Community Contributions : How to Guide #

What are Community Contributions? #

With the Akash community growing rapidly and numerous community members creating Akash related content, the need for a central repository of community content is needed. However, not all content is equal and some content may need a little TLC before being added to the repo.

This guide is a best practices and checklist for getting your contributions added to the Akash Networks community contributions page.

Content Definitions #

There are two types of content that will be added to the Community contributions section of the Akash website:

Written Content #

This can include any educational, informative or general information about the Akash Network and its ecosystem

Video Content #

This can include any educational, informative or general information about the Akash Network and its ecosystem

Content Approvals #

Content approvals are fairly straightforward. Content will be approved if:

• It is relevant to the Akash Network
• It is educational, informative or relevant to the Akash Network and its ecosystem
• It has limited grammatical errors

Content will not be approved OR will need updating before approval if:

• It has numerous grammatical errors
• It has no relevance to the Akash Network

Adding your content #

• Make a Pull request
• Please include the below information in your PR:
  • Title of content [linked URL to content]
  • Author Information [link to author information]
  • Date of Content
  • Overview of Content
  • 2-3 sentences about the information within your content piece

Example for reference:

How to Stake AKT
Gisele Schout
Posted: 5/18/21
This article contains information about how to stake AKT

Final thoughts If your content is not approved, reasons will be given and suggested updates will be shared. If updates are made and the content checks all the boxes, it will be added to the contributions page.