suggestion: Label for resources which are created or supported by the open-source community.

[ghost]

Situation

Resources, like books are hosted on GitHub as a repository.

Aim

To give credit to the various contributors and to add an appropriate "author" for the book or resource.

Suggestion

Case 1: The community is the sole creator.

There are cases where the community is developing a book or resource with various different authors for different chapters or even sections. In these cases, adding the author name becomes a tedious task as there is no clear author. For cases like this, I propose that we add a label stating that the work is created by the community.

For example, we may do something like:

• [An Awesome Community Driven Open-Source Book](Link To The Book) - 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 created by community (File Type 1, File Type 2...)

Real life examples where this is helpful:

• The Architecture of Open Source Applications - 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 created by community (HTML)
• Node.JS Best Practices - 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 created by community

In the above two cases, a large community is creating the work.

Case 2: The community is supporting the author(s).

This is a common case now, where the authors are hosting their work on GitHub. For this situation, I propose adding the label after the author name.

For example:

• [An Awesome Book Supported By Community](Link To The Book) - Author Name, 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 supported by community (File Type 1, File Type 2...)

Real life examples where this is helpful:

• Operating Systems: From 0 to 1 - Tu, Ho Doang, 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 supported by community (PDF)

Note: I am not at all rigid in the ways I have suggested. More subtle ways would be more helpful. I request feedback from everybody.

[eshellman]

Case 1 - interesting suggestion. I worry about emojis in the creator field (note that our search box has to parse out creator names (free-programming-books-search). Take a look at #7034

Case 2 - this has been suggested before, but in practice it's too hard to maintain, verify, and avoid abuse

[ghost]

Case 1 - Yes sir. I worry about the emojis too. Some other subtle way would be helpful.
Case 2 - This one is a real issue sir. Let's see what others suggest.

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