Including People (MagmaConf 2015)

This talk is about the twin open source project goals of, on the one hand, increasing participation and contribution to an open source project, and on the other hand including everyone while eliminating discrimination and harassment (whether deliberate or accidental). I'll talk about different approaches to reducing discrimination, including better documentation, better development tooling, explicit onboarding process, and codes of conduct. I'll discuss how those strategies have played on on projects I participate in, both small and large. I also cover concrete steps that anyone can take to help increase acceptance and diversity in the communities and open source projects that they are involved in.

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1. Including
   people
   

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2. Including
   people
   !"#$%&
   

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3. André Arko
   @indirect
   

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5. The Ruby Way
   therubyway.io
   

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6. stickers!
   

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8. stickers!
   

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10. stickers!
    

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11. including
    people
    in
    projects &
    communities
    

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12. experiences
    and
    suggestions
    some
    

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13. “diversity”
    let’s talk about
    

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14. bias & exclusion
    we have a
    problem
    

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15. is a lie told by
    meritocracy
    rich white men
    

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16. the
    economic argument
    for diversity
    is diversionary
    bullshit
    

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17. including people
    is an attitude
    and
    a philosophy
    of interaction
    

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18. projects
    need to include
    their teams
    

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19. projects
    need to include
    contributors
    

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20. projects
    need to include
    users
    

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21. users
    pay more
    attention than
    you think they do
    

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22. code of conduct
    makes it clear
    your project will not
    tolerate harassment
    

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23. documentation
    first point of contact
    with your project
    for most people
    

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24. write
    tutorials
    topic guides
    an API reference
    troubleshooting docs
    

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25. accept
    issue reports
    gracefully
    

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26. listen
    and speak
    respectfully
    

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27. contributors
    are like users,
    but more helpful
    

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28. ask for help
    people like helping
    

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29. write docs
    just for potential or
    current contributors
    

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30. pull requests
    are just issues with
    work done for you
    

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31. your team
    is people
    

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32. respect
    and
    empathy
    

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33. are why
    you’re here
    respect & empathy
    

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34. are all that
    matters.
    respect & empathy
    

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