will it be applied to people who have already submitted a pull request for their project? Am I understanding correctly that because of this, my website will not be able to get into the awesome list?

I don’t know English, so I’m translating this with the help of AI. Sorry for any mistakes.

[cyntheticfox]

Does the new rule apply retroactively? In other words, will it be applied to people who have already submitted a pull request for their project? Am I understanding correctly that because of this, my website will not be able to get into the awesome list?

I don’t know English, so I’m translating this with the help of AI. Sorry for any mistakes.

The last line of the PR comment is that it won't apply retroactively, but it may have some influence on the decision to include it. Don't worry about it too much though, since it's more about what the resource provides, how it does it, and how influential it is than who's submitting the PR 🙂

[giomf]

As the author of a package, I also opened a pull request (#328 ). Since I believe my package adds value, I wanted to share it.

I understand the basic idea, but I’m not sure if this is the right mechanism. What if the repository had to have at least 50 stars before a pull request could be accepted? It’s just too easy to ask a coworker or friend to open a pull request here. I don’t think that would really be a hindrance.

[pinage404]

Having 50 stars is (relatively) easy on Github but harder to get on others forges

[giomf]

My point was that the number of stars—whatever that number may be—shows more clearly that a community is interested, and so, in my opinion, it is the better tool.