Due to the huge number of contributions and abuses, Utopian constantly improves its rules. We are announcing here another significant update that aims to increase the quality of contributions and simplify the moderation process . Contributors have 48 hours before having to bind to the new rules.

Binding To The Rules

You have 48 hours from the date and time of this announcement before having to bind to the new rules. Every contribution that does not meet the updated rules after Friday 2, 6PM CET will be rejected.

Significant Changes

Below the most significant updates. More updates apply than the ones reported on this post, find all the updated rules on https://utopian.io/rules

Language

Contents of the contributions will always have to be in english.

Tutorials, Video Tutorials and Blog Posts can now only be in english.

Dropped CrowdIn Support

Due to the lack of a comprehensive CrowdIn API, Utopian needs to drop its support. Contributions in the translations category will only be accepted when submitted via Github. This may be a temporary solution until Utopian can find better ways to scale in supporting CrowdIn.

Affected Categories

Find below the categories affected by these rules changes and the current requirements.

More updates apply than the ones reported on this post, find all the updated rules on https://utopian.io/rules

Translations

This category is meant only for translations you have created or updated for an Open Source project.

You must translate a minimum of 1000 words per translation contribution.

Text that is supposed to remain untranslated (links, code, paths, ...) or duplicated strings/text can't be included in the minimum amount of words.

You could translate less than the minimum amount of words if the project itself has less to be translated in total. May lead to a lower vote.

Entire translations are always preferred. If you are writing about a partial translation we reserve the right to evaluate the actual work.

If it is obvious that you can't properly write in the source language of the translation, your contribution will be rejected.
Translations must be provided as a Pull Requst on the GitHub repository.

The Pull Request must have been merged within the past 14 days.

Updates on Own Projects can be committed directly, without a Pull Request. Commits must not be older than 14 days.

Your GitHub username must match that on Utopian. If it does not, you must add your Utopian username in your GitHub profile.

You must include every possible detail to check your translation and the tools you have used to translate.

Same translations from different authors will be accepted if the moderator can recognise the newest translation has better quality.

If the provided translation is obviously machine-translated for more than 20% or has low quality, it will be rejected.

Proof-reading is not acceptable in Utopian as a valid contribution.

Development

In the development category you can submit Bug Fixes, New Features and your Own Projects.

Contributions must have a comprehensible commit history. Larger projects or updates submitted in a single commit will not be accepted.

Outdated or low quality code can lead to rejection.

Generated code or other results of automated processes will not be accepted.

Submitted projects must have a unique value. Redundant projects will not be accepted.

Trivial code snippets, example code or simple templates will not be accepted.

Bug Fixes and New Features must be submitted via Pull Requests. >- The Pull Request must have been merged within the past 14 days.

Updates on Own Projects can be committed directly, without a Pull Request. Commits must not be older than 14 days.

Bug Fixes for your Own Projects will not be accepted, unless the Bugs were caused by third party dependencies.

Your Utopian account must be connected to your GitHub account.

Tutorials

Video Tutorials must be technical instructions that teach non-trivial aspects of an Open Source project.

Design or video editing related tutorials, gameplay, simple on-screen instructions, ubiquitous functions (Save, Open, Print, etc.) or basic programming concepts (variables, operators, loops, etc.) will not be accepted.

Your contribution can be rejected if the moderator provides a link to another tutorial that covers the same topic better.

You must mention your Utopian username at the beginning of the video.

Video Tutorials using a machine voice will be rejected.

The video and audio recording must be in HD (min. 720p).

You must host the video on YouTube or DTube and embed it in your post.

The video can not be older than 14 days.

If you provide a text version of your tutorial, you need to include it or a link to it in your post. You can not submit a separate contribution in the Tutorial category.

If you create a GitHub repository with additional material (like code samples), make sure to choose the repository of the project your tutorial is about and not your own repository. You can provide links to your repository in your post.

Graphics

This category is meant only for graphics/videos/motion graphics that you have realised for an open source project.

The contribution must be a direct result of your own work. It is strictly prohibited to modify other people’s work/assets or use a template and claim it as yours.

T-shirts and merchandising are generally not valid contributions in Utopian.

You must include every possible detail in your contributions to verify the work is done by you.

A contribution must contain the final file of your work, sample of the work, applications of your work, comparison to the existing product, and benefits of your work to the project owner.

Graphics contributions can be delivered in .psd, .ai, .cdr or any other universally accepted file format except logo designs. Those must be delivered in a vector file (e.g. .eps/.svg/.pdf) for flexibility and scalability, and .png file format.

Logo design contributions must contain the actual logo (logomark/logotype), the logo in a form of an icon, logo variations in terms of size and colour (monochrome and full-colour versions). >- You can see some examples of good contributions here, here, and here.

Any text or fonts must be converted into shapes or “outlined”.

You must provide credit to all third-party images/assets you have used in your contribution and make sure that you have permission to use them for commercial use. (images, videos, fonts, 3D models etc.)

Intro videos are acceptable only if the project has already had an intro video before and your contributed video is of a better quality.

It is highly recommended that you promote your work to the project owner.

Banners, header images and other assets for use on social media platforms are not valid contributions at the moment.

Designs are preferred to be in a vector format unless the project owner specifies a different format.

Bug Hunting

In this category you can submit Bug Reports for actively maintained Open Source projects on GitHub.

The repository on GitHub must accept issues.

Bug Reports for projects in pre-alpha stage will not be accepted.

Cosmetic issues, that do not affect the functionality of the software, will not be accepted.

You must provide sufficiant detail to reproduce the bug.

Add screenshots, video recordings or animated GIFs, if they can help to understand the bug. [SOFT]

Include information about your technical environment such as >- Device, Operating System, Browser and Application versions.

Bugs must be found on the latest released version of the application.

If you or someone else submitted the issue on GitHub first, the Bug Report will not be accepted. Approved Bug Reports will automatically be published on GitHub.

Your Utopian account must be connected to your GitHub account.

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